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Rockets soar from free throw, 3-point lines

By Jim Wozniak | February 19, 1987

TOLEDO, Ohio—Move over Western Michigan, a new scoring champion has been crowned against the NIU men's basketball team. The Toledo Rockets became the second NIU opponent to supersede the century mark this year in a 103-91 victory over the Huskies Wednesday...

Huskies hope three is a charm vs. WMU

By Jim Wozniak | February 4, 1987

Baseball does not begin for another two months, but NIU will try to avoid striking out on the basketball court tonight. The Huskie men's basketball team plays Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Mich., at 6:45. It will be the third time the two teams have...

Huskies entertain Sunshine Boys

By Jim Wozniak | January 30, 1987

On one hand, Saturday night marks a return home for the NIU men's basketball team. On the other hand, it might send people scrambling for a directory to see where NIU's opponent comes from. The Huskies take on Florida International at 7:30 in Chick Evans...

Men’s team leaves defense in DeKalb

By Jim Wozniak | January 29, 1987

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa—When it comes time for the NIU men's basketball team to play AMCU-8 conference members lately, defense takes a back seat. Just like the earlier loss to Western Illinois, the Huskies defense took a night off. This time Northern Iowa...

Cagers beat old MAC foes

By Jeff Kirik | January 22, 1987

When the NIU men's and women's basketball teams swept a double-header from their Toledo counterparts Wednesday night, the Huskies gained a little more than a pair of wins. The Huskie cagers also picked up the extra satisfaction that comes with beating...

Huskies deflect Rocket attack

By Jim Wozniak | January 22, 1987

Unable to understand his team's defense, NIU Coach Jim Rosborough followed the defensive yellow brick road, picked up some new starters and traveled to the land of his 70-point goal. After nine straight games of giving up more than 70 points, the NIU...

Huskie double-header tonight

By Jim Wozniak | January 21, 1987

If you see more people wearing suits and ties than uniforms on the NIU bench, you will not be seeing things. With Huskie forward Jim Edmondson now ineligible, the NIU men's basketball team will have only 10 men available the rest of the season. NIU's...

Scoop out two flavors of Huskie basketball

January 21, 1987

"Let's play two." Ernie Banks may have been talking about baseball but the same can be said of college basketball. The NIU men's and women's basketball teams have their own twinbill tonight against Toledo starting at 5:15 with the women's contest. This...

Arnold beats odds, turns to coaching

By Jeff Kirik | January 17, 1987

Kenny Arnold dealt with a personal tragedy in the way he competed in Big Ten basketball. He battled his opponent and he won. Arnold, currently a graduate assistant on Jim Rosborough's men's basketball staff at NIU, discovered he had a brain tumor in 1984,...

Coaches respond to legislation

By Jeff Kirik | January 16, 1987

New legislation has been passed by NCAA athletic directors and presidents regarding the regulation of basketball and football recruiting. The new rules reduce the length of the recruiting season and the number of scholarships available. In men's and women's...

Defense absent as Huskies lose

By Jim Wozniak | January 15, 1987

If Huskie basketball followers see NIU Coach Jim Rosborough walking the streets, he might be muttering something about finding his defense. osborough had nothing but scathing remarks about the NIU men's basketball team's defensive performance in its 97-90...

NCAA reforms find reaction

By Jim Wozniak | January 15, 1987

Last week's NCAA convention in San Diego left some people grumbling about the many new rules now in the books, but NIU personnel saw a brighter side. Some of the major changes athletic directors and presidents voted on were to reduce basketball scholarships...