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Deck stacked against NIU Fastbreak Fest

By Dave Elsesser | December 2, 1988

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...

Huskies cruise past Westerwinds, 81-50

By Bob Regan | December 2, 1988

From the opening tip-off to the final second of the game, the NIU women's basketball team kept its home crowd at ease and coasted to a 81-50 defeat over Western Illinois Thursday night at Chick Evans Field House. Carol Owens dominated the statistics for...

NIU speculates WIU not a breeze

By Bob Regan | December 1, 1988

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...

North Star goes on without ND, Dayton

By Bob Regan | November 29, 1988

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...

Women cagers look for successful year

By Bob Regan | November 28, 1988

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...

Introducing the 1988-89 men’s and…

November 28, 1988

...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...

Non-conference opponents a main priority in schedule

By Dave Elsesser | November 28, 1988

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...

ODU press flattens Huskie women

By Bob Regan | November 28, 1988

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...

Women open year with Old Dominion

By Bob Regan | November 22, 1988

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...

NIU gives Sweden early Christmas present

By Bob Regan | November 21, 1988

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...

Women cagers hungry for outside competition

By Bob Regan | November 18, 1988

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...

Mondek, Jeske add new look to squad

By Bob Regan | November 3, 1988

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...