Like all fine, well-trained regiments, Tennessee's women's basketball team doesn't flinch when faced with a threat. So when the fourth-ranked Lady Volunteers found themselves down one point at halftime to NIU in hostile Chick Evans Field House Friday...

First, the principals. In this corner, fighting out of Knoxville, Tenn., wearing the orange-with-white-trim trunks, ranked No. 4 in all polls, a record of 11-2 with their last win a 108-26 knockout of Florida Atlantic, the defending champion of the world,...

College basketball has had great innovators throughout its history: Dr. James Naismith, Adolph Rupp, Henry Iba, John Wooden, Ray Meyer and even Bobby Knight. But as far as women's basketball, not one coach would argue as to who is the "legend" of its...

The Huskies men and women's basketball teams are getting an extra boost this year from a growing group of fans known as the "Dog Pound." They are easily recognized as the group of fans dressed in red T-shirts behind the opponent's backboard, razzing refs...

Valparaiso came to Chick Evans Field House Tuesday night complete with its schizophrenic, high-scoring offense. The Lady Crusaders expected the Huskies to try to run with them, consequently, they thought, playing into their hands. But after the game,...

NIU struggled to win its second road game of the year, but the women's basketball team's head coach, Jane Albright-Dieterle, was pleased with the Huskies 82-72 victory against Wright State Saturday at the Nutter Center. "I think we played really hard...

The NIU women's basketball team is flying high, so it seems only appropriate its next mission will take place in Dayton, Ohio. The Huskies (7-5, 2-0) carry a three-game winning streak to the aviation capital of the world to resume North Star Conference...

When losing in the second half, count on the Huskies making a late run. The result isn't always victorious, but a Huskie comeback is often times a frantic one. NIU's women's basketball team was up to its old tricks Wednesday night at Chick Evans Field...

Senior Associate Athletic Director Cary Groth has designed a committee to define the use of $10,000 for an athletic training fund referred to as "nutritional supplements." At the December meeting of the Athletic Board yesterday, all of an NCAA broad-based...

Early in Monday night's game with NIU, Akron's women's basketball team played much unlike the 2-13 team that it is. Shooting lights out, Akron maintained an eight-point lead with 13 minutes left in the first half. Then, Akron wilted and the Huskies took...

For the NIU women's basketball team, home was where the wins were for the last four weeks. The Huskies (5-5, 1-0) ended a three-game losing streak Saturday with a 94-85 come-from-behind victory over Cleveland State at the friendly confines of Chick Evans...

NIU women's basketball head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle knew the game between her team and No. 11 Purdue would come down to what the Huskies did after missed shots. "We knew from the very beginning that what we were going to have to do to win the game...