Akron Zips @ Northern Illinois Huskies

20-5, 9-3 MAC

Final

	1	2	T
Akron AKR	41	38	79
N Illinois NIU	40	40	80

Northern Illinois HuskiesN IllinoisNIU

17-8, 6-6 MAC

Akron Zips

starters
Kwan Cheatham Jr.K. Cheatham Jr.#2
Reggie McAdamsR. McAdams#21
Pat ForsytheP. Forsythe#35
Noah RobothamN. Robotham#14
Antino JacksonA. Jackson#55
bench
Jake KretzerJ. Kretzer#15
Isaiah JohnsonI. Johnson#23
Josh WilliamsJ. Williams#1
Jimond IveyJ. Ivey#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
23	4	1-2	0-1	2-2	6	1	0	0	0	2	4	3
23	9	3-8	3-8	0-0	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	2
18	6	3-6	0-0	0-1	1	2	2	0	2	0	1	5
32	11	4-9	3-6	0-0	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	3
26	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	4	4	6	1	0	1	3	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
25	6	2-6	2-6	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
22	16	4-8	0-0	8-11	6	3	1	1	2	2	4	2
24	22	7-10	6-9	2-2	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	1
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	79	26-54	15-34	12-16	34	15	13	3	4	6	28	19
		48%	44%	75%

Northern Illinois Huskies

starters
Jaylen KeyJ. Key#15
Marin MaricM. Maric#34
Marshawn WilsonM. Wilson#0
Aaric ArmsteadA. Armstead#23
Travon BakerT. Baker#5
bench
Levi BradleyL. Bradley#42
Andrew ZelisA. Zelis#32
Laytwan PorterL. Porter#2
Michael OrrisM. Orris#24
Chuks IroegbuC. Iroegbu#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
10	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
31	17	6-17	2-3	3-4	11	1	2	1	0	2	9	2
21	9	3-9	1-3	2-2	3	3	0	1	0	1	2	3
34	21	7-12	3-6	4-5	8	1	1	0	1	3	5	0
32	7	2-11	2-8	1-2	2	5	4	2	0	0	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
7	4	2-3	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
26	10	4-9	1-2	1-2	4	3	0	3	0	1	3	2
11	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
12	6	2-3	0-0	2-4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
	80	29-69	9-23	13-21	41	16	7	8	1	15	26	16
		42%	39%	62%

Game Information

Dekalb, IL

Referee:David Cronin

Referee:Geoff Vejsicky

Referee:Tim Stewart

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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