EVANSTON, IL — Bryant McIntosh knew.
When he let the ball go, the junior captain knew there was a lot riding on this shot.
He knew there was a lot riding on this game.
He knew it was going to be a swish.
“As soon as I gathered the ball, I knew I’d hit it,” McIntosh said. “First you wanna celebrate, but there’s still a lot of time left. (We were) just really resilient, you gotta be really proud of the guys. We got stops the last eight minutes that we had to.”
To say McIntosh’s shot—a pull-up, go-ahead three-pointer with 58 seconds play—was the sole reason Northwestern gutted out a 69-65 win over Rutgers would be incorrect.