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....

Redshirt sophomore Bryson McKenzie may miss the remainder of the men’s basketball season because of a knee injury. McKenzie missed the preseason after undergoing knee surgery, and his knee hasn’t recovered, NIU coach Rob Judson said. It has prompted...

Remember the fall sports season? It may seem like ages ago, but those were the days when fans used to flock to NIU football games; that was the time when you could sell your free Huskies tickets for cash because fans wanted so badly to get into Huskie...

NIU gave up an early 16-6 lead as Buffalo ran past the Huskies to a 85-73 men’s basketball win in front of 3,152 people Sunday afternoon at the Convocation Center. On paper, it looked like a Huskies win waiting to happen. NIU was undefeated at home...