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Natecia Augusta
Ball State opened the game on an 11-0 run Wednesday, and the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team was never able to close the gap, falling 61-47 in the second round of the Mid-American Conference Basketball Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena. Junior Natecia Augusta (Peoria, Ill./Limestone) scored 13 points in the contest with five rebounds and...
The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team survived a Monday night scare from Bowling Green, winning 54-51 in overtime in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament at the NIU Convocation Center. Redshirt junior Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State) led the Huskies with 13 points and nine rebounds. NIU led by three, 49-46, but...
Led by Alexis Lindstrom’s (Howards Grove, Wis./Howards Grove) Mid-American Conference Tournament record nine three-point field goals and 31 points, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team (11-18) punched its ticket to Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena as it defeated Eastern Michigan (17-13) in overtime, 81-76, to secure a second round berth. Lindstrom, who entered the game zero...
Amanda Corral
Northern Illinois guard Amanda Corral (Hobart, Ind./Hobart) was named to the All-Mid American Conference third team, the league announced today. The junior, averaging 13.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, is the first NIU player to earn All-MAC honors since 2010-11 when Marke Freeman was named to the second team. Corral has enjoyed...
Aaric Armstead and Jordan Threloff
Redshirt junior Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State) and freshman Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla Prep) earned all-conference recognition today, as the Mid-American Conference announced its all-league and all-freshman selections. Threloff earned All-MAC Honorable Mention recognition, while Armstead was named to the league’s All-Freshman team. Threloff and Armstead’s selections mark the first time since 2009 that...
Darrell Bowie
Sophomore Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) scored a team-high 17 points as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team finished the regular season with a 70-56 victory over Ball State on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. With Saturday’s victory, the Huskies enter the Mid-American Conference Tournament seeded seventh and will host Bowling...
Ally Lehman
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team earned its final win of the regular season Saturday as it defeated Western Michigan (12-17, 8-10 MAC) on Senior Day, 59-51. Freshman Ally Lehman (Nineveh, Ind./Indian Creek) led the Huskies with 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting. While the Huskies earned victory, Eastern Michigan earned the upset victory of the...
Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament logo
With Friday night’s Kent State loss at Akron, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team has guaranteed itself a first-round home game in the 2014 Mid-American Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Huskies will play Bowling Green at 7 p.m. Monday, March 10, at the NIU Convocation Center. Monday’s first round game will mark the first...
Jenna Thorp
The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team played with fire offensively and defensively Wednesday as it shot .412 from the field (21-of-51) and created 15 turnovers. But Ball State (13-15, 8-9 MAC) went 11-of-26 behind the three-point line to defeat the Huskies (9-18, 5-12 MAC) 67-57 at Worthen Arena. Three different NIU players reached double-figures with...
Aaric Armstead
Playing without its leading scorer, sophomore Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) due to illness, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team led Western Michigan most of the way before falling late, 61-56, on Tuesday night at University Arena. Freshman Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla Prep) led NIU with 15 points, redshirt junior Jordan Threloff...
Natecia Augusta
After playing within one possession for most of the first half and the early part of the second half, Northern Illinois looked poised to overtake Eastern Michigan in twilight minutes at the Convocation Center. However, turnovers, timely rebounding and missed shots hurt the Huskies (9-17, 5-11 MAC) down the stretch against the Eagles (16-11, 6-10...
Aaric Armstead
The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team was held scoreless for the final three minutes and Eastern Michigan scored the final 10 points of the contest to slip past the Huskies, 56-52, on Saturday afternoon at the EMU Convocation Center. Freshman Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla Prep) scored 11 points and also finished with five...
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