NIU Today

Fifty Northern Illinois University student-athletes representing 15 Huskie teams celebrated commencement along with their classmates Saturday, May 11, at the NIU Convocation Center. The graduation ceremonies, the last presided over by NIU President John G. Peters, honored students graduating either this spring or after the summer. Saturday’s degree recipients brings the total number of student-athletes...

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 forward Sam Mader (Appleton, Wis./Appleton East) scored a team-high 15 points but Northern Illinois dropped a 58-46 decision to UIC on Tuesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies pulled within five midway through the second half until a 10-2 UIC run helped propel the Flames to the victory. “UIC got off to...

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team kicks off the second year of the Mark Montgomery era tonight when the Huskies hold their first official practice of the 2012-13 season. “It’s a new group, we want to build on the momentum from the end of last year but it’s a new team with new faces,” said...

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team trailed by just a pair early in the second half, but a 17-1 run helped Western Michigan pull away to a 71-54 victory over the Huskies on Wednesday night in the second round of the Mid-American Conference Basketball Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena. NIU shot just 29.6 percent (8-of-27)...

Junior guard Tony Nixon (South Holland, Ill./Seton Academy) scored a game-high 14 points as the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team defeated Eastern Michigan 55-52 on Monday night at the EMU Convocation Center to advance to the Second Round of the FirstEnergy Mid-American Conference Tournament. The victory snapped a nine-game conference tournament losing streak for the...

Ball State erased an eight-point halftime deficit, defeating the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team, 62-51, on Saturday afternoon at Worthen Arena in the regular season finale for both team. Freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) paced the Huskies with 16 points and a team-best six rebounds. The MAC Freshman of the Year candidate also...

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team held Toledo scoreless for the final 4:27 of the contest, helping the Huskies earn a 65-61 comeback victory Wednesday night on Senior Night at the NIU Convocation Center. The Huskies finished the game on an 8-0 run to erase a four-point deficit and earn the victory. Freshman wing Abdel...

Eastern Michigan used a 22-6 run to close the game to defeat the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team, 48-45, on Wednesday night at the EMU Convocation Center. Freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) scored a team-high 10 points and grabbed a game-high seven rebounds and junior guard Tony Nixon (South Holland, Ill./Seton Academy) also...

Mark Yelovich hit a turnaround jumper from the baseline at the buzzer to lift SIU Edwardsville to a 64-62 win over the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team on Saturday afternoon at the Vadalabene Center. NIU trailed by five with 90 seconds to play but clawed back to even the game and appeared to have forced...

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...

Trailing by as many as 10 points in the second half, the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team used a 21-8 run to close the game to earn a 62-59 victory over Miami University on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Senior forward Tyler Storm (Geneseo, Ill./Geneseo) scored a career-best 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting,...