The Northern Star caught up with Todd Townsend, NIU men's basketball assistant coach, who talked about playing with Dwayne Wade at Marquette, and what he would say to NIU students to convince them to come out to one of their games. Northern Star: You...
NIU men's basketball continued its road trip woes, losing to Akron 75-51 Saturday. NIU (3-20, 2-9 MAC) went on a 9-0 run after trailing 10-4 in the first half, led by Abdel Nader scoring five-straight points to help the Huskies take a 13-10 lead after...
Thanks to a perfect Storm, a replay and a Norwegian who can make free throws, NIU beat Miami (Ohio) 62-59 in dramatic fashion.Huskies' forward Tyler Storm scored a career-high 17 points, and two clutch free throws by Stian Berg and a last second buzzer...
A storm invaded the NIU Convocation Center Wednesday; a storm named Tyler.Storm came off the bench against Miami (Ohio) and scored 10 first half points to help NIU men's basketball win 62-59.The Huskies' forward had a career-high 17 points and a career-high...
After a year away from the ice, Rob Bock made his return to the hockey rink this season. Bock, a member the NIU D-II men's hockey team, spent last year playing basketball at Elgin Community college. The forward has scored seven goals along with five assists...
Jon Borovich, NIU men's basketball assistant coach, was hired this season after four years of assistant coaching at Dayton. Borovich sat down with the Northern Star to talk about his Michigan roots, his experiences as a player and a coach, and who he...
Coming off its sixth-consecutive loss, NIU men's basketball is looking to get back on track tonight at home against MAC opponent Miami (Ohio). In order for the Huskies (2-19, 1-7 MAC) to give themselves a chance they will need to come out strong. "As...
Abdel Nader has a lot that he could be unhappy about.NIU men's basketball's has only won two games out of the 21 that they have played so far this season. The Huskies' second leading scorer, Tim Toler, was dismissed from the team. Starting point guard...
Someone needs to step up and score some points for NIU men's basketball. The Huskies are in desperate need of another scorer, as they've had low-point production all season. NIU averages just 55 points per game, which is only better than Eastern Michigan,...
The only word to describe NIU's 65-40 loss to the Bowling Green Falcons Saturday is ugly. Ugly it was as the Huskies (2-19, 1-8) dropped their sixth-straight game in-a-row, their 11th double digit loss this season. NIU failed to score more than 50 points...
No one at the Convocation Center was really in a joking mood after NIU's 67-58 loss to Ohio.Except for head coach Mark Montgomery."Well, on national signing day we signed a 6'7'', 300 pound ... no I'm joking. That's football," Montgomery said.It's hard...
In need of a second scoring option, Antone Christian answered the bell for NIU men's basketball against Ohio Wednesday. Christian came in off the bench and scored a season-high 15 points against the Bobcats, 10 of which came in the first half. The Huskies...
