By Eric Rynston-Lobel Joe McKeown knows that beating a team three times in a season is hard. In fact, since McKeown came to Northwestern in 2008, the ‘Cats have never accomplished that feat. The drought continued Friday night, when his team dropped its first game of the Big Ten Tournament to Michigan, 67-59. In the team’s previous two matchups this

By Eric Rynston-Lobel The Wildcats are in Indianapolis preparing to take on the Michigan Wolverines for the third time this season. The ‘Cats were victorious in the first two matchups, but those two games were decided by a combined 14 points. In order for Northwestern to defeat the Wolverines for the third time in 2020, here are the three things

By Eric Rynston-Lobel In this special edition of Posting Up, I sat down with Abi Scheid, Abbie Wolf and Byrdy Galernik ahead of the final regular season home game of their Northwestern careers. The interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. You can also listen to the full conversation by clicking here. Let’s go back over four years ago.

By Eric Rynston-Lobel First, it was #RanktheCats. But now that the ‘Cats have remained in the top 25 for several weeks in a row, there’s frustration that NU isn’t quite high enough! In the Associated Press Poll released last Monday, the ‘Cats checked in at 18th in the country, the highest they’ve been all season. But one can’t help but

By Eric Rynston-Lobel Abi Scheid doesn’t think she took more than 10 three-pointers in her entire high school career. Now, she’s the best three-point shooter in the country. The senior, who sports a spectacular 48.8% mark from beyond the arc, is a major reason why Northwestern finds itself in the envious position of fighting for a share of the Big

Usually, being known as a burglar isn’t a good thing. For Veronica Burton, it is. Anyone who’s followed Northwestern Women’s Basketball is no stranger to the various nicknames given to Burton this season: Burton the Burglar, the Backcourt Bandit and the like. Entering Monday, she has 81 steals which not only leads the Big Ten but tops the conference by

By Eric Rynston-Lobel If someone told you one of the best pure shooters in the Big Ten was on Northwestern, you’d probably think of Abi Scheid. If not Scheid, who’s shooting 47.5% from three, you might say Lindsey Pulliam. Head Coach Joe McKeown said he thinks it’s Jess Sancataldo. Sancataldo, a sophomore from Australia, has only played 11 minutes this