Michael Thompson News

Michael Thompson watched his Northwestern teammates scrimmage while he stood beside the scorer's table during a recent morning practice at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

John Wall, Eric Bledsoe and the rest of the Wildcats have Kentucky at 8-0 for the first time in 17 years.

Northwestern looks to hand its third consecutive opponent its first loss of the season Tuesday as it travels to undefeated North Carolina State to participate in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Junior point guard Michael Thompson has especially stepped his game up a notch. 2. Illinois State : The Redbirds are the only unbeaten team remaining in the state.

State can't stay undefeated - can Farnold Degand get is * It doesn't get any more simple than that.

Michael Thompson scored 22 points and Northwestern beat North Carolina State 65-53 on Tuesday night in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Even though he scored a school-record 51 points in an NBA-paced win over Mundelein last week, Evanston junior guard Garrett Jones knows it might have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Sunday's game against Tennessee State was supposed to give Northwestern a chance to work out the kinks and regain confidence after a decisive home loss to Butler.

John Shurna scored 23 points and Michael Thompson added 16 as Northwestern defeated Iowa State 67-65 Saturday night in the championship game of Chicago Invitational Tournament.

Eds: APNewsNow. Northwestern 72, No. 23 Notre Dame 58. AP Photo ILNH513, ILNH512, ILNH514 By RICK GANO AP Sports Writer CHICAGO John Shurna scored a career-high 25 points and freshman Alex Marcotullio made a pair of key 3-pointers in the second half Friday night as Northwestern beat No.

Notre Dame has blown out its first five opponents this season, but it should get a tougher test Friday night.

Bridgewater College shot 51 percent from the floor Tuesday night, but the Eagles were no match for hot-shooting Southern Virginia University as the Knights pulled away for a 91-65 nonconference victory.

Freshman Drew Crawford scored 22 points, nearly double his output from the first three games combined, to lead Northwestern to a 69-53 victory over Liberty on Tuesday night.

Alex Marcotullio nailed three 3-pointers in Sunday's win over Tennessee State, including the go-ahead basket with just over two minutes remaining.

A record crowd at Virginia was nothing unusual for No. 6 Tennessee to face, and with Angie Bjorklund getting her shooting stroke working, the Lady Vols rolled, 77-63, on Sunday.

Michael Thompson scored 13 of his career-high 31 points in the final 5 minutes 5 seconds Sunday as Northwestern finished with a 16-1 run and rallied to defeat Tennessee State 69-62. Northwestern trailed 61-53 before Thompson took over.

NU freshman guard Alex Marcotullio had a strong showing Wednesday night. Ray Whitehouse/The Daily Northwestern Moving on without seniors Kevin Coble and Jeff Ryan proved to be as difficult as anticipated.

Shelvin Mack led a balanced Butler attack with 15 points as the tenth-ranked Bulldogs defeated the Northwestern Wildcats 67-54 in Evanston.

Shelvin Mack had 15 points, Gordon Hayward added 14 points and 10 rebounds, and No.

Updated Nov. 16, 11:55 p.m. Monday morning's meeting with a second foot specialist made it official: Star senior Kevin Coble will not suit up for Northwestern this season, the athletic department said.