As the NIU women's basketball season winds down, its fan's enthusiasm seems to be on the rise. Not only has the average turnout increased over the past few years, but a new Illinois women's collegiate attendance record of 6,118 fans was set at NIU in...

"Bring the record home" branched into "Turn the students away" Thursday night at Chick Evans Field House when more than 1,000 NIU students were unable to get into the sold-out game. In an attempt to break the Illinois women's collegiate basketball attendance...

Talk about intensity drop. The NIU women's basketball team squares off with the Crusaders of Valparaiso tonight (7 p.m.) at Chick Evans Field House hoping to extend its unbeaten string in the North Star Conference to 10 games. Yet, there is a big difference...

Breathtaking may be the most accurate word to describe the momentous event that happened Thursday night at Chick Evans Field House. Just ask the 6,118 chanting fans that attended the NIU women's basketball battle with its conference rivals DePaul University....

Huskie coach Jim Molinari has billed this weeks' basketball action as "the battle of Chicago". The University of Illinois-Chicago Flames come into Chick Evans Field House tonight at 7:00 to take on the 12-9 Huskies. DePaul, another visitor from Chicago,...

During the entire 1989-90 season, the NIU women's basketball team has had one major goal on its mind - make it to the NCAA tournament. To complete this mission, the Huskies must successfully battle one of their most challenging North Star Conference foes—the...

Throughout history, women's collegiate basketball has never received much publicity. National attention has always been focused on the mens' teams, while the women sat in the shadow of fame with little recognition. That dominant belief is starting to...

Ideally, college sports may not be best exemplified by the exploits of the student-giants running around on the gridiron and hardwood courts. The dedication and balance between academics and athletics is often best illustrated by the participants in the...

Associated Press yesterday, USA Today today—the NIU women's basketball team finds itself ranked No. 23 in the USA Today's weekly poll. This follows a No. 23 ranking by the AP. The Huskies, 17-4, remain in that spot for the second-consecutive week after...

What's all this hoopla about women's basketball? What's this "Bring home the record" deal? This campus has gone nuts over women's b-ball. Damn straight. Two years ago, I had never seen a collegiate women's basketball game. Nor had I ever read about women...

Students make the difference. That has been the cry during the entire football season. And now the promotion and sales office, as well as the athletic department, is looking to the students to fill Chick Evans Field House Thursday night when the Huskies...

After a loss to No. 4 Tennessee last Monday and victories over Akron and Cleveland State, the NIU women's basketball team idles at the No. 23 spot in the Associated Press poll for the second straight week. North Star Conference rival DePaul University...