NIU Men's Basketball

Coach Rashon Burno praised Steven Tipton after NIU’s lopsided loss Saturday to Ohio. On Tuesday, the sophomore walk-on guard hit a pair of free throws down the stretch, backing up David Coit’s 27-point performance in a 75-72 upset win at Toledo.

Ohio handed NIU its third straight loss, 80-59. NIU remained in 11th place in the MAC, three games behind Kent State for the final spot in Cleveland with four to play.

Both the NIU men and women were on the road Saturday, with the women's team holding on for a win at Eastern Michigan and the men falling hard at Kent State.

The Kaneland and Sycamore girls basketball team opened postseason plays with victories, while Hinckley-Big Rock's upset bid fell short. That, the NIU men winning and more is all in the roundup.

The NIU women put on an offensive clinic in a home win while the men fell on the road in a pair of MAC-Sun Belt Challenge games on Saturday.

The NIU men’s basketball team knocked off Eastern Michigan 76-66 on Saturday at the NIU Convocation Center, the Huskies’ first win against an NCAA Division I opponent since beating DePaul on Nov. 25.

The NIU women's basketball team had three chances to tie or win on its final possession but couldn't get a shot to fall, while the NIU men lost for the 12th straight time against an NCAA Division I opponent.

The NIU men dropped their sixth straight game while Sycamore wrestling lost to Yorkville Christian.

The NIU men's basketball team, still missing three projected starters, dropped their eighth straight game against a D-I opponent, 95-90 at Western Michigan in overtime.

The NIU men fell on the road while missing two starters while the women picked up a home win against Miami thanks to a fourth-quarter comeback.

The Northern Illinois University men's basketball team took on Akron in a conference matchup Tuesday night at the Convocation Center in DeKalb.

Making his first start of the year, Will Lovings-Watts scored more points than any NIU freshman in almost six years, pouring in 23 points as the Huskies knocked off Calumet College 92-48 on Monday.

The Northern Illinois University men's basketball team hosted Calumet College Monday night at the Convocation Center at NIU in DeKalb.

DeKalb beat a previously undefeated United Township team, Indian Creek came north and knocked off Genoa-Kingston while the NIU men lost at Monmouth. All that and more in the roundup.

The Wildcats heated up from the floor, the Huskies turned ice cold and started turning the ball over again, and Northwestern came away with the 89-67 win, snapping a five-game winning streak for NIU.