Northwestern Wildcats @ Minnesota Golden Gophers

45–72Final · Feb 22, 2009

NU 45 MINN 72 Final

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NU14-11	18	27	45
MINN20-7	36	36	72

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John Shurna made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luka Mirkovic.
3–0
Paul Carter made Two Point Jumper.
3–2
John Shurna made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Kevin Coble.
5–2
Damian Johnson made Two Point Layup.
5–4
Devron Bostick made Two Point Jumper.
5–6
Devron Bostick made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Hoffarber.
5–9
Devoe Joseph made Free Throw.
5–10
Devoe Joseph made Free Throw.
5–11
John Shurna made Free Throw.
6–11
John Shurna made Free Throw.
7–11
Travis Busch made Free Throw.
7–12
Devron Bostick made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Devoe Joseph.
7–14
Kevin Coble made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Thompson.
10–14
Colton Iverson made Two Point Layup.
10–16
Colton Iverson made Two Point Layup.
10–18
Craig Moore made Three Point Jumper.
13–18
Lawrence Westbrook made Three Point Jumper.
13–21
Ralph Sampson III made Free Throw.
13–22
Lawrence Westbrook made Two Point Layup.
13–24
Lawrence Westbrook made Free Throw.
13–25
Devron Bostick made Two Point Layup.
13–27
Kevin Coble made Two Point Layup.
15–27
Paul Carter made Free Throw.
15–28
Paul Carter made Free Throw.
15–29
Lawrence Westbrook made Two Point Jumper.
15–31
Jeff Ryan made Free Throw.
16–31
Colton Iverson made Free Throw.
16–32
Travis Busch made Free Throw.
16–33
Travis Busch made Free Throw.
16–34
John Shurna made Free Throw.
17–34
John Shurna made Free Throw.
18–34
Lawrence Westbrook made Three Point Jumper.
18–37
Colton Iverson made Free Throw.
18–38
Ralph Sampson III made Free Throw.
18–39
Ralph Sampson III made Free Throw.
18–40
Michael Thompson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Coble.
21–40
Lawrence Westbrook made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Carter.
21–43
Damian Johnson made Two Point Layup.
21–45
Jeremy Nash made Two Point Layup.
23–45
Travis Busch made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Devron Bostick.
23–47
Kyle Rowley made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeff Ryan.
25–47
Kyle Rowley made Free Throw.
26–47
Michael Thompson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike Capocci.
29–47
Lawrence Westbrook made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Colton Iverson.
29–50
Damian Johnson made Two Point Layup.
29–52
Kyle Rowley made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Mike Capocci.
31–52
Colton Iverson made Free Throw.
31–53
Travis Busch made Free Throw.
31–54
Travis Busch made Free Throw.
31–55
Colton Iverson made Two Point Dunk Shot.
31–57
Mike Capocci made Two Point Jumper.
33–57
Blake Hoffarber made Free Throw.
33–58
Blake Hoffarber made Free Throw.
33–59
Michael Thompson made Two Point Jumper.
35–59
Blake Hoffarber made Free Throw.
35–60
Blake Hoffarber made Free Throw.
35–61
Jeremy Nash made Free Throw.
36–61
Jeremy Nash made Free Throw.
37–61
Paul Carter made Two Point Layup.
37–63
Paul Carter made Free Throw.
37–64
Jeremy Nash made Three Point Jumper.
40–64
Al Nolen made Two Point Layup.
40–66
Al Nolen made Three Point Jumper.
40–69
Jeremy Nash made Two Point Layup.
42–69
Kyle Rowley made Free Throw.
43–69
Kyle Rowley made Free Throw.
44–69
Jamal Abu-Shamala made Two Point Layup.
44–71
Blake Hoffarber made Three Point Jumper.
44–74
Sterling Williams made Free Throw.
45–74

