Game thread: Detroit Mercy vs. Northwestern

[mshelton33]

Northwestern (6-1, 1-0 Big Ten) hosts Detroit Mercy (0-9) today at Welsh-Ryan Arena at 1 p.m. The game will air on BTN+

I'll be live tweeting at @M_Shelton33 on X/Twitter, and I'll be more active in here than a normally televised game as well.

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Very small crowd. Higher percentage of kids than usual.

 

[EagerFan]

It’s kids day, I think.

No band, actually more people here then I expected.

 

[mshelton33]

I'd say probably like 30% capacity, but for Detroit Mercy on Dec. 10 I think it's actually a pretty good showing

 

[catfans5]

Pretty empty. The kids will play at half time.

Hunger musses the bunny.

 

[EagerFan]

What was that T for? Any one?

 

[catfans5]

Willie is really busy with the kids.

 

[catfans5]

Touching the ball after the basket.

 

[Hungry Jack]

32-19 under 8 TO. Box score says we are playing well.

 

[EagerFan]

Boo wants to get some points, but the doubles and traps are letting the other guys have open shots.

 

[mshelton33]

Ryan Langborg show at the half. 16 points, four threes, he's on fire if we were playing NBA JAM. Scoring other than Buie has been really impressive, even if it is a winless Detroit Mercy team. Not many turnovers forced or given, but forcing a lot of tough shots

 

[SmellyCat]

NU up 12 at the half with one Buie behind its back.

 

[PurpWildCatNation]

walk in the park but 0-9? good grief that is one bad squad

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Boo isn’t scoring, but he’s still running the show and playing tough defense. Don’t just look at the box score and be worried.

 

[EagerFan]

Looks like a lot of road games. I wonder how many other sports their schedule funds.

 

[EagerFan]

Clayton a bit too aggressive, a step behind on defense. This is good experience for him.

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Mullins about to enter.

 

[catfans5]

Hopefully, this will get Brooks out of his funk. Martinelli had a nice game. Just made a 3.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Martinelli is abusing this team

 

[EagerFan]

Let’s hope the next few games let our bench get more experience like this.

 

[cats_man_too]

Let’s hope the next few games let our bench get more experience like this.

I'm just happy non-con wins like this are routine now and allow for backups to get court time. Merrimack, Radford, and Hartford type losses in Boo's freshman campaign are thankfully a distant and fading memory. We've come a long way.

But our collective complacency may validate the maxim that winning doesn't feel as good as losing hurts.

 

[EagerFan]

Let us not get complacent, please.

The look on Gus's face when he dropped that shot was pretty sweet tho.