ROSEMONT — At least for today, last year’s Wildcats are back.
The rim-rocking, fist-pumping, jumping up-and-down energy that typified the 2017-18 season returned during Northwestern’s (12-9, 3-5 Big Ten) 70-61 come-from-behind win over Penn State (13-8, 3-5). In the middle of a season that has not been fun for Northwestern, we saw the joy that carried last year's NCAA Tournament team appeared to have.
In an up-and-down affair that took a while to get going, Northwestern got its swagger back. Against the same Penn State team that worked the Wildcats in State College a few weeks back, Chris Collins and his team delivered a strong second half performance to earn Northwestern's third win in Big Ten play.