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Huskies pull out an ‘Ace’ in win

By Wes Swietek | January 31, 1990

Last night the Huskies did something that only four teams have mamaged to do in three years—beat the Evansville Aces at Roberts Stadium. The 53-48 upset victory was clinched by clutch free-throw shooting in the final minute by Donald Whiteside and Donnell...

Chi-town Flames pose little challenge to 15-3 women

By Carl Ackerman | January 31, 1990

If history repeats itself, NIU's women's basketball team can expect some strong success in the near future. Case and point: prior to Monday's 87-83 loss to Vanderbilt, the 15-3, 4-0 Huskies lost only two games. The first was an 87-84 overtime loss to...

Road to NCAA: North Star looks to gain respect

By Bob Regan | January 31, 1990

In its constant quest to earn national respect and gain an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament, the North Star Conference has turned its volume up a notch in order to be heard. A notch? Maybe even two. Behind the new leadership of Commissioner Arnold...

NIU faces tough challenge; Aces missing key players

By Wes Swietek | January 30, 1990

It's out of the frying pan and into the fire for the Huskie basketball team. On the heels of NIU's 70-67 loss in Miami to Florida International last Saturday, the Huskies (9-8) hit the road again to face a tough 13-8 Evansville squad tonight at 7:30....

Commodores stifle NIU’s hopes

By Steve Dennis | January 30, 1990

The word from Tennesee is not good. With hopes of knocking off a national powerhouse and finally gaining some Top 20 recognition, the NIU women's basketball team traveled to Vanderbilt University Monday night and came away empty...four points empty. The...

Call comes early in life

January 30, 1990

Editor's note: The following is a column written by St. Charles Chronicle sports editor Ron Zahlman during the summer of 1989. Ron was undergoing treatment for cancer at the time. He was sports editor of The Northern Star in 1983 and a graduate of NIU....

Iowa, Badgers halt men, women lose

January 30, 1990

News wasn't so hot for the NIU men's and women's gymnastics teams over the weekend. The men's team, lacking depth and consistency, fell prey to the University of Iowa (271.70) and Wisconsin (260.75)—NIU compiled a score of (227.45). "We were extremely...

SEC’s Vanderbilt tough opponent for 15-2 women

By Steve Dennis | January 29, 1990

On the road again. That certainly sounds familiar to Jane Albright and the NIU women's basketball team. Monday night the Huskies face yet another tough task on the road, this time at the Volunteer state. NIU puts its 10-game winning streak on the line...

Sun doesn’t shine for Huskies

By Wes Swietek | January 29, 1990

Even though it spent the weekend in sunny Miami, the Huskie basketball team must view the snow-covered fields of DeKalb as home sweet home. NIU dropped a 70-67 decision to the Florida International Golden Panthers Saturday night, dropping its road record...

Huskies warm up with Western

By Carl Ackerman | January 26, 1990

Chalk up one more victory for the NIU women's basketball team. This time it was Western Illinois who succumed to the prey of the hungry Huskies in a 92-70 feast Thursday at WIU. NIU's win stretches it's winning streak to 10 and boosts its record up to...

Butler – a ‘Power’ promo

January 26, 1990

This is great—Kevin Butler on the Chicago Power. What excitement! Shots on goal again and again. Now Chicago has an alternative to the Bulls and Blackhawks. Nonsense Robert. What am I thinking? This whole thing is one of the biggest promos in sports....

Sudden snowfall postpones UIC basketball game

By Wes Swietek | January 26, 1990

The avalanche of snow that hit DeKalb Thursday did something the Huskies' men's basketball team was hoping to do by itself—put out the Flames. The Flames, as in the 11-6 Illinois-Chicago Flames, were scheduled to play NIU last night only to be snowbound...