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2007-08 Schedule NIU Women’s Basketball MAC Tournament
Nov. 6 Robert Morris (exh.) W, 65-42 Nov. 9 Bradley W, 54-48 Nov. 12 at Chicago State L, 64-57 Nov. 15 Western Illinois W, 60-59
Caribbean Challenge Nov. 21 vs. Michigan State L, 67-40 Nov. 22 vs. Tulane L, 70-57
Nov. 25 at Illinois-Chicago L, 50-42 FIRST ROUND GAME Nov. 28 at UW-Green Bay L, 76-54 Kent State Golden Flashes Northern Illinois Huskies Hawkeye Classic (8-20, 5-11 MAC) (10-17, 6-8 MAC) Dec. 8 at Iowa L, 87-43 Head Coach: Bob Lindsay vs Head Coach: Carol Owens Dec. 9 vs. St. Joseph W, 90-82 (352-203, 19th Season) (41-46, 3rd Season) Dec. 17 DePaul L, 90-58 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Dec. 21 Northern Iowa W, 61-46 Dec. 29 at IUPUI L, 58-55 Dec. 31 at Illinois State L, 78-54 PROBABLE STARTERS Jan. 9 at Eastern Michigan # L, 61-42 Jan. 12 Ball State # L, 84-78 NORTHERN ILLINOIS PPG RPG APG Season-High Points Career-High Points Jan. 15 Central Michigan # W, 87-60 F 11 Whitney Lowe 11.3 5.3 1.0 26 at Akron (3-3-08) Same Jan. 19 at Western Michigan # L, 75-51 G 3 Kylie York 10.7 2.8 2.6 27 at Miami (OH) (1-26-08) Same Jan. 23 Toledo # W, 69-49 G 10 Jessie Wilcox 10.4 2.9 3.7 23 vs. W. Illinois (11-15-07) 24 vs. Miami (OH) (2-3-07) Jan. 26 at Miami (OH) # W, 77-74 G 2 Shari’ Welton 8.8 4.1 1.6 17 at Bowling Green (2-9-08) Same Jan. 31 Buffalo # W, 77-63 F 34 Becky Smith 4.0 3.4 0.6 10 at Miami (OH) (1-26-08) 15 vs. Ball State (3-9-07) Feb. 3 at Akron # L, 78-71 Feb. 9 at Bowling Green # L, 85-65 2007-08 Northern Illinois Numerical Roster Feb. 13 Kent State # W, 83-74 (OT) No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) Feb. 19 at Central Michigan # Cancelled 1 Terriel Cannon G/F 5-9 So. Hillside, Ill. (Proviso West) Feb. 23 at Toledo # Cancelled 2 Shari’ Welton G/F 5-11 Jr.-RS Calumet City, Ill. (Wisconsin) Feb. 27 Western Michigan # W, 67-65 3 Kylie York G 5-8 So. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern) Mar. 1 Eastern Michigan # L, 64-57 10 Jessie Wilcox G 5-7 Jr. Oshkosh, Wis. (West) Mar. 3 Ohio # L, 72-68 11 Whitney Lowe G/F 6-0 Sr. Bushnell, Ill. (Prairie City) Mar. 5 at Ball State # L, 76-70 (OT) 25 Bianca Brown G 5-9 Fr. Detroit, Mich. (Detroit Renaissance) Mar. 10 vs. Kent State TBA 31 Tara Michels G 5-7 Jr.-RS Dixon, Ill. (Dixon) Mar. 11 Quarter nals TBA 34 Becky Smith F 6-2 Jr. Janesville, Wis. (Parker) Mar 14 Semi nals TBA 41 Aileen Rossouw F 6-2 Jr.-RS Plano, Texas (Auburn) Mar. 15 Championship TBA 44 Ebony Ellis C 6-3 Fr.-RS Joliet, Ill. (Joliet Township) 50 Mauvolyene Adams F 6-0 Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) All times Central and subject to change Home Games in Bold Pronunciation Key #-Mid-American Conference game Name ...... Pronunciation Terriel ...... Terry-EL All Home Games Played at Convocation Center Shari’ ...... Sha-REE Aileen Rossouw ...... eye-LEAN ROO-so Mauvolyene ...... Maw-vo-LEAN
NIU MEDIA RELATIONS HUSKIES HEAD TO CLEVELAND FOR 2008 MAC TOURNAMENT Joe Summins Women’s Basketball Contact DEKALB, Ill.–The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team (10-17, 6-8) travels Work: 815-753-9539 to Cleveland, Ohio for the 2008 Kraft MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Huskies, Cell: 815-690-6519 seeded No. 4 in the West, will face the East’s No. 5 seed Kent State (8-20, 5-11). NIU won Press Row: 815-752-6767/6768 the only meeting between the two this season, 83-74, in overtime (2/13/08). [email protected] The two teams met in the quarter nals of last season’s MAC Tournament. The Huskies defeated the Golden Flashes, 72-68, (Mar. 6, 2007) to advance to the semi nals. Kent State owns a 14-9 mark in the all-time series between the two schools. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 3
University Quick Facts THE LAST TIME THEY MET School ...... Northern Illinois University The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team snapped its two-game losing streak and extended its home winning streak to four games when it defeated City, Zip ...... DeKalb, IL 60115 Kent State, 83-74, in the Convocation Center in overtime. Founded ...... 1895 Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) and Ebony Ellis (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Township) Enrollment ...... 25,254 each recorded double-doubles in the contest. Lowe led the way for the Huskies with Nickname...... Huskies 20 points and 10 rebounds, while the freshman Ellis nished the game with 16 points School Colors ...... Cardinal & Black and a career- and game-high 16 rebounds. Lowe went 6-16 from the eld and 7-9 from Home Court ...... Convocation Center the free throw line and Ellis was 7-13 from the eld. Capacity...... 9,100 Jessie Wilcox (Oshkosh, Wis./West) erupted in the overtime period. After scoring Af liation ...... NCAA Division I seven points in regulation, the junior guard heated up with nine points in the extra Conference ...... Mid-American (West) frame to nish in double gures with 16. President ...... Dr. John Peters After playing to 69-69 tie through the rst two periods of play, the Huskies (9-14, (John Carroll 1967) 5-5) opened the overtime strong. Back-to-back threes by Wilcox and Kylie York (Fish- Assoc. VP/Director of Athletics...Dr. Jim Phillips ers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) capped off a 9-0 run by NIU and gave them a 78-69 (Illinois, 1990) advantage with 1:50 left to play. Athletics Phone ...... 815 / 753-7370 York, who hit just one eld goal in regulation, connected on two threes in the extra Ticket Of ce ...... 815 / 752-6800 session to nish the game with nine points. The Huskies went 3-3 from beyond the Website ...... www.niuhuskies.com arc in OT and 9-20 for the game. Shari’Welton Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) also contributed, adding eight points and six boards. Coaching Staff Kent State (6-16, 3-7) had four players nish in double gures with Chanel Harris Head Coach ...... Carol Owens leading all scorers with 25 points. Ellie Shields shed with 15, Asheley Harkins with Alma Mater/Year...... Northern Illinois/ 1990 13 and Rachel Bennett with 11. Record at NIU/Years ...... 41-46/3 IF THE HUSKIES WIN... Career Record ...... Same If Northern Illinois defeats Kent State, the Huskies will take on the East’s No. 1 seed Of ce Phone ...... (815) 753-0586 Bowling Green Falcons Tuesday night at 8 p.m. EST. Bowling Green Defeated the Best Time To Reach ...... Contact SID Huskies, 85-65, at Bowling Green. Assistant Coaches ...... Molly Murray, E.C. Hill, Bowling Green shot 50 percent from the eld, scoring the bulk of its points inside. Carl Armato The Falcons had 24 points in the paint. The Huskies shot 39 percent from the oor in Dir. of Basketball Operations ....Cecilia Bolles the rst half, but helped themselves at the free throw line, going 7-8 from the line and Athletic Trainer ...... Tricia Schank shooting 87 percent. Tara Breske led all scorers with a career-high 23 points. She was one of four Falcons Team Information to nish in double gures. Shari’ Welton led the way for the Huskies with a career-high 2006-07 Overall Record ...... 19-12 17 points. After scoring 11 points in the rst half, Whitney Lowe nished with 15 points. Home...... 10-3 York rounded out the trio of Huskies in double gures with 10. Road ...... 6-8 Neutral ...... 3-1 KEY PLAYERS TO WATCH The Huskies have a trio of starters averaging in double digits in scoring. As her career 2006-07 MAC Record/Finish ...... 8-8/ 3rd West at NIU winds down, Whitney Lowe continues to go out on a bang. The senior leads the Starters Returning/Lost ...... 2/3 way for the Huskies, averaging 11.3 points a game. Lowe posted three double-doubles Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 6/4 this season, including back-to-back double-double performances against Kent State and Western Michigan Team History Kylie York follows with 10.7 points a game. The sophomore out of Fishers, Ind. has First Year of Basketball ...... 1957-58 turned in 14 double-digit scoring performances this season. Jessie Wilcox rounds out First Season in Division I ...... 1982-83 the group with 10.4 points a game. Overall All-Time Division I Record ....345-348 NCAA Tournament Appearances ...... 5 HUSKIES IN THE MAC TOURNEY 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 • Northern Illinois owns a 3-2 mark in the MAC Tournament under Carol Owens.
• Becky Smith set a MAC Tournament record in the 2007 MAC Tournament, shooting HUSKIES ALL-ACCESS 94 percent from the eld (12-of-13) for the tournament.
• The Huskies are 7-10 overall in MAC Tournament play and 1-0 against Kent State Huskies All-Access is your online home in the MAC Tourney. The Huskies are 0-1 against Bowling Green in the tournament, for the most comprehensive coverage of having lost to the Falcons, 73-61, in 2006. NIU advanced to the championship game Northern Illinois sports. Get the games, in 1982 falling to Miami (OH), 58-56. highlights, press conferences and coach’s shows you want - all in one place Plans • Northern Illinois went 2-1 in the 2007 MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament, advancing start at $6.95 a month. to the semi nals for the rst time since the 2001-02 season. The Huskies fell to Ball State, 83-72. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 4 IN REMEMBRANCE 2007-08 STATISTICS • The Huskies will be wearing a black ribbon with the Huskie logo on their jerseys for the POINTS remainder of the season in honor of the lives lost in the February 14th shooting. Player G PTS AVG/G Whitney Lowe 27 305 11.3 BREAKOUT GAME Kylie York 27 288 10.7 • The Huskies victory over Central Michigan was the largest NIU victory since Nov. 11, 2006 Jessie Wilcox 23 239 10.4 when NIU defeated Illinois State, 97-69. It was the largest point total the Huskies have posted Shari’ Welton 27 238 8.8 since they scored 90 against St. Joseph’s in the Hawkeye Challenge Dec. 9, 2007. Ebony Ellis 27 148 5.5 SECOND WIND FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE • The Huskies scored as many points, 55, in the second half of their game with Miami (OH) Player FG ATT PCT than they scored against IUPUI the entire game. In fact, NIU scored as many or more points Becky Smith 48 91 .527 in that second half than they did in nine games this season. Ebony Ellis 57 123 .463 Jessie Wilcox 83 192 .430 BIG-MAC PERFORMERS Shari’ Welton 92 224 .411 Aileen Rossouw 27 69 .391 • Whitney Lowe and Jessie Wilcox are averaging in double gures in Mid-American Conference play. Lowe leads the way, averaging 16.5 points a game, while Wilcox follows FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS with10.1 points a game. Player G ATT ATT/G Whitney Lowe 27 286 10.6 COMING FROM BEHIND Kylie York 27 259 9.6 • Northern Illinois’ victory over Western Michigan was the second time the Huskies overcame Shari’ Welton 27 224 8.3 a halftime de cit. NIU’s contest with Miami (OH) was the rst time this season the Huskies Jessie Wilcox 23 193 8.4 overcame a halftime de cit to win a ballgame. The Huskies were down 15 at the break and Mauvolyene Adams 26 134 5.2 trailed by 16 at one point.
3-POINT PERCENTAGE DEFENSE, DEFENSE Player 3FG ATT PCT • Toledo’s 15 points in the rst half (Jan. 23, 2008) was the lowest point total the Huskies Shari’ Welton 4 8 .500 Jessie Wilcox 36 87 .414 have allowed in a half this season. The previous low was 19 scored by UIC (Nov. 25, 2007) Terriel Cannon 9 22 .409 in the rst half. Aileen Rossouw 4 11 .364 Kylie York 72 203 .355 THREE AND OUT • The Huskies held IUPUI to .000 percent shooting from beyond the three-point line. The FREE THROW PERCENTAGE last time the Huskies shut a team out from beyond the arc was Jan 25, 2003 when NIU held Player FT ATT PCT Marshall to 0-2 from the three-point line, a span of 137 games. Terriel Cannon 4 4 1.000 Kylie York 28 31 .903 STREAKING Whitney Lowe 75 93 .806 • The Huskies have hit at least one three-pointer in 100 consecutive games. The last time Aileen Rossouw 29 37 .784 the Huskies went a game without connecting on a trey was Jan 19, 2005 when NIU went Jessie Wilcox 37 49 .755 0-11 from beyond the arc against Ball State.
ASSISTS Player G No. A/G STREAK BUSTER Jessie Wilcox 23 85 3.7 • Under Carol Owens, the Huskies have posted a 19-21 record in games following a loss. Last Kylie York 27 69 2.6 season, the longest losing streak the Huskies had was two games. The longest losing streak Shari’ Welton 27 42 1.6 the Huskies have endured under Owens has been ve games, that came earlier season. Aileen Rossouw 19 35 1.8 Whitney Lowe 27 27 1.0 TURNING THE TABLES • The Huskies had fewer turnovers than their opponent in three-straight games earlier this STEALS season. In the Huskies’ game against Ball State (1/12/08), NIU had 15 turnovers to Ball Player G No. S/G State’s 17, in NIU’s victory over Central Michigan, the Huskies had 15 miscues to CMU’s Kylie York 27 28 1.0 18. NIU edged out Western Michigan 25-26. Shari’ Welton 27 27 1.0 Jessie Wilcox 23 19 0.8 Whitney Lowe 27 18 0.7 HELPING HAND Ebony Ellis 27 17 0.6 • In the Huskies’ win loss to Ohio, NIU had more assists than turnovers for the fourth time this season. The last time that happened was in the victory over Central Michigan (1/15/08), REBOUNDING NIU had more assists (23) than turnovers (15) for the third time this season. The rst came Player G No. REB/G in the victory over St. Joseph’s, NIU had more assists (20) than turnovers (19). In the Ebony Ellis 27 160 5.9 Huskies’ loss to Ball State, the Huskies had more assists (15) than turnovers (12) for the Whitney Lowe 27 142 5.3 second time this season. Mauvolyene Adams 26 113 4.3 Shari’ Welton 27 111 4.1 • The Toledo game marked the fth-straight game NIU has had more assists than its Becky Smith 27 93 3.4 opponents. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 5
When leading at halftime ...... 8-1 • The Huskies’ 23 assists against Ball State was the highest assist total by NIU this season. When the game was tied at halftime ...... 0-0 When trailing at halftime ...... 2-16 ON THE OFFENSIVE • The Huskies attempted a season-high 77 eld goals against Ball State (1/12/08) When NIU... surpassing the previous high of 65 against UIC (11/25/07). The record is 108 shot less than 40 % from oor ...... 1-13 at Cleveland State (2/6/92). shot 40.0-44.9 % from oor ...... 3-4 shot 45.0-49.9 % from oor ...... 3-0 AMERICAN WOMAN • NIU head coach Carol Owens was an assistant coach on the USA Basketball’s shot better than 50 % from oor ...... 2-0 Under 19 Women’s Basketball Team that captured the gold at the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship is Bratislava, Slovakia this past summer. Owens also took home When opponent... the gold at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Colorado Springs, Colo. in the shot less than 40 % from oor ...... 5-4 summer of 2006 as an assistant on Team USA’s Under 18 Women’s Team. shot 40.0-49.9 % from oor ...... 3-8 shot better than 50 % from oor ...... 2-5 NEW ADDITION • New Huskies’ assistant coach Carl Armato didn’t have to move too far after taking the job on Carol Owens’ staff. Armato had served as an assistant on the When outshooting opponent...... 8-1 NIU men’s basketball staff for the past six seasons before joining the women’s When outshot by opponent...... 2-16 staff in May. His new of ce is appoximately 30 feet away from his old one.
When outrebounding opponents ...... 10-7 ALL IN THE FAMILY When rebounds are even ...... 0-1 • With the addition of Armato, there are currently three NIU graduates on staff When out-rebounded by opponents ...... 0-9 in 2007-08. Carol Owens (1990), E.C. Hill (1995) and Armato (1984) all earned their undergraduate degrees from NIU. Owens was a four-year letterwinner and three-time team captain from 1986-90, while Hill was a three-year letterwinner When committing fewer turnovers than foes ...... 2-5 from 1992-93 in women’s basketball. Armato was a three-year letterwinner on When turnovers are tied ...... 0-0 the Huskies’ men’s basketball team from 1982-84. When committing more turnovers than foes ...... 8-12 STILL COLLECTING HONORS When scoring under 59 points ...... 1-12 • E.C. Hill was named to the Chicago Tribune’s all-Chicago Public League Team. When scoring 60-69 points ...... 4-2 The Whitney Young product earned second team honors. When scoring 70 or more points...... 5-3 PRO HUSKIE When holding opponents to less than 59 points ...... 4-2 • Former Huskie standout and current Chicago Sky player Stephanie Raymond When holding opponents to 60-69 points ...... 2-5 is in her rst season as a student coach for NIU. Raymond is assisting Owens When opponents score 70 or more points...... 3-10 and her staff as she completes her undergraduate work in physical education. She is on schedule to graduate in December 2008. In games decided by 1 or 2 points...... 2-0 In games decided by 3-5 points...... 1-2 HELLO, MY NAME IS... In games decied by 6-10 points...... 3-6 • The Huskies welcomed ve newcomers to the oor this season although three of those “newcomers,” Ebony Ellis, Aileen Rossouw and Shari’ Welton In games decided by 11-15 points ...... 2-1 are in their second seasons with the program after spending 2006-07 on the In games decided by 16-plus points ...... 2-8 bench as redshirts. The other two newcomers–Bianca Brown and Mauvolyene Adams–are true freshmen. In day games ...... 2-9 In night games ...... 8-8 • Bianca Brown and Mauvolyene Adams come to NIU with championship credentials as both played on state championship teams during their junior In November ...... 2-5 years in high school. Brown’s Detroit Renaissance was the state of Michigan’s 2006 Class B championship and Adams was a member of Bolingbrook’s 2006 In December ...... 2-3 Class AA state championship team. In January ...... 4-4 In February ...... 2-2 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY In March...... 0-3 • The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team is celebrating 50 AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN years of women’s basketball. The program was started in 1957-58 with the • Jessie Wilcox, Tara Michels and Becky Smith will serve Huskies posting a 1-1 record. NIU’s defeated George Williams, 43-8, for its the as team captains in 2007-08. rst victory in school history.
