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Junior guard Tony Nixon had a season-high 12 points but the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team fell to Western Michigan, 78-53, on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. The Broncos shot 52.9 percent (27-of-51) in the contest, including 59.1 percent (13-of-22) from behind the three-point arc. “You have to give Western Michigan a lot...

Freshman forward Keith Gray (Chicago, Ill./Brooks Academy) and freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) each scored 13 points, but the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team fell, 75-51, to MAC-leading Akron on Saturday night at Rhodes Arena. The Huskies trailed by single-digits early in the second half but a 14-0 run by the Zips helped...

Freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) scored a career-high 26 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team saw its second half rally come up short, 75-65, against Ball State on Saturday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Trailing by as much as 15, the Huskies trimmed the Cardinal lead...

Tim Toler led Northern Illinois with 15 points, but the Huskies (1-13, 0-2 MAC) fell, 77-68, to the Western Michigan Broncos (7-9, 1-1)  at University Arena in Kalamazoo, Mich. Wednesday night. Abdel Nader added 14 points for the Huskies, and Antone Christian chipped in seven points in the loss. Kevin Gray and Tony Nixon grabbed...

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team allowed just eight second half points en route to a 72-46 victory over Roosevelt University on Monday night at the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies held the Lakers to just 7.4 percent (2-of-27) second half shooting to erase a five-point halftime deficit and give head coach Mark Montgomery his...

The NIU men’s basketball team trailed by just one with two minutes to play but was unable to get over the hump, falling 62-55 at UIC on Saturday afternoon. Redshirt sophomore guard Antone Christian (Nashville, Tenn./Martin Luther King Magnet) and freshman forward Keith Gray (Chicago, Ill./Brooks Academy) each scored a season-high 11 points to lead...

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 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...

Northern Illinois men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery announced Wednesday that Marquavis Ford, Keith Gray and Kevin Gray have signed national letters of intent to join the Huskie basketball program in the fall. Ford is a 6-foot-2 guard from Saginaw High School in Saginaw, Mich., while Keith and Kevin Gray are 6-foot-7 twin forwards from...