Martinelli's double-double carries Northwestern in wire-to-wire win over Lehigh, 90-46

AP
Nov 04, 2024

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Nick Martinelli scored 17 of his 26 points in the first half, grabbed 10 rebounds and led five players in double-figure scoring as Northwestern debuted with a 90-46 rout of Lehigh on Monday night.

The Wildcats were without senior Brooks Barnhizer, who started every game a year ago, due to a lower-body injury.

Northwestern opened the game on a 9-0 run and never trailed. The Wildcats built a 51-15 lead at intermission by shooting 58% in the half and cruised to their 11th win in Chris Collins' 12 seasons as head coach.

Luke Hunger came off the bench to add 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Jalen Leach had 12 points, five boards and six assists and Ty Berry and K.J. Windham each added 10 points and Windham chipped in six assists.

Northwestern shot 36 of 66 from the field (54.4%), including 9 of 20 from three-point range (45%).

Nasir Whitlock had 11 points and four assists to lead the Mountain Hawks and Tyler Whitney-Sidney added 10 points. Lehigh was held to just 17 of 53 from the field (32%), including just 2 of 17 from distance.

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1st Half
LEH
Mountain Hawks
15
NW
Wildcats
51

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Hank Alvey vs. Matthew Nicholson (Wildcats gains possession)
19:51		Nick Martinelli misses two point jump shot
19:49		Hank Alvey defensive rebound
19:40		Cam Gillus turnover (bad pass) (Nick Martinelli steals)
19:34	+2	Matthew Nicholson makes two point dunk (K.J. Windham assists)	0-2
19:09		Keith Higgins Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Jalen Leach steals)
18:58		Ty Berry misses three point jump shot
18:56		Hank Alvey defensive rebound
18:19		Keith Higgins Jr. misses three point jump shot
18:17		K.J. Windham defensive rebound
18:17		Ben Knostman personal foul (K.J. Windham draws the foul)
18:00		Jalen Leach misses three point jump shot
17:58		Hank Alvey defensive rebound
17:50		Hank Alvey turnover (lost ball)
17:30	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point layup	0-4
17:04		Tyler Whitney-Sidney misses two point layup
17:02		Jalen Leach defensive rebound
16:51	+3	Nick Martinelli makes three point jump shot (Jalen Leach assists)	0-7
16:45		Mountain Hawks 30 second timeout
16:31		Matthew Nicholson blocks Ben Knostman's two point layup
16:29		Ben Knostman offensive rebound
16:16		Hank Alvey misses two point jump shot
16:14		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
16:04		Jalen Leach misses two point jump shot
16:02		Nasir Whitlock defensive rebound
15:57		Nasir Whitlock turnover (lost ball) (Ty Berry steals)
15:51	+2	K.J. Windham makes two point layup	0-9
15:44	+2	Tyler Whitney-Sidney makes two point jump shot (Nasir Whitlock assists)	2-9
15:44		Ty Berry shooting foul (Tyler Whitney-Sidney draws the foul)
15:36		TV timeout
15:44	+1	Tyler Whitney-Sidney makes regular free throw 1 of 1	3-9
15:31	+2	Luke Hunger makes two point jump shot (K.J. Windham assists)	3-11
15:11		Hank Alvey misses three point jump shot
15:09		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
14:59		K.J. Windham misses three point jump shot
14:57		Joshua Ingram defensive rebound
14:38		Nasir Whitlock turnover (bad pass) (Ty Berry steals)
14:38		Ben Knostman personal foul
14:27	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point jump shot (Luke Hunger assists)	3-13
14:07		Joshua Ingram misses two point jump shot
14:05		K.J. Windham defensive rebound
13:58		K.J. Windham turnover (bad pass) (Nasir Whitlock steals)
13:53	+2	Tyler Whitney-Sidney makes two point layup (Nasir Whitlock assists)	5-13
13:53		Justin Mullins shooting foul (Tyler Whitney-Sidney draws the foul)
13:53		Tyler Whitney-Sidney misses regular free throw 1 of 1
13:53		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
13:34		Keith Higgins Jr. personal foul (Nick Martinelli draws the foul)
13:15	+3	Luke Hunger makes three point jump shot (Blake Smith assists)	5-16
12:48		Nasir Whitlock misses three point jump shot
12:46		Wildcats defensive rebound
12:36	+2	Luke Hunger makes two point jump shot (Jalen Leach assists)	5-18
12:16	+2	Tyler Whitney-Sidney makes two point jump shot	7-18
11:48		Keith Higgins Jr. shooting foul (Nick Martinelli draws the foul)
11:48		TV timeout
11:48		Nick Martinelli misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:48	+1	Nick Martinelli makes regular free throw 2 of 2	7-19
11:42		Ty Berry personal foul
11:22		Hank Alvey misses two point jump shot
11:20		Justin Mullins defensive rebound
11:05		Matthew Nicholson misses two point layup
11:03		Edouard Benoit defensive rebound