GLASS CLEANERS • The Huskies grabbed a season-high 61 rebounds against UIC (11/25/07) It was the highest total produced by the Huskies in the Carol Owens era. The previous high was 52 set last season in the Huskies 65-58 victory over Toledo (1/10/07). 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 6 NIU in the Mid-American Conference The Huskies have out rebounded their opponents 647-618 this season. FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Scoring Offense • Freshmen Ebony Ellis and Bianca Brown and sophomore Terriel Cannon made Team G W-L Pts. Avg/G their rst career starts in the Hawkeye Challenge. Ellis started against Iowa, while 1.Bowling Green 30 24-6 2170 72.3 Cannon and Brown started against St. Joseph’s. 10. NIU 27 10-17 1687 62.5 GETTING TO KNOW YOU Scoring Defense • With so many new faces, Carol Owens has employed nine different line ups this Team G Pts. Avg/G season in an effort to better evaluate her personnel in game situations. 1. Bowling Green 30 1807 60.2 Becky Smith, Aileen Rossouw, Shari’ Welton, Kylie York, Jessie Wilcox 9. NIU 27 1855 68.7 Bradley, Chicago State Becky Smith, Whitney Lowe, Shari’ Welton, Charmaine Bell, Jessie Wilcox Western Illinois, Michigan State Scoring Margin Becky Smith, Whitney Lowe, Shari’ Welton, Kylie York, Charmaine Bell Team G Off Def Margin Tulane, UIC 1. Bowling Green 30 72.3 60.2 +12.1 Becky Smith, Whitney Lowe, Shari’ Welton, Kylie York, Aileen Rossouw 10. NIU 27 62.5 68.7 -6.2 Green Bay Becky Smith, Ebony Ellis, Shari’ Welton, Kylie York, Tara Michels Free Throw Percentage Iowa Team G FTM FTA Pct. Ebony Ellis, Whitney Lowe, Terriel Cannon, Kylie York, Bianca Brown 1. Western Michigan 30 571 776 .736 St. Joseph’s 9. NIU 27 310 458 .677 Ebony Ellis, Whitney Lowe, Shari’ Welton, Kylie York, Bianca Brown DePaul Ebony Ellis, Whitney Lowe, Shari’ Welton, Kylie York, Jessie Wilcox Field Goal Percentage Northern Iowa, IUPUI, Illinois State, Eastern Michigan, Ball State, Central Team G FGM FGA Pct. Michigan, Western Michigan 1. Ball State 29 714 1613 .443 Becky Smith, Whitney Lowe, Shari’ Welton, Kylie York, Jessie Wilcox 8. NIU 27 606 1536 .395 Toledo, Miami (OH), Buffalo, Akron, Bowling Green, Kent State, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Ohio, Ball State Field Goal Percentage Defense Team G FGM FGA Pct. WHERE THERE’S A WILCOX THERE’S A WAY 1. Eastern Michigan 28 630 1599 .394 • Jessie Wilcox was named to the 2007-08 Preseason All-MAC Team. She is the 11. NIU 27 660 1514 .436 second-straight Huskie to earn that honor, following Stephanie Raymond who was named to last year’s team. Wilcox was the Huskies’ third-leading scorer last season with 304 points, averaging 9.8 points a game. 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Team G FGM FGA Pct. • Wilcox is 49 points away from 700 for her career. She recorded her 600th career 1. Ohio 29 209 529 .395 point against Buffalo (1/31/08). 4. NIU 27 165 461 .358 • Wilcox is 24th in the conference in scoring, averaging 10.3 points a game. 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Defense Team G FGM FGA Pct. • Wilcox is ninth on the Huskies’ career list for three-point eld goals made with 90. 1. Ohio 29 132 429 .308 She needs two more three-pointers to pass current NIU assistant coach E.C. Hill for 2. NIU 27 125 399 .313 seventh and is 131 away from No. 1. • Wilcox recorded the rst double-double of her career in the Huskies’ win over Rebounding Offense Toledo (1/10/07), scoring 13 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Team G REB Avg./G 1. Ohio 29 1185 40.9 • Wilcox recorded a perfect day against Buffalo last season in the Huskies’ 58-52 6. NIU 27 1024 37.9 victory (1/27/07) as she went 4-4 from the eld and 3-3 from the free throw line for 12 points. Rebounding Defense Team G REB Avg./G • Wilcox scored a career-high 24 points in NIU’s 82-70 victory over Miami (OH) 1. NIU 27 925 34.3 (2/3/07) and is NIU’s third leading scorer with an average of 10 points a game.
Rebounding Margin HOW LOWE CAN YOU GO Team G Team Avg Opp Avg Margin • Senior Whitney Lowe is 31 points away from 800 career points and 80 rebounds from 500 career rebounds. She recorded her 700th career point against Kent State (2/13/08) 1. Ohio 29 1185 40.9 1040 35.9 +5.0 and grabbed her 400th career rebound against Eastern Michigan (3/1/08). 2. NIU 27 1024 37.9 925 34.3 +3.7 • Lowe posted a double-double against Western Michigan, scoring a game-high 22 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 7
NIU in the Mid-American Conference points and grabbing a game-high 10 rebounds. It was the second-straight game Lowe nished with a double-double. She had 20 points and 10 rebounds against Kent State Feb. 13, 2008. Her rst double-double this season came against Toledo Scoring (1/23/08) scoring 15 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Player-Team G FG 3FG FT Pts. Avg/G 1. A. Jackson-MIA 29 213 54 156 636 21.9 • Lowe posted a season- and career-high 26-points against Akron Feb. 3, 2008. 19. W. Lowe-NIU 27 103 25 75 306 11.3 She went 9-18 from the eld and 5-6 from the free throw line. 25. K. York-NIU 27 94 72 28 288 10.7 26. J. Wilcox-NIU 23 83 36 37 239 10.4 • Lowe was the Huskies representative on the all-tournament team at the Hawkeye Challenge, averaging 10 points a game for the two-day tourney. Rebounding Player-Team G Off. Def. Tot Avg./G • Lowe is eighth in the conference in free throw percentage, going 75-93 from the 1. L. Markwood-MIA 30 114 205 319 10.6 charity stripe, shooting 80.6 percent from the line. 19. E. Ellis-NIU 27 65 95 160 5.9 • Lowe is seventh on the NIU career list for three-point eld goals made with 94. She needs 19 more three pointers to pass teammate Kylie York. Field Goal Percentage (Min. 3.0 made per game) Player-Team G FG FGA Pct. FEEL THE SENSATION 1. H. Turner-UB 28 136 235 .579 • Sophomore Kylie York is already fth on the NIU list for career three-point eld goals made with 120. She needs six more treys to move past Kristan Knake for Assists fourth place and is 105 away from No. 1. Player-Team G Assists Avg./G 1. T. DeLaHoussaye-WMU 30 233 7.77 • York is 32nd in the nation in three-point eld goals made per game (2.6) and 9. J. Wilcox-NIU 23 85 3.70 87th in the country in three-point eld goal percentage (35.3).
Free Throw Percentage (Min. 2.0 made per game) • York is 44 points away from 500. She scored her 400th career point in the Player-Team G FTM FTA Pct. Huskies’ victory over Kent State (Feb. 13, 2008). 1.L. Prochaska-BGSU 30 91 102 .892 8. W. Lowe-NIU 27 75 93 .806 • York has hit 72 three pointers through 27 games of the season. The record for threes made in a season is 80 set by Denise Dove during the 1988-89 season. 3-Point FG Percentage (Min. 1.0 made per game) • York’s 72 threes this season surpasses her season total of 49 last year and is Player-Team G FTM FTA Pct. tied for fourth on the Huskies single-season three-point eld goals made list. 1. S. Redd-OU 29 35 73 .479 8. J. Wilcox-NIU 23 36 87 .414 • York is currently 25th in the MAC in scoring, averaging 10.7 points a game.
3-Point FG Made • York is third in the conference in three-point eld goals made, averaging 2.67 Player-Team G 3FG Avg./G a game. 1. K. Snowden-UA 30 88 2.93 3. K. York-NIU 27 72 2.67 • York has hit at least one three pointer in the last 10 games. Last season, she 13. J. Wilcox-NIU 23 36 1.57 had two streaks of eight-straight games hitting at least one three-pointer. The rst was from Dec. 20, 2006 to Jan. 17, 2007 and the second was from Feb. 7, 2007 Blocked Shots to March 4, 2007. Player-Team G Blocks Avg./G WELTON’S WORLD 1. S. Ford-MIA 30 49 1.63 • Shari’ Welton posted the rst double-double of the season for the Huskies, and 9. E. Ellis-NIU 27 24 0.89 the rst of her career, when she scored 10 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the Huskies’ 60-59 victory over Western Illinois. Her 10th point and 12th rebound Assist/Turnover Ratio (Min 3.0 assists/game) came on the game-winning play. Player-Team G Asst. Avg. TO Avg. Ratio 1. J. Schone-MIA 30 160 5.3 83 2.8 1.93 • Welton is 57 points away from 400 and 13 rebounds away from 200. She scored 13. J. Wilcox-NIU 23 85 3.7 90 3.9 0.94 her 300th point against Kent State (2/13/08) and grabbed her 100th rebound at UIC (11/25/07). Offensive Rebounds Player-Team G No. Avg./G • Welton has scored in double digits in 11 of the last 18 games. She had two 1. L. Markwood-MIA 30 114 3.80 double digit scoring efforts in her rst nine games. 11. E. Ellis-NIU 27 65 2.41 • Welton scored a career-high 17 points in the Huskies 85-65 loss to Bowling Green State (Feb. 9, 2008).
DOUBLE E • Freshman Ebony Ellis posted her rst career double-double, scoring a career-high 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 8 17 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in NIU’s victory over Central Michigan (1/15/08). HUSKIE RADIO NETWORK • Ellis scored her 100th career point against Toledo (1/23/08). She’s 52 away from 200.
Flagship Station: • Ellis grabbed her 100th career rebound against Central Michigan (1/15/08) and is 40 WLBK-AM (1360 khz), DeKalb rebounds from 200. The Huskie Sports Radio Network includes • Ellis grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds against Ball State and hauled in 11 boards ve stations whose signals blanket the region. against Bradley in her rst collegiate game. She leads the Huskies in rebounding with This fall, for the 19th consecutive year, WLBK- 110 rebounds, averaging 6.1 a game. AM (1360) in DeKalb, serves as the agship station. One of the pioneer AM outlets in the • Ellis is 19th in the Mid-American Conference in rebounding, averaging 5.9 rebounds area, WLBK-AM rst aired in 1947. [The other a game. af liate that will include WRHL-AM (1060) in Rochelle and WSEY-FM (95.7) in Oregon- • Ellis is ninth in the MAC in blocks, with 24 on the season, averaging just under a block per game. Mount Morris.] Home and away, Bill Baker handles the on- LEAN ON ME air duties for the Huskie Sports Radio Network. • Aileen Rossouw transfered to NIU after two seasons at Auburn, while Welton transfered Baker, 59, begins his 28th year as the play- to Northern after two years at Wisconsin. In 47 games at Auburn, Rossouw, a native of by-play voice of Northern Illinois women’s Plano, Texas, averaged 2.2 points and 1.8 rebounds a game. In 51 games at Wisconsin, basketball. He also handles radio play-by- Calumet City product Welton averaged 2.1 points and 1.5 rebounds a game. play for Huskie football and men’s basketball • Rossouw led all scorers with a career-high 14 points and had six steals in her rst games. regular season game with NIU in the season opener with Bradley.
Tentative Radio Broadcast Sechule MS. SMITH Day Date Game Air Time • Becky Smith scored her 200th career point against Illinois State (Dec. 31, 2007). She is 41 points away from 300. Mon. Nov. 12 at Chicago State 6:50 p.m. Thurs. Nov. 15 Western Illinois 6:55 p.m. • Smith grabbed her 200th career rebound against Toledo (1/23/08) and is 61 boards Sun. Nov. 25 at UIC 6:50 p.m. from 300 career rebounds. Wed. Nov. 28 at UW-Green Bay 6:50 p.m. Sun. Dec. 9 at Iowa Tourney TBA • Smith recorded her career-high in points at Western Michigan (2/25/07), with 12 Mon. Dec. 17 DePaul 6:55 p.m. points; and had a career-best nine rebounds against Akron in the rst round of the Fri. Dec. 21 Northern Iowa 6:55 p.m. MAC Tournament. Mon. Dec. 31 at Illinois State 1:50 p.m. Wed. Jan. 9 at Eastern Michigan 5:55 p.m. SPARK PLUG Sat. Jan. 12 Ball State 1:55 p.m. • Tara Michels has provided the Huskies a spark off the Huskie bench with her three- Tue. Jan. 15 Central Michigan 6:55 p.m. point and free throw shooting. Michels has shot 11-39 from beyond the arc and 8-14 Wed. Jan. 23 Toledo 6:55 p.m. from the free throw line this season. Sat. Jan. 26 at Miami 12:50 p.m. Thur. Jan. 31 Buffalo 6:55 p.m. • Michels scored a season-high seven points in the Huskies’ victory over Miami (OH) Sun. Feb. 3 at Akron 12:50 p.m. (1/26/08). Wed. Feb. 13 Kent State 6:55 p.m. Wed. Feb. 27 Western Michigan 6:55 p.m. • Michels is 40 points away from 200 for her career.She scored her 100th career point Sat. Mar. 1 Eastern Michigan 4:20 p.m. against Kent State (3/6/07) in the 2007 MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament. Mon. Mar. 3 Ohio 6:55 p.m. MAUVO-LOUS Wed. Mar. 5 at Ball State 5:55 p.m. • Mauvolyene Adams set career highs in points (18), minutes played (21) and made eld goals (8) in the Huskies victory over St. Joseph’s. She grabbed a season-high 10 MAC Post-Season Tournament In Cleveland, OH rebounds against IUPUI. March 9-10 - First Round March 11 - Quarter nals • Adams scored her 100th career point and grabbed her 100th career rebound in the March 14 - Semi nals Huskies win over Western Michigan (Feb. 27, 2008). She’s 71 points away from 200 March 15 - Finals and 87 rebounds from 200. Exact playing dates and times all TBD. CANNON-BALL All Air-Times – Central and subject to change • Terriel Cannon posted her rst career double-digit scoring effort against Iowa, scoring 11 points. She went 4-8 from the eld and 3-5 from three-point territory. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 9 honors. Forward Kristin Wiener was named Head Coach Carol Owens third-team all-MAC, while Stephanie Raymond Education earned rst-team honors. In April, Raymond Northern Illinois, 1990 became the rst Huskie drafted by the WNBA Bachelor’s degree (Communications) when the Chicago Sky selected her 20th overall. Owens at Northern Illinois Northern Illinois also enjoyed success in the Season W-L Pct. MAC Pct. classroom a year ago as 10 Huskies posted a 2005-06 12-17 .413 7-9 (4th) .437 cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0. The Huskies earned 2006-07 19-12 .613 8-8 (3rd) .500 recognition from the NCAA after posting 2007-08 10-17 .370 6-8 (4th) .429 Academic Progress Rate numbers for 2006-07 Totals 41-46 .471 21-25 .457 that quali ed them in the Top 10 percent of all Entering her third season at the helm of Northern Illinois’ women’s basketball programs. NIU was one of 33 Division women’s basketball program, head coach Carol Owens has I women’s basketball programs recognized nationwide and turned the Huskies into a contender in the Mid-American the only MAC team in the Top 10 percent of APR for women’s Conference in a very short period of time. This season, she basketball. and the Huskies are coming off their most successful season The success the Huskies enjoyed in 2006-07 was no surprise to date. to anyone that followed Owens. In her rst season, she guided In 2006-07, the Huskies posted their best record and rst Northern Illinois through a year of steady improvement. After winning season since 2001-02 (17-12). The Huskies jumped winning her rst game as a head coach, the Huskies opened out to a fast start, winning seven of their rst nine games, up with a 4-7 record, then posted a 7-9 mark in the MAC including winning the title of the Mildred and Roger L. White and hosted Miami (OH) in the rst round of the 2006 MAC Invitational at Northwestern.The Huskies defeated the Tournament. NIU defeated the RedHawks, 73-65, advancing Cincinnati Bearcats, 81-73, and the host Wildcats, 70-54, in to the quarter nals Cleveland. the two-day tourney. In the battle for state pride, Northern Carol Owens File Illinois went 6-2 against Illinois schools in Head Coach, Northern Illinois University 2006-07, posting wins over Illinois State, Season W-L Pct. Conf Pct. Highlights 2005-06 12-17 .413 7-9 (4th) .437 Advanced to MAC Quarter nals Illinois, Chicago State and Western Illinois 2006-07 19-12 .613 8-8 (3rd) .500 Advanced to MAC Semi nals at home and beat Bradley in Peoria. Totals 31-29 .517 15-17 .469 Owens navigated the Huskies through Assistant Coach, University of Notre Dame a tough MAC schedule, going 8-8 and Season W-L Pct. Conf Pct. Highlights earning a No. 3 seed in the 2007 MAC 1995-96 23-8 .742 15-3 (2nd) .833 NCAA Tournament / Second Round 1996-97 31-7 .816 17-1 (2nd) 944 NCAA Tournament / NCAA Final Women’s Basketball Tournament in 1997-98 22-10 .688 12-6 (T2nd) .667 NCAA Tournament / Sweet 16 Cleveland. NIU made an impressive 1998-99 26-5 .839 15-3 (3rd) .833 NCAA Tournament / Second Round run in the MAC Tournament, disposing 99-2000 27-5 .844 15-1 (2nd) .938 NCAA Tournament / Sweet 16 2000-01 34-2 .944 15-1 (T-1st) .938 NCAA Tournament / National Champions of Akron in the first round, 69-56, to 2001-02 20-10 .657 13-3 (2nd) .813 NCAA Tournament / Sweet 16 advance to a quarterfinal match-up with 2002-03 21-11 .656 10-6 (5th) .625 NCAA Tournament / Second Round Kent State. 2003-04 21-11 .656 12-4 (T-2nd) .750 NCAA Tournament / Sweet 16 2004-05 27-6 .818 13-3 (T-2nd) .813 NCAA Tournament / Sweet 16 After falling behind early, the Huskies Totals 252-75 .770 137-31 .815 10 Consecutive NCAA Appearances stormed back to post a 72-68 win over One National Title / Two Final Fours the Golden Flashes and moved on to the Assistant Coach, University of Michigan semi nals for the rst time since 2002. Season W-L Pct. Conf Pct. Highlights Forward Becky Smith set a tournament 1993-94 3-24 .111 0-18 (11th) .000 First season under head coach Trish Roberts record shooting 94 percent from the 1994-95 8-19 .296 3-13 (10th) .188 Five-win improvement Totals 11-43 .203 3-31 .088 eld. In 2006-07, the Huskies broke several As a collegiate player at Northern Illinois school records including three-pointers Season W-L Pct. Conf Pct. Highlights made (236) and attempted (639). The 1985-86 8-19 .296 6-12 (8th) .333 Averaged 13.4 points, 8.1 rebounds 1986-87 11-16 .407 ------Missed season due to knee injury / surgery Huskies also set the single-season mark 1987-88 14-14 .500 6-4 (4th) .600 Named team captain as a sophomore for free throw percentage, hitting 78.9 1988-89 23-7 .767 12-2 (2nd) .847 First 20-win season in school history percent from the charity stripe. 1989-90 26-5 .839 12-0 (1st) 1.000 NCAA Tournament / Second Round Totals 82-61 .566 36-18 .667 First NCAA Appearance in NIU history Owens had two players earn all-MAC 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 10 ALL GAMES
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES: 10-17 8-4 1-11 1-2 CONFERENCE: 6-8 5-3 1-5 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE: 4-9 3-1 0-6 1-2
TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS PLAYER GP-S MIN FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF TOT AVG PF-FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG LOWE, WHITNEY 27-24 784 103-286 .360 25-78 .321 75-93 .806 62-80 142 5.3 41-0 27 65 13 18 306 11.3 YORK, KYLIE 27-25 841 94-259 .363 72-203 .355 28-31 .903 11-64 75 2.8 52-0 69 76 3 26 288 10.7 WILCOX, JESSIE 23-21 702 83-193 .430 36-87 .414 37-49 .755 10-56 66 2.9 45-0 85 90 1 19 239 10.4 WELTON, SHARI’ 27-26 779 92-224 .411 4-8 .500 50-90 .556 49-62 111 4.1 78-2 42 60 2 27 238 8.8 ELLIS, EBONY 27-10 440 57-123 .463 0-1 .000 34-60 .567 65-95 160 5.9 79-3 11 45 24 17 148 5.5 ADAMS, MAUVOLYENE 26-0 393 52-134 .388 0-0 .000 25-41 .610 48-65 113 4.3 57-1 9 42 4 16 129 5.0 ROSSOUW, AILEEN 19-3 284 27-69 .391 4-11 .364 29-37 .784 22-36 58 3.1 35-0 35 42 3 10 87 4.6 SMITH, BECKY 27-18 497 48-91 .527 0-0 .000 13-23 .565 33-60 93 3.4 91-5 16 53 13 10 109 4.0 BELL, CHARMAINE 6-4 85 5-18 .278 4-12 .333 2-4 .500 2-10 12 2.0 6-0 7 14 1 5 16 2.7 MICHELS, TARA 26-1 321 19-62 .306 11-39 .282 8-14 .571 7-21 28 1.1 21-0 19 29 0 11 57 2.2 CANNON, TERRIEL 19-1 175 14-39 .359 9-22 .409 4-4 1.000 2-18 20 1.1 12-0 12 19 1 7 41 2.2 BROWN, BIANCA 19-2 150 12-38 .316 0-0 .000 5-12 .417 8-12 20 1.1 19-0 5 12 0 4 29 1.5 TEAM 58-68 126 4.7 0 15 TOTAL 27 5451 606-1536 .395 165-461 .358 310-458 .677 377-647 1024 37.9 536-11 337 562 65 172 1687 62.5 OPPONENTS 27 5451 660-1514 .436 125-399 .313 410-605 .678 307-618 925 34.3 456-0 363 418 67 285 1855 68.7
