2020-21 NIU Men’s NIU Huskies (2-9, 1-5 MAC) at Ball State Cardinals (5-5, 3-2 MAC) 2020-21 SCHEDULE Date: Saturday, January 16, 2021 Time: 12 p.m. CT (1 p.m. ET) Day Date Opponent Time/Result Location: Muncie, Ind. Arena: Worthen Arena Wed. Nov. 25 UIC L, 65-61 TV: ESPN+ Wed. Dec. 2 SIU Edwardsville (ESPN3) L, 73-53 TV Talent: Joel Godett (pxp) and David Eha (color) Sat. Dec. 5 at Pittsburgh (ACC Network Extra) L, 89-59 NIU Radio: WLBK (1360-AM, 98.9-FM, DeKalb), TuneIn Tues. Dec. 8 Ball State* (ESPN3) L, 79-70 (ot) Radio Talent: Bill Baker (pxp) and Rodney Davis (color) Sun. Dec. 13 at No. 3. Iowa (FS1) L, 106-53 HUSKIE QUICK HITS Fri. Dec. 18 Chicago State (ESPN3) W, 64-54 • Darius Beane made the game-winning pullup jumper with one second left last time out against Akron to give the Huskies their fi rst conference win of the season. Tues Dec. 22 at Toledo* (ESPN3) L, 78-55 • Justin Lee recorded his fi rst career double-double against Akron (Jan. 12), scoring 15 Sat. Jan. 2 Bowling Green* (ESPN3) L, 68-42 points with 11 rebounds. Lee came into the contest with 11 career rebounds. Tues. Jan. 5 at Ohio* (ESPN+) L, 76-73 • Trendon Hankerson played all 40 minutes against the Zips, becoming the fi rst Huskie to play every minute in a game since Mike Brown at Central Michigan on March 3, 2001. Sat. Jan. 9 at Miami* (ESPN+) L, 70-58 • Over the last three contests, the Huskies are shooting 46.5 percent from the fi eld and 44.2 Tues. Jan. 12 Akron* (ESPN+) W, 67-65 percent from three-point range. • During the most recent three game stretch, Zool Kueth is shooting 53.3 percent (8-of- Sat. Jan. 16 at Ball State* (ESPN+) 12 p.m. 15) from beyond the are while Trendon Hankerson is shooting 44.4 percent (8-of-18) from Tues. Jan. 19 Ohio* (ESPN+) 6 p.m. three. Sat. Jan. 23 Buff alo* (ESPN3) 5 p.m. • Darius Beane ranks second on the team in scoring, second in rebounding, leads NIU in steals, ranks second in assists and tied for third in blocked shots. Beane ranks 15th in the Tues. Jan. 26 at Bowling Green* 6 p.m. MAC in steals. Sat. Jan. 30 Eastern Michigan* (ESPN3) 5 p.m. • Beane and Adong Makuoi are tied for 11th in the MAC in off ensive rebounding with 1.9 off ensive boards per game. Tues. Feb. 2 at Western Michigan* (ESPN3) 6 p.m. • NIU interim head coach Lamar Chapman took over on Jan. 3. Sat. Feb. 6 Central Michigan* (ESPN3) 1:30 p.m. • NIU’s 84 wins over the last fi ve years (2015-16 through 2019-20) is the winningest fi ve-year Tues. Feb. 9 Toledo* (ESPN+) 2 p.m. period in program history. NIU has the fourth-most wins in the State of Illinois during that fi ve-year period, behind only Loyola, Southern Illinois and Illinois State. Sat. Feb. 13 at Kent State* (ESPN3) TBA Tues. Feb. 16 at Akron* (ESPN3) TBA TALE OF THE TAPE Sat. Feb. 20 Miami* (ESPN3) 1:30 p.m. NIU ...... 2020-21 Stats ...... Ball State Sat. Feb. 27 at Eastern Michigan* (ESPN3) 12 p.m. 2-9 ...... Record ...... 5-5 1-5 ...... Conference Record ...... 3-2 Tues. March 2 Western Michigan* (ESPN+) 6 p.m. 59.5 ...... Points Per Game ...... 72.5 Fri. March 5 at Central Michigan* (ESPN3) TBA 74.8 ...... Opponents Points Per Game ...... 72.3 36.5 ...... Rebounds Per Game ...... 35.5 10.3 ...... Assists Per Game ...... 12.2 Home games in bold, all times central 2.9 ...... Blocks Per Game ...... 2.5 * - denotes Mid-American Conference game 5.5 ...... Steals Per Game ...... 6.8 .403 ...... Percentage ...... 442 On this date in NIU Men’s Basketball History... .282 ...... Three Point Percentage ...... 327 Jan. 16, 1985: Kenny Battle and Dennis Douglas each scored 22 points .618 ...... Percentage ...... 675 to lead the Huskies to an 86-71 victory over Ball State at Chick Evans .473 ...... Opponents Field Goal Percentage ...... 439 Field House. Battle fi nished just one shy of a double-double .382 ...... Opponents Three-Point Percentage ...... 300 with Jerry Williams also scored in double fi gures with 15 points. Jan. 16, 2010: Xavier Silas scored 25 points and Darion “Jake” Anderson had 22 as the Huskies topped Eastern Michigan, 77-69, in DeKalb. NIU NIU POSSIBLE STARTERS held Eastern Michigan to just 35.1 percent shooting, and 18.2 percent from beyond the arc.

