Silas reigns once more NIU senior guard Xavier Silas was named MAC West Player of the Week for the fourth time this season following Huskie wins over Eastern Michigan and Toledo. In those two victories, Silas averaged 25.5 points and 4.5 rebounds, including...
Xavier Silas' brief tenure as the nation's leading scorer and the addition of NIU quarterback DeMarcus Grady highlighted winter break for the NIU men's basketball team. Silas shot to the top of the nation's Division I scoring list in the Huskies' first...
With the clock winding down, Courtney Shelton found the hot hand NIU needed to make a comeback run against Western Michigan Broncos on Saturday. In front of a home crowd, the junior guard was unstoppable at the end, hitting 14 of her career-high 29 points...
NIU wrestling looked to win a conference matchup Friday night, but fell short 30-11 to Ohio in Victor E. Court. The Huskies (2-8 overall, 0-2 MAC) started strong with junior Izzy Montemayor scoring a 9-1 major decision over Jacob Wojcik at 133. After...
December had not been kind to the NIU football team leading up to the Huskies 40-17 win over Fresno State in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. NIU (11-3 overall, 8-0 MAC) lost to Miami (OH) in the MAC Championship game on Dec. 3. The team lost its head coach...
Midwest-recruiting ties, an FCS National Championship and an appearance in the Rose Bowl are the reasons Jeff Compher wanted Dave Doeren as the NIU football team's head coach. Compher, NIU's Director of Athletics, introduced Doeren as head coach days...
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The NIU men’sbasketball team dropped an 84-74 decision to Temple on Saturdayafternoon in Philadelphia.<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in; margin:...
Boise, Idaho -- Two weeks after losing the MAC Championship game and its head coach, the NIU football team earned its first bowl game victory since 2004 with a 40-17 triumph over Fresno State in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl on Saturday (Dec. 18). NIU...
Fresno State head coach Pat Hill confirmed on Tuesday evening that junior linebacker Kyle Knox, sophomore reciever Matt Lindsay, and sophomore linebacker Daniel Salinas have been suspended for Saturday's uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. Knox played in 11 games...
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Xavier Silasdropped a Convocation Center record 40 points for the NIU men'sbasketball team in an 80-78 comeback win over Illinois-Chicago onTuesday night.<span style="font-family:...
DETROIT | Not once did an opposing defense hold NIU to less than 100 yards rushing during their 10-2 regular-season run.Unfortunately for the Huskies, Miami (OH) would be the first to hold its running game in check in the MAC Championship game on Friday...
