2019–20 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	† 2020 Big Ten Tournament winner ; As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
2019–20 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
Big Ten Regular season co-champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 12
2019–20 record	26–4 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe McKeown (12th season);
Assistant coaches	Kate Popovec; Preston Reid; Tangela Smith;
Home arena	Welsh–Ryan Arena

The 2019–20 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represents Northwestern University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats are led by 12th-year head coach Joe McKeown. They returned play their home games at Welsh–Ryan Arena after a one-year renovation. They are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

2019–20 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jess Sancataldo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Turamurra	Sydney, Australia
G	1	Kaylah Rainey	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Belleville East	Belleville, IL
G	2	Lauryn Satterwhite	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS So	Valley Vista	Avondale, AZ
G	3	Sydney Wood	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	St. John's College	Olney, MD
F	4	Bryana Hopkins	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	William Fremd	Palatine, IL
G	10	Lindsey Pulliam (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Our Lady of Good Counsel	Silver Spring, MD
G	11	Brooke Pikiell	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Rutgers Prep	Far Hills, NJ
G	12	Veronica Burton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Newton South	Newton, MA
F	15	Courtney Shaw	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Perry Hall	Perry Hall, MD
F/C	21	Abbie Wolf	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Greenwich	White Plains, NY
G	22	Byrdy Galernik	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Toledo Central Catholic	Perrysburg, OH
G	24	Jordan Hamilton	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Liberty	Frisco, TX
F	32	Amber Jamison	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Rochester Adams	Rochester Hills, MI
G	33	Laya Hartman	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Okemos	Okemos, MI
F/C	44	Aby Scheid (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Elk River	Elk River, MN

Head coach

Joe McKeown (Mercer)

Assistant coach(es)

Kate Popovec (Northwestern)
Preston Reid (Ball State)
Tangela Smith (Iowa)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 6, 2019* 7:00 pm		Lewis	W 89–34		Welsh–Ryan Arena (112) Evanston, IL
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2019* 3:30 pm		Loyola (MD)	W 67–46	1–0	Welsh–Ryan Arena (760) Evanston, IL
Nov 14, 2019* 7:00 pm		at Marquette	W 64–56 ^OT	2–0	Al McGuire Center (879) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 17, 2019* 2:00 pm, ACCN		at Duke	W 63–42	3–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,118) Durham, NC
Nov 21, 2019* 7:00 pm		Valparaiso	W 69–48	4–0	Welsh–Ryan Arena (678) Evanston, IL
Nov 27, 2019* 2:00 pm		Colgate	W 73–44	5–0	Welsh–Ryan Arena (945) Evanston, IL
Dec 1, 2019* 2:00 pm		No. 16 DePaul	L 68–70	5–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,416) Evanston, IL
Dec 4, 2019* 7:00 pm		Boston College ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 66–63	6–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena (610) Evanston, IL
Dec 7, 2019* 2:00 pm		Dartmouth	W 79–37	7–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena (866) Evanston, IL
Dec 16, 2019* 11:00 am		UT Arlington	W 74–47	8–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena (3,432) Evanston, IL
Dec 20, 2019* 1:30 pm		vs. East Carolina West Palm Invitational	W 64–45	9–1	Student Life Center (125) West Palm Beach, FL
Dec 21, 2019* 1:30 pm		vs. Xavier West Palm Invitational	W 79–59	10–1	Student Life Center (125) West Palm Beach, FL
Big Ten regular season
Dec 28, 2019 2:00 pm		at Illinois	W 77–50	11–1 (1–0)	State Farm Center (2,099) Champaign, IL
Dec 31, 2019 4:00 pm, BTN		No. 12 Maryland	W 81–58	12–1 (2–0)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,003) Evanston, IL
Jan 5, 2020 1:00 pm, BTN		Iowa	L 51–77	12–2 (2–1)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,843) Evanston, IL
Jan 9, 2020 7:00 pm		at Minnesota	W 56–54	13–2 (3–1)	Williams Arena (3,001) Minneapolis, MN
Jan 12, 2020 4:00 pm		Purdue	W 61–56	14–2 (4–1)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,464) Evanston, IL
Jan 16, 2020 6:00 pm		at No. 15 Indiana	W 71–69 ^OT	15–2 (5–1)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,805) Bloomington, IN
Jan 19, 2020 2:00 pm		Penn State	W 85–59	16–2 (6–1)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,424) Evanston, IL
Jan 23, 2020 5:30 pm	No. 22	at Michigan State	W 76–48	17–2 (7–1)	Breslin Center (3,963) East Lansing, MI
Jan 26, 2020 12:00 pm	No. 22	at No. 20 Maryland	L 61-70	17–3 (7–2)	Xfinty Center (8,276) College Park, MD
Jan 30, 2020 5:30 pm	No. 23	Michigan	W 81–73	18–3 (8–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,133) Evanston, IL
Feb 2, 2020 11:00 am	No. 23	at Penn State	W 82–59	19–3 (9–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (2,362) University Park, PA
Feb 10, 2020 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 19	Michigan State	W 85–55	20–3 (10–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (864) Evanston, IL
Feb 13, 2020 6:00 pm	No. 19	at Michigan	W 66–60	21–3 (11–2)	Crisler Center (2,354) Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 16, 2020 2:00 pm	No. 19	Nebraska	W 60–56	22–3 (12–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,172) Evanston, IL
Feb 16, 2020 2:00 pm	No. 18	Rutgers	W 82–65	23–3 (13–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,142) Evanston, IL
Feb 22, 2020 11:00 am	No. 18	at Wisconsin	W 82–66	24–3 (14–2)	Kohl Center (4,172) Madison, WI
Feb 25, 2020 5:00 pm, BTN	No. 14	at Ohio State	W 69–55	25–3 (15–2)	Value City Arena (4,403) Columbus, OH
Feb 29, 2020 1:00 pm, BTN	No. 14	Illinois	W 75–58	26–3 (16–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (4,016) Evanston, IL
Big Ten Women's Tournament
Mar 6, 2020 5:30 pm, BTN	(2) No. 11	vs. (7) Michigan Quarterfinals	L 59–67	26–4	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP			RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	22	23	21	19	18	14	11	12
Coaches				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	23	21	20	19	13

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

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Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
Venues	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1975–present) Beardsley Gym (2017–18)
Culture & lore	History "Go U Northwestern" Willie the Wildcat
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	16	–	2	.889	28	–	4	.875
No. 12 Northwestern	16	–	2	.889	26	–	4	.867
No. 21 Iowa	14	–	4	.778	23	–	7	.767
No. 20 Indiana	13	–	5	.722	24	–	8	.750
Rutgers	11	–	7	.611	22	–	9	.710
Ohio State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
Michigan	10	–	8	.556	21	–	11	.656
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	16	–	14	.533
Purdue	8	–	10	.444	18	–	14	.563
Nebraska	7	–	11	.389	17	–	13	.567
Minnesota	5	–	13	.278	16	–	15	.516
Wisconsin	3	–	15	.167	12	–	19	.387
Illinois	2	–	16	.111	11	–	19	.367
Penn State	1	–	17	.056	7	–	23	.233

† 2020 Big Ten Tournament winner As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

2019–20 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References