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H2007-08 NorthernU IllinoisS UniversityK Women’sI BasketballE GameS Notes 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.

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