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January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions NIU Huskies (2-9, 1-5 MAC) Interim Head Coach: Lamar Chapman, First Season (1-2) Last Game: Jan. 12 vs. Akron (W, 67-65) Next Game: Jan. 19, 2021 vs. Ohio Chris Johnson PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Appeared in 27 games, all in a reserve role, 6-7 • 215 • F • Senior 1.0 2.7 0.0 .000 .000 .750 last season ... Came to NIU from South Suburban 0 Chicago, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 10 (11/16/19) College, where he averaged 9.7 pts and 14.5 reb South Suburban College Reb: 5 (twice) Ast: 1 (3x) per game in 2018-19, leading NJCAA DII in rpg. Trendon Hankerson PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Ranks ninth in the MAC in min (32.9 pg) ... 6-2 • 185 • G • Junior 12.4 4.5 1.8 .380 .306 .714 Shooting 44.4% 3PT in last 3 gms ... Led the MAC in 1 Novi, Mich. Career Highs Pts: 18 (3x) 3-point shooting last season at 46.1% ... Has appeared in Novi Reb: 7 (12/13/20) Ast: 6 (1/11/20) 62 consecutive games dating back to his freshman season. Kaleb Thornton PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Leads NIU in assists ... Avg. 10.8 pts, 3.4 ast, 3.2 6-0 • 170 • G • Sophomore 5.9 3.1 2.4 .479 .286 .692 reb and 1.5 stl per game last season at Iowa Western CC ... 2 Bolingbrook, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 9 (12/8/20) Earned NJCAA D1 Region XI All-Region Second Team Iowa Western CC Reb: 6 (12/8/20) Ast: 5 (12/5/20) honors ... HS teammate of Tyler Cochran. Justin Lee PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: First career double-double vs. Akron (15 points, 6-8 • 210 • W • Junior 4.8 3.3 0.5 .636 .500 .667 11 rebounds) ... Doubled his career rebound total 3 Lawrenceville, Ga. Career Highs Pts: 15 (1/12/21) against the Zips (came in with 11 career) ... Appeared Collins Hill Reb: 11 (1/12/21) Ast: 2 (1/12/21) in six games a season ago while battling injuries. Tavon Jones PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Averaged 13.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 6-3 • 180 • G • Junior assists per game last season at Odessa College ... 4 Linden, N.J. Career Highs Pts: n/a Earned All-Western Junior College Athletic Con- Odessa College Reb: n/a Ast: n/a ference honorable mention. Chinedu Kingsley Okanu PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Avg. 11.0 ppg in the last 2 gms ... Avg. 10.5 points 6-7 • 225 • F • Junior 4.7 2.9 0.5 .425 .000 .692 and 5.6 rebounds per game last season at Vincennes ... 11 Gary, Ind. Career Highs Pts: 12 (1/9/21) Earned NJCAA D1 District 24 All-Region honors ... Vincennes University Reb: 6 (twice) Ast: 2 (1/5/21) Helped Vincennes win the 2018-19 national championship. Zool Kueth PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Shooting 53.3% 3PT in last 3 gms, averaging 10.0 6-7 • 200 • F • Junior 5.5 2.9 0.6 .436 .300 .500 ppg ... Averaged 14.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.7 blocks 12 Gallatin, Tenn. Career Highs Pts: 22 (1/5/21) per game last season at Pratt CC ... Earned All-Kansas Pratt CC Reb: 7 (1/5/21) Ast: 3 (1/9/21) Jayhawk CC Conference West Second Team honors. Adong Makuoi PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Tied for 12th in the MAC in off ensive rebounds 6-9 • 220 • C • Junior 5.6 3.8 0.4 .571 .000 .609 (1.9 pg) ... Averaged 6.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per 13 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Career Highs Pts: 14 (12/13/20) game last season at Daytona State College ... Earned Daytona State College Reb: 8 (12/18/20) Ast: 2 (12/5/20) All-Mid-Florida Conference Second Team honors. Daniel Filippone PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Made his fi rst career appearance at Pitt (12/5) 6-1 • 175 • G • Sophomore 0.0 0.0 0.3 .000 .000 .000 ... Averaged 25.5 points, 6.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds 20 Antioch, Ill. Career Highs Pts: n/a per game as a senior at Antioch Community HS ... Antioch Community Reb: n/a Ast: 1 (12/5/20) Finished as Antioch’s all-time leading scorer. Tyler Cochran PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Leads NIU in both scoring and rebounding ... 2nd ca- 6-2 • 220 • G • Sophomore 13.8 7.4 1.2 .471 .303 .700 reer dbl-dbl (15 pts, 12 reb) v. Chi. St. (12/18/20) ... Finished 23 Bolingbrook, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 15 (4x) 2nd among MAC freshmen in reb last yr ... Scored in dbl fi g Bolingbrook Reb: 12 (12/18/20) Ast: 4 (12/18/20) 12 times in his career ... HS teammate of Kaleb Thornton. Darius Beane PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Game winning jumper v. Akron (1/12) with one sec 6-3 • 175 • G • Junior 11.3 4.7 2.1 .394 .304 .719 left ... Scored in dbl fi g 7 times this season ... Ranks 15th in 24 Carbondale, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 18 (12/8/20) MAC in steals (1.4 pg) ... Ranks 11th in the MAC in minutes Southern Illinois Reb: 9 (12/21/19) Ast: 7 (1/12/21) (32.4 pg) ... Father, Anthony Sr., is an asst. coach at NIU. Nathan Scott PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Avg. 7.0 pts and 4.5 reb over the last two games ... 6-8 • 195 • F • Senior 3.8 3.8 1.3 .381 .286 .500 Returned to the lineup at Toledo (12/22) after missing 5 25 Naperville, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 18 (11/15/19) games for a non-COVID illness ... Scored in dbl fi g twice last Olney Central College Reb: 8 (twice) Ast: 2 (6x) season, including a career-high 18 v. Coppin State (11/15/19). Keenon Cole PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Averaging 7.2 minutes per game this season 6-7 • 200 • F • Sophomore 0.5 0.8 0.0 .077 .000 .500 ... Appeared in 10 games a season ago ... Finished 32 Streamwood, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 8 (11/16/19) the season with seven points in eight minutes Streamwood Reb: 6 (twice) Ast: 1 (1/14/20) against Ball State (3/6/20). Anthony Crump PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Had a career high scoring and tied his career high 6-8 • 200 • G • Junior 3.9 4.3 1.2 .310 .286 .313 rebounding at Ohio (1/5) ... Has made six starts this sea- 50 Inkster, Mich. Career Highs Pts: 13 (1/5/21) son ... Spent two seasons at Middle Tennessee, appearing Middle Tennessee State Reb: 9 (3x) Ast: 5 (twice) in 34 games, making seven starts.

Lamar Chapman Anthony Beane Sr. Chris MacMartin Nick Hankerson Interim Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Graduate Assistant First Season Second Season First Season Second Season Lane College, 1993 Kansas State, 1993 NIU, 2017 NIU, 2019

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions ABOUT BALL STATE • The Cardinals come into Saturday’s con- The Series Against Ball State NIU Quick Facts test with a 5-5 overall record, 3-2 in the Overall: 39-57 Mid-American Conference, after topping Home (in DeKalb): 26-22 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Bowling Green on Tuesday night, 88-64. Road: 11-34 Name of School ...... Northern Illinois University • Two players are scoring in double fi gures Current Streak: 3, Ball State Location ...... DeKalb, Ill. for Ball State, led by K.J. Walton at 17.3 The Last 10 v. the Cardinals Founded ...... 1895 points per game. Ishmael El-Amin adds 15.2 Date Result Site Enrollment ...... 16,769 points per contest while Miryne Thomas is March 4, 2016 W, 80-69 DeKalb the leading rebounder for the Cardinals at Nickname ...... Huskies Feb. 14, 2017 L, 81-72 (ot) DeKalb Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I 5.9 boards per game. March 3, 2017 L, 87-82 Muncie Conference...... Mid-American (West Division) • James Whitford is in his eighth season as Feb. 20, 2018 L, 77-68 Muncie head coach at Ball State, he came to Muncie March 2, 2018 W, 66-65 DeKalb Colors ...... Cardinal and Black following four seasons on staff at the Uni- Arena ...... NIU Convocation (9,100) versity of Arizona. Feb. 5, 2019 L, 72-71 DeKalb March 8, 2019 W, 64-57 Muncie President ...... Dr. Lisa C. Freeman Assoc. VP/Athletic Director ...... Sean T. Frazier THE SERIES WITH THE CARDINALS Feb. 11, 2020 L, 63-59 Muncie • Ball State leads the all-time series against March 6, 2020 L, 75-54 DeKalb NIU, 57-39, and the Cardinals hold a 34-11 Dec. 8, 2020 L, 79-70 (ot) DeKalb NIU BASKETBALL HISTORY edge against the Huskies in Muncie. First Year of Basketball ...... 1900-01 • In the fi rst meeting this season in DeKalb (Dec. 8), the Cardinals edged the Huskies, 79-70, All-time Record ...... 1285-1326 in overtime. K.J. Walton and Ishmael El-Amin each scored 18 points to pace Ball State. Dari- First Year of Division I Basketball ...... 1967-68 us Beane and Trendon Hankerson each netted 18 points to lead the way for NIU in the fi rst All-time Division I Record ...... 668-837 meeting. • NIU had the ball with the game tied at 63 in the fi nal seconds of the fi rst meeting, but the Postseason Appearances ...... 4 (1982, 1991, 1996, 2016) Huskies came up empty in the fi nal possession of regulation. NCAA Appearances ...... 3 (1982, 1991, 1996) • Ball State has won three-straight in the series against NIU, with the last Huskie victory com- NCAA Tournament Appearances ...... 3 (1982, ‘91, ‘96) ing on March 8, 2019 in Muncie, a 64-57 NIU win. Levi Bradley scored a game-high 22 points Record in the NCAA Tournament ...... 0-3 and Noah McCarty had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds as the victory NCAA Tournament Games ...... helped give NIU a fi rst round home game in the MAC Tournament as the Huskies eventually ...... March 12, 1982: L, 77-68 v. Kansas State made a run to the semifi nals...... March 8, 1991: L, 75-68 v. St. John’s • NIU is 3-4 in its last seven trips to Muncie dating back to the 2013-14 season, including a pair of overtime wins, 67-65 on Feb. 1, 2014 and 71-67 on March 6, 2015, in addition to the 2019 ...... March 15, 1996: L, 74-73 v. Texas Tech victory. Vegas 16 Game ...... March 28, 2016: L, 70-63, v. UC Santa Barbara AKRON RECAP • Darius Beane made an 18-foot pullup jumper with one second remaining as the Huskies MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE HISTORY claimed their fi rst conference win of the season, 67-65, over Akron on Tuesday night (Jan. 12). Seasons in the MAC ...... 33 (1975-86, 1997-pres.) • NIU rallied from down 10 in the fi rst half, and down eight twice in the second half, to earn Record in the MAC Tournament ...... 14-24 the victory. The Huskies shot 57.7 percent (15-of-26) from the fi eld in the second 20 minutes, including 5-of-5 from three-point range. MAC Tournament Titles ...... 1 (1982) • Justin Lee recorded his fi rst career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds, both career highs. Trendon Hankerson also scored 15 points for the Huskies. BASKETBALL STAFF • In addition to his game-winning basket, Beane stuff ed the stat sheet with six points, eight Interim Head Coach ...... Lamar Chapman rebounds, a career best seven assists, two steals and a . Alma Mater ...... Lane College, 1993 • The Huskie bench outscored the Akron reserves, 34-15, with Lee’s 15 points leading the way. Career Record/Years ...... 1-2/1st Chinedu Kingsley Okanu added 10 points and Nathan Scott chipped in nine. NIU Record/Years ...... Same FINDING A RHYTHM Best Time to Reach Coach ...... Contact SID • The Huskie off ense has found its stride over the last three games as the Huskies are shooting Assistant Coach ...... Anthony Beane Sr. 46.5 percent from the fi eld and 44.2 percent from three-point range. Alma Mater ...... Kansas State, 1993 • During the current three-game stretch, Trendon Hankerson is leading NIU in scoring with Assistant Coach ...... Chris MacMartin 14.3 points per game while Zool Kueth is also in double fi gures at 10.0 points per contest. In Alma Mater ...... NIU, 2017 addition, Darius Beane (9.7 ppg) and Justin Lee (9.5 ppg) are just under double fi gures over Director of Player Development ...... Chris MacMartin the last three games. Athletic Trainer ...... Leah Oliver-Pataki • During the current three-game stretch, Zool Kueth is shooting 53.3 percent (8-of-15) from three-point range while Trendon Hankerson is shooting 44.4 percent (8-of-18) from three. Basketball Sports Performance Coach ...... Zach Cahill • Justin Lee is 7-of-8 (87.5 percent) from the fi eld in the last three contests. Chinedu Kingsley Okanu is shooting 57.9 percent (11-of-19) from the fl oor in the last three while Zool Kueth is TEAM INFORMATION shooting 55 percent (11-of-20). 2018-19 Record ...... 18-13 2018-19 MAC Record...... 11-7 (T-1st MAC West) CHAPMAN ELEVATED TO INTERIM HEAD COACH Starters Returning/Lost ...... 2/3 • On Sunday (Jan. 3), NIU parted with men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery, who Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 8/5 was in his 10th season with the Huskies, and elevated Lamar Chapman to Interim Head Coach. • Chapman earned his fi rst collegiate win with a 67-65 victory over Akron on Jan. 12. • Chapman is in his fourth season at NIU, coming to DeKalb following nine seasons as an assis- NIU MEDIA RELATIONS tant coach at Stony Brook, where he worked under current Rutgers head coach Steve Pikiell Basketball Contact ...... Jeremy Reid (2008-16) and current Ohio head coach Jeff Boals (2016-17). Offi ce Phone ...... 815-753-3706 • Chapman’s time in also includes two seasons at Toledo (2006-08) and Cell Phone ...... 716-867-1908 three years at Central Michigan (2003-06). E-mail ...... [email protected] • During his 17 years in college basketball, Chapman has been a part of seven conference Mailing Address ...... 209 Convocation Center championship teams and eight teams that played in the postseason, including an NCAA Tour- nament appearance in 2016 while at Stony Brook...... 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 60115 • A full bio on Chapman is available on page 13 of the notes. • Montgomery’s tenure ends with 124 career victories, third-most in program history behind

