Illinois Fighting Illini at Northwestern Wildcats
· NCAA Women's Basketball
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Wolf leads No. 14 Northwestern women to Big Ten title
Lindsey Pulliam added 17 points, Veronica Burton 13 and Abi Scheid 10 for the Wildcats (26-3, 16-2), who have won nine straight.
Scheid had all 10 of her points, Northwestern shot 50% and held Illinois to 30% to take a 36-25 lead at the half.
Wolf provided the spark in the third quarter with three consecutive and-on conversions, part of a 14-4 run that pushed the lead to 16. She also had a pair from free throws in a 6-0 spurt that made it 56-35 late in the quarter.
Brandi Beasley scored 18 points for the Illini (11-17, 2-15), who take a six-game losing streak into the conference tournament.
Northwestern was plus-15 on the boards. Wolf had nine rebounds, Pulliam eight and Scheid, who also had seven assists, had seven boards.
The Wildcats won 25 games in 1979-79 and the 1989-90 Big Ten champions won 24 games.
No. 7 Maryland is now a half-game behind Northwestern heading into a regular-season ending game at Minnesota on Sunday.
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Statistics
 ILL |
NU |
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|---|---|---|
| 19-59 | FG | 30-67 |
| 32 | Field Goal % | 45 |
| 9-19 | 3PT | 7-20 |
| 47 | Three Point % | 35 |
| 11-16 | FT | 8-15 |
| 69 | Free Throw % | 53 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 31 |
| 14 | Assists | 23 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 12 | Points Off Turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| 16 | Points in Paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 27 |
Game Information
Location: Evanston, IL
Attendance: 4,016 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 18-0 | - | 37-1 |
| Michigan | 15-3 | 3 | 28-7 |
| Iowa | 15-3 | 3 | 27-7 |
| Ohio State | 13-5 | 5 | 27-8 |
| Minnesota | 13-5 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Maryland | 11-7 | 7 | 24-9 |
| Michigan State | 11-7 | 7 | 23-9 |
| Washington | 10-8 | 8 | 22-11 |
| Illinois | 9-9 | 9 | 22-12 |
| USC | 9-9 | 9 | 18-14 |
| Oregon | 8-10 | 10 | 23-13 |
| Nebraska | 7-11 | 11 | 19-13 |
| Indiana | 6-12 | 12 | 18-14 |
| Wisconsin | 5-13 | 13 | 16-18 |
| Purdue | 5-13 | 13 | 13-17 |
| Penn State | 4-14 | 14 | 11-18 |
| Northwestern | 2-16 | 16 | 8-21 |
| Rutgers | 1-17 | 17 | 9-20 |