On a night where its seniors were revered, NIU guard Jeremy Landers came through with a huge performance. With senior Xavier Silas still nursing an ankle injury from the Central Michigan matchup on Feb. 23, Landers tied a career-high with 17 points, leading...
Facing off against the defending MAC Champion Ohio Bobcats on Saturday afternoon, the NIU men’s basketball team fell 80-73 in Athens.The Bobcats staked out a large lead after some early shooting woes. NIU (7-14 overall, 3-6 MAC) made a late comeback...
DeKALB | Coming into Saturday afternoon’s matchup against the Huskies, Akron women’s basketball had never won a game in DeKalb. That streak came to a convincing halt, as the Zips (10-12, 3-7 MAC) put together a dominating first half to beat the Huskies...
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...
DeKALB | With both NIU basketball teams currently floundering, sports writers Katie Leb and Andrew Singer discuss which team has a better chance to make a late-season run.Katie Leb: Andrew, thank you for agreeing to face off with me this week. I am actually...
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...
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...
DeKALB | Without much of a fight, the NIU men's basketball team fell 80-51 to Boise State Monday evening. The Broncos smothered NIU (2-3) with a pressure defense that produced a 26-6 BSU (6-0) run to end the first half. Starting point guard Bryan Hall...
Though the 2010 basketball season is barely under way, NIU head coach Ricardo Patton and his staff have already begun looking forward to 2011. At the beginning of November, the Huskies signed two players early on in 6-foot-4-inch wing DeAndre Barnette...
DeKALB | Behind 34 points from senior Xavier Silas, the NIU men's basketball team blew out Cardinal Stritch 81-57 Sunday evening. Coming off of two straight losses, NIU (1-2) welcomed the opportunity to play a NAIA team at home. After several early lead...
PEORIA | Xavier Silas had a good look at a game tying three point shot with five seconds left in regulation against Bradley Tuesday night, but the shot wouldn’t fall in a 66-63 Braves win. The NIU men’s basketball (0-2) team held multiple leads throughout...
NIU men's basketball team faced a tough test in its season opener Friday night, as the Huskies hosted Northwestern for a rematch of last year’s opener. While the Huskies got to play the Wildcats at home this time, in front of 4,001 fans, the result...
