Football
19y

Northwestern 72, Robert Morris 58

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -- Vedran Vukusic scored 25 points and had 10
rebounds and Michael Thompson added 16 points to lead Northwestern
to a 72-58 victory over Robert Morris on Wednesday night.

Northwestern (5-5) led the entire game and opened with a 19-4
lead. Thompson scored 13 points in the first half for Northwestern
on 6-of-7 shooting and Vedran Vukusic added 12 on 5-of-7 shooting.
Northwestern went up by 28 points late in the half on Vukusic's
basket, making it 42-14. Robert Morris scored the last six points
in the first half to cut Northwestern's lead to 42-20.

Vukusic made the first two free throws of the second half to put
the Wildcats up 44-20, but Robert Morris answered with a 27-6 run.
Mark Anderson and Derek Coleman both had seven points in the span
for Robert Morris and as a team they had 5 3-pointers in the
stretch.

Christopher Gooden's 3 cut Northwestern's lead to 50-47 with
10:18 left in the game, but that was the closest Robert Morris got.

Coleman scored 16 points for Robert Morris and Chaz McCrommon
added 10 points and 11 rebounds.

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