By Teddy GreensteinNorthwestern blows out teams so rarely, you can almost understand why the Wildcats played so erratically in the final 11 minutes Thursday night.
Not that it mattered.
After cruising to a 25-point lead over Iowa, the Wildcats did enough to earn an easy 74-57 victory that improved their record to 18-10 and 7-9 in the Big Ten.
John Shurna led the way with 29 points on 10-for-14 shooting. Jeremy Nash (15 points) also played well, and center Luka Mirkovic grabbed six boards to go with his 12 points.
Northwestern shot 58.3 percent for the game.
Photo: Northwestern's John Shurna shoots over Iowa's Brennan Cougill. (AP / Nam Y. Huh)
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