On a night when Jennifer Youngblood was a non-factor on offense, the NIU women’s basketball team managed to mount a comeback and stave off the Central Michigan Chippewas 49-43. The Huskies (6-10, 2-3) entered the game losing five-of-six games and early...

In 1980, Los Angeles Lakers coach Pat Riley asked a rookie to fill in at center for the injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The only catch - the rookie was the starting point guard and it was Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Magic Johnson was fresh off an NCAA National...

Coming off what coach Carol Hammerle called the worst outing of the season, the women’s basketball team looked to rebound against Kent State. Unfortunately, the defending MAC Tournament champs were able to hold off a late run by the Huskies and escaped...

Kalamazoo, Mich., was not kind to the NIU women’s basketball team Thursday when the Huskies struggled through a poor shooting night and lost 81-48. NIU (5-9, 1-2 MAC) shot 38.5 percent for the game and managed to hit on only 10 of its 30 first half...

The road through the MAC poses two substantial roadblocks in the NIU women’s basketball team’s way for its next two games. As both are away games, the mini road trip begins today at Western Michigan and finishes Saturday at Kent State. NIU (5-8, 1-1...

The Winter Break proved unkind to the NIU women’s basketball team. Coach Carol Hammerle’s team finished up final exams week at 3-3, but stumbled to a 2-5 record since the break. The Huskies now are 5-8 and 1-1 in the MAC. Dayton 78, NIU 67 The Huskies...

The changes keep coming for the NIU women’s basketball team. After losing three post players in the offseason, the Huskies’ starting lineup has featured two new starting guards the last two games. NIU hosts Illinois State on Saturday at 4:05 p.m....

Kristan Knake did all she could, but it was not enough on Wednesday as the NIU women’s basketball team lost 69-64 to host Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The 5-foot-8 shooting guard tied a career-high 29 points, including 25 in the second half. Her counterpart,...

Continuing its holiday road trip, the NIU women’s basketball team went to Bozeman, Mont., for the Gran Tree Inn Classic. The Huskies (2-2) left the tournament with a loss to Montana State in the opener, but rebounded for a win in the consolation game...

Making the trip to face Arizona State on Monday, the NIU women’s basketball team was without its best two players for most of the game because of foul trouble, eventually falling 70-62. As junior forward Jennifer Youngblood and senior guard Kristan...

It didn’t take long for the women’s basketball team to score its first basket of the game on Saturday. In fact, it didn’t take any time at all. Jennifer Youngblood made a free throw after the visiting Gee’s Clippers were assessed a technical foul...

The road isn’t paved with gold for the NIU women’s basketball team. At least not yet. The Huskies did many things well in their 70-59 exhibition win over the Chicago Challengers on Nov. 8, but coach Carol Hammerle knows there’s room for improvement....