Quick start carries Northwestern past Georgia Tech

Brooks Barnhizer scored 20 points and Nick Martinelli and Jalen Leach added 16 apiece to lead Northwestern to a 71-60 victory over Georgia Tech in a nonconference game Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee.Northwestern (8-3) scored the first 11 points of the game and never trailed. The Wildcats led 31-26 at the break, then opened the second half with a 16-4 run. Ty Berry’s 3-pointer put Northwestern up 47-30 with just over 13 minutes remaining. Berry finished with 11 points and three steals, and Barnhizer added three steals.Jaeden Mustaf scored five consecutive points to cap a 7-0 run that brought Georgia Tech within 47-37. The Wildcats answered with 10 consecutive points, the first five by Barnhizer and again capped by Berry’s trey to push the lead to 57-37 with 7:39 left.Lance Terry had 17 points, Mustaf 11 and Ryan Mutombo 10 for the Yellow Jackets (4-6), who have lost three consecutive games, all on the road.Northwestern shot 47.1 percent in the second half, including hitting 4 of 10 shots from deep, but did not make a field goal over the final 3:58.Georgia Tech hit its final eight shots to boost its shooting percentage to 39.3 percent. The Yellow Jackets also had 42-36 edge on the boards, but they also had 16 turnovers. Led by Mustaf and Mutombo, Georgia Tech’s bench accounted for 30 points.