The Jacey Brooks era will open on Nov. 3 when the NIU women’s basketball team heads to Southern Mississippi. The new coach’s first game was announced on Friday as the university released the nonconference schedules for both the men’s and women’s programs

It took less than a year from Brittney Patrick to go from 'Ew, I hate it,' about coaching to loving it. The DeKalb native and Bolingbrook grad just joined Jacey Brooks' staff at NIU.

Jacey Brooks had a very good reason to delay starting her new job as the 11th NIU women’s basketball coach in the program’s history. The former Buffalo assistant wasn’t introduced until Wednesday as the Huskies’ new coach. She and the Bulls were too busy winning the WNIT.

A press conference was held Wednesday afternoon in the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University where Jacey Brooks was named the new NIU women's basketball coach.

NIU announced Tuesday that former Buffalo assistant Jacey Brooks will take over as the 11th head coach in program history, taking over for Lisa Carlsen.

NIU women’s basketball coach Lisa Carlsen has resigned after 10 years at the helm of the Huskies program, the school announced on Monday.

Sidney McCrea scored a career-high 21 points, but 26 turnovers doomed the NIU women’s basketball team in an 89-79 road loss to Miami (Ohio) in the season finale on Saturday.

The NIU women picked up a double-overtime win against Bowling Green with Lexi Carlsen scoring a career-best 19, while the NIU men lost.

NIU athletic director Sean Frazier is betting that having football and Olympic sports in separate conferences will set the university up well in an ever-changing landscape of college athletics. It seems like it's a good bet.

NIU athletic director Sean Frazier said the university's decision for a new home for most of its athletic programs came down to two conferences, with the Horizon League winning out.

The DeKalb and Sycamore boys basketball teams each reached regional finals with wins on Wednesday.

Davon Grant scored 28 to lead DeKalb, the NIU men's and women's basketball teams lost, plus more in the roundup.

Former Sycamore teammates Evyn Carrier (Western Michigan) and Lexi Carlsen (NIU) combined for 19 points and 14 rebounds in the Broncos' 61-57 win over the Huskies on Saturday.

Brooke Stonebreaker finished with 18 points and nine rebounds, while Sycamore and Kaneland lost nonconference games against undefeated teams.

Indian Creek won its eighth straight game to start the year, DeKalb had four top-15 finishes at the Donnybrook in Iowa, plus other basketball and wrestling results.

Kaneland boys basketball bounced back with win at Woodstock, Sycamore opens the season with a win and Sycamore wrestling sweeps its matches, plus more sports from around the area.

The Genoa-Kingston and Indian Creek boys started the year with wins Monday while the NIU women won on Sunday.

The Kaneland and DeKalb girls and NIU women won Wednesday while the NIU men fell at home.

Chelby Koker helped spark the NIU women's basketball team to a come-from-behind win against Louisiana while the men opened the season with a loss at Georgia Southern.

Lexi Carlsen is adjusting to life as a freshman basketball player for NIU playing for a new coach. Who happens to be her mother, Lisa Carlsen. "There’s nothing I’d rather be doing and nobody I’d rather do it with than my mom."

Whether it was for a rebuild or complimentary pieces to take care of unfinished business, the No. 1 priority for both the NIU men and women's basketball teams in the transfer portal was players who fit the culture of the program.

The NIU women won their MAC tournament tune-up on Saturday while the men won their season finale on Friday.

The NIU women had a chance, if everything fell right, to jump into a tie for fourth place in the MAC standings. Instead, the Huskies are still clinging onto seventh place by a game after an 82-73 loss to Bowling Green on Saturday.

Kaneland advances to regional final, Hinckley-Big Rock, Indian Creek and Genoa-Kingston seasons come to an end, and the NIU women win: Daily Chronicle Sports Roundup for Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024.

Both the NIU men and women were on the road Saturday, with the women's team holding on for a win at Eastern Michigan and the men falling hard at Kent State.

The NIU women put on an offensive clinic in a home win while the men fell on the road in a pair of MAC-Sun Belt Challenge games on Saturday.

