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...

After a 24-10 run to start the game, the NIU men’s basketball team looked to have taken control of the MAC East’s top team, Kent State. The Golden Flashes responded, however, holding NIU scoreless for more than seven minutes in an 18-0 run. Both teams...

Since the beginning of the 2001-’02 season, no men’s basketball team in the MAC has won more games than Kent State. But unlike past seasons, this year the Golden Flashes do not have a superstar. Today, the Flashes (14-3, 8-1) will bring their league-best...

So far, it has been a good week for the Rost family. Levis Rost, of the first place men’s Western Michigan squad, won the MAC West Player of the Week award Monday. On Tuesday, his twin sister Casey, who plays on the women’s basketball team, set a...

The NIU men’s basketball team will play in-state rival Bradley at 7:05 p.m. on Feb. 21 in Peoria for ESPN’s Bracketbuster Saturday. The contest marks the seventh time the two programs have met with Bradley holding a 5-1 advantage. NIU coach Rob Judson...

After falling behind 22-8 to NIU in the first half Saturday at the Convocation Center, it seemed the Toledo men’s basketball team’s three games in one week had caught up to them. “We were in slow motion out there,” Toledo coach Stan Joplin said....

After losing its first home game of the season, the NIU men’s basketball team will try to rebound against Toledo at 5:05 p.m. Saturday at the Convocation Center. Toledo (14-4 overall, 8-2 MAC) is coming off a 66-63 win Wednesday night against Ball State....