Northwestern (9-18, 2-14 B1G) used a smothering defensive performance to pick up its second conference win on Saturday afternoon at Welsh-Ryan Arena as the Wildcats defeated Minnesota (10-17, 3-13 B1G) 76-62. The win marks the 250th for Joe McKeown as Northwestern head coach.
Northwestern had very active hands all game, collecting a whopping 18 steals in the victory. Hailey Weaver and Sydney Wood both had particularly stellar days on the defensive end, collecting six and four steals respectively. Overall, Northwestern forced Minnesota into 25 turnovers and held them to just 29 second half points.
Offensively, Caileigh Walsh had a stellar outing for the ‘Cats, leading all scorers with 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting.