M. Basketball: Hot Hands Go Cold

Shooting woes plagued the Idaho men’s basketball team in a 63-49 nonconference loss to Northern Illinois Wednesday in DeKalb.

The Vandals went 41 percent at the free throw line and missed 22 shots from the perimeter.

“The bottom line tonight, we didn’t shoot the ball well,” Idaho head coach Don Verlin said in a news release.

The Vandals (1-1) had difficulty connecting on shots early in the matchup, going 1-of-8 from the field to start the game. But Idaho tied the score at 5-5 during a five-minute dry spell for Northern Illinois.

After missing nine straight shots from the perimeter, the Vandals took their first lead of the game on a 3-pointer from junior guard Victor Sanders with two minutes…