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...
DeKALB | Notching its second consecutive win at home against a MAC opponent, the NIU women's basketball team downed Miami (OH) 71-64 on Sunday afternoon. Led by a combination of Ebony Ellis' post play and the sharp shooting of Marke Freeman, the Huskies...
In a battle of team scoring leaders, Central Michigan knocked off the NIU men’s basketball team 66-64 in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Thursday night. Down two with 15 seconds left, NIU guard Xavier Silas took the ball up court with a chance to tie or take...
With the conclusion of the 2010 college football season, eyes have already started to turn to 2011.The NIU football team finished off its 2010 campaign last month with a rousing 40-17 victory over Fresno State in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. By earning...
Reality is slowly starting to sink in. Once the NFL playoffs wrap up, students will start to fully appreciate the sports wasteland that DeKalb has become in the matter of a few weeks. Last semester, the entire community banded together to support one...
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...
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...
Last month, the NIU football team went to a bowl game it deserved to be in and played a team of comparable ability. Nice concept, isn't it? It's unfortunate this notion has been lost on NIU in recent years. The Huskies - along with many other mid-major...
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...
DeKALB | Despite a late second-half comeback attempt, the NIU men’s basketball team could not overcome the DePaul Blue Demons Thursday night, losing 86-84. Leading the Huskies (2-4) once again, senior Xavier Silas dropped 34 points, tying his career...
Five years after being told he was too small to play Division I football, NIU running back Chad Spann has been named the MAC MVP. As voted by the MAC head coaches, the Vern Smith Leadership Award is given annually to the player deemed to be most valuable...
Pick up any junior college basketball team's roster and Ricardo Patton can find at least a couple stories worth listening to on it. Leading up to the 2010-11 season, two in particular caught the interest of the head men's basketball coach at NIU. A 270-pound...
