Northwestern Wildcats women’s basketball was issued a two-game forfeit after they failed to show up for two games in January. The Wildcats were scheduled to play against the UCLA Bruins on Jan. 12 and the USC Trojans on Jan.

The Big Ten assigned Northwestern women's basketball two forfeits for not traveling to play UCLA and USC during the California wildfires in January.

Why was Northwestern forced to forfeit? Here is more on the Wildcats' decision to not travel to games and the Big Ten's ruling.

Northwestern’s women’s basketball team will be issued two forfeits, which will count as losses, for scheduled games against UCLA and USC that were initially postponed in January due to the deadly wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area.

The Wildcats were issued two losses in the conference standings for games after not traveling for games at UCLA and USC in mid-January.

Northwestern will officially be credited with a pair of losses for two women's college basketball games it never played. Meanwhile, the Big Ten decided

The Northwestern women's basketball team's January games at UCLA and USC will not be rescheduled, the Big Ten announced Wednesday.