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Women’s Hoops: DeHaan too tall a task for NU
By Zach Buchanan
Standing at 6-foot-5, Northwestern sophomore center Amy Jaeschke is used to being the tallest player on the court. In Thursday night’s 64-52 loss at Michigan State (10-6, 3-2 Big Ten), Jaeschke more than met her match.
Spartans 6-foot-9 center Alyssa DeHaan dominated the Wildcats in the paint, scoring 19 points and pulling down eight rebounds. Jaeschke and her cousin, senior forward Ellen Jaeschke, found little offensive success against DeHaan, scoring only seven and six points, respectively.
DeHaan, on the other hand, had a field day against NU (5-11, 1-4). Early foul trouble by both Amy and Ellen Jaeschke, the Cats’ two tallest players, landed both players on the bench for significant periods of time.
“What killed us was having our two big kids in foul trouble,” said head coach Jack McKeown. “That gave [DeHaan] a little bit of an opportunity.”
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Women’s Hoops: NU fights off North Dakota
Northwestern has improved under coach Joe McKeown, although the team’s record might not show it. When a program has struggled like the Wildcats have struggled, they will take a win anyway they can — and learn from that experience.
NU shot 63 percent and took a 14-point halftime lead, but needed two free throws from senior Ellen Jaeschke to hold off a late second-half rally for a 67-65 win over North Dakota on Tuesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The Fighting Sioux (5-7) went on a 7-0 run after the Wildcats built a nine-point lead with 3:20 left in regulation to trail by two points with two minutes left. The two teams combined for three turnovers in the final two minutes before North Dakota tied the game on two free throws by Mallory Youngblut with 24 seconds left.
The Cats (4-8) worked the ball around hte perimeter before feeding Jaeschke in the post. The senior went up for a layup but was fouled with 4.5 seconds left. She made the free throws that ultimately sealed the game.
Sophomore center Amy Jaeschke finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds. But she shot just nine of 20 from the field. Her cousin, Ellen, added 10 points. Senior guard Erin Dickerson tied a career high 14 points.
NU continued to struggle to finish games and build off success from earlier in the game. The Cats shot just 26 percent in the second half.
Their usually stout defense, which has allowed 41 percent shooting this season, did not come through in this game. The Fighting Sioux shot more than 50 percent in both halves and 52 percent overall.
NU did win the battle on the boards 30-29, including 15 offensive rebounds. This enabled the team to take 10 more shots than North Dakota and keep pace as the shots failed to go down in the second half.
The Cats next play at Michigan on Sunday.
Women’s Hoops: Road woes keep NU down
By Danny Daly
Just when it looked like Northwestern had its first road victory of the season all wrapped up, Clemson snatched victory from the claws of defeat and prevailed in a 78-75 overtime thriller at Littlejohn Colisseum. It was the third straight game in which the Wildcats blew a lead late in the second half.
Up three points with just five seconds left and junior point guard Jenny Eckhart on the line shooting two, NU (2-6) seemed to have the game won.
But Eckhart, a career 74 percent free-throw shooter, missed both tries. Clemson forward Lele Hardy connected from long range with one second remaining to send the game into overtime. The Cats had a chance to force a second overtime, but senior guard Erin Dickerson’s 3-pointer missed as time expired.
