The Northern Illinois Huskies played an eventful game on Friday afternoon vs the Elon Phoenix. Regulation was not enough neither was one overtime but after two overtimes the Elon Phoenix defeated the Huskies 85-80 in 2 Overtimes. NIU paced themselves to a fast start with 33 points in the first half to Elon’s 24. It had the makings of a double digit win but the Phoenix had other ideas on Friday afternoon. As the second half began the Phoenix used four three’s which amounted to a 14-5 run to bring the score to a 38 all tie. The man that provided most of the effort was Steven Santa Ana while he was very impressive from the three point line his name is quite awesome as well.
NIU loses a Double Overtime Thriller
