2013–14 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team


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 which they defeated Ball State in the first round, IUPUI in the second round before losing to Indiana in the third round.

2013–14 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record17–16 (5–11 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dr. Sam Dixon
  • Allison Guth
  • Carrie Banks
Home arenaWelsh-Ryan Arena
Seasons
2013–14 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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
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 edit

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
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 edit

2013–14 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

References edit

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "2013-14 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball schedule". Northwestern Wildcats. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.