2023–24 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

2023–24 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
2023–24 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–9 (2–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe McKeown (16th season);
Associate head coach	Tangela Smith
Assistant coaches	Maggie Lyon; Brittany Johnson;
Home arena	Welsh–Ryan Arena

2023–24 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Iowa	6	–	0	1.000	17	–	1	.944
No. 16 Indiana	5	–	1	.833	14	–	2	.875
No. 18 Ohio State	4	–	1	.800	13	–	3	.813
Nebraska	4	–	2	.667	12	–	5	.706
Minnesota	3	–	2	.600	13	–	3	.813
Michigan	3	–	2	.600	12	–	5	.706
Maryland	3	–	2	.600	11	–	5	.688
Michigan State	2	–	3	.400	12	–	4	.750
Penn State	2	–	3	.400	11	–	5	.688
Purdue	2	–	3	.400	9	–	7	.563
Northwestern	2	–	4	.333	7	–	10	.412
Illinois	1	–	4	.200	7	–	8	.467
Wisconsin	1	–	5	.167	8	–	8	.500
Rutgers	0	–	6	.000	6	–	13	.316

† 2024 Big Ten tournament winner As of January 14, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represents Northwestern University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, are led by sixteenth-year head coach Joe McKeown and play their home games at the Welsh–Ryan Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2022–23 season 9–21, 2–16 in Big Ten play to finish in last (14th) place.^[2] As the #14 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by #11 seed Rutgers in the first round.^[3]

Roster

2023–24 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Rachel Mutombo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Good Counsel High School	Silver Spring, Maryland
G	2	Caroline Lau	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	St. Luke's School	Westport, Connecticut
G	3	Maggie Pina	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	GS	Boston University	West Chester, Pennsylvania
F	10	Caileigh Walsh	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Gill St. Bernard's School	Sparta, New Jersey
G	11	Hailey Weaver	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Solon High School	Solon, Ohio
G	12	Casey Harter	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Souderton High School	Harleysville, Pennsylvania
F	13	Mercy Ademusayo	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Linden Hall	Ode-Irele, Nigeria
F	20	Paige Mott	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Abington Friends School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G	21	Melannie Daley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Hastings High School	Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
F	22	Alana Goodchild	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Australian Institute of Sport	Sydney, Australia
G	23	Jasmine McWilliams	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	North Central High School	Indianapolis, Indiana
F	25	Lauren Trumpy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Trinity High School	Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
F	31	Crystal Fuqu Wang	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Sierra Canyon School	Beijing, China

Head coach

Joe McKeown (Kent State)

Assistant coach(es)

Tangela Smith (Iowa)
Maggie Lyon (Northwestern)
Brittany Johnson (Ohio State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 13, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	Lewis	W 80–54		Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Regular season
November 9, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	UIC	W 92–86 ^OT	1–0	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,623) Evanston, IL
November 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BTN+	Omaha	W 87–69	2–0	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,566) Evanston, IL
November 15, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ACCN	at No. 16 Notre Dame	L 52–110	2–1	Purcell Pavilion (7,065) Notre Dame, IN
November 19, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BTN+	Southeast Missouri State	W 76–68	3–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,439) Evanston, IL
November 22, 2023* 1:00 p.m., FloSports	vs. No. 13 Florida State Ball Dawgs Classic	L 52–90	3–2	Dollar Loan Center (1,634) Henderson, NV
November 24, 2023* 11:00 p.m., FloSports	vs. Belmont Ball Dawgs Classic	L 61–83	3–3	Dollar Loan Center (1,584) Henderson, NV
November 29, 2023* 11:00 a.m., BTN+	Loyola Chicago	L 68–73	3–4	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,018) Evanston, IL
December 3, 2023* 3:00 p.m., BTN	Georgetown	L 58–82	3–5	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,587) Evanston, IL
December 10, 2023 12:00 p.m., BTN+	at Maryland	L 58–71	3–6 (0–1)	Xfinity Center (5,127) College Park, MD
December 13, 2023* 7:00 p.m., FloSports	at DePaul	L 65–90	3–7	Wintrust Arena (1,050) Chicago, IL
December 17, 2023* 2:00 p.m., BTN+	Bradley	W 86–66	4–7	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,797) Evanston, IL
December 21, 2023* 10:00 a.m., ESPN+	at Temple	W 72–68	5–7	Liacouras Center (2,233) Philadelphia, PA
December 30, 2023 2:00 p.m., BTN+	Rutgers	W 77–70	6–7 (1–1)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,820) Evanston, IL
January 2, 2024 5:00 p.m., BTN+	at Penn State	L 55–95	6–8 (1–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (1,730) State College, PA
January 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 20 Ohio State	L 60–90	6–9 (1–3)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,872) Evanston, IL
January 10, 2024 6:30 p.m., BTN+	at Wisconsin	W 74–69	7–9 (2–3)	Kohl Center (2,827) Madison, WI
January 14, 2024 2:00 p.m., BTN+	Illinois			Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
January 17, 2024 5:30 p.m., BTN+	at Michigan State			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., BTN	Penn State			Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
January 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., BTN+	at Indiana			Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 31, 2024 7:00 p.m., Peacock	Iowa			Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 4, 2024 2:00 p.m., BTN+	Wisconsin			Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN+	at Illinois			State Farm Center Champaign, IL
February 14, 2024 7:00 p.m., BTN+	Northwestern			Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., BTN+	at Minnesota			Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 20, 2024 8:00 p.m., BTN	at Nebraska			Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., BTN+	Michigan			Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 27, 2024 6:00 p.m., BTN	Indiana			Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
March 3, 2024 1:00 p.m., BTN+	at Rutgers			Jersey Mike's Arena Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 6–10, 2024	vs. TBD			Target Center Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Frieman, Henry (October 24, 2023). "Women's Basketball: McKeown, players talk upcoming season at WNUR 'Fired Up' event". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
↑ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
↑ "Walsh Scores 24 in 63-59 Loss to Rutgers". Northwestern Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
↑ "Women's Basketball Announces Non-Conference Schedule". nusports.com. August 7, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
↑ "Women's Basketball Unveils 2023-24 Big Ten Schedule". nusports.com. September 21, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.

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[1] Frieman, Henry (October 24, 2023). "Women's Basketball: McKeown, players talk upcoming season at WNUR 'Fired Up' event". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved December 4, 2023.

[2] "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

[3] "Walsh Scores 24 in 63-59 Loss to Rutgers". Northwestern Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

[4] "Women's Basketball Announces Non-Conference Schedule". nusports.com. August 7, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.

[5] "Women's Basketball Unveils 2023-24 Big Ten Schedule". nusports.com. September 21, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.

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Previous season

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References