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Nick Martinelli leads Northwestern to 70-66 overtime win over No. 19 Illinois

AP
Dec 07, 2024

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Nick Martinelli scored 27 points, including seven in overtime, and Northwestern beat No. 19 Illinois 70-66 on Friday night.

Brooks Barnhizer added 17 points and Jalen Leach had 16 as the Wildcats (7-3, 1-1 Big Ten) overcame a 10-point deficit. Barnhizer's free throw with 8 seconds left in OT helped seal it.

Barnhizer scored on a jumper from the paint with 41 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 56-all. Illinois led 46-36 midway through the second half.

Kasparas Jakucionis led Illinois (6-2, 0-1) with 20 points and 10 rebounds, Tomislav Ivisic had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and freshman Will Riley came off the bench to score 12 points.

Northwestern beat a ranked team in its conference home opener for the second straight season after stunning Zach Edey and Purdue last year.

Northwestern: Bounced back after losing its conference opener 80-79 at Iowa on Tuesday on Josh Dix’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

Illinois: This was a far cry from the Illini's 90-77 win over then- No. 19 Arkansas on Thanksgiving, which they started on a 21-6 run and led throughout.

Jakucionis was blocked out by Northwestern center Matthew Nicholson and missed on a driving layup with 39 seconds left in OT and the Wildcats leading 67-66. Nicholson grabbed the rebound, and Northwestern added two points on free throws by Leach.

Illinois committed 11 turnovers to four for Northwestern.

Illinois hosts No. 11 Wisconsin on Tuesday. Northwestern plays at Georgia Tech on Dec. 15.

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1st Half
ILL
Fighting Illini
27
NW
Wildcats
24

