For Northwestern, it was so close and so far, yet again.
After fighting back from five points down to force overtime, the Wildcats (8-4, 0-2 B1G) couldn’t close in overtime, falling to Oklahoma (11-1) 76-69, and squandering their last chance at a good non-conference win.
Vic Law, who finished with 23 points, hit a deep three to open up overtime, but Oklahoma went on a 10-0 run from there to close out a fatigued NU unit. Kristian Doolittle had six of his 14 points for the Sooners in the extra period.
Getting little from his bench, Collins opted to stick with his small-ball lineup nearly the whole night.