Sitting out the first month of the season due to a broken collarbone suffered while playing football, Marist’s Stephen Brown could not wait to get back on the basketball court. While his teammates had success without him,

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) Brant Byers' 17 points off of the bench and Miami (Ohio) beat Northern Illinois 84-69 on Tuesday night for its sixth straight victory. Byers shot 5 for 7 from beyond the arc for the RedHawks (12-4, 4-0 Mid-American Conference).

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 ...

Charles Witter was waiting at the front door when police arrived and officers immediately took him into custody, officials said. Inside the house, officers found his wife, 80-year-old Helen Witter, “unconscious, lying on her back with her head on a pillow and her mouth open.”

Voting is open in the the new state flag design contest. The public can vote online at www.ilsos.gov/stateflag for one of the new designs, or for one of three flags that have already flown over the Land of Lincoln: the current state flag, the 1918 Centennial Flag and the 1968 Sesquicentennial Flag. Votes can be cast once a day through Feb. 14.

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.

Craft 1-4 0-0 3, Elmer 5-11 2-2 13, Woolfolk 6-8 0-0 12, Cooper 3-8 3-5 11, Suder 4-8 7-8 15, Ipsaro 1-2 6-6 9, Byers 5-7 2-2 17, Potter 0-2 2-2 2, Kotecki 1-1 0-1 2. Totals 26-51 22-26 84.

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 ...

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 ...

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: RedHawks -13; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois hosts Miami (OH) after Quentin Jones scored 25 points in Northern Illinois’ 108-70 loss to the Ohio Bobcats.

The Powerball jackpot has not been hit since Saturday, Jan. 18, when an Oregon player hit the $329 million grand prize, lottery officials said. To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball. The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.

As the roster overhaul continues under new coach Jimmy Rogers, Washington State football picked up five new high school commits on Wednesday.