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Northern Illinois’ five-game winning streak at home against Miami (Ohio) came to a close as the RedHawks earned a 65-51 victory Sunday afternoon at the Convocation Center in a cross-divisional Mid-American Conference meeting. The RedHawks (14-7, 6-2 MAC) took advantage of 20 NIU (5-16, 0-8 MAC) turnovers for a 22-6 edge in points off turnovers...

In the start of the 16-game Mid-American Conference schedule, Northern Illinois fell 60-53 to Buffalo at Alumni Arena on Thursday night. The win for the Bulls (3-11, 1-0 MAC) marked the first for them against the Huskies (5-9, 0-1 MAC) at home in the all-time series. Previously, NIU was 6-0 in Buffalo as the Huskies...

Northern Illinois nearly overcame an 11-point first half deficit while not leading the entire game, but just missed on three shots in the final minute of the game to tie or take the lead in a 54-49 loss to Valparaiso. The Crusaders (5-8) earned only their second win in 21 all-time meetings over the Huskies...

Northern Illinois turned a good second half yesterday into a complete game Saturday evening in a 69-38 win over Norfolk State to take third place at the 2012 Cavalier Classic at Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena. The Huskies (5-7) used a season-high nine three-pointers to win their first all-time meeting with the Spartans (2-10). “I...

Despite another strong outing by Amanda Corral (Hobart, Ind./Hobart), the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team fell 58-52 to Indiana State at Hulman Center Tuesday night. The win was the first for ISU (5-2) over NIU (3-4) in the last four games in the series as the Sycamores notched their fifth straight home win. The Sycamores’...

Behind a strong performance in Amanda Corral’s (Hobart, Ind./Hobart) return from an ankle injury, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team earned its first home win of the season in a 67-63 decision over Loyola. The Huskies (3-3) received a boost with a season-high 19 points from Corral to beat Loyola (3-3) for the third time...

Facing a veteran South Dakota State team that’s been to the NCAA Tournament four times since moving to NCAA Division I play in 2004-05 and was coming off an upset of No. 15 Nebraska, Northern Illinois (2-2) gave the Jackrabbits (3-2) all they could handle in a 59-58 loss Wednesday night at the Convocation Center...

Holding on to a one point lead with under 10 seconds left, the Northern Illinois (1-1) defense stifled So-Con preseason favorite Davidson (0-2) to force a turnover and seal their victory Saturday in the consolation round of the WNIT, 64-61. NIU led by as much as 18 in the contest. “It felt good to get...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team played near exactly how third-year head coach Kathi Bennett wanted her team to play – tough defense, hold a rebounding advantage and score just enough to win. The well-executed effort led to a 45-42 win over NAIA powerhouse Indiana Wesleyan in NIU’s lone exhibition game of the season Monday night...

Senior forward Kim Davis (Evanston, Ill./Evanston) has lived on the offensive glass all season. Her grittiness greatly benefitted Northern Illinois as she scrapped Courtney Shelton’s (Rockford, Ill./Hononegah) miss and laid it in amongst traffic with six seconds left to give No. 7 NIU a 61-60 win over No. 6 Akron on Wednesday afternoon in the...

Northern Illinois did it to Western Michigan on Jan. 19 and WMU returned the favor in a 66-64 overtime win over NIU on Tuesday night at the NIU Convocation Center in the last Mid-American Conference regular season game. The 53-41 win for NIU back in January in Kalamazoo, Mich., snapped a six-game losing streak for...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team‘s usual tough defense was not at the top of its game as Eastern Michigan shot 44.8 percent from the field to earn a 77-57 win on Saturday afternoon in a Mid-American Conference West Division game at the NIU Convocation Center. Both teams entered the game on winning streaks —...