Friday night’s season opener was way more stressful than any of us expected it to be. Hopefully we won’t have to do any more late-game sweating tonight as No. 19 Northwestern takes on Saint Peter’s in game two of the 2017-18 season.
If you need a refresher, the Cats led Loyola Maryland (a team that went 8-10 in the Patriot League last season) by 17 points early in the second half, then collapsed defensively and barely avoided utter disaster. Loyola’s Brent Holcombe and Andrew Kostecka got crazy hot after halftime, combining to hit 7 of 8 three-point attempts, many of which were contested, and it was almost enough.