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1ST 2ND OT TOTAL NORTHERN ILLINOIS: 744 920 23 1687 OPPONENTS: 840 995 20 1855 Team Statistics DEADBALL REBOUNDS: OFF DEF TOTAL NIU OPP NORTHERN ILLINOIS: 70 13 83 SCORING 1687 1855 OPPONENTS: 89 10 99 Points per game 62.5 68.7 Scoring Margin -6.2 - FIELD GOALS-ATT 606-1536 660-1514 Field goal pct. .395 .436 3 POINT FG-ATT 165-461 125-399 3-point FG pct. .358 .313 3-pt. FG made per game 6.1 4.6 FREE THROWS-ATT 310-458 410-605 Free throw pct. .677 .678 REBOUNDS 1024 925 Rebounds per game 37.9 34.3 Rebounding margin +3.7 - ASSISTS 337 363 Assists per game 12.5 13.4 TURNOVERS 562 418 Turnovers per game 20.8 15.5 Turnover margin -5.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.6 0.9 STEALS 172 285 Steals per game 6.4 10.6 BLOCKS 65 67 Blocks per game 2.4 2.5 WINNING STREAK 0 - Home win streak 0 - Attendance 8015 12811 Home games-Avg./Game 12-668 12-1035 Neutral Site-Avg./Game - 3-130
2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 11 #50 Mauvolyene Adams #25 Bianca Brown F • 6-0 • Fr. G • 5-9 • Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill. Detroit, Mich. Bolingbrook Detroit Renaissance
Career Season Career Season Bests Bests: Bests: Bests: Points: 18 18 Points: 6 6 Field Goals: 8 8 Field Goals: 3 3 3-point FGs: 0 0 3-point FGs: 0 0 Free Throws: 5 5 Free Throws: 2 2 Rebounds: 10 10 Rebounds: 4 4 Assists: 2 2 Assists: 4 4 Blocks: 1 1 Steals: 2 2
Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Bradley 0-1 0-0 2-4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 2 Bradley DNP at Chicago St. 2-5 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 15 6 at Chicago St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 0 Western Ill. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 Western Ill. DNP Michigan St. 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15 4 Michigan St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 Tulane 1-4 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 13 3 Tulane 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 at UIC 4-9 0-0 0-2 3 3 6 0 1 0 1 13 8 at UIC 0-1 0-0 1-4 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 7 1 at UWGB 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 0 3 0 1 15 2 at UWGB 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 15 2 at Iowa 0-5 0-0 3-4 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 9 3 at Iowa 2-4 0-0 1-2 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 14 5 vs. St. Joseph’s 8-12 0-0 2-3 3 5 8 0 2 0 0 21 18 vs. St. Joseph’s* 2-6 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 4 1 0 0 24 4 DePaul 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 12 2 DePaul* 3-7 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 15 6 Northern Iowa 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 4 Northern Iowa 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 at IUPUI 1-6 0-0 0-0 2 8 10 0 1 0 0 21 2 at IUPUI DNP at Illinois State DNP at Illinois State 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7 0 at E. Michigan 2-7 0-0 2-2 3 2 5 0 2 0 0 15 6 at E. Michigan 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 2 Ball St. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 9 2 Ball St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 C. Michigan 0-4 0-0 5-6 2 7 9 2 1 0 2 23 5 C. Michigan 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 at W. Michigan 2-8 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 2 0 1 2 22 4 at W. Michigan 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 Toledo 4-10 0-0 0-0 5 1 6 0 3 1 1 20 8 Toledo DNP at Miami (OH) 2-5 0-0 0-1 2 4 6 0 2 0 1 14 4 at Miami (OH) DNP Buffalo 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Buffalo DNP at Akron 2-6 0-0 2-4 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 20 6 at Akron DNP at Bowling Green 4-7 0-0 0-0 3 5 8 0 3 0 1 16 8 at Bowling Green 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 Kent St. 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 8 2 Kent St. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 at C. Michigan Cancelled at C. Michigan Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled W. Michigan 5-8 0-0 1-4 5 3 8 0 3 1 1 15 11 W. Michigan 0-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 E. Michigan 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 18 6 E. Michigan DNP Ohio 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 2 Ohio 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 at Ball St. 5-10 0-0 1-2 1 7 8 0 1 0 1 30 11 at Ball St. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 Season 52-134 0-0 25-41 48 65 113 9 42 4 16 403 129 Season 12-36 0-0 5-12 8 12 20 5 12 0 4 151 29 Career 52-134 0-0 25-41 48 65 113 9 42 4 16 403 129 Career 12-36 0-0 5-12 8 12 20 5 12 0 4 151 29
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• Brown has missed two games due to the u. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 12 #1 Terriel Cannon #44 Ebony Ellis G/F • 5-9 • So. C • 6-3 • Fr. Hillside, Ill. Joliet, Ill. Proviso West Joliet Township
Career Season Career Season Bests Bests: Bests: Bests: Points: 11 11 Points: 17 17 Field Goals: 4 4 Field Goals: 8 8 3-point FGs: 3 3 3-point FGs: 0 0 Free Throws: 3 0 Free Throws: 5 5 Rebounds: 3 3 Rebounds: 16 16 Assists: 3 3 Assists: 4 4 Steals: 2 2 Blocks: 5 5
Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Bradley 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Bradley 3-3 0-0 0-0 4 7 11 0 3 1 0 21 6 at Chicago St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 at Chicago St. 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 2 5 0 2 0 0 12 1 Western Ill. 2-4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 5 Western Ill. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Michigan St. 1-5 1-5 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 18 3 Michigan St. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 10 0 Tulane 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 Tulane 1-6 0-0 4-6 4 6 10 1 0 2 0 17 6 at UIC 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 at UIC 1-8 0-0 1-4 4 5 9 0 2 0 1 16 3 at UWGB 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 8 0 at UWGB 2-5 0-1 0-0 2 7 9 0 2 1 0 19 4 at Iowa 4-8 3-5 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 19 11 at Iowa* 4-8 0-0 2-3 5 4 9 0 2 5 2 34 10 vs. St. Joseph’s* 2-5 2-3 0-0 1 2 3 1 4 0 0 23 6 vs. St. Joseph’s* 4-6 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 4 2 2 1 15 8 DePaul 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 2 DePaul* 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 16 4 Northern Iowa 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 Northern Iowa* 3-6 0-0 3-4 1 6 7 0 3 2 1 17 9 at IUPUI 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 at IUPUI* 1-2 0-0 3-4 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 15 5 at Illinois State 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 at Illinois State* 3-6 0-0 5-6 4 4 8 2 3 0 0 25 11 at E. Michigan DNP at E. Michigan* 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 2 3 1 3 20 3 Ball St. DNP Ball St.* 2-6 0-0 1-2 8 4 12 1 1 1 1 21 5 C. Michigan DNP C. Michigan* 8-12 0-0 1-4 3 8 11 0 2 1 0 29 17 at W. Michigan DNP at W. Michigan* 1-1 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 1 1 1 0 17 4 Toledo DNP Toledo 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 8 4 at Miami (OH) DNP at Miami (OH) 1-3 0-0 3-4 0 5 5 0 3 1 2 15 5 Buffalo DNP Buffalo 3-4 0-0 1-2 4 4 8 0 2 1 0 17 7 at Akron DNP at Akron 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 7 2 at Bowling Green 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 14 3 at Bowling Green 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 11 2 Kent St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 Kent St. 7-13 0-0 2-7 8 8 16 0 2 1 1 25 16 at C. Michigan Cancelled at C. Michigan Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled W. Michigan 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 7 0 W. Michigan 1-6 0-0 0-0 3 3 6 0 1 2 0 16 2 E. Michigan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 E. Michigan 1-1 0-0 2-4 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 11 4 Ohio 0-2 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 15 2 Ohio 4-6 0-0 2-4 1 6 7 0 3 0 1 18 10 at Ball St. 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 13 5 at Ball St. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 Season 14-39 9-22 4-4 2 18 20 12 19 1 7 175 41 Season 57-123 0-1 34-60 65 95 160 11 45 24 15 440 148 Career 16-44 9-23 9-11 3 23 26 14 23 2 9 223 50 Career 57-123 0-1 34-60 65 95 160 11 45 24 15 440 148
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• Cannon has missed six games due to a knee injury. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 13 #11 Whitney Lowe #31 Tara Michels G/F • 6-0 • Sr. G • 5-7 • Jr.-RS Bushnell, Ill. Dixon, Ill. Prairie City Dixon
Career Season Career Season Bests: Bests: Bests: Bests: Points: 26 26 Points: 11 7 Field Goals: 10 10 Field Goals: 4 2 3-point FGs: 4 3 3-point FGs: 3 2 Free Throws: 7 7 Free Throws: 4 4 Rebounds: 11 11 Rebounds: 4 4 Assists: 5 5 Assists: 3 3 Steals: 3 2 Steals: 3 3
Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Bradley 3-11 0-5 1-2 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 29 7 Bradley 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 7 0 at Chicago St. 0-6 0-1 2-2 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 19 2 at Chicago St. 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3 Western Ill.* 3-11 1-3 2-2 3 5 8 0 5 1 2 35 9 Western Ill. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 0 Michigan St.* 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 Michigan St. 0-6 0-4 0-0 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 28 0 Tulane* 5-12 0-3 4-4 3 3 6 1 0 1 0 37 14 Tulane 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 at UIC* 1-5 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 15 2 at UIC 1-4 0-2 2-2 1 2 3 3 4 0 0 30 4 at UWGB* 1-2 0-0 3-4 2 2 4 0 5 1 1 24 5 at UWGB 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 2 at Iowa 1-7 1-4 0-0 2 4 6 1 3 0 0 27 3 at Iowa* 2-5 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 26 5 vs. St. Joseph’s* 5-10 2-3 5-6 1 2 3 1 2 2 0 30 17 vs. St. Joseph’s 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 DePaul* 3-6 1-2 4-4 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 22 11 DePaul 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 Northern Iowa* 1-5 0-1 1-2 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 26 3 Northern Iowa 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 12 6 at IUPUI* 2-6 0-1 2-2 3 2 5 0 4 0 0 29 6 at IUPUI 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 at Illinois State* 1-11 0-5 3-4 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 31 5 at Illinois State 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 3 at E. Michigan* 5-12 0-0 1-2 5 1 6 1 3 1 0 30 11 at E. Michigan 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 21 0 Ball St.* 10-20 2-3 2-3 5 2 7 2 2 0 1 33 24 Ball St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 C. Michigan* 5-10 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 20 12 C. Michigan 0-2 0-1 2-3 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 16 2 at W. Michigan* 6-12 2-3 0-0 1 4 5 1 4 0 2 29 14 at W. Michigan 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2 Toledo* 4-13 1-4 6-7 3 8 11 1 2 0 1 32 15 Toledo 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 at Miami (OH)* 2-8 0-1 4-6 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 29 8 at Miami (OH) 1-6 1-3 4-4 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 15 7 Buffalo* 5-11 1-3 4-4 1 4 5 1 2 0 1 34 15 Buffalo 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 5 at Akron* 9-18 3-4 5-6 5 3 8 0 1 0 0 31 26 at Akron 2-3 1-1 0-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 5 at Bowling Green* 4-11 2-4 5-6 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 28 15 at Bowling Green DNP Kent St.* 6-16 1-4 7-9 2 8 10 2 2 1 0 40 20 Kent St. 1-5 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 21 3 at C. Michigan Cancelled at C. Michigan Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled W. Michigan* 7-14 4-7 4-6 3 7 10 5 0 0 0 38 22 W. Michigan 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 16 3 E. Michigan* 5-18 1-4 5-6 5 1 6 1 2 0 0 37 16 E. Michigan 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 7 0 Ohio* 6-15 1-5 3-4 5 4 9 2 4 2 2 30 16 Ohio 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 3 at Ball St*. 3-14 2-5 0-0 3 3 6 4 3 2 1 41 8 at Ball St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 Season 103-286 25-78 75-93 62 80 142 27 65 13 18 784 306 Season 19-62 11-39 8-14 7 21 28 19 29 0 11 321 57 Career 263-735 96-300 147-196 158 262 420 57 157 22 49 2105 769 Career 51-147 36-106 22-31 21 49 70 36 54 0 15 675 160
*-Game Started *-Game Started 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 14 #41 Aileen Rossouw #34 Becky Smith F • 6-2 • Jr.-RS F • 6-2 • Jr. Plano, Texas Janesville, Wis. Auburn Parker
Career Season Career Season Bests: Bests: Bests: Bests: Points: 14 14 Points: 15 10 Field Goals: 5 5 Field Goals: 6 5 3-point FGs: 1 1 3-point FGs: 0 0 Free Throws: 7 7 Free Throws 5 5 Rebounds: 6 6 Rebounds: 8 7 Assists: 6 6 Assists: 3 3 Steals: 6 6 Blocks: 3 3
Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Bradley* 5-6 0-1 4-6 4 2 6 0 4 0 6 22 14 Bradley* 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 0 0 26 2 at Chicago St.* 4-7 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 3 3 1 0 22 8 at Chicago St.* 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 0 4 0 1 21 2 Western Ill. DNP Western Ill.* 1-6 0-0 5-6 2 4 6 1 5 0 1 36 7 Michigan St. 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 21 3 Michigan St.* 4-8 0-0 0-1 4 1 5 0 1 1 0 31 8 Tulane 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 8 2 Tulane* 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 2 at UIC 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 12 0 at UIC* 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 26 0 at UWGB* 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 23 6 at UWGB* 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 23 4 at Iowa DNP at Iowa* 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 10 0 vs. St. Joseph’s DNP vs. St. Joseph’s 4-4 0-0 1-1 1 2 3 0 5 1 0 14 9 DePaul 0-3 0-0 2-4 1 6 7 0 1 0 0 10 2 DePaul 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 20 4 Northern Iowa DNP Northern Iowa 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 23 2 at IUPUI DNP at IUPUI 2-4 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 at Illinois State DNP at Illinois State 3-6 0-0 0-0 3 3 6 0 3 0 1 23 6 at E. Michigan DNP at E. Michigan 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 1 3 0 1 16 2 Ball St. 3-10 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 6 4 0 1 25 7 Ball St. 3-3 0-0 3-4 2 3 5 0 2 1 1 17 9 C. Michigan 3-4 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 16 7 C. Michigan 2-3 0-0 2-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 6 at W. Michigan 2-5 1-3 4-4 1 0 1 3 7 0 1 26 9 at W. Michigan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 0 Toledo 2-4 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 15 5 Toledo* 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 20 4 at Miami (OH) 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 11 1 at Miami (OH)* 5-7 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 2 0 3 22 10 Buffalo 1-5 0-1 0-0 2 2 4 2 0 0 1 14 2 Buffalo* 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 19 3 at Akron 0-2 0-1 5-6 2 4 6 5 2 2 0 21 5 at Akron* 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2 3 1 0 16 6 at Bowling Green* 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 13 2 at Bowling Green* 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 2 1 1 1 20 0 Kent St. 0-1 0-0 7-8 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 10 7 Kent St.* 1-2 0-0 0-0 5 2 7 1 4 2 0 16 2 at C. Michigan Cancelled at C. Michigan Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled W. Michigan 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 W. Michigan* 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 6 0 E. Michigan 1-3 0-1 3-3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 7 5 E. Michigan* 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 15 6 Ohio 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 Ohio* 2-2 0-0 0-4 4 1 5 0 1 0 0 19 5 at Ball St. DNP at Ball St*. 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 5 5 1 1 0 0 17 6 Season 27-69 4-11 29-37 22 36 58 33 42 3 10 284 87 Season 47-88 0-0 13-23 33 60 93 16 53 13 10 496 110 Career 67-156 4-11 54-80 67 74 141 48 80 10 35 814 192 Career 112-202 0-3 29-47 80 159 239 54 88 36 24 1185 260
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• Rossouw has missed seven games this season due to an ankle injury. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 15 #2 Shari’ Welton #10 Jessie Wilcox G/F • 6-2 • Jr.-RS G • 5-7 • Jr. Calumet City, Ill. Oshkosh, Wis. Wisconsin West
Career Season Career Season Bests: Bests: Bests Bests: Points: 17 17 Points: 24 23 Field Goals: 7 7 Field Goals: 8 7 3-point FGs: 1 1 3-point FGs: 4 3 Free Throws: 5 5 Free Throws: 8 7 Rebounds: 12 12 Rebounds: 11 5 Assists: 4 4 Assists: 8 8 Steals: 3 3 Steals: 4 3
Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Bradley* 1-7 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 2 0 2 23 2 Bradley* 3-3 1-1 0-1 1 2 3 5 7 0 1 28 7 at Chicago St.* 1-6 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 17 3 at Chicago St.* 4-8 3-5 0-0 0 3 3 3 4 0 1 30 11 Western Ill.* 4-11 0-0 2-4 5 7 12 2 0 0 3 32 10 Western Ill.* 7-13 2-5 7-8 1 4 5 1 2 0 0 35 23 Michigan St.* 4-8 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 30 8 Michigan St.* 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 Tulane* 0-4 0-0 2-4 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 26 2 Tulane 2-2 1-1 1-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 19 6 at UIC* 6-14 0-0 2-4 4 5 9 0 3 0 0 31 14 at UIC DNP at UWGB* 2-6 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 0 6 0 3 28 5 at UWGB DNP at Iowa* 1-5 0-0 0-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 22 2 at Iowa DNP vs. St. Joseph’s 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 2 2 0 2 24 5 vs. St. Joseph’s DNP DePaul* 4-11 0-1 3-5 2 4 6 1 1 0 0 30 11 DePaul 3-7 2-5 2-2 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 25 10 Northern Iowa* 4-7 1-1 2-4 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 29 11 Northern Iowa* 6-10 3-4 4-4 0 4 4 4 3 0 0 37 19 at IUPUI* 5-10 0-0 3-3 2 1 3 3 1 0 0 35 13 at IUPUI* 5-10 2-3 3-4 1 3 4 4 7 0 0 35 15 at Illinois State* 7-11 0-0 1-5 0 7 7 2 5 0 1 35 15 at Illinois State* 1-5 0-1 3-4 0 3 3 3 6 0 0 37 5 at E. Michigan* 6-12 1-1 0-1 2 4 6 0 3 0 2 38 13 at E. Michigan* 1-7 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 5 0 1 27 2 Ball St.* 2-11 0-0 6-6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 10 Ball St.* 2-9 1-6 0-0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 29 5 C. Michigan* 4-9 0-0 4-7 4 0 4 2 1 0 1 21 12 C. Michigan* 5-12 3-8 0-0 2 2 4 5 4 1 3 31 13 at W. Michigan* 2-9 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 30 4 at W. Michigan* 5-13 2-5 0-0 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 30 12 Toledo* 4-9 0-0 3-4 4 5 9 4 1 0 2 37 11 Toledo* 6-12 2-6 1-2 0 5 5 6 2 0 0 32 15 at Miami (OH)* 4-6 0-0 0-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 22 8 at Miami (OH)* 2-6 0-3 3-4 1 6 7 8 5 0 1 36 7 Buffalo* 3-9 0-0 7-12 4 3 7 1 4 1 1 34 13 Buffalo* 7-12 3-4 5-6 1 5 6 3 4 0 1 32 22 at Akron* 1-1 0-0 2-4 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 26 4 at Akron* 3-10 2-5 0-0 0 2 2 6 4 0 0 36 8 at Bowling Green* 6-8 0-0 5-7 2 2 4 1 4 0 2 34 17 at Bowling Green* 3-8 1-2 1-2 0 4 4 1 6 0 2 25 8 Kent St.* 4-9 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 2 1 0 0 23 8 Kent St.* 5-9 4-7 2-2 1 2 3 8 6 0 0 42 16 at C. Michigan Cancelled at C. Michigan Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled W. Michigan* 4-9 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 29 8 W. Michigan* 3-6 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 6 6 0 1 30 7 E. Michigan* 3-9 1-1 0-1 2 2 4 3 2 0 0 33 7 E. Michigan* 3-8 0-4 1-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 37 7 Ohio* 3-10 0-0 2-3 3 2 5 3 2 0 1 31 8 Ohio 3-11 0-2 3-5 0 2 2 5 3 0 2 29 9 at Ball St.* 5-9 1-2 3-4 4 2 6 1 1 0 1 32 14 at Ball St.* 4-11 3-6 1-2 0 1 1 5 6 0 0 36 Season 92-224 4-8 50-90 49 62 111 42 60 2 27 776 238 Season 79-182 33-81 36-47 10 55 65 77 83 1 18 666 227 Career 136-342 6-12 65-114 84 103 187 70 99 4 38 1151 343 Career 217-561 90-244 134-176 68 192 260 208 220 4 60 2240 658
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• Wilcox missed four games earlier this season due to a hand injury. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 16 #3 Kylie York G • 5-8 • So. Fishers, Ind. Hamilton Southeastern
Career Season Bests: Bests: Points: 27 27 Field Goals: 9 9 3-point FGs: 7 7 Free Throws: 6 6 Rebounds: 9 9 Assists: 8 8 Steals: 3 3
Game FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O D T A TO B S MIN TP Bradley* 4-10 4-10 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 29 12 at Chicago St.* 4-10 3-8 1-1 1 8 9 4 3 0 0 34 12 Western Ill. 1-5 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 18 3 Michigan St. 5-13 4-11 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 21 14 Tulane* 7-11 3-6 1-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 33 18 at UIC* 2-14 2-9 4-4 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 37 10 at UWGB* 9-18 6-13 0-0 0 3 3 2 7 0 3 35 24 at Iowa* 2-11 0-6 0-0 1 3 4 3 7 0 3 39 4 vs. St. Joseph’s* 6-8 3-4 6-6 0 4 4 8 1 0 0 34 21 DePaul* 2-11 0-8 2-2 0 1 1 6 5 0 1 33 6 Northern Iowa* 1-2 1-2 2-2 0 3 3 3 4 0 1 34 5 at IUPUI* 3-7 3-6 0-0 0 3 3 1 5 0 2 38 9 at Illinois State* 3-11 3-10 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 32 9 at E. Michigan* 1-10 1-6 0-0 1 2 3 3 5 0 0 23 3 Ball St.* 5-16 4-11 2-2 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 35 16 C. Michigan* 3-6 3-6 0-0 0 3 3 7 0 1 1 25 9 at W. Michigan* 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 17 2 Toledo* 2-6 1-5 0-0 0 3 3 3 3 0 1 33 5 at Miami (OH)* 8-12 7-11 4-4 0 4 4 4 3 0 1 36 27 Buffalo* 3-7 3-7 1-2 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 34 10 at Akron* 3-13 2-10 1-2 3 2 5 3 4 0 2 29 9 at Bowling Green* 3-11 2-8 2-2 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 29 10 Kent St.* 3-7 3-6 0-0 0 2 2 2 3 2 1 33 9 at C. Michigan Cancelled at Toledo Cancelled W. Michigan* 4-9 3-8 0-0 0 2 2 1 4 0 1 36 11 E. Michigan* 2-8 2-8 0-0 1 4 5 2 5 0 1 33 6 Ohio* 4-10 4-9 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 24 12 at Ball St.* 4-13 4-11 0-0 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 37 12 Season 94-259 72-202 28-31 11 64 75 69 76 3 28 841 288 Career 148-403 120-329 40-43 24 94 118 91 96 3 32 1231 456
*-Game Started 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 17 GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 Bradley 48 Northern Illinois 57 Western Illinois 59 Northern Illinois 54 Chicago State 64 Northern Illinois 60 DeKalb, Ill. November 9 Chicago, Ill. November 12 DeKalb, Ill. November 15
BRADLEY NORTHERN ILLINOIS WESTERN ILLINOIS ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 40 Krumwiede (f) 5-11 0-0 1-6 9 11 0 3 0 2 34 Smith (f) 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 4 0 1 33 Davenport (f) 8-13 0-2 0-0 4 16 1 3 1 0 25 Cotton (c) 0-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 2 0 0 41 Rossouw (f) 4-7 0-0 0-0 6 8 3 3 1 0 42 Lovingood (f) 7-11 0-0 3-5 13 17 0 2 3 0 14 Merriman (g) 2-4 1-2 8-8 1 13 2 3 0 1 2 Welton (g) 1-6 0-0 1-2 3 3 1 2 0 0 4 Walker (g) 2-6 0-3 0-0 3 4 5 3 0 2 23 Flanagan (g) 2-10 2-6 0-0 2 6 3 3 1 3 3 York (g) 4-10 3-8 1-1 9 12 4 3 0 0 24 O’Brien (g) 3-7 2-6 2-2 3 10 2 1 0 3 24 Johnson (g) 1-3 1-1 2-2 0 5 0 2 1 4 10 Wilcox (g) 4-8 3-5 0-0 3 11 3 4 0 1 32 Miller (g) 1-5 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 Nekmouche 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Cannon 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 Harris 0-2 0-1 0-0 3 0 2 0 0 2 13 Van Kirk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Lowe 0-6 0-1 2-2 4 2 0 2 0 1 15 Salter 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Klingler 4-6 0-0 0-0 6 8 0 2 0 0 22 Bell 3-5 3-5 0-0 5 9 4 3 0 0 21 Hugeleir 2-7 1-3 0-0 1 5 1 2 0 4 34 Taylor 0-7 0-5 2-3 1 2 0 2 0 0 25 Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Clark 1-3 1-1 0-0 1 3 1 3 0 1 35 Itiavkase 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 1 0 2 31 Michels 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 0 25 Myers 0-0 0-0 1-4 0 1 0 1 0 0 TEAM 3 44 Ellis 0-1 0-0 1-2 5 1 0 2 0 0 44 Wutt 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 15-47 4-14 14-21 24 48 5 18 2 12 50 Adams 2-5 0-0 2-2 4 6 0 2 0 0 TEAM 2 1 FG%: 31.9 3FG%: 28.6 FT%: 66.7 TEAM 2 Totals 24-54 4-17 7-13 33 59 13 19 4 13 Totals 20-54 10-21 7-9 46 57 16 26 1 3 FG%: 44.4 3FG%: 23.5 FT%: 53.8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS FG%: 37.0 3FG%: 47.6 FT%: 77.8 ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S NORTHERN ILLINOIS 34 Smith (f) 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 3 0 0 CHICAGO STATE ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 41 Rossouw (f) 5-6 0-1 4-6 6 14 0 4 0 6 ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 11 Lowe (f) 3-11 1-3 2-2 8 9 0 5 1 2 2 Welton (g) 1-7 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 2 0 2 20 Black (f) 2-3 1-1 4-4 3 9 0 0 0 1 34 Smith (f) 1-6 0-0 5-6 6 7 1 5 0 1 3 York (g) 4-10 4-10 0-0 2 12 0 0 0 0 22 Waldon (f) 3-6 1-2 0-1 5 7 1 0 1 1 2 Welton (g) 4-11 0-0 2-4 12 10 2 0 0 3 10 Wilcox (g) 3-3 1-1 0-1 3 7 5 7 0 1 10 Dixon (g) 3-13 1-2 7-10 9 14 2 2 0 5 10 Wilcox (g) 7-13 2-5 7-8 5 23 1 2 0 0 1 Cannon 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 Williams (g) 2-10 2-6 4-6 2 10 5 1 0 0 22 Bell (g) 1-3 1-3 0-0 2 3 1 5 0 3 11 Lowe 3-11 0-5 1-2 4 7 0 2 0 0 15 Waldon (g) 3-13 1-6 0-1 1 7 4 2 0 3 1 Cannon 2-4 1-1 0-0 0 5 0 0 0 2 22 Bell 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 London 0-2 0-1 2-4 1 2 2 3 0 3 3 York 1-5 1-4 0-0 1 3 0 2 0 1 31 Michels 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 0 23 Clark 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 31 Michels 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0 0 44 Ellis 3-3 0-0 0-0 11 6 0 3 1 0 31 Pierson 6-6 0-0 3-3 4 15 1 3 0 1 44 Ellis 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 Adams 0-1 0-0 2-4 1 2 0 2 0 0 34 Nair 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 Adams 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 TEAM 4 4 TEAM 3 TEAM 4 Totals 21-45 5-18 7-13 40 54 6 29 1 9 Totals 19-54 6-18 20-29 28 64 15 11 1 14 Totals 19-55 6-16 16-20 39 60 7 22 1 12 FG%: 46.7 3FG%: 27.8 FT%: 53.8 FG%: 35.2 3FG%: 33.3 FT%: 69.0 FG%: 34.5 3FG%: 37.5 FT%: 80.0
Of cials: Becky Blank, Andrew Bills, Mark Berger Attendance: 379 Of cials: David Stewart, Erika Herriman, Cameron Inouye Attendance: 695 Attendance: 601 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total NIU 26 31 57 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Bradley 25 23 48 Chicago State 36 28 64 Western Illinois 30 29 59 Northern Illinois 26 28 54 Northern Illinois 35 25 60 Points in the paint-NIU 18,CSUW 20. Points off turnovers-NIU 8,CSUW Points in the paint-BU 16,NIU 22. Points off turnovers-BU 22,NIU 11. 24. Points in the paint-WIU 28,NIU 22. Points off turnovers-WIU 24,NIU 2nd chance points-BU 10,NIU 11. Fast break points-BU 2,NIU 8. 2nd chance points-NIU 2,CSUW 9. Fast break points-NIU 2,CSUW 12. 16. Bench points-BU 13,NIU 17. Bench points-NIU 21,CSUW 17. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-3 2nd chance points-WIU 5,NIU 15. Fast break points-WIU 4,NIU 2. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-11 times. times. Bench points-WIU 10,NIU 8. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-4 times. NIU Women’s Basketball Team Defeats NIU Women’s Basketball Team Bradley, 54-48, in Season Opener Falls to Chicago State, 64-57 NIU Women’s Basketball Defeats Western Illinois, 60-59 DEKALB, Ill. –The Northern Illinois University women’s CHICAGO –The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team posted a 54-48 victory over Bradley basketball team dropped its rst road test of the season, DeKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University women’s falling to Chicago State, 64-57, at the Jones Convocation University Friday night at the Convocation Center in the basketball team posted its second win of the season Center Monday night. Huskies’ home and season opener. in dramatic fashion Thursday night when junior Shari’ Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) scored the game- Turnovers and the inability to get to the free throw line winning basket with three seconds left to play to give Led by Aileen Rossouw (Plano, Texas/Plano) and Kylie cost the Huskies (1-1). NIU turned the ball over 26 the Huskies a 60-59 victory over Western Illinois in the York (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern), the Huskies times and Chicago State (1-1) capitalized converting Convocation Center. (1-0) opened the season with a win at home for the third- those turnovers into 24 points. The Cougars also beat straight year under NIU head coach Carol Owens. Ros- the Huskies at the free throw line, visiting the charity Trailing 58-59 with 25 seconds left to play, the Huskies (2-1) souw led all scorers with 14 points, while York scored 12. stripe 29 times, converting 20 of those visits for points. took a timeout to draw up the winning play. Jessie Wilcox All four of her eld goals were of the three-point variety. Conversely, the Huskies only made nine trips to the free (Oshkosh, Wis./West) drove to the basket and passed it throw line, hitting seven. to Kylie York (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) in the Once again, rebounding played a big factor in the Hus- corner. Her three-pointer missed, but Welton was right kies victory. NIU outrebounded Bradley (0-1) 40-24 and Kylie York (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) led the there for the rebound and the put back. freshman Ebony Ellis (Joliet, Ill. Joliet Township) led all Huskies with 12 points and a career high nine boards, rebounders with 11. Rossouw was second on the team while Jessie Wilcox also nished in double gures with Welton’s game-winning rebound and shot topped her 11 points. with six. rst career double-double as a Huskie, scoring 10 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, but the Huskies were led by While the Huskies outrebounded their opponents, 46-28, The Huskies took a 26-25 lead going into the break, thanks Wilcox’ 23-point performance. they were unable to convert those rebounds into points. to a three-point basket at the buzzer by Jessie Wilcox. NIU had just two second-chance points. Thursday night’s game began under unusual circumstances. Western Illinois (1-1) was assessed and Bradley didn’t back down in the second half. After the Aileen Rossouw (Plano, Texas/Plano) nished the game administrative technical foul when the jersey number Huskies jumped out to an eight-point lead with 9:37 left with eight points and three rebounds. Ebony Ellis (Joliet, of Katy Davenport was entered into the scorebook to play, the Braves cut the de cit in half with 8:34 left to Ill./Joliet Township) had one point and ve rebounds, improperly. Wilcox went to the line and made both free play. That would be as close as they would get the rest of while Mauvolyene Adams (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) throws to give the Huskies a 2-0 lead before the ball the night as the Huskies began to pull away late. NIU led had six points and four rebounds. was tipped. by as many as 13 points late in the second half. Bradley made a bit of a run at the end but it was not enough. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 18 GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6 Northern Illinois 40 Tulane 70 Northern Illinois 42 Michigan State 67 Northern Illinois 57 UIC 50 Cancun, Mexico November 21 Cancun, Mexico November 22 Chicago, Ill. November 25
NORTHERN ILLINOIS TULANE NORTHERN ILLINOIS ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 2 Welton (f) 4-8 0-0 0-2 0 8 3 2 0 1 00 Barnes, K (f) 2-3 0-0 1-3 1 5 1 1 0 0 11 Lowe (f) 1-5 0-1 0-0 4 2 0 3 0 0 11 Lowe (f) 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 Valicevic (f) 2-3 0-0 6-8 4 10 3 0 0 0 34 Smith (f) 0-4 0-0 0-0 6 0 0 2 0 1 34 Smith (f) 4-8 0-0 0-1 5 8 0 1 1 0 35 Lindsey (f) 6-9 0-0 1-2 7 13 0 0 0 1 2 Welton (g) 6-14 0-0 2-4 9 14 0 3 0 0 10 Wilcox (g) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Langford (g) 3-7 2-5 6-6 4 14 3 2 0 0 22 Bell (g) 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 1 22 Bell (g) 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 Luckhurst (g) 0-6 0-3 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 York (g) 2-14 2-9 4-4 3 10 3 1 0 1 1 Cannon 1-5 1-5 0-0 3 3 0 2 0 1 5 Jackson 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cannon 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 York 5-13 4-11 0-0 0 14 2 2 0 1 11 Barnes, R 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 Brown 0-1 0-0 1-4 2 1 0 1 0 0 25 Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 Cleveland 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Michels 1-4 0-2 2-2 3 4 3 4 0 0 31 Michels 0-6 0-4 0-0 3 0 2 0 0 1 23 Aidoo 2-6 2-4 0-0 3 6 3 0 0 1 41 Rossouw 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 4 0 0 41 Rossouw 1-3 0-0 1-2 1 3 1 1 0 0 24 Stadium 3-3 1-1 0-0 1 7 2 0 1 0 44 Ellis 1-8 0-0 1-4 9 3 0 2 0 1 44 Ellis 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 32 Brown 2-6 0-1 3-7 2 7 1 0 0 1 50 Adams 4-9 0-0 0-2 6 8 0 1 0 1 50 Adams 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 4 0 2 1 1 45 Philpots 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 2 1 0 TEAM 15 TEAM 3 50 Slaton 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 4 1 1 0 0 Totals 15-65 2-12 10-20 61 42 7 24 0 6 Totals 16-50 5-23 3-7 18 40 8 18 2 5 TEAM FG%: 23.1 3FG%: 16.7 FT%: 50.0 FG%: 32.0 3FG%: 21.7 FT%: 42.9 Totals 24-54 5-15 17-26 30 70 15 6 3 5 FG%: 44.4 3FG%: 33.3 FT%: 65.4 UIC MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S NORTHERN ILLINOIS 35 Hluska (f) 3-6 0-0 0-2 2 6 1 2 1 2 15 Washington (f) 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 1 ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 30 Grobekker (c) 0-2 0-0 2-4 11 2 0 2 0 2 32 Keane (f) 5-11 0-4 5-6 4 15 0 5 0 0 2 Welton (f) 0-4 0-0 2-4 2 2 2 1 0 1 12 Hinkle (g) 3-11 0-0 3-4 4 9 1 3 0 4 41 DeHaan (c) 7-11 0-0 3-3 5 17 1 1 3 1 11 Lowe (f) 5-12 0-3 4-4 6 14 1 0 1 0 22 Hutchens (g) 1-7 0-1 0-2 2 2 2 0 0 1 20 Thomas (g) 3-5 0-0 2-2 7 8 4 2 1 5 34 Smith (f) 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 Miller (g) 3-10 2-7 5-9 6 13 6 1 0 1 33 Wulff (g) 3-6 3-6 2-2 5 11 2 1 0 1 3 York (g) 7-11 3-6 1-2 2 18 1 0 0 1 1 Sadler 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Piechowski 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Bell (g) 1-7 0-2 2-4 3 4 2 2 1 1 11 Tomzik 3-9 1-5 0-0 3 7 0 1 0 1 13 Davidson 0-0 0-0 4-4 2 4 3 2 0 0 1 Cannon 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 Johnson 1-4 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 1 0 0 25 Wilson 0-3 0-0 2-2 1 2 0 1 1 0 10 Wilcox 2-2 1-1 1-1 1 6 1 2 0 0 23 Manley 1-5 0-2 2-4 6 4 1 1 0 0 45 Aitch 4-5 0-0 0-0 3 8 0 0 0 0 25 Brown 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 O’Donoghue 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 1 1 31 Michels 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Green 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Totals 23-44 3-10 18-19 29 67 13 12 6 8 41 Rossouw 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 2 0 0 44 Petrinec 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FG%: 52.3 3FG%: 30.0 FT%: 94.7 44 Ellis 1-6 0-0 4-6 10 6 1 0 2 0 54 Rinaldi 2-4 0-0 1-1 2 5 0 0 0 1 50 Adams 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 3 0 1 0 1 TEAM 6 2 Of cials: Kary Smith-McGehee, Erica Herriman, Kim Davis TEAM Totals 17-60 3-15 13-28 44 50 12 15 1 13 Attendance: 140 Totals 19-51 4-12 15-23 31 57 9 10 4 4 FG%: 28.3 3FG%: 20.0 FT%: 46.4 FG%: 37.3 3FG%: 33.3 FT%: 65.2% Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Of cials: Erika Herriman, Bob Enterline, Kim Hobbs NIU 16 24 40 Of cials: Kim Davis, Michelle Del Duco, Erica Herriman Attendance: 510 Michigan State 31 36 67 Attendance: 250 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points in the paint-NIU 10,MSU 34. Points off turnovers-NIU 14,MSU Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Northern Illinois 15 27 42 21. Tulane 27 43 70 UIC Flames 19 31 50 2nd chance points-NIU 6,MSU 13. Fast break points-NIU 0,MSU 2. NIU 26 31 57 Bench points-NIU 24,MSU 14. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 Points in the paint-NIU 18,UIC 24. Points off turnovers-NIU 3,UIC 10. times. Points in the paint-TLN 30,NIU 26. Points off turnovers-TLN 13,NIU 1. 2nd chance points-NIU 14,UIC 10. Fast break points-NIU 6,UIC 8. 2nd chance points-TLN 15,NIU 15. Fast break points-TLN 4,NIU 0. Bench points-NIU 16,UIC 18. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 Bench points-TLN 70,NIU 17. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-7 times. NIU Women’s Basketball Team times. Falls to Michigan State NIU Women’s Basketball Team Falls to UIC, 50-42 NIU Women’s Basketball Team Loses to Tulane CANCUN –The Northern Illinois University women’s CHICAGO – The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team lost its rst game of the Caribbean Chal- CANCUN –The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team fell to the UIC Flames, 50-42, Sunday lenge when the Huskies fell to No. 17/18 Michigan State, basketball team fell to Tulane, 70-57, in the nal game night at the UIC Pavilion. 