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Alex Dumolin
Northern Illinois fell to Bowling Green in a defensive showdown Sunday afternoon at the Stroh Center. The Huskies (7-10, 3-4 MAC) held the Falcons (16-3, 6-1 MAC) to its lowest scoring total in Mid-American Conference and home games this season, but NIU fell to the MAC East’s No. 1 team, 57-44. Junior Natecia Augusta (Peoria,...
Amanda Corral
Northern Illinois women’s basketball played sound defense at South Dakota State Tuesday night at Frost Arena, accumulating 12 steals and forcing 15 turnovers to keep within striking distance for 32 minutes against one of the top-mid major programs in the country. However, a scoreless drought and foul trouble proved costly for the Huskies as they...
Amanda Corral
After falling in heartbreaking fashion Friday morning, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team sprung back in the Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic finale Saturday against Lamar, defeating the Cardinals by 27 points, 79-52. Junior Amanda Corral (Hobart, Ind./Hobart) scored a career-high 25 points and was one of three players to reach double figures. NIU (3-3)...
Ashley Sneed
Against a formidable foe in Wisconsin, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team won the turnover battle against the Badgers but was unable to put up more points than UW as the Huskies fell, 71-51. Wisconsin committed 15 turnovers to the Huskies’ 14. Danny Pulliam (Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) led NIU with 11 points and was 5-for-5 at...
Kathi Bennett
Fourth-year head coach Kathi Bennett and the Northern Illinois women’s basketball program will take to the court today for their first practice of the 2013-14 campaign. On the makeup of this season’s schedule … I think it’s a tough schedule, we’ll start out at Green Bay and we’ll find out a lot about ourselves. They’re...
Satavia Taylor
Northern Illinois nearly overcame an 11-point first half deficit while not leading the entire game, but just missed on three shots in the final minute of the game to tie or take the lead in a 54-49 loss to Valparaiso. The Crusaders (5-8) earned only their second win in 21 all-time meetings over the Huskies...
Courtney Shelton
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team has picked the right occasion to get hot as the Huskies won for the fifth time in the last six games with a 70-58 victory Saturday over Miami (Ohio). With the conference tournament being three weeks away, the win moves NIU up to 11-12 overall, 5-6 in Mid-American Conference...
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...
Natecia Augusta
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team pulled off a dramatic 53-50 win over Southern Illinois Tuesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Down 50-49 with 13 seconds left in the game and NIU (3-3) in a bit of a panic as the shot clock was winding down, Alicia Johnson (Harvey, Ill./Thornton) got the ball at...
Kathi Bennett
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team will begin its 2011-12 campaign at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, with an exhibition contest against Indiana Wesleyan inside the NIU Convocation Center. The game will mark the beginning of Year Two for head coach Kathi Bennett, who last year led the Huskies to 30 percent more overall wins...