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Northwestern-American final score: Wildcats overcome poor shooting, beat American 63-51

EVANSTON, Ill. — Well, Northwestern won.

After going 11-of-30 on threes in their season-opener, the Wildcats (2-0) went 4-of-22 from beyond-the-arc Monday in a 63-51 win over American (1-1).

Vic Law paced the Wildcats throughout, especially in the first half when Northwestern’s offense was dismal. He scored 16 of his game-high 26 points in the first 20 minutes in a 9-of-19 shooting effort.

After scoring 20 points in his first game in a Northwestern uniform, Ryan Taylor struggled throughout, shooting 3-of-9 from the floor and 1-of-6 from three.

Yet again, Northwestern fell victim to a slow start.