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Northwestern at Illinois Chicago

Women's college basketball preview

Updated Sat, Nov 7 · 5:41 AM ET

Northwestern1-1 · Big Ten
at
Illinois Chicago1-1 · Missouri Valley

Sun, Nov 8 · 2:00 PM ET · ESPN+

Credit Union 1 Arena · Chicago, IL

The Call How this works

GordStats likes Northwestern by 1, 53% to win. No book line yet.

NW 53%win chanceUIC 47%
GordStatsNW by 153% to win · NW 67–UIC 66
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Unit vs Unit

  • Illinois Chicago's three-point shooting (130th) meets Northwestern's three-point defense (362nd).
  • Northwestern's offensive rebounding (156th) meets Illinois Chicago's defensive rebounding (331st).

National rank on each side, 1st the best; the longer bar has the edge.

Northwestern Offense vs Illinois Chicago Defense

NW offUIC def
Adj. efficiency
77th96.9157th91.5
Effective FG%
45th53.5%204th45.4%
Turnovers
188th22.6%99th25.8%
Offensive rebounding
156th33.3%331st45.9%
Free-throw rate
18th51.0%188th29.2%
3-point %
76th34.2%159th25.5%

Northwestern: 73.3 possessions a game (151st fastest) · 38% of shots from three

Illinois Chicago Offense vs Northwestern Defense

UIC offNW def
Adj. efficiency
151st91.9165th91.7
Effective FG%
232nd39.6%354th60.7%
Turnovers
291st28.7%248th18.8%
Offensive rebounding
111th36.6%107th25.9%
Free-throw rate
248th22.5%278th38.8%
3-point %
130th30.3%362nd58.6%

Illinois Chicago: 70.1 possessions a game (317th fastest) · 30% of shots from three

Bart Torvik's adjusted figures, ranked across Division I.

Recent Form

Northwestern

  • L78–91vs Xavier−20
  • W64–60vs Milwaukee−15

Illinois Chicago

  • W71–58at Robert Morris+19
  • L34–81at Ohio St.−21

The last column is the margin against our line before kickoff: + beat it, − fell short.

What These Numbers Mean
Adj. efficiency
Points per 100 possessions against an average D-I team on a neutral floor: the offense's scored, the defense's allowed.
Effective FG%
Field-goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes.
Turnovers
Per possession: the offense's committed, the defense's forced.
Offensive rebounding
The share of its own misses the offense gets back, against the share the defense lets its opponents get back.
Free-throw rate
Free throws attempted per field-goal attempt: drawn by the offense, allowed by the defense.