EVANSTON, Illinois — Northwestern has three winning streaks and just one losing streak this season. That winless stretch just happened to span 13 games.
When it seemed like the losses would never stop mounting, the Wildcats finally won at Minnesota last Thursday. Then came the follow-up act. Winning two straight in the Big Ten? Not easy for them. They won three in a row in December but hadn’t won consecutive conference games before then since January 2019.
But the 67-59 victory in Minneapolis rejuvenated NU (8-14, 5-13 Big Ten) on Wednesday night, as it overcame a poor shooting night and closed the game on a 6-0 run to surge past Maryland (15-11, 9-10) 60-55 to achieve its second straight win.