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All-Conference
December 30, 2015
3pm CT - ESPNU
Pinnacle Bank Arena - Lincoln, NE
Northwestern Wildcats 12-1, 0-0 (Last: 74-59 W vs Loyola Maryland)
vs
Nebraska Cornhuskers 8-5, 0-0 (Last: 81-50 W vs Prairie View A&M)
Big Ten Standings
Purdue 1-0, 13-1
Iowa 1-0, 10-3
Northwestern 0-0, 12-1
Maryland 0-0, 11-1
Indiana 0-0, 10-3
Michigan 0-0, 10-3
Penn State 0-0, 9-4
Illinois 0-0, 8-5
Nebraska 0-0, 8-5
Ohio State 0-0, 8-5
Minnesota 0-0, 6-6
Rutgers 0-0, 6-7
Michigan State 0-1, 13-1
Wisconsin 0-1, 8-6
Head Coaches
Northwestern Chris Collins (40-37 at Northwestern)
Nebraska Tim Miles (338-274, 55-54 at Nebraska)
Injury Report
Northwestern
C - Alex Olah - Foot - Out indefinitely
F - Vic Law - Shoulder - Out for season
Nebraska
No injuries to report
Scouting Northwestern
Northwestern comes to Lincoln with a 12-1 record, matching the program’s best start after 13 games in school history. The Wildcats are on a nine-game win streak since a loss to North Carolina on Nov. 23. The Wildcats are led by third-year coach Chris Collins, who spent 13 seasons at Duke under Hall of Fame Coach Mike Krzyzewski before taking the Northwestern job prior to the 2013-14 season.
The Wildcats returned all five starters from a team that went 15-17 in 2014-15, but are without a pair of starters. Vic Law suffered a season-ending shoulder injury before the opener, while Alex Olah suffered a foot injury and is out for Wednesday’s game. Olah was averaging 12.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game.
The Wildcats, who are averaging 79.9 points per game and shooting 39 percent from 3-point range, feature one of the Big Ten’s best backcourts in sophomore Bryant McIntosh and senior Tre Demps. McIntosh averages 16.2 points per game to rank seventh in the Big Ten in scoring and is third with 6.8 assists per game. Demps is 12th in the Big Ten in scoring at 15.2 ppg while dishing out 4.2 assists per game.