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions only John McDougal (136) and CAREER TOTALS FOR CURRENT HUSKIES Chick Evans (125). Montgomery Huskie Career Double-Doubles was the only head coach in school Tyler Cochran (2) POINTS history to lead the Huskies to both Jan. 28, 2020, Ohio ...... 12 pts, 10 reb a win over a ranked opponent Dec. 18, 2020, Chicago State ...... 15 pts, 12 reb Darius Beane (96 at Southern Illinois) ...... 432 (#14 Buff alo on Jan. 16, 2019) and Trendon Hankerson ...... 415 Justin Lee (1) Tyler Cochran ...... 239 a postseason tournament appear- Jan. 12, 2021, Akron ...... 15 pts, 11 reb Anthony Crump (73 at Middle Tennessee) ...... 116 ance (the 2016 Vegas 16). Nathan Scott ...... 112 Adong Makuoi ...... 62 PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF Zool Kueth...... 60 • Trendon Hankerson led the Mid-American Conference in three-point shooting a season ago, Kaleb Thornton...... 59 connecting at 46 percent (41-of-89) from beyond the arc, and is leading the Huskies from be- Chinedu Kingsley Okanu ...... 52 yond the arc again this season. Justin Lee ...... 37 • Over the last three games, Hankerson is shooting 44.4 percent (8-of-18) from three-point Keenon Cole ...... 26 range and is averaging 14.3 points per game. Chris Johnson ...... 23 • Last time out against Akron (Jan. 12), Hankerson played all 40 minutes, becoming the fi rst Hus- Daniel Filippone ...... 0 kie to play every minute in a game since Mike Brown played all 40 minutes at Central Michigan Tavon Jones ...... 0 on March 3, 2001. • Hankerson is averaging 2.0 threes per game this season, 14th in the MAC. He tied his ca- REBOUNDS reer-high with four triples at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5) and made another four against Ball State (Dec. 8). Hankerson has made three triples in each of the last two games against Miami (Jan. 9) and Darius Beane (91 at Southern Illinois) ...... 239 Akron (Jan. 12). Trendon Hankerson ...... 188 • Hankerson has scored in double fi gures eight times this season, the most by any Huskie. Tyler Cochran ...... 166 • The junior from Novi, Mich., tied his career-high with 18 points against the Panthers and again Anthony Crump (84 at Middle Tennessee) ...... 131 three days later against the Cardinals. Hankerson previously scored 18 last season against Nathan Scott ...... 93 Green Bay (Dec. 21, 2019), when playing against his brother, Kameron, who was a senior for the Chris Johnson ...... 49 Adong Makuoi ...... 42 Phoenix a year ago. Zool Kueth...... 32 • Hankerson is also third on the team in rebounding at 4.5 boards per game. He had a ca- Chinedu Kingsley Okanu ...... 32 reer-best seven rebounds at Iowa (Dec. 13). Kaleb Thornton...... 31 • Hankerson has started all 11 games this season and has made 44 consecutive starts for the Justin Lee ...... 22 Huskies dating back to the beginning of last year. Keenon Cole ...... 21 • Hankerson ranks ninth in the MAC in minutes played averaging 32.9 minutes per contest. Daniel Filippone ...... 0 Tavon Jones ...... 0 THE JOURNEY OF JUSTIN LEE • Junior Justin Lee had his coming out party last time out against Akron (Jan. 12), posting new ASSISTS career highs in both points (15) and rebounds (11) on his way to his fi rst career double-double. • Prior to the game against Akron, Lee had tallied 11 rebounds in nine career games as he dou- Trendon Hankerson ...... 100 bled his career rebounding output against the Zips. Darius Beane (26 at Southern Illinois) ...... 92 • Lee has scored just four points in three games played this season prior to his 15-point outburst Anthony Crump (41 at Middle Tennessee) ...... 54 against Akron. Tyler Cochran ...... 26 • With limited minutes available at the four-spot behind Levi Bradley and Noah McCarty, Lee Kaleb Thornton...... 24 redshirted his fi rst season at NIU in 2018-19, also broke his foot midway through the season Nathan Scott ...... 17 while on scout team. Zool Kueth...... 7 • Various injuries, including knee, shin and back troubles, limited Lee to just six games in 2019- Chinedu Kingsley Okanu ...... 5 20 and continued to plague the Lawrenceville, Ga., native heading into this season, but Lee has Adong Makuoi ...... 4 seen time in four of the last fi ve games, including his outstanding performance against Akron. Chris Johnson ...... 3 Justin Lee ...... 3 Keenon Cole ...... 1 ZOOL BREAKS OUT Daniel Filippone ...... 1 • Zool Kueth scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed a career-best seven rebounds in a Tavon Jones ...... 0 breakout game at Ohio (Jan. 5). Kueth came off the bench to play a career-high 31 minutes against the Bobcats. STEALS • Since the game against Ohio, Kueth is shooting 53.3 percent (8-of-15) from beyond the arc. He is shooting 55 percent (11-of-20) from the fi eld overall in the last three games and is averaging Darius Beane (18 at Southern Illinois) ...... 54 10.0 points per contest during that stretch. Trendon Hankerson ...... 50 • Kueth came into the Ohio contest having gone just 1-of-15 from beyond the three-point line Tyler Cochran ...... 30 to start the season. Anthony Crump (14 at Middle Tennessee) ...... 22 • Last season at Pratt (Kan.) Community College, Kueth made 69 triples in 31 games, shooting Nathan Scott ...... 7 32.9 percent (69-of-210) from three-point range. Kaleb Thornton...... 6 • Kueth’s six triples against the Bobcats are the most by a Huskie in a game this season and Chinedu Kingsley Okanu ...... 4 the most since Feb. 25, 2020 when Eugene German knocked down seven triples at Eastern Adong Makuoi ...... 3 Michigan. Chris Johnson ...... 2 • Kueth is also ranked 12th in the MAC in blocked shots averaging 0.7 blocks per game. Zool Kueth...... 2 Justin Lee ...... 2 STUFFING THE STAT SHEET Keenon Cole ...... 1 • Darius Beane added a little bit of everything for the Huskies this season as he ranks third on Daniel Filippone ...... 1 the team in scoring (11.3 ppg), second in rebounding (4.7 rpg), leads NIU in steals (15 total), Tavon Jones ...... 0 ranks second in assists (23 total) and is tied for third with fi ve blocks. • Tied at 65 against Akron (Jan. 12), Beane made an 18-foot pullup jumper with one second left BLOCKS (TOP FIVE ONLY) to give NIU a 67-65 victory. Beane fi nished the game with six points, eight rebounds, a career Nathan Scott ...... 21 best seven assists, two steals and a block. Trendon Hankerson ...... 20 • Beane has scored in double fi gures in seven games for NIU this season, second most for the Darius Beane ...... 14 Huskies behind only Trendon Hankerson (8). Tyler Cochran ...... 10 • Beane netted a new career-high 18 points against Ball State (Dec. 8), going 7-of-17 from the Anthony Crump (7 at Middle Tennessee) ...... 9 fi eld and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line. • Beane was just two points off his career-high with 16 points at Ohio (Jan. 5), where he also