67-40, at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun, Mexico of the Caribbean Challenge Thursday night at the Moon Wednesday afternoon. Palace Resort in Cancun, Mexico. The Huskies (2-4) got off to a slow start offensively, going 1-17 from the eld through the rst 12 and a half The Huskies (2-2) struggled offensively in the rst half, The Huskies (2-3) jumped out to an early 6-2 lead. Led by minutes of play. A three-pointer from Kylie York (Fishers, shooting 23 percent from the eld. At one point the Hus- Kylie York’s (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southern) 12 rst-half Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) with 1:48 left to play in the kies trailed 24-1 after opening up the game with a 0-15 points, the Huskies led much of the rst half. Tulane tied rst half pulled the Huskies to within two, 17-15. slump. The rst NIU eld goal, a three pointer from Terriel the game at 21 with 3:31 left to play in the rst half. Cannon (Hillside, Ill./Proviso West), came with 5:52 left NIU opened the nal frame going 3-15 in the rst nine to play in the rst half. The Huskies went into the break The Greenwave (5-1) went on a 5-0 run to take a 26- minutes. Three pointers by UIC’s Jessica Miller and down 31-16. 21 lead with 1:27 left to play in the half. The Huskies Ashley Tomzik pushed the Flames lead to 36-26 with responded with a 5-1 run to go into halftime trailing 27-26. 7:51 left to play. Michigan State’s (3-1) 6-9 center Allyssa DeHaan, who NIU opened the second half with a bucket from Becky played for Owens on Team USA’s U19 Team this past Smith (Janesville, Wis./Parker) to take a 28-27 lead. It Shari’ Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) scored summer, led all scorers with 17 points, followed by her would be the last advantage NIU would enjoy as Tulane ve-straight points to cut the Huskie de cit to 38-33 with teammate, Kalisha Keane, who had 15 points. would take control of the game from then on. 3:16 left to play. That would be as close as the Huskies would get as UIC began to pull away and come away NIU’s Kylie York (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) Tulane led by as many as 14 with 7:08 left to play. The with the win. found her stroke late in the second half, to lead the Hus- Huskies were able to cut the de cit in half, 59-52 with kies with 14 points, all coming in the second frame. She 2:44 left to play, but that would be as close as the Huskies Welton had nine points in the second half to nish with a went 5-11 from the eld and 4-11 from beyond the arc in would get. game-high 14 points and a team-high nine rebounds. York the second half, including hitting three three-pointers in also nished in double digits with 10 points. Mauvolyene a row. Shari’ Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) and York led all scorers with 18 points, tying her career high, Adams (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) had a solid game Becky Smith (Janesville, Wis./Parker) each added eight and Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) had her with eight points and six rebounds. points, while Smith hauled in ve boards. best game of the season, scoring 14 points and grabbing six boards. Ebony Ellis (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Township) led all The Huskies grabbed a season high 61 rebounds. Both rebounders with10, while adding six points. teams struggled offensively, with NIU shooting 23 percent for the game and the Flames shooting 28 percent. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 19 GAME 7 GAME GAME 9 Northern Illinois 54 Northern Illinois 43 Saint Joseph’s 82 Green Bay 76 Iowa 87 Northern Illinois 90 Green Bay, Wis. November 28 Iowa City, Iowa December 8 Iowa City, Iowa December 9
NORTHERN ILLINOIS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SAINT JOSEPH’S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 11 Lowe (f) 1-2 0-0 3-4 4 5 0 5 1 1 02 Welton (f) 1-5 0-0 0-1 1 2 1 2 0 1 30 Gillespie (f) 7-13 4-6 4-5 7 22 0 1 0 0 34 Smith (f) 2-3 0-0 0-1 2 4 1 2 0 0 34 Smith (f) 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 1 0 51 Acker (c) 12-16 0-0 2-5 7 26 2 2 0 0 41 Rossouw (c) 3-5 0-0 0-0 5 6 2 2 0 0 41 Ellis (c) 4-8 0-0 2-3 9 10 0 2 5 2 05 McDade (g) 1-4 0-0 2-2 3 4 9 3 0 1 2 Welton (g) 2-6 0-1 1-2 1 5 0 6 0 3 03 York (g) 2-11 0-6 1-2 4 4 3 7 0 3 25 Loschiavo (g) 4-8 3-7 0-0 1 11 3 1 0 4 3 York (g) 9-18 6-13 0-0 3 24 2 7 0 3 31 Michels (g) 2-5 1-4 0-0 1 5 1 5 0 1 32 Gomez (g) 3-8 1-3 1-1 3 8 0 3 0 1 1 Cannon 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 3 0 0 01 Cannon 4-8 3-5 0-0 1 11 0 1 0 0 02 Hovatter 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 3 2 2 0 0 25 Brown 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 3 0 0 11 Lowe 1-7 1-4 0-0 6 3 1 3 0 0 04 Wold 1-9 0-5 0-0 5 2 2 0 0 0 31 Michels 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 2 0 2 0 1 25 Brown 2-4 0-0 1-2 4 5 1 0 0 0 23 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 44 Ellis 2-5 0-1 0-0 9 4 0 2 1 0 50 Adams 0-5 0-0 3-4 4 3 0 2 0 0 33 Logue 2-7 0-0 2-4 1 6 1 1 0 2 50 Adams 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 3 0 1 TEAM TEAM TEAM 3 Totals 16-53 5-19 6-10 33 43 7 23 6 7 Totals 31-67 9-22 11-17 29 82 19 14 0 8 Totals 22-49 6-15 4-9 32 54 7 35 2 9 FG%: 30.2 3FG%: 26.3 FT%: 60.0 FG%: 46.3 3FG%: 40.9 FT%: 64.7 FG%: 44.9 3FG%: 40.0 FT%: 44.4 IOWA NORTHERN ILLINOIS GREEN BAY ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 32 Ausdemore (f) 5-7 2-3 0-0 4 12 2 1 0 1 11 Lowe (f) 5-10 2-3 5-6 3 17 1 2 2 0 5 Glover (f) 6-11 0-0 1-2 6 13 1 1 1 1 51 VanderVenter (f) 2-3 0-0 0-0 5 4 1 1 1 2 44 Ellis (c) 4-6 0-0 0-0 3 8 4 2 2 1 25 Templin (f) 1-4 0-1 3-4 3 5 0 3 0 2 40 Schlapkohl (c) 2-6 0-0 3-4 2 7 1 2 1 0 01 Cannon (g) 2-5 2-3 0-0 3 6 1 4 0 0 1 Harty (g) 3-4 0-1 1-2 1 7 4 4 0 2 11 Smith (g) 2-3 1-1 0-0 2 5 1 1 0 1 03 York (g) 6-8 3-4 6-6 4 21 8 1 0 0 11 Groh (g) 3-8 1-5 3-4 4 10 3 3 0 4 34 Solverson (g) 3-6 2-4 2-2 3 10 3 2 0 1 25 Brown (g) 2-6 0-0 0-0 4 4 4 1 0 0 30 Porath (g) 9-14 0-3 2-3 4 20 2 3 0 4 03 Emmert 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 2 5 3 0 0 02 Welton 2-4 0-0 1-2 4 5 2 2 0 2 3 Beckel 0-2 0-0 3-4 3 3 0 2 0 0 21 Alexander 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 1 31 Michels 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 Hoewisch 3-3 1-1 0-0 3 7 1 2 0 5 22 Cermak 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 34 Smith 4-4 0-0 1-1 3 9 0 5 1 0 10 Legois 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 24 Graham 2-2 0-0 0-0 3 4 2 1 0 1 50 Adams 8-12 0-0 2-3 8 18 0 2 0 0 24 Golden 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 6 1 0 0 1 43 VanderPol 2-3 1-2 0-0 3 5 1 0 0 1 TEAM 33 Faase 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 3 0 1 0 0 44 Skouby 4-10 0-0 2-2 2 10 1 0 1 0 Totals 34-57 7-10 15-19 36 90 20 19 5 3 42 Tetschlag 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 45 Hamlin 6-10 0-0 0-0 3 12 4 1 1 2 FG%: 59.6 3FG%: 70.0 FT%: 78.9 TEAM 2 50 Nyenhuis 5-6 4-4 0-0 2 14 1 0 0 1 Totals 30-55 2-11 14-21 27 76 12 20 1 20 TEAM Of cials: Bob Trammell, Teresa Dahlem, Dawn Marsh FG%: 54.5 3FG%: 18.2 FT%: 66.7 Totals 35-60 10-16 7-9 34 87 23 12 4 11 Attendance: FG%: 58.3 3FG%: 62.5 FT%: 77.8 Of cials: Kevin Dillard, David Peterson, Brian Kenney Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 1937 Of cials: Lisa Mattingly, Teresa Dahlem, Dawn Marsh Saint Joseph’s 38 44 82 Attendance: 2675 Northern Illinois 41 49 90 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Northern Illinois 22 32 54 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points in the paint-SJU 38, NIU 42. Points off turnovers-SJU 23, NIU 21. Green Bay 38 38 76 Northern Illinois 17 26 43 2nd chance points-SJU 16, NIU 9. Fast break points-SJU 9, NIU 4. Bench Iowa 41 46 87 points-SJU 11, NIU 34. Score tied-10 times. Lead changed-3 times. Points in the paint-NIU 26,GB 44. Points off turnovers-NIU 14,GB 36. 2nd chance points-NIU 2,GB 7. Fast break points-NIU 0,GB 14. Points in the paint-NIU 14,IOWA 32. Points off turnovers-NIU 4,IOWA Bench points-NIU 10,GB 21. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-4 29. 2nd chance points-NIU 10,IOWA 11. Fast break points-NIU 7,IOWA NIU Women’s Basketball Team Snaps Skid times. 14. Bench points-NIU 22,IOWA 49. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed- With Win Over St. Joseph’s 0 times. York’s Career-High Not Enough IOWA CITY, Iowa -In its highest scoring output of the as Huskies Fall to Phoenix NIU Women’s Basketball Team Falls to Iowa in season, the Northern Illinois University women’s basketball Opening Game of Hawkeye Challenge team snapped its ve-game losing streak, defeating St. GREEN BAY, Wis. – Sophomore guard Kylie York scored Joseph’s in the consolation game of the Hawkeye Chal- a career-high 24 points, but it wasn’t enough to overcome IOWA CITY, Iowa -The Northern Illinois University women’s lenge, 90-82, Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. 35 Northern Illinois turnovers, as the Huskies fell 76-54 basketball team dropped its opening game of the Hawkeye to UW-Green Bay, Wednesday. Challenge to the host University of Iowa, 87-43, Saturday After falling behind 6-0 in the opening minutes of the rst at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. half, the Huskies (3-6) came back to tie the game 11-11 York (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) scored 18 thanks to a Kylie York (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeast- of her points in the second half, and hit a career-high The Huskies (2-6) struggled offensively against the Hawk- ern) three-pointer. NIU would tie it four more times before six three-pointers in the game. But UW-Green Bay took eyes (6-3), shooting 30 percent from the oor, while Iowa Mauvolyene Adams (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) gave advantage of a multitude of NIU miscues, scoring 36 shot 58 percent from the eld. NIU shot 24 percent from the Huskies their rst lead of the game, 35-34, with a put points off Huskie turnovers. the oor in the rst half, and 35 percent in the second. back with 1:41 left in the half. The Huskies went into the break with a 41-38 lead. The trend started early, as the Phoenix capitalized on Ebony Ellis (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Township) played very well in seven Huskie handouts over the rst eight minutes of her rst career start for the Huskies. The freshman center Adams posted nine points in the rst half. York went 3-4 the game to take a 17-7 lead. By the end of the period, posted a career-high 10 points, grabbed nine boards and from the eld, all three pointers, to also go into halftime UW-Green Bay cashed-in 20 points off 18 Northern Il- blocked a career-high ve shots in 34 minutes of play. with nine points. Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Praire City) linois turnovers. led the Huskies with 10 rst half points. Terriel Cannon (Hillside, Ill./Proviso West) also posted Huskie forward Aileen Rossouw (Plano, Texas/Auburn) a career-high in points, leading the Huskies in scoring The Huskies jumped out to a seven-point lead to open highlighted the period with six points and four rebounds, with 11 points. The sophomore guard went 4-8 from the the second half, but St. Joseph’s responded with a10 -0 but despite her efforts Northern Illinois trailed 38-22 at eld, including 3-5 from three-point territory coming off run to recapture the lead, 51-48. The Hawks were able to halftime. the bench. Freshman Bianca Brown (Detroit, Mich./De- extend their lead to 56-52 with 14:51 left to play. troit Renaissance) also posted a career high in scoring, Phoenix Rachel Porath scored seven of her team-high 20 nishing with ve points coming off the bench. St. Joseph’s (5-5) built a seven point lead with 13:11 left points in the rst three minutes of the second half, help- to play, but the Huskies clawed back to tie the game at ing UW-Green Bay to a 10-2 run and a 48-24 lead ve 64-64 with 8:49 left to play.NIU was able to build its lead minutes into the period. The Phoenix rode the advantage to 79-71 with 3:09 left to play. to a 22-point win. York led the way for the Huskies with 21 points, while Northern Illinois shot 44.9 percent from the eld, the team’s Adams followed with a career-high 18 points. Lowe, who best outing since its season-opener, when the Huskies nished with a season-high 17 points, was named to the shot 46.7 percent in a win over Bradley. all-tournament team. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 20 GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12 DePaul 90 Northern Iowa 46 Northern Illinois 55 Northern Illinois 58 Northern Illinois 61 IUPUI 58 DeKalb, Ill. December 17 DeKalb, Ill. December 21 Indianapolis, Ind. December 29
DEPAUL NORTHERN IOWA NORTHERN ILLINOIS ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 20 Williams (f) 5-8 0-0 4-9 7 14 2 1 3 2 44 Brocka (f) 0-2 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 3 0 1 11 Lowe (f) 2-6 0-1 2-2 5 6 0 4 0 0 23 Smith (f) 2-8 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 3 0 0 21 Mennen (c) 1-5 1-1 0-1 3 3 0 1 0 0 44 Ellis (c) 1-2 0-0 3-4 3 5 0 1 0 1 14 Quigley (g) 9-14 0-1 1-2 7 19 5 1 0 3 10 Kalin (g) 2-9 0-3 7-8 3 11 3 5 0 4 02 Welton (g) 5-10 0-0 3-3 3 13 3 1 0 0 22 Mitidiero (g) 3-8 2-7 0-1 2 8 4 0 0 1 22 Wubbens (g) 3-5 0-0 0-0 4 6 1 3 0 2 03 York (g) 3-7 3-6 0-0 3 9 1 5 0 2 32 Naughton (g) 6-8 2-4 2-5 2 16 2 0 0 1 23 Ollendieck (g) 4-15 2-9 0-1 8 10 0 1 0 2 10 Wilcox (g) 5-10 2-3 3-4 4 15 4 7 0 0 02 Pikes 3-3 1-1 1-2 6 8 0 0 1 1 13 Iehl 0-4 0-1 2-4 1 2 1 0 0 1 01 Cannon 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 1 0 05 Cattell 2-6 0-1 0-0 4 4 0 1 0 1 20 Boeck 2-5 0-0 2-2 3 6 0 2 0 2 31 Michels 0-1 0-1 0-1 2 0 0 2 0 0 12 Threatt 2-8 1-1 2-2 0 7 3 2 0 0 24 Clausen 0-6 0-4 8-8 3 8 0 1 0 0 34 Smith 2-4 0-0 1-1 2 5 0 0 0 0 21 Johnson 0-1 0-0 2-4 0 2 0 0 0 0 54 Yeggy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50 Adams 1-6 0-0 0-0 10 2 0 1 0 0 24 Carney 0-0 0-0 2-2 3 2 1 0 1 1 TEAM 3 TEAM 1 33 Medley 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 12-51 3-19 19-24 31 46 5 17 0 12 Totals 19-46 5-11 12-15 32 55 8 22 1 3 41 Chester 0-1 0-0 4-5 6 4 0 0 0 2 FG%: 23.5 3FG%: 15.8 FT%:79.2 FG%: 41.3 3FG%: 45.5 FT%: 80.0 TEAM 7 Totals 33-66 6-16 18-32 46 90 17 8 5 12 NORTHERN ILLINOIS IUPUI FG%: 50.0 3FG%: 37.5 FT%: 56.3 ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 11 Lowe (f) 1-5 0-1 1-2 4 3 2 1 1 1 33 Cann (f) 4-11 0-1 0-1 9 8 8 1 1 4 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 44 Ellis (c) 3-6 0-0 3-4 7 9 0 3 2 1 50 Whitted (c) 8-12 0-0 0-1 3 16 2 5 2 0 ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 02 Welton (g) 4-7 1-1 2-4 1 11 2 4 0 0 05 Cook (g) 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 Lowe (f) 3-6 1-2 4-4 3 11 0 2 0 0 03 York (g) 1-2 1-2 2-2 3 5 3 4 0 1 10 Conner (g) 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 4 2 2 0 2 44 Ellis (f) 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 1 0 0 10 Wilcox (g) 6-10 3-4 4-4 4 19 4 3 0 0 30 James (g) 4-7 0-1 0-0 3 8 1 1 0 3 02 Welton (g) 4-11 0-1 3-5 6 11 1 1 0 0 01 Cannon 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 2 0 1 0 0 21 Cunningham 2-4 0-1 3-5 4 7 0 1 0 0 03 York (g) 2-11 0-8 2-2 1 6 6 5 0 1 25 Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Tate 1-4 0-0 3-4 1 5 2 2 0 1 25 Brown (g) 3-7 0-0 0-0 2 6 0 2 0 0 31 Michels 2-2 2-2 0-0 1 6 2 3 0 1 25 Ransom 3-6 0-0 4-5 3 10 0 2 0 1 01 Cannon 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 1 0 0 34 Smith 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1 3 0 42 Stackhouse 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Michels 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 Adams 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 4 0 2 0 0 TEAM 5 34 Smith 2-4 0-0 0-1 4 4 0 0 0 0 TEAM 12 Totals 24-53 0-5 10-16 28 58 15 14 3 13 41 Rossouw 0-3 0-0 2-4 7 2 0 1 0 0 Totals 19-38 7-10 16-20 34 61 14 22 6 4 FG%: 45.3 3FG%: 0.0 FT%: 62.5 50 Adams 1-3 0-0 0-1 3 2 1 2 0 1 FG%: 50.0 3FG%: 70.0 FT%: 80.0 TEAM 6 Of cials: Tim Daly, Bob Enterline, Alycia Dukes Totals 21-60 3-18 13-19 37 58 9 20 0 4 Of cials: Ron Dressander, Kim Hobbs, Ron Quirk Attendance: 561 FG%: 35.0 3FG%: 16.7 FT%: 68.4 Attendance: 561 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Of cials: Dave Stewart, Becky Blank, Brian Enterline Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Northern Illinois 25 30 55 Attendance: 663 Northern Iowa 45 45 90 IUPUI 28 30 58 Northern Illinois 23 35 58 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points in the paint-NIU 14, IUPUI 36. Points off turnovers-NIU 10, DePaul 45 45 90 Points in the paint-UNI 12, NIU 10. Points off turnovers-UNI 11, NIU 17. IUPUI 21. 2nd chance points-NIU 6, IUPUI 10. Fast break points-NIU Northern Illinois 23 35 58 2nd chance points-UNI 4, NIU 3. Fast break points-UNI 4, NIU 0. Bench 0, IUPUI 0. Bench points-NIU 7, IUPUI 22. Score tied-7 times. Lead points-UNI 16, NIU 14. Score tied-1 times. Lead changed-4 times. changed-5 times. Points in the paint-DPU 32, NIU 22. Points off turnovers-DPU 29, NIU 3. 2nd chance points-DPU 17, NIU 10. Fast break points-DPU 18, NIU 4. Bench points-DPU 29, NIU 20. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-1 time. NIU Women’s Basketball Defeats NIU Women’s Basketball Team Falls to IUPUI, 58-55 Northern Iowa, 61-46 NIU Women’s Basketball Falls to INDIANAPOLIS–The Northern Illinois University women’s No. 16 DePaul, 90-58 DeKALB, Ill. – Jessie Wilcox (Oshkosh, Wis./West) basketball team was edged out by IUPUI, 58-55 Saturday celebrated her return to the starting line up scoring a afternoon at The Jungle in Indianapolis. DeKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University women’s game-high 19 points to lead the Northern Illinois University basketball team suffered its rst home loss of the season women’s basketball team to a 61-46 victory over Northern The rst half was a see-saw affair, with the score tied when it lost to No. 16 DePaul, 90-58, Monday night at the Iowa Friday night at the Convocation Center. ve times and the lead changing hands ve times. The Convocation Center. Huskies were down by four early, but back-to-back threes The senior, who had been out of the Huskie starting line from Jessie Wilcox (Oshkosh, Wis./West) and Kylie York The Huskies (3-7) opened the game strong, taking a 6-2 up for six games, went 6-10 from the eld, 3-4 from three- (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) and a jumper from lead early in the contest. The two teams exchanged leads point land and 4-4 from the charity stripe. Wilcox alos Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) gave the Hus- through the rst ve minutes of the game, with the Huskies’ passed a personal milestone scoring her 500th-career kies (4-8) a 20-15 lead with 8:42 left to play in the half. last lead, 12-11, coming with 15:13 left to play in the rst point. Shari’ Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) also However, the Jaguars closed out the half with an 8-0 run half. From then on it was all DePaul (9-0). nished in double gures with 11 points. to take a 28-25 lead into halftime.
