Women’s Hoops: DePaul bedevils NU
Northwestern has been looking to turn the corner all season, trying to forget the team’s struggles last season. The team has played better, but still has not put together the complete game.
Against cross-town rival DePaul, the Wildcats are still looking for that win as they fell to the Blue Demons 60-51 at McGrath Arena on Sunday.
NU (2-7) held a three-point halftime lead, but DePaul opened the second half on a 10-4 run. The Cats scored only six points in the first 12 minutes of the half, enabling the Blue Demons (9-2) to take a 15-point lead. NU cut the lead to 10 with about five minutes left, but could not get any closer.
“I thought we did a great job in the first half of controlling the pace of the game. In the first half, we did everything right,” head coach Joe McKeown said. “In the second half, they got their run and we just had that bad four-minute stretch and we couldn’t bounce back.”
Senior forward Ellen Jaeschke led the team with 17 points and junior guard Kristin Cartwright added 13 points and eight rebounds. Sophomore center Amy Jaeschke added four points, but grabbed 11 rebounds. The Cats shot 45 percent in the game, but made just nine shots and hit 38 percent of their shots in the second half.
NU’s defense continued to cause problems for its opponents, forcing 15 turnovers and holding DePaul to 36.5 percent shooting in the game. The Cats though did not protect the ball, turning it over 24 times.
