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Claire Jakubicek
A rare 34-point first half paced the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team to a 58-44 win over Ball State on Thursday night at the NIU Convocation Center in a Mid-American Conference West Division contest. The win moves the Huskies (12-12, 6-6 MAC) back to .500 for the first time since Dec. 31. “It was a...
NIU Huskies fans pose with the GoDaddy.com Bowl trophy
For those whose ears are still ringing with stadium-filling cheers of euphoria and Bill Baker’s breathless shouts of “Huskies win! Huskies win!” on the radio, Intercollegiate Athletics has some wonderful news. Season ticket sales for the 2012 football campaign begin next week! To celebrate, Athletics and University Relations are inviting all fans to pose for...
Kim Davis
After being eliminated from last year’s Mid-American Conference Tournament in the first round by Ohio, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team found revenge in a 50-46 win Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. Last season, the Huskies (10-12, 4-6 MAC) took down Ohio (10-14, 3-7 MAC) in Athens during the regular season but were...
Claire Jakubicek
Entering Wednesday night’s game, the NIU women’s basketball team had lost nine straight to Bowling Green and five straight at Anderson Arena. Unfortunately for the Huskies, it was new place, same result. NIU fell 57-47 in its first game at the new Stroh Center in a Mid-American Conference cross-divisional match-up. The Huskies (9-12, 3-6 MAC)...
Courtney Shelton
Using momentum from a 45-point second half in a win at Akron Wednesday, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team continued its stellar offensive execution Saturday afternoon in a 66-55, wire-to-wire victory over Kent State at the NIU Convocation Center. “I’m really proud of the team,” said NIU head coach Kathi Bennett. “For us, to play...
Kim Davis
Six years ago to the day was the last time the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team won a game at Akron. NIU put a stop to the drought on Wednesday at Rhodes Arena with a 72-66 win for its second straight Mid-American Conference road win. “It’s a huge win and that was some good basketball,”...
Claire Jakubicek
An uncharacteristic performance from the Northern Illinois defense led to a 62-46 win for Buffalo on Sunday afternoon’s Alumni Day at the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies allowed the Bulls to shoot 45.2 percent from the field and 60 percent from behind the arc. Meanwhile, NIU managed to shoot just 27.3 percent on the day....
Amanda Corral
A trademark defensive effort from Northern Illinois women’s basketball Head Coach Kathi Bennett‘s team led to a 53-41 victory over Western Michigan on Thursday night at University Arena. En route to its first Mid-American Conference win of the season, NIU (7-10, 1-4 MAC) held WMU (5-13, 2-3 MAC) to a 28.8 shooting percentage and forced...
Claire Jakubicek
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team suffered a hard-fought loss to Toledo on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center as UT’s Andola Dortch sank a last-second shot to avenge being upset in the same building a year ago as the defending 2009-10 Mid-American Conference champions. The league’s pre-season pick to win the MAC West,...
Claire Jakubicek
Trailing by 12 at halftime, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team came all the way back to grab a late lead but could not hang on as Ball State won 50-43 at Worthen Arena on Wednesday night in Mid-American Conference action. The win marks the first for Ball State (7-9, 2-1 MAC) against NIU Head...
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team dropped its Mid-American Conference opener to Central Michigan 86-67 on Thursday night at the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies (6-7, 0-1 MAC), who entered the game playing stellar defense, were unable to cool the high-scoring Chippewas (9-6, 1-0 MAC) as they gave up the most points they have all...
In a tale of two completely different halves, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team fell 65-46 to No. 19/21 DePaul on Saturday afternoon at McGrath-Phillips Arena.  Down 25-22 halftime, the Blue Demons (13-2, 1-0 Big East) outscored NIU (6-6, 0-0 Mid-American) 43-21 in the second half en route to their 18th straight win over the...
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