DePaul’s Allie Quigley led all scorers with 19 points, while The Huskies (4-7) opened the game with a 10-3 run, but A 6-0 to open the second half, allowed IUPUI (4-9) to the Huskies had three players nish in double gures. the Panthers (4-6) responded with a 10-2 run of their push its lead to 34-25 with 18:18 left to play. The Huskies Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) and Shari’ Welton own to take a 13-12 lead with 9:30 left to play in the half. responded with an 8-0 run to pull to within one with 14:16 (Calumet City, Ill./Thronwood) each had 11 points. Lowe The lead would change hands three more times in the left to play. A three from York tied the game at 36, but went 4-4 from the free throw line, while Welton grabbed six half before the Huskies closed the half with an 11-2 run back-to-back IUPUI baskets gave the advantage back rebounds. In her rst action in four games, Jessie Wilcox to take a 25-17 lead into the half. to the Jaguars. The Huskies tied it at 54 with 2:28 left to (Oshkosh, Wis./West) nished with 10 points. play on a made free throw by Wilcox. The Huskies put up solid offensive numbers, shooting The Huskies lost the rebounding battle, 46-37, and the 50 percent from the eld, 70 percent from three-point The Huskies began the nal minute and 20 seconds down Blue Demons turned 20 NIU turnovers into 29 points. territory and 80 percent from the line. It was also one of 56-54, but were unable to get the go-ahead basket. Two NIU shot 35 percent from the eld, while DePaul hit 50 the Huskies best defensive nights, holding the Panthers free throws by IUPUI’s Brykeesha Tate sealed the victory percent of its shots. to 23 percent from the eld and 15 percent from beyond for the Jaguars. the arc. Once again, the rebounding edge went to the Huskies, beating UNI to the glass 34-31. NIU had two Huskies nish in double gures. Wilcox led the way for the Huskies with 15 points, while Shari’ Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornton) add 13. Mauvolyene Adams nished with a career-high 10 rebounds. The Huskies shot 41 percent from the eld and 80 percent from the charity stripe. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 21 GAME 13 GAME 14 GAME 15 Northern Illinois 54 Northern Illinois 42 Ball State 84 Illinois State 78 Eastern Michigan 61 Northern Illinois 78 Normal, Ill. December 31 Ypsilanti, Mich. January 9 DeKalb, Ill. January 12
NORTHERN ILLINOIS NORTHERN ILLINOIS BALL STATE ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 11 Lowe (f) 1-11 0-5 3-4 4 5 0 1 0 1 11 Lowe (f) 5-12 0-0 1-2 6 11 1 3 1 0 14 DeMuth (f) 6-8 0-0 0-0 4 12 3 1 0 0 44 Ellis (c) 3-6 0-0 5-6 8 11 2 3 0 0 44 Ellis (c) 1-2 0-0 1-2 3 3 2 3 1 3 42 Rusche (f) 5-14 0-0 2-4 8 12 1 1 0 0 02 Welton (g) 7-11 0-0 1-5 7 15 2 5 0 1 02 Welton (g) 6-12 1-1 0-1 6 13 0 3 0 2 03 Green (g) 9-12 2-2 0-0 8 20 3 7 0 2 03 York (g) 3-11 3-10 0-0 1 9 1 2 0 0 03 York (g) 1-10 1-6 0-0 3 3 3 5 0 0 12 Jarrett (g) 2-3 2-3 4-4 6 10 6 2 0 2 10 Wilcox (g) 1-5 0-1 3-4 3 5 3 6 0 0 10 Wilcox (g) 1-7 0-2 0-0 2 2 1 5 0 1 33 McDonald (g) 4-10 4-7 2-2 3 14 2 3 0 2 01 Cannon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 Brown 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 1 11 Klei 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Brown 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 1 31 Michels 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 25 Moorman 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Michels 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 1 34 Smith 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 3 0 1 41 Maggert 5-8 0-1 6-8 6 16 0 1 0 0 34 Smith 3-6 0-0 0-0 6 6 0 3 0 1 50 Adams 2-7 0-0 2-2 5 6 0 2 0 0 TEAM 5 TEAM 7 TEAM 8 Totals 31-58 8-15 14-18 40 84 15 17 0 6 Totals 19-53 4-18 12-19 38 54 8 24 0 5 Totals 18-59 2-9 4-7 38 42 9 28 2 8 FG%: 53.4 3FG%: 53.3 FT%: 77.8 FG%: 35.8 3FG%: 22.2 FT%: 63.2 FG%: 30.5 3FG%: 22.2 FT%: 57.1 NORTHERN ILLINOIS ILLINOIS STATE EASTERN MICHIGAN ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 11 Lowe (f) 10-20 2-3 2-3 7 24 2 2 0 1 40 Bracey (f) 7-9 0-0 1-3 9 15 0 2 1 2 35 Watts (f) 1-3 0-1 3-4 4 5 2 1 0 1 44 Ellis (c) 2-6 0-0 1-2 12 5 1 1 1 1 31 Lewis (c) 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 4 1 1 0 0 52 Russell (f) 6-12 0-0 4-7 4 16 1 6 3 1 02 Welton (g) 2-11 0-0 6-6 0 10 1 1 0 0 10 Cirone (g) 4-8 1-3 3-4 2 12 5 1 0 2 11 Schrock (g) 3-9 0-1 4-4 5 10 2 2 0 1 03 York (g) 5-16 4-11 2-2 4 16 2 1 0 2 20 Hudson (g) 3-9 0-1 4-4 3 10 5 2 0 3 12 Williams (g) 1-4 0-3 0-0 1 2 1 3 0 0 10 Wilcox (g) 2-9 1-6 0-0 2 5 3 1 0 0 32 Krick (g) 4-11 2-5 0-0 1 10 4 2 0 3 22 Pittman (g) 3-10 0-3 0-0 4 6 2 5 0 8 25 Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 Butler 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 0 0 0 02 Johnson 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 31 Michels 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 04 Banks 3-5 0-2 0-0 2 6 0 0 0 0 03 Land 2-2 0-0 1-1 4 5 0 2 1 1 34 Smith 3-3 0-0 3-4 5 9 0 2 1 1 14 Clifton 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 1 15 Tyson 2-3 0-0 2-2 4 6 8 1 0 0 41 Rossouw 3-10 1-2 0-0 1 7 6 4 0 1 21 Shelton 3-5 0-0 0-2 5 6 0 0 1 0 20 Compton 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 2 50 Adams 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 0 0 1 23 Calef 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 Yamanoglu 2-6 1-1 1-2 6 6 1 3 0 0 TEAM 4 33 Jackson 2-4 0-1 2-2 1 6 2 1 0 0 42 McKinney 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 28-77 8-22 14-17 40 78 15 12 2 7 34 Singleton 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 5 0 1 0 0 TEAM 5 FG%: 36.4 3FG%: 36.4 FT%: 82.4 42 Johnson 0-1 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 22-52 2-11 15-22 39 61 17 25 4 14 TEAM 2 FG%: 42.3 3FG%: 18.2 FT%: 68.2 Of cials: Dennis Mayer, Todd Klapatauskas, Kevin Dillard Totals 32-63 4-15 10-15 34 78 21 11 2 11 Attendance: 738 FG%: 50.8 3FG%: 26.7 FT%: 66.7 Of cials: Thomas Case, Michelle DelDuco, Carmela McMullen Attendance: 242 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Of cials: June Courteau, Teresa Dahlem, Erika Herriman Ball State 38 46 84 Attendance: 1692 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Northern Illinois 36 42 78 Northern Illinois 12 30 42 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Eastern Michigan 20 41 61 Points in the paint-BSU 40, NIU 30. Points off turnovers-BSU 19, NIU 19. Northern Illinois 26 28 54 2nd chance points-BSU 10, NIU 22. Fast break points-BSU 0, NIU 0. Bench Illinois State 42 36 78 Points in the paint-NIU 20, EMU 36. Points off turnovers-NIU 19, EMU 15. points-BSU 16, NIU 18. Score tied-8 times. Lead changed-8 times. 2nd chance points-NIU 14, EMU 5. Fast break points-NIU 2, EMU 22. Bench Points in the paint-NIU 20, ISU 36. Points off turnovers-NIU 12, ISU 31. points-NIU 10, EMU 22. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-2 times. NIU Women’s Basketball Team Comes Up Short 2nd chance points-NIU 8, ISU 6. Fast break points-NIU 3, ISU 6. Bench Against Ball State, 84-78 points-NIU 9, ISU 27. Score tied-1 times. Lead changed-2 times. NIU Women’s Basketball Team Drops
Conference Opener to Eastern Michigan NIU Women’s Basketball Team DEKALB, Ill.–The Northern Illinois University women’s Defeated by Illinois State basketball team suffered a tough loss Saturday afternoon, YPSILANTI, Mich.–The Northern Illinois University wom- falling to Ball State, 84-78, at the Convocation Center. en’s basketball team was defeated by Eastern Michigan NORMAL, Ill.–The Northern Illinois University women’s Wednesday night at EMU’s Convocation Center, 61-42, basketball team closed out its non-conference schedule Down 41-43 with 17:15 left to play, the Huskies (4-11, in the Huskies’ Mid-American Conference opener. falling to in-state rival Illinois State, 78-54, Monday after- 0-2) went on a 14-0 run to take a 55-43 lead with 13:29 noon at Redbird Arena. left in the game. But Ball State (6-9, 2-0) responded with Both teams played a sloppy rst half of basketball, com- a 12-2 run to close the gap to two points, 57-55, midway bining for more than 30 turnovers. The Huskies (4-10, The Huskies (4-9) opened the game strong, taking an through the second half. 0-1) had 17 miscues, while the Eagles had 15. NIU shot early 5-4 lead, but Illinois State responded with a 16-2 29 percent from the eld and EMU was connected on 26 run to take a 20-7 lead with 11:58 left to play in the half. NIU led 60-59 with 9:07 left to play, when the Cardinals percent of its shots. Shari’ Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) and Becky scored back-to-back buckets to take a 63-60 lead with 8:21 Smith (Janesville, Wis/Parker) combined to score 14 left. Kylie York (Fishers, Ind./ Hamilton Southeastern) tied EMU (7-6, 1-0) went 6-9 from the charity stripe, while NIU points for the Huskies and bring NIU to within 12, 33-21, the game at 63 with her fourth three of the game with 7:11. failed to get to the line in the rst half. Eastern Michigan’s with 5:58 left to play. That would be as close as the Huskies would get. Colleen Russell accounted for half of the Eagles’ rst half points. The Huskies went into the break down, 20-12, their A three-pointer from Kylie York (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton The Cardinals went on an 8-0 to take a 73-65 advantage lowest rst half point total this season. Southeastern) cut the de cit to nine with 4:51 left in the with ve minutes left in the contest. NIU did close the gap half. The Redbirds closed out the half with a 9-2 run to to 80-78 with 50 seconds remaining, but were unable to The two teams struggled with turnovers in the second give ISU a 42-26 lead heading into the break. come up with a defensive stop on the ensuing possession half as well, but Eastern Michigan was able to overcome and the Cardinals walked away with the victory. their mistakes with solid free throw shooting. EMU went Illinois State (10-1) continued to dominate in the second 9-13 from the line in the second half. The Eagles also half, leading by as many as 25. Four of the ve Redbird Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) turned in one improved their shooting from the eld, connecting on 60 starters nished in double gures with Ashleen Bracey of her best games of her career, scoring a game –high percent of its shots in the second half to nish the game leading the way with 15 points and nine rebounds. and career-high 24 points. She went 10-20 from the eld, shooting 42.3 percent from the eld. 2-3 from three-point land and 2-3 from the foul line and Welton and Ebony Ellis (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Township) turned grabbed seven boards in the losing effort. EMU’s Russell led all scorers with 16 points, while Shari’ in their best performances as Huskies. Welton led NIU Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) led the way for the with a career-high 15 points, while Ellis reached her York nished the game with 16 points, going 5-16 from the Huskies with 13 points and six rebounds. Senior Whitney season high in points with 11. She also led the Huskies eld and 4-11 from beyond the three-point line. Shari’ Welton Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) was the only other Huskie in rebounding, grabbing eight boards. York was 3-11 from (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) nished in double gures for to nish in double gures with 11 points and six boards. the eld en route to scoring nine points. the sixth-straight game, nishing with 10 points. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 22 GAME 16 GAME 17 GAME 1 Central Michigan 60 Northern Illinois 51 Toledo 49 Northern Illinois 87 Western Michigan 75 Northern Illinois 69 DeKalb, Ill. January 15 Kalama oo, Mich. January 19 DeKalb, Ill. January 23
CENTRAL MICHIGAN NORTHERN ILLINOIS TOLEDO ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 12 Houghton (f) 7-16 0-3 6-8 8 20 2 3 1 1 11 Lowe (f) 6-12 2-3 0-0 5 14 1 4 0 2 25 Scotton (f) 5-11 0-0 2-10 4 12 0 1 0 1 25 Armstrong (f) 1-1 0-0 2-4 4 4 2 4 1 0 44 Ellis (c) 1-1 0-0 2-2 5 4 1 1 1 0 44 Johnson (f) 1-5 0-0 2-2 7 4 0 1 0 2 03 Long (g) 0-4 0-2 2-3 2 2 0 3 0 1 02 Welton (g) 2-9 0-1 0-0 1 4 0 5 0 1 01 Stocks (g) 3-6 0-0 1-1 3 7 2 1 0 3 10 Verhoff (g) 5-9 2-5 0-1 2 12 0 1 0 1 03 York (g) 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 4 0 0 14 Clark (g) 5-13 0-3 0-1 5 10 0 1 0 1 20 Luckett (g) 4-11 0-0 2-3 3 10 0 3 0 2 10 Wilcox (g) 5-13 2-5 0-0 1 12 4 1 0 3 34 Terry (g) 1-10 0-5 0-2 4 2 1 7 0 3 04 Westover 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 31 Michels 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 13 eller 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 Holman 3-6 1-3 1-1 2 8 1 1 0 0 34 Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 Williams 1-3 1-3 1-2 1 4 0 1 0 0 21 Szunko 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 41 Rossouw 2-5 1-3 4-4 1 9 3 7 0 1 32 Goodall 1-2 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 1 0 0 24 Chan 1-5 0-3 0-0 2 2 3 2 0 1 50 Adams 2-8 0-0 0-0 5 4 2 0 1 2 33 Heistan 2-6 2-6 2-2 1 8 0 2 2 0 30 Ramsey 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 TEAM 6 1 TEAM 5 42 Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 19-53 5-14 8-10 25 51 13 25 2 10 Totals 19-57 3-18 8-20 36 49 3 15 3 11 44 Heike 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FG%: 35.8 3FG%: 35.7 FT%: 80.0 FG%: 33.3 3FG%: 16.7 FT%: 40.0 TEAM 7 Totals 21-55 3-16 15-22 33 60 8 18 2 6 WESTERN MICHIGAN NORTHERN ILLINOIS FG%: 38.2 3FG%: 18.8 FT%: 68.2 ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 32 Bankston (f) 3-4 0-0 0-2 3 6 1 4 0 0 11 Lowe (f) 4-13 1-4 6-7 11 15 1 2 0 1 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 35 Cleary (f) 5-6 0-0 7-7 4 17 0 1 0 2 34 Smith (f) 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 4 1 1 0 0 ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 44 Parker (f) 3-9 1-4 3-4 3 10 1 5 0 4 02 Welton (g) 4-9 0-0 3-4 9 11 4 1 0 2 02 Welton (f) 4-9 0-0 4-7 4 12 2 1 0 1 01 DeLaHoussaye (g) 5-9 0-0 1-2 5 11 4 4 0 4 03 York (g) 2-6 1-5 0-0 3 5 3 3 0 1 44 Ellis (f) 8-12 0-0 1-4 11 17 0 2 1 0 03 Dreher 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 1 10 Wilcox (g) 6-12 2-6 1-2 5 15 6 2 0 0 03 York (g) 3-6 3-6 0-0 3 9 7 0 1 1 12 Vest 0-0 0-0 10-10 9 10 1 3 1 0 31 Michels 1-3 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 10 Wilcox (g) 5-12 3-8 0-0 4 13 5 4 1 3 23 Iaquaniello 1-2 1-2 1-2 2 4 0 3 0 1 41 Rossouw 2-4 1-1 0-0 2 5 2 2 0 1 11 Lowe (g) 5-10 0-1 2-2 0 12 0 3 0 2 25 Wilson 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 44 Ellis 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 1 1 1 25 Brown 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 4 0 0 0 0 34 Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 50 Adams 4-10 0-0 0-0 6 8 0 3 1 1 31 Michels 0-2 0-1 2-3 1 2 3 0 0 3 40 Loney 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 TEAM 6 34 Smith 2-3 0-0 2-3 2 6 0 0 0 0 54 DeNooyer 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 27-64 5-18 10-13 48 69 17 16 2 7 41 Rossouw 3-4 1-1 0-0 1 7 4 3 0 0 TEAM 3 1 FG%: 42.2 3FG%: 27.8 FT%: 76.9 50 Adams 0-4 0-0 5-6 9 5 2 1 0 2 Totals 23-43 3-10 26-33 34 75 10 26 1 13 TEAM 6 FG%: 53.5 3FG%: 30.0 FT%: 78.8 Of cials: Ray Bomeli, Carol Comenita, Becky Blank Totals 31-63 7-17 18-27 41 87 23 15 3 12 Attendance: 511 FG%: 49.2 3FG%: 41.2 FT%: 66.7 Of cials: Bob DeMinico, Perry Costello, Brad Duistermars Attendance: 816 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Of cials: Ron Dressander, Marvin Sykes, Tim Daley Toledo 15 34 49 Attendance: 615 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Northern Illinois 38 31 69 Northern Illinois 28 23 51 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total IUPUI 39 36 75 Points in the paint-TOLEDO 28, NIU 32. Points off turnovers-TOLEDO Central Michigan 32 28 60 15, NIU 19. 2nd chance points-TOLEDO 9, NIU 18. Fast break points- Northern Illinois 46 41 87 TOLEDO 10, NIU 4. Bench points-TOLEDO 14, NIU 19. Score tied-1 NIU Women’s Basketball Team Defeated times. Lead changed-2 times. Points in the paint-CMU 30, NIU 30. Points off turnovers-CMU 12, by Western Michigan, 75-51 NIU 23. 2nd chance points-CMU 10, NIU 15. Fast break points-CMU NIU Women’s Basketball Team 4, NIU 0. Bench points-CMU 12, NIU 24. Score tied-2 times. Lead KALAMAZOO, Mich.–The Northern Illinois University changed-1 times. Posts Impressive Victory Over Toledo women’s basketball team lost to Western Michigan Sat- urday afternoon, 75-51. DEKALB, Ill.–The Northern Illinois University women’s NIU Women’s Basketball Team Defeats Central basketball team posted an impressive 69-49 victory over Michigan in Convincing Fashion The Huskies played a solid rst half, shooting 50 percent Toledo Wednesday night at the Convocation Center. from the eld in the half. After falling behind early, NIU DEKALB, Ill.