EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Nick Martinelli scored 21 points and Arrinten Page scored 17 points and Northwestern beat Cleveland State 110-63 on Monday night.
Reserve Max Green scored 16 points with all of them coming in his first six minutes of play in the second half. Fellow reserve Justin Mullins scored 16 points and Tre Singleton scored 15 points for the Wildcats.
The Wildcats (3-0) reached the century mark for the first time in five seasons. Northwestern shot 60.3% and displayed its depth with 11 players scoring.
Northwestern improved to 46-4 over the last four seasons when surrendering 65 or fewer points, which is the best win percentage in the Big Ten over that span
Dayan Nessah scored 15 points and Josiah Harris 13 for Cleveland State (1-3).
Page’s tip-in a little more than three minutes in launched a 17-2 Northwestern run and the Wildcats never looked back. They led 53-28 at halftime and went on to score 57 second-half points.
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