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions recorded a then season-best three assists. • Beane is averaging 1.4 steals per game, 15th in the conference. He tied his career high with three steals AP TOP 25 (JAN. 11) at Toledo (Dec. 22) and has four multi- games this season. • Beane is 11th in the MAC in minutes, playing 32.4 minutes per contest. No. School Record Pts. • Beane has also become an outstanding off ensive rebounder, pulling down 1.9 off ensive boards per 1 Gonzaga (63) 12-0 1599 game, tied for 12th in the MAC. He has grabbed just over 40 percent of his total rebounds on the off en- 2 Baylor (1) 11-0 1536 sive end of the fl oor. 3 Villanova 8-1 1436 4 Texas 10-1 1422 5 Iowa 11-2 1322 THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE 6 Kansas 10-2 1220 • Adong Makuoi has become an off ensive presence in the post this season, starting all 11 games in his 7 Michigan 10-0 1161 fi rst season at NIU. 8 Creighton 10-2 1151 • Makuoi is shooting 57.1 percent (24-of-42) from the fi eld, which would be fourth in the MAC if he had 9 Wisconsin 10-2 1110 enough fi eld goals made to qualify. 10 Tennessee 9-1 1093 • Playing against National Player of the Year candidate Luka Garza, Makuoi posted a season-high 14 11 Houston 10-1 993 points, on 7-of-10 shooting, when the Huskies met Iowa (Dec. 13). 12 Clemson 9-1 747 • Makuoi is tied for 12th in the MAC in off ensive rebounds, pulling down 1.9 off ensive boards per game. 13 West Virginia 9-4 701 14 Illinois 9-4 694 NEWCOMERS MAKE AN IMPACT 15 Texas Tech 10-3 689 • Five newcomers have seen action, including four making starts, for the Huskies this season. 16 Louisville 8-1 464 • Adong Makuoi has started all 11 games for NIU, one of only two Huskies to do so (along with Trendon 17 Missouri 7-2 436 Hankerson). Makuoi tallied a career-high with 14 points at Iowa (Dec. 13). 18 Virginia 7-2 403 • Zool Kueth has made eight starts for the Huskies and scored a career-high 22 points, including 6-of-9 19 Duke 5-2 397 from three, at Ohio (Jan. 5). 20 Virginia Tech 9-2 286 • Anthony Crump made his fi rst start as a Huskie at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5) and tied a career-high with nine 21 Ohio State 9-3 280 rebounds against the Panthers. Crump scored a career-best 13 points, and again tied his career-high 22 Oregon 9-2 264 with nine rebounds, at Ohio (Jan. 5). Crump has started six games this season. 23 Minnesota 10-4 233 • Kaleb Thornton has led NIU in assists in fi ve games this season and recorded a career-high fi ve assists 24 Saint Louis 7-1 220 at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5). Thornton leads the Huskies with 2.4 assists per game. 25 Connecticut 6-1 181 • Chinedu Kingsley Okanu has played in all 11 games for the Huskies this season and scored a career-best 12 points, including 5-of-7 from the fi eld, at Miami (Jan. 9). OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Alabama 173, UCLA 137, Colorado 96, Florida State 74, Southern Cali- THE CATALYST fornia 48, Rutgers 46, Drake 42, Michigan State 34, • Tyler Cochran has fi lled the stat sheet for the Huskies this season, leading NIU in both scoring (13.8 Oklahoma State 28, Arkansas 24, San Diego State 10, ppg) and rebounding (7.4 rpg) while also missing six games, three due to contract tracing and three Boise State 8, Florida 7, Xavier 7, LSU 7, Northwest- with a hamstring injury. ern 6, Tulsa 5, NC State 5, Indiana 2, Winthrop 2, • Cochran has led the Huskies in scoring in three of the fi ve games he has played this season and has also Belmont 1. led NIU in rebounding three times. • After missing three games due to contact tracing, Tyler Cochran returned with his second career dou- ble-double against Chicago State (Dec. 18), tying a career-high with 15 points while grabbing a ca- MID-MAJOR TOP 25 (JAN. 11) reer-best 12 rebounds. No. School Record Pts. • Cochran tied his career high again with 15 points at Toledo (Dec. 22) and fi nished just one rebound shy 1 Gonzaga (31) 12-0 775 of his second consecutive double-double. 2 Winthrop 11-0 720 • The Bolingbrook, Ill., native is shooting 47.6 percent (30-of-63) from the fi eld, second on the team 3 Drake 13-0 710 behind Adong Makuoi (57.1 percent). 4 Furman 8-3 654 • Cochran’s 7.4 rebounds per contest would rank seventh in the MAC if he had played in enough games 5 Belmont 12-1 622 to qualify. 6 BYU 9-3 619 • In addition to his double-double against the Chicago State, Cochran also dished out a career-best four 7 Liberty 11-4 542 assists and had a pair of steals against the Cougars. Cochran is averaging 2.3 steals per game over his 8 Saint Mary’s 9-3 540 last four games. 9 Georgia State 7-2 526 10 South Dakota State 8-3 474 MISSING PIECES 11 Toledo 10-3 471 • The Huskies have missed various players due to injury and illness this season, including leading scor- 12 Missouri State 8-1 435 er and rebounder Tyler Cochran who missed three games (Dec. 5-13) due to contact tracing and has 13 Abilene Christian 10-2 383 missed the last three games with a hamstring injury. 14 Bowling Green 9-2 351 • Nathan Scott missed fi ve games due to a non-COVID related illness, before returning at Toledo (Dec. 15 Loyola Chicago 7-3 340 22). 16 Southern Utah 9-1 296 • Justin Lee missed the fi rst six games of the season due to an off season leg injury, playing his fi rst min- 17 Wright State 8-3 243 utes of the season at Toledo (Dec. 22). 18 Eastern Kentucky 11-2 195 • In total, the Huskies have lost 30 man-games due to injury, illness or contract tracing this season. 19 Little Rock 7-4 191 20 Southern Illinois 7-3 127 DID YOU KNOW? 21 Mercer 7-3 124 • NIU has ranked in the top 100 nationally in fewest turnovers per game in each of the last three seasons. 22 Coastal Carolina 9-2 90 The Huskies averaged just 11.8 turnovers per game in 2017-18 (78th), 11.9 per contest in 2018-19 (80th) 23 Chattanooga 10-3 87 and 12.0 per game in 2019-20 (72nd). 24 Louisiana-Lafayette 8-3 82 25 Bryant 9-2 66 HUSKIES PICKED 10TH IN PRESEASON COACHES POLL • NIU was selected to fi nish 10th in the MAC in the poll of league coaches released on Nov. 11. Bowling OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Bradley 52, San Green was picked as the preseason favorite to win both the regular season and tournament titles. Francisco 50, New Mexico State 44, Santa Clara 44, • Bowling Green is followed by: Ohio, Akron, Buff alo, Ball State, Toledo, Kent State, Eastern Michigan, Cleveland State 38, Vermont 33, UMBC 29, Buff alo Miami, NIU, Central Michigan and Western Michigan. 20, Stephen F. Austin 16, Navy 14, Siena 14, UC Irvine 14, Colgate 9, Kent State 6, Loyola Marymount 6, Grand Canyon 4, The Citadel 4, Northern Iowa 3, CRUMP GIVEN IMMEDIATE ELIGIBILITY South Alabama 3, UNC Greensboro 3, Ohio 2, Ap- • Over the summer, Middle Tennessee transfer Anthony Crump was granted a waiver from the NCAA to palachian State 1, Lipscomb 1, Northeastern 1, Sam be immediately eligible for the 2020-21 season. Houston State 1. • Crump spent two seasons at Middle Tennessee, appearing in 34 games while making seven starts.

