EVANSTON, Illinois — They didn’t get the job done, but the Wildcats proved themselves.
Northwestern women’s basketball fell 62-50 to No. 8 Maryland on Sunday afternoon in a matchup that was much closer than the final score read. After weeks of uninspired play that earned shaky them wins against mediocre opponents, the Wildcats came to play on Sunday against the Big Ten’s best squad.
Their performance featured glimpses of their 2019-2020 Big Ten Championship-winning campaign. They refused to go down without a fight, but their show-stopping defensive performance was undermined yet again by a hapless offense.
Joe McKeown couldn’t have asked for more from his Blizzard defense, which held the best scoring offense in the nation to just 62 points — 31 points below their season average.