Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Lehigh

[mshelton33]

Basketball is back! Northwestern (0-0) starts their season in earnest tonight vs Lehigh (0-0) at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

The game is set for a 7 pm tip and will air on Peacock.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

The bald ref Hungry Jack.

 

[EagerFan]

The parking lot seemed pretty packed, I guess a lot more folks parked across the street than I realized. Place doesn’t seem very full.

Brooks in jeans.

 

[1830sherman]

CC in pregame interview re: BB's foot injury... "He's close...needs a little more time."

 

[SmellyCat]

He was on the court shooting in the pregame, wasn't he? Even if he's not playing, that seems pretty close.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

Good student turn out

 

[EagerFan]

Windham starting

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Cats up a touchdown early. Working hard on defense

 

[wocka]

Nicholson looks terrific defensively

 

[GatoLouco]

I like this defensive attitude. A lot

 

[SmellyCat]

LOVE Windham's energy. He seems a little geeked up, but that's better than the alternative.

 

[EagerFan]

Who had Martinelli with the first made three of the season on their cats bingo card?

 

[AdamOnFirst]

🤌🤌🤌

 

[PZAZ]

Hunger has nice shot now
If he can stay out of foul trouble could be really good

 

[jensberg]

Hunger has nice shot now
If he can stay out of foul trouble could be really good

Hunger seems confident to take those shots as well already seven points

 

[Kat burglar]

Hunger has a smooth stroke! Place is half to 60% which is much better attendance than previous years. Student section is packed

 

[SmellyCat]

Two true freshmen playing at the same time! In the first half.

 

[Hungry Jack]

30-8 at the under 8.

You OK, C?

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Cats dominating without Brooks and with Ty in foul trouble. Out-hustling an over matched opponent.

 

[NUCat320]

I’m just watching the box score but holy sh*t this is exciting. Cats teams don’t dominate in the first game, do they?

Wow wow wow!!!

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Angelo’s family, about 30% of the crowd, goes wild on his first basket.

 

[EagerFan]

Angelo with a nice shot and an aggressive rebound

 

[RiseNorthwestern]

Loving that the freshmen have no fear!

 

[PZAZ]

Both have scored too

 

[wocka]

Very nice to dominate the start to a game, feels like we've always started slow even on the good teams

 

[AdamOnFirst]

🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌!!!!!

 

[jensberg]

I’m just watching the box score but holy sh*t this is exciting. Cats teams don’t dominate in the first game, do they?

Wow wow wow!!!

Wow this is insane how good our team looks without our top player. The freshman look quite good as well.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

KJ Wyndham officially has my attention

 

[AdamOnFirst]

NU is just drastically more talented than Lehigh. More athletic, bigger, more skilled, working harder, deeper, faster, better. And not by a little bit, by a lot.

That’s nice.

And Nicky Buckets is a spicy meatball.

 

[PURPLECAT88]

51-15 at halftime, and the score is a true reflection of how the game is going.

 

[EagerFan]

The first half shows Lehigh completely outmatched.

Luke Hunger, wth?

 

[AdamOnFirst]

The first half shows Lehigh completely outmatched.

Luke Hunger, wth?

If he puts it together this year and we have two legit bigs including a legit defensive banger and masher and a stretch scorer… oh man.

 

[Skunkpilot]

We have big ten talent unlike our football team..

 

[TheC]

I can't decide what I'm more excited about... the 51 on offense or their 15 due to our swarming defense. Wow!!!

 

[PURPLECAT88]

We have big ten talent unlike our football team..

Why you gotta be like that?

 

[CappyNU]

My assessment of the first half: 🔥🔥🔥🔥💪💪🚀🚀🚀🚀🎇🎆🎇

 

[DaCat]

I can't decide what I'm more excited about... the 51 on offense or their 15 due to our swarming defense. Wow!!!

Yes

 

[SimpsonElmwood]

A freaking buzzsaw of a half. Dominant.

 

[CappyNU]

Luke Hunger looks like an entirely different player from the past couple years. His confidence is sky high. Both freshmen have had their moments, and Leach is playing well. Can't ask for a better start.

 

[SDakaGordie]

A freaking buzzsaw of a half. Dominant.

I thought for sure that after hearing the great news about Bennerman today that the world would balance out and we’d struggle tonight. But this is a program with undeniable momentum!