All Wednesday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena, Northwestern’s defense had forced Boston College ball handlers into making mistakes when the basketball was in their hands. And up 64-61 with under 30 seconds...

Women's Basketball At the beginning of the season, it looked like senior guard Byrdy Galernik would be a bench player for Northwestern. She played a combined 18 minutes in the first three games, scoring...

Women's Basketball The old adage goes that all great athletes need to have a short memory. And junior guard Lindsey Pulliam doesn’t just have a short memory, coach Joe McKeown said she has “amnesia.” It’s...

Veronica Burton hit the hesitation move so hard that by the time she picked up her quick in-and-out dribble, the sophomore guard’s defender was on the ground five feet away.The crowd erupted, the entire...

Women's Basketball With 1:27 left in the first half Sunday, Abi Scheid made a defensive play that asserted once and for all the nature of Northwestern’s season-opener. The senior forward chased...