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Present attendance: a far cry from past

By Carl Ackerman | February 14, 1990

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...

Dedicated Cesarek vaults team into 1990’s

By Wes Swietek | February 14, 1990

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...

Women idle at No. 23 spot in USA Today

February 14, 1990

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...

Ball may be smaller, but the crowds are just as big

By Bob Reagan | February 14, 1990

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...

NIU looks to bring the record home

By Steve Dennis | February 13, 1990

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...

NIU remains at No. 23 spot in AP

February 13, 1990

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...

Hill earns endless accolades

February 12, 1990

When Whitney Young High School product E.C. Hill makes her way to NIU in the fall, she'll be bringing along some mighty impressive credentials—like the Chicago Sun Times Player of the Year award. Hill, tabbed by basketball experts around the country...

Hinchee pulls down board record

By Steve Dennis | February 12, 1990

The 1989-90 women's basketball campaign is already a season to remember and with each game the Huskies are making it harder and harder to forget. Another record was broken last Friday night as Tammy Hinchee darted into the NIU record books with a game-high...

Ohio teams slated for women

By Steve Dennis | February 9, 1990

The NIU women's basketball team heads to Ohio this weekend in preparation for Crunch Time—1990. Coming off the loss to No. 5-ranked Tennessee on Monday night, the Huskies are in a must-win situation as they play two crucial North Star Conference games...

Demons on Feb. 15

February 8, 1990

The NIU women's basketball team's next home game will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Chick Evans Field House. The opponent of the Huskies is state-rival, and North Star Conference-rival, DePaul University. The game is being promoted...

AP, USA Today put NIU at No. 23

February 7, 1990

In its consistent climb up the charts this season, the NIU women's basketball team finds itself up one more notch in both the Associated Press poll and the USA Today. Although the Huskies are not a blockbuster hit in the Top 10, Jane Albright and her...

Lady Vols’ 17-0 run notches win

By Carl Ackerman | February 6, 1990

When the NIU women's basketball team went south to play 5th-ranked Tennessee, it had one thing on its mind—pull out an upset.

However, Tennessee had something very different in mind and pulled out a hard-fought 83-62 victory over the Huskies.

The score was not reflective of the type of game played. NIU was up 4-2 at the start of the game and 42-41 with 15:59 left to play. The game never went more than 10 points either way until the latter half of the second. By then, the Huskie big guns ran into foul trouble which limited their playing time.

As a result, UT turned it up a notch and went on a 17-0 run over 4:30. In that time, Tammy Hinchee and Lisa Foss fouled out. Carol Owens fouled out minutes later.

"We got beat by a great team tonight. Tennessee has the greatest tradition in women's basketball. We have a great ball team, too, but we didn't rebound as well (in the second half) as we did in the first half. You have to credit Tennessee's defense," said NIU coach Jane Albright.

Not only did UT's defense keep NIU to its lowest offensive performance of the season, but the Lady Volunteers also hampered Owens' and Hinchee's point total to 15 and 12, respectively. One person UT could not stop (at least in the first half) was junior guard Foss, who tallied 21 points (19 in the first half).

"Lisa Foss did a great job for us tonight. She played a phenomenal first half. I would have liked to have had her shoot more; we would have liked to had her in the game. Not having Foss, Hinchee and Owens in the game at the same time cramped our style," said Albright.

Key factors in the loss were the rebounds and free throws. UT outrebounded NIU 49-33 and had 23 more chances from the charity stripe than the Huskies.

Thanks in part to Foss' performance, the Huskies played with confidence throughout the first half as Foss explained.

"When we took the lead early on, the team felt really together. We were playing confidentally, then it seemed to shift the other way," said Foss.

NIU was down 36-29 at the half, but at that time the Huskies were still very confident.

"At halftime, we were excited. We felt like the first two minutes of play would dictate the second half," said Albright.

The first two minutes favored NIU, who pulled within two points twice before enjoying a brief 42-41 lead on a Dee Dee Jeske bank shot. Shortly after that UT took charge.

"I felt like the first half belonged to Northern Illinois, and the second half belonged to Tennessee. We wanted to keep their (NIU) shooting under control. They shot 48 percent for the game, which I think is excellent, because I thought we played good defense," said UT coach Pat Summitt.

UT was led in scoring by Tonya Edwards' 19 points. She was followed by Daedra Charles with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Carla McGhee and Dena Head added 10 each for UT.

"In the second half, we picked the tempo up and we played better defense," said UT's Tonya Edwards. "But we're still not shooting the ball well. In the first half, we played NIU's tempo as well as their game." NIU slips to 17-4 overall and maintains its 6-0 conference mark. The Huskies are currently ranked 23rd in the nation by the AP poll.

inchee, who rounded up seven rebounds, is three shy of NIU's all-time record of 1,003 held by Lisa Starosta (1980-85).