Northwestern Women’s Basketball 2020 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 2, 2020 · CSM Staff
Northwestern Wildcats
Big Ten (26-4, 16-2)
Big Wins: 11/14 at Marquette (64-56), 12/31 Maryland (81-58), 1/16 at Indiana (71-69)
Bad Losses: 12/1 DePaul (68-70), 1/5 Iowa (51-77), 1/26 at Maryland (61-70)
Coach: Joe McKeown
Probable Starters:
Veronica Burton, Sophomore, Guard, 11.6 ppg, 5.1 apg, 4.9 rpg, 3.3 spg
Lindsey Pulliam, Junior, Guard, 18.8 ppg, 2.3 apg, 4.7 rpg
Sydney Wood, Sophomore, Guard, 5.1 ppg, 3.2 apg, 4.5 rpg
Abbie Wolf, Senior, Center, 11.3 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.5 bpg
Abi Scheid, Senior, Center, 11.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg
Key Role Players:
Jordan Hamilton, Junior, Guard, 5.0 ppg, 2.1 apg
Courtney Shaw, Sophomore, Forward, 3.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 71.3 (54th in nation, 6th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 56.7 (26, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.0 (39, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.2 (60, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.0 (163, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.5 (19, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.9 (190, 9)
Rebound Margin: 0.9 (158, 10)
Assists Per Game: 18.3 (8, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.0 (12, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2019 | NIT | First Round win over Dayton |
| 2019 | NIT | Second Round win over Toledo |
| 2019 | NIT | Third Round win over West Virginia |
| 2019 | NIT | Quarterfinal win over Ohio |
| 2019 | NIT | Semifinal win over James Madison |
| 2019 | NIT | Championship loss to Arizona |
| 2016 | NIT | First Round loss to San Diego |
| 2015 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to Arkansas |
| 2014 | NIT | First Round win over Ball State |
| 2014 | NIT | Second Round win over IUPUI |
| 2014 | NIT | Third Round loss to Indiana |
| 2011 | NIT | Round of 64 win over Creighton |
| 2011 | NIT | Round of 32 loss to Alabama |
| 2010 | NIT | Round of 64 win over Duquesne |
| 2010 | NIT | Round of 32 win over St. Bonaventure |
| 2010 | NIT | Regional Semifinal loss to Michigan |
| 1997 | NCAA | Round of 64 loss to George Washington |
| 1993 | NCAA | First Round win over Georgia Tech |
| 1993 | NCAA | Second Round loss to Tennessee |
| 1991 | NCAA | First Round win over Washington State |
| 1991 | NCAA | Second Round loss to Arkansas |
*all team stats through 3/5
