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Women’s basketball to face Western Michigan

By Matt Hopkinson | January 19, 2012

NIU women's basketball is looking to put an end to its recent six-game losing streak. The Huskies (6-10, 0-4 MAC) will square up for the first of two meetings this season against Western Michigan (5-12, 2-2 MAC) today. Although the record hasn't indicated...

Women’s basketball ends break with six-game losing streak

By Matt Hopkinson | January 16, 2012

While many students were having a relaxing respite from responsibility and stress, NIU women's basketball played a hefty amount of games over the winter break.The 10-game stretch started off well for the Huskies (6-10, 0-4 MAC), winning three of their...

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Women’s basketball to play 10 games over break, four at home

By Matt Hopkinson | December 4, 2011

Following a respite from basketball games for finals week, NIU women's basketball (3-3) will get back into action Dec. 11th against Chicago-State (0-8) "Personally, I only have two finals," said junior forward Satavia Taylor. "They're both early, too,...

NIU women’s basketball defeats Temple Sunday

By Matt Hopkinson | November 20, 2011

As the clock expired at the end of the first half, Jenna Thorp drained a buzzer beater from the top of the circle to pull NIU within one against Temple. Perhaps it was this shot that propelled NIU women's basketball (2-1) over Temple (2-2) Sunday 58-52,...

Jerry Burnes, Northern Star File Photo- NIUs Danny Pulliam
attempts to go up for a lay up in a game earlier this season.

Women’s basketball falls to Loyola

By Matt Hopkinson | November 13, 2011

There's been a long-standing ideology in sports that the concept of chemistry is infinitely important to the success of a team.Perhaps that may be the case with NIU women's basketball (0-1), as its struggled to come together as a cohesive unit and lost...

Women’s Basketball will be pushed to the limits during MAC Championship

By Jimmy Johnson | March 3, 2011

DeKALB | Sunday night will present the NIU women’s basketball team an opportunity to prove whether its experience in tight games will pay off. The Huskies (13-16 overall, 7-9 MAC) earned the seventh seed in the MAC Tournament after defeating Ball State,...

Women’s basketball loses in overtime to W. Michigan

By Jimmy Johnson | February 23, 2011

The NIU women’s basketball team’s second meeting with Western Michigan on Tuesday night was strangely reminiscent of the first. The end result would be the same as the Huskies (11-15, 5-8 MAC) lost in their second meeting against the Broncos (18-9,...

Huskies lose by 27-points in womens basketball

Huskies lose by 27-points in women’s basketball

By Katie Leb | February 20, 2011

A successful trip to Ypsilanti, Mich. was not to be had as the Huskies fell to Eastern Michigan 62-35 on Saturday. After beginning the day with eight straight missed shots, center Ebony Ellis put the Huskies (11-15 overall, 5-8 MAC) on the scoreboard...

NIUs Kim Davis lead the Huskies with 14 points in Wednesdays win oer CMU.

NIU women’s basketball beats Central Michigan 59-45

By Katie Leb | February 16, 2011

NIU began the last go-round at MAC West competitors the way it wanted to, handily defeating Central Michigan 59-45 Wednesday night at the Convocation Center. From tip-off, the Huskies (11-14 overall, 5-7 MAC) came out aggressively on both ends of the...

CMU shoots itself out of the game

By Andrew Singer | February 16, 2011

Beating one of the best teams in the MAC West is an accomplishment any way you look at it, but NIU's 59-45 victory over Central Michigan had some asterisks to examine. The Chippewas (16-8 overall, 8-4 MAC) showed up at the Convocation Center on Wednesday...

Coach’s Corner with NIU assistant women’s basketball coach E.C. Hill

By Jimmy Johnson | February 9, 2011

E.C. Hill knows a thing or two about NIU basketball.She's done about all you could with the Huskies: six years as an assistant coach, a two-time player MVP and she's an NIU Hall of Famer. Not a shabby resume. Hill took some time to talk with the Northern...

NIU guard Marke Freeman paced the Huskies with 13 points in Wednesday nights loss at Kent State.

NIU women’s basketball loses in OT to Kent State

By Katie Leb | January 27, 2011

The Huskies knew it would be an uphill battle to defeat Kent State on its home court. Coming into the M.A.C. Center having won two games in a row, the Huskies were unable to make it three, losing 56-54 in an overtime bout. The Golden Flashes (15-4 overall,...