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Northern Illinois fought to the last second Wednesday night but Kent State women’s basketball’s home court advantage proved too much to overcome, as the Huskies fell 56-54 to the Golden Flashes. Down two points with 10.4 seconds left, freshman Danielle Pulliam brought the ball past heavy KSU pressure into the front court, but was whistled...

Northern Illinois guard Marke Freeman has been voted Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week, as voted on by the league’s coaches, the MAC announced Monday. Freeman (Springfield, Ill./Lanphier) averaged 29.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.0 steals per game in two victories. She shot 53.8 percent from the field and 90.5 percent from the...

The Mid-American Conference announced Friday that the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team‘s Saturday, Feb. 12, game at Buffalo has been selected as part of the MAC television package on the official television partner of the league, SportsTime Ohio. First-year head coach Kathi Bennett and the Northern Illinois Huskies will travel to Buffalo to face reigning MAC...

Ebony Ellis scored 15 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, and Marke Freeman scored 28 points as the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team defeated Miami (Ohio), 71-64, Sunday at the Convocation Center. The Huskies picked up their second straight win to improve to 8-11 and 2-4 in Mid-American Conference play. Miami (Ohio) lost for the second...

Senior Marke Freeman scored 30 points and flirted with a triple-double, helping the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team capture a 73-62 win over Ball State, Wednesday at the Convocation Center. Freeman added nine steals and eight rebounds while matching her season high in points. She scored nine points in a row during a 15-0 first...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team shot 48.9 percent from the field, 12 points better than Eastern Michigan, but fell to the Eagles 79-63 in both teams’ Mid-American Conference opener Wednesday at the Convocation Center. NIU (6-8, 0-1 MAC) trailed for the entire game after a slow start put the Huskies in a 7-0 hole...

Senior Marke Freeman was voted the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week by the conference coaches, the league announced Monday. In the Huskies’ only contest of the week, Freeman delivered game-highs with 25 points and 12 rebounds, leading NIU to a 70-59 victory over Loyola. Freeman hit her first four three-pointer attempts, including...

Senior guard Marke Freeman totaled 24 points to lead the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team to a 68-64 victory over Chicago State in the Huskies’ home opener at the NIU Convocation Center, Saturday afternoon. The Huskies improved to 4-2 the season with their win over the Cougars, as first year NIU head coach Kathi Bennett...

Senior Marke Freeman scored a season-high 26 points Tuesday as the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team held off a late charge by Western Illinois to win its second straight game, 73-65. The Huskies, who improved to 2-1 on the season, led by as many as 12 points in the second half, but the Leathernecks (0-2)...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team fought back from a nine-point second half deficit to beat George Washington, 66-60, giving Kathi Bennett her first win as head coach of the Huskies, Sunday. “The one thing that we showed was heart,” Bennett said. “No matter what the score was, we played on and through. That shows...

Northern Illinois point guard Marke Freeman was voted to the Mid-American Conference West Division Preseason Team by coaches and select media members, the league announced Wednesday. Freeman was a MAC All-Conference Second Team performer in 2009-10, an award that includes players from both divisions. She led the Huskies in scoring with 16.8 points per game,...

NIU’s Kathi Bennett era took another step forward Monday as the women’s basketball team had its first practice under the Huskies’ new coach. Bennett put the team through the paces for just over two hours, much of which surrounded developing her new team’s identity. “Overall I was pleased; I thought we had pretty good intensity,” Bennett...