Members of the women's basketball team can no longer hide their excitement. After advancing to the third round of the Mid-American Conference with an underclassman-dominated team, the young Huskies exceeded expectations, finishing 10 wins better than...

Despite being the youngest team in the Mid-American Conference tournament, the NIU women's basketball squad used a solid defense to advance to the third round. The freshman-dominated Huskies advanced farther than more experienced teams, such as Buffalo....

Quite possibly the biggest challenge of the season awaits the NIU women's basketball team Friday. The young Huskies' defensive capability will be pushed to its limit against top-seeded Toledo (23-5) at 11 a.m. in a Mid-American Conference semifinal match-up...

Much like Central Michigan did Saturday, an upset-hungry Akron women's basketball team focused on stopping NIU's potent post attack Tuesday afternoon. But it didn't count on a determined Kristan Knake. After receiving a snub in the All-MAC team voting,...

Tournament time is approaching, and the NIU women's basketball team is still in the mix for a Mid-American Conference Championship. The Huskies will play in the MAC tournament quarterfinals against Akron, with a tipoff at 3:30 p.m. today The Huskies enter...

Coming off the bench, Lindsay Secrest provided the boost the NIU women's basketball team needed. With 9:30 left in the second half, guard Kristan Knake, who had earlier hit her back on the padding of the basket, left the game when she fell on her back....

The ominous statement came at halftime: Akron, one of the lowest seeds in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, defeated the high-flying Bulls of Buffalo. This seemed to fuel the NIU women's basketball team's focus as it entered the second half of Saturday's...

In April 1996, women's basketball proclaimed "We Got Next" with the tipoff of the WNBA. Now, the women's movement continues with the inaugural season of the WUSA, a new Women's Professional Soccer League, ready to start. Founded by a group of wealthy...

After finishing last season 6-22, the NIU women's basketball team was expecting an improvement. This season the team has met their expectations by showing more progress than any other team in the Mid-American Conference. The Huskies finished the regular...

Bloomfield, a small rural town in Southern Indiana, has one of everything: one fast food restaurant, one post office and one public school. It also has one basketball star. Lindsay Secrest, a 6-foot sharpshooting swing player from Bloomfield High School,...

Everything had fallen into place for the NIU women's basketball team to earn a first-round bye in the Mid-American Conference tournament. But instead of seizing the moment, the Huskies suffered perhaps their most painful loss of the season, faltering...

On a cold December night, a small crowd of 800 people watched the NIU women's basketball team fall 62-50 to Santa Clara. The Huskies tallied a franchise-worst 12 points in the first half and dropped to a 2-8 record. A season that once held high expectations...