Guard Jaron Rillie scored a team-high 24 points, including 11 of the Bears’ 24 points in a sluggish first half to lead UNC to its first Big Sky title since the 2010-11 season.

Isaiah Hawthorne and Langston Reynolds have led the Northern Colorado men’s basketball team all season. They did it again Saturday night in the home finale against Idaho, as the Bears used a big ...

Northern Colorado hosts the Idaho Vandals after Jaron Rillie scored 23 points in Northern Colorado's 95-76 win against the Eastern Washington Eagles.

Northern Colorado’s combo of Isaiah Hawthorne and Langston Reynolds proved too much for the Idaho Vandals men’s basketball team, which lost to the Bears 92-74 Saturday in Greeley, Colorado.

Idaho Vandals (12-15, 7-7 Big Sky) at Northern Colorado Bears (20-8, 12-3 Big Sky) Greeley, Colorado; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Idaho faces Northern Colorado after Tyler Linhardt scored 25 ...

The Northern Colorado Bears (20-8, 12-3 Big Sky) are at home in Big Sky play against the Idaho Vandals (12-15, 7-7 Big Sky) on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET. Below, we take a look at

The Northern Colorado men’s basketball team came home Tuesday to cut down the nets and bask in a few more hours of celebration. As of Wednesday, the Bears’ Big Sky Conference regular-season title will be packed up into the past — for the near future.

Percentages: FG .632, FT .688. 3-Point Goals: 9-18, .500 (Hawthorne 3-4, McCreary 2-3, Reynolds 1-1, Denker 1-2, Rillie 1-2, Bloch 1-5, Wisne 0-1). Team Rebounds: 2 ...

The impact is daily,” Bears coach Steve Smiley said of Hawthorne and Reynolds, who are averaging 17.3 and 16.5 points this year. “When you have really talented guys, sometimes it doesn’t work