The NIU football team heads to Toledo on Wednesday to take on the Rockets, the last scheduled meeting between the two teams ahead of the Huskies leaving the Mid-American Conference at the end of the school year.

NIU got a double-double from 6-11 true freshman post Gustav Winther, a 10-assist, zero-turnover game from Gianni Cobb and an efficiency clinic from Jao Ituka off the bench in a 102-82 win over Louisiana-Monroe in the season opener on Monday.

"We came in and chose violence." NIU ran 57 times for 305 yards, including 37 carries and 166 yards for Chavon Wright, in a 21-7 win against Ball State on Saturday.

NIU snapped a six-game losing streak and knocked off Ball State 21-7 on Saturday, claiming the Bronze Stalk in the last currently scheduled meeting between the schools.

The NIU football team is 1-9 in rivalry trophy games under coach Thomas Hammock, but can pick up the Bronze Stalk on Saturday when the Huskies host Ball State.

Marengo grad Josh Holst returned to the starting quarterback role for NIU at Ohio on Saturday, but the Huskies lost for the sixth straight time despite season highs in total yards and points.

The NIU football team will try to snap its five-game losing streak on Saturday when it faces defending MAC Champion Ohio at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

The NIU offense struggled to score points again, this time against an Eastern Michigan defense that had been allowing more than 35 points per game. The Huskies lost 16-10 and still haven't scored 20 points in a game this year.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school’s fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died