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Three takeaways from Northwestern’s crushing loss to Rutgers

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Northwestern hung in against Rutgers for three-and-a-half quarters (even getting out to a 10-point lead early in the second), but the Scarlet Knights’ dominant 12-0 run in the last four minutes of play put the ‘Cats away. It was another sloppy game offensively for NU, which is now 1-14 in Big Ten play. Here are three takeaways from Wednesday’s loss in Piscataway:

Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers

Northwestern turned the ball over 28 times last night. Twenty-eight. And it made up over 32% of NU’s possessions. The last time that happened was over a decade ago, when Northwestern committed 34 turnovers against Illinois in Jan.