Thorp to have surgery this week

Cary-Grove standout thinks it NIU is the right fit

The Huskies add C-G prospect, lose senior Mauvolyene Adams

Former Illinois and Ball State standout forward Danielle Gratton has been named the Northern Illinois Director of Women's Basketball Operations, coach Kathi Bennett announced Friday.

Jenna Thorp is used to having her knee pop out of place, so when it happened in a scrimmage with her Northern Illinois teammates, it shouldn’t have been that big of a deal.

Northern Illinois freshman guard/forward and Hinckley-Big Rock graduate Jenna Thorp is out for an indefinite period after tearing her left ACL and meniscus in a scrimmage with teammates earlier this week.

Fans have the opportunity to meet college basketball coaching legend Dick Bennett at the Northern Illinois Women’s Basketball Fore Hoops Golf Outing, Aug. 13 at River Heights Golf Course in DeKalb.

Werner joins staff to cover NIU on July 26, Sahly moved to sports editor of Daily Chronicle

INDIANAPOLIS – Prep players may have to wait a little longer to start accepting scholarship offers.

New NIU women's basketball coach talks about her first month on the job

All 17 of Northern Illinois University’s intercollegiate athletic team have surpassed the academic standards measured by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Academic Progress Rate for 2008-09, marking the fifth consecutive year that every NIU team has made the grade. The NCAA released its complete 2008-09 Division I APR report Wednesday.

Hill, Frese and Conroy will join Bennett on the bench

The top Mid-American Conference institutional awards were handed out Wednesday as Kent State was awarded the Reese Trophy representing the top men's athletic program and the Jacoby Trophy representing the top women's athletic program.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – After scoring just 22 points all season in mop-up duty, Missouri freshman forward Tyler Stone has no illusions of bolting college for the NBA after a single year.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The NCAA has a message for would-be college athletes hoping to use online courses to bolster their high school transcripts: proceed with caution.

New NIU coach has strong family ties

Veteran coach makes strong first impression

We'll have more on the hiring of Kathi Bennett to coach the Northern Illinois women's basketball team later tonight, but here is some more from today's news conference.

Northern Illinois will announce its new women's basketball coach at a 2 p.m. news conference today at the Convocation Center, though as of press time there is no word of who it will be.

Intent of clause not for associate coach job, NIU finds

Two weeks after resigning, saying she needed more balance in her personal life, Owens is named associate coach for Fighting Irish

Returns to where she was an assistant for 10 years

Ex-assistant wants head coaching job

Northern Illinois head women’s soccer coach Carrie Barker announced the Huskies’ complete 2010 schedule Thursday.   Scheduled for a tough, competitive season, the Huskies will take on nine opponents from five conferences, before playing each of the 11 Mid-American Conference schools.

Former NIU assistant thinks he can do a good job leading the women's basketball team

Former Northern Illinois men's and women's assistant basketball coach Carl Armato is considering applying for the open head coach position for the NIU women's basketball team, Armato confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

Former NIU assistant may throw his name in the mix for open women's basketball head coach spot

Daily Chronicle sports editor Jon Styf and sports reporter John Sahly spend their days covering the area’s sports scene, Every week, they give their viewpoint on those local sports.

Huskies understand Owens' resignation, but not happy

SPRINGFIELD – The Daily Chronicle on Friday won the James S. Copley Memorial Trophy as the top newspaper in its circulation class in the Illinois Press Association's annual Excellence in News contest.

"The timing was very unexpected," NIU guard says

NIU women's basketball coach wants more balance in her life

In many ways, Northern Illinois Hall of Fame women's basketball player E.C. Hill defined Huskie women's hoops in the early 1990's. Today, the two-time All-American will be inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

After undergoing an 18-month, campus-wide effort to study its intercollegiate athletics program as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I athletics certification program, Northern Illinois University has received the highest classification of "certified," the NCAA announced Thursday. This is the third time Northern Illinois has successfully gone through the organization's certification process.

Northern Illinois point guard Marke Freeman was named second team All-MAC on Tuesday by the Mid-American Conference.

Northern Illinois point guard Marke Freeman was named second team All-MAC today by the Mid-American Conference.

OXFORD, Ohio - In a game that saw nine ties and 13 lead changes, the Northern Illinois women's basketball team blinked first in a 67-66 loss at Miami (Ohio) in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament on Saturday at Millett Hall.

Huskies will be No. 9 seed in MAC Tournament

NIU recruit completed career as back-to-back state champion

NORMAL – Call them champions. Again.

NIU women fall at home to Eastern Michigan

NIU recruit one win from back-to-back state championships

MUNCIE, Ind. – Ebony Ellis scored a team-high 15 points and Sarah Rogers tallied a double-double as the Northern Illinois women's basketball team dropped a 66-60 contest at Ball State, Tuesday night.

Toledo goes 17:42 without a two-point basket

Huskies are now 10-15, 4-9 in the MAC West

DeKALB – In what is looking like a critical game for the Northern Illinois women's basketball team's hopes of hosting a first round game in the MAC Tournament, the Huskies lead Toledo, 37-35 at halftime.

MT. PLEASANT, Mich – A pair of Northern Illinois women’s basketball players tallied double-doubles, but the opportunistic offense of Central Michigan proved to be too much for the Huskies in a 98-71 Valentine’s Day loss at Rose Arena.

DeKALB – It was just halftime, but the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team already had made progress.

AKRON, Ohio – The Northern Illinois women's basketball team held Akron to 36.5 percent shooting and forced 19 turnovers, but fell 57-39 to the Zips, Saturday at James A. Rhodes Arena.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Led by 19 points from forward Mauvolyene Adams, five Northern Illinois women's basketball players scored in double figures in an 85-67 loss at Bowling Green, Tuesday.