For many Northwestern basketball players who spent four years sweating and bleeding inside Welsh-Ryan Arena for the purple and white, Wednesday night was their swan song inside a sold-out arena clattered in purple. However, there was no Hollywood ending.
The Wildcats (20-10, 11-8 B1G) fell in an overtime heartbreaker to the Penn State Nittany Lions (18-12, 9-10 B1G) 68-65.
The ‘Cats were led by Boo Buie and Brooks Barnhizer. The pair combined for 39 points and 11 assists. Ty Berry added ten points and four rebounds for NU. Camren Wynter carried the load for the Nittany Lions, scoring 24 points on 9-of-15 from the field, while Andrew Funk added 17 on four threes.