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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...

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...

Four players scored in double figures, led by 17 points from sophomore Travon Baker (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Consortium) as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team knocked off Toledo, 74-66, on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies held the Rockets to just 34.4 percent (11-of-32) shooting in the second half to overcome a...

Trailing by as much as 15 in the first half, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team rallied for a 67-65 overtime victory over Ball State on Saturday afternoon at Worthen Arena. Sophomore Travon Baker (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Consortium) hit a game-tying three with six seconds left in regulation and freshman Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla...

Tied with four minutes to play, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team scored 10 of the final 13 points to earn a 64-57 victory over Dartmouth on Thursday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Sophomore wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) scored a team-high 12 points, junior center Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State)...

Sophomore wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) recorded his first career double-double, scoring a career-high 23 points and grabbing a career-best 12 rebounds, as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team defeated Saint Joseph’s (Ind.), 111-61, on Sunday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. Four Huskies scored in double figures, with sophomore guard J.J....

The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team led for 38 minutes, but Nebraska Omaha used 84 percent free throw shooting to slip past the Huskies, 68-66, on Friday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Sophomore wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) scored a team-high 16 points to lead the Huskies. Sophomore guard Daveon Balls...

Five players scored in double figures as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team earned a 90-57 exhibition victory over Rockford University on Saturday evening at the NIU Convocation Center. Redshirt junior Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State) scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds off the bench to pace the Huskies. Redshirt junior Pete Rakocevic...

Trailing by 11 with eight minutes to play, Northern Illinois stormed back to take a lead before falling in the final minute at Eastern Michigan, 45-44, on Monday night in the FirstEnergy Mid-American Conference Tournament First Round. The Huskies used a 15-2 run, capped by a triple from freshman guard Travon Baker (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Consortium)...

Neither team led by more than five points in the second half, but Ball State connected on 78.9 percent (15-of-19) of its second half free throws to edge past Northern Illinois, 56-52, on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. The Cardinals came into the contest shooting 62.7 percent from the charity stripe on the...

Northern Illinois had a chance to tie the game with 14.8 seconds left, but a Huskie triple rimmed out and Buffalo escaped with a 59-54 victory on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena. Sophomore wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) scored a team-high 13 points while playing just 19 minutes due to foul trouble. Sophomore forward...

Sophomore wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) recorded his second consecutive double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds but Northern Illinois was unable to hang on to a late 3-point lead, falling to Toledo, 69-64, at the NIU Convocation Center. Junior forward Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Asker) added a career-best 18 points with six rebounds and...