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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...

Against the Mid-American Conference’s top team, Central Michigan (17-9, 13-1 MAC), Northern Illinois (8-16, 4-10) put a fight worth note against the Chips as it traded nine leads and ties in the contest, but it wasn’t enough as the Huskies fell, 85-77. Junior Amanda Corral (Hobart, Ind./Hobart) scored her 1,000th career point and led NIU...

Northern Illinois had four players reach double-figures at Akron Wednesday night, outscoring the Zips in the second half, 45-41, but the Huskies (8-15, 4-9 MAC) would fall to UA (16-8, 10-3 MAC) as the Zips earned their program record ninth-consecutive victory, 89-75. Junior Amanda Corral (Hobart, Ill./Hobart) scored 21 points, while freshman Ally Lehman (Nineveh,...

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...

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)...

With less than 30 seconds left in the game, Northern Illinois (8-12, 4-6 MAC) carried a three-point lead over Akron (13-8, 7-3 MAC). But an NIU foul called in the shooting motion of a successful three-point basket, followed by two made free throws, lifted the Zips over the Huskies with 18 seconds left and lifted...

Northern Illinois University junior shooting guard Amanda Corral (Hobart, Ind./Hobart) was named Thursday afternoon to the Capital One Academic All-District V Women’s Basketball, one of only five players selected from Division I schools in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. In the classroom, Corral has a 4.0 grade point average in pre-physical therapy and is averaging...

Four different Northern Illinois scorers reached double-figures and the Huskie defense held Kent State to under 50 points as NIU (8-10, 4-4 MAC) evened its conference record against the Golden Flashes (3-16, 0-8 MAC) with a 65-43 triumph. The Huskies out-rebounded Kent State, 31-28, improving their record to 8-1 when completing the task while also...

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,...

Northern Illinois went toe-to-toe with Central Michigan, the defending Mid-American Conference champion, for a full 40 minutes at McGuirk Arena Wednesday night. While the Huskies (6-8, 2-2 MAC) disrupted the Chippewas’ (8-8, 4-0 MAC) high-powered offense in the game, it was CMU’s Crystal Bradford who would come up big as she scored 27 points and...

Junior Amanda Corral has been named Scholar-Athlete of the Week by the Mid-American Conference. Corral, a health science/pre-physical therapy major, receives the honor for the third time in her career. The Huskie guard has a 4.0 GPA in the program, and she was outstanding in two games for the Huskies over the previous week, averaging...

Northern Illinois led Eastern Michigan from start to finish Sunday as the Huskies defeated the Eagles, 77-54. Huskie Amanda Corral (Hobart, Ind./Hobart) led her team with a career-high scoring effort, finishing the game with 30 points, six rebounds and four assists. NIU (5-7, 2-1 MAC) earned its first victory over EMU (11-3, 1-2 MAC) since...