Nick Martinelli scored 21 points and Arrinten Page added 17 as Northwestern beat Cleveland State 110-63 on Monday in Evanston.
Reserve Max Green scored 16 points, all of them coming in his first six minutes of play in the second half. Fellow reserve Justin Mullins also scored 16 and freshman Tre Singleton had 15 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, the best winning 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 into the game launched a 17-2 Northwestern run, and the Wildcats never looked back. They led 53-28 at halftime and scored 57 second-half points.
