Olah leads balanced Northwestern over UMass-Lowell 79-57
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Alex Olah scored 21 points with 12 rebounds, and Aaron Falzon scored 20 points off the bench as Northwestern beat UMass-Lowell 79-57 on Friday.
Olah, a senior center from Timisoara, Romania, also had two blocked shots and paced a balanced Wildcats scoring attack that included four players reaching double figures.
Bryant McIntosh scored 12 points to go along with 10 from Tre Demps for Northwestern.
UMass-Lowell was led by freshman Isaac White, who scored 15 points. Tyler Livingston scored nine points for the River Hawks.
Northwestern trailed by as many as nine in the first half. But the Wildcats started the second half on a 13-5 run. A Demps 3-point field goal gave Northwestern a 38-35 lead less than two minutes into the second half, putting the Wildcats up for good.