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions • As a freshman in 2018-19, Crump played in nine games, making seven starts, before receiving a redshirt after CURRENT HUSKIES AGAINST THE CARDINALS suff ering a season-ending knee injury. • Crump played in 25 games as a sophomore in 2019-20, all in a reserve role. DARIUS BEANE PTS REB AST • In his fi rst game as a Huskie, Crump came off the bench to score two points, with four rebounds and two Feb. 11, 2020 at Ball State 2 2 0 assists, in 14 minutes against UIC (Nov. 25). March 6, 2020 at NIU 8 1 2 • In mid-December, the NCAA Division I Council voted to make all Division I transfers immediately eligible for Dec. 8, 2020 at NIU 18 5 2 the 2020-21 season. TYLER COCHRAN PTS REB AST Feb. 11, 2020 at Ball State 10 7 1 MACMARTIN ELEVATED TO ASSISTANT COACH March 6, 2020 at NIU 2 3 0 • Chris MacMartin moves into an assistant coaching role for the 2020-21 season after serving as NIU’s Director of Player Development/Operations a season ago. KEENON COLE PTS REB AST • MacMartin spent one season as NIU’s Directory of Player Development/Operations after working for two Feb. 11, 2020 at Ball State 0 0 0 seasons as a graduate assistant for the Huskies (2017-19). March 6, 2020 at NIU 7 1 0 • A native of Rockton, Ill., MacMartin began his time with the NIU men’s basketball program as a student man- Dec. 8, 2020 at NIU 0 0 0 ager, a role he worked in for three seasons (2014-17). ANTHONY CRUMP PTS REB AST Dec. 8, 2020 at NIU 2 2 0 2019-20 SEASON IN REVIEW • NIU won a share of the Mid-American Conference West Division title for the fi rst time since the 2005-06 TRENDON HANKERSON PTS REB AST season, posting an 11-7 conference mark. NIU’s only previous MAC men’s basketball championships came Feb. 5, 2019 at NIU 0 1 1 in 1980-81 (fi ve-way tie for fi rst place overall, no divisions at the time) and 2005-06 (outright West Division March 8, 2019 at Ball State 2 3 1 champions). The Huskies went 18-13 overall, the sixth-most wins in school history. Feb. 11, 2020 at Ball State 9 3 1 • NIU earned a bye in the MAC Tournament for the fi rst time since 2006, claiming the No. 4 seed. The Huskies March 6, 2020 at NIU 12 2 0 Dec. 8, 2020 at NIU 18 5 3 were slated to face 12th-seeded Miami in the MAC Quarterfi nals prior to the cancelation of the season due to COVID. CHRIS JOHNSON PTS REB AST • Eugene German concluded his remarkable Huskie career with 2,203 points, setting a new school record and Feb. 11, 2020 at Ball State 0 0 0 fi nishing fi fth all-time in MAC history. German past T.J. Lux (1995-2000; 1,996 points) for the school record on March 6, 2020 at NIU 0 0 0 Feb. 1, 2020 against Miami. Dec. 8, 2020 at NIU 3 4 0 • The Huskies posted a winning non-conference mark for the sixth consecutive season, going 7-6 in the pre-conference slate. ZOOL KUETH PTS REB AST Dec. 8, 2020 at NIU 5 4 0 • NIU recorded a six-game conference winning streak between Jan. 21 and Feb. 7. The six-game streak was NIU’s longest ever in MAC play and its longest in any conference since winning seven-straight as a member of ADONG MAKUOI PTS REB AST the Mid-Continent Conference during the 1990-91 season (Jan. 26-Feb. 11, 1991). Dec. 8, 2020 at NIU 6 2 1 • NIU clinched its MAC Tournament First Round bye, and a share of the MAC West Division title, with a 71-50 victory over Toledo on March 3 in the penultimate game of the regular season. CHINEDU KINGSLEY OKANU PTS REB AST • The Huskies ranked in the top-50 nationally last season in rebounds per game (35th, 38.8 rpg), scoring de- Dec. 8, 2020 at NIU 9 5 1 fense (43rd, 64.5 ppg) and fi eld goal percentage defense (44th, 40.2 percent). NIU also led the Mid-American NATHAN SCOTT PTS REB AST Conference in rebounding margin (+4.3). Feb. 11, 2020 at Ball State 2 0 0 • NIU’s 84 wins over the last fi ve years (2015-16 through 2019-20) is the winningest fi ve-year period in pro- March 6, 2020 at NIU 0 0 0 gram history. NIU has the fourth-most wins in the State of Illinois during that fi ve-year period, behind only Loyola, Southern Illinois and Illinois State. KALEB THORNTON PTS REB AST Dec. 8, 2020 at NIU 9 6 3

HUSKIE STARTING LINE-UPS

Date Opponent Result Starter Pts. Starter Pts. Starter Pts. Starter Pts. Starter Pts. N25 UIC L, 65-61 Hankerson 10 Beane 13 Mateen 2 Scott 5 Makuoi 5 D2 SIU Edwardsville L, 73-53 Hankerson 7 Beane 13 Cochran 15 Kueth 4 Makuoi 4 D5 at Pittsburgh L, 89-59 Hankerson 18 Beane 11 Crump 5 Kueth 4 Makuoi 9 D8 Ball State* L, 79-70 Hankerson 18 Beane 18 Crump 2 Kueth 5 Makuoi 6 D13 at Iowa L, 106-53 Hankerson 8 Beane 5 Crump 10 Kueth 7 Makuoi 14 D18 Chicago State W, 64-54 Hankerson 12 Thornton 6 Cochran 15 Kueth 3 Makuoi 11 D22 at Toledo* L, 78-55 Hankerson 16 Beane 9 Cochran 15 Kueth 0 Makuoi 2 J2 Bowling Green* L, 68-42 Hankerson 4 Beane 13 Cochran 11 Scott 2 Makuoi 2 J5 at Ohio* L, 76-73 Hankerson 12 Beane 16 Crump 13 Scott 0 Makuoi 1 J9 at Miami* L, 80-58 Hankerson 16 Beane 7 Crump 6 Kueth 2 Makuoi 2 J12 Akron* W, 67-65 Hankerson 15 Beane 6 Crump 0 Kueth 6 Makuoi 6 J16 at Ball State* J19 Ohio* J23 Buff alo* J26 at Bowling Green* J30 Eastern Michigan* F2 at Western Michigan* F6 Central Michigan* F9 Toledo* F13 at Kent State* F16 at Akron* F20 Miami* F27 at Eastern Michigan* M2 Western Michigan* M5 at Central Michigan

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions 2020-21 NIU BASKETBALL ROSTER

CHRIS JOHNSON TRENDON HANKERSON KALEB THORNTON JUSTIN LEE TAVON JONES CHINEDU KINGSLEY OKANU

Senior Junior Sophomore Junior Junior Junior 0 Forward 1 Guard 2 Guard 3 Wing 4 Guard 11 Forward

ZOOL KUETH ADONG MAKUOI DANIEL FILIPPONE TYLER COCHRAN DARIUS BEANE NATHAN SCOTT

Junior Junior Sophomore Sophomore Junior Senior 12 Forward 13 Center 20 Guard 23 Guard 24 Guard 25 Forward

