The MAC tournament is a new season as far as NIU women's basketball coach Carol Owens is concerned. "We've put the regular season on the shelf," Owens said. "The players are excited." The Huskies will host Miami-Ohio at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Convocation...

MAC tournament fate was in the NIU women's basketball team's hands in Tuesday's season-ending game at Ball State, but after the game, first-round home court hopes were dimmed. The Huskies needed a win to clinch the fourth slot in the MAC West and assure...

A second-generation Huskie, NIU forward Whitney Lowe has found her niche as a consistent No. 3 scorer for the NIU women's basketball team. The sophomore, whose mother played field hockey for the Huskies, has averaged 11 points per game in her past three...

The 78th Annual Academy Awards takes place Sunday at the Kodak Theatre to honor Hollywood's finest film performances of the past year. Winners receive a gold statuette that weighs 8.5 pounds, stands 13.5 inch tall and is cast in 24-carat gold. To honor...

With one game left, the NIU women's basketball team will look to end its regular season on a high note. But there's more at stake for the Huskies than a win. When the Huskies play Ball State at 6:05 p.m. in Muncie, Ind. they will look for a first-round...

The game was supposed to be over. With 45 seconds left, Western Michigan led the NIU women's basketball team 78-70. NIU guard Stephanie Raymond had other things on her mind beside losing. And on her mind was eight straight points in a span of 18 seconds....

If someone told women's basketball head coach Carol Owens her team was going to score 86 points in Sunday's home game, she would have said her team would win. That wasn't the case, though, as NIU (11-15 overall, 7-8 MAC) was defeated by Western Michigan...

There's two type of people in this world, those who plan ahead and those who live in the moment. Coach Rob Judson is the latter as he will focus on the task at hand this weekend. The mission for NIU will begin Sunday at 4:05 p.m., as it defends the Convocation...

The NIU women's basketball team needed one win to secure a home game for the MAC tournament next week, and it got the job done. With Whitney Lowe's help, the Huskies defeated the Toledo Rockets for the second time this season 59-52 at Toledo Wednesday....

With the MAC tournament only a week away, the NIU women's basketball team will look to kick off its last three games on a high note. The Huskies will travel to Toledo for a 6:05 p.m. match up with the Rockets. The game will be the Huskies' second meeting...

The NIU women's basketball team is within striking distance of a .500 MAC record. With three games left, NIU (10-14, 6-7) must win two of three games to finish with an 8-8 conference record for the first time since the 2002-03 season. In the past two...

A team isn't supposed to be able to score at will against a nationally-ranked defense, but that's exactly what the NIU women's basketball team did in Saturday's game. The Huskies (10-14 overall, 6-7 MAC) defeated Central Michigan (14-10, 5-8) 68-42 in...