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....

DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball (10-11, 4-6 MAC) conquered MAC frontrunner Ball State University (20-3, 10-1 MAC) in an electric 76-71 overtime thriller. The Huskies become the third team to defeat Ball State this season, joining the University...

DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball (9-10, 3-5 MAC) lost in dramatic fashion to the University of Akron (7-11, 2-6 MAC). The back and forth battle ended on a last-second miss from junior guard Laura Nickel that kept the score at 61-59.  The Huskies...

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...

NIU women’s basketball (9-9, 3-4 MAC) suffered from continuous mistakes to fall to University of Toledo (13-4, 6-1 MAC) by a score of 72-52. NIU is now 1-7 on the road this season with six away games left to play in 2024. The Huskies started strong,...

DeKALB – A halftime revival sent NIU women’s basketball (9-8, 3-3 MAC) soaring over Central Michigan University (2-13, 1-5 MAC) by a score of 70-57, cutting off a losing streak and putting the Huskies back above .500. The game shifted in favor...

DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball (8-8, 2-3 MAC) fell late to the University at Buffalo (9-6, 3-2 MAC) by a score of 65-58 to begin its third losing streak of the season. Senior forward Brooke Stonebraker led the team with 12 points and 10 rebounds....

DeKALB – Senior forward Brooke Stonebraker notched NIU women’s basketball’s second Huskie of the Week honor of the 2023-24 season. Stonebraker scored 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the Huskies’ (8-7, 2-2 MAC) 67-62 win over the Ohio University...

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...

NIU women’s basketball (3-5) could not keep up with the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars (2-7), failing to take a single lead in a 89-79 loss. The Cougars came out of the gate flying up and down the court, racking up 20 points just...

NIU women’s basketball (3-4) was dismantled against Big Ten competition, falling to the University of Wisconsin-Madison (5-2) by a score of 75-54 and ending a three-game win streak. A 16-point Wisconsin run early in the second quarter put NIU in...