Brant Byers' 17 points off of the bench and Miami (Ohio) beat Northern Illinois 84-69 on Tuesday night for its sixth straight victory.

Miami (OH) visits the Northern Illinois Huskies after Maya Chandler scored 25 points in the RedHawks' 78-63 victory against the Bowling Green Falcons.

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois hosts Miami (OH) after Quentin Jones scored 25 points in Northern Illinois’ 108-70 loss to the Ohio Bobcats. The Huskies are 4-2 on their home court. Northern Illinois is 4-9 in games decided by 10 or more points.

Their deaths came within a day of each other, the Chicago zoo said in a Jan. 15 news release. Teal, a months-old Chilean flamingo, died Jan. 8 and Slater, a 7-year-old harbor seal, died Jan. 9.

3-Point Goals_Miami (Ohio) 10-22 (Byers 5-7, Cooper 2-4, Ipsaro 1-2, Craft 1-3, Elmer 1-3, Potter 0-1, Suder 0-2), N. Illinois 11-33 (Sotirov 4-7, Jones 3-6, Nicholls 2-6, Dent 2-8, Butler 0-3 ...

A Powerball ticket sold in Illinois won $50,000, but just missed the $268 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four of five winning Powerball numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Jan. 11, the Illinois Lottery said.

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois hosts Miami (OH) after Quentin Jones scored 25 points in Northern Illinois’ 108-70 loss to the Ohio Bobcats. The Huskies are 4-2 in home games. Northern Illinois averages 11.1 turnovers per game and is 3-6 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents.

Miami (OH) RedHawks (11-4, 3-0 MAC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (4-11, 0-3 MAC) DeKalb, Illinois; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: RedHawks -13; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE ...

BOTTOM LINE: Miami (OH) faces Northern Illinois after Maya Chandler scored 25 points in Miami (OH)'s 78-63 win over the Bowling Green Falcons. The Huskies have gone 3-4 at home. Northern Illinois ...

Percentages: FG .510, FT .846. 3-Point Goals: 10-22, .455 (Byers 5-7, Cooper 2-4, Ipsaro 1-2, Craft 1-3, Elmer 1-3, Potter 0-1, Suder 0-2).

Miami (OH) averages 11.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.1 more made shots on average than the 8.1 per game Northern Illinois gives up. The Huskies and RedHawks match up Tuesday for the ...

Two Illinois men were charged after officials say one of them robbed a mail carrier at gunpoint, then his accomplice shot at agents.