Northwestern hoops has moved forward after the “stray cat strut” of Kevin Coble this summer, going on an Italian tour that even Dicky Greenleaf and Tom Ripley would envy. In their four game exhibition, the Cats went undefeated, finishing Sunday evening with a 77-55 victory over Pallacanestro Pavia in Pavia, Italy. Sophomore Drew Crawford scored a game-high 21 points, classmate Alex Marcotullio added 17 and freshman JerShon Cobb chipped in with 16.
Maybe these games can be pro-rated towards the 2011 end of season RPI?
By Paul M. Banks
Here’s the box score from the third game, a 112-105 OT victory over Fastweb Casale Monferrato
Northwestern
Thompson 14-23 2-4 38, Crawford 7-15 5-6 22, Capocci 1-2 0-0 2, Shurna 5-9 10-10 26,
Curletti 4-4 0-0 8, Marcotullio 2-5 0-0 6, Mirkovic 1-2 0-0 2, Fruendt 1-1 0-0 3,
Peljusic 0-0 0-0 0, Cobb 2-5 0-0 5. Team totals 39-71 17-20 112.
Fastweb Casale Monferrato
Hickman 2-10 4-4 10, Taylor 6-13 5-7 18, Masciardi 2-3 0-0 5, Fantoni 5-9 9-14 19,
Ferrero 7-10 3-4 22, Malaventura 2-9 0-0 6, Pierich 7-13 5-5 23, Chiotti 1-2 0-0 2.
Team totals 32-69 26-34 105.
3-Point Shooting: NU 17-34 (Thompson 8-15, Crawford 3-8, Marcotullio 2-4, Shurna
2-5, Fruendt 1-1, Cobb 1-1), Fastweb 15-41 (Ferrero 5-7, Pierich 4-8, Hickman 2-8,
Malaventura 2-9, Taylor 1-5, Masciadri 1-2, Fantoni 0-2).
Rebounding: NU 33 (Mirkovic 6, Curletti 5, Shurna 5, Crawford 4, Thompson 4, Cobb 3,
Capocci 1, Marcotullio 1, TEAM 4), Fastweb 27 (Fantoni 6, Pierich 5, Taylor 5,
Chiotti 4, Hickman 3, Ferrero 2, TEAM 2).
Assists: NU 24 (Thompson 6, Mirkovic 5, Curletti 4, Shurna 3, Capocci 3, Crawford 1,
Cobb 1, Marcotullio 1), Fastweb 17 (Malaventura 6, Taylor 5, Hickman 3, Pierich 1,
Masciadri 1, Ferrero 1).
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