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A long day of turkey munching and backyard football was capped off by a Northwestern men’s basketball marquee, as it took center stage against Oklahoma State in the United Center on Thursday night.
Inside the home of the Chicago Bulls, the ‘Cats (5-2, 0-0 Big Ten) fell to the Cowboys (7-0, 0-0 Big XII), 86-81, in their first ever matchup at the Thanksgiving Classic inside the United Center, and Chris Collins’ potential 200th win as NU’s head coach on the line.
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The star of the show was Anthony Roy, who led OSU down the stretch with 16 second-half points, going 5-of-7 from the field. Overall, five Cowboys logged double-digits on the night: Parsa Fallah, Jaylen Curry, Christian Coleman, and Vyctorius Miller joined Roy with 10-plus each, with Curry’s 18 leading the pack.
For the ‘Cats, Nick Martinelli’s 28 points was a game-high. The senior kept Northwestern in the fight until the very end, going 7-of-10 from the field at in the final 20 minutes.
First blood was drawn by the Cowboys, as Fallah cashed in on a second-chance layup following an offensive rebound just a minute into the first half. But Martinelli responded with his signature lefty floater a few seconds later for NU’s first bucket of the night.
Following an Angelo Ciaravino free throw, Miller canned back-to-back threes to give the Cowboys an early 8-3 lead heading into the first media timeout of the game.
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A pair of Arrinten Page free throws cut the lead back down to one possession, but Fallah found a cutting Coleman down the left baseline for a slam, making it 10-5 Cowboys after just five minutes. Miller followed up with a dunk of his own to extend the lead, but Justin Mullins dropped in a layup in transition in response. Fallah continued to work hard down low for Oklahoma State, and drew an and-one to push the lead to eight.
Martinelli sunk a trey before Page hit three free throws and jumper during a brief 8-2 run that got the ‘Cats back in it. Fallah used multiple pump fakes…
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