Play-by-play

P1 Damian Johnson missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 John Shurna Defensive Rebound.
P1 Craig Moore missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Paul Carter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Paul Carter missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 John Shurna Block.
P1 Minnesota Offensive Rebound.
P1 Damian Johnson missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Kevin Coble Defensive Rebound.
P1 John Shurna made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luka Mirkovic. 3–0
P1 Lawrence Westbrook Turnover.
P1 Luka Mirkovic missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Paul Carter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on John Shurna
P1 Paul Carter made Two Point Jumper. 3–2
P1 John Shurna made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Kevin Coble. 5–2
P1 Al Nolen missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 John Shurna Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kevin Coble Turnover.
P1 Damian Johnson Steal.
P1 Damian Johnson made Two Point Layup. 5–4
P1 Luka Mirkovic missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Ralph Sampson III Block.
P1 Blake Hoffarber Defensive Rebound.
P1 Blake Hoffarber Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Michael Thompson Turnover.
P1 Devoe Joseph Steal.
P1 Foul on Luka Mirkovic
P1 Devron Bostick made Two Point Jumper. 5–6
P1 Kevin Coble missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Devron Bostick Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Luka Mirkovic
P1 Devron Bostick made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Hoffarber. 5–9
P1 Michael Thompson missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Devron Bostick Block.
P1 Colton Iverson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Blake Hoffarber missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Craig Moore Defensive Rebound.
P1 Craig Moore missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Colton Iverson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Michael Thompson
P1 Devoe Joseph missed Free Throw.
P1 Devoe Joseph made Free Throw. 5–10
P1 Devoe Joseph made Free Throw. 5–11
P1 Craig Moore missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
P1 Devron Bostick missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Minnesota Offensive Rebound.
P1 Colton Iverson Turnover.
P1 Michael Thompson Steal.
P1 Foul on Devoe Joseph
P1 John Shurna made Free Throw. 6–11
P1 John Shurna made Free Throw. 7–11
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Foul on Jeremy Nash
P1 Travis Busch made Free Throw. 7–12
P1 Travis Busch missed Free Throw.
P1 John Shurna Defensive Rebound.
P1 Craig Moore missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Devron Bostick Defensive Rebound.
P1 Devron Bostick made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Devoe Joseph. 7–14
P1 John Shurna missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Blake Hoffarber Defensive Rebound.
P1 Colton Iverson missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Travis Busch Offensive Rebound.
P1 Travis Busch missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 John Shurna Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Colton Iverson
P1 Kevin Coble made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Thompson. 10–14
P1 Colton Iverson made Two Point Layup. 10–16
P1 Colton Iverson made Two Point Layup. 10–18
P1 Craig Moore made Three Point Jumper. 13–18
P1 Foul on Craig Moore
P1 Lawrence Westbrook made Three Point Jumper. 13–21
P1 Foul on Damian Johnson
P1 Kevin Coble missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Ralph Sampson III Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Davide Curletti
P1 Ralph Sampson III made Free Throw. 13–22
P1 Ralph Sampson III missed Free Throw.
P1 Davide Curletti Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jeremy Nash missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Ralph Sampson III Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ralph Sampson III
P1 Ralph Sampson III Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Sterling Williams missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Paul Carter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Lawrence Westbrook missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Jeff Ryan Defensive Rebound.
P1 John Shurna missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Ralph Sampson III Defensive Rebound.
P1 Lawrence Westbrook made Two Point Layup. 13–24
P1 Foul on Craig Moore
P1 Lawrence Westbrook made Free Throw. 13–25
P1 Luka Mirkovic Turnover.
P1 Damian Johnson Steal.
P1 Al Nolen missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Paul Carter Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Damian Johnson
P1 Damian Johnson Turnover.
P1 Luka Mirkovic Turnover.
P1 Devron Bostick Steal.
P1 Ralph Sampson III missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Sterling Williams Block.
P1 Devron Bostick Offensive Rebound.
P1 Devron Bostick made Two Point Layup. 13–27
P1 Northwestern Full Timeout.
P1 Kevin Coble made Two Point Layup. 15–27
P1 Foul on Jeremy Nash
P1 Official TV Timeout.
P1 Paul Carter made Free Throw. 15–28
P1 Paul Carter made Free Throw. 15–29
P1 Jeff Ryan Turnover.
P1 Devron Bostick missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Paul Carter
P1 John Shurna missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Paul Carter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Lawrence Westbrook made Two Point Jumper. 15–31
P1 Foul on Ralph Sampson III
P1 Jeff Ryan made Free Throw. 16–31
P1 Jeff Ryan missed Free Throw.
P1 Al Nolen Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Kyle Rowley
P1 Colton Iverson made Free Throw. 16–32
P1 Colton Iverson missed Free Throw.
P1 John Shurna Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jeff Ryan missed Two Point Jumper.
P1 Travis Busch Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Kyle Rowley
P1 Travis Busch made Free Throw. 16–33
P1 Travis Busch made Free Throw. 16–34
P1 Foul on Al Nolen
P1 John Shurna made Free Throw. 17–34
P1 John Shurna made Free Throw. 18–34
P1 Lawrence Westbrook made Three Point Jumper. 18–37
P1 Jeremy Nash Turnover.
P1 Minnesota Full Timeout.
P1 Minnesota Full Timeout.
P1 Colton Iverson made Free Throw. 18–38
P1 Colton Iverson missed Free Throw.
P1 Davide Curletti Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sterling Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Northwestern Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kyle Rowley missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Paul Carter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on John Shurna
