BUFFALO – The No. 10 seed Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team fell to No. 7 seed Buffalo, 56-46, in the first round of the 2013 Mid-American Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena.

DeKALB – Kathi Bennett said her team has been playing good basketball.

DeKALB – Northern Illinois women’s basketball coach Kathi Bennett didn’t think her team could have played any harder in the second half of Thursday’s 54-45 loss to Eastern Michigan.

MUNCIE, Ind. – The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team dropped a 64-54 decision to Ball State at Worthen Arena Saturday afternoon.

DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team suffered a 60-49 setback to hot-shooting Bowling Green at the Convocation Center Saturday afternoon.

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois women's basketball team's first conference win was within their grasp against Toledo on Saturday,

DeKALB – Satavia Taylor’s layup was just off the mark.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – A huge second half surge by Central Michigan led the Chippewas to an 83-56 win over Northern Illinois Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Arena. In a Mid-American Conference West Division contest, CMU (10-7, 4-0 MAC) outscored NIU (5-12, 0-4 MAC) 42-19 in the second stanza to earn its fourth straight win over the Huskies in Mount Pleasant.

Corral leads again with 13

DeKALB – Northern Illinois dropped its Mid-American Conference home opener to Ball State, 57-51, on Sunday afternoon at the Convocation Center. The loss moves the Huskies to 5-10, 0-2 in MAC play while the Cardinals improved to 5-10, 2-0 in the league’s first weekend of head-to-head competition.

Buffalo beat Northern Illinois, 60-53, Thursday in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams. The Huskies fall to 5-9 and 0-1 in conference play.

CHICAGO – Kicking off a season long five-game road trip, Northern Illinois fell 66-61 in overtime to Illinois Chicago at UIC Pavilion Saturday afternoon. The Huskies (4-6) put together a strong first half but were outscored by the Flames (3-7) in the second half and overtime as UIC’s Rachel Story erupted for 20 of her game-high 23 points.

DeKALB – Northern Illinois women’s basketball coach Kathi Bennett wasn’t on the bench for Wednesday’s game against Eastern Illinois.

CHICAGO – Northern Illinois women’s basketball’s struggles against DePaul continued in a 68-46 loss to the Blue Demons (8-3) on Saturday at McGrath-Phillips Arena. The Huskies (3-5) surrendered a 49.1 shooting percentage, including a 58.1 second half clip, to DePaul while shooting 27.3 percent themselves. The loss marked NIU’s 19th straight to DePaul and 13th straight in Chicago as the Blue Demons improved to 34-7 all-time against the Huskies.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Despite another strong outing by Amanda Corral, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team fell 58-52 to Indiana State at Hulman Center Tuesday night. The win was the first for ISU (5-2) over NIU (3-4) in the last four games in the series as the Sycamores notched their fifth straight home win.

NIU loses by one point to South Dakota St.

MOREHEAD, Ky. – Continuity in its defense and hot shooting led Northern Illinois (2-1) over host Morehead State (1-2), as the Huskies defeated the Eagles in their final game of the WNIT, 76-46. 10 different Huskies scored in the contest and the team accumulated 19 assists on 27 field goals.

MOREHEAD, Ky. – Holding on to a one point lead with under 10 seconds left, the Northern Illinois (1-1) defense stifled So-Con preseason favorite Davidson (0-2) to force a turnover and seal their victory in the consolation round of the WNIT, 64-61. NIU led by as much as 18 in the contest. The Huskies will take on host Morehead State tomorrow at 4 p.m. Central in the final match of the consolation round.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Against an Iowa team that received votes in the AP and ESPN/USA Today Preseason Top 25 polls and in a tough environment at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Friday evening, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team battled hard in the second half, but could not overcome a 34-13 first half deficit in a 63-40 season-opening loss.

Step inside our NIU basketball season preview

The Northern Illinois men’s and women’s basketball teams both open the 2012-13 season tonight. The men play at Nebraska Omaha at 7, while the women tip off the Preseason WNIT at Iowa, with a 5:30 tip-off.

Looking at last season’s rebounding numbers, it would be hard to tell Northern Illinois was typically out-sized every time out on the court.

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team played near exactly how third-year Head Coach Kathi Bennett wanted her team to play – tough defense, hold a rebounding advantage and score just enough to win. The well-executed effort led to a 45-42 win over NAIA powerhouse Indiana Wesleyan in NIU’s lone exhibition game of the season Monday night at the NIU Convocation Center.

DeKALB – Mark Montgomery admitted he took in a lot during his first year as Northern Illinois’ men’s basketball coach.

The Northern Illinois women's basketball team will play four games against 2012 NCAA tournament teams during its 2012-13 schedule, which was released Wednesday.

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For Debbie Whitman, working for the Northern Illinois women's basketball team is a dream come true.

Former NIU guard takes over at Rosary