2009–10 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

2009-10 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten
2009-10 record	5-1 ( Big 10)
Head coach	Joe McKeown

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.

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

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Record
Nov. 1	Evanston, Ill.	Robert Morris	119-60	1-0

Regular season

Roster

Number	Name	Height	Position	Class

Schedule

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Record
Nov. 13	Toledo, OH	Toledo	73-64	1-0
Nov. 20	Evanston, IL	SIUE	68-37	2-0
Nov. 22	Evanston, IL	IPFW	78-58	3-0
Nov. 24	Evanston, IL	DePaul	59-55	4-0
Nov. 27	Evanston, IL	College of Charleston	50-54	4-1
Nov. 28	Evanston, IL	Penn	61-39	5-1
Dec. 3	Evanston, IL	Clemson
Dec. 6	Evanston, IL	Purdue
Dec. 13	Manhattan, KS	Kansas State
Dec. 17	Evanston, IL	Arkansas
Dec. 19	Evanston, IL	Chicago State
Dec. 22	Evanston, IL	Loyola

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Minutes	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points

Team players drafted into the WNBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club

References

Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball

Venues	Welsh-Ryan Arena (1975–present)

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 1999–00 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

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold

External links

Official Site

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