Central Connecticut State 54 - 74 Northwestern
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Northwestern downs Central Connecticut State 74-54

Dec 23, 2009 - 3:02 AM EVANSTON, Ill.(AP) -- John Shurna scored a career-high 29 points as Northwestern defeated Central Connecticut State 74-54 Tuesday night for its ninth straight victory and its best start in 79 years.

The last time the Wildcats (10-1) won 10 of their first 11 games was also the last time they won an outright Big Ten championship - 1930-31. The winning streak is their longest since they went 9-0 to open the 1993-94 season, and they then lost their first nine conference games.

Northwestern, which hasn't finished as high as fourth place or had a winning record in the Big Ten since 1968, starts conference play Dec. 30 at Illinois.

Drew Crawford scored 15 and Michael Thompson 14 for the Wildcats.

Robby Ptacek scored 22 points for Central Connecticut State (3-6), which has played only one home game.






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    Central Connecticut State 54, Northwestern 74  FinalDec 23 8:40 AM


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    CENTRAL CONN 54
    NORTHWESTERN 74 FINAL

    Dec 22 9:57 PM
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    Central Connecticut State 35, Northwestern 55  2nd - 10:47Dec 22 9:40 PM


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    HALFTIME 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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    CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 22 22
    NORTHWESTERN 34 34 HALFTIME
    HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME
    CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE - ROBBY PTACEK 8, VINCE ROSARIO 6,
    MARKEYS DEANS 4
    NORTHWESTERN - MICHAEL THOMPSON 12, JOHN SHURNA 11,
    DREW CRAWFORD 9

    Dec 22 8:50 PM

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