Two days after their dramatic road win over Virginia Tech in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, the Northwestern Wildcats were back at practice Thursday to prepare for their Saturday afternoon matinee at home against SIU-Edwardsville. It will only be NU's second home game since the Wildcats' November 20th win over Columbia at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The players and coach Chris Collins were available to speak to the media before practice, and Inside NU was able to talk to forwards Joey van Zegeren and Aaron Falzon as well as Collins. Here's what they had to say:
Joey van Zegeren
- On if he was distracted at all returning to Virginia Tech, from where he transferred: "No, not during the game.