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Tomislav Ivisic vs. Matthew Nicholson (Fighting Illini gains possession)
19:36		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point dunk
19:34		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
19:22		Nick Martinelli misses two point jump shot
19:20		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
19:01	+2	Tre White makes two point cutting dunk (Tomislav Ivisic assists)	2-0
18:46		Nick Martinelli misses three point jump shot
18:44		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
18:36	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point driving layup (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	4-0
18:22	+2	Jalen Leach makes two point pullup jump shot	4-2
18:05		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (lost ball) (Matthew Nicholson steals)
17:42		Nick Martinelli misses three point jump shot
17:40		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
17:27	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point dunk (Kylan Boswell assists)	6-2
17:12	+2	Jalen Leach makes two point pullup jump shot	6-4
16:50	+2	Kasparas Jakucionis makes two point driving finger roll layup (Tre White assists)	8-4
16:32		Ty Berry misses three point jump shot
16:30		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
16:18		Will Riley misses three point jump shot
16:16		Ty Berry defensive rebound
16:09		Jalen Leach misses two point jump shot
16:07		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
15:58		Kylan Boswell turnover (bad pass) (Brooks Barnhizer steals)
15:52	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point pullup jump shot	8-6
15:32		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (bad pass) (Brooks Barnhizer steals)
15:22		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point layup
15:20		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
14:58		Nick Martinelli blocks Kylan Boswell's two point jump shot
14:56		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
14:35		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
14:33		Kylan Boswell defensive rebound
14:11		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (bad pass)
14:11		TV timeout
14:00		Nick Martinelli misses two point hook shot
13:58		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
13:41		Morez Johnson Jr. misses two point layup
13:39		Luke Hunger defensive rebound
13:29		Brooks Barnhizer misses three point jump shot
13:27		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
13:11		Brooks Barnhizer blocks Will Riley's two point jump shot
13:08		Fighting Illini offensive rebound
12:55		Fighting Illini turnover (shot clock violation)
12:38		Justin Mullins misses three point jump shot
12:36		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
12:15		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
12:13		Wildcats defensive rebound
12:12		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn personal foul (Luke Hunger draws the foul)
11:53	+3	Brooks Barnhizer makes three point jump shot (Justin Mullins assists)	8-9
11:36	+3	Tomislav Ivisic makes three point jump shot (Will Riley assists)	11-9
11:18		Justin Mullins misses three point jump shot
11:16		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
11:06		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
11:04		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
10:42		Brooks Barnhizer turnover (lost ball) (Kylan Boswell steals)
10:36		Kylan Boswell misses two point driving layup
10:34		Justin Mullins defensive rebound
10:27		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
10:25		Brooks Barnhizer offensive rebound
10:20		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point layup
10:18		Jalen Leach offensive rebound
10:17		Jalen Leach misses two point jump shot
10:15		Ben Humrichous defensive rebound
10:10		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
10:08		Justin Mullins defensive rebound
9:42	+2	Luke Hunger makes two point pullup jump shot	11-11
9:20	+2	Will Riley makes two point floating jump shot	13-11
8:56	+3	Justin Mullins makes three point jump shot (Nick Martinelli assists)	13-14
8:32		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point turnaround hook shot
8:30		Luke Hunger defensive rebound
8:21		Luke Hunger misses three point jump shot
8:19		Kylan Boswell defensive rebound
8:06		Nick Martinelli shooting foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
8:06		TV timeout
8:06	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-14
8:06	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-14
7:55		Matthew Nicholson turnover (bad pass)
7:55		TV timeout
7:30	+2	Tre White makes two point jump shot (Jake Davis assists)	17-14
7:11		Kasparas Jakucionis personal foul (Jalen Leach draws the foul)
6:56	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point layup (Matthew Nicholson assists)	17-16
6:42		Ty Berry personal foul (Tre White draws the foul)
6:39		Jake Davis misses two point cutting layup
6:39		Wildcats defensive rebound
6:39		Morez Johnson Jr. personal foul (Brooks Barnhizer draws the foul)
6:25		Kylan Boswell personal foul (Brooks Barnhizer draws the foul)
6:21		Justin Mullins misses three point jump shot
6:19		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
6:12		Ty Berry personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
6:06		Tre White misses three point jump shot
6:04		Justin Mullins defensive rebound
5:46		Morez Johnson Jr. personal foul (Matthew Nicholson draws the foul)
5:38	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point stepback jump shot (Justin Mullins assists)	17-18
5:22	+3	Tomislav Ivisic makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	20-18
5:06		Jalen Leach misses two point jump shot
5:04		Matthew Nicholson offensive rebound
5:01		Tomislav Ivisic shooting foul (Nick Martinelli draws the foul)
5:01		Nick Martinelli misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:01		Nick Martinelli misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:01		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
4:33		Will Riley misses three point jump shot
4:31		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
4:22	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point floating jump shot	20-20
4:09		Kylan Boswell misses two point layup
4:07		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
3:50		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point pullup jump shot
3:48		Will Riley defensive rebound
3:31	+2	Will Riley makes two point reverse layup (Tomislav Ivisic assists)	22-20
3:12		Nick Martinelli misses two point hook shot
3:10		Nick Martinelli offensive rebound
3:05		Nick Martinelli misses two point tip layup
3:03		Will Riley defensive rebound
2:51	+2	Will Riley makes two point driving dunk (Tomislav Ivisic assists)	24-20
2:51		Wildcats 30 second timeout
2:51		TV timeout
2:39		Jalen Leach misses three point jump shot
2:37		Nick Martinelli offensive rebound
2:32		Nick Martinelli misses two point layup
2:30		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
2:22		Nick Martinelli personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
2:11	+2	Will Riley makes two point layup (Kylan Boswell assists)	26-20
1:46	+2	Jalen Leach makes two point fadeaway jump shot (Justin Mullins assists)	26-22
1:33		Luke Hunger personal foul (Tomislav Ivisic draws the foul)
1:24		Justin Mullins blocks Kasparas Jakucionis's two point jump shot
1:17		Kasparas Jakucionis offensive rebound
1:17		Kasparas Jakucionis misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot
1:15		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
1:09		Ben Humrichous blocks Brooks Barnhizer's two point driving floating jump shot
1:07		Wildcats offensive rebound
1:00		Justin Mullins misses three point jump shot
0:58		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
0:49		Jalen Leach shooting foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
0:49	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-22
0:49		Will Riley misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:49		Justin Mullins defensive rebound
0:37		Brooks Barnhizer turnover (lost ball)
0:14		Kasparas Jakucionis misses two point jump shot
0:12		Justin Mullins defensive rebound
0:01	+2	Jalen Leach makes two point driving layup (Justin Mullins assists)	27-24
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
ILL
Fighting Illini
29
NW
Wildcats
32

