The 2013–14 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by sixth year head coach Joe McKeown, played their home games at the Welsh-Ryan Arena and were a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season with a record of 17–16 overall, 5–11 in Big Ten play for a 3-way tie finish for 8th place. They lost in the first round in the 2014 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament to Ohio State. They were invited to the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Ball State in the first round, IUPUI in the second round before losing to Indiana in the third round.
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 17–16 (5–11 Big Ten) |
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| Home arena | Welsh-Ryan Arena |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Penn State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Michigan State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Nebraska † | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Purdue | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Iowa | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 17 | – | 18 | .486 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2014 Big Ten tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Rankings from AP poll[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roster
edit| # | Name | Height | Position | Class | Hometown |
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| 3 | Ashley Deary | 5'4" | G | Freshman | Flower Mound, TX |
| 4 | Meghan McKeown | 5'9" | G | Senior | Fairfax, VA |
| 5 | Alex Cohen | 6'5" | F | Junior | Bayside, WI |
| 10 | Nia Coffey | 6'1" | F | Freshman | Minneapolis, MN |
| 11 | Lauren Douglas | 6'2" | F | Sophomore | Collierville, TN |
| 13 | Nof Kedem | 5'6" | G | Sophomore | Olesh, Israel |
| 24 | Christen Inman | 5'10" | G | Freshman | Katy, TX |
| 25 | Maggie Lyon | 6'1" | G | Sophomore | Wilmette, IL |
| 31 | Allie Tuttle | 6'4" | F | Freshman | Cary, NC |
| 32 | La'Terria Taylor | 5'11" | G | Senior | Chicago, IL |
| 33 | Devon Brookshire | 6'2" | F | Sophomore | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA |
| 42 | Karly Roser | 5'10" | G | Junior | Hamilton, ON, Canada |
Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| 11/06/2013* 5:00 pm |
Lewis | W 98–57 | – |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (N/A) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| 11/10/2013* 5:00 pm |
UIC | W 79–63 | 1–0 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (392) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 11/13/2013* 6:30 pm |
Chicago State | W 64–33 | 2–0 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (375) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 11/17/2013* 4:00 pm |
UNLV | W 57–53 | 3–0 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (573) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 11/20/2013* 6:30 pm |
Hofstra | W 74–57 | 4–0 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (331) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 11/24/2013* 5:00 pm, P12N |
at No. 17 California | L 51–65 | 4–1 |
Haas Pavilion (2,049) Berkeley, CA | |||||||
| 11/27/2013* 6:30 pm |
Lafayette | W 66–64 | 5–1 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (482) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 12/01/2013* 6:30 pm |
No. 25 DePaul | W 82–79 | 6–1 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,201) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 12/05/2013* 7:00 pm |
NC State ACC – Big Ten Women's Challenge |
L 61–76 | 6–2 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (392) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 12/14/2013* 2:00 pm |
at Loyola | W 90–57 | 7–2 |
Joseph J. Gentile Arena (618) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 12/16/2013* 11:00 am |
Oral Roberts | W 84–54 | 8–2 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,271) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 12/21/2013* 12:00 pm |
IUPUI | W 72–61 | 9–2 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (761) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 12/28/2013* 3:00 pm |
vs. Indiana State DoubleTree Classic semifinals |
L 67–70 | 9–3 |
Devlin Fieldhouse (879) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
| 12/29/2013* 1:00 pm |
vs. Northeastern DoubleTree Classic consolation game |
W 73–46 | 10–3 |
Devlin Fieldhouse (N/A) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
| 01/02/2014 8:00 pm, BTN |
at No. 18 Nebraska | L 65–66 | 10–4 (0–1) |
Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,089) Lincoln, NE | |||||||
| 01/09/2014 7:00 pm |
No. 21 Purdue | W 71–68 | 11–4 (1–1) |
Walsh-Ryan Arena (491) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 01/12/2014 2:00 pm |
at Minnesota | L 59–94 | 11–5 (1–2) |
Williams Arena (4,482) Minneapolis, MN | |||||||
| 01/15/2014 8:30 pm |
Illinois | L 74–76 | 11–6 (1–3) |
Walsh-Ryan Arena (4,125) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 01/18/2014 2:00 pm |
Wisconsin | W 74–58 | 12–6 (2–3) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,516) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 01/23/2014 7:00 pm, BTN |
at No. 22 Purdue | L 65–90 | 12–7 (2–4) |
Mackey Arena (7,455) West Lafayette, IN | |||||||
| 01/26/2014 4:00 pm |
No. 21 Nebraska | W 63–59 | 13–7 (3–4) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,287) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 01/30/2014 6:00 pm |
at Indiana | W 58–52 | 14–7 (4–4) |
Assembly Hall (3,162) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
| 02/02/2014 1:00 pm |
No. 12 Penn State | L 75–79 | 14–8 (4–5) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,698) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 02/06/2014 7:00 pm |
Michigan | L 68–70 | 14–9 (4–6) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (742) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 02/10/2014 6:00 pm, BTN |
at Iowa | L 84–90 | 14–10 (4–7) |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena (3,684) Iowa City, IA | |||||||
| 02/15/2014 2:00 pm, BTN |
Minnesota | L 64–82 | 14–11 (4–8) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,782) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 02/20/2014 6:00 pm, BTN |
at No. 9 Penn State | L 73–82 | 14–12 (4–9) |
Bryce Jordan Center (3,960) University Park, PA | |||||||
| 02/23/2014 11:00 am, BTN |
at Ohio State | L 62–71 | 14–13 (4–10) |
Value City Arena (6,670) Columbus, OH | |||||||
| 02/27/2014 8:00 pm, BTN |
No. 21 Michigan State | L 44–75 | 14–14 (4–11) |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (705) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 03/02/2014 1:00 pm |
at Wisconsin | W 77–73 OT | 15–14 (5–11) |
Kohl Center (4,191) Madison, WI | |||||||
| 2014 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/06/2014 11:00 am, BTN |
vs. Ohio State First Round |
L 77–86 | 15–15 |
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (N/A) Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
| 2014 WNIT | |||||||||||
| 03/20/2014* 7:00 pm |
Ball State First Round |
W 69–65 | 16–15 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (405) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 03/23/2014* 2:00 pm |
IUPUI Second Round |
W 88–52 | 17–15 |
Welsh-Ryan Arena (565) Evanston, IL | |||||||
| 03/27/2014* 6:00 pm |
at Indiana Third Round |
L 65–66 | 17–16 |
Assembly Hall (3,065) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
Source[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ "2013-14 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball schedule". Northwestern Wildcats. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.