Uninspired win over North Florida
Kevin Coble rebounded a Craig Moore miss and scored to beat North Florida, 40-39, in a Saturday matinee.
Yep, only 40 points against North Florida. Tim Doyle led Northwestern with eight points. Craig Moore was 2-of-11 from the field, 2-of-9 from three-point range. The Cats overall shot 4-for-25 from three-point land. All against a team in its second year of Division I.
I know. It's going to be a long year.
"I told our guys that every game we're going play will be close," NU coach Bill Carmody told the Associated Press. "So let's get good at being in close games. Let's get good at the end of game situations because we're going to be in them. We're not capable of blowing people out."
Was he talking about the non-conference schedule or the season in general? Because, I'm not sure the games in the conference season will be that close. Not if the Cats can't generate any offense against poor competition.
The Cats play Miami in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Tuesday at Welsh-Ryan. Game time will be 8:30 p.m. CST on ESPN2.