GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Northwestern 67, Wisconsin 54
Associated Press
EVANSTON, Ill. - Sydney Wood and Lindsey Pulliam scored 14 points each and No. 24 Northwestern snapped a two-game skid with a 67-54 win over Wisconsin.
Veronica Burton was only 1-of-8 shooting but made all 10 of her free throws and scored 13 points with nine assists for the Wildcats (12-5, 10-5 Big Ten).
Sydney Hilliard scored 15 points with five assists for the Badgers (5-15, 2-15). Imani Lewis, coming off a pair of 27-point games that included double-digit rebounds, finished with 11 points and eight boards.
Both teams shot 41% but the Badgers turned the ball over 26 times, which included 11 steals and led to 21 Northwestern points.
Northwestern trailed by a point midway through the first quarter then finished the period on a 10-0 run. A 13-2 run in the second period put the Wildcats up by 18, their largest lead, before ending the half ahead 37-20. The lead remained in double figures in the second half.
Northwestern swept the season series, having beaten the Badgers 80-55 on Jan. 6.
February 20, 2021
| Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| I. Lewis | F | 31 | 4-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| T. Stauffacher | F | 21 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Hilliard | G | 38 | 6-12 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| E. Moschkau | G | 31 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 0-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Pospisilova | G | 25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| B. Schramek | 20 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| H. Douglass | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| K. Thompson | 12 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| A. Luehring | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| N. Leuzinger | 1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| L. Djurstrom | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Mathiason | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 197 | 18-44 (.409) |
12-18 (.667) |
6-16 (.375) |
7-33 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 54 | |
| Northwestern | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| P. Mott | F | 26 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| V. Burton | G | 36 | 1-8 | 10-10 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| L. Pulliam | G | 35 | 6-16 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| J. Hamilton | G | 33 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| S. Wood | G | 33 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| A. Morris | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| L. Satterwhite | 12 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| J. McWilliams | 7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| B. Pikiell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| K. Rainey | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 23-56 (.411) |
19-24 (.792) |
2-13 (.154) |
9-30 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 67 | |
Officials: Mark Zentz, Jesse Dickerson, Jamie Broderick