In this the year in which the NIU women's basketball team is expecting to reach new heights, the Huskies still might not do something they've never done before—win their own tournament. While NIU has reached the championship game in four of its first...

When the Western Illinois Westerwinds step onto the court of the Chick Evans Field House tonight at 7:00 p.m., the NIU women's basketball team might want to keep the old fable of the "Tortoise and the Hare in mind." The Huskies' will be the taller more...

For every pro there is always a con—so it seems. As the 1988-89 edition of Huskie women's basketball gets underway, there have been changes made in the North Star Conference since last season. The NSC, a conference for NCAA women's athletics, has witnessed...

Baseball legend Yogi Berra once said that the game isn't over until it's over. In the case of the NIU women's basketball team, head coach Jane Albright might have wished Saturday night's game only lasted the first 20 minutes. Despite leading 37-35 as...

Will this be the year women's basketball coach Jane Albright sees her team's hopes come to fruition? Well, for starters, Albright will have a squad of her own. Meaning that all nine of the players listed on the roster have been recruited by the Huskie...

...women's Huskie basketball squads Donald Whiteside "Anyone who questions his size has no idea what beats inside that young man's chest," NIU men's coach Jim Rosborough said. "He won't have to score a lot to be valuable to us." This 5-foot-10 sophomore...

By putting big-name opponents on its non-conference schedule, the NIU women's basketball program hopes to become a big name itself. With NCAA Division I powerhouses like Old Dominion (NIU lost 81-69 Friday), North Carolina State, Nevada-Las Vegas, New...

Come Saturday at 7:35 p.m., the NIU women's basketball team will begin their 1988-89 season in Norfolk, Va., against Old Dominion, a team the Huskies will look to beat en route to the start of a winning season. Last year, the Lady Monarchs earned a spot...

Exchanging gifts before a game has become the custom when teams from different countries meet in competition, and Friday's women's basketball game in the Chick Evans Field House was no exception. However, head coach Jane Albright and her squad gave the...

It's showtime. The NIU women's basketball team will make its 1988-‘89 debut Friday at 7 p.m. in the Chick Evans Field House. Head coach Jane Albright and her team will square up against Solna Sports Club, the Swedish National Team, in an exhibition...

The 1988-89 NIU women's basketball team has two new faces on the block—two faces that head coach Jane Albright and her staff feel will fit right in the Huskie lineup. Entering this year's campaign are freshmen Tracy Mondek and Dee Dee Jeske. Both women...

The 1988-89 NIU women's basketball team has two new faces on the block—two faces that head coach Jane Albright and her staff feel will fit right in the Huskie lineup. Entering this year's campaign are freshmen Tracy Mondek and Dee Dee Jeske. Both women...