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The Chicago State women's basketball team battled it out against the Northwestern Wildcats and suffered a 87-64 loss.
Laura Segues and Tae'Lor Willard finish with 14 points each, while Josie Hill and Ahlea Myers added on eight of their own.
First Quarter - Northwestern 21, Chicago State 15
- The Wildcats jumped out to an early 8-0 lead completely stunning the Cougars early on
- However, a trip to the charity stripe for Willard opened up the scoring for Chicago State as both free throws were made to reach an 8-2 score
- Nonetheless, Northwestern continued to score and reached a 21-12 score
- Fortunately, the Cougars finished the quarter with two consecutive threes from Myers and Segues as they trailed by 6 to end the first quarter
Second Quarter - Northwestern 38, Chicago State 30
- The Wildcats once again came out hot and outscored Chicago State 9-2 as they increased their lead to 30-17
- However, the Cougars managed to cut the run and as Hill, Princess Hester and Segues all drained consecutive buckets to now trail by 7 at 30-23
- Both teams then went on to score back-and-forth leading to a 38-30 lead for the Wildcats heading into the half
Third Quarter - Northwestern 68, Chicago State 45
- The Cougars came out and stunned Northwestern as they executed 6-0 run in which Willard and Hill converted buckets to now only trail by 2 at 36-38
- Unfortunately, the Wildcats suddenly erupted as they finished the quarter outscoring Chicago State 30-9 as they gained an immense lead heading into the fourth with a score of 68-45
Fourth Quarter - Northwestern 87, Chicago State 64
- The Cougars opened up the scoring with a layup from Taylor Norris to reach a 47-68 score
- Both teams then once again went on a back-and-forth scoring run as the Wildcats maintained their lead and cruised to a win at 87-64
The Cougars will next face off against the University of Hartford on Saturday at noon at West Hartford, CT.
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team won the 2011 Great West regular season and tournament championship and earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational. The CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
