If Northern Illinois had a homecoming week during the winter, this would be it.
Get your pencils and calendars ready for this week`s starting lineup . . .
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Tuesday, the women`s basketball team plays host to Northwestern at 7 p.m. Thursday, the Huskies entertain Wisconsin-Green Bay in a possible preview of the North Star Conference tournament championship game, which takes place March 7 at Northern.
”Green Bay is a team we have to prove we can beat heading into the tournament,” said coach Jane Albright-Dieterle, whose second-place club
(14-11, 8-3) lost 82-57 to the first-place Phoenix on Jan. 31.
Friday, there`s a day-night double-header in Evans Field House. The wrestling team takes on Illinois State at noon, followed by a gymnastics meet with Central Michigan at 7 p.m.
Rounding out the week, the men`s basketball team hopes to shake a three-game losing streak in its regular-season finale at 2 p.m. Saturday vs. Texas Tech.
On Sunday, Evans Field House will rest.
Ouch: Florida State routed Albright-Dieterle`s squad 99-74 Saturday in Tallahassee. The Huskies, who got 29 points from Cindy Conner and 22 from E.C. Hill, shot only 38 percent from the field.
Challenge: A fund-raising drive is on at Northern for student Bob Jordan, who needs a pancreas transplant, and Albright-Dieterle said she will donate $500 to the cause if at least 2,000 students attend the Green Bay game. ”It`s to show we`re all in this together,” she said.
Narrow escape: The gymnastics team improved to 9-3 with a 185.85-184.25 victory Friday at Western Michigan. Sandy Escobar led a 1-2-3-4 Huskie sweep on the uneven parallel bars with a 9.5. Vicki Thimgan won all-around (37.25)
and floor exercise (9.55).