The women’s basketball team is approaching the end of its regular season and has three games left before the start of the MAC tournament. NIU is 7-19, 2-11 MAC and hasn’t been able to win consistently. Injuries have plagued the team and the loss of...
The women’s basketball team is set to continue MAC play against Bowling Green this Saturday at the Convocation Center. The Huskies (7-16, 2-8 MAC) look to secure a third straight MAC win against Bowling Green (15-8, 6-4 MAC). The small but exciting...
As if things couldn’t get any worse for the women’s basketball team, the Huskies now have to finish the season without their leading scorer, senior forward Satavia Taylor. Head coach Kathi Bennett confirmed Tuesday that Taylor tore her ACL in the...
NIU women’s basketball has guard/forward Satavia Taylor listed as a senior, but Taylor took a curvy road to get to NIU. After playing a season and a half at Loyola University in Chicago, Taylor transferred in the first semester of the 2010-2011 season....
This season, NIU women’s basketball has access to red shirt sophomore forward Jada Buggs, and the Elkhart, Ind., native has made an immediate impact for the Huskies squad. Buggs transferred in from Wisconsin after her freshman season but because of...
In its regular season home opener NIU women’s basketball put in a strong performance but fell short, losing to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, 59-58, Wednesday. The Huskies got off to a quick start in the first three minutes of the game, going on...
Women’s basketball continued its Preseason NIT Tournament action this weekend as it defeated both Davidson College and Morehead State University, earning its first two wins of the season. Strong play from sophomore guard Amanda Corral and sophomore...
NIU (0-1) women’s basketball will look to get its first win against the Davidson Wildcats in its second game of the Preseason Women’s NIT Tournament on Friday. Davidson (0-1) is in the same boat as NIU as it lost its first game to a tough North Carolina...
NIU women’s basketball lost its season opener to Iowa 40-63 in the Preseason WNIT Tournament Friday night. In the beginning of the first half the Huskies came out battling and stayed with the Hawkeyes as the teams were tied 6-6, going into the first...
Going into the start of the regular season it’s clear that NIU women’s basketball has strength and depth at the guard position. The Huskies have a number of players who can both run the point but can step out and shoot the ball. It helps that all...
NIU women’s basketball will be in Cleveland, Ohio at the Quicken Loans Arena for the second round of the MAC tournament for the first time since 2009. The No. 7 seeded Huskies (13-16, 6-7 MAC) will square off against number No. 6 seeded Akron (14-17,...
Coming off a tooth and nail overtime loss to Western Michigan, NIU women’s basketball will now begin MAC tournament play. Ironically enough, they will be squaring off against, none other than Western Michigan. Only five games ago, the Huskies seemed...
