It was bound to happen at some point, but the No. 12 Northwestern Wildcats have lost their first game. Northwestern was outlasted Saturday by the No. 16 DePaul Blue Demons, who, despite their slightly inferior ranking, looked like the better squad for much of the game. DePaul led for near the entire game, often by double digits, en route to a 77-64 victory.
While the midweek blowout against Alcorn State provided a bit of a distraction, today Northwestern looked startling like the team that almost lost to Loyola a week ago. Once again, the Wildcats had a very poor first quarter, shooting 12 percent from the field and scoring only 8 points.