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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Northwestern 64, Indiana 62
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Where: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois
Officials: # Don Daily, # Larry Scirotto, # Brian Dorsey
Attendance: 7039

Boo Buie hit a floater in the lane with 2.7 seconds remaining to give Northwestern a 64-62 home win over No. 14 Indiana on Wednesday.

Buie finished with 21 points, while Chase Audige added 14 points for Northwestern (19-7, 10-5).

Trayce Jackson-Davis had 23 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for Indiana (18-8, 9-6).

Following Buie's shot, a halfcourt shot by Indiana's Jalen Hood-Schifino hit the rim and bounced off as time expired.

Indiana trailed by 21 points in the first half but rallied to cut Northwestern's lead to 58-56 with 2:51 left in the game.

Buie hit a layup with 44.1 seconds left to give Northwestern a 62-58 lead, but Hood-Schifino answered with a basket to make it 62-60 with 34.1 seconds remaining.

Following a steal off an inbounds pass, Jackson-Davis hit a layup with 30.9 seconds left to tie the game at 62-62.

Northwestern didn't call a timeout and put the ball in the hands of Buie, who drove into the lane and converted his shot near the basket.

Trailing 45-27 with 17:20 remaining in the game, Indiana mounted a charge, going on an 11-2 run to cut Northwestern's lead to 47-38 with 12:42 left.

The Hoosiers continued to cut into their deficit, pulling to within five at 56-51 with 5:05 remaining.

After Indiana took a 10-7 lead with 15:32 left in the first half, Northwestern exploded from there.

The Wildcats went on an 18-2 run over the next 7:58 to take a 25-12 lead with 7:34 left until halftime.

Northwestern kept up its onslaught, leading by as many as 21 points in the first half at 39-18 with 34 seconds remaining until halftime.

The Wildcats eventually took a 39-20 lead into halftime.

In the first half, Northwestern held Indiana to 6-of-21 shooting from the field overall and 0 of 5 from 3-point range.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Indiana   Northwestern
Trayce Jackson-Davis 23 Scoring Boo Buie 21
Trayce Jackson-Davis 8 Assists Boo Buie 4
Trayce Jackson-Davis 10 Rebounds Boo Buie 6
Trayce Jackson-Davis 9 Free Throws Made Boo Buie 6
Miller Kopp 1 Steals Ty Berry 2
Trayce Jackson-Davis 2 Blocks Matthew Nicholson 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Indiana 62 48.9 3-11 15-20 15 32 2 1 13
Northwestern 64 36.8 8-33 14-14 8 21 3 7 4