In what was not an especially surprising but still a disappointing event, the Northwestern Wildcats dropped another close game on Sunday, this time to No. 13 Illinois. The ‘Cats were out of this one for a while, which culminated in them trailing by 18 with 14:28 to play. NU then went on a 19-2 run to make the score 55-54 in favor of Illinois, only to falter and end up losing by seven. Here are three takeaways from Northwestern’s predictable, yet still frustrating loss to the Illini.

Northwestern needs to clean up its shot selection

This could be a takeaway for just about every Northwestern loss this season.