There is a project taking place within the confines of Chick Evans Field House designed to challenge the student body at NIU. The project is being led by NIU head women's basketball coach Jane Albright-Dieterle, who is asking that at least 2,000 fans...

The good news for the NIU women's basketball team is it will remain home for at least the next three weeks. The bad news, however, is the Huskies were thumped once again away from Chick Evans Field House. Florida State dealt NIU its worst defeat of the...

Keeping the old saying that "defense wins championships" in mind, the NIU women's basketball team exhibited a tenacious defense Monday night as it heads toward the season's home stretch. As has been the case throughout the 1991-92 campaign, NIU had difficulties...

Once again, balance equaled victory for the NIU women's basketball team Thursday night. Four players hit double figures in scoring and the Huskies' rebounding was split evenly as NIU rolled to a 84-55 victory over the University of Illinois-Chicago before...

In one short week, the NIU women's basketball team will know where they stand heading into the season that counts the most. The Huskies (13-10 overall, 7-3 in the North Star Conference) could start laying some of the foundation with a victory tonight...

It was another typical NIU-Valparaiso women's basketball game Tuesday night, but this time the outcome had a new twist. For the first time in 15 tries, the Crusaders were on the victory side against the Huskies after a 101-91 win before 623 at Valparaiso's...

What a difference a week can make. Just seven days ago, the NIU women's basketball team was reeling backwards after having lost three of its last four games, with its only victory coming in overtime. NIU head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle's crew, however,...

The NIU women's basketball team simply stole the fun from Wright State in record-breaking fashion Saturday. The Huskies (13-9, 7-2 in the North Star Conference) turned the Raiders in every possible direction while registering a school-record 37 steals...

So just how important is tomorrow's NIU women's basketball game against North Star Conference rival Wright State? For starters, the 2 p.m. showdown at Chick Evans Field House could decide the fate of some teams in the NSC, particularly the Huskies and...

Coaches across the nation like to call it the ‘stretch run'—those last two weeks of the season for their teams to tune it up before the madness of March comes roaring in. For Jane Albright-Dieterle and her NIU women's basketball team, this year's...

With five players scoring in double figures, NIU's women's basketball team beat the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 83-76 Tuesday night in front of 210 fans at Klotsche Center. The non-conference win raised NIU's record to 12-9. UW-M's record dropped...

Certain losses are tougher to stomach than others, and for the Huskies, Saturday's 75-72 loss at Akron makes them want to. Not only had Akron won only four games this season, it had never beaten NIU in eight tries. "It bothered us all," NIU women's basketball...