NCAAB

Eastern Illinois Panthers at Northwestern Wildcats

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
58 - 67

Leach scores season-high 25 points to lead Northwestern past Eastern Illinois 67-58 in OT

The Wildcats (3-1) held Eastern Illinois (1-3) scoreless in the extra session. Leach scored the last seven points in regulation for Northwestern and the last five points in overtime.

The Panthers Nakyel Shelton hit a running jumper in the lane with 31 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 58. Northwestern missed three-shot attempts in the final four seconds as the game went to overtime.

Leach, a graduate transfer from Fairfield, shot just 5 of 12, including 2 of 7 from 3-point range, but made up for it going 13 of 14 from the free throw line. He started the game averaging just more than 10 points per contest.

Ty Berry added 10 points for Northwestern and Matt Nicholson grabbed 12 rebounds.

Shelton scored 19 points and Kooper Jacobi 14 for Eastern Illinois.

Martinelli entered as the first Northwestern player to score 25-plus points in three consecutive games since John Shurna did it in 2010. He started the game as the Big Ten scoring leader and ranked sixth nationally averaging 28.3 points per game.

On Friday, he shot 6 of 12 and missed his lone 3 attempt.

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Matchup Prediction

Northwestern: 98.8%
Eastern Illinois: 1.2%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

3rd 0:00 End of Game 58 - 67
3rd 0:00 End of 1st overtime 58 - 67
3rd 0:19 Angelo Ciaravino Defensive Rebound. 58 - 67
3rd 0:23 Kooper Jacobi missed Three Point Jumper. 58 - 67
3rd 0:36 Northwestern Timeout 58 - 67

Statistics

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25-61 FG 21-52
41.0 Field Goal % 40.4
3-19 3PT 5-19
15.8 Three Point % 26.3
5-8 FT 20-27
62.5 Free Throw % 74.1
33 Rebounds 37
14 Offensive Rebounds 16
19 Defensive Rebounds 21
20 Assists 14
9 Steals 9
4 Blocks 4
15 Turnovers 15
1 Team Turnovers 2
15 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Off Turnovers 18
0 Fast Break Points 4
20 Points in Paint 28
20 Fouls 12
3 Largest Lead 11

Game Information

Welsh-Ryan Arena

Location: Evanston, IL
Attendance: 5,969 | Capacity:

2024-25 Ohio Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Morehead State 2-0 - 6-6
Southeast Missouri State 2-0 - 6-6
Little Rock 1-0 0.5 7-5
Western Illinois 1-1 1 7-6
Southern Indiana 1-1 1 6-6
Lindenwood 1-1 1 6-7
Tennessee Tech 1-1 1 5-7
UT Martin 1-1 1 5-8
Eastern Illinois 0-1 1.5 3-8
SIU Edwardsville 0-2 2 7-6
Tennessee State 0-2 2 4-9

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
Full Standings