Prior to Wednesday night's 83-74 win over Akron, the NIU men's basketball team passed around a bucket in the locker room. Each player was to write down an excuse on a slip of paper and throw it in. Without any excuses to call on, the Huskies came out...
Despite playing with flu-like conditions, NIU guard Xavier Silas didn't disappoint Wednesday evening.Silas put together an all-around performance, pouring in his second-highest point total of the season with 39 while grabbing eight rebounds in the Huskies...
The Huskies knew it would be an uphill battle to defeat Kent State on its home court. Coming into the M.A.C. Center having won two games in a row, the Huskies were unable to make it three, losing 56-54 in an overtime bout. The Golden Flashes (15-4 overall,...
Four years ago, Chad Spann walked onto the NIU football team and earned a scholarship. As a departing senior, he has his sights set a little higher in 2011. After helping the Huskies cap a 11-3 season with a victory in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl, Spann...
When associate head coach Ryan Ludwig first came to NIU to assist head coach Dave Grant's rising wrestling team, he felt that the job was a good fit for him. Six years later, Ludwig has become a key part of NIU wrestling and its reform to become a nationally...
Adam Kiel is a mountain of a man. But even the 6'5", 308-pound NIU offensive lineman could not do all of the pushing required in helping the area of New Orleans still recovering from Hurricane Katrina more than five years ago. The redshirt reserve offensive...
Some may see it as odd that Ricardo Patton wants nothing to change about the attitude of a 6-11 team. If Patton has learned one thing about this year's Huskies, it's that they're motivation level is unquestionable. On their most recent road trip, the...
The NIU women's basketball team will hit the road to take on perhaps its most challenging opponent so far in Kent State. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. If NIU defeats Kent State, it will be the Huskies' first three-game MAC winning streak since 2008-09....
More than halfway through her junior season as guard and captain for NIU women's basketball, Courtney Shelton has racked up some memorable moments this season. The Northern Star sat down with Shelton to discuss the action both on and off the court, as...
Catch these short updates from different NIU sports teams: Huskie Hockey loses two, but clinches playoff birth Who says a loss can’t be a bad thing? A Friday night, 5-4 overtime loss to Loyola University was just enough to clinch the Huskies’ first...
DeKALB | After losing a number of contests to begin a season, getting that elusive victory can feel like a big weight off of one's back. The NIU gymnastics team is enjoying that relief, after finally nabbing their first victory of the season on Sunday...
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...
