Player | Minutes | NU Pts | WIS Pts | Raw +/- | Player Adjust | Net +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Verhoeven | 24 | 32 | 26 | +6 | +4.6 | +10.6 |
Barnhizer | 28 | 36 | 34 | +2 | +6.7 | +8.7 |
Buie | 39 | 54 | 47 | +7 | -5.9 | +1.1 |
Beran | 22 | 29 | 28 | +1 | -0.8 | +0.2 |
Nicholson | 16 | 22 | 26 | -4 | +3.3 | -0.7 |
Martinelli | 15 | 21 | 22 | -1 | +0.2 | -0.8 |
Audige | 40 | 54 | 52 | +2 | -3.7 | -1.7 |
Berry | 16 | 22 | 25 | -3 | -4.3 | -7.3 |
With Julian Roper out again, the Wildcats rode the combination of Tydus Verhoeven and Brooks Barnhizer to a hard-fought victory. Verhoeven played 24 minutes off the bench in his best performance in some time. Nicholson was limited by 4 fouls, 2 of which were ridiculous. Audige played the entire game. Buie played the last 25:15. Barnhizer played the last 18:10. Interestingly, Robbie Beran only played about 7 minutes in the 2nd half and neither he, nor Nicholson, were on the court in crunch time.
Collins did not use the "small ball" lineup (Beran at the 5) in this game. Instead, with the absence of Roper, we saw more "big" lineups that had either Martinelli or Beran at the 4 and Barnhizer at the 3. Barnhizer at the 3 is effective for us. Martinelli may solve NU's depth problem at the 4 position. The young guys are stepping up.
It should be noted that NU did not play particularly well in either game against Wisconsin, but won both.