Wednesday's Daily Dose

NIU hoops adds Oesterle Heather Oesterle was introduced as a new assistant coach for the NIU women's basketball team Wednesday. Oesterle comes to Northern Illinois after spending the past five seasons at MAC East foe Miami (OH). Oesterle began her coaching career at Stanford in 2002-03 as a volunteer assistant. “I'm just really excited about Heather joining us,” NIU coach Carol Owens said. “I think she's going to help us in a number of ways, especially in recruiting, camps and player development.”