10:50		Matthew Nicholson personal foul (Joshua Ingram draws the foul)
10:36		Hank Alvey misses two point jump shot
10:34		Jalen Leach defensive rebound
10:15	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point jump shot	7-21
10:04		Nasir Whitlock misses three point jump shot
10:02		Justin Mullins defensive rebound
9:51		Jalen Leach misses two point jump shot
9:49		Wildcats offensive rebound
9:48	+3	K.J. Windham makes three point jump shot (Jalen Leach assists)	7-24
9:26		Nasir Whitlock misses three point jump shot
9:24		K.J. Windham defensive rebound
9:18	+2	Jalen Leach makes two point layup (K.J. Windham assists)	7-26
9:16		Tommy Conniff personal foul (Jalen Leach draws the foul)
9:16	+1	Jalen Leach makes regular free throw 1 of 1	7-27
8:51		Tyler Whitney-Sidney misses two point jump shot
8:49		Justin Mullins defensive rebound
8:34		K.J. Windham misses three point jump shot
8:32		Edouard Benoit defensive rebound
8:18		Blake Smith shooting foul (Joshua Ingram draws the foul)
8:18		Joshua Ingram misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:18	+1	Joshua Ingram makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-27
8:05	+3	Jalen Leach makes three point jump shot (Angelo Ciaravino assists)	8-30
7:47		Keith Higgins Jr. misses two point jump shot
7:45		Angelo Ciaravino defensive rebound
7:20		Jalen Leach turnover (traveling)
7:20		TV timeout
7:12		Tyler Whitney-Sidney misses three point jump shot
7:10		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
6:57	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point jump shot (Angelo Ciaravino assists)	8-32
6:34	+2	Keith Higgins Jr. makes two point jump shot	10-32
6:14		Jalen Leach misses three point jump shot
6:12		Luke Hunger offensive rebound
6:07	+2	Angelo Ciaravino makes two point jump shot (Luke Hunger assists)	10-34
6:00		Mountain Hawks 60 second timeout
5:48		Cam Gillus misses three point jump shot
5:46		Luke Hunger defensive rebound
5:29		Luke Hunger misses three point jump shot
5:27		Angelo Ciaravino offensive rebound
5:17		Cam Gillus personal foul
5:13		K.J. Windham misses three point jump shot
5:11		Jalen Leach offensive rebound
5:03	+2	K.J. Windham makes two point layup (Jalen Leach assists)	10-36
4:48		Keith Higgins Jr. misses three point jump shot
4:46		Angelo Ciaravino defensive rebound
4:30	+2	Luke Hunger makes two point jump shot	10-38
4:15		Luke Hunger shooting foul (Cam Gillus draws the foul)
4:15	+1	Cam Gillus makes regular free throw 1 of 2	11-38
4:15		Cam Gillus misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:15		Angelo Ciaravino defensive rebound
3:56	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point jump shot	11-40
3:43		Cam Gillus misses two point layup
3:41		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
3:34		K.J. Windham misses two point jump shot
3:32		Tyler Whitney-Sidney defensive rebound
3:27		Nick Martinelli shooting foul (Tyler Whitney-Sidney draws the foul)
3:27		TV timeout
3:27		Tyler Whitney-Sidney misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:27	+1	Tyler Whitney-Sidney makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-40
3:02	+3	Nick Martinelli makes three point jump shot (Angelo Ciaravino assists)	12-43
2:42		Ben Knostman misses three point jump shot
2:40		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
2:24	+3	Angelo Ciaravino makes three point jump shot (K.J. Windham assists)	12-46
2:09		Keith Higgins Jr. turnover (lost ball) (K.J. Windham steals)
2:01	+3	K.J. Windham makes three point jump shot (Angelo Ciaravino assists)	12-49
2:01		Mountain Hawks 30 second timeout
1:45	+2	Nasir Whitlock makes two point jump shot	14-49
1:45		Angelo Ciaravino shooting foul (Nasir Whitlock draws the foul)
1:45	+1	Nasir Whitlock makes regular free throw 1 of 1	15-49
1:28		Angelo Ciaravino misses two point layup
1:26		Wildcats offensive rebound
1:17	+2	Luke Hunger makes two point layup	15-51
0:53		Joshua Ingram misses three point jump shot
0:51		Justin Mullins defensive rebound
0:37		Luke Hunger misses three point jump shot
0:35		Nick Martinelli offensive rebound
0:31		Nick Martinelli misses two point layup
0:29		Edouard Benoit defensive rebound
0:07		Justin Mullins blocks Nasir Whitlock's three point jump shot
0:05		Joshua Ingram offensive rebound
0:02		Joshua Ingram misses three point jump shot
0:00		End of period

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Martinelli's double-double carries Northwestern in wire-to-wire win over Lehigh, 90-46

1st Half
LEH
Mountain Hawks
15
NW
Wildcats
51

Martinelli's double-double carries Northwestern in wire-to-wire win over Lehigh, 90-46

1st Half LEHMountain Hawks15NWWildcats51

1st Half
LEH
Mountain Hawks
15
NW
Wildcats
51