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Second halves have become a problem for Northwestern women’s basketball

EVANSTON, Illinois — No. 24 Northwestern forces an average of 21.1 turnovers per game, which ranks 11th in the nation, and scores an average of 24 points off of them. Northwestern’s average turnover margin of +9.1 ranks second nationally.

The Wildcats destroyed Nebraska 28-4 in the turnover margin on Wednesday night and scored 26 points from said takeaways. Yet the Huskers (10-9, 8-7 Big Ten) completed the season sweep of NU (11-5, 9-5) with a strong second half in a 71-64 victory.

Since 2015, teams in the Her Hoop Stats database were previously 70-0 when they record 20 steals and their opponents get five or fewer.