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Last-second shot stuffs Huskies

By Tom Clegg | February 16, 1988

That hurts. The NIU men's basketball team discovered the meaning of agony Monday night at Chick Evans Field House when Illinois-Chicago's Nate Chambers canned a three-point basket at the buzzer to beat NIU 83-81. The Huskies' record fell to 5-17 while...

Huskies finally find the brakes

By Jeff Kirik | February 15, 1988

It's over. Finally. The NIU men's basketball team snapped a month-long, 10-game losing skid Saturday by outrunning the Blue Devils of Central Connecticut State 94-80 in front of 1,134 at Chick Evans Field House. NIU upped its record to 5-16 while CCSU,...

Flames to sweep in

By Tom Clegg | February 15, 1988

The NIU men's basketball team knocked a stubborn monkey off its back Saturday. But head coach Jim Rosborough, who saw his team end a 10-game losing streak, knows the fans will not be satisfied with one in a row. The second-year NIU coach would like to...

Soccer squad takes 16-team indoor meet

By Tom Clegg | February 15, 1988

NIU's soccer team took to the indoor turf this past weekend as coach Willy Roy began looking forward to next season. Roy's boys won the 16-team tournament at Soccer Enterprises, Inc. in Palatine that marked the start of a six-week spring session, during...

NIU tries to avoid record-tying streak

By Jeff Kirik | February 12, 1988

If the NIU men's basketball team is to beat Central Connecticut State Saturday, the Huskies will have to do something they could not do in the last meeting with the Blue Devils—stop Brian Devlin. The 4-16 Huskies will attempt to snap their 10-game slide...

Coach buffet served at Huskie luncheon Rosborough, Cesarek, Ehrlich speak

By Jeff Aronin | February 10, 1988

At Tuesday's Huskie Club Luncheon, NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough told the gathering he once heard "basketball is a great game if you're winning." But after not winning a game for over a month, Rosborough maintains a good outlook for the Huskies....

Rosborough fights to take slide in stride

By Dan Moran | February 3, 1988

Should Jim Rosborough start soliciting bodyguards? At Tuesday's Huskie Club Luncheon, the men's basketball boss told the gathering of a conversation he had with a family friend and former associate at Iowa. "He called this morning and asked if the lynch...

Cincy tops Huskies; loss streak hits nine

By Jeff Kirik | February 2, 1988

The NIU men's basketball team seems to be gaining momentum—they're just going in the wrong direction. The Huskies, now 4-15, dropped their ninth game in a row with an 81-60 loss to the Bearcats of Cincinnati Monday night. The nine-game skid is the second...

O’Dell confronts job of AD restructuring

By Jeff Kirik | January 29, 1988

This is the last of a three-part series profiling new NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell. This segment focuses on the merger between men's and women's athletics. When the external and internal review comittees filed their reports on the NIU athletic...

Board gets to work

By Jeff Kirik | January 28, 1988

The NIU Athletic Board met for the first time this semester and for the first time with new athletic director Gerald O'Dell Wednesday. O'Dell had a chance to introduce Mary Mihelich, NIU's new promotion and marketing director, to the board also. When...

Huskies can’t spoil Bronco beach bash

By Tom Clegg | January 26, 1988

Western Michigan kicked sand in the faces of the NIU men's basketball team as the Broncos outfought the Huskies' 84-79 on "Beach Night" Monday in Kalamazoo. The summer-like atmosphere created by the 1,885 WMU fans worked in the Broncos' favor early as...

Akron run enough to hold off Huskies

By Jeff Kirik | January 25, 1988

The NIU basketball team outplayed Akron for 34 minutes Saturday, but the six minutes the Huskies didn't control proved to be fatal as the Zips held on for a 75-68 win at Chick Evans Field House. Shawn Roberts' layup with 16:37 left in the game started...