Northwestern overpowers cold-shooting Arizona State

Field Level Media|published: Wed 20th December, 22:49 2023

Dec 20, 2023; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Northwestern Wildcats guard Brooks Barnhizer (13) shoots the ball against Arizona State Sun Devils forward Bryant Selebangue (24) during the first half during the Hall of Series at Footprint Center. credits: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Northwestern's Boo Buie made four 3-pointers, one more than Arizona State made as a team, and he finished with 22 points to lead the Wildcats to a 65-46 victory on Wednesday in the Hall of Fame Series at Phoenix.

Buie wound up 4-for-8 from beyond the arc, leading his team's 9-of-22 performance (40.9 percent) on 3-point attempts.

Brooks Barnhizer scored 13 of his 16 points in the first half for Northwestern (9-2). He also grabbed nine rebounds, while teammate Ty Berry had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Northwestern outrebounded Arizona State 41-31.

The Wildcats made 47.3 percent (26 of 55) of their shot attempts.

Arizona State hit 3 of 18 shots (16.7 percent) from 3-point range and 16 of 51 (31.4 percent) from the field.

Frankie Collins led the Sun Devils (6-5) with 10 points and three steals. Arizona's Bryant Selebangue had seven points and a team-best seven rebounds.

Northwestern outscored Arizona 16-3 over the last 10 minutes of the first half to take a 36-13 halftime lead.

The Wildcats made as many 3-pointers, five, as Arizona State made shots from the field before the break.

Northwestern sank 15 of 28 shots (53.6 percent) from the floor, 5 of 12 from beyond the arc, in the first half. The Sun Devils were 5 of 26 (19.2 percent) overall and 2 of 13 from 3-point range.

Barnhizer matched Arizona State's scoring total with 13 points in the half. He was 6 of 7 from the field with six rebounds.

LSU transfer Adam Miller, in his second game of eligibility with Arizona State after the NCAA relaxed its rule that forced two-time transfers to sit a year, was 0 for 4 from the field in the first half. He missed three of those shots from 3-point range.

Miller finished with six points while making one of 10 shots from the floor.

Arizona State cut the deficit to 44-28 with 12:13 remaining after going on a 10-3 run.

The Sun Devils could not get closer as Buie hit a 3-pointer and Nick Martinelli made a jumper in the lane to put Northwestern ahead by 21 with 11:09 remaining.

—Field Level Media