DeKALB — The women’s basketball team came up a possession short Wednesday against Illinois State University, losing 69-66.
The loss snipped NIU’s chance of keeping a three-winning streak, and now sit 2-1 in their current seven road-game stretch.
NIU had a chance to tie the game off a missed free throw by Mary Crompton, ISU redshirt first-year guard, with :02 left in the game. The Huskies squandered that opportunity when ISU junior guard Paige Saylor intercepted a pass from NIU sophomore forward Mikayla Brandon to end the game.
ISU was led by their sensational duo of seniors forward Lexi Wallen and guard Tete Maggett.