Northwestern 53, Minnesota 66

March 12, 2009

Conference Tournament

Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana) - Neutral Site

Attendance: N/A

Officials: Ed Hightower, Paul Janssen, Steven Skiles

Team Rebounds: Northwestern (6) Minnesota (5)

Technicals: Northwestern (0) Minnesota (0)

  1 2 Final
NWU (17-13) 25 28 53
MINN (22-9) 31 35 66

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NWU 62 85.2 106.0
MINN 62 106.0 85.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NWU .404 0.193 0.321 0.212
MINN .479 0.145 0.259 0.417

Northwestern Wildcats

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- John Shurna Starter PF 12:00 1-2 1-2 0-0 3.5 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
- Craig Moore Starter SG 39:00 3-16 2-14 0-0 0.2 2 3 5 3 4 1 2 0 8
- Kevin Coble Starter SF 35:00 6-11 3-4 6-6 12.5 2 4 6 1 4 0 2 0 21
- Kyle Rowley Starter C 11:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -4.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
- Michael Thompson Starter PG 26:00 3-9 0-2 2-2 0.8 0 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 8
- Jeff Ryan Bench SF 11:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.2 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0
- Sterling Williams Bench SG 08:00 0-2 0-1 1-3 -0.9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
- Jeremy Nash Bench SG 31:00 3-6 2-2 0-2 8.8 1 2 3 3 5 2 0 1 8
- Ivan Peljusic Bench PF 07:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 1.8 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Luke Mirkovic Bench C 20:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 3.2 2 3 5 1 2 0 3 1 4
  Team                   6            
        200 17-52 8-25 11-15 26.1 9 19 34 10 23 6 12 2 53
          32.7% 32.0% 73.3%                    

Minnesota Golden Gophers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Al Nolen Starter PG 18:00 1-3 0-2 4-5 3.1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 6
- Jamal Abu-Shamala Starter SF 05:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Damian Johnson Starter PF 23:00 2-5 1-2 3-3 10.6 1 6 7 2 2 0 2 3 8
- Lawrence Westbrook Starter SG 23:00 4-9 1-1 5-8 3.8 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 14
- Ralph Sampson III Starter C 26:00 3-3 0-0 3-4 14.5 1 5 6 2 3 0 1 5 9
- Colton Iverson Bench C 13:00 2-2 0-0 0-0 4.2 0 1 1 0 4 3 2 2 4
- Blake Hoffarber Bench SG 28:00 1-4 0-3 2-2 1.0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 4
- Paul Carter Bench PF 12:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 3.5 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 2
- Devoe Joseph Bench PG 21:00 2-6 1-4 1-2 4.0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 6
- Devron Bostick Bench SG 23:00 4-11 1-6 2-2 6.2 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 11
- Travis Busch Bench SF 08:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2
  Team                   5            
        200 21-48 4-19 20-26 50.8 7 20 32 9 19 7 9 11 66
          43.8% 21.1% 76.9%                    

Northwestern Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Thompson
10.1p, 2r, 3.7a
Craig Moore
14.2p, 3.3r, 2.7a
Kevin Coble
15.5p, 4.8r, 2.3a
John Shurna
7.3p, 3r, 1a
Kyle Rowley
3.7p, 1.9r, 0.6a
Rotation  
 
Jeremy Nash
3.5p, 2.2r, 1.1a
Jeff Ryan
2.1p, 1.7r, 1.1a
 
 
Luke Mirkovic
3.8p, 3.2r, 1.5a
Lim PT  
 
Sterling Williams
0.9p, 0.6r, 0.3a
 
 
Ivan Peljusic
2.5p, 2r, 0.9a
 
 

Minnesota Golden Gophers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Al Nolen
6.8p, 3.2r, 4.3a
Lawrence Westbrook
12.5p, 2.5r, 1.5a
Jamal Abu-Shamala
3.8p, 1.6r, 0.6a
Damian Johnson
9.3p, 4.2r, 1.7a
Ralph Sampson III
6.5p, 4.3r, 0.8a
Rotation Devoe Joseph
5.2p, 1.8r, 1.5a
Blake Hoffarber
6.7p, 2.8r, 1.3a
 
 
Paul Carter
5.2p, 4.3r, 1a
Colton Iverson
5.7p, 3.6r, 0.7a
Rotation  
 
Devron Bostick
3.8p, 1.5r, 0.8a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Travis Busch
4p, 1.7r, 0.4a
 
 
 
 

Today's Games

(2) Pittsburgh 60
West Virginia 74

(3) UConn 117
(18) Syracuse 127

(4) Memphis 51
Tulane 41

(5) Louisville 73
Providence 55

(6) Oklahoma 70
Oklahoma State 71

(10) Villanova 76
(21) Marquette 75

(11) Kansas 64
Baylor 71

(13) Washington 85
Stanford 73

(14) Missouri 81
Texas Tech 60

(15) UCLA 64
Washington State 53

(17) Clemson 81
Georgia Tech 86

(19) Xavier 66
Saint Louis 47

(23) Arizona State 68
Arizona 56

(25) Brigham Young 80
Air Force 69