Tag: men's basketball
The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team had two possessions to tie or take the lead in the final minute Saturday night, but Eastern Illinois made a pair of stops and held on for a 59-55 victory over the Huskies at Lantz Arena. Junior Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) scored a team-high 14 points...
DePaul made 11 three-pointers and shot 53.8 percent from the field Tuesday night to claim a 78-67 victory over the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team at Allstate Arena. Sophomore Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla Prep) scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Huskies, junior Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) added 15 points...
NIU Intercollegiate Athletics is introducing three new basketball mini-plans with options to fit most any schedule. Fans have two ways to see the NIU men’s basketball team for the remainder of the season. For $45, the “Saturday MAC Plan” gives fans the chance to see the Huskies clash with six Mid-American Conference rivals, including Toledo,...
The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team trailed by 21 with 10:43 to play before closing on a 28-2 run to earn a 61-56 victory over Maine on Sunday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. Sophomore guard Michael Orris (Crete, Ill./Crete-Monee/Kansas State) scored a career-high 18 points and junior wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep)...
Sophomore Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla Prep) scored a team-best 13 points but the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team was unable to overcome a 28 percent shooting night as it fell, 70-49, to Iowa on Wednesday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Junior Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) and senior Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State)...
The NIU men’s basketball team shot 51 percent from the field, including 57.1 percent in the second half, to earn a 78-67 victory over Idaho Thursday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Sophomore Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla Prep) and junior Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) each scored 16 as the Huskies moved to...
Redshirt senior center Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State) scored 17 points and grabbed 16 rebounds Saturday as the NIU men’s basketball team claimed an 86-56 victory over Aurora in the regular season opener at the NIU Convocation Center. Sophomore guard Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Ill./La Jolla Prep) also added 17 points as the Huskies won their...
Northern Illinois University men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery announced the signings of Levi Bradley (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI), Jaylen Key (Mequon, Wis./Homestead), Austin Pauga (Naperville, Ill./IMG Academy) and Laytwan Porter (Rockford, Ill./Auburn) to National Letters of Intent to join the NIU basketball program. “I’m very happy with our recruiting class,” Montgomery said. “We have two...
Redshirt senior center Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State) scored a game-high 15 points with a game-best 10 rebounds as the NIU men’s basketball team cruised to a 71-44 exhibition victory over Roosevelt University on Saturday evening at the NIU Convocation Center. Four Huskies scored in double figures as NIU raced out to a 17-0 lead...
All 27 Northern Illinois University home basketball games, along with two volleyball matches, two gymnastics meets, two wrestling meets and NIU’s football signing day press conference will be broadcast live on ESPN3 as part of its school content production schedule. NIU’s first live game broadcast on ESPN3 will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov....
The Huskie Basketball Tip-Off, featuring NIU men’s basketball coach Mark Montgomery and NIU women’s basketball coach Kathi Bennett, will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant, 214 E. Lincoln Hwy. in downtown DeKalb. Join Coach Montgomery and Coach Bennett, along with the Huskie men’s and women’s basketball staffs, for this...
Home game times for the upcoming 2014-15 season of Huskie basketball have been announced. The season tips off with an exhibition doubleheader Saturday, Nov. 8, as the NIU women’s basketball team takes on Lewis University at 3 p.m., and the Huskie men’s basketball team hosts Roosevelt University at 5 p.m. The women open the regular...
