SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) - Drew Crawford had 20 points and nine rebounds for Northwestern, leading the Wildcats to a thrilling 72-69 overtime victory Saturday night over Illinois State at the South Padre Island Invitational Tournament.
After Crawford hit a bucket with 25 seconds left and give Northwestern (6-0) a 3-point lead at 55-52, Tyler Brown came through in the clutch for the Redbirds, nailing a 3-pointer to make it 55-all with 10 seconds to go.
In overtime, Brown brought Illinois State (5-1) closer once again, sinking a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left to cut the Wildcats lead to a bucket, 71-69. Crawford hit a free throw after Brown fouled him to make it 72-69 and time expired after Brown turned it over on the ensuing possession.
Brown scored 36 points, making 12-of-20 shot attempts including seven 3-point baskets.
Jackie Carmichael had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds in the loss for Illinois State.
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Illinois State (4-1) | 26 | 29 | 14 | 69 |
| Northwestern (5-0) « | 23 | 32 | 17 | 72 |
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| Illinois State Redbirds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Carmichael, F | 36 | 5-11 | 3-10 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| J. Ekey, F | 24 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Brown, G | 36 | 12-20 | 5-7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 36 |
| B. Allen, G | 29 | 1-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Keane, G | 29 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Hill | 26 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Wilkins | 23 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| N. Zeisloft | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Threloff | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-57 | 10-20 | 39 | 14 | 22 | 69 | |
| 42.1% | 50% | ||||||
| Northwestern Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Swopshire, F | 40 | 3-7 | 8-8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| A. Olah, C | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Sobolewski, G | 43 | 4-8 | 6-8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| D. Crawford, G | 41 | 6-20 | 5-6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| R. Hearn, G | 35 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Turner | 36 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| T. Demps | 13 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Marcotullio | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Abrahamson | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-59 | 23-27 | 42 | 10 | 15 | 72 | |
| 33.9% | 85.2% | ||||||
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