Take a guess at what you think this list of numbers represents — 16, 12, 20, 12, 21, 18.
No, it’s not the point deficits by which the Chicago Bears lost six of their games this year, nor is it the number of steals Veronica Burton has racked up in each of the past six outings for the Wildcats (though that is actually somehow possible with how ridiculously good she is).
Sadly, that’s the number of the turnovers Northwestern has committed in each of its six Big Ten games here in the 2021-22 season, including 18 painful giveaways in Thursday night’s 63-59 loss to the Penn State Nittany Lions.