NCAAB

Lehigh Mountain Hawks at Northwestern Wildcats

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
46 - 90

Martinelli's double-double carries Northwestern in wire-to-wire win over Lehigh, 90-46

The Wildcats were without senior Brooks Barnhizer, who started every game a year ago, due to a lower-body injury.

Northwestern opened the game on a 9-0 run and never trailed. The Wildcats built a 51-15 lead at intermission by shooting 58% in the half and cruised to their 11th win in Chris Collins' 12 seasons as head coach.

Luke Hunger came off the bench to add 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Jalen Leach had 12 points, five boards and six assists and Ty Berry and K.J. Windham each added 10 points and Windham chipped in six assists.

Northwestern shot 36 of 66 from the field (54.4%), including 9 of 20 from three-point range (45%).

Nasir Whitlock had 11 points and four assists to lead the Mountain Hawks and Tyler Whitney-Sidney added 10 points. Lehigh was held to just 17 of 53 from the field (32%), including just 2 of 17 from distance.

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Matchup Prediction

Northwestern: 95.5%
Lehigh: 4.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 46 - 90
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 46 - 90
2nd 0:02 Northwestern Turnover. 46 - 90
2nd 0:33 Peter Kramer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nasir Whitlock. 46 - 90
2nd 0:38 Nasir Whitlock Defensive Rebound. 43 - 90

Statistics

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17-53 FG 36-66
32.1 Field Goal % 54.5
2-17 3PT 9-20
11.8 Three Point % 45.0
10-18 FT 9-14
55.6 Free Throw % 64.3
26 Rebounds 45
6 Offensive Rebounds 13
20 Defensive Rebounds 32
8 Assists 22
4 Steals 10
1 Blocks 3
12 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 1
12 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
5 Points Off Turnovers 23
2 Fast Break Points 13
26 Points in Paint 36
16 Fouls 18
0 Largest Lead 50

Game Information

Welsh-Ryan Arena

Location: Evanston, IL
Attendance: 5,521 | Capacity:

2024-25 Patriot League Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Holy Cross 0-0 - 7-5
American University 0-0 - 6-6
Loyola Maryland 0-0 - 5-5
Army 0-0 - 5-6
Boston University 0-0 - 5-7
Lafayette 0-0 - 5-7
Lehigh 0-0 - 4-6
Bucknell 0-0 - 4-8
Navy 0-0 - 3-9
Colgate 0-0 - 3-10

2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Michigan State 2-0 - 10-2
UCLA 2-0 - 10-2
Michigan 2-0 - 9-3
Oregon 1-1 1 11-1
Maryland 1-1 1 10-2
Penn State 1-1 1 10-2
Nebraska 1-1 1 9-2
Iowa 1-1 1 9-3
Northwestern 1-1 1 9-3
Indiana 1-1 1 9-3
Illinois 1-1 1 8-3
USC 1-1 1 9-4
Ohio State 1-1 1 8-4
Purdue 1-1 1 8-4
Rutgers 1-1 1 7-5
Wisconsin 0-2 2 10-3
Washington 0-2 2 8-4
Minnesota 0-2 2 7-5
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