The Northwestern Wildcats and Penn State Nittany Lions have usually found themselves together, fighting their way out of the basement of the conference. On rare occasions one of the two, but never both, has a good enough season to make that fight more of a reality. Going into the season, the general consensus was that it was the Wildcats’ turn to live life outside the basement. If you looked at records alone, you’d be inclined to agree.
You could tell from the tip that both teams wanted this game. Offenses came out swinging, with Penn State going to John Harar early, while Northwestern was testing the outside to great success.