Northwestern Blows By Wisconsin, 63-43

2/1/2017 9:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern cruised past Wisconsin 63-43 in a wire-to-wire victory Wednesday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

The Wildcats moved to 17-5 on the season and improved to 6-3 in conference play after a stout defensive performance. They held Wisconsin to 32 percent shooting from the field and kept the Badgers scoreless for more than eight minutes over a stretch in the second and third quarters.

Senior Nia Coffey led the 'Cats with 15 points and 10 rebounds in just 21 minutes for her 11th double-double of the season. In her second game back from injury, senior Christen Inman returned to form and recorded 14 points and four assists.

Sophomore Amber Jamison continued her hot shooting after her insertion into the starting lineup and drained three shots from beyond the arc en route to 11 points. Jamison has scored in double figures in each of the last five games.

Both teams started the game slowly but Northwestern jumped out to an early 13-7 lead behind seven points and six rebounds from Coffey in the first quarter alone.

In the second, the Wildcats limited the Badgers to just seven points again and kept them off the scoreboard for the last 7:21 of the half. They took a 24-14 lead into the half.

After an even third quarter, the 'Cats opened the floodgates in the fourth, outscoring Wisconsin 24-14 down the stretch. Six different players got on the scoreboard as the lead stretched to 20.

Chicago's Big Ten Team is back in action on Sunday, Feb. 5, when it hosts Penn State at 2 p.m. for the annual Think Pink game.

NOTES

Team
• Northwestern improved to 17-5, the best 22-game mark since the 1989-90 Big Ten championship team was 19-3.
• The Wildcats are now 13-1 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
• Northwestern is 14-1 when it has a halftime lead.
• The 'Cats are 16-3 when they score 60 or more points in a game.
• Northwestern is 5-0 when it holds its opponent to fewer than 50 points.
• The Wildcats are 15-0 when they shoot at a higher clip than their opponent.
• Northwestern is 15-3 when it shoots better than 40 percent from the field.
• The 'Cats held Wisconsin without a point for the final 7:21 of the second quarter and for 8:23 total, extending into the second half.

Individual
• Ashley Deary made her 122nd consecutive start.

• Nia Coffey registered her 11th double-double of the year and the 51st of her career.
• Coffey has scored in double figures in 18 games this year and 97 times in her career.
• Coffey posted her 12th 10+ rebound game of the year and the 49th of her career.

• Lauren Douglas has scored in double figures in four of the last five games.

• Christen Inman reached double digit points for the 13th time this year and the 73rd time in her career.

• Amber Jamison has made 12 three-pointers in the last four games, including three against Wisconsin.
• Jamison has scored in double figures in five consecutive games, all of which she has been in the starting lineup.
• Jamison dished out a career high 5 assists.