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The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team rallied from a 14-point second half deficit to defeat Kent State, 50-49, on Wednesday night at the M.A.C. Center. Senior Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Asker) scored a game-high 14 points and sophomore Travon Baker (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Consortium) scored 11, including two free throws with five seconds to play to...

The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team trailed Buffalo by just two with eight minutes to play, but the Bulls scored seven of the next eight points in the contest and went on to a 75-67 victory on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. Senior Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Asker) scored a season-high 17 points...

Four Huskies scored in double figures Wednesday night, led by a career-high tying 17 points from sophomore Travon Baker (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Consortium), but the NIU men’s basketball team fell to Toledo, 77-68, at Savage Arena. The Rockets shot 50 percent (25-of-50) from the field. Sophomore Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) added 16 points, redshirt...

Kent State hit a 30-foot triple in the final minute of regulation and went on to earn a 73-64 over the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Junior Aaron Armstead (Chicago, Ill./Hales Franciscan/San Jose City College) recorded his first career double-double with a team-high 15 points and...

Trailing by one with three minutes to play, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team outscored Bowling Green 11-1 down the stretch to earn a 45-36 victory on Sunday afternoon at the Stroh Center. Sophomore guard Travon Baker (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Consortium) scored a game-high 13 points, including six in the final two minutes of the...

Buffalo scored the opening 16 points of the contest and went on to claim a 67-46 victory over Northern Illinois men’s basketball team Wednesday night in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams at Alumni Arena. Sophomore wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) scored a team-high 13 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds...

Freshman guard Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla Prep) scored a career-best 11 points, sophomore wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) had 11 points and junior guard Aaron Armstead (Chicago, Ill./Hales Franciscan/San Jose City College) added 10 as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team closed non-conference play with a 65-51 victory over Bethune-Cookman on...

No. 13-ranked Iowa State shot 58.7 percent (37-of-63) from the field and made 11 three-pointers en route to a 99-63 victory over the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team on Tuesday night at Hilton Coliseum. Freshman guard Dontel Highsmith (Dowagiac, Mich./Dowagiac) scored a game-high 19 points and also grabbed six rebounds. Sophomore guard Travon Baker...

Freshman guard Dontel Highsmith (Dowagiac, Mich./Dowagiac) scored a career-high 27 points Sunday afternoon as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team defeated UC Riverside, 71-64, at the SRC Arena. Highsmith went 9-of-11 from the field, including 3-of-5 from behind the three-point arc, and 6-of-6 from the line. Sophomore guard Travon Baker (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Consortium) added...

Trailing by 14 at the half, the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team outscored Loyola-Chicago, 41-21, in the second half to earn a 55-49 victory Wednesday night at Gentile Arena. Sophomore guard Travon Baker (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Consortium) scored a team-high 14 points and junior guard Aaron Armstead (Chicago, Ill./Hales Franciscan/San Jose City College) scored all 12...

The 22nd-ranked UMass Minutemen shot 57 percent in the second half and outscored the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team, 36-19, in the final 14 minutes Saturday afternoon en route to an 80-56 victory over the Huskies at the Mullins Center. Freshman guard Dontel Highsmith (Dowagiac, Mich./Dowagiac) scored 10 points to lead NIU. UMass shot...

Trailing by 13 in the second half, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team had a chance to tie the game in the final seconds but came up just short, falling, 63-58, to Nebraska on Saturday afternoon at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Redshirt junior Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State) came off the bench to score a...