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Huskies make their point with three-point barrage

By Gregory Janicki | November 20, 1991

The three-point shot will run rampant on the Huskies' court this season. Oh boy, will it run rampant. The NIU men's basketball team emphasized that point with an exclamation point in its 94-88 win over Marathon Oil Tuesday night. The Huskies attempted...

Wingis bulks up for season’s grind

By David Lance | November 20, 1991

For the long haul, Dianna Wingis has bulked up. Wingis, a junior forward on NIU's women's basketball team, averaged 5.5 points and 5.8 rebounds a game last season and started 11 of the Huskies' 35 contests. The Hammond, Ind. native's job last year was...

Redbirds provide different taste for departing seniors

By Wes Swietek | November 19, 1991

The NIU football team's 27-24 victory over Illinois State Saturday received as warm a welcome in Huskie-land as a fat turkey does on Thanksgiving. The win provided fine dining for the Huskies' 15 seniors making their final appearance at Huskie Stadium....

Loss not pretty, but record stands at 0-0

By Todd McMahon | November 19, 1991

The experience of the Australian National women's basketball team showed, and consequently, the mistakes piled up for NIU Sunday. For Huskie head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle, the Australians simply came in and stole everything away in their 93-67 victory...

NIU end of long journey for top-Huskie Hammel

By Wes Swietek | November 19, 1991

It is a long and winding road that finds New York-born Brian Hammel living and working in DeKalb. A road littered with basketballs. For it is mainly due to Hammel's profession—he is a collegiate basketball coach—that he looks out his kitchen window...

NIU to use Oil for final tune-up

By Wes Swietek | November 19, 1991

The NIU men's basketball team faces its final tune-up of the season against Marathon Oil tonight before facing the long drive of the regular season. Head mechanic, err, head coach Brian Hammel and his running Huskies face one of the top amateur teams...

Whitney Young duo back together again

By Todd McMahon | November 19, 1991

They're back. The Whitney Young High School connection will be making its presence full-time this year for the NIU women's basketball team. For the first time in two years, Cindy Conner and E.C. Hill will be on the same court in an official basketball...

Huskies hike for mountain peak

By David Lance | November 19, 1991

"All I wanted was to get back to safe ground again and have a long rest,"—Sir Edmund Hillary, 1955. Hillary said those words in his book High Adventure. It was his first reaction after scaling a mountain. NIU's women's basketball team may share the...

Hill maintains composure despite leadership status

By David Lance | November 19, 1991

The heat is on E.C. Hill, but she remains collected. She has never played in an official college basketball game, yet her coach, NIU's women's basketball head boss Jane Albright-Dieterle, said she will be the main attraction—a leader relied on to score...

Dove’s position changes, but role remains

By Todd McMahon | November 19, 1991

Her position on the court may have changed, but the impact of one Denise Dove is even more advantageous to the NIU women's basketball team. The playmaking extraordinaire may have used up her four years of player eligibility, but she is back in the NIU...

Rugai, seniors edge Redbirds

By Wes Swietek | November 18, 1991

On a day set aside to honor seniors, the NIU football team turned to a junior to lead it to a welcome victory. Junior quarterback Rob Rugai, starting his first game this season, passed for a touchdown and rushed for a TD in the Huskies' 27-24 win over...

Swimmers sink on board, but improve on stopwatch

November 18, 1991

On the scoreboard, the NIU women's swimming squad had very little with which to be encouraged. On the stopwatch, first-year coach Jeanne Fleck found several reasons to be optimistic. On Friday evening, the University of Iowa skied to a 184-102 triumph...