Tag: Amber Gray
The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team held SEC foe Missouri to 47 points Sunday afternoon and caused the Tigers to turn the ball over 19 times at Mizzou Arena. Attempting one final shot after a missed free throw with eight seconds left, the Tigers blocked the Huskies’ final shot to defeat NIU, 47-44. Missouri...
After leading halfway through the first period, the NIU women’s basketball team (1-1) played a well-fought game at UIC (2-0) but lost to the Flames, 61-47. Freshman Renee Sladek (Merrill, Wis./Merrill) finished with 14 points and four rebounds in the effort to lead the Huskies in scoring. UIC’s Ruvanna Campbell had 15 points, 23 boards...
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team shot a respectable 42 percent from the field (23-for-54) Tuesday, 4 percent better than the visiting Illinois-Chicago. But UIC (10-2) was an impressive 27-of-31 (.871) from the free throw line, compared to NIU’s 7-of-10 (.700) effort, lifting the Flames to a 66-54 defeat of the Huskies. Northern Illinois (4-6)...
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...
