As if Northwestern didn’t have enough on its plate.
Dealing with an intense game against Wisconsin to kick off a grueling two-week stretch coming off an eight-day, COVID-induced layoff, the grimaces on the faces of Julian Roper and Ty Berry threw everything into flux. Their ankle injuries damaged NU’s wing depth so badly that Chris Collins played first-year Nick Martinelli for the first time in almost two months.
While the ‘Cats took the win on Monday, it only made their next contest against Nebraska less than 48 hours later seem more and more like a trap game.