EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern’s losing streak is up to five.
In what appeared to be an imitation of its dreadful home loss to Penn State, Northwestern fell to Rutgers (12-12, 5-9 Big Ten) after another brick-filled shooting performance offensively. Fans of missed open shots and sloppy turnovers — what is becoming the Welsh-Ryan special this season — got what they came for during Wednesday night’s battle between two of the Big Ten’s bottom-dwellers.
The Wildcats (12-12, 3-10) connected on 36 percent of their shots from the field and went just 7-of-23 for three-point range. A late offensive surge wasn’t enough for Northwestern to overcome a nearly six-and-a-half minute stretch in which the Cats failed to convert from the floor.