After seven consecutive losses, all in Big Ten play, Northwestern (2-8, 0-7 B1G) finally got off the schneid by pulling away down the stretch against the UMass Minutemen (1-10). One win, of course, doesn’t change the systemic problems that have manifested within the team over the course of the season, but it’s a weight lifted for both the coaches and the players to see their names on the right side of the ledger for once.
That said, how much did the game actually mean? Let’s break it down with our list of the most crucial takeaways from the Saturday morning slaughter:
UMass is bad
The Minutemen scored the first three points of the game, and were only trailing 7-6 well into the second quarter!