KEENON COLE ANTHONY CRUMP LAMAR CHAPMAN

Sophomore Junior Interim Head Coach 32 Forward 50 Guard First Season

2020-21 NIU HUSKIES No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown (Last School) First Name Last Name 0 Chris Johnson F 6-7 215 Sr. Chicago, Ill. (South Suburban College) common common 1 Trendon Hankerson G 6-2 185 Jr. Novi, Mich. (Novi) tren - don common 2 Kaleb Thornton G 6-0 170 So. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Iowa Western CC) kay - lib common 3 Justin Lee W 6-8 210 Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Collins Hill) common common 4 Tavon Jones G 6-3 180 Jr. Linden, N.J. (Odessa College) tay - von common 11 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu* F 6-7 225 Jr. Gary, Ind. (Vincennes University) chin - ado oh - kahn - new 12 Zool Kueth F 6-7 200 Jr. Gallatin, Tenn. (Pratt CC) rhymes with cool queth 13 Adong Makuoi C 6-9 220 Jr. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Daytona State College) ah - dong ma - coy 20 Daniel Filippone G 6-1 175 So. Antioch, Ill. (Antioch Community) common fi ll - a - pone 23 Tyler Cochran G 6-2 220 So. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) common common 24 Darius Beane G 6-3 175 Jr. Carbondale, Ill. (Southern Illinois) common bean 25 Nathan Scott F 6-8 195 Sr. Naperville, Ill. (Olney Central College) common common 32 Keenon Cole F 6-7 200 So. Streamwood, Ill. (Streamwood) key - none common 50 Anthony Crump G 6-8 200 Jr. Inkster, Mich. (Middle Tennessee State) common common

* should be referenced by his middle name “Kingsley,” rather than his fi rst name “Chinedu” by game broadcasters/public address announcers

Interim Head Coach: Lamar Chapman Assistant Coaches: Anthony Beane Sr. and Chris MacMartin Graduate Assistant: Nick Hankerson

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions SPECIALTY STATS

Pts in Paint Pts off TO 2nd Chance Fast Break Bench Pts Largest Largest Lead Result (NIU/Opp) (NIU/Opp) (NIU/Opp) (NIU/Opp) (NIU/Opp) Lead Deficit Changes Ties N25 UIC L, 65-61 26/24 10/9 11/2 7/12 26/25 22 4 3 2 D2 SIU Edwardsville L, 73-53 34/30 11/29 7/4 7/20 10/20 0 30 0 0 D5 at Pittsburgh L, 89-59 18/28 3/33 10/16 6/16 12/18 0 36 0 1 D8 Ball State* L, 79-70 26/20 9/22 15/11 5/16 21/18 10 12 7 3 D13 at Iowa L, 106-53 24/58 9/20 20/22 5/30 9/48 3 53 3 3 D18 Chicago State W, 64-54 38/18 17/11 11/6 12/2 17/6 12 1 2 2 D22 at Toledo* L, 78-55 30/24 14/27 9/5 16/13 13/24 0 25 0 0 J2 Bowling Green* L, 68-42 18/38 11/20 7/12 4/19 10/24 4 28 5 2 J5 at Ohio* L, 76-73 26/38 2/9 9/9 6/10 31/6 2 15 1 1 J9 at Miami* L, 70-58 22/18 13/18 6/5 13/2 25/34 3 20 3 1 J12 Akron* W, 67-65 24/28 13/13 13/13 5/1 34/15 6 10 3 3 J16 at Ball State* J19 Ohio* J23 Buff alo* J26 at Bowling Green* J30 Eastern Michigan* F2 at Western Michigan* F6 Central Michigan* F9 Toledo* F13 at Kent State* F16 at Akron* F20 Miami* F27 at Eastern Michigan* M2 Western Michigan* M5 at Central Michigan*

TOTALS 286/324 112/211 118/105 86/141 208/238 AVERAGES 26.0/29.5 10.2/19.2 10.7/9.5 7.8/12.8 18.9/21.6

MISC. STATS

Largest halftime lead ...... 20, UIC (Nov. 25, 2020) Largest halftime defi cit ...... 24, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) Largest halftime lead surrendered to lose ...... 20, UIC (Nov. 25, 2020) Largest halftime defi cit overcome to win ...... 3, Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) Largest lead at any time ...... 22, UIC (Nov. 25, 2020) Largest defi cit at any time ...... 53, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) Largest lead surrendered to lose ...... 22, UIC (Nov. 25, 2020) Largest defi cit overcome to win ...... 10, Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) Largest margin of victory ...... 10, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) Largest margin of defeat ...... 53, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) Most points scored in a half ...... 42, at Ohio -- second half (Jan. 5, 2021) Fewest points scored in a half ...... 18, SIU Edwardsville -- fi rst half (Dec. 2, 2020) ...... 18, Bowling Green -- fi rst half (Jan. 2, 2021) Most points allowed in a half ...... 55, at Iowa -- second half (Dec. 13, 2020) Fewest points allowed in a half ...... 18, UIC -- fi rst half (Nov. 25, 2020)

ABOUT THE STAFF Interim Head Coach Lamar Chapman Assistant Coach Anthony Beane Sr. Assistant Coach Chris MacMartin Graduate Assistant Nick Hankerson • First season as Interim Head • Second season as an assistant • First season as an assistant coach • Second season as NIU’s graduate Coach, fourth year at NIU coach at NIU. at NIU. assistant. • Promoted to associate head coach • Came to NIU following seven sea- • Promoted to an assistant coaching • Began as a student manager with last season sons as an assistant at Southern Illi- role after spending last season as the Huskies in 2015-16, earning his • Came to NIU from Stony Brook, nois, helping the Salukis to winning NIU’s Director of Player Develop- bachelor’s degree from NIU in 2019. where he helped the Seawolves to seasons in each of the last four. ment/Operations. • Is the cousin of Huskie junior seven postseason appearances in • Also spent time at Southeast • Spent two seasons as a graduate guard Trendon Hankerson. nine years. Missouri State (1997-2000), Illinois assistant with the Huskies (2017- • Has also spent time at Central State (2000-02, 2007-12) and Saint 19). Michigan and Toledo in the MAC. Louis (2002-06). • Began his time with NIU men’s • Began his coaching career in his • Played at Kansas State, was Big basketball as a manager for three hometown at Muskegon Heights Eight Newcomer of the Year in 1992. seasons (2014-17). (Mich.) High School. • Son, Darius, is a junior in the NIU • Played collegiately at Lane College basketball team. in Jackson, Tenn. January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions INSIDE THE NUMBERS

2020-21 NIU BASKETBALL STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN

TEAM GAMES FG-FGA PCT. 3F-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D TOT AVG. FOUL DQ AST AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG OVERALL (2-9) 11 251-623 .403 48-170 .282 105-170 .618 134-267 401 36.5 192 6 113 10.3 167 32 60 655 59.5 HOME (2-4) 6 137-337 .407 22-84 .262 61-95 .642 73-159 232 38.7 103 5 64 10.7 88 15 35 357 59.5 AWAY (0-5) 5 114-286 .399 26-86 .302 44-75 .587 61-108 169 33.8 89 1 49 9.8 79 17 25 298 59.6 NON-CONF (1-4) 5 113-292 .387 17-73 .233 47-73 .644 66-121 187 37.4 77 3 55 11.0 77 15 24 290 58.0 CONFERENCE (1-5) 6 138-331 .417 31-97 .320 58-97 .598 68-146 214 35.7 115 3 58 9.7 90 17 36 365 60.8

