Halftime: Northern Iowa 33, Northern Illinois 26

DeKALB – After trailing 11-0 in the first four minutes, Northern Illinois slowly has cut into Northern Iowa's lead, and trails 33-26 at the half.

The Huskies mised their first four shots and committed three turnovers in the first four minutes before Courtney Shelton hit a jumper to make it 11-2 Panthers.

NIU got it as close as 20-17, but went cold on its next five shots as the Panthers went on 6-0 run.