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Behind a strong performance in Amanda Corral’s (Hobart, Ind./Hobart) return from an ankle injury, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team earned its first home win of the season in a 67-63 decision over Loyola. The Huskies (3-3) received a boost with a season-high 19 points from Corral to beat Loyola (3-3) for the third time...

Facing a veteran South Dakota State team that’s been to the NCAA Tournament four times since moving to NCAA Division I play in 2004-05 and was coming off an upset of No. 15 Nebraska, Northern Illinois (2-2) gave the Jackrabbits (3-2) all they could handle in a 59-58 loss Wednesday night at the Convocation Center...

Continuity in its defense and hot shooting led Northern Illinois (2-1) over host Morehead State (1-2), as the Huskies defeated the Eagles in their final game of the WNIT, 76-46. Ten different Huskies scored in the contest and the team accumulated 19 assists on 27 field goals. “We played really focused and some really good...

Holding on to a one point lead with under 10 seconds left, the Northern Illinois (1-1) defense stifled So-Con preseason favorite Davidson (0-2) to force a turnover and seal their victory Saturday in the consolation round of the WNIT, 64-61. NIU led by as much as 18 in the contest. “It felt good to get...

Against an Iowa team that received votes in the AP and ESPN/USA Today Preseason Top 25 polls and in a tough environment at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Friday evening, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team battled hard in the second half but could not overcome a 34-13 first half deficit in a 63-40 season-opening loss. “Our defense...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team played near exactly how third-year head coach Kathi Bennett wanted her team to play – tough defense, hold a rebounding advantage and score just enough to win. The well-executed effort led to a 45-42 win over NAIA powerhouse Indiana Wesleyan in NIU’s lone exhibition game of the season Monday night...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team released its 2012-13 schedule on Wednesday. The slate features 11 home games, four games against 2011-12 NCAA Tournament teams and three games against 2011-12 conference champions. “With a young team, this a very challenging but exciting schedule,” said third-year NIU head coach Kathi Bennett, who recently received a contract...

Football senior Chandler Harnish and volleyball senior Kristin Hoffman were named Northern Illinois University’s 2011 NIU Alumni Association Male and Female Athletes of the Year, headlining a list of 24 award winners honored Thursday night at DeKalb’s historic Egyptian Theatre during NIU’s third annual Victors Awards. The Victors saw NIU student-athletes, coaches, athletic department and...

The NIU women’s basketball team is pointed in the right direction despite a season-ending, hard-fought 72-62 loss to Toledo in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Thursday afternoon at Quicken Loans Arena. NIU (14-17, 6-10 MAC) entered the game as the No. 7 seed and had already won two games in the tournament...

Senior forward Kim Davis (Evanston, Ill./Evanston) has lived on the offensive glass all season. Her grittiness greatly benefitted Northern Illinois as she scrapped Courtney Shelton’s (Rockford, Ill./Hononegah) miss and laid it in amongst traffic with six seconds left to give No. 7 NIU a 61-60 win over No. 6 Akron on Wednesday afternoon in the...

Northern Illinois forward Claire Jakubicek (Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove) was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. Voted on by the league’s coaches and media, Jakubicek is just the second Huskie to garner the accolade from the MAC after Joi Scott accomplished the feat for the 2002-03 campaign. Overall, Jakubicek is the fourth...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team wiped its mouth clean after getting the bad taste of Tuesday’s loss out with a 68-51 win over Western Michigan on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. With the Huskies’ first Mid-American Conference Tournament win since 2007, No. 7 NIU (13-16, 6-10 MAC) eliminated No. 10 WMU (8-22,...