2018–19 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Maryland	15	–	3	.833	29	–	5	.853
No. 8 Iowa †	14	–	4	.778	29	–	7	.806
Rutgers	13	–	5	.722	22	–	10	.688
Michigan	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
Ohio State	10	–	8	.556	14	–	15	.483
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	21	–	11	.656
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Northwestern	9	–	9	.500	21	–	15	.583
Nebraska	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
Indiana	8	–	10	.444	21	–	13	.618
Purdue	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Penn State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	18	.400
Wisconsin	4	–	14	.222	15	–	18	.455
Illinois	2	–	16	.111	10	–	20	.333

† 2019 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats are led by 11th-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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jess Sancataldo	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Turamurra	Sydney, Australia
G	2	Lauryn Satterwhite	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Fr	Valley Vista	Avondale, AZ
G	3	Sydney Wood	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	St. John's College	Olney, MD
F	4	Bryana Hopkins	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	William Fremd	Palatine, IL
G	10	Lindsey Pulliam	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Our Lady of Good Counsel	Silver Spring, MD
G	11	Brooke Pikiell	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Rutgers Prep	Far Hills, NJ
G	12	Veronica Burton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Newton South	Newton, MA
F	14	Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School	Abuja, Nigeria
F	15	Courtney Shaw	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Perry Hall	Perry Hall, MD
F/C	21	Abbie Wolf	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Greenwich	White Plains, NY
G	22	Byrdy Galernik	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Toledo Central Catholic	Perrysburg, OH
G	24	Jordan Hamilton	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Liberty	Frisco, TX
F	32	Amber Jamison	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Jr	Rochester Adams	Rochester Hills, MI
F/C	44	Aby Scheid	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	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	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/28/2018* 2:00 PM	Lewis	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018* 7:00 PM	at Green Bay	Kress Events Center Green Bay, WI
11/11/2018* 1:00 PM, BTN	Duke	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
11/15/2018* 7:00 PM	UIC	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
11/18/2018* 1:00 PM	at Florida	O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
11/25/2018* TBA	UT Martin	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
11/29/2018* 7:00 PM	Pittsburgh ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
12/05/2018* TBA	at DePaul	McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL
12/09/2018* 1:00 PM, BTN	Marquette	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
12/17/2018* 11:00 AM	Chicago State	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
12/19/2018* 7:00 PM	vs. Wichita State Duel in the Desert Desert Division semifinals	Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV
12/20/2018* 4:30 PM/7:00 PM	vs. Kansas or Washington State Duel in the Desert Desert Division	Cox Pavilion Paradise, NV
Big Ten regular season
12/28/2018 3:00 PM	at Rutgers	Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
12/31/2018 2:00 PM, BTN	Illinois	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
01/03/2019 7:00 PM	Michigan State	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
01/08/2019 6:00 PM	at Michigan	Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
01/13/2019 4:00 PM, BTN	Purdue	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
01/16/2019 6:00 PM	at Indiana	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
01/20/2019 3:30 PM	at Wisconsin	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
01/24/2019 7:00 PM	at Nebraska	Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
01/27/2019 2:00 PM	at Illinois	State Farm Center Champaign, IL
01/31/2019 7:00 PM	Minnesota	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
02/03/2019 3:30 PM	Ohio State	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
02/07/2019 5:30 PM	at Maryland	Xfinity Center College Park, MD
02/10/2019 1:00 PM, BTN	at Minnesota	Williams Arena Lincoln, NE
02/14/2019 7:00 PM	Penn State	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
02/17/2019 1:00 PM	at Purdue	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
02/21/2019 7:00 PM	Nebraska	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
02/26/2019 7:00 PM	Indiana	Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
03/03/2019 2:00 PM	at Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Women's Tournament
Feb 6–10, 2019	vs.	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
Coaches

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

References

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Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References