Northwestern 65-63 Western Michigan (8 Dec, 2007) Play-by-Play

Northwestern Wildcats

4-4, 1-1 away

	1	2	T
NU	31	34	65
WMU	30	33	63

Western Michigan Broncos

4-5, 1-1 home

TIME		NU	WMU
19:44	Foul on Jeff Ryan	0	0
19:08	Michael Redell missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:08		0	0
18:47	Craig Moore made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nikola Baran.	3	0
18:25	Shawntes Gary made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by David Kool.	3	3
18:08	Nikola Baran missed Three Point Jumper.	3	3
18:08	Derek Drews Defensive Rebound.	3	3
17:47	Foul on Nikola Baran	3	3
17:30	Derek Drews made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by David Kool.	3	5
17:08	Foul on Michael Redell	3	5
17:07	Sterling Williams missed Two Point Jumper.	3	5
17:07	Joe Reitz Defensive Rebound.	3	5
16:31	Shawntes Gary missed Three Point Jumper.	3	5
16:31	Western Michigan Offensive Rebou.	3	5
16:21	Joe Reitz made Two Point Jumper.	3	7
15:51	Craig Moore missed Three Point Jumper.	3	7
15:51	Western Michigan Defensive Rebou.	3	7
15:46	Official TV Timeout.	3	7
15:24	Foul on Jeff Ryan	3	7
15:14	Foul on Andrew Hershberger	3	7
14:55	Craig Moore Steal.	3	7
14:51	Craig Moore missed Three Point Jumper.	3	7
14:51	Andrew Hershberger Defensive Rebound.	3	7
14:18	Derek Fracalossi made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Redell.	3	10
13:47	Jason Okrzesik missed Three Point Jumper.	3	10
13:47	Andre Ricks Defensive Rebound.	3	10
13:24	Andre Ricks missed Three Point Jumper.	3	10
13:24	Nikola Baran Defensive Rebound.	3	10
12:46	Michael Thompson made Two Point Jumper.	5	10
12:31	Foul on Nikola Baran	5	10
12:08	Donald Lawson missed Two Point Layup.	5	10
12:08	Donald Lawson Offensive Rebound.	5	10
12:04	Donald Lawson missed Two Point Tip Shot.	5	10
12:04	Donald Lawson Offensive Rebound.	5	10
11:59	Donald Lawson made Two Point Tip Shot.	5	12
11:43	Jason Okrzesik missed Three Point Jumper.	5	12
11:43	Derek Drews Defensive Rebound.	5	12
11:30	Andre Ricks missed Two Point Jumper.	5	12
11:30	Northwestern Defensive Rebound.	5	12
11:26	Official TV Timeout.	5	12
11:17	Craig Moore made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Nikola Baran.	7	12
10:50	Joe Reitz made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Derek Drews.	7	14
10:16	Foul on Joe Reitz	7	14
9:56	Joe Reitz made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Shawntes Gary.	7	16
9:23	Michael Thompson missed Two Point Jumper.	7	16
9:23	Shawntes Gary Defensive Rebound.	7	16
8:50	Jeff Ryan missed Two Point Layup.	7	16
8:50	Joe Reitz Defensive Rebound.	7	16
8:45	Derek Drews made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Redell.	7	19
8:41	Northwestern 20 Second Timeout.	7	19
8:31	Craig Moore missed Three Point Jumper.	7	19
8:31	Joe Reitz Defensive Rebound.	7	19
8:09	David Kool made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Redell.	7	22
7:51	Michael Thompson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jason Okrzesik.	10	22
7:26	Joe Reitz made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Michael Redell.	10	24
6:53	Michael Thompson made Two Point Jumper.	12	24
6:52	Official TV Timeout.	12	24
6:12	Nikola Baran made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeff Ryan.	15	24
5:23	Nikola Baran missed Three Point Jumper.	15	24
5:23	Martelle McLemore Defensive Rebound.	15	24
5:03	Jeff Ryan made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Jason Okrzesik.	17	24
4:45	Derek Fracalossi made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Donald Lawson.	17	26
4:26	Foul on Michael Redell	17	26
4:05	Jason Okrzesik made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Thompson.	20	26
3:35	Foul on Jason Okrzesik	20	26
3:35	Official TV Timeout.	20	26
3:21	Martelle McLemore missed Two Point Jumper.	20	26
3:21	Joe Reitz Offensive Rebound.	20	26
3:17	Joe Reitz made Two Point Layup.	20	28
3:17	Foul on Craig Moore	20	28
3:17	Joe Reitz missed Free Throw.	20	28
3:17	Jason Okrzesik Defensive Rebound.	20	28
3:06	Craig Moore made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeff Ryan.	23	28
2:39	Foul on Jason Okrzesik	23	28
2:39	Joe Reitz missed Free Throw.	23	28
2:39		23	28
2:39	Joe Reitz missed Free Throw.	23	28
2:39	Sterling Williams Defensive Rebound.	23	28
2:15	Jeff Ryan made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Jason Okrzesik.	25	28
1:58	Western Michigan 20 Second Timeout.	25	28
1:40	Craig Moore missed Three Point Jumper.	25	28
1:40	David Kool Defensive Rebound.	25	28
1:16	David Kool missed Three Point Jumper.	25	28
1:16	Mike Capocci Defensive Rebound.	25	28
0:52	Mike Capocci made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Craig Moore.	28	28
0:14	David Kool missed Three Point Jumper.	28	28
0:14	Joe Reitz Offensive Rebound.	28	28
0:11	Foul on Michael Thompson	28	28
0:11	Joe Reitz made Free Throw.	28	29
0:11	Joe Reitz made Free Throw.	28	30
0:03	Foul on David Kool	28	30
0:00	Craig Moore made Three Point Jumper.	31	30
0:00	End of the 1st Half.	31	30

University Arena (MI)

7:00 PM, 8 December 2007

Kalamazoo, MI

Attendance: 4,112

Referees:
Glenn Mayborg
Steve Skiles
Dennis Bracco

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Illinois	0-0	-	1-0
Iowa	0-0	-	1-0
Maryland	0-0	-	1-0
Michigan	0-0	-	1-0
Michigan State	0-0	-	1-0
Nebraska	0-0	-	1-0
Northwestern	0-0	-	1-0
Ohio State	0-0	-	1-0
Oregon	0-0	-	1-0
Penn State	0-0	-	1-0
Purdue	0-0	-	1-0
UCLA	0-0	-	1-0
USC	0-0	-	1-0
Wisconsin	0-0	-	1-0
Indiana	0-0	-	0-0
Minnesota	0-0	-	0-0
Rutgers	0-0	-	0-0
Washington	0-0	-	0-0

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Buffalo	0-0	-	1-0
Central Michigan	0-0	-	1-0
Kent State	0-0	-	1-0
Miami (OH)	0-0	-	1-0
Akron	0-0	-	0-1
Ball State	0-0	-	0-1
Bowling Green	0-0	-	0-1
Eastern Michigan	0-0	-	0-1
Northern Illinois	0-0	-	0-1
Ohio	0-0	-	0-1
Toledo	0-0	-	0-1
Western Michigan	0-0	-	0-1

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