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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Courtney Shelton (Rockford, Ill./Hononegah) had been feeling it all night, and she felt it when it mattered most, nailing the game-winning three-pointer from the left wing with nine seconds left to give Northern Illinois a 60-59 win over Indiana at Assembly Hall on Saturday nig ht. The victory gave NIU its first...
DEKALB, Ill. — Freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) scored a team-high 14 points but the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team fell, 62-49, to Southern Illinois on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. Sophomore guard Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Asker) nearly recorded a double-double, scoring nine points and grabbing a career-best 12 rebounds. Senior...
As a 16-year-old with five siblings and an abusive mother, Yolanda struggled to gain attention from her single parent. She finally succeeded – and in a big way, or so she thought – when administrators at Rockford East High School expelled her for fighting. But though it might have earned her some street cred with...
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team made its first moves toward the 2012-13 season by signing Colombia’s Maria Rozo (Bogotá, Colombia/Gimnasio Femenino) and Spain’s Cristina Alvarez Moreno (Zaragoza, Spain/Sagrado Corazon de Jesus). “I feel like we finally have the foundation laid for something really neat here, and these two will add to it,” said NIU...
With the game tied at 47, Illinois Chicago’s Jasmine Bailey drove the left baseline for a game-winning layup with one second left to hand the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team a tough 49-47 loss at the NIU Convocation Center on Wednesday night. With no timeouts left, NIU quickly inbounded the ball to Courtney Shelton (Rockford,...
The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team played even with DePaul for nearly 25 minutes on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center before the Blue Demons pulled away for a 75-52 victory. Senior forward Tim Toler (Indianapolis, Ind./Avon/Danville Area CC) paced the Huskies with 18 points and 13 rebounds, the third double-double of his career....
Northern Illinois volleyball’s Lauren Wicinski (Geneva, Ill./Geneva) and Kristin Hoffman (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American list, the organization announced Wednesday. “It’s always been a dream of ours to be a regional program with national recognition,” said NIU Head Coach and 2011 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year Ray...
Secretary of State Jesse White announced today that office services will be at the NIU vs. SIU men’s basketball game Saturday, Dec. 17. The office will be located near Entrance 2 in the Convocation Center from noon until the end of the game. Fans can purchase NIU collegiate license plates (as well as SIU plates)...
Looking for something for that person that has everything? Need a last minute gift for a die-hard Huskie fan? Well, the Northern Illinois University Bookstore can help. The bookstore, located on the first floor of the Holmes Student Center, has the latest in NIU logo apparel and gifts featuring the new university logo marks. “The...
NIU’s MAC champion Huskie football team continues to win – only now it’s off the field. The Huskies are winning kudos from Capitol Hill. Northern Illinois now will close out its record-setting 2011 season Sunday, Jan. 8, versus Arkansas State, champions of the Sun Belt Conference, at the GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, Ala. For more...
Four members of the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Great Lakes region team. Senior defender Francis Otira (London, England/Fitchley Catholic) and sophomore forward James Stevenson (Falkirk, Scotland/St. Mungo’s) were named to the All-Great Lakes Second Team while junior goalkeeper Jordan Godsey (Ocean Springs, Miss./Ocean...
The NIU men’s basketball team trailed by just one with two minutes to play but was unable to get over the hump, falling 62-55 at UIC on Saturday afternoon. Redshirt sophomore guard Antone Christian (Nashville, Tenn./Martin Luther King Magnet) and freshman forward Keith Gray (Chicago, Ill./Brooks Academy) each scored a season-high 11 points to lead...
