DeKALB | In a battle of northern schools, NIU came out on top Thursday night against Northern Iowa 71-64 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. NIU’s Kim Davis set the tone of the evening grabbing a defensive rebound to start the game. The Huskies (5-3) pulled down...
DeKALB | Seven was the lucky number for Courtney Shelton Friday night. With just 1.8 seconds left on the clock the junior guard drained a half-court buzzer beater to lead the NIU women’s basketball team (3-1) over Southern Illinois (0-3), 46-45. Shelton...
DeKALB | Notch win number two for Kathi Bennett. In an Illinois rivalry game, the NIU women’s basketball team took down Western Illinois 73-65 Tuesday night in Macomb. “It’s always nice to beat a directional school when you’re one of them,”...
It took a re-jump to get the season started, but the NIU Huskie women have officially begun their 2010-11 campaign. Though Ebony Ellis won the tip off, the Huskies would lose to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Wednesday night in their only exhibition...
Since 1972, women's athletics has been on a journey from athletic afterthoughts to prime time players. The fact remains, however, it has only been 38 years since Title IX originally gave women the legal right to play sports at any federally-funded school,...
Mauvolyene Adams decided to start playing basketball when she was 6 years old. Fast forward many years later, the NIU women's basketball forward has made the difficult choice to close the book on her athletic career and the game she fell in love with...
Trust is the foundation of every relationship. Whether it's with someone new or a long-time friend, without that human assurance any bond will certainly fail. NIU women's point guard Marke Freeman and her fellow Huskie teammates don't know much about...