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2020-21 2020-21 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 2020-21 RECORD BY VENUE Overall MAC When NIU leads in FG%, NIU is 2-2 Overall 2-9 1-5 When opponent leads in FG%, NIU is 0-7 Home (NIU Convocation Center) 2-4 1-2 When game ends tied in FG%, NIU is Away 0-5 0-3 Neutral 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 2020-21 When NIU leads in 3FG%, NIU is 1-1 2020-21 2020-21 When opponent leads in 3FG%, NIU is 1-8 RECORD BY HALFTIME Overall MAC When game ends tied in 3FG%, NIU is When NIU leads at halftime 1-2 0-1 When NIU trails at halftime 1-7 1-4 FREE THROW SHOOTING 2020-21 When NIU is tied at halftime When NIU attempts more FT, NIU is 2-4 When opponent attempts more FT, NIU is 0-5 2020-21 2020-21 When game ends tied in FT attempts, NIU is RECORD BY SCORING OFFENSE Overall MAC When NIU scores 100+ points FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 2020-21 When NIU scores 90-99 points When NIU leads in FT%, NIU is 2-3 When NIU scores 80-89 points When opponent leads in FT%, NIU is 0-6 When NIU scores 70-79 points 0-2 0-2 When game ends tied in FT%, NIU is When NIU scores 60-69 points 2-1 1-0 When NIU scores 50-59 points 0-5 0-2 REBOUNDING 2020-21 When NIU scores 40-49 points 0-1 0-1 When NIU leads in rebounds, NIU is 2-4 When NIU scores less than 40 points When opponent leads in rebounds, NIU is 0-5 When game ends tied in rebounds, NIU is 2020-21 2020-21 RECORD BY SCORING DEFENSE Overall MAC ASSISTS 2020-21 When opponent scores 100+ points 0-1 When NIU leads in assists, NIU is 2-0 When opponent scores 90-99 points When opponent leads in assists, NIU is 0-9 When opponent scores 80-89 points 0-1 When game ends tied in assists, NIU is When opponent scores 70-79 points 0-5 0-4 When opponent scores 60-69 points 1-2 1-1 BLOCKS 2020-21 When opponent scores 50-59 points 1-0 When NIU leads in blocks, NIU is 2-3 When opponent scores 40-49 points When opponent leads in blocks, NIU is 0-5 When opponent scores less than 40 points When game ends tied in blocks, NIU is 0-1

2020-21 2020-21 STEALS 2020-21 MARGIN OF VICTORY Overall MAC When NIU leads in steals, NIU is 2-1 Game decided by 1-5 points 1-2 1-1 When opponent leads in steals, NIU is 0-6 Game decided by 6-10 points 1-1 0-1 When game ends tied in steals, NIU is 0-2 Game decided by 11-20 points 0-2 0-1 Game decided by 21+ points 0-4 0-2 TURNOVERS 2020-21 When NIU has more turnovers, NIU is 1-8 2020-21 2020-21 When opponent has more turnovers, NIU is 1-1 OVERTIME RECORD Overall MAC When game ends tied in turnovers, NIU is Overtime 0-1 0-1 Double Overtime FOULS 2020-21 When NIU has more fouls, NIU is 1-4 2020-21 2020-21 When opponent has more fouls, NIU is 1-3 RECORD BY MONTH Overall MAC When game ends tied in fouls, NIU is 0-2 November 0-1 December 1-5 0-2 January 1-3 1-3 February March

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions INSIDE THE NUMBERS

TIME ON THE COURT INSIDE THE NUMBERS CAREER CAREER CONSEC CONSEC PLAYER GAMES STARTS GAMES STARTS DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING Darius Beane (32 gms at SIU) 72 24 40 5 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER Trendon Hankerson 63 44 63 42 Trendon Hankerson -- 0 9 8 17 Anthony Crump (34 gms at MTSU) 45 13 11 3 Darius Beane -- (2) 9 7 16 (18) Tyler Cochran 36 5 0 0 Tyler Cochran -- -- 7 5 12 Nathan Scott 33 7 5 0 Nathan Scott -- -- 2 2 Chris Johnson 30 0 0 0 Anthony Crump -- (0) (1) 2 2 (3) Keenon Cole 16 0 0 0 Adong Makuoi ------2 2 Adong Makuoi 11 11 11 11 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu ------2 2 Zool Kueth 11 8 11 2 Chris Johnson -- -- 1 1 Zool Kueth ------1 1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu 11 0 11 0 Justin Lee -- -- 0 1 1 Kaleb Thornton 10 1 0 0 Justin Lee 10 0 1 0 20+ POINT GAMES Daniel Filippone 4 0 0 0 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER Tavon Jones 0 0 0 0 Zool Kueth ------1 1

30+ POINT GAMES LED NIU IN ... SCORING 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 CAREER none Trendon Hankerson -- 0 0 5 5 Darius Beane -- -- 1 3 4 7+ REBOUND GAMES Tyler Cochran -- -- 0 3 3 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER Adong Makuoi ------1 1 Tyler Cochran -- -- 6 3 9 Zool Kueth ------1 1 Nathan Scott -- -- 3 3 Justin Lee -- -- 0 1 1 Darius Beane -- (3) 2 1 3 (6) Anthony Crump -- (0) (1) 2 2 (3) LED NIU IN ... REBOUNDING 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 CAREER Trendon Hankerson -- 0 0 1 1 Tyler Cochran -- -- 4 3 7 Adong Makuoi ------1 1 Anthony Crump ------4 4 Zool Kueth ------1 1 Darius Beane -- -- 2 1 3 Justin Lee -- -- 0 1 1 Nathan Scott -- -- 2 2 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu ------1 1 10+ REBOUND GAMES Kaleb Thornton ------1 1 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER Trendon Hankerson -- 0 0 1 1 Tyler Cochran -- -- 1 1 2 Justin Lee -- -- 0 1 1 Justin Lee -- -- 0 1 1

LED NIU IN ... ASSISTS 15+ REBOUND GAMES 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 CAREER 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER Trendon Hankerson -- 1 12 3 16 none Darius Beane -- -- 4 4 8 Kaleb Thornton ------6 6 5+ GAMES Tyler Cochran -- -- 2 1 3 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER Nathan Scott -- -- 1 1 2 Chris Johnson -- -- 1 1 Trendon Hankerson -- 0 2 2 Anthony Crump ------1 1 Anthony Crump -- (1) (1) (2) Zool Kueth ------1 1 Kaleb Thornton ------1 1 Darius Beane -- -- 0 1 1 LED NIU IN ... BLOCKS 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 CAREER 10+ ASSIST GAMES Trendon Hankerson -- 6 9 15 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER Nathan Scott -- -- 12 1 13 none Tyler Cochran -- -- 6 2 8 Darius Beane -- -- 3 3 6 3+ STEAL GAMES Zool Kueth ------6 6 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER Justin Lee -- -- 3 3 Trendon Hankerson -- 2 2 4 Adong Makuoi ------3 3 Darius Beane -- -- 2 2 4 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu ------3 3 Tyler Cochran -- -- 1 1 2 Chris Johnson -- -- 2 2 Nathan Scott -- -- 1 1 Anthony Crump ------2 2 Anthony Crump ------1 1 Keenon Cole -- -- 1 1 Kaleb Thornton ------1 1 5+ STEAL GAMES LED NIU IN ... STEALS 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 CAREER none Trendon Hankerson -- 3 9 4 16 Darius Beane -- -- 6 7 13 3+ BLOCK GAMES Tyler Cochran -- -- 5 3 8 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER Nathan Scott -- -- 2 1 3 Tyler Cochran -- -- 1 1 Kaleb Thornton ------3 3 Anthony Crump ------3 3 5+ BLOCK GAMES Chinedu Kingsley Okanu ------2 2 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 CAREER Chris Johnson -- -- 1 1 none Keenon Cole -- -- 1 1 Adong Makuoi ------1 1 Numbers in parentheses denote accomplishments at other schools and overall Daniel Filippone ------1 1 career totals. Zool Kueth ------1 1

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES IN 2020-21

TEAM SUPERLATIVES

NIU HIGHS LOWS Points 73, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) 42, Bowling Green (Jan. 2, 2021) Field Goals 27, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) 18, Bowling Green (Jan. 2, 2021) Field Goal Attempts 70, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 44, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) Field Goal Percentage .477, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) .333, Bowling Green (Jan. 2, 2021) Three-Point Field Goals 10, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) 1, at Toledo (Dec. 22, 2020) Three-Point Attempts 21, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) 10, UIC (Nov. 25, 2020) Three-Point Percentage .500, Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) .067, at Toledo (Dec. 22, 2020) Free Throws 15, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 3, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) Free Throw Attempts 21, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 9, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) Free Throw Percentage .786, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) .333, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) .333, Bowling Green (Jan. 2, 2021) Rebounds 41, three times, last: Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) 26, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) Off ensive Rebounds 20, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 7, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) Defensive Rebounds 31, Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) 19, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 19, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) Personal Fouls 28, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 10, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) Assists 18, Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) 3, at Toledo (Dec. 22, 2020) Turnovers 19, SIU Edwardsville (Dec. 2, 2020) 10, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) Blocked Shots 6, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5, 2020) 1, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 6, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) 1, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) Steals 10, at Toledo (Dec. 22, 2020) 1, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5, 2020)

