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Ryan Broekhoff led Valparaiso (8-4) with 19 points and 11 rebounds as the Crusaders kept Northern Illinois out of the win column with a 59-48 come-from-behind victory in DeKalb. Abdel Nader scored 12 points and Keith Gray had nine points and seven rebounds for the Huskies (0-11). Northern Illinois led 28-25 at halftime and extended...

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team played even with DePaul for nearly 25 minutes on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center before the Blue Demons pulled away for a 75-52 victory. Senior forward Tim Toler (Indianapolis, Ind./Avon/Danville Area CC) paced the Huskies with 18 points and 13 rebounds, the third double-double of his career....

Tied with just under eight minutes to play Sunday afternoon, Eastern Illinois used a 20-8 run to close the game to defeat the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team, 67-55, at the NIU Convocation Center. Freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) scored 11 points to lead the Huskies. “It was a tough game, it came...

Freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) scored a career-best 18 points, but the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team fell at Iowa, 88-55, on Thursday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes shot 54.1 percent (33-of-61) from the field in the contest, including 61.9 percent (13-of-21) from outside the three-point arc. Senior forward Tim Toler (Indianapolis,...

Trailing by 12 at halftime, the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team fought back saw its second half rally come up just short, falling 59-57 to UW-Milwaukee on Monday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Senior forward Tim Toler (Indianapolis, Ind./Avon/Danville Area CC) led the Huskies with 11 points and sophomore guard Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Asker)...

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team fell, 96-34, to Purdue in its season opener on Friday night on rededication night at Mackey Arena. Senior forward Tim Toler (Indianapolis, Ind./Avon/Danville Area CC) led the Huskies with 11 points. Freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) added nine points while freshman forward Kevin Gray (Chicago, Ill./Brooks Academy)...

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team fell, 74-70, in overtime to Carthage College in exhibition action Friday evening at the NIU Convocation Center. Carthage connected on 13 three-pointers in the contest and shot 69.2 percent (9-of-13) from beyond the arc in the second half. Freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) lead the Huskies with...

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team will take to the court for the first time this season on Friday when it hosts Carthage College in an exhibition contest at 7 p.m. at the NIU Convocation Center. Friday’s contest will mark head coach Mark Montgomery’s first game along the sidelines for the Huskies. Montgomery, the 27th...

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team conducted its first official practice to open the 2011-12 season Friday. First-year head coach Mark Montgomery put the Huskies through a three-hour workout on the opening day of practice for men’s basketball programs around the country. “The first day went great,” Montgomery said. “Our guys brought a lot of...

Abdel Nader has signed to join the Huskie men’s basketball program this coming fall, head coach Mark Montgomery announced Wednesday. The 6-foot-7 product of Niles North High School in Skokie, Ill., becomes the seventh NIU signee for the 2011-12 freshmen class. “We are extremely pleased that Abdel will be joining the NIU program,” Montgomery said. “He is...