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Courtney Shelton
With the Mid-American Conference regular season winding down next week, the standings and battle for hosting a first-round MAC Tournament were jumbled up as the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team dropped a 73-50 decision to Central Michigan on Wednesday night at McGuirk Arena. Coupled with Akron’s loss to Miami (Ohio) and Ohio’s win over Bowling...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Satavia Taylor
With both teams searching for their first Mid-American Conference win of the season, it was Eastern Michigan who earned the initial victory 64-52 at the Convocation Center on Sunday afternoon. The Eagles’ up-tempo style of play and pressure defense led to a 28-12 halftime deficit that NIU was unable to overcome. The win for EMU...
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...
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...
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