Archive for November 17th, 2008
Women’s Hoops: Kansas State leads Northwestern 25-24 at halftime
By Zach Buchanan
After leading by as much as eight points, Northwestern scored only three points in the final 7:49 and allowed Kansas State to score 12 unanswered points en route to a 25-24 deficit at half time. In that time period, NU missed eight of their last nine shots.
NU had early success getting the ball inside to center Amy Jaeschke, who leads the team with 11 points. Northwestern only has one fewer rebound than Kansas State, but Kansas State holds the edge in offensive rebounds 6-3. Kansas State was able to take advantage of those second-chances to reclaim the lead.
NU had the opportunity to tie the game with 1:14 remaining with two Jaeschke free throws, but the sophomore missed her first attempt. A last-second half court shot by junior forward Kristin Cartwright bounced off the back of the rim to keep NU down by one.
Women’s Hoops: McKeown brings in first round of recruits
New coach Joe McKeown signed two recruits to national letters of intent Monday, marking the beginning of his first recruits since becoming coach at Northwestern.
The Wildcats will add forwards Inga Orekhova and Dannielle Diamant next season.
“My staff did an outstanding job with our first recruiting class at Northwestern,” McKeown said. “We brought in student-athletes we think will have an impact on our program over the next four years.”
Women’s Hoops Scouting Report: Kansas State Wildcats
By Danny Daly
After a disappointing 76-69 loss at Chicago State to begin the season last Friday, Northwestern will try to pick up its first win of the season in tonight’s home opener against Kansas State.
That will be no easy task, as Kansas State won the Big 12 Championship last season and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The team is coming off a 65-44 road victory over UTEP in its season opener and also stars three players that averaged double digits in points a year ago.
NU was fairly confident about its defense entering the season, but that unit did not perform up to expectations against Chicago State. Though the Cats forced 16 turnovers and held the Cougars to 40.6 percent shooting for the game, Chicago State pulled down 22 offensive rebounds and hit on 53.6 percent of its baskets in the second half to help open up a double-digit lead.
