NIU women’s basketball coach Carol Hammerle said the team playing the best in the MAC right now is the Huskies’ next opponent - Eastern Michigan. The Eagles (15-6 overall, 8-3 MAC) will travel to DeKalb for a 7 p.m. game Saturday at the Convocation...

One day after the NIU men’s basketball team gave Central Michigan its first MAC win, the women’s team gave Akron its first conference win, 43-42. Akron (6-14 overall, 1-8 MAC) lost its previous 20 MAC games, including the first eight of the year,...

Jennifer Youngblood’s 13 points and nine rebounds against Ball State on Saturday wasn’t enough to save the NIU women’s basketball team from a 70-57 loss to the Cardinals. The loss was the third in a row for the Huskies (9-12 overall, 4-6 MAC), which...

Points, rebounds and assists are all recorded, but what NIU women’s basketball guard Rachel Sillar does for the Huskies doesn’t show up on any statistical sheet. Sillar brings hustle and effort to the table for the Huskies. The proof of it is visible...

NIU women’s basketball looks to break its two-game losing skid as the team travels to Ball State for a 7 p.m. Saturday game. The Cardinals (6-3 MAC, 11-9 overall) have not played since last Saturday when they topped Central Michigan 72-65. With five...

For the second consecutive game, the NIU women’s basketball team rebounded from an early deficit only to fall in the end. Western Michigan came out firing in the first four minutes, scoring the initial 11 points en route to a 79-69 win over the Huskies...

So far, it has been a good week for the Rost family. Levis Rost, of the first place men’s Western Michigan squad, won the MAC West Player of the Week award Monday. On Tuesday, his twin sister Casey, who plays on the women’s basketball team, set a...

The NIU men’s basketball team will play in-state rival Bradley at 7:05 p.m. on Feb. 21 in Peoria for ESPN’s Bracketbuster Saturday. The contest marks the seventh time the two programs have met with Bradley holding a 5-1 advantage. NIU coach Rob Judson...

After a narrow loss to Toldeo on Saturday, the NIU women’s basketball team looks to break the .500 mark in the MAC when it takes on Western Michigan at 7:05 p.m. today at the Convocation Center. The Huskies (4-4 MAC, 9-10 overall) also will look to...

The NIU women’s basketball team gave the ball away 19 times, gave Toledo 14 offensive rebounds and more importantly, gave the game to the Rockets 62-60. The Huskies (9-10 overall, 4-4 MAC) shot 54.8 percent from the floor and outrebounded Toledo (10-9,...

After beginning the MAC season 0-2, NIU women’s basketball coach Carol Hammerle has seen her Huskies win four of their last five games, and now could move into a second-place tie on Saturday at Toledo. The Huskies (9-9 overall, 4-3 MAC) need only a...

NIU quarterback Josh Haldi won’t be passing to wide receiver Sam Hurd this spring, as the two will face off on a field of a different kind. The intramural basketball’s spring semester league began Monday at the Student Recreation Center. The league...