Women's Basketball Game Preview: Northwestern

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» Delaware will travel to Evanston, Ill. to face Northwestern on Saturday. This will be the first time both programs will be meeting.

» For the first time this season, the Blue Hens fell in back-to-back games and will look to return to winning ways after suffering a 61-55 road setback at SMU Tuesday evening. Heading into Saturday's matchup, head coach Natasha Adair will be in search of her 150th career win.

» Northwestern are winners of two-straight games, including earning its first conference win against Wisconsin last Sunday by a score of 61-49 inside the friendly confides of Welsh-Ryan Arena.

» The last time Delaware captured victory against a Big Ten opponent was on Nov. 17, 2011 against Penn State, where the Blue Hens prevailed with an 80-71 victory inside Bob Carpenter Center. Delaware's most recent time facing a Big Ten opponent was during the 2019-20 campaign, where Maryland captured the 99-55 win on their home court on Nov. 17, 2019.

» This season, Jasmine Dickey posted one 40-plus and three consecutive 30-plus point game performances and currently sits 10th in program history with 1,428 career points. She currently leads the nation in points per game (25.6), final points (230) and field goal attempts (208) and third in field goals made (87).

» With six double-doubles on the season, Ty Battle leads the conference and ranks fourth among the national leaders in the statistical category.

» As of Dec. 7, Delaware earned a ranking of No. 18 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll.

THE BLUEPRINT
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Saturday, Dec. 11, 3 p.m ET / 2 p.m. CT
at Northwestern (Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Ill.)

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THE BLUEPRINT
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Players Mentioned

Ty Battle

Jasmine Dickey

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