The NIU women's basketball team will take a leave of absence from the ice and slush of DeKalb and resort to a heated match against Miami (Fla.) Saturday at 5:15 p.m. Starting a momentum roll, initiated by a 93-73 win over Valparaiso on Tuesday, the Huskies...

They were given the green light and they were gone. Coach Jane Albright gave the NIU women's basketball team the opportunity to steal the ball and go when they had the chance—an order which awarded the Huskies a 93-73 victory over Valparaiso Tueday...

The NIU women's basketball team will pack up and head to Dayton, Ohio, for their last game of the month on Saturday, but this trip will differ from others because they will be taking a new quality along with them. Despite the 94-85 loss to DePaul Wednesday,...

This is the last of a three-part series profiling new NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell. This segment focuses on the merger between men's and women's athletics. When the external and internal review comittees filed their reports on the NIU athletic...

Stevenson Towers North, the NIU Huskies are calling your name. The NIU women's basketball team will attempt to extend a three-game home winning streak and grab a share of the North Star Conference lead when they face DePaul Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. But...

When the pressure was on, the NIU women's basketball team handled it with an 81-78 victory Sunday over the Michigan Wolverines at Chick Evans Field House. The Huskies improved their record to 7-9, while Michigan fell to 8-7. For NIU it was the first win...

Looking on the bright side of things, the NIU women's basketball team will walk into the Michigan game Sunday never having lost to them. But then again, the Huskies have never played the Big Ten Wolverines. The 2 p.m. match at Chick Evans Field House...

Tipping the scales in almost every stat box, the NIU women's basketball team failed to surpass Toledo in the most important statistic—shooting—which forced the Huskies to hand the Rockets a 65-50 decision. A shielded bucket when the clock was running...

The countdown begins. Including tonight's game at Toledo, there are only 14 games left in the ‘87-88 season, and the 6-8 NIU women's basketball team must win them all to accomplish its "win 20 games" goal. "We have to win from here on out," said a determined...

It has been a tough war during the past month for the NIU women's basketball team, which went 4-5 during Christmas break, but the lady cagers won an important battle Monday night against North Star Conference foe Marquette. In defeating the Warriors 88-67...

The NIU women's basketball team will spend some time in Las Vegas next December. Thanks to a shaky approval of the 1988-89 schedule by the NIU Athletic Board Wednesday, Coach Jane Albright and her squad will play Dec. 9-10 in the Nevada-Las Vegas Classic....