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Ally Lehman
Trailing by 20 points with 6:44 left, the NIU women’s basketball team (5-8, 1-2 MAC) clawed back to within five points of Bowling Green (8-7, 1-3MAC ) with 1:46 left in regulation. Though the Huskies had five players score in double-figures, it could not complete the comeback as they fell to the Falcons, 65-59. Amanda...
The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team held SEC foe Missouri to 47 points Sunday afternoon and caused the Tigers to turn the ball over 19 times at Mizzou Arena. Attempting one final shot after a missed free throw with eight seconds left, the Tigers blocked the Huskies’ final shot to defeat NIU, 47-44. Missouri...
Northern Illinois University (2-4) scored a season-high 79 points Sunday, shooting 27-for-50 from the field, as five-different Huskies reached double-digits as NIU defeated Delaware State, 79-59. The Hornets (1-6) entered the game averaging 74 points per game. Senior Amanda Corral (Hobart, Ind./Hobart) led all NIU scorers in the contest as she scored 18-points with an...
Amanda Corral
In her first appearance of the season for NIU (1-3), Amanda Corral charged off the bench for 24 points as she made 8-of-12 shots taken to lead the Huskies at EIU (2-3). However, her effort wasn’t enough as NIU fell to the Panthers, 55-46. The 14:34 mark on the clock marked the return of Corral...
Renee Sladek
After leading halfway through the first period, the NIU women’s basketball team (1-1) played a well-fought game at UIC (2-0) but lost to the Flames, 61-47. Freshman Renee Sladek (Merrill, Wis./Merrill) finished with 14 points and four rebounds in the effort to lead the Huskies in scoring. UIC’s Ruvanna Campbell had 15 points, 23 boards...
Jenna Thorp
The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team suffered a 60-49 setback to Lewis University in an exhibition affair at the Convocation Center Saturday afternoon. “Lewis is a top-four team in Division II,” said NIU head coach Kathi Bennett. “They have knocked off now, two or three Division I programs and they’re very good. They’re guards...
Natecia Augusta
Ball State opened the game on an 11-0 run Wednesday, and the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team was never able to close the gap, falling 61-47 in the second round of the Mid-American Conference Basketball Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena. Junior Natecia Augusta (Peoria, Ill./Limestone) scored 13 points in the contest with five rebounds and...
Jenna Thorp
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team played with fire offensively and defensively Wednesday as it shot .412 from the field (21-of-51) and created 15 turnovers. But Ball State (13-15, 8-9 MAC) went 11-of-26 behind the three-point line to defeat the Huskies (9-18, 5-12 MAC) 67-57 at Worthen Arena. Three different NIU players reached double-figures with...
Natecia Augusta
After playing within one possession for most of the first half and the early part of the second half, Northern Illinois looked poised to overtake Eastern Michigan in twilight minutes at the Convocation Center. However, turnovers, timely rebounding and missed shots hurt the Huskies (9-17, 5-11 MAC) down the stretch against the Eagles (16-11, 6-10...
Amanda Corral
After reaching overtime for the first time since Feb. 28, 2012, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team won 68-59 after outscoring Toledo by a margin of 14-5 during the extra period. Coach Kathi Bennett’s team secured its first overtime win since November 2011 versus Western Illinois. The Huskies’ (9-16, 5-10 MAC) win over the Rockets...
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team played a complete first half and opening nine minutes of the second at Buffalo Saturday afternoon against UB. But the Huskies (8-14, 4-8 MAC) were unable stop the charging Bulls (14-9, 7-5 MAC) as they defeated NIU, 66-57. “I thought they pressured us really well in the second half...
Danny Pulliam
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team had one of its best three-point shooting games of the season versus Ball State Sunday at the NIU Convocation Center. While the Huskies (8-13, 4-7 MAC) were 7-of-11 from behind the arc, one made shot from tying their season-high, it was not enough against the Cardinals (10-12, 5-6 MAC)...
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