After a short trip to the nation’s capital, where the ‘Cats defeated Georgetown, Northwestern (4-0, 0-0 B1G) returned to action Friday night in Welsh-Ryan Arena and scratched out an 60-52 win over Purdue Fort-Wayne (2-2, 0-0 Horizon).
The Wildcats were lifted by senior guard Boo Buie on a night where he scored his 1,000th collegiate point. Buie continued his standout season and kept implementing himself as one of Northwestern’s top weapons, scoring 28 points and was 7-for-13 from three. On the other end, veteran Bobby Planutis had 14 points, 12 coming from outside the arc.
The game was back-and-forth to start.