Northern Illinois Huskies @ Central Michigan Chippewas

6-25, 2-16 MAC

Final/2OT

	1	2	OT	T
N Illinois NIU	30	38	15	83
C Michigan CMU	25	43	13	81

Central Michigan ChippewasC MichiganCMU

14-17, 7-11 MAC

Northern Illinois Huskies

starters
Tsvet SotirovT. Sotirov#2
James Dent Jr.J. Dent Jr.#14
Quentin JonesQ. Jones#1
Kailon NichollsK. Nicholls #5
Joe Munden Jr.J. Munden Jr. #3
bench
Jayden MottJ. Mott#11
David MackD. Mack#21
Steven TiptonS. Tipton#22
Mo SallM. Sall#23
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
6	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
50	36	9-20	6-15	12-17	9	3	6	2	0	1	8	4
2	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	10	4-12	2-7	0-0	3	2	3	1	0	0	3	1
30	13	5-14	2-7	1-2	4	0	3	2	1	2	2	5
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
32	3	0-2	0-0	3-4	6	3	1	1	0	1	5	5
11	7	3-5	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
48	9	4-7	1-1	0-0	9	4	3	1	0	5	4	3
23	4	2-5	0-0	0-0	7	0	1	1	0	5	2	3
	83	27-66	12-32	17-25	39	12	21	8	1	15	24	28
		41%	38%	68%

Central Michigan Chippewas

starters
Quentin HeadyQ. Heady#5
Ugnius JaruseviciusU. Jarusevicius#21
Jakobi HeadyJ. Heady#0
Cayden VaskoC. Vasko#2
Anthony PritchardA. Pritchard#30
bench
Decorion TempleD. Temple#40
Drew BarbeeD. Barbee#22
Kyler VanderjagtK. Vanderjagt#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	1	0	2	2	5
26	17	6-7	0-0	5-10	6	2	2	0	0	1	5	5
46	20	3-17	0-0	14-18	9	3	9	3	1	5	4	2
46	13	5-5	3-3	0-0	7	2	0	1	2	1	6	3
50	10	4-11	1-3	1-3	1	2	4	1	0	0	1	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
18	2	1-2	0-0	0-4	3	0	0	2	3	3	0	1
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	17	4-10	0-3	9-10	5	1	1	1	0	0	5	1
	81	24-56	4-9	29-45	37	12	16	9	6	14	23	19
		43%	44%	64%

James Dent Jr. hits winner late in double OT for Northern Illinois

0:20

James Dent Jr. throws down big flush vs. Central Michigan Chippewas

0:19

Anthony Pritchard with the and-1 bucket

0:16

Game Information

Mount Pleasant, MI

Referee:Steve McJunkins

Referee:Scott Arbogast

Referee:Kevin Raher

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	14	9-21

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