North Central College Women's Basketball

Maggie McCloskey-Bax joined the North Central College women's basketball program as the 11th head coach in program history in the fall of 2018. In her seven seasons at the helm, McCloskey-Bax owns a record of 58-108, leading the Cardinals to a six-win improvement in 2023-24, marking the first time in program history that the Cardinals hosted as College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Tournament game. 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Tournament Qualifier Seven All-CCIW Award Winners Four CSC Academic All-District Award Winners Coached Jocelyn Trotter to the CCIW First Year Student-Athlete of the Year award in 2023-24 Coached Elle Sutter, the first player in CCIW history to be named a First Team All-CCIW student-athlete in two sports in the same academic year (women's soccer) Assistant coach at Carthage College (2013-2017) Assistant coach at Ohio Wesleyan University (2011-2013) Youth coach of Fjolnir Basketball Club in Reykjavik, Iceland Played collegiately at NCAA Division I Loyola University Chicago, 2006-2010 Elected three-year team captain Holds NCAA record for consecutive games with a three-point field goal (69) Holds Horizon League record for career three-point field goals (325) Horizon League Academic Honor Roll recipient Participated in ESPN three-point shootout in 2010 Graduated from Loyola Chicago in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in psychology Graduated from Carthage in 2017 with a master's degree in education with a concentration in leadership

Chrissi Ekhomu joined the North Central College coaching staff prior to the 2021-2022 season as an assistant coach for the Cardinals' women's basketball program.  Ekhomu comes to North Central following her stint as the assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women's basketball program. While with the Blugolds, they were ranked No. 15 in the country and swept their conference during the 2020-2021 regular season. Ekhomu was in charge of player development at UW-Eau Claire. In addition, she coached three all-conference players in her time there. Prior to UW-Eau Claire, she was the graduate assistant at Northern Illinois University from July 2018-May 2020 for the women's basketball team. During Ehkomu's college career, she was a three-year starter at the University of St. Francis before transferring to Lewis University for her senior season. In total, Ekhomu was named all-conference honorable mention twice and an academic all-conference honoree three times.  A native of Bolingbrook, Ekhomu earned her bachelor of arts in psychology, with a minor in social work, from Lewis before obtaining her master of science in kinesiology and physical education; area of emphasis; sports and exercise psychology for Northern Illinois.