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Kicking off a season long five-game road trip, Northern Illinois fell 66-61 in overtime to Illinois Chicago at UIC Pavilion Saturday afternoon. The Huskies (4-6) put together a strong first half but were outscored by the Flames (3-7) in the second half and overtime as UIC’s Rachel Story erupted for 20 of her game-high 23...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team used a strong defensive effort and strong bench play to post a 48-38 victory over Eastern Illinois at the Convocation Center Wednesday night. “It was a slow start, but we truly believe in the foundation of defense first,” associate head coach Joe Conroy said. “When we kept looking up...

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...

Continuity in its defense and hot shooting led Northern Illinois (2-1) over host Morehead State (1-2), as the Huskies defeated the Eagles in their final game of the WNIT, 76-46. Ten different Huskies scored in the contest and the team accumulated 19 assists on 27 field goals. “We played really focused and some really good...

Against an Iowa team that received votes in the AP and ESPN/USA Today Preseason Top 25 polls and in a tough environment at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Friday evening, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team battled hard in the second half but could not overcome a 34-13 first half deficit in a 63-40 season-opening loss. “Our defense...

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...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team wiped its mouth clean after getting the bad taste of Tuesday’s loss out with a 68-51 win over Western Michigan on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. With the Huskies’ first Mid-American Conference Tournament win since 2007, No. 7 NIU (13-16, 6-10 MAC) eliminated No. 10 WMU (8-22,...

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...

With the Mid-American Conference regular season winding down next week, the standings and battle for hosting a first-round MAC Tournament were jumbled up as the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team dropped a 73-50 decision to Central Michigan on Wednesday night at McGuirk Arena. Coupled with Akron’s loss to Miami (Ohio) and Ohio’s win over Bowling...

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 —...