With a chance to put itself in great position for a home game in the Mid-American Conference tournament next week, the Northern Illinois men's basketball team lost 70-56 to Western Michigan on Tuesday at the Convocation Center.
The Huskies led for jsut 1 minute, 50 seconds of the game and remained tied with BOwling Green for the eighth seed in the MAC Tournament, which starts Monday. Seeds four through eight will host games on Monday.
The Broncos (14-15 overall, 9-8 MAC West) scored nine straight to clsoe the first half, building a 39-29 lead. NIU (15-15, 7-10) pulled to 41-39 wiuth 15:15 left, but the Broncos exploded for eight points in barely a minute to get the lead back to 10.