Time		Play	Score
19:49	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point jump shot (Jalen Leach assists)	27-26
19:28		Kylan Boswell misses two point layup
19:26		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
19:25		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point layup
19:23		Wildcats defensive rebound
19:09		Nick Martinelli misses two point layup
19:07		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
19:02	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point driving layup	29-26
18:41	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point layup (Jalen Leach assists)	29-28
18:24	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point hook shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	31-28
18:02	+3	Nick Martinelli makes three point jump shot (Matthew Nicholson assists)	31-31
17:38		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (bad pass) (Nick Martinelli steals)
17:22		Jalen Leach misses two point jump shot
17:20		Tre White defensive rebound
17:10		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
17:08		Kylan Boswell offensive rebound
17:08	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point hook shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	33-31
16:33		Tre White shooting foul (Nick Martinelli draws the foul)
16:33	+1	Nick Martinelli makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-32
16:33		Nick Martinelli misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:33		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
16:18		Kylan Boswell turnover
16:05	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point jump shot (Jalen Leach assists)	33-34
15:40		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
15:39		Wildcats defensive rebound
15:39		TV timeout
15:26		Tomislav Ivisic blocks Luke Hunger's two point jump shot
15:24		Wildcats offensive rebound
15:21		Jalen Leach misses three point jump shot
15:19		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
15:06	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point layup	35-34
14:41		Brooks Barnhizer turnover (bad pass) (Kasparas Jakucionis steals)
14:08	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point layup (Tomislav Ivisic assists)	37-34
14:08		Luke Hunger shooting foul (Morez Johnson Jr. draws the foul)
14:08		Morez Johnson Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
13:58		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
13:58		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
13:56		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
13:32		Kylan Boswell turnover (bad pass)
13:23		Luke Hunger misses three point jump shot
13:21		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
12:56	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point stepback jump shot (Morez Johnson Jr. assists)	40-34
12:47		Wildcats 30 second timeout
12:47		TV timeout
12:47		Will Riley personal foul
12:45		Kasparas Jakucionis blocks Ty Berry's two point jump shot
12:43		Wildcats offensive rebound
12:32		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
12:30		Ben Humrichous defensive rebound
12:11	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point layup (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	42-34
12:00		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn personal foul (Brooks Barnhizer draws the foul)
12:00		TV timeout
11:50		Brooks Barnhizer misses three point jump shot
11:48		Will Riley defensive rebound
11:39		Ty Berry shooting foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
11:39		Will Riley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:39	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-34
11:24	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point layup (Brooks Barnhizer assists)	43-36
10:52		Will Riley misses three point jump shot
10:51		Fighting Illini offensive rebound
10:51		Fighting Illini turnover (shot clock violation)
10:38		Ty Berry misses three point jump shot
10:36		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
10:12	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point jump shot (Will Riley assists)	46-36
9:48		Jalen Leach misses two point jump shot
9:46		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
9:36		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
9:34		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
9:15	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point driving layup	46-38
8:56		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
8:54		Ben Humrichous offensive rebound
8:51		Matthew Nicholson personal foul (Ben Humrichous draws the foul)
8:42		Will Riley turnover (traveling)
8:30	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point driving floating jump shot (Jalen Leach assists)	46-40
8:16		Will Riley misses three point jump shot
8:14		Fighting Illini offensive rebound
8:13		Brooks Barnhizer personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
8:11		TV timeout
8:00		Will Riley misses two point reverse layup
7:58		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
7:44	+2	Jalen Leach makes two point stepback jump shot	46-42
7:27		Brooks Barnhizer blocks Tomislav Ivisic's three point jump shot
7:25		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
7:22		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point dunk
7:20		Ben Humrichous defensive rebound
7:14		Tomislav Ivisic turnover (lost ball) (Brooks Barnhizer steals)
7:10		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn shooting foul (Brooks Barnhizer draws the foul)
7:10		Brooks Barnhizer misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:10	+1	Brooks Barnhizer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-43
7:00		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
6:58		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
6:51		Ben Humrichous shooting foul (Matthew Nicholson draws the foul)
6:51	+1	Matthew Nicholson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-44
6:51		Matthew Nicholson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:51		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
6:33		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
6:31		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
6:18		Kylan Boswell misses three point stepback jump shot
6:16		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
6:08		Brooks Barnhizer misses three point jump shot
6:06		Kylan Boswell defensive rebound
5:51		Ty Berry personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
5:46	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point jump shot (Tomislav Ivisic assists)	49-44
5:24		Ben Humrichous shooting foul (Nick Martinelli draws the foul)
5:24	+1	Nick Martinelli makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-45
5:24	+1	Nick Martinelli makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-46
5:13	+3	Ben Humrichous makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	52-46
4:52		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point floating jump shot
4:50		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
4:46		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
4:44		Luke Hunger defensive rebound
4:21	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point driving floating jump shot	52-48
4:01		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
3:59		Justin Mullins defensive rebound
3:48	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot	52-50
3:18		Justin Mullins personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
3:18		TV timeout
3:04	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point stepback jump shot	55-50
2:46		Jalen Leach misses three point jump shot
2:44		Tre White defensive rebound
2:15		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
2:13		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
2:05		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
2:01		Will Riley misses three point jump shot
1:59		Jalen Leach defensive rebound
1:56		Tomislav Ivisic personal foul (Jalen Leach draws the foul)
1:56	+1	Jalen Leach makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-51
1:56	+1	Jalen Leach makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-52
1:44		Nick Martinelli blocks Kasparas Jakucionis's two point jump shot
1:42		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
1:36		Ben Humrichous blocks Nick Martinelli's two point layup
1:34		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
1:18		Kylan Boswell misses two point layup
1:16		Jalen Leach defensive rebound
1:10	+2	Justin Mullins makes two point driving layup (Jalen Leach assists)	55-54
0:56		Jalen Leach personal foul (Tomislav Ivisic draws the foul)
0:56	+1	Tomislav Ivisic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-54
0:56		Tomislav Ivisic misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:56		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
0:38	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point fadeaway jump shot	56-56
0:35		Fighting Illini 60 second timeout
0:17		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point stepback jump shot
0:15		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
0:01		Brooks Barnhizer misses three point jump shot
0:00		Wildcats offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

