The Jaguars missed the tying free throw with 7 seconds left, and the host Wildcats survived.
Neither team was good at the line. IU Indianapolis shot 67%, Northwestern made 3 for their first 8, then 5-of-7 in the 4th quarter.
NU senior forward Grace Sullivan completed a double right after halftime, and finished with 18 and 18. Even at 6-foot-4, Sullivan averaged 4.3 rebounds in 23.6 minutes last year.
Until this afternoon, the only team I had any interest in was Menlo HS (Menlo Park, Calif.), with an assistant coach who’s a chess expert.
Without reflection or sentiment, I thought to follow the 18 teams in the Big 10. If nothing else, they’ve got a bigger share of the late Pac-12 than other conferences. UCLA has pieces from Utah, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon St., and Washington St.
Maybe I’ll go to Sacramento next Monday for Oklahoma vs. UCLA. If the Los Angeles Sparks had a first round draft pick in 2026, I could spend the winter plotting a course for Gianna Kneepkens to go from UCLA to LAS.