National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Northwestern 103, Sacred Heart 67
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, December 21, 2015
Where: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois
Officials: # Bo Boroski, # Earl Watson, # Edwin Young
Attendance: 6574

Senior center Alex Olah scored 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting as Northwestern rolled to a 103-67 nonconference victory over Sacred Heart on Monday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill.

Senior guard Tre Demps contributed 17 points for Northwestern (11-1), while sophomore point guard Bryant McIntosh handed out a career-high 10 assists.

The Wildcats won their ninth game in a row and clinched the school's best start since 1982-83.

Northwestern, which eclipsed the 100-point mark for the second time in 22 seasons, has one more nonconference tune-up before opening Big Ten play Dec. 30 at Nebraska.

Sophomore guard Cane Broome paced Sacred Heart (1-9) with 26 points as the Pioneers dropped their ninth game in a row -- all but one of those losses coming on the road.

Olah entered the night needing four points to become Northwestern's 33rd player to reach the 1,000-point mark. The 7-footer achieved that in the first two minutes against the smaller Pioneers and just kept going. Olah scored nine in the opening 6:32 as the Wildcats broke to a 16-11 lead that became 48-32 by halftime.

The first matchup between Northwestern and Sacred Heart also served as the first matchup between the Falzon brothers from Newton, Mass. Tevin, a Sacred Heart senior power forward, came in averaging 8.5 points and a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game. Aaron, a Northwestern freshman stretch-4, averages 9.0 points and 3.6 rebounds with a team-high 24 3-pointers.

Tevin contributed nine points, five rebounds and four assists in 35 minutes while Aaron posted nine points, two assists and one rebound in 28 minutes.
Top Game Performances
 
Sacred Heart   Northwestern
Cane Broome 26 Scoring Alex Olah 21
Tevin Falzon 4 Assists Bryant McIntosh 10
Tevin Falzon 5 Rebounds Nathan Taphorn 6
Quincy McKnight 4 Free Throws Made Alex Olah 5
Jordan Allen 1 Steals Scottie Lindsey 2
N/A Blocks Gavin Skelly 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Sacred Heart 67 40.0 10-24 13-21 14 23 0 3 13
Northwestern 103 61.0 15-29 16-19 30 32 1 3 10