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Northern Illinois men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery has announced the promotion of Jason Larson to assistant coach following two seasons as NIU’s director of basketball operations. “I am excited to be able to promote Jason to an assistant coaching position,” said Montgomery. “Jason has done an unbelievable job the last two years in his...
Northern Illinois men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery announced today the signing of Jordan Threloff to join the Huskie men’s basketball program. A 6-foot-10 center from DeKalb, Threloff spent three seasons at Illinois State, redshirting during the 2010-11 season before appearing in 51 contests over the past two years. “We are happy to have Jordan...
Northern Illinois men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery announced today the addition of Michael Orris to the Huskie basketball program. Orris, a native of Crete, Ill., transfers to NIU after spending one season at Kansas State. “We are really looking forward to having Michael Orris join the Huskie basketball family,” Montgomery said. “Michael is the...
Northern Illinois men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery announced today the signing of Aaron and Aaric Armstead to National Letters of Intent to join the Huskie men’s basketball program for the 2013-14 season. Aaron Armstead is a 6-foot-4 guard who started his collegiate career at Wisconsin-Green Bay and will have two remaining seasons of eligibility....
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)...
Northern Illinois led for the first 34 minutes but was unable to hold off a late Ball State run, falling to the Cardinals, 53-51, on Saturday afternoon at Worthen Arena. Freshman wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) scored 10 points to lead a balance attack for NIU; junior forward Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Asker) scored...
Northern Illinois and Toledo were tied in the early going before the Rockets went on a 13-0 run and never looked back, defeating NIU, 70-46, on Tuesday night at Savage Arena. Junior forward Aksel Bolin (Asker, Norway/Akser) led the Huskies with 14 points. Freshman guard Mike Davis (Garfield Heights, Ohio/Garfield Heights) chipped in eight points...
Northern Illinois led by three early in the second half, but a 12-0 Central Michigan run helped the Chippewas claim a 69-50 victory over the Huskies on Saturday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Freshman guard Mike Davis (Garfield Heights, Ohio/Garfield Heights) scored a career-best 12 points to lead NIU. Freshman wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee,...
Freshman guard Mike Davis (Garfield Heights, Ohio/Garfield Heights) scored a team-best nine points as Northern Illinois fell to Eastern Michigan, 53-41, on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Freshman wing Darrell Bowie (Milwaukee, Wis./La Jolla Prep) added eight points and six rebounds and freshman guard Travon Baker (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Consortium) also added eight points....
Northern PACT Awareness Week, scheduled from Monday, Feb. 25, through Sunday, March 3, provides an opportunity for the NIU campus community to support and contribute to an environment that is: JUST: where all people are valued and supported while they learn from the diversity of our community CARING: where the well-being of all is supported,...
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...
