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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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

Six years ago to the day was the last time the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team won a game at Akron. NIU put a stop to the drought on Wednesday at Rhodes Arena with a 72-66 win for its second straight Mid-American Conference road win. “It’s a huge win and that was some good basketball,”...

An uncharacteristic performance from the Northern Illinois defense led to a 62-46 win for Buffalo on Sunday afternoon’s Alumni Day at the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies allowed the Bulls to shoot 45.2 percent from the field and 60 percent from behind the arc. Meanwhile, NIU managed to shoot just 27.3 percent on the day....

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...

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,...

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...

With the game tied at 47, Illinois Chicago’s Jasmine Bailey drove the left baseline for a game-winning layup with one second left to hand the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team a tough 49-47 loss at the NIU Convocation Center on Wednesday night. With no timeouts left, NIU quickly inbounded the ball to Courtney Shelton (Rockford,...