After a rare road win, the women’s basketball team will try to make it two in a row on Saturday.

The Huskies take on Bowling Green at 1 p.m. in their second straight MAC road contest in Ohio.

NIU (8-10, 4-3 MAC) is coming off only its second road win of the season at Ohio, while the Falcons (9-8, 2-4 MAC) enter the contest losers of two straight conference games.

The Huskies were able to pull out a win at Ohio despite playing without senior starters Kristen Knake and Kim Boeding.

In the absence of the seniors, Monique Davis, Jennifer Youngblood and Joi Scott all scored in double figures.

“It truly was great to get the win on the road,” coach Carol Hammerle said. “Monique, Joi and Jennifer, all three played a lot of minutes and played very well.”

Knake missed the Ohio game with a sprained ankle while Boeding continues to battle vertigo. Knake is questionable for the BGSU game while it is doubtful that Boeding will make the trip.

“It was just ignorance of what vertigo is,” Hammerle said of Boeding’s condition. “It’s not like the flu where you have it a couple days and it’s gone. Kim can’t even focus enough to read.”

Vertigo is a condition that affects the body’s equilibrium. Some of the symptoms are dizziness, fullness in the ears and vomiting.

Boeding will continue to undergo testing.

As for the Falcons, their success this season has been a result of balanced scoring.

Francine Miller leads BGSU in scoring at 12.9 points per game, while three other Falcons average more than nine points.

“Last time we played them here and we started fast,” Hammerle said. “I always feel like the home court gives you 10 points.”

This is the last game of a two-game conference trip for the Huskies. After Bowling Green, NIU returns home to face Ball State before heading back on the road to face Buffalo.

“We need to win every home game and 50 percent of our road games,” Hammerle said. “If we do that, we finish 12-4. We are 4-3 right now and all three of our losses have been on the road. I think we can only handle one more. That’s kind of our goal.”