By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter
| February 29, 2024
DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball (13-14, 6-9 MAC) fell to the University of Toledo Rockets (22-4, 14-1 MAC) 74-61 in it’s last home game of the season.
Fifth-year guard Sophia Wiard paved the way for the Rockets, scoring 16 points and dishing...
DeKALB – Senior guard Jayden Marable earned her second Huskie of the Week honor and the third for women’s basketball in the 2023-24 season.
Marable shot 10-for-17 from the field and scored a career-high 26 points in the Huskies’ (11-11, 4-6 MAC)...
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter
| February 10, 2024
DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball (11-11, 4-6 MAC) overpowered the Georgia Southern University Eagles (13-12, 3-9 SBC) 91-84 in the second part of the MAC-SBC Challenge.
Senior guard Jayden Marable keyed the charge with a career-high 26 points....
By Lucas Didier, Former Sports Editor
| January 25, 2024
NIU women’s basketball (9-9, 3-4 MAC) has dropped to .500 for the fifth time this season as it lost by double-digits for the seventh time this season.
The Huskies have capitalized on the cushy games in their schedule, going 8-2 against teams with...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| December 10, 2023
DeKALB – A selfless team effort and stingy second-half defense by the NIU women’s basketball team Sunday took down a team of Titans.
The Huskies (4-5) toppled the University of Detroit Mercy Titans (7-4) 75-66 at the NIU Convocation Center. NIU’s...
DeKALB – Senior guard Jayden Marable has earned her first Huskie of the Week honor after scoring 42 points over a three-game win streak for women’s basketball.
The Bolingbrook native shot 15-for-38 from the field and racked up 20 assists across...
By Lucas Didier, Former Sports Editor
| November 22, 2023
DeKALB – A career night from senior guard Jayden Marable helped snap a three-game losing streak for NIU women’s basketball (1-3) in its home opener as the Huskies took down Lindenwood University (0-4) 77-60.
Marable flirted with a triple double,...
By Lucas Didier, Former Sports Editor
| November 12, 2023
Poor paint defense and shooting struggles resulted in a 95-62 blowout loss to the Western Illinois University Leathernecks (2-1) to leave NIU women’s basketball (0-2) searching for its first win.
The Huskies started strong with a 7-point run to begin...
NIU women’s basketball was defeated by Kent State University 75-68 Wednesday in the opening round of the Mid-American Conference tournament in Cleveland.
Led by senior guards Katie Shumate and Clare Kelly, the Golden Flashes hit 11 of their 26...
