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Men’s hoops roll in exhibition game

By Steve Brown | November 9, 2004

If there were any opening night jitters for the NIU men’s basketball team, it didn’t show it.

Sophomore center James Hughes paced the Huskies Monday night at the Convocation Center with 15 points as the Huskies dominated the Illinois Institute of Technology 101-51 in their first exhibition game of the season.

“I like the way our team had energy and how we shared the ball,” NIU coach Rob Judson said. “We had really good transition offense and that goes back to the defense.”

The Huskies jumped out to a 25-10 lead after a three-pointer by freshman guard Zach Pancratz, who chipped in 14 points in his first game with the Huskies.

“I just wanted to try and make a difference,” Pancratz said.”I wanted to work with my teammates and do what we do and work within the offense.”

NIU led throughout and were never threatened by the IIT offense that managed only 21 first-half points.

An NAIA Division I school, IIT’s starting center was 6-foot-4 compared to NIU’s starting center, Johnathan Byrd, who is 6-foot-9.

A pair of free throws by Pancratz with four seconds remaining in the first half stretched the Huskies lead to 31 points.

“We’re not going to be a real high-scoring team,” junior point guard Anthony Maestranzi said. “We just want to keep the defense on their heels, and on offense we’re going to spread the points out if we can.”

The second half was much like the first for the Huskies.

A jumper from Byrd, the Huskies’ lone senior, capped a 31-8 run.

Judson said despite the scoring output, he was really focused on the defense his team played.

“We wanted to see defensively how we would be fundamentally,” he said. “We still got a lot of things to work on defensively and there was just too much reaching and grabbing.”

Six players scored double-figures for the Huskies in the game that saw them score at least 100 points for the first time since the 2002-2003 season.

Youthful men’s hoops gearing up

By Sean Ostruszka | October 27, 2004

With only one senior on the NIU men’s basketball team, coach Rob Judson stressed the youth movement at the NIU basketball media day Wednesday at the Convocation Center. NIU, which was 10-20 last year after being eliminated in the first round of the...

Hughes dunks home answers

By Jarrod Rice | October 27, 2004

Sophomore center James Hughes started almost half of the NIU men’s basketball team’s games last season as a redshirt freshman. In only 15 minutes of action, he averaged 1.77 blocks a game for the 10-20 Huskies. Hughes talked with the Northern Star...

Basketball season on horizon

By Frank Rusnak | October 18, 2004

Yes, it’s still football season and most Huskies fans are not readily awaiting the beginning of the basketball season. But a crazy event happened Friday night at the Convocation Center. The NIU men’s basketball team’s lightly publicized Midnight...

Baseball’s fall world series comes to end

By Bob Grant | October 18, 2004

The deciding Game 5 of the NIU Fall World Series was dominated by pitcher Nick Hall in a 2-1 NIU Cardinal victory over NIU Black in 10 innings Thursday afternoon. The win gave the Cardinals a 3-2 victory in the five-game series. Hall pitched all 10 innings,...

Hall to welcome five

By Jarrod Rice | October 12, 2004

Five former NIU athletes will be inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame as part of NIU’s 98th Homecoming weekend, beginning Friday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. T.C. Dantzler, E.C. Hill, Julie Sexton, Ernie Wickstrom and John Wrenn make...

Hoops gets commitment from Texas PG

By Marc Marin | October 12, 2004

The newest NIU men’s basketball recruit is not bashful. Quintan Lipkins, a 5-foot-9 point guard from Sharpstown High in Houston, averaged 24.5 points and 9.9 assists a game last season and is confident that success in both scoring and passing will follow...

Basketball to host “Madness”

By Bob Grant | October 11, 2004

The first NIU men’s basketball “Midnight Madness” will take place at 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Convocation Center’s Victor E. Court. In this free event, students will be able to meet the Huskies players, win prizes and see a team scrimmage....

Indoor soccer league gets new home

By Bob Grant | October 5, 2004

After two years and $2.3 million in renovations, intramural indoor soccer finally has a new home - the Chick Evans Field House. Before renovations, the field house was home to the NIU men’s basketball team. Now all NIU students can utilize the fieldhouse...

Intramural softball has largest turnout ever

By Bob Grant | September 27, 2004

NIU intramurals are underway with 450 students playing 16-inch softball, the largest turnout in the Office of Campus Recreation’s 19-year history. Softball was able to add six teams to its usual 34-team lineup this year because of more student interest....

Men’s hoops preparing during off-season

By Steve Brown | September 22, 2004

After falling to Buffalo in the first round of the MAC tournament last year, the NIU men’s basketball team met and decided they weren’t satisfied. “As far as our record and overall performance, I don’t think one player could say they were happy...

Scottish duo’s pathways merge at NIU

By Sean Connor | September 20, 2004

Their talents are displayed in showcase games, and the rest is in the hands of the scouts. Paul Gabel and Fraser Gibson displayed their soccer skills for the scouts in Scotland, and their play on the field has landed them on the NIU men’s soccer team....

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