After 42 days and 10 straight losses, the NIU men’s basketball team finally won a game, defeating the MAC’s No. 4 team Miami-Ohio 62-54 Wednesday night at the Convocation Center. One more loss would have tied an NIU record for the longest losing streak,...

PEORIA - The Bradley men’s basketball team picked up where it left off in 1986, defeating NIU 76-67 in the ESPN Bracket Buster game on Saturday. The Braves (13-14 overall) now have won five consecutive games over NIU and are 6-1 in the all-time series...

During part of ESPN’s Bracketbuster Challenge, the NIU men’s basketball team will play Bradley at 7:05 p.m. Saturday at the Peoria Civic Center. Bradley (12-14) has won two straight games and four of its past six since the return of preseason co-player...

NIU men’s basketball couldn’t catch up after falling behind on an 18-0 run by Bowling Green in the first half. The Huskies fell 69-52 to the Falcons, losing their ninth straight game. The Huskies (7-17 overall, 2-12 MAC) lost nine straight in 2000-’01...

Looking to avoid its ninth straight loss, the NIU men’s basketball team will tip off against Bowling Green at 7:05 p.m. today at the Convocation Center. Bowling Green (10-13 overall, 6-7 MAC) has played three of its past four games on the road and has...

Last year, NIU football coach Joe Novak had his team 41 seconds away from playing in the MAC championship. Coach Rob Judson got the men’s basketball team to the semifinals of the MAC tournament. Dave Grant got his wrestling squad ranked in the top 25...

None of Peyton Stovall’s three steals in Ball State’s win over the NIU men’s basketball team were bigger than his final one Saturday. With 7.2 seconds remaining in the game and the Cardinals clinging to a three-point lead, Stovall stole Anthony...

There is a buzz surrounding the NIU men’s basketball team, which is why two of the three largest newspapers in Illinois sent reporters to the Huskies game Saturday. It isn’t often that there is a buzz about a team that hasn’t won a game in more...

After two conference games on the road, the NIU men’s basketball team will return home to play Ball State at 2:05 p.m. Saturday at the Convocation Center. It will be the first of three straight conference home games for the Huskies. “We’re looking...

After allowing a 17-0 run in its first loss to Toledo this season, the NIU men’s basketball team allowed a 25-0 run to the host Rockets in a 69-61 Huskies loss Wednesday. Perry Smith’s three pointer with 16:42 left in the second half gave the Huskies...

One day after the NIU men’s basketball team gave Central Michigan its first MAC win, the women’s team gave Akron its first conference win, 43-42. Akron (6-14 overall, 1-8 MAC) lost its previous 20 MAC games, including the first eight of the year,...

As if things couldn’t get worse for the NIU men’s basketball team, the Huskies now are at least temporarily without star player Marcus Smallwood for “time off to reflect.” The 6-foot-6 senior did not make NIU’s road trip that included Monday’s...