–The Northern Illinois University women’s responded with a 6-0 midway through the rst period to The Huskies (6-12, 2-3) came into Wednesday’s game basketball team headed into their game with Central take an 18-13 lead with 9:59 left to play in the half. Western coming off a disappointing loss to Western Michigan on the Michigan riding a four-game losing streak. The Huskies Michigan went on an 8-0 run to take a 21-18 lead with road. The Rockets (9-8, 2-3) came into the Convocation took out their frustrations on the visiting Chippewas, 6:34 left in the half. The Broncos would never trail. They Center brimming with con dence following their victory posting an 87-60 victory Tuesday night at the Convocation went into the break with a 40-28 advantage over rst place Ball State Saturday afternoon, setting up Center. a very interesting match up. The Huskies (5-12, 1-3) struggled offensively in the second The Huskies (5-11, 1-2) had four players nish in double half. NIU shot 27 percent from the eld in the nal frame. After falling behind 6-4 in the opening minutes, the Huskies gures for the rst time all season and every Huskie that Western Michigan (6-12, 3-1) took advantage of the Hus- went on a 10-0 run to take a 14-6 lead with 13:13 left to participated in the game scored. Leading the way was kies poor shooting, opening up the second half with an play in the half and never looked back. NIU shot 44 percent freshman Ebony Ellis (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Township), who 8-0 run to take a 47-28 lead with 16:43 left to play. The from the oor in the rst half, going 15-34 from the eld. posted her rst career double-double with a team- and Broncos would lead by as many as 26, 70-44. NIU went into the break with a 38-15 lead. career-high 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Four of the ve Bronco starters nished in double gures. Northern Illinois continued its solid shooting in the second Jessie Wilcox (Oshkosh, Wis./West) was right behind Ellis WMU’s Ebony Cleary led the way with a game-high 17 half, leading by as many as 26 points in the opening minutes with 13 points, all coming in the rst half. Shari’ Welton points. Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) was the of the second half. The Rockets went on a little bit of a run (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) scored in double gures for leading scorer for the Huskies with 14 points. Jessie midway through the second half, closing the gap to 16, the seventh straight game adding 12 points. Whitney Lowe Wilcox (Oshkosh, Wis./West) also nished in double with 11:02 left to play. The Huskies responded rounded out the top scorers for the Huskies also nishing digits, adding 12 points. with 12. Kylie York (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) continued her had a and dishing out seven assists. The Huskies were outrebounded, 34-25. Foul trouble also solid play since conference season began, scoring nine plagued Northern. Western Michigan went to the char- points in the rst half, nishing with her rst double-double While the Huskies had one of their best offensive ity stripe 33 times, cashing in on 26 of those visits. The of the season, scoring a game-high 15 points and 11 performances of the season, they took care of the little Huskies went 8-10 from the free throw line. rebounds. Likewise for Jessie Wilcox (Oshkosh, Wis./ things. For the rst time this season, NIU had more assists West). The junior guard scored seven rst-half points and (23) than turnovers (15) and had fewer turnovers than also ended the game with 15. Shari’ Welton (Calumet City, their opponents in back-to-back games. Ill./Thornwood) had another solid performance nishing in double gures with 11 points. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 23 GAME 19 GAME 20 GAME 21 Northern Illinois 77 Buffalo 63 Northern Illinois 71 Miami (OH) 74 Northern Illinois 77 Akron 78 Oxford, Ohio January 26 DeKalb, Ill. January 31 Akron, Ohio February 3
NORTHERN ILLINOIS BUFFALO NORTHERN ILLINOIS ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 11 Lowe (f) 2-8 0-1 4-6 1 8 1 2 1 1 34 Fortman (f) 4-7 0-1 1-2 3 9 0 1 0 0 02 Welton (g) 1-1 0-0 2-4 2 4 2 0 1 0 34 Smith (f) 5-7 0-0 0-0 4 10 0 2 0 3 40 Turner (f) 4-10 0-0 3-4 7 11 1 4 0 1 03 York (g) 3-13 2-10 1-2 5 9 3 4 0 2 02 Welton (g) 4-6 0-0 0-3 1 8 1 2 0 2 44 Schiebner (f) 4-8 1-1 5-6 9 14 3 4 1 1 10 Wilcox (g) 3-10 2-5 0-0 2 8 6 4 0 0 03 York (g) 8-12 7-11 4-4 4 27 4 3 0 1 02 uber (g) 3-6 1-3 0-0 2 7 6 5 0 2 11 Lowe (f) 9-18 3-4 5-6 8 26 0 1 0 0 10 Wilcox (g) 2-6 0-3 3-4 7 7 8 5 0 1 23 Bennett (g) 2-10 1-6 4-4 2 9 2 1 0 1 34 Smith (f) 3-6 0-0 0-0 3 6 2 3 1 0 31 Michels 1-6 1-3 4-4 4 7 1 2 0 0 03 Freeman 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 Michels 2-3 1-1 0-1 1 5 1 0 0 0 41 Rossouw 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 1 1 3 0 0 04 Jones 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 4 0 1 0 0 41 Rossouw 0-2 0-1 5-6 6 5 5 2 2 0 44 Ellis 1-3 0-0 3-4 5 5 0 3 1 2 33 Kendricks 4-12 0-0 1-2 1 9 0 0 1 1 44 Ellis 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 1 0 0 50 Adams 2-5 0-0 0-1 6 4 0 2 0 1 42 Homolova 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 1 0 50 Adams 2-6 0-0 2-4 4 6 1 2 0 0 TEAM 8 TEAM 6 TEAM 4 Totals 25-54 8-18 19-28 43 77 16 24 2 11 Totals 22-56 3-11 16-20 33 63 12 17 3 6 Totals 24-64 8-21 15-23 39 71 20 17 4 2 FG%: 46.3 3FG%: 44.4 FT%: 67.9 FG%: 39.3 3FG%: 27.3 FT%: 80.0 FG%: 37.5 3FG%: 38.1 FT%: 65.2
MIAMI UNIVERSITY NORTHERN ILLINOIS AKRON ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 33 Markwood (f) 7-7 3-3 7-9 17 24 1 1 2 2 02 Welton (g) 3-9 0-0 7-12 7 13 1 4 1 1 04 Snowden (g) 4-10 3-5 6-6 6 17 1 1 1 0 40 Ford (c) 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 2 2 2 0 2 11 Lowe (f) 5-11 1-3 4-4 5 15 1 2 0 1 20 Sedlack (g) 5-7 2-2 0-0 5 12 3 4 0 0 01 Jackson (g) 8-20 2-8 9-10 7 27 5 1 0 5 34 Smith (f) 1-3 0-0 1-1 2 3 4 2 1 0 22 Green (f) 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10 Schone (g) 3-11 3-7 0-0 2 9 3 4 0 0 03 York (g) 3-7 3-7 1-2 1 10 3 2 0 1 24 Murphy (g) 6-12 0-2 0-0 4 12 5 3 0 1 11 Hawkins (g) 0-6 0-2 1-3 3 1 3 4 0 3 10 Wilcox (g) 7-12 3-4 5-6 6 22 3 4 0 1 52 Miller (f) 4-9 0-0 8-8 5 16 0 2 4 1 23 Reed 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 0 31 Michels 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 5 1 0 0 1 05 Arndt 1-2 1-2 2-2 0 5 0 0 0 0 24 Dunlap 1-9 0-7 0-0 2 2 2 2 0 4 41 Rossouw 1-5 0-1 0-0 4 2 2 0 0 1 11 Rosen 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 3 0 0 0 2 30 Weynandt 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 44 Ellis 3-4 0-0 1-2 8 7 0 2 1 0 23 Scott 1-5 1-4 0-0 3 3 0 0 0 0 41 Brown 2-6 0-0 2-2 4 6 0 1 0 0 50 Adams 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Veal 5-9 0-0 0-0 5 10 4 1 0 0 TEAM 0 TEAM 8 51 DeVille 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23-66 8-27 20-26 39 74 17 16 2 16 Totals 25-56 8-18 19-27 37 77 15 16 3 6 TEAM 3 FG%: 34.8 3FG%: 29.6 FT%: 76.9 FG%: 44.6 3FG%: 44.4 FT%: 70.4 Totals 27-57 7-15 17-18 31 78 14 16 5 4 FG%: 47.4 3FG%: 46.7 FT%: 94.4 Of cials: Carol Smith, Don Green, Thurman Leggs Of cials: Michelle Del Duco, Kevin Dillard, Todd Klapatauskas Attendance: 907 Attendance: 396 Of cials: Rick Ratliff, Carmela McMullen, Lori Francescon Attendance: 189 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Northern Illinois 22 55 77 Buffalo 30 33 63 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Miami (OH) 37 37 74 Northern Illinois 45 32 77 Northern Illinois 29 42 71 Akron 30 48 78 Points in the paint-NIU 22, MIAMI 28. Points off turnovers-NIU 14, MIAMI 24. Points in the paint-BUFFALO 30, NIU 22. Points off turnovers-BUFFALO 2nd chance points-NIU 9, MIAMI 7. Fast break points-NIU 2, MIAMI 6. Bench 13, NIU 22. 2nd chance points-BUFFALO 11, NIU 10. Fast break points- Points in the paint-NIU 14, AKRON 28. Points off turnovers-NIU 22, AK- points-NIU 17, MIAMI 11. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-3 times. BUFFALO 8, NIU 6. Bench points-BUFFALO 13, NIU 14. Score tied-1 RON 24. 2nd chance points-NIU 18, AKRON 14. Fast break points-NIU times. Lead changed-0 times. 0, AKRON 4. Bench points-NIU 18, AKRON 21. Score tied-5 times. Lead NIU Women’s Basketball Team Escapes Miami (OH) changed-10 times. With First Road Win of the Season NIU Women’s Basketball Team Wins Third Straight NIU Women’s Basketball Team Loses to Akron OXFORD, Ohio.–The Northern Illinois University women’s DEKALB, Ill.–The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team erased a 15-point halftime de cit to post its basketball team extended its winning streak to a season- AKRON, Ohio-The Northern Illinois University women’s rst road victory of the season, defeating Miami (OH) 77-74 high three games when it defeated Buffalo, 77-63, basketball team falls to Akron, 78-71, Sunday afternoon Saturday afternoon at Millett Hall in a tale of two halves. Thursday night at the Convocation Center. at Rhodes Arena.
The Huskies (7-12, 3-3) opened the game strong. After falling The Huskies (8-12, 4-3) continue to play solid basketball, The Huskies (8-13, 4-4) got off to a fast start, leading by behind 2-0 right after the tip, NIU went on an 8-0 run to take never trailing. NIU jumped on top early opening the game seven midway through the rst half. However, NIU went an 8-2 lead with 15:55 left in the rst half. The RedHawks’ with a 7-2 run. A 9-2 run by the Huskies midway through into a scoring drought the nal two minutes of the half Amanda Jackson went on a 12-2 run to give Miami (OH) a the rst half extended their lead to 20-11 with 9:37 left and the ips took advantage. Akron went on a 7-0 run 16-14 lead with 11:02 left to play in the half. After starting out in the half. Northern Illinois led by 20, their largest lead in the nal minute of the rst half to take a 30-29 lead well offensively, the Huskies nished the rst half shooting 27 of the game, with 1:16 left in the rst half. Buffalo (10- percent from the oor. into the break. 10, 3-4) closed the gap to 15 and went into the break NIU opened the second half with a 7-1 run to cut the de cit down 45-30. Akron (7-15, 2-6) extended its lead to ve, 38-33, in the to 38-29 with 18 minutes left to play. Kylie York (Fishers, Ind./ opening minutes of the second half. The Huskies charged Hamilton Southeastern) erupted from beyond the arc, hitting The Bulls opened the second half with a 13-4 run to cut back behind the hot shooting of Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, four-straight treys to tie the game at 43 with 14:34 left to play. the de cit to six, 49-43 with 15:30 left to play. That would Ill./Prairie City). She hit NIU’s rst three eld goals of Markwood responded for Miami (OH) with back-to-back threes be as close as the Bulls would get. NIU settled down and the nal frame, keying a 12-10 Huskie run to give NIU to give the RedHawks a 49-44 with 13 minutes left to play. retook control of the game. a 41-40 lead with 15:02 left to play. Lowe accounted for 12 of the Huskies 23 points through the rst 10 minutes Shari’ Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) provided NIU with The Huskies got production from everybody in the line up. of the second half. a spark midway through the second half, scoring six points For the second time this season, Northern Illinois had four in a two-minute span, to give the Huskies a 52-51 lead with players reach double gures. Jessie Wilcox (Oshkosh, Akron’s Kara Murphy and Ashley Veal matched Lowe’s 11:20 left to play. York’s sixth three of the half gave NIU a Wis./West) led all scored with 22 points, followed by effort, scoring 10 points each in the second half, to give 55-51 lead with 10:17 left. Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) with 15. Akron 64-63 lead with 3:49 left to play. The Huskies extended their lead to 73-60, their largest of the Shari’ Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) nished with The Huskies went into a scoring slump, failing to connect on game, on another York three pointer, with two minutes left to 13 points shooting 3-9 from the eld and going 7-12 from a eld goal for almost four minutes down the stretch. Once play. Miami’s (OH) Jenna Schone made things interesting in free throw line and hauling in seven rebounds. Kylie York again the ips made the most of it. Akron’s Amanda Sedlack the nal 17 seconds, hitting two threes to pull the RedHawks (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) continued her hot to with in three with 10 seconds left to play. began a 8-0 run by the ips, hitting a three-pointer with 1:46 shooting from three-point territory, going 3-7 from the eld, left to play. Lowe connected on a three with 37 seconds left all from beyond the arc, to nish with 10 points. York had a career game. After scoring ve points in the rst to play to pull the Huskies to within four, 73-69. half, she nished the game with a career- and game-high 27 The Huskies won the rebounding battle, 37-33 and points, 8-12 from the eld and 7-11 from three-point territory. Lowe nished with a career- and game-high 26 points. She was a perfect 6-6 from long range in the second half. York converted 17 Buffalo turnovers into 22 points. The Huskies had 16 miscues that the Bulls cashed in for 13 points. She was followed by Kylie York(Fishes, Ind./Hamilton also was perfect from the free throw line, going 4-4. Southeastern) with nine points. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 24 GAME 22 GAME 23 GAME 24 Northern Illinois 65 Kent State 74 Western Michigan 65 Bowling Green 85 Northern Illinois 83 Northern Illinois 67 Bowling Green, Ohio February 9 DeKalb, Ill February 13 DeKalb, Ill February 27
NORTHERN ILLINOIS KENT STATE WESTERN MICHIGAN ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 11 Lowe (f) 4-11 2-4 5-6 2 15 1 3 0 1 30 Harris (f) 10-20 3-6 2-2 6 25 1 2 0 1 32 Bankston (f) 2-10 0-3 2-3 3 6 1 2 1 1 34 Smith (f) 0-1 0-0 0-0 6 0 2 1 1 1 40 Shields (f) 7-13 0-0 1-2 4 15 0 1 0 1 35 Cleary (f) 3-3 0-0 1-2 2 7 1 0 0 1 02 Welton (g) 6-8 0-0 5-7 4 17 1 4 0 2 04 Harkins (g) 4-15 1-5 4-6 4 13 1 1 0 8 44 Parker (f) 1-5 1-3 1-3 2 11 1 0 1 0 03 York (g) 3-11 2-8 2-2 3 10 1 2 0 1 10 Bennett (g) 4-12 1-3 2-4 5 11 3 1 0 3 01 DeLaHoussaye (g) 6-12 0-1 3-7 6 15 8 2 0 4 10 Wilcox (g) 3-8 1-2 1-2 4 8 1 6 0 2 11 Gibson (g) 1-7 1-4 1-2 1 4 10 0 0 3 11 Dwyer (g) 2-4 1-3 1-3 2 6 0 2 0 2 01 Cannon 1-4 1-4 0-0 2 3 2 1 0 1 05 Pribich 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 03 Dreher 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 1 0 0 25 Brown 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 Brinkman 3-9 0-1 0-0 5 6 0 1 0 2 12 Vest 6-10 0-0 5-6 7 17 0 1 1 1 41 Rossouw 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 1 0 0 TEAM 12 23 Iaquaniello 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 44 Ellis 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 2 1 0 Totals 29-77 6-19 10-16 38 74 16 8 0 18 23 Wilson 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 50 Adams 4-7 0-0 0-0 8 8 0 3 0 1 FG%: 37.7 3FG%: 31.6 FT%: 62.5 40 Loney 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 TEAM 2 1 TEAM 6 Totals 23-56 6-18 13-17 34 65 10 24 2 9 NORTHERN ILLINOIS Totals 21-49 2-12 21-34 31 65 11 11 3 10 FG%: 41.1 3FG%: 33.3 FT%: 76.5 ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S FG%: 42.9 3FG%: 16.7 FT%: 61.8 02 Welton (f) 4-9 0-0 0-0 6 8 2 1 0 0 BOWLING GREEN 11 Lowe (f) 6-16 1-4 7-9 10 20 2 2 1 0 NORTHERN ILLINOIS ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 34 Smith (f) 1-2 0-0 0-0 7 2 1 4 2 0 ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 04 Murdaugh (f) 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 1 1 0 03 York (g) 3-7 3-6 0-0 2 9 2 3 2 1 11 Lowe (f) 7-14 4-7 4-6 10 22 5 0 0 0 30 Breske (f) 9-15 0-0 5-7 9 23 1 3 0 1 10 Wilcox (g) 5-9 4-7 2-2 3 16 8 6 0 0 34 Smith (f) 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 1 1 0 02 Prochaska (g) 5-12 1-4 3-3 6 14 2 0 0 3 01 Cannon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 02 Welton (f) 4-9 0-0 0-0 4 8 2 2 0 0 03 Goldsberry (g) 4-5 2-3 1-2 3 11 2 3 0 1 25 Brown 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 York (g) 4-9 3-8 0-0 2 11 1 4 0 1 20 Achter (g) 2-4 0-0 4-7 0 8 6 1 0 1 31 Michels 1-5 1-3 0-0 2 3 0 1 0 0 10 Wilcox (g) 3-6 1-2 0-0 0 7 6 6 0 1 05 Pontius 1-5 0-1 1-2 1 3 1 4 0 1 41 Rossouw 0-1 0-0 7-8 2 7 1 2 0 0 01 Cannon 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 Taylor 2-3 1-1 1-3 3 6 2 1 0 0 44 Ellis 7-13 0-0 2-7 16 16 0 2 1 1 25 Brown 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Hooten 0-2 0-1 1-2 3 1 1 1 0 0 50 Adams 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 1 0 0 31 Michels 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 4 0 0 15 Albert 0-0 0-0 2-3 2 2 1 1 1 0 TEAM 0 0 41 Rossouw 0-2 0-0 2-2 3 2 0 0 0 0 24 Uhl 5-9 1-4 2-4 5 13 3 0 0 2 Totals 28-64 9-20 18-26 51 83 17 23 6 2 44 Ellis 1-6 0-0 0-0 6 2 0 1 2 0 34 Clapper 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FG%: 43.7 3FG%: 45.0 FT%: 69.2 50 Adams 5-8 0-0 1-4 8 11 0 3 1 1 41 Bugher 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 TEAM 9 44 uercher 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Of cials: Jerry Gibbons, Erika Herriman, Rod Creech Totals 25-61 9-20 8-14 48 67 17 21 4 4 TEAM 5 Attendance: 602 FG%: 41.0 3FG%: 45.0 FT%: 57.1 Totals 30-62 5-14 20-33 40 85 19 16 2 9 FG%: 48.4 3FG%: 35.7 FT%: 60.6 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total Of cials: Dennis Mayer, Andrew Bills, Mark Berger Kent State 28 41 5 74 Attendance: 985 Of cials: Tim Gebhardt, Michelle Del Duco, Tom Case Northern Illinois 37 32 14 83 Attendance: 1,640 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points in the paint-KS 34, NIU 30, . Points off turnovers-KS 19, NIU 8. Western Michigan 29 36 65 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total 2nd chance points-KS 21, NIU 15. Fast break points-KS 4, NIU 0. Bench Northern Illinois 28 39 67 Northern Illinois 31 34 65 points-KS 6, NIU 28. Score tied-8 times. Lead changed-12 times. Bowling Green 43 42 85 Points in the paint-WMU 26, NIU 24 . Points off turnovers-WMU 25, NIU 5. NIU Women’s Basketball Team 2nd chance points-WMU 8, NIU 20. Fast break points-WMU 6, NIU 2. Bench Points in the paint-NIU 14, BGSU 28. Points off turnovers-NIU 22, points-WMU 20, NIU 19. