Northwestern's overtime surge sinks No. 10 Illinois
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Boo Buie finished with 29 points and host Northwestern scored the first nine points of overtime to claim a 96-91 Big Ten upset of No. 10 Illinois on Wednesday night in Evanston, Ill.
Brooks Barnhizer contributed 23 points for Northwestern (14-5, 5-3 Big Ten), which orchestrated a dramatically different result from the teams' first meeting on Jan. 2, when the Wildcats never led