The NIU women's basketball team had three chances to tie or win on its final possession but couldn't get a shot to fall, while the NIU men lost for the 12th straight time against an NCAA Division I opponent.

The DeKalb and Sycamore dance teams qualified for state, the NIU women picked up a MAC win and the DeKaalb boys knocked off Auburn. That and more in the roundup.

The Huskies set a program record for fewest points allowed since becoming an NCAA program in 1982 in the win Saturday. That and more in the prep roundup.

Jayden Marable came up big in the second half. Again. After 13 second-half points against Detroit Mercy in the Huskies’ last game, the NIU senior guard put up 10 points in the second half against Eastern Illinois as the Huskies knocked off Eastern Illinois 65-55 on Monday.

The Huskies of Northern Illinois University welcomed in-state opponent Eastern Illinois Monday night at the Convocation Center at NIU in DeKalb.

Six, three-pointers from Nate Kleba lead Genoa-Kingston, GK wrestling splits triangular, NIU women fall at Wisconsin. All in the roundup.

NIU goes wire-to-wire for win at DePaul; IC takes tournament title; DeKalb boys, H-BR girls pick up wins, and more inside the prep roundup.

NIU wins women’s basketball, Indian Creek wins boys basketball. That and more in Friday's roundup.

Grace Hunter led the Huskies with 19 points while adding five rebounds and four assists. Brooke Stonebreaker grabbed 14 rebounds for the Huskies and Jayden Marable had a team-best six assists in a season-opening loss to Arkansas State.

The NIU men tip off Nov. 6 at Marquette while the women’s season begins Nov. 9 at Arkansas State. Both have high expectations for the year. Here's why.

Northern Illinois University recently announced plans to build a $4 million new athletics nutrition facility on campus, meant to expand its existing sports center, cater to student athletes and serve as a recruitment tool for future Huskies.

The NIU women’s basketball team dropped the Women’s Basketball Invitational opener to Georgia Southern 69-58 on Friday in Lexington, Kentucky.

The NIU women’s basketball team is set to play its first postseason game since 2017 when it takes on Georgia Southern on Friday in the Women’s Basketball Invitational.

The season came to an end for the NIU women’s basketball team on Wednesday, losing to Kent State 75-68 in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament in Cleveland.

DeKalb native and NIU senior A’Jah Davis was named to the first team of the Mid-American Conference first team on Tuesday, with Chelby Koker and Janae Poisson also earning honors from the league.

A’Jah Davis recorded her 51st career double-double, setting a school record. And with NIU’s 73-63 win home win over Eastern Michigan on Wednesday, she gave herself an additional game to add to that record.

The NIU men's basketball team clinched a trip to the MAC tournament, A'Jah Davis made history in a double-overtime win, and Kaneland's Brooklyn Sheaffer took sixth at state wrestling.

The DeKalb-Sycamore boys swimming team earned its second straight sectional title Saturday thanks in part to the effort of Jacob Gramer. Plus more local results in Saturday's roundup.

Looking for something to do this weekend in DeKalb County? Check out NIU's ‘Cram the Convo’ Alumni Day Saturday, Safe Passage's ‘Love Over Violence Event’ Friday, a Winter Star Party Friday in Sycamore and more.

The NIU women’s basketball team shot 53.8% from the field and made 13 3-pointers as it defeated Mid-American Conference co-leader Bowling Green 85-81 at the Stroh Center on Wednesday.

DeKalb sent four boys and one girl to state, Genoa-Kingston sent one on the boys side, the NIU men romped Western Michigan, the Genoa-Kingston girls won a playoff game, plus more basketball, bowling and wrestling from Saturday:

Chelby Koker scored 27 points, Ajah Davis had 16 points and 19 rebounds, and NIU knocked off Akron on Wednesday.

Kaneland won three dual wrestling matches Saturday, and more in the Daily Chronicle's Saturday high school sports roundup.

With Chelby Koker struggling to find her shot and A’Jah Davis missing the second quarter due to foul trouble, NIU still managed a nine-point halftime lead en route to a 78-66 win over Ohio on Saturday.