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-5 times. BGSU 24. 2nd chance points-NIU 18, BGSU 14. Fast break points-NIU Dispatches Kent State in Overtime, 83-74 0, BGSU 4. Bench points-NIU 18, BGSU 21. Score tied-5 times. Lead NIU Women’s Basketball Team Scores changed-10 times. DEKALB, Ill.–The Northern Illinois University women’s “Huge Win” Wednesday Night basketball team snapped its two-game losing streak and NIU Women’s Basketball Team Falls to extended its home winning streak to four games when it DEKALB, Ill.–It its rst game back since the tragic events Bowling Green, 85-65, on the Road defeated Kent State (6-16, 3-7), 83-74, Wednesday night of February 14th, the Northern Illinois University women’s in the Convocation Center in overtime. basketball team posted one of its biggest wins of the season, BOWLING GREEN, Ohio–The Northern Illinois University defeating MAC West leader Western Michigan, 67-65, in the women’s basketball team suffered an 85-65 setback to the Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) and Ebony Ellis Convocation Center. defending Mid-American Conference Champion Bowling (Joliet, Ill./Joliet Township) each recorded double-doubles Green Falcons Saturday afternoon at Bowling Green. Down 65-64 with 29 second left to play, NIU guard Jessie in the contest. Lowe led the way for the Huskies with 20 Wilcox (Oshkosh, Wis./West) hit a jump shot in the lane to points and 10 rebounds, while the freshman Ellis nished The Huskies (8-14, 4-5) jumped out to an 8-3 lead to open give the Huskies a 66-65 lead with 16 seconds left. Western the game with 16 points and a career- and game-high 16 Michigan’s (12-16, 9-5) Tiera DeLaHoussaye turned the ball the game, but Bowling Green (17-6, 6-3) responded with an rebounds. Lowe went 6-16 from the eld and 7-9 from the over on the ensuing possession. The Broncos promptly fouled 8-2 run to take an 11-10 lead. The Falcons began pulling free throw line and Ellis was 7-13 from the eld. Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) sending the MAC’s away towards the end of the rst half. Leading 31-24 with fourth-best free throw shooter to the line. 4: 25 left in the Half, BGSU outscored the Huskies 12-7 Jessie Wilcox (Oshkosh, Wis./West) erupted in the over- to take a 43-31 lead into the break. Tara Breske led the time period. After scoring seven points in regulation, the Lowe made the rst free throw, but missed the second, to give NIU (10-14, 6-5) a 67-65 lead. Freshman Mauvolyene way for the Falcons with 16 rst half points. junior guard heated up with nine points in the extra frame Adams (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) came up with probably to nish in double gures with 16. Bowling Green shot 50 percent from the eld, scoring the the biggest rebound of the game, collecting Lowe’s second bulk of its points inside. The Falcons had 24 points in the missed free throw. Adams was quickly fouled. She missed her After playing to 69-69 tie through the rst two periods of attempt, giving the Broncos ve seconds to come up with a paint. The Huskies shot 39 percent from the oor in the play, the Huskies (9-14, 5-5) opened the overtime strong. shot at tying or taking the lead. Western Michigan was unable rst half, but helped themselves at the free throw line, Back-to-back threes by Wilcox and Kylie York (Fishers, to get off a shot before the horn sounded and the Huskies going 7-8 from the line and shooting 87 percent. Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) capped off a 9-0 run by NIU walked away with the victory. and gave them a 78-69 advantage with 1:50 left to play. The second half was all Bowling Green. The Falcons Lowe nished the game with a double-double, scoring a opened the second half with a 10-0 run in the rst three game-high 22 points and grabbing a game-high 10 rebounds. York, who hit just one eld goal in regulation, connected minutes. The Huskies were down 53-21 before they hit their She was 7-14 from the eld, 4-7 from three-point territory and on two threes in the extra session to nish the game with rst eld goal of the half, a Kylie York (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton 4-6 from the free throw line. It was the second-straight game nine points. The Huskies went 3-3 from beyond the arc Southeastern) three pointer, with 15:46 left to play. BGSU Lowe nished with a double-double. She had 20 points and in OT and 9-20 for the game. Shari’Welton Calumet City, led by as many as 27 points in the second half. 10 rebounds against Kent State two weeks ago. Ill./Thornwood) also contributed, adding eight points and six boards, while Aileen Rossouw (Plano, Texas, Plano) Adams had an impressive game for the Huskies, scoring Shari’ Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) led the way for did her damage from the free throw line, going 7-8 from 11 points and grabbing eight rebounds. Kylie York (Fishers, the Huskies with a career-high 17 points. After scoring 11 the charity stripe to nish with seven. Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) also nished in double digits, points in the rst half, Whitney Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie scoring 11 points, going 4-9 from the eld and 3-8 from City) nished with 15 points. beyond the arc. 2007-08 NIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2008 MAC Tournament, March 9-15 • Page 25 GAME 25 GAME 26 GAME 27 Eastern Michigan 64 Ohio 72 Northern Illinois 70 Northern Illinois 57 Northern Illinois 68 Ball State 76 DeKalb, Ill March 1 DeKalb, Ill March 3 Muncie, Ind. March 5
EASTERN MICHIGAN OHIO NORTHERN ILLINOIS ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 35 Watts (f) 1-7 0-0 0-0 4 2 2 0 0 1 21 Hmiel (f) 6-8 2-2 5-5 5 19 0 1 0 0 02 Welton (g) 5-9 1-2 3-4 6 14 1 1 0 1 53 Russell (f) 10-12 0-0 5-8 8 25 0 2 1 0 42 Myers (f) 4-7 0-0 3-8 7 11 0 4 1 0 11 Lowe (f) 3-14 2-5 0-0 6 8 4 3 2 1 11 Schrock (g) 0-2 0-1 3-6 5 3 1 2 0 0 01 Kohn (g) 6-10 0-2 3-4 9 15 0 0 0 0 34 Smith (f) 3-4 0-0 0-0 5 6 1 1 0 0 12 Williams (g) 2-4 1-1 5-6 5 10 5 4 0 3 03 Poff (g) 0-4 0-4 0-0 2 0 3 3 0 0 03 York (g) 4-13 4-11 0-0 2 12 4 1 0 2 24 Yamanoglu (g) 3-12 1-3 2-4 5 9 1 4 0 1 05 Ward (g) 2-7 0-2 3-6 1 7 5 2 0 0 10 Wilcox (g) 4-11 3-6 1-2 1 12 5 6 0 0 02 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 04 Hiebert 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 01 Cannon 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 5 2 2 0 1 03 Land 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 Redd 4-7 1-2 3-3 3 12 0 2 1 2 25 Brown 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 15 Tyson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0 0 24 Barnett 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31 Michels 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 Compton 2-3 1-2 0-0 1 5 0 1 0 0 31 Bushby 1-5 1-2 0-0 3 3 2 0 1 2 44 Ellis 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 Pittman 3-7 3-6 1-2 2 10 0 2 0 1 34 Buckner 1-2 0-0 1-2 4 3 0 2 0 1 50 Adams 5-10 0-0 1-2 8 11 0 1 0 1 TEAM 6 2 41 Cain 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 3 Totals 21-47 6-13 16-26 39 64 12 20 1 6 TEAM 2 Totals 27-65 11-25 5-8 32 70 17 17 2 6 Totals 25-52 4-14 18-30 39 72 10 16 3 5 FG%: 41.5 3FG%: 44.0 FT%: 62.5 FG%: 44.7 3FG%: 46.2 FT%: 61.5 FG%: 48.1 3FG%: 28.6 FT%: 60.0 BALL STATE NORTHERN ILLINOIS NORTHERN ILLINOIS ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S ## PLAYER FG-FGA 3FG-A FT-FTA REB TP A TO BK S 14 DeMuth (f) 6-9 1-1 4-4 9 17 0 4 1 2 11 Lowe (f) 5-18 1-4 5-6 6 16 1 2 0 0 11 Lowe (f) 6-15 1-5 3-4 9 16 2 4 2 2 42 Rusche (f) 5-10 0-0 5-6 9 15 0 3 2 0 34 Smith (f) 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 2 0 0 34 Smith (f) 2-2 0-0 0-4 5 4 0 1 0 0 03 Green (g) 6-14 0-1 7-7 5 19 6 1 3 5 02 Welton (f) 3-9 1-1 0-1 4 7 3 2 0 0 02 Welton (g) 3-10 0-0 2-3 5 8 3 2 0 1 12 Jarrett (g) 3-8 1-1 0-0 6 7 6 7 0 1 03 York (g) 2-8 2-8 0-0 5 6 2 5 0 1 03 York (g) 4-10 4-9 0-0 2 12 0 0 0 0 33 McDonald (g) 5-11 4-8 0-0 2 14 2 0 0 0 10 Wilcox (g) 3-8 0-4 1-2 2 7 3 1 0 2 10 Wilcox (g) 3-11 0-2 3-5 2 9 5 3 0 2 11 Klei 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 Cannon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 Cannon 0-2 0-1 2-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 25 Moorman 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 31 Michels 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 25 Brown 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 41 Maggert 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 3 0 1 41 Rossouw 1-3 0-1 3-3 2 5 1 1 0 0 31 Michels 1-2 1-2 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 TEAM 2 1 44 Ellis 1-1 0-0 2-4 3 4 0 0 0 2 41 Rossouw 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 27-55 6-11 16-17 36 76 14 20 6 9 50 Adams 3-6 0-0 0-0 3 6 1 3 0 0 44 Ellis 4-6 0-0 2-4 7 10 0 3 0 1 FG%: 49.1 3FG%: 54.5 FT%: 94.1 TEAM 4 1 50 Adams 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 1 Totals 21-58 4-19 11-16 32 57 11 17 0 6 TEAM 3 Of cials: Bob Trammell, Ron Dessander, Cameron Inouye FG%: 36.2 3FG%: 21.1 FT%: 68.8 Totals 25-66 6-19 12-22 40 68 11 13 2 8 Attendance: 1,434 FG%: 37.9 3FG%: 31.6 FT%: 54.5 Of cials: David Stewart, Marvin Sykes, Becky Blank Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total Attendance:936 Of cials: Beverly Roberts, Cameron Inouye, Ron Quirk Northern Illinois 22 39 9 70 Attendance: 712 Ball State 21 40 15 76 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Eastern Michigan 28 36 64 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points in the paint-NIU 22, BSU 28. Points off turnovers-NIU 14, BSU 12. Northern Illinois 20 37 57 Ohio 33 39 72 2nd chance points-NIU 13, BSU 4. Fast break points-NIU 0, BSU 5. Bench Northern Illinois 27 41 68 points-NIU 18, BSU 4. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-7 times. Points in the paint-EMU 26, NIU 24. Points off turnovers-EMU 17, NIU 10. 2nd chance points-EMU 13, NIU 4. Fast break points-EMU 2, NIU 0. Bench Points in the paint-OHIO 30, NIU 34. Points off turnovers-OHIO 12, NIU 19. points-EMU 15, NIU 15. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-0 times. 2nd chance points-OHIO 13, NIU 12. Fast break points-OHIO 8, NIU 2. Bench NIU Women’s Basketball Team Falls to points-OHIO 20, NIU 19. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-5 times. Ball State in Overtime in Regular Season Finale NIU Women’s Basketball Team MUNCIE, Ind.–The Northern Illinois University women’s Falls to Eastern Michigan, 64-57 NIU Women’s Basketball Team Falls Short Against Ohio, 72-68 basketball team fell to Ball State, 76-70, in overtime Worthen Arena in Muncie, Ind. In the regular season nale Wednesday DEKALB, Ill.–The Northern Illinois University women’s night. basketball team snapped its ve-game home winning DEKALB, Ill.–The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team concluded the home portion of its 2007- streak when it fell to Eastern Michigan, 64-57, Saturday Down 61-58 with 2.9 seconds left to play, NIU had a chance afternoon in the Convocation Center. 08 schedule falling to Ohio, 72-68. to send the game into overtime. York inbounded the ball to Jessie Wilcox (Oshkosh, Wis./West) who sent up a prayer Down 28-20 at the break, the Huskies (10-15, 6-6) made a After falling behind 5-2 in the rst three minutes of the from beyond the arc at the buzzer. It was answered and rst half, NIU (10-16, 6-7) went on a 12-3 run to take a charge to open the second half. Northern Illinois went on the Huskies tied the game at 61 sending the game into an 14-8 lead with 13:19 left in the rst half. Ohio (17-11, 10- a 13-3 run during a three-minute stretch to tie the game extra session. 5) answered with a 6-0 run to tie the game at 14 with 10 at 35 with 16:12 left to play. That would be as close as minutes left to play in the half. the Huskies would get the rest of the contest. The two The two teams traded baskets on back-to-back possessions teams went scoreless for the next two minutes. The Eagles tying the game at 65 with 3:33 left in the overtime. Audrey Down 27-20 with four minutes left in the rst, the Huskies McDonald hit a three-pointer, keying a 7-3 Cardinal run and to (16-11, 10-5) then went on an 11-3 run to take a 46-38 closed to within four with a minute and a half left to play give Ball State a 72-68 lead with 27 seconds left to play. lead with 10:25 left to play. before halftime, but into the break trailing, 33-27. The Huskies (10-17, 6-8) opened the game strong, jumping After falling behind by 10 with 7:41 left to play, the Huskies The Bobcats opened the nal frame with a 7-1 run, push- on top of the Cardinals, 10-7 lead in the early going. NIU went did close the gap to three, 51-48 with 5:59 left to play, after ing its lead to 12, 40-28, with 17:38 left to play. Trailing into the break with a 22-21 lead. going on an 8-3 run. A three pointer by Eastern Michigan’s by 14 with 13:05 left to play, the Huskies went on a 10-2 Canea Williams turned things around for the Eagles and run to cut the Bobcat lead to six, 51-45, with nine and a Ball State (15-14, 11-5) opened the second half hot, going 8-10 EMU began to pull away. half minutes left to play. Ohio regained control with a 10-4 in the rst nine minutes of the second half. A 12-4 Cardinal run pushing its lead to 12. run gave Ball State a 42-33 lead with 11:46 left to play. The The Eagles had three players nish in double gures with Huskies shot 25 percent from the eld to open the second Colleen Russell leading all scorers with 25 points. Whitney Down by nine with 16 seconds left, Whitney Lowe (Bush- half, going 2-8 during the same time frame. Lowe (Bushnell, Ill./Prairie City) was the lone Huskie in nell, Ill./Prairie City) converted a three-point play pull the double gures, nishing with a team-high 16 points. Shari’ Huskies to within six. Kylie York (Fishes, Ind./Hamilton Ball State’s free throw shooting proved to be the difference in the game. The Cardinals went 16-17 from the charity stripe, Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) and Jessie Wilcox Southeastern) hit a three with eight seconds left to pull while the Huskies were 5-8 from the free throw line. (Oshkosh, Wis./West) each added seven points. the Huskies to within three, 71-68, but that would be the closest the Huskies would get. The Huskies had four players nish in double gures. Shari’ The Huskies won the turnover battle, 17-20, but were Lowe turned in another strong performance, scoring Welton (Calumet City, Ill./Thornwood) led the Huskies with outrebounded 39-32. The Eagles converted those boards a team-high 16 points and grabbing a team-high nine 14 points, shooting 5-9 from the eld. York and Wilcox also into 13 second-chance points. The Eagles outshot NIU rebounds. York did all her scoring from beyond the arc, nished in double digits with 12 points each. Adams rounded 44.7 percent to 36.2 percent. going 4-10 from the eld for 12 points. Ebony Ellis (Joliet, out the quartet with 11 points. She also led the Huskies in Ill./Joliet) also nished in double gures with 10 points. rebounding with eight.