Women’s basketball (3-3, 0-0 MAC) lost its third road game of the season, falling 73-58 to Milwaukee (3-2) on Thursday.The Huskies went down by 12 in the first quarter, scoring a total of only nine points in the period. Forced turnovers and clutch shots...

Women’s basketball (1-1, 0-0 MAC) beat Wisconsin Lutheran (0-1, 0-0 NACC) by 27 points Tuesday at home for its first win of the 2015-16 season.Defensive dominance was a key factor in the Huskies’ 69-42 victory. It was an improvement from the first...

Women’s basketball (0-1, 0-0 MAC) dropped its season opener on Friday in a 93-67 blowout loss to SIUE (1-0, 0-0 OVC).The Cougars outscored NIU in all four periods of the game, holding it to less than 20 points in two of them. They led by just five points...

Women’s basketball (0-0, 0-0 MAC) will travel for a game against SIUE (0-0, 0-0 OVC) this weekend in its first official game of the season.The Huskies beat the Cougars the last time the teams met, taking home a 69-47 win in the 2014-15 season. SIUE...

DeKalb | Women’s basketball (0-0, 0-0 MAC) defeated St. Francis 86-54 in a home exhibition game on Saturday, giving the team its biggest win since the 2012-13 season.Head coach Lisa Carlsen came into the season with a chance to improve the program and...

With the lack of recent success for women’s basketball, a coach with a great history of winning can only be a positive step in the right direction for the program.Women’s basketball finally ended its search for a new head coach, hiring Lisa Carlsen...

The family of Lisa Carlsen, women's basketball head coach, sits in attendance Tuesday at a press conference. "I was laughing because I said there's not very many times that we're all together in one spot," Carlsen said about her family. "But to have them...

Lisa Carlsen, former women's basketball head coach at Lewis University in Romeoville, will coach women's basketball for the 2015-16 season.Athletics Director Sean Frazier said Carlsen, who led Lewis to four NCAA appearances, was the right fit for the...