Northern Illinois aims to end its four-game slide with a win against Bowling Green. The teams square off Saturday for the first time this season.

Colgate at Lafayette, 1 p.m. Maine at UMBC, 1 p.m. Mercyhurst at Wagner, 1 p.m. Albany (NY) at Binghamton, 2 p.m. Canisius at Fairfield, 2 p.m. Cornell at Penn, 2 p.m.

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Appalachian St. at Marshall, 1 p.m. Bryant at Mass.-Lowell, 1 p.m. Bucknell at Navy, 1 p.m. CCSU at Fairleigh Dickinson, 1 p.m. Davidson at St. Bonaventure, 1 p.m. Fairfield at Canisius, 1 p.m.

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

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S. Illinois 7-11 N. Iowa has gone 8-2 against S. Illinois recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday ...

Southern Indiana hosts the Western Illinois Leathernecks after Damoni Harrison scored 26 points in Southern Indiana's 80-73 win over the Lindenwood Lions.

S. Illinois 7-11 S. Illinois will be in front of their home fans on Saturday, but a look at the spread shows they might need ...

Wet and windy conditions will persist along the coast and adjacent ranges during the later part of the week through the weekend as the low and another high pressure system drifting to the south ...