Northwestern 45, Minnesota 72

February 22, 2009

Conference Regular Season

Williams Arena (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Attendance: 14,625

Officials: Ed Hightower, Eric Curry, Dan Chrisman

Team Rebounds: Northwestern (3) Minnesota (4)

Technicals: Northwestern (0) Minnesota (0)

  1 2 Final
NWU (14-11) 18 27 45
MINN (20-7) 36 36 72

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NWU 64 69.8 111.7
MINN 64 111.7 69.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NWU .370 0.171 0.111 0.239
MINN .593 0.248 0.167 0.488

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 23:00 2-7 1-3 4-4 6.2 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 1 9
- Kevin Coble Starter SF 22:00 2-6 1-2 0-0 3.2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 5
- Luke Mirkovic Starter C 08:00 0-3 0-1 0-0 -3.5 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
- Craig Moore Starter SG 18:00 1-5 1-4 0-0 -1.0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3
- Michael Thompson Starter PG 30:00 3-8 2-5 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 8
- Ivan Peljusic Bench PF 08:00 0-1 0-0 0-1 -1.6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Mike Capocci Bench SF 08:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 5.8 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2
- Kyle Rowley Bench C 20:00 2-3 0-0 3-6 4.8 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 7
- Sterling Williams Bench SG 14:00 0-2 0-1 1-2 -1.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
- Jeremy Nash Bench SG 21:00 3-7 1-3 2-2 0.5 0 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 9
- Davide Curletti Bench PF 07:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Jeff Ryan Bench SF 18:00 0-1 0-0 1-2 2.8 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1
- Nick Fruendt Bench SG 03:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   3            
        200 14-46 6-19 11-17 15.6 2 16 21 11 23 7 11 2 45
          30.4% 31.6% 64.7%                    

Minnesota Golden Gophers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Damian Johnson Starter SF 17:00 3-6 0-0 0-0 4.0 1 2 3 1 4 2 1 0 6
- Paul Carter Starter PF 26:00 2-4 0-0 3-3 9.1 1 7 8 1 2 0 0 0 7
- Al Nolen Starter PG 25:00 2-4 1-3 0-0 4.5 0 2 2 3 2 1 2 0 5
- Lawrence Westbrook Starter SG 25:00 6-10 4-6 1-1 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17
- Ralph Sampson III Starter C 19:00 0-1 0-0 3-4 5.8 1 6 7 0 3 0 1 2 3
- Devron Bostick Bench SG 16:00 4-7 1-3 0-0 10.0 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 1 9
- Jonathan Williams Bench C 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Kevin Payton Bench SF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Colton Iverson Bench C 20:00 2-4 0-0 3-6 2.5 1 3 4 1 3 0 3 1 7
- Travis Busch Bench SF 13:00 1-2 0-0 5-6 5.5 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 7
- Devoe Joseph Bench PG 15:00 0-1 0-1 2-3 0.9 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 2
- Jamal Abu-Shamala Bench SG 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 2.5 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2
- Blake Hoffarber Bench SG 19:00 1-3 1-3 4-4 9.2 0 4 4 4 0 1 2 0 7
  Team                   4            
        200 22-43 7-16 21-27 62.6 6 30 40 16 19 8 16 6 72
          51.2% 43.8% 77.8%                    

Northwestern Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Thompson
9.6p, 2.1r, 3.9a
Craig Moore
14.4p, 3.2r, 2.6a
Kevin Coble
15.5p, 4.6r, 2.4a
John Shurna
7.8p, 3r, 1.1a
Luke Mirkovic
3.8p, 2.9r, 1.3a
Rotation  
 
Jeremy Nash
3.3p, 2.2r, 1.1a
Jeff Ryan
2.3p, 1.8r, 1.3a
 
 
Kyle Rowley
4p, 1.9r, 0.7a
Rotation  
 
Sterling Williams
0.9p, 0.7r, 0.3a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Nick Fruendt
0.6p, 0.1r, 0a
Mike Capocci
1.5p, 0.9r, 0.4a
Ivan Peljusic
2.7p, 2r, 1a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Davide Curletti
1p, 0.9r, 0.5a
 
 

Minnesota Golden Gophers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Al Nolen
7.5p, 3.2r, 4.7a
Lawrence Westbrook
12.5p, 2.6r, 1.6a
Damian Johnson
8.8p, 4.1r, 1.7a
Paul Carter
5.7p, 4.5r, 0.8a
Ralph Sampson III
6.2p, 4.4r, 0.8a
Rotation Devoe Joseph
5.6p, 1.6r, 1.6a
Blake Hoffarber
7.2p, 2.9r, 1.2a
Travis Busch
4.2p, 1.9r, 0.4a
 
 
Colton Iverson
5.7p, 3.6r, 0.6a
Rotation  
 
Devron Bostick
3.7p, 1.4r, 0.9a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Jamal Abu-Shamala
4p, 1.7r, 0.7a
Kevin Payton
0p, 0.8r, 0.3a
 
 
Jonathan Williams
0.9p, 1.2r, 0.3a

Today's Games

(6) Michigan State 61
Wisconsin 50

(9) Duke 101
(8) Wake Forest 91

(24) Syracuse 86
(12) Villanova 89

Georgia Tech 73
(13) Clemson 81

(14) Arizona State 70
Arizona 68

(16) Xavier 71
George Washington 53

Ohio State 68
(18) Illinois 70