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...

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...

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)...

Remember those lopsided scores the NIU women's basketball team compiled just one season ago ... NIU 122, Valparaiso 86; NIU 108, Akron 78; NIU 96, Cleveland State 48, etc. Well, forget ‘em. The North Star Conference won't have very many blowouts during...

In conjunction with the 85th Annual NCAA Convention, the Mid-Continent Conference Council of Delegates voted unanimously to sponsor and conduct championships for women's athletics starting in 1992-93. The announcement was made by league President David...

After a dismal start to the holiday break, the NIU women's basketball team has strung together a couple of key victories. Although the Huskies went 3-4 over the month-long stretch, the two consecutive wins have come against North Star Conference opponents....

A landslide of changes are expected in the near future for the athletic departments of many Division I Schools, including NIU. The annual NCAA convention held last week approved numerous Division I rule changes supported by the NCAA Presidents Commission....

Riding a six-game unbeaten streak, the NIU women's basketball team wraps up the 1990 portion of its schedule on the road. The next time Huskie fans can see the team will be Jan. 3 when NIU attempts to avenge last season's heartbreaking loss at Vanderbilt...

Victory No. 6 almost slipped away from the NIU women's basketball team Wednesday night. Almost is the key word. Despite leading the entire second half, the 18th-ranked Huskies (6-0) held on to beat a persistent Nebraska team, 87-84, in front of 1,500...

Several issues were discussed at Wednesday's NIU athletic board meeting, but perhaps the highlight was the discussion of NIU's replacement of former head football coach Jerry Pettibone. Pettibone officially announced his departure from NIU and his acceptance...

Two teams making dents in Tuesday's women's basketball AP Poll collide Wednesday in a battle of the undefeated. NIU, ranked 18th in the country, and the University of Nebraska, checking in at No. 35, put 5-0 records on the line tonight at 7:00 in the...