Women's Basketball | January 7

DeKALB, IL – The Northern Illinois University women's basketball team opens a stretch of four games out of the next five on the road Saturday when the Huskies travel to Athens, Ohio to take on the Ohio Bobcats. Tip-off from Ohio's Convocation Center is at 12 p.m. CT with the game broadcast on ESPN3 as well as locally on WSQR 92.9 FM/1180 AM as well as the Varsity Network app.
 
NIU (3-7, 0-2 MAC) erased a nine-point fourth quarter deficit Wednesday night to force overtime against Ball State, but the Cardinals scored with 1.3 seconds left in the extra session to take the win 83-82. Chelby Koker (Racine, Wis./Shoreland Lutheran) led all scorers with 28 points, adding six rebounds and three assists. It was her 34^th straight game scoring in double figures. She now has 938 career points which puts her 62 away from becoming NIU's 33^rd 1,000-point scorer.
 
A'Jah Davis (DeKalb, Ill./Montverde Academy [Fla.]) had her third straight double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds against Ball State. It was her seventh double-double of the year. In the last three games Davis is averaging 20.3 points and 14.0 rebounds per game while shooting 58.7 percent from the field.
 
Ohio (6-3, 0-0 MAC) was picked to win the Mid-American Conference in the preseason. The Bobcats have had their first three conference games postponed. Ohio was last in action at the FIU Holiday Hoops Showdown December 20-21, defeating UMass Lowell 74-60 and Binghamton 76-67. Senior guard Cece Hooks is second in the MAC in scoring, averaging 23.6 points per game. As a team the Bobcats lead the league with 81.6 points per game, 9.6 three-pointers per game and 12.44 steals per game.
 
The Huskies go back on the road on Wednesday, January 12 for a 6 p.m. showdown at Western Michigan. NIU returns to the Convocation Center on Saturday, January 15 to take on Toledo at 1 p.m. Tickets are available at NIUHuskies.com/MyHuskies or by calling the NIU Athletics Ticket Office at 815-753-PACK (7225). Huskie Flex Plans are now available for the 2021-22 men's and women's basketball seasons.  Purchase vouchers for $6 each and use them throughout the season to attend Huskie men's and women's basketball home games. Simply redeem vouchers for tickets prior to the game. 
 
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