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Huskies await Panther attack

By Steve Dennis | February 5, 1991

Only time will tell if the women's basketball team from Wisconsin-Milwaukee is coming to DeKalb at the right time. Huskie fans will either see a possessed Lisa Foss or an NIU team struggling to overcome an intensity drop when the Huskies take on the UW-M...

Conner steals show, NIU takes first place

By Steve Dennis | February 1, 1991

No time on the clock, tied 80-all, game on the line, first place at stake, and 2,405 fans quietly anticipating the two biggest free throws of the night. Playground fantasies turned into reality for NIU women's basketball forward Cindy Conner Thursday...

Women’s squad faces clone in ‘Big’ matchup

By Steve Dennis | January 31, 1991

Thursday's NIU women's basketball game with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is "Big." How big is it? Extremely. Very. Extraordinarily. There can't be enough adjectives to describe this opener to "Big Thursday." It's the battle of the North Star...

NIU policy shouldn’t keep students away

By Steve Dennis | January 31, 1991

Every day of the week, someone, somewhere, has some kind of daily gimmick. The NFL has Super Bowl Sunday, ESPN has Big Monday, even the Loop has Two-For-Tuesday. So NIU has joined the club with their rendition of "Big Thursday." Included in the festivities...

Foss’ intensity richly pays off

By Steve Dennis | January 30, 1991

Two hours of practice, another hour of individual shooting drills, followed by a one-on-one game is just a typical workout for NIU women's basketball phenom Lisa Foss. This probably explains why Foss is in the position to becme NIU's all-time leading...

New ticket policy to affect students

By Roger Moreano | January 29, 1991

The Chick Evans Field House has been the site of many exciting basketball games this season, and fan support by the NIU student body has been a major contributing factor to this. Due to the tremendous rise in attendance this season, NIU students will...

Huskies whip Cleveland State

By Wes Swietek | January 29, 1991

Akron and Cleveland, Ohio may not be the garden spots of the world, but it would not be surprising if NIU's men's basketball coach Jim Molinari starts scheduling more games in the Buckeye State. Something about being in Ohio seems to inspire the Huskies...

‘No-names’ provide keys

By Steve Dennis | January 29, 1991

NIU's "no-names" are rapidly establishing identity. Five unknown underclassmen that fill the paint for the NIU women's basketball team keep coming up with key performances that have opposing coaches turning their heads. Take DePaul's Doug Bruno for example....

Foss helps NIU blast Flames

By Steve Dennis | January 25, 1991

Another Lisa Foss "first-half show" propelled the NIU women's basketball team past the UIC Flames, but it was Denise Lipnisky's 18-footer at the buzzer that iced the celebration. The 915 fans that braved the brisk January temperatures of DeKalb witnessed...

Huskies aim to extinguish Flames

By Steve Dennis | January 24, 1991

Dubbed the pre-DePaul game, the NIU women's basketball team (11-4, 4-0) will try to extinguish the UIC Flames for the ninth consecutive time Thursday in a 7 p.m. battle at Chick Evans Field House. All NIU eyes must focus on a UIC team that comes to DeKalb...

Run-and-gun offense sparks win for women

By Steve Dennis | January 22, 1991

VALPARAISO—NIU's women's basketball team stuck with the game plan Monday night and consequently ran the Crusaders out of their own gym by a 95-82 tally. That game plan was simple: run, run, run. The Huskies came into the game averaging just over 81...

Wright State invades NIU

By Steve Dennis | January 17, 1991

There's more on the minds of the NIU women's basketball team than just the Wright State team that the Huskies are facing at 7 p.m. Thursday at Chick Evans Field House. Thursday's North Star Conference battle marks the first game the Huskies (9-4, 2-0)...