| Northwestern vs. McKendree |
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| Date | Friday, Nov. 7 | 7 p.m. |
| Location | Welsh-Ryan Arena | Evanston, Ill. |
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| Listen | WNUR (online only) |
| Live Stats | Gametracker |
| Buy Tickets | NUsports.com |
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| Game Notes | Northwestern |
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern plays its lone exhibition game of the season Friday night as it host NCAA Division II foe McKendree University at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Tip time is set for 7 p.m.
Admission is just $10. Groups of 15 or more can get in for just $5 per ticket. As always, admission is free of charge to Northwestern undergraduate students with a valid WildCARD. There also will not be a charge for parking on Friday evening.
Northwestern is beginning its second season under head coach Chris Collins. The Wildcats return four starters and six letterwinners from last year's team that went 14-19 overall and 6-12 in Big Ten play. Redshirt senior guard JerShon Cobb is the team's leading returning scorer after averaging 12.2 points per game last season, while redshirt junior Tre Demps contributed 11.0 points per contest, primarily off the bench.
NU also welcomes in an outstanding group of newcomers as this year's group of freshmen ranked as the 31st-best recruiting class in the nation according to ESPN.com. Northwestern has seven newcomers this season: five scholarship freshmen (Vic Law, Scottie Lindsey, Bryant McIntosh, Gavin Skelly, Johnnie Vassar) one freshman walk-on (Nick Segura) and one fifth-year transfer (Jeremiah Kreisberg). Kreisberg joins the 'Cats after spending the last four years at Yale where he appeared in 88 games, making 55 starts.
Northwestern is scheduled to play 18 regular-season home games this season, just one shy of the school record. The Wildcats played 19 home games during the regular season in 2009-10 as well as in 2012-13.
Scouting McKendree
McKendree University is located in Lebanon, Ill., which is 25 miles east of St. Louis and has a population of 4,444 as of 2013. The school is the oldest college in the state of Illinois having been established in 1828.
The Bearcats are coached by Harry Statham who is the winningest coach in college basketball history, having amassed 1,077 career wins in his first 48 seasons at McKendree. He was also the school's athletic director from 1966-2010. He has coached McKendree to all 15 of its NAIA national tournament berths and has helped lead McKendree through its transition to NCAA Division II membership. The Bearcats competed as members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) for the first time during the 2012-13 season.
McKendree has already played one exhibition game this season, falling 88-60 at Evansville last Saturday despite getting 18 points and 10 rebounds from senior forward Matt Holmes. The Bearcats have been picked to finish eighth in the GLVC East Division this season.
UP NEXT...
Northwestern opens up its 2014-15 regular season at home next Friday, Nov. 14 as it takes on Houston Baptist. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
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