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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, 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 annual Huskie Basketball Tip-Off, featuring Northern Illinois head basketball coaches Mark Montgomery and Kathi Bennett, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant in downtown DeKalb. Montgomery, the first-year head coach of the NIU men’s basketball program, and Bennett, beginning her second season in charge of the...
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...
The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team will hold an open practice prior to Saturday’s football game against Western Michigan. First-year head coach Mark Montgomery’s Huskies will take the floor in Victor E. Court at the NIU Convocation Center at 10 a.m., and practice is scheduled to conclude around 12:30 p.m. “Saturday’s practice is a great...
Senior guard Jeremy Landers tied a career-high with 17 points to push Northern Illinois to a 66-49 Senior Night home win over Eastern Michigan Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Redshirt freshman guard Antone Christian scored 13 and junior forward Tim Toler added 12 points. NIU held the Eagles to just 26.9 percent (14-of-52) shooting,...
The Huskies forced the extra session after trailing by eight with two minutes left in regulation but came up short in the extra five minutes.
