Scouting: SIU Edwardsville @ Northwestern

SIU Edwardsville (5-15) at Northwestern (12-5)

When: 5:30 p.m. at Welsh-Ryan Arena

Video: BigTenNetwork.com

Radio: WGN 720-AM

The skinny: With No. 18 Wisconsin showing up Sunday morning, the Wildcats hope to get through their final nonconference game with a minimum of fuss and pain. The Cougars already have a 61-point loss at Iowa and a 34-point loss at Indiana on their resume — two teams that NU has beaten — so this might be a game for coach Bill Carmody to keep John Shurna's and Juice Thompson's participation to a minimum. Thompson averages 39.4 minutes in Big Ten games while Shurna remains less than 100 percent after suffering a high ankle sprain on Dec. 23.