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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...
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...
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...
Redshirt sophomore guard Antone Christian (Nashville, Tenn./Martin Luther King Magnet) scored a season-high 15 points Wednesday night as the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team fell, 67-58, to Ohio University at the NIU Convocation Center. Leading by one at the intermission, Ohio used a 12-1 run to open a gap early in the second half. NIU...
The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team played even with DePaul for nearly 25 minutes on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center before the Blue Demons pulled away for a 75-52 victory. Senior forward Tim Toler (Indianapolis, Ind./Avon/Danville Area CC) paced the Huskies with 18 points and 13 rebounds, the third double-double of his career....
Tied with just under eight minutes to play Sunday afternoon, Eastern Illinois used a 20-8 run to close the game to defeat the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team, 67-55, at the NIU Convocation Center. Freshman wing Abdel Nader (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) scored 11 points to lead the Huskies. “It was a tough game, it came...
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...
OXFORD, Ohio – The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team fell 84-72 on Wednesday night at Miami (Ohio). The RedHawks led by six at the half and used a 14-0 run early in the second stanza to build a lead that was too much for the Huskies to overcome. Senior guard Xavier Silas scored a team-high...
