Boo Buie had 16 points and Chase Audige scored eight of his 12 points in the second half and Northwestern beat short-handed Indiana 59-51 on Tuesday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston for the Wildcats’ third straight win.
Five different players scored for Northwestern (12-10, 5-8 Big Ten) in a 13-0 run to take a six-point lead about five minutes into the second half. Indiana assistant coach Kenya Hunter was assessed a technical foul and Ryan Greer made the first of two free throws to make it 36-35 with 15:49 left on the Wildcats led the rest of the way. He missed the second but it went out of bounds off the Hoosiers and Pete Nance missed a 3-point shot before Greer scored on a put back 39 seconds later. Nance missed a driving layup but Audige grabbed the rebound and kicked it out to Robbie Beran for a 3 to make it 41-31 with 14:27 to play.
