After a nip-and-tuck first 15 minutes of the game, the Northern Illinois Huskies (5-5) scored in a flurry against the Olivet Nazarene Tigers and never looked back in the 95-69 win Saturday night. The win brings NIU back to .500 with a handful of games left on the non-conference slate, and getting some confidence in a win like this one can do the team a lot of good before it heads into the grind of MAC play.
It was a battle between the two teams for much of the first half as neither one could hold a lead for very long before the other answered.