EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Mississippi Valley junior transfer Davon Usher scored a game-leading 35 points to almost single-handedly keep the Delta Devils in the game, but Northwestern got key late baskets from sophomore guard Dave Sobolewski to pull out an 81-68 win on Thursday night.
Sobolewski scored his first field goal of the season on a layup to break a 58-58 tie midway through the second half moments after Usher had hit a 3-point shot from the right corner to knot the score.
Sobolewski scored all 13 of his points, including two 3-point baskets, down the stretch to give Northwestern (2-0) the victory.
Reggie Hearn had 23 points and Jared Swopshire added 22 for the Wildcats, who needed a 23-10 spurt in the final 8:54 to win.
Usher seemed to zone in as the game progressed, going 7 of 8 on 3-point attempts He had scored 32 points in his first two games with Mississippi Valley (0-3).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Mississippi Valley State (0-3) | 38 | 30 | 68 |
| Northwestern (2-0) « | 40 | 41 | 81 |
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| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Usher, F | 39 | 12-18 | 4-4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 35 |
| N. Brandt, F | 24 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Francis, C | 24 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Marshall, G | 33 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| M. Smith, G | 31 | 6-9 | 2-5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Tomlin | 23 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| M. Holley | 12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| C. Dobbs | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Ralling | 4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Samples | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-51 | 12-21 | 30 | 18 | 25 | 68 | |
| 47.1% | 57.1% | ||||||
| Northwestern Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Swopshire, F | 37 | 7-11 | 3-4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| D. Crawford, F | 16 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| A. Olah, C | 22 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| R. Hearn, G | 38 | 8-12 | 3-6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| D. Sobolewski, G | 37 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Marcotullio | 23 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| M. Turner | 15 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| T. Demps | 10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| K. Abrahamson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-54 | 15-26 | 37 | 25 | 23 | 81 | |
| 50% | 57.7% | ||||||
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