As a recurring segment for Inside NU (hopefully), co-editor-in-chief Tristan Jung goes back in Northwestern sports history to find extremely weird games and fun results that newer fans may have forgotten. In the first installment, I examine that time Northwestern faced off against Klay Thompson and Washington State.
Washington State’s Abe Lodwick shot 73.9 percent from the line in his career. In a fit of insanity that would not be rivaled until Scottie Lindsey pointlessly fouled Thomas Bryant six years later, Northwestern put Lodwick on the line with 0.2 seconds remaining. On March 23, 2011, in Pullman, Washington, with the crowd waiting expectantly, he had a chance to win the game.