DeKalb — The Huskies took a big win after a buzzer-beating shot from junior guard Darius Beane with only a second left Tuesday, defeating the University of Akron Zips 67-65. The Huskies have struggled to close games out this season, blowing second-half...

DeKalb — The men’s basketball team dropped a close game Tuesday with a loss to the Ohio University Bobcats in Athens, OH. The Huskies were looking for their first Mid-American Conference win of the season when they came up short in a 76-73 loss....

DeKALB — The women’s basketball team’s Wednesday road meeting with the Kent State University Golden Flashes was postponed Tuesday, according to a NIU Athletics news release. NIU Athletics spokesperson Mike Hasse confirmed to the Northern Star...

DeKALB –– NIU Athletics announced Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mark Montgomery was relieved of his duties on Sunday. The decision for the university and Montgomery to part ways comes after the Montgomery-led Huskies struggled to a 1-7 start to...

DeKalb — The men's basketball team dropped another Mid-American Conference game with a loss against the Bowling Green State University Falcons Saturday. The Huskies lose another early season game in MAC conference play and drop to 0-3 in MAC play...

As the calendar turns to 2021, the sports scene turns its attention to the next collegiate mega event — the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament, set to take place entirely in Indianapolis, IN, according to the NCAA. In 2021 all major conferences are...

DeKALB — The men’s basketball team suffered another Mid-American Conference loss Tuesday after being blown out by the University of Toledo Rockets 78-55. The Huskies only shot about 37% from the field in the game and a season-low 6.7% from 3-point...

DeKalb — The men’s basketball team recorded its first win of the season Friday against the Chicago State University Cougars, 64-54. The Huskies got the win behind the shooting of sophomore guard Tyler Cochran, scoring 15 points on the night. He...

DeKALB — At halftime in men’s basketball’s final non-conference game of the season Friday, the Huskies hold a nine-point lead over the Chicago State Cougars. Sophomore guard Kaleb Thornton got the start over junior guard Darius Beane and got...

DeKalb —The men’s basketball team looks for its first win of the season against Chicago State University Friday.  The Huskies will be playing their first game in five days after losing by over 50 points to the third-ranked University of Iowa....

Iowa City, IOWA — Men’s basketball fell 106-53 against the third-ranked University of Iowa Hawkeyes, Sunday at Carver Hawkeye arena in Iowa City. NIU falls to 0-5 on the season, and 0-4 in non-conference play. NIU was led by junior center Adong...

DeKALB — The men’s basketball team fell in overtime Tuesday to open up Mid-American Conference play against the Ball State University Cardinals, 79-70.  The Huskies are now 0-1 in MAC play with the loss and 0-4 on the season. NIU junior guard...