Northwestern scouting report

Posted February 23, 2012 11:00 pm

Northwestern (16-11, 6-9)

at Penn State (12-16, 4-11)

When: Saturday, 8 p.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center

TV: ESPNU

Radio: WIND 560-AM

Skinny: In a season full of must-wins, this one becomes the king of the must wins, especially coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss to Michigan on Tuesday that could have really helped the Wildcats postseason resume.

Saturday’s contest features the top two scorers in the Big Ten in both all games played

as well as league contests. John Shurna paces the conference with 20.0 points per game overall and 20.4 against Big Ten foes. Meanwhile, Penn State’s Tim Frazier is averaging 18.5 points overall and 19.7 against conference opponents.

The last time the two teams met, Northwestern picked up a 68-56 in Evanston behind 21 points from Drew Crawford and 20 from Dave Sobolewski.

Next: Northwestern hosts Ohio State on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

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