2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team will represent the Northwestern University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats will be coached by Joe McKeown. The Wildcats are a member of the Big Ten Conference and will attempt to win the NCAA championship.

2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten
2009–10 record5–1 ( Big 10)
Head coach
  • Joe McKeown

Offseason

  • May 5: Northwestern will host Clemson in the third-annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge Women's Basketball Challenge. The contest pits the two teams in a re-match from Clemson's 78–75 overtime victory in South Carolina last season.[1]
  • May 11: Northwestern announced the signing of Inesha Hale to a National Letter of Intent. Hale is a 5–9 point guard from Raytown, MO and joins two early period signees, Inga Orekhova and Dannielle Diamant as part of next year's class. According to ESPN HoopGurlz, Northwestern's class was ranked as 27th nationally prior to Hale's signing. Hale was ranked No. 14 at the point guard position by Scouts, Inc., and was tabbed No. 87 nationally overall by ESPN's Hoopgurlz.[2]
  • May 13: Center Amy Jaeschke was selected to participate in the USA Basketball 2009 Women's World University Games National Trials. The tryouts will be held May 14–17 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.[3]
  • July 1: Kendall Hackney (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame) was added to the 2009–10 Wildcat freshmen class. Hackney is Ohio's Miss Basketball and joins fellow top-100 signees Inga Orekhova (No. 40), Inesha Hale (No. 87) and Dannielle Diamant.[4]

Exhibition

DateLocationOpponentScoreRecord
Nov. 1Evanston, IL.Robert Morris119–601–0

Regular season

Roster

NumberNameHeightPositionClass

Schedule

DateLocationOpponentScoreRecord
Nov. 13Toledo, OHToledo73–641–0
Nov. 20Evanston, ILSIUE68–372–0
Nov. 22Evanston, ILIPFW78–583–0
Nov. 24Evanston, ILDePaul59–554–0
Nov. 27Evanston, ILCollege of Charleston50–544–1
Nov. 28Evanston, ILPenn61–395–1
Dec. 3Evanston, ILClemson
Dec. 6Evanston, ILPurdue
Dec. 13Manhattan, KSKansas State
Dec. 17Evanston, ILArkansas
Dec. 19Evanston, ILChicago State
Dec. 22Evanston, ILLoyola

Player stats

PlayerGames PlayedMinutesField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsReboundsAssistsBlocksStealsPoints

Postseason

Team players drafted into the WNBA

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-05-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-05-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-05-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2009-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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