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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...
Claire Jakubicek
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,...
Courtney Shelton
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team earned its first road win of the season with a 73-40 decision over Chicago State on Sunday at Jones Convocation Center. Helping the Huskies (4-3) to victory was a huge shooting discrepancy as NIU shot a season-high 61.2 percent from the field and held the Cougars (1-10) to 25...
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...
Danny Pulliam
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team won its home opener in thrilling fashion with a 91-84 two-overtime decision over Western Illinois Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. The last time the Huskies (1-1) reached the two-overtime mark was on February 18, 2003, at Bowling Green. That day, it took four overtimes for NIU to...
Kathi Bennett
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team will begin its 2011-12 campaign at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, with an exhibition contest against Indiana Wesleyan inside the NIU Convocation Center. The game will mark the beginning of Year Two for head coach Kathi Bennett, who last year led the Huskies to 30 percent more overall wins...
The annual Huskie Basketball Tip-Off, featuring Northern Illinois head basketball coaches Mark Montgomery and Kathi Bennett, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant in downtown DeKalb. Montgomery, the first-year head coach of the NIU men’s basketball program, and Bennett, beginning her second season in charge of the...
With the 2011-12 season nearly a month away, the NIU women’s basketball team will host its first practice Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the NIU Convocation Center’s Victor E. Court. Northern Illinois head coach Kathi Bennett, who joined the 300-win club last season, has already taken the team through two weeks of individual workouts and two...
NIU Huskies women's basketball
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team will host Ohio in the opening round of the 2011 FirstEnergy Mid-American Conference Tournament at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 6, in the NIU Convocation Center. “We can’t wait to play a very good Ohio team on our home floor,” NIU head coach Kathi Bennett said. “This is a great first-round...
Marke Freeman
The Northern Illinois women’sbasketball team dropped a heartbreaker to Bowling Green, 67-64, Tuesday night in Mid-American Conference play at the NIU Convocation Center. Senior guard Marke Freeman posted a game-high 26 points, adding seven rebounds. TheFalcons improved to 18-4, 6-3 in league play while the Huskies fell to 9-13, 3-6. “I am very happywith my...
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