Can $36 million buy fans? That will be the big question hovering over NIU with the addition of the Convocation Center. For now, everyone can only speculate what will take place, but come Nov. 22 when the women’s basketball team opens the Convocation...

So far, so good for the NIU women's basketball team. Well, it hasn't all been good, but judging by the Huskies' 4-2 record thus far, they're getting it right two out of every three times. Next up for the Huskies is the University of Dayton (1-5) Saturday...

Never underestimate what a player's participation can have on a game. Or non-participation, for the matter. The NIU women's basketball team's 71-63 victory over Southeast Missouri State at Chick Evans Field House Wednesday showed. The Otahkians' star...

NIU coach Carol Hammerle wanted her team to score at least 70 points a game this season, and Wednesday night it was accomplished with a 71-63 victory over Southeast Missouri State. The win raised the team's record to 4-2, and its winning streak to three...

Jennifer Youngblood, NIU women's basketball forward, knows that one of the Huskies' goals this season is to reverse their non-conference record from 2-9 last season to 9-2 this season. So far this season, NIU already has won three of five conference games...

Judging by the sparse crowd at Chick Evans Field House, excitement for the NIU women's basketball team isn't exactly at an all-time high at this early point in the season. That's unfortunate because coach Carol Hammerle has a young squad playing at a...

Despite New Mexico State making a valiant comeback with 3:49 left in the game to tie the score, NIU coach Carol Hammerle's team never faltered to grab a 65-58 win Saturday afternoon. New Mexico State jumped out to an early lead by a score of 12-11, but...

The scoreboard operator should have his hands full this weekend as the New Mexico St. Aggies bring their high-wire act to Chick Evans Field House for a 2:05 p.m. Saturday matinee against the NIU women's basketball team. The Aggies (3-1) stroll into town...

Forgive the NIU women's basketball team if it takes some time to adjust to its environment this weekend. After spending last Thanksgiving competing in the Asahi Rainbow Wahine Classic in sunny Hawaii, the Huskies head to the frozen tundra of Fairbanks,...

A diverse portfolio is a term most often connected to the stock market. It could also describe the trio of freshmen new to the NIU women's basketball team this season. Five-foot-eight Rachel Sillar is the floor general of the group, 5-foot-10 Alyssa Verdegan...

Despite being one of the team's leading scorers, junior center Jessica Shattuck was not pleased with her performance in the NIU women's basketball team's 57-55 exhibition loss to the Chicago Challengers. Shattuck saw her first action as the starting center...

Chick Evans Field House was the site of an exhibition basketball game Thursday night. That was one of the few positives the NIU women's basketball team could take away from its performance as it dropped a 57-43 decision to the Odyssey. It was a tale of...