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Penn State vs Northwestern Basketball at Welsh Ryan Arena 2024

admin — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 04:30:42 +0000

On Sunday February 11, 2024, I attended a college basketball game in Evanston, Illinois at Welsh Ryan Arena. The Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions basketball team came to town to take on the Northwestern Wildcats. The final score was 68 for the Wildcats and 63 for the Nittany Lions. Northwestern guard Boo Buie finished with 15 points and 6 assists. Penn State guard Nick Kern Jr. finished with 18 points but fouled out late. Penn State kept it close but Northwestern ultimately prevailed.

Below are pictures from inside Welsh Ryan Arena during the basketball game.

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Purdue vs Northwestern Basketball at Welsh Ryan Arena 2023

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 05:35:45 +0000

On Sunday February 12, 2023, I attended a college basketball game in Evanston, Illinois at Welsh Ryan Arena. The #1 ranked Purdue University Boilermakers basketball team came to take on the Northwestern Wildcats. The final score was 64 for the Wildcats and 58 for the Boilermakers. This was perhaps Northwestern’s biggest regular season win in program history and first win over a #1 ranked team. Northwestern guard Boo Buie lead all scores with 26 points and 3 assists. Purdue center Zach Edey had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Northwestern lost control of the lead in the first few minutes and did not take the lead again until late with under 2 minutes remaining thanks in part to Northwestern guard Chase Audige who got going late and scored 15 points for the game.

Below are pictures from inside Welsh Ryan Arena during the basketball game.

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Ohio State vs Northwestern Basketball at Welsh Ryan Arena 2023

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 05:08:39 +0000

On Saturday January 1, 2023, I attended a college basketball game in Evanston, Illinois at Welsh Ryan Arena. The Ohio State Buckeyes basketball team came to town to take on the Northwestern Wildcats. Northwestern guard Chase Audige scored 16 points with 2 assists, while Northwestern center Matthew Nicholson had 13 rebounds. The Buckeyes were too much for Northwestern in this game as Ohio State had the lead for the entire game. The final score was 73 for the Buckeyes an 57 for the Wildcats. Brice Sensabaugh scored 18 points for the Buckeyes with 8 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Below are some pictures from Welsh Ryan Arena including basketball action and views from inside the arena.

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Nebraska vs Northwestern Basketball at Welsh-Ryan Arena 2020

admin — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 02:19:59 +0000

I was able to attend a college basketball game at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois, on Saturday, January 11, 2020. The Northwestern University Wildcats played the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. Welsh-Ryan Arena recently underwent $110 million of renovations that were completed in late 2018. Even though it was snowing in Evanston at the conclusion of the game, with more snow expected, Northwestern fans turned out with the attendance recorded at 5,664 out of 7,039 (80.4%). My impression though was that the attendance was less than 80% of the capacity in the arena.

Coming into the basketball game, Northwestern had lost all of their four Big Ten conference games and had lost their previous five games. Northwestern played well against Nebraska and never trailed after about 10 minutes into the first half. Northwestern prevailed to beat Nebraska with a score of 62 to 57. Northwestern was coached by Chris Collins and Nebraska was coached by former Chicago Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg.

Nebraska guard Cam Mack added 11 points and 10 rebounds and sunk a 3 three-point field goal to take Nebraska within three points of Northwestern with 51 seconds left in the game. However, Northwestern forward Miller Kopp led the team with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal, and hit two late free throws with 9 seconds left in the game to clinch the win. Northwestern guard Pat Spencer also added 14 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 steal. In addition, Northwestern forward Robbie Beran added a double double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Below are some pictures I took while at Welsh-Ryan Arena during the Nebraska vs Northwestern college basketball game.

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Michigan State vs Northwestern Basketball at Allstate Arena 2018

admin — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 01:41:37 +0000

I was able to attend a college basketball game at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, on Saturday, February 17, 2018. The Northwestern University Wildcats played the Michigan State University Spartans. All homes games for the 2017 to 2018 Northwestern University basketball season are being played at Allstate Arena while Welsh-Ryan Arena undergoes a renovation.

Northwestern faced a tough opponent in Michigan State as they were the #2 AP ranked men’s college basketball team in the U.S. coming into the game. Northwestern played extremely well in the first half and led by 27 points at one point before going into halftime up 49 to 27. However, Northwestern struggled in the second half scoring only 11 points total. Michigan State won the game with a score of 65 to 60.

Northwestern forward Vic Law lead the team with 21 points and 5 assists. Northwestern forward Gavin Skelly added 11 points and 2 rebounds and center Dererk Pardon had 8 points and 6 rebounds; however, both had foul trouble late and had trouble staying on the floor. Michigan State guard Cassius Winston had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Northwestern had a chance to knock off a top team, but failed to score for more than than 11 minutes in the second half.

Below are some pictures I took while at Allstate Arena during the Michigan State vs Northwestern college basketball game.

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