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Final Score: Minnesota 74 - Northwestern 77

Evanston, IL (Sports Network) - John Shurna scored 22 points to lead the Northwestern Wildcats to a thrilling 77-74 overtime victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Big Ten Conference action.

Drew Crawford tallied 18 points and nine rebounds for Northwestern (17-8, 6-7 Big Ten). The Wildcats got 14 points and seven assists from Michael Thompson, as well as 11 points and 10 rebounds from Luka Mirkovic.

Lawrence Westbrook posted 22 points in the heart-breaking loss for Minnesota (14-10, 5-7). The Golden Gophers received 16 points and seven assists from Devoe Joseph, as well as 13 points from Paul Carter.

Minnesota shot 6-of-12 from three-point range in the first half and played outstanding defense en route to a 32-24 lead at intermission.

Northwestern showed a great deal of toughness by ripping off a 16-4 run to force overtime.

The teams combined for 37 points in the extra session, and the Wildcats were 11-of-12 from the foul line in overtime.