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No. 15 Northwestern Hosts Milwaukee Sunday
12/4/2015 4:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| NO. 15 NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: GAME INFORMATION | ||||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION | WATCH | LIVE STATS | |
| Sunday, Dec. 6 | Milwaukee | 2 p.m. | Welsh-Ryan Arena (Evanston, Ill.) | BTNPlus | SideArm | |
| Social: Twitter (@NUWBBall and @NU_SportsLive) | Instagram (@NUWBBall) | Facebook | ||||||
EVANSTON, Ill. - After a four-game road tour, the No. 15 Northwestern Wildcats return home to Welsh-Ryan Arena when they host Milwaukee on Sunday, Dec. 6. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m., and the game will be streamed live on BTNPlus on BTN2Go.
SCOUTING MILWAUKEE
The Panthers are 3-2 overall on the young season and have tallied wins over UMKC, La Salle and NIU. Led by Jenny Lindner, who has averaged 14.8 points through five games, Milwaukee has three players averaging in double figures. Lindner was named to the Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team in the league's annual preseason poll by the staff at the College Sports Madness website. Lindner enjoyed a stellar campaign as a newcomer a season ago, earning Horizon League All-Freshman Team honors after averaging 10.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, starting 28 of the 30 games she appeared in. That marked the first time a UWM player made the league all-freshman squad in four years. As a team, the Panthers are shooting 37 percent from the field, 33 percent from 3-point range and 73 percent from the charity stripe.
STRONG STARTS
After a 3-0 week down South and a win over North Carolina in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the Wildcats are now 7-0 on the young 2015-16 season. NU has opened its season with seven-straight wins for the second time under head coach Joe McKeown.
WILDCATS IN THE POLLS
Northwestern women's basketball tipped off the 2015-16 season ranked No. 19 in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 Poll. The 'Cats have been ranked for four-straight weeks to start the season and currently sit at No. 15 in the AP Poll. It marks the highest rankings since the 1991-92 season when the 'Cats were touted as high as 11.
OH, DEAR(Y)!
Ashley Deary has had a stellar start to the 2015-16 season, recording double digit scoring in all seven games this year. She led the 'Cats in scoring against Western Michigan (11/22/15) with a career-best 25 points and added a career-high 12 assists to mark a program single-game best. At North Carolina, Deary surpassed the 400-assists career mark and became just the fourth active Big Ten Player to accomplish the feat. She ranks third on the squad in scoring, averaging 17.0 points per game.
GRAND THEFT ASHLEY
Ashley Deary recorded 10 steals against Eastern Washington to mark the second most by an individual in the NCAA to date this season. The junior leads the country in steals per game with 4.86 per contest.
No need to wait for #GTA6, it's happening NOW with the #B1GCats! Ashley Deary leads the nation in steals per game! pic.twitter.com/e6l6AA0RoO
— NU Women's Hoops (@nuwbball) December 3, 2015COFFEY ROLLS ALONG
Nia Coffey tallied her 1,000th-career point in the 'Cats season-opening win over Howard. The junior became the second active Wildcat to accomplish the feat, and joined eight other players in the Big Ten's 1,000-point club.
The junior was named to the 2015-16 Preseason All-Big Ten team, and was named First-Team All-Big Ten in 2015. Coffey scored in double figures in 31 contests during the 2014-15 season and poured in 20-plus points on seven occasions. Coffey was one of just two Big Ten Players to rank among the league's top 10 in points (15.2 ppg), rebounds (9.7 rpg) and blocks (1.8 bpg), while recording a team-best 14 double-doubles on the year.
Coffey was named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top-30 List. The list is comprised of 30 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious honor.
So far this year, the junior had recorded three 20+ point performances, including a season-high 27 points in the 'Cats home opener against Howard. Coffey has scored in double figures in 22-straight games, dating back to Jan. 22, 2015, and has averaged a team-best 19.3 points per game.
LYON LINES
Maggie Lyon has scored nearly half (651) of her 1,318 career points from 3-point range. Lyon ranks third in program history in 3-point field goals made with 217 and is tied for third on NU's single-season record list with 83 triples during the 2014-15 season. Lyon has led the 'Cats in scoring in four games this season, including career-best 31-point performance against North Carolina.
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