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Tag: VIc Law Northwestern basketball

Vic Law throws down monstrous alley-oop during 31-0 Northwestern run

  • Posted onMarch 9, 2017March 9, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Rutgers hasn’t had a three-game conference winning streak since the 2005-06 season, and that streak doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon. Northwestern reeled off a 31-0 run in the first half of Thursday’s Big Ten Tournament second round game to take a 37-9 lead…

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Northwestern beats Michigan on the biggest shot in program history

  • Posted onMarch 2, 2017March 2, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Everyone thought the pass was long. It felt long out of Nathan Taphorn’s hands on the baseline and looked long to Dererk Pardon’s eyes in front of the opposite basket. From the sideline, coach Chris Collins thought the same thing. But Pardon came down with it…

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Northwestern is playing like a team under pressure

  • Posted onFebruary 8, 2017March 6, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

From the opening tip, Northwestern did not look right in Tuesday’s 68-61 loss to Illinois. While pressing on offense and alternating between rotating slowly and overcommitting on defense, the Wildcats looked like a team playing under pressure. Most likely the cause was the absence of leading…

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Vic Law dunked again, and it may have been his best ever

  • Posted onFebruary 7, 2017February 7, 2017
  • Northwestern

Northwestern sophomore Vic Law threw down a vicious fast break dunk in the early minutes of Tuesday’s game against Illinois. Leron Black and Malcolm Hill may have had a chance to make a defensive play, but they chose to let Law do his thing as he took…

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Northwestern and 5 teams with the best chance to make first NCAA Tournament in 2017

  • Posted onJanuary 31, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Northwestern finally looks ready to break its NCAA Tournament drought after cracking the Top 25 for the first time since 2009. But the Wildcats may not be the only team playing in their first-ever NCAA Tournament in March. Along with Northwestern, here are five other schools…

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Chicago Weekly Awards, Jan. 2

  • Posted onJanuary 2, 2017January 2, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Every week for the 2016-17 season, The Catch and Shoot will name a Player of the Week, Freshman of the Week, Team of the Week and Game of the Week among the five Division I schools in the Chicago area. Here are the winners for…

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Northwestern holds off Dayton for quality win at Chicago Legends

  • Posted onDecember 17, 2016December 26, 2016
  • Atlantic 10

BY STEFAN MODRICH/@StefanJModrich CHICAGO — In a game of runs, it didn’t hurt Northwestern to open the Chicago Legends Classic action with an 11-0 lead en route to a 67-64 win over Dayton on Saturday at the United Center. It was also a tale of…

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Northwestern counterpunches to outlast Chicago State, 68-64

  • Posted onDecember 14, 2016December 26, 2016
  • Big Ten

Northwestern concluded its five game home stand on Wednesday with a nail-biting 68-64 victory over Chicago State. Both teams came out the gate very slow offensively. Chicago State’s first 12 points were all from beyond the arc, and as they cooled off the Wildcats took advantage going into the…

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Gavin Skelly is not happy that the Browns are 0-13

  • Posted onDecember 12, 2016
  • Chicago Basketball

While Northwestern won its fourth straight game and eighth straight at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Sunday, the Cleveland Browns fell to 0-13 in the NFL, their 16th straight defeat going back to last season. Northwestern forward Gavin Skelly is an Ohio native, and on Monday teammate…

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WATCH: Law and Lindsey drop the hammer as Northwestern extends lead against Bryant

  • Posted onNovember 25, 2016November 26, 2016
  • Chicago Basketball

Northwestern was in danger with Bryant cutting the its 21-point lead to three early in the second half, but the Wildcats responded with a flurry that included a pair of big dunks by junior Scottie Lindsey and sophomore Vic Law. We see you out here, Scottie…

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