OT
ILL
Fighting Illini
10
NW
Wildcats
14

Time		Play	Score
5:00		Tomislav Ivisic vs. Matthew Nicholson (Wildcats gains possession)
4:39	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point driving floating jump shot	56-58
4:23	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point fadeaway jump shot	59-58
3:59		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
3:57		Matthew Nicholson offensive rebound
3:49		Matthew Nicholson misses two point tip layup
3:49		Matthew Nicholson offensive rebound
3:49	+2	Matthew Nicholson makes two point putback layup	59-60
3:21		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
3:19		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
2:58	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point layup	59-62
2:40	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point layup (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	61-62
2:39		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
2:22	+3	Nick Martinelli makes three point jump shot	61-65
1:54	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point stepback jump shot	64-65
1:34	+2	Jalen Leach makes two point driving floating jump shot	64-67
1:34		Kasparas Jakucionis shooting foul (Jalen Leach draws the foul)
1:34		Jalen Leach misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:34		Kylan Boswell defensive rebound
1:18		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
1:16		Fighting Illini offensive rebound
1:16		Nick Martinelli personal foul (Tomislav Ivisic draws the foul)
1:16	+1	Tomislav Ivisic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-67
1:16	+1	Tomislav Ivisic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-67
0:54		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point driving floating bank jump shot
0:52		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
0:41		Matthew Nicholson blocks Kasparas Jakucionis's two point driving layup
0:39		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
0:25		Ben Humrichous personal foul (Jalen Leach draws the foul)
0:25	+1	Jalen Leach makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-68
0:25	+1	Jalen Leach makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-69
0:25		Wildcats 60 second timeout
0:17		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point pullup jump shot
0:14		Wildcats defensive rebound
0:09		Wildcats 30 second timeout
0:08		Tre White personal foul (Brooks Barnhizer draws the foul)
0:08	+1	Brooks Barnhizer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-70
0:08		Brooks Barnhizer misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:08		Ben Humrichous defensive rebound
0:02		Will Riley misses three point jump shot
0:00		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound