It was a magical season for the Huskies achieving the 4th most wins in school history at 21-13. Northern Illinois achieved its first postseason berth in 20 years as it was invited to the Las Vegas 16 Tournament which ended up being only eight teams. NIU fell 70-63.
The first 10 minutes of the game was back and forth as each team had 18 points at the end of it with multiple lead changes. The Huskies then used two three pointers by senior Travon Baker to begin to build their lead at 24-19. After Aaric Armstead made two free throws the Huskies lead 43-28 and it seemed like they were posed to go into the half with at least a double digit lead at the 2:44 mark.