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Coach Mark Montgomery
This season, the NCAA has changed the start date for Division I men’s basketball practice, allowing teams to begin practice 42 days prior to their first game of the season. Third-year head coach Mark Montgomery and Northern Illinois will take to the court for their first practice on Saturday. NIUHuskies.com caught up with Montgomery to...
Travon Baker
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)...
Aksel Bolin
Northern Illinois led by eight with four minutes to play before Western Michigan scored the final 16 points of the game to take a 66-58 win on Saturday evening at University Arena. Junior forward Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Asker) scored a team-high 10 points to lead the Huskies. Northern Illinois (5-19, 3-9 MAC) built a five-point...
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...
Darrell Bowie
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...
Mike Davis
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...
Abdel Nader
Four Huskies scored in double figures but Northern Illinois was unable to recover from a 20-0 first half run by Ohio, falling 81-63 on Wednesday night. Sophomore wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) scored a team-high 16 points and grabbed a game-best seven rebounds. Sophomore forward Keith Gray (Chicago, Ill./Brooks Academy) scored 14 points while...
Darrell Bowie
Northern Illinois was within six points midway through the second half, but Akron was able to answer with an 11-2 run to take a 68-53 victory on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. Freshman wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) led the Huskies with a career-high 13 points and five rebounds. “Akron is...
Aksel Bolin
Northern Illinois and Miami were tied at 28 at the half, but the Huskies shot 63.2 percent (12-of-19) after the intermission to run away with a 72-61 conference-opening victory Wednesday night at Millett Hall. NIU shot 69.2 percent (9-of-13) from behind the 3-point line and 80.8 percent (21-of-26) from the free-throw line in the contest....
Keith Gray
An 11-3 run pulled Northern Illinois within six with 1:43 to play, but Washington made enough plays down the stretch to escape with a 67-57 victory on Saturday afternoon at Alaska Airlines Arena. Sophomore wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) led NIU with 18 points. Nader scored in double figures for the third time in...
Abdel Nader
Sophomore wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed six rebounds as Northern Illinois gave DePaul all it could handle before falling, 69-64, on Sunday afternoon at Allstate Arena. In a contest that featured 10 ties and 14 lead changes, a five-point deficit with a minute to play ultimately proved...
Aksel Bolin
Three Huskies scored in double figures as Northern Illinois used the energy of an Orange Bowl Pep Rally crowd to earn a 65-54 victory over Southern Illinois Edwardsville on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Junior forward Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Asker) led the Huskies with 15 points. Northern Illinois (2-5) led nearly the entire...
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