Huskie basketball is underway at NIU, and the outlook is encouraging for the 1989-90 women's basketball team. Under the direction of sixth-year head coach Jane Albright, the women are looking to improve on their stellar 23-7 season of a year ago. With...

The NIU Moot Court team advanced to the quarterfinal round of the recent National Moot Court Competition to cap off its "successful" season. The team of Kevin Buick, Brenda Covey, and Herb Klein advanced to the quarter-finals by defeating the University...

Although the NIU women's basketball team has been picked to win the North Star Conference, the rigorous level of competition in the NSC is loaded with top-notch talent and lots of excitement. Along with NIU's 12-2 conference mark last year, DePaul (12-2)...

When opposing coaches form their game plan, they must find a way to work the all-around play of NIU's Carol Owens. The senior has been a main piece of the Huskie basketball puzzle coming together throughout her five-year career at NIU and her offensive...

At the beginning of the year, the NIU football team went looking for nation-wide recognition. This past week the Huskies were given a double dose. While a bowl game is out of picture for this year, NIU received some of that nation-wide attention by garnering...

When Jim Molinari took the head coaching job at NIU, he didn't find the cupboards totally empty. Since "Coach Mo" has taken the reigns at NIU, there have been three players the rookie head coach has been able to lean on. Donald Whiteside, Donnell Thomas...

For Huskie coach Jim Molinari, last night's 73-70 victory over Illinois Wesleyan meant more than just his first head coaching victory. Molinari also faced the pressure of making his coaching debut in front of the 1,085 spectators, which included several...

Head coach Jim Molinari and the Huskie basketball team look to recover from Saturday's 71-64 road loss to Iona College tonight with a home-opening contest against Illinois Wesleyan at Chick Evans Field House. Molinari, a graduate of IWU, made his head...

Eight months later, with the memory of DePaul beating them for the North Star Conference championship still fresh in their minds, the NIU women's basketball team begins its mission for an NSC title and a bid to the NCAA Tournament. NIU will take on the...

If all of NIU's regular season basketball games wind up like last night's exhibition match against the Brisbane (Australia) Bullets, Chick Evans Field House will be the home of some exciting, and at times frustrating, basketball for NIU fans. The Huskies,...

Reading into Saturday's season-ending contest with Cincinnati, the NIU football team has already assured itself of the best season under head coach Jerry Pettibone. The Huskies (8-2) meet the Bearcats for the first time in both school's history, and NIU...

Jim Molinari still has a Challenge to face and Bullets to dodge before his NIU basketball head coaching debut. The Aurora Challenge, an exhibition team made up of former Aurora-area prep and college players, will visit Chick Evans Field House Friday to...