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Tag: Danny Pulliam
Jenna Thorp
With less than 30 seconds left in the game, Northern Illinois (8-12, 4-6 MAC) carried a three-point lead over Akron (13-8, 7-3 MAC). But an NIU foul called in the shooting motion of a successful three-point basket, followed by two made free throws, lifted the Zips over the Huskies with 18 seconds left and lifted...
Danny Pulliam
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team’s defense held Western Michigan to less than 60 points and caused 17 turnovers Saturday. It wasn’t enough, however, as the Huskies (8-11, 4-5 MAC) were unable to sustain an offensive rhythm against the Broncos (9-11, 5-4 MAC) and dropped the contest, 56-43. NIU only committed seven turnovers in the...
Amanda Corral
Four different Northern Illinois scorers reached double-figures and the Huskie defense held Kent State to under 50 points as NIU (8-10, 4-4 MAC) evened its conference record against the Golden Flashes (3-16, 0-8 MAC) with a 65-43 triumph. The Huskies out-rebounded Kent State, 31-28, improving their record to 8-1 when completing the task while also...
Jenna Thorp
After a solid opening half and a promising start to the second, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team (7-9, 3-3 MAC) could not continue its rhythm as Buffalo (10-7, 3-3 MAC) defeated the Huskies, 63-52. Junior Jenna Thorp (Hinckley, Ill./Hinckley-Big Rock) recorded her first career double-double as she she scored 12 points and grabbed 11...
Natecia Augusta
Northern Illinois went toe-to-toe with Central Michigan, the defending Mid-American Conference champion, for a full 40 minutes at McGuirk Arena Wednesday night. While the Huskies (6-8, 2-2 MAC) disrupted the Chippewas’ (8-8, 4-0 MAC) high-powered offense in the game, it was CMU’s Crystal Bradford who would come up big as she scored 27 points and...
Amanda Corral
Down by 17 with over nine minutes left to play in the second half, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team had a chance to tie it up in the dying seconds of the match as redshirt junior Danny Pulliam (Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) attempted a game tying layup, down 73-71. The ball swirled around the right side...
Earning its first Mid-American Conference opening day win since January 2009, Northern Illinois dominated its way to victory against Ohio at the Convocation Center, 73-51. The Huskies (5-6, 1-0 MAC) shot 53.1 percent (26-for-49) from the field Saturday and made 73.3 percent of their shots from the free throw line (22-for-30). In addition, five different...
Natecia Augusta
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)...
Jazmine Harris
Northern Illinois led or was tied with Northern Iowa for 39:46 of the game Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center but a backdoor layup by the Panthers’ Brittni Donaldson with 2.7 seconds left on the clock secured UNI’s victory, 66-64. The Huskies (4-5) made three more field goals than the Panthers (4-7) in the...
Amanda Corral
Northern Illinois women’s basketball played sound defense at South Dakota State Tuesday night at Frost Arena, accumulating 12 steals and forcing 15 turnovers to keep within striking distance for 32 minutes against one of the top-mid major programs in the country. However, a scoreless drought and foul trouble proved costly for the Huskies as they...
Danny Pulliam
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team ground out its first win over Illinois State at Redbird Arena since December 2002 Thursday night. The Huskies (4-3), who led by as much as 11 points, won their second consecutive game of the season, defeating the Redbirds (1-5), 57-52. Junior Danny Pulliam (Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) scored a career-high 16...
Amanda Corral
After falling in heartbreaking fashion Friday morning, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team sprung back in the Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic finale Saturday against Lamar, defeating the Cardinals by 27 points, 79-52. Junior Amanda Corral (Hobart, Ind./Hobart) scored a career-high 25 points and was one of three players to reach double figures. NIU (3-3)...
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