A buzzer beating tip-in ended a back-and-forth affair between the NIU and Western Michigan men's basketball teams on Saturday afternoon. NIU held a 16-point lead in the first half, but lost all but six points of the advantage before halftime. WMU caught...
In a battle of team scoring leaders, Central Michigan knocked off the NIU men’s basketball team 66-64 in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Thursday night. Down two with 15 seconds left, NIU guard Xavier Silas took the ball up court with a chance to tie or take...
Coming off two straight wins, the NIU men's basketball team kicks off a two-game road trip tonight against Central Michigan. Following a 75-70 loss to Ball State in their conference opener, the Huskies (6-9, 2-1 MAC) have notched back-to-back wins over...
Reality is slowly starting to sink in. Once the NFL playoffs wrap up, students will start to fully appreciate the sports wasteland that DeKalb has become in the matter of a few weeks. Last semester, the entire community banded together to support one...
Xavier Silas' brief tenure as the nation's leading scorer and the addition of NIU quarterback DeMarcus Grady highlighted winter break for the NIU men's basketball team. Silas shot to the top of the nation's Division I scoring list in the Huskies' first...
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The NIU men’sbasketball team dropped an 84-74 decision to Temple on Saturdayafternoon in Philadelphia.<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin:...
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Xavier Silasdropped a Convocation Center record 40 points for the NIU men'sbasketball team in an 80-78 comeback win over Illinois-Chicago onTuesday night.<span style="font-family:...
DeKALB | Much more will be known about the 2-4 NIU men's basketball team following a tough nine-game winter break schedule. Finishing up their non-conference schedule over break, the Huskies will also be three games deep into the MAC portion of their...
DeKALB | Despite a late second-half comeback attempt, the NIU men’s basketball team could not overcome the DePaul Blue Demons Thursday night, losing 86-84. Leading the Huskies (2-4) once again, senior Xavier Silas dropped 34 points, tying his career...
Pick up any junior college basketball team's roster and Ricardo Patton can find at least a couple stories worth listening to on it. Leading up to the 2010-11 season, two in particular caught the interest of the head men's basketball coach at NIU. A 270-pound...
DeKALB | Without much of a fight, the NIU men's basketball team fell 80-51 to Boise State Monday evening. The Broncos smothered NIU (2-3) with a pressure defense that produced a 26-6 BSU (6-0) run to end the first half. Starting point guard Bryan Hall...
Though the 2010 basketball season is barely under way, NIU head coach Ricardo Patton and his staff have already begun looking forward to 2011. At the beginning of November, the Huskies signed two players early on in 6-foot-4-inch wing DeAndre Barnette...