P2 Foul on Michael Thompson
P2 Damian Johnson missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Ralph Sampson III Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on John Shurna
P2 Ralph Sampson III made Free Throw. 18–39
P2 Ralph Sampson III made Free Throw. 18–40
P2 Michael Thompson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Coble. 21–40
P2 Lawrence Westbrook missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Minnesota Offensive Rebound.
P2 Minnesota Turnover.
P2 Foul on Al Nolen
P2 Kevin Coble missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Ralph Sampson III Defensive Rebound.
P2 Lawrence Westbrook made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Carter. 21–43
P2 John Shurna missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Damian Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Damian Johnson made Two Point Layup. 21–45
P2 Foul on Damian Johnson
P2 Kevin Coble missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Devron Bostick Defensive Rebound.
P2 Devoe Joseph Turnover.
P2 Craig Moore Steal.
P2 Jeremy Nash made Two Point Layup. 23–45
P2 Devron Bostick missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Jeremy Nash Defensive Rebound.
P2 Northwestern Full Timeout.
P2 Craig Moore Turnover.
P2 Devron Bostick Turnover.
P2 Kevin Coble Steal.
P2 Jeremy Nash missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Ralph Sampson III Defensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Lawrence Westbrook missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Luka Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
P2 Luka Mirkovic missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Ralph Sampson III Block.
P2 Ralph Sampson III Defensive Rebound.
P2 Travis Busch made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Devron Bostick. 23–47
P2 Sterling Williams Turnover.
P2 Devoe Joseph Steal.
P2 Devoe Joseph Turnover.
P2 Kyle Rowley made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeff Ryan. 25–47
P2 Devoe Joseph missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kyle Rowley Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ralph Sampson III
P2 Kyle Rowley missed Free Throw.
P2 Kyle Rowley made Free Throw. 26–47
P2 Devron Bostick Turnover.
P2 Jeff Ryan Steal.
P2 Michael Thompson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike Capocci. 29–47
P2 Foul on Jeff Ryan
P2 Foul on Kyle Rowley
P2 Lawrence Westbrook made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Colton Iverson. 29–50
P2 Sterling Williams Turnover.
P2 Lawrence Westbrook Steal.
P2 Foul on Michael Thompson
P2 Colton Iverson Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Michael Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Damian Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Paul Carter missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Colton Iverson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Colton Iverson missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Damian Johnson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Damian Johnson made Two Point Layup. 29–52
P2 Kyle Rowley made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Mike Capocci. 31–52
P2 Minnesota Full Timeout.
P2 Foul on Michael Thompson
P2 Colton Iverson made Free Throw. 31–53
P2 Colton Iverson missed Free Throw.
P2 John Shurna Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Damian Johnson
P2 John Shurna missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Al Nolen Defensive Rebound.
P2 Travis Busch Turnover.
P2 Mike Capocci Steal.
P2 Jeremy Nash Turnover.
P2 Blake Hoffarber Steal.
P2 Foul on Jeremy Nash
P2 Travis Busch made Free Throw. 31–54
P2 Travis Busch made Free Throw. 31–55
P2 Al Nolen Turnover.
P2 Mike Capocci Steal.
P2 Michael Thompson missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Travis Busch Block.
P2 Paul Carter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Minnesota Full Timeout.
P2 Colton Iverson made Two Point Dunk Shot. 31–57
P2 Foul on Colton Iverson
P2 Jeremy Nash missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mike Capocci Offensive Rebound.
P2 Michael Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Northwestern Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Travis Busch
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Mike Capocci made Two Point Jumper. 33–57
P2 Foul on Mike Capocci
P2 Blake Hoffarber made Free Throw. 33–58
P2 Blake Hoffarber made Free Throw. 33–59
P2 Michael Thompson made Two Point Jumper. 35–59
P2 Al Nolen Turnover.
P2 Ivan Peljusic missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Colton Iverson Block.
P2 Blake Hoffarber Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jeremy Nash
P2 Blake Hoffarber made Free Throw. 35–60
P2 Blake Hoffarber made Free Throw. 35–61
P2 Foul on Colton Iverson
P2 Jeremy Nash made Free Throw. 36–61
P2 Jeremy Nash made Free Throw. 37–61
P2 Paul Carter made Two Point Layup. 37–63
P2 Foul on Ivan Peljusic
P2 Paul Carter made Free Throw. 37–64
P2 Jeremy Nash made Three Point Jumper. 40–64
P2 Colton Iverson Turnover.
P2 Michael Thompson Turnover.
P2 Al Nolen Steal.
P2 Al Nolen made Two Point Layup. 40–66
P2 Michael Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Colton Iverson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Al Nolen made Three Point Jumper. 40–69
P2 Jeremy Nash missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Blake Hoffarber Defensive Rebound.
P2 Blake Hoffarber Turnover.
P2 Jeff Ryan Steal.
P2 Jeremy Nash made Two Point Layup. 42–69
P2 Lawrence Westbrook missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jeremy Nash Defensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout.
P2 Foul on Paul Carter
P2 Kyle Rowley made Free Throw. 43–69
P2 Kyle Rowley made Free Throw. 44–69
P2 Blake Hoffarber missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Sterling Williams Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jamal Abu-Shamala
P2 Ivan Peljusic missed Free Throw.
P2 Paul Carter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jamal Abu-Shamala made Two Point Layup. 44–71
P2 Nick Fruendt missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Kyle Rowley Offensive Rebound.
P2 Nick Fruendt missed Two Point Jumper.
P2 Jamal Abu-Shamala Block.
P2 Devoe Joseph Defensive Rebound.
P2 Blake Hoffarber made Three Point Jumper. 44–74
P2 Foul on Devoe Joseph
P2 Sterling Williams missed Free Throw.
P2 Sterling Williams made Free Throw. 45–74
P2 Jamal Abu-Shamala Turnover.
P2 Foul on Jonathan Williams
P2 Kyle Rowley missed Free Throw.
P2 Kyle Rowley missed Free Throw.
P2 Jamal Abu-Shamala Defensive Rebound.
P2 End Game

