2013-14 NORTHWESTERN BASKETBALL @NU_Sports • @NUWBBALL #B1GCATS GAME INFORMATION 2014 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT 2014 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament ’CATS CARRY MOMENTUM INTO 2014 BIG TEN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT No. 9 Northwestern (15-14, 5-11 B1G) vs. Northwestern looks to make a run in March and it all begins this weekend in Indianapolis at the 2014 Big No. 8 Ohio State (15-17, 5-11 B1G) Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament. NU is the No. 9 seed and will face No. 8 seed Ohio State Thursday, Thursday, March 6 • 11 a.m. CT March 6 at 11 a.m. CT/Noon ET. The winner of Thursday’s game will take on No. 1 seed Penn State, Bankers Life Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, Ind. Live Audio: WNUR (89.3 FM) Ten Tournament. Friday, March 7 at 11 a.m. CT/Noon ET. This is the first time Northwestern has faced Ohio State in the Big TV: Big Ten Network The Wildcats bring a 15-14 record into the tournament, marking the third time during head coach Joe Live Tweets: @NU_SportsLIVE McKeown’s tenure that NU has taken a winning record into the Big Ten Tournament (16-14 heading into Live Stats: Gametracker 2010 Big Ten Tournament, 17-12 going into 2011 Big Ten Tournament). NU closed the regular season with an overtime victory over Wisconsin to go above .500. All-Time Series vs. OSU: OSU leads 40-17; OSU won lone meeting of the year, 71-62 on Feb. 23 in LAST TIME OUT Columbus Northwestern played its first overtime contest of the year Sunday in the 2013-14 regular-season includingfinale and a utilized perfect the 10-of-10 extra time from to the take free down throw Wisconsin, line and she 77-73. had Four a team-high Wildcats nine finished rebounds. in double 2013-14 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS figures with Nia Coffey’s 19 leading the way but Christen Inman was close behind, scoring 18 points, Date Day Opponent Time/Result Lauren Douglas chipped in 15 points, including 12 in the second half while Maggie Lyon added 11 NOVEMBER blocks. With the game tied 68-68 after regulation, Northwestern outscored Wisconsin 9-5 in the OT 10 Sun. UIC W, 79-63 points. Alex Cohen came off the bench Sunday and added eight points along with a team-high three 13 Wed. Chicago State (BTDN) W, 64-33 to record its 15th win of the season. 17 Sun. UNLV (BTDN) W, 57-53 20 Wed. Hofstra (BTDN) W, 74-57 24 Sun. at #17/17 California (Pac-12 Network) L, 65-51 27 Wed. Lafayette W, 66-64 Northwestern led by as many as 10 (47-37) in the second but Wisconsin came back to re-gain the lead at 49-48 with 13 minutes left. Wisconsin went ahead by five but the Wildcats came back to tie DECEMBER close as the Badgers scored four-straight to go up 65-61 but an Inman fastbreak bucket cut UW’s lead 1 Sun. #25/25 DePaul $ W, 82-79 things up at 61-61 following a Douglas three-point play with 5:03 left. The game continued to remain 5 Thu NC State @ (BTDN) L, 76-61 Wildcats on top again, 68-66, after draining two free throws following a steal. 14 Sat. at Loyola W, 90-57 back down to two (66-64) with 2:34 remaining. Deary then tied the game at 66-66 and Inman put the 16 Mon. Oral Roberts & W, 84-54 21 Sat. IUPUI W, 72-61 28 Sat. Indiana State (Double Tree Classic) L, 70-67. the game in regulation. With 0.2 seconds left, UW had a look on an out of bounds play but Michala 29 Sun. Northeastern W, 73-46 Johnson’sTwo Wisconsin shot just free fell throws short, tied sending things the up game again to at overtime. 68-68 and each team had a final chance to end (Double Tree Classic) JANUARY Coffey scored back-to-back buckets to start overtime and then Inman recorded her second steal of the 2 Thu. at #18/15 Nebraska * (BTN) L, 66-65 game, which led to two free throws for her and put the Wildcats up 74-70. Wisconsin pulled within 9 Thu. #21/20 Purdue * (BTDN) W, 71-68 12 Sun. at Minnesota * (BTDN) L, 94-59 15 Wed. Illinois * (BTDN) L, 76-74 18 Sat. Wisconsin * (BTDN) W, 74-58 two late in OT (75-73) but Inman was clutch for the Wildcats down the stretch draining two final free 23 Thu. at #22/20 Purdue* (BTN) L, 90-65 throws to give Northwestern the 77-73 overtime victory. With the win, the Wildcats recorded their 26 Sun. #21/18 Nebraska* (BTDN) W, 63-59 LASTfirst season TIME sweepVS. OHIO of Wisconsin STATE since 1994. 