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Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston remained a house of stunning basketball upsets Thursday for the second night in a row.
The Wildcats women knocked off Big Ten leader Penn State (12-7, 7-1), the nation’s No. 22 team, 59-48. Northwestern’s men’s team upset No. 23 Iowa in overtime on Wednesday night.
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“We celebrated,” guard Samantha McComb said, “but I don’t think it has sunk in. Penn State was all alone atop the Big Ten, and we beat them!”
Ifeoma Okonkwo, Sarah Kwasinski and McComb scored 19, 16 and 10 points, respectively for Northwestern (5-16, 2-6). Tanisha Wright’s 17 led Penn State.