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
John ShurnaF	23	9	2-7	1-3	4-4	6	0	0	0	1	0	6	3
Kevin CobleF	22	5	2-6	1-2	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
Luka MirkovicC	8	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Craig MooreG	18	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
Michael ThompsonG	30	8	3-8	2-5	0-0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
Davide CurlettiF	7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Mike CapocciF	8	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	1
Ivan PeljusicF	8	0	0-1	0-0	0-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff RyanG-F	18	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	1
Sterling WilliamsG-F	14	1	0-2	0-1	1-2	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1
Kyle RowleyC	20	7	2-3	0-0	3-6	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	3
Nick FruendtG	3	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy NashG	21	9	3-7	1-3	2-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	4
Marlon DayF
Patrick HoulihanF
Matt StegerG-F

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Paul CarterF	26	7	2-4	0-0	3-3	8	1	0	0	0	1	7	2
Damian JohnsonF	17	6	3-6	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	2	0	1	2	4
Ralph Sampson IIIF-C	19	3	0-1	0-0	3-4	7	0	1	0	2	1	6	3
Al NolenG	25	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	2	3	2	1	0	0	2	2
Lawrence WestbrookG	25	17	6-10	4-6	1-1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Travis BuschF	13	7	1-2	0-0	5-6	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Jamal Abu-ShamalaG-F	3	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
Colton IversonF-C	20	7	2-4	0-0	3-6	4	1	3	0	1	1	3	3
Jonathan WilliamsC	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Devoe JosephG	15	2	0-1	0-1	2-3	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2
Devron BostickG	16	9	4-7	1-3	0-0	4	3	2	1	1	1	3	0
Blake HoffarberG	19	7	1-3	1-3	4-4	4	4	2	1	0	0	4	0
Kevin PaytonG	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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