30 Thu. at Indiana * (BTDN) W, 58-52 FEBRUARY could not complete the comeback as Ohio State captured the 71-62 victory. The Wildcats outscored 2 Sun. #12/13 Penn State * (BTDN) L, 79-75 Northwestern cut a 24-point deficit to five in the closing minutes on Feb. 23 at Value City Arena but 6 Thu. Michigan (RV/--) * (BTDN) L, 70-68 10 Mon. at Iowa * (RV/--) (BTN) L, 90-84 Northwestern Probable Starters 15 Sat. Minnesota * (BTN) L, 82-64 20 Thu. at #9/11 Penn State * (BTN) L, 82-73 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Pts. Reb. Ast. 23 Sun. at Ohio State * (BTN) L,71-62 27 Thu. # 21/RV Michigan State* (BTN) L, 75-44 MARCH 103 NiaAshle Coffy Dearyey GF 6-15-4 Fr. Minneapolis,Flower Mound, Minn. Texas 15.26.7 8.13.4 2.06.4 2 Sun. at Wisconsin * (BTDN) W, 77-73 (OT) 5 Alex Cohen F/C 6-5 Jr. Bayside, Wis. 6.9 4.5 1.1 2014 Big Ten Tournament 6 Thurs. vs. No. 9 seed Ohio State 11 a.m. 24 Christen Inman G 5-10 Fr. Katy, Texas 12.0 3.8 1.8 25NORTHWESTERN Maggie Lyon ATHLETICG 6-1 COMMUNICATIONS So. Wilmette, Ill. INFORMATION 13.1 4.8 2.3 All times CT Women’s BBall Contact/Assistant Director of Athletic Communications: Betsy Golomski # - Exhibition Game / $ - Autism Awareness Game @ - Big Ten/ACC Challenge / & - Field Trip Day Office Phone: (847) 467-3274 Cell Phone: (414) 688-0264 Home games in bold * Big Ten Conference game E-mail: [email protected] Rankings taken from AP/USA Today Coaches polls 2013-14 QUICK FACTS the Buckeyes 41-30 in the second half. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY distance with four triples and led Northwestern with 21 points. Nia Coffey matched a career high with Location: ............................................................... Evanston, Ill. After draining five 3-pointers Feb. 20 at Penn State Maggie Lyon continued her hot shooting from long Founded: ...............................................................................1851 Enrollment: ........................................................................ 18 rebounds, which was an opponent record at Value City Arena and added nine points. Lauren Douglas President: ...............................................Morton O. Schapiro RAREchipped COMPANY in 13 points off the bench and Christen Inman was in double figures with 10 points. Home Facility: ........................Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)8,367 Freshman guard Christen Inman is one of just three players in program history to have two games with Nickname: .................................................................... Wildcats a perfect showing at the free throw line during their NU careers. Inman went a perfect 10-for-10 at the Colors: ......................................................... Purple and White Conference: .................................................................. Big Ten Director of Athletics: ...................................... Jim Phillips Four Wildcats Receive All-Big Sport Administrator: ........................................ Janna Blais Ten Distinction during the 2012-13 season, Lauren Douglas Athletic Dept, Phone: ............................... 847-491-8880 increasedtransitioned production into a new to role earn as All-Big the first Ten player honors off Ticket Office Phone.: ...................................888-467-8775 the bench for the Wildcats in 2013-14 and saw picked up All-Big Ten honors as the conference on the team in scoring, averaging a career-high WOMEN’S BASKETBALL FACTS announcedEVANSTON, its Ill. annual – Four postseasonWildcat underclassmen awards today 11.9for the points first andtime second in her career.with another She was career-best fourth Head Coach: .......................................................Joe McKeown of 5.1 rebounds per game, but in Big Ten games, Alma Mater, Year: ........... increased her production to 12.4 ppg and 5.4 rpg. Record at NU (Years): ............................................. 86-99/6 season(March at3). Northwestern Freshman forward as she Nia was Coffey selected earned to the The Collierville, Tenn., native ranked in the top Overall Record (Years):Kent ................................. State, ‘79 (Sixth Season) 11-playerFirst Team team All-Big by Tenthe conferencedistinction incoaches. her first Ad - Assistant Coach: ....................................... ditionally, Coffey also received Second Team All-Big blocks (1.4 bpg-11th). Alma Mater, Year: ..... College of Wooster, ‘79 (Second595-273/28 Season) Ten honors from the media and was named to the 15 in the Big Ten for 3-point FG% (.398-7th) and Assistant Coach: ................................................Sam Dixon, Ph.D. Alma Mater, Year: ............. Illinois, ‘04 (Second Season) guard this year to pick up All-Big Ten honors as a Assistant Coach: ...............................................CarrieAllison Banks Guth Sophomoresfive-player All-Freshman Lauren Douglas Team. and Maggie Lyon, Ashley Deary flourished as NU’s starting point Alma Mater, Year: ......... Detroit Mercy, ‘00 (First Season) along with freshman Ashley Deary also received near the top in the Big Ten for assists for much of Director of Operations: ............Maggie Acuna (First Season) All-Big Ten consideration. Lyon picked up Honor- freshman. The Flower Mound, Texas, native ranked Assistant Dir. of Opss: ................ Craig Wolf (Second Season) able Mention honors from the conference coaches third with 6.4 assists per game. Additionally, Deary Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ............................... 10/5 and media while Douglas was an Honorable alsothe year consistently and finished ranked the in regular the top season 15 in NCAAranking Starters Returning/Lost: ...............................................