OPPONENTS HIGHS LOWS Points 106, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 54, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) Field Goals 41, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 20, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) Field Goal Attempts 73, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 47, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) Field Goal Percentage .562, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) .400, UIC (Nov. 25, 2020) .400, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) Three-Point Field Goals 14, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5, 2020) 8, three times, last: at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) Three-Point Attempts 33, UIC (Nov. 25, 2020) 18, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) Three-Point Percentage .556, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) .310, Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) Free Throws 25, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 6, four times, last: Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) Free Throw Attempts 39, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 8, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) Free Throw Percentage .750, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) .462, Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) .750, at Toledo (Dec. 22, 2020) Rebounds 45, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 28, three times, last: at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) Off ensive Rebounds 15, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 3, SIU Edwardsville (Dec. 2, 2020) Defensive Rebounds 31, at Toledo (Dec. 22, 2020) 22, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) 22, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) Personal Fouls 22, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 9, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) Assists 29, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 11, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) Turnovers 17, at Toledo (Dec. 22, 2020) 7, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) Blocked Shots 7, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 0, Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) Steals 12, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 3, Akron (Jan. 12, 2021)

INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES

INDIVIDUALS NIU OPPONENTS Points 22, Zool Kueth, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) 25, Dwight Wilson, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) Field Goals 8, Zool Kueth, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) 12, Dwight Wilson, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) Field Goal Attempts 20, Trendon Hankerson, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 20, Ishmael El-Amin, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 20, Trendon Hankerson, at Toledo (Dec. 22, 2020) Field Goal Percentage (Min. 5 Made) .714, Adong Makuoi, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) .857, Dwight Wilson, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) .714, Chinedu Kingsley Okanu, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) Three-Point Field Goals 6, Zool Kueth, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) 5, Ithiel Jorton, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5, 2020) 5, Xavier Johnson, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) Three-Point Attempts 11, Trendon Hankerson, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 11, Bryan Trimble Jr., Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) Three-Point Percentage (Min. 3 Made) .667, Zool Kueth, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) .800, Myja White, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) Free Throws 6, Chinedu Kingsley Okanu, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5, 2020) 8, K.J. Walton, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) 6, Darius Beane, at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2021) Free Throw Attempts 7, Chinedu Kingsley Okanu, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5, 2020) 10, K.J. Walton, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) Free Throw Percentage (Min. 7 Made) .800, K.J. Walton, Ball State (Dec. 8, 2020) Rebounds 12, Tyler Cochran, Chicago State (Dec. 18, 2020) 12, Mike Adewunmi, SIU Edwardsville (Dec. 2, 2020) Assists 7, Darius Beane, Akron (Jan. 12, 2021) 9, Teyvion Kirk, UIC (Nov. 25, 2020) Turnovers 8, Trendon Hankerson, at Iowa (Dec. 13, 2020) 5, Marreon Jackson, at Toledo (Dec. 22, 2020) Blocked Shots 2, fi ve times, last: Makuoi/Scott, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) 5, Lamar Wright, SIU Edwardsville (Dec. 2, 2020) Steals 3, four times, last: Crump, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2021) 5, Courtney Carter, SIU Edwardsville (Dec. 2, 2020)

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions THE LAST TIME...

IN THE FINAL SECONDS NIU had more than five steals: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron (7) NIU won in the final seconds: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron: Darius Beane 18-foot pullup jumper, NIU had more than 10 steals: Nov. 26, 2017, Rockford (15) 1.0 seconds NIU had more than 15 steals: March 10, 2014, Bowling Green (17) NIU lost in the final seconds: Jan. 7, 2020, at Central Michigan: Kevin McKay layup, 0.2 NIU had fewer than five steals: Jan. 5, 2021, at Ohio (3) seconds NIU played in overtime: Dec. 8, 2020, Ball State: NIU lost 79-70 FIELD GOALS NIU played in double overtime: Nov. 9, 2018, Northern Kentucky: NIU lost 88-85 NIU had more than 20 field goals made: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron (25) NIU won an overtime game: Feb. 22, 2020, Central Michigan: NIU won 82-81 NIU had more than 30 field goals made: Dec. 21, 2019, Green Bay (32) NIU lost an overtime game: Dec. 8, 2020, Ball State: NIU lost 79-70 NIU had more than 40 field goals made: Nov. 24, 2013, Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) (41) NIU had fewer than 20 field goals made: Jan. 2, 2021, Bowling Green (18) TEAM SCORING NIU scored 80 or more points: Feb. 22, 2020, Central Michigan: NIU won 82-81 (ot) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS NIU scored 90 or more points: Nov. 16, 2019, Rockford: NIU won 96-48 NIU had more than 50 field goal attempts: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron (54) NIU scored 100 or more points: Dec. 22, 2018, Chicago State: NIU won 100-59 NIU had more than 60 field goal attempts: Dec. 13, 2020, at Iowa (70) NIU scored fewer than 50 points: Jan. 2, 2021, Bowling Green: Bowling Green won 68-42 NIU had more than 70 field goal attempts: Jan. 14, 2020, Akron (73) An opponent scored 100 point or more points: Dec. 13, 2020, at Iowa: Iowa won 106-53 NIU had more than 80 field goal attempts: Nov. 19, 2016, at Cal State Northridge (82) An opponent scored fewer than 50 points: Nov. 18, 2019, Longwood: NIU won 65-48 NIU had fewer than 40 field goal attempts: Feb. 21, 2015, Eastern Michigan (39)

INDIVIDUAL SCORING FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE A player had 20 or more points: Jan. 5, 2021, at Ohio: Zool Kueth (22) NIU shot over 50 percent from the field: Jan. 4, 2020, at Buffalo, 53.7 percent (29-of-54) A player had 30 or more points: March 15, 2019, vs. Bowling Green: Eugene German (31) NIU shot over 60 percent from the field: Dec. 17, 2018, Western Illinois, 60.7 percent A player had 40 or more points: Dec. 14, 2010, Illinois-Chicago: Xavier Silas (40) (34-of-56) A player had 50 or more points: Feb. 15, 1958, at Eastern Michigan: Larry Wilke (52) NIU shot less than 40 percent from the field: Jan. 2, 2021, Bowling Green, 33.3 percent An opponent had 20 or more points: Jan. 5, 2021, at Ohio: Dwight Wilson (25) (4-of-12) An opponent had 30 or more points: Dec. 21, 2019, Green Bay: JayQuan McDonald (32) NIU shot over 70 percent from the field in a half: Jan. 23, 2018, Bowling Green -- second half, 75.9 percent (22-of-29) MULTIPLE DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING NIU had three double-digit scorers: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron: Trendon Hankerson (15), Justin 3-POINT FIELD GOALS Lee (15), Chinedu Kingsley Okanu (10) A player had five or more three-point field goals: Jan. 5, 2021, at Ohio: Zool Kueth (6) NIU had four double-digit scorers: Jan. 5, 2021, at Ohio: Zool Kueth (22), Darius Beane NIU had more than 5 three-point field goals: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron (7) (16), Anthony Crump (13), Trendon Hankerson (12) NIU had more than 10 three-point field goals: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan (14) NIU had five double-digit scorers: Nov. 6, 2018, Rockford: Lacey James (17), Jaylen Key NIU had more than 15 three-point field goals: yet to happen (15), Noah McCarty (14), Levi Bradley (11), Anastasios Demogerontas (10) NIU had fewer than 5 three-point field goals: Jan. 2, 2021, Bowling Green (2) NIU had six double-digit scorers: Dec. 14, 2016, Olivet Nazarene: Marin Maric (22), NIU did not make a three-point field goal: March 2, 2011, Eastern Michigan (0) Aaric Armstead (16), Levi Bradley (12), Justin Thomas (11), Eugene German (10), Dontel Highsmith (10) 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS NIU had two players with 20 or more points: Jan. 22, 2019, Buffalo: Dante Thorpe (23), NIU had more than 20 3-point field goal attempts: Jan. 5, 2021, at Ohio (21) Eugene German (20) NIU had more than 30 3-point field goal attempts: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan (33) REBOUNDING NIU had fewer than 10 3-point field goal attempts: March 6, 2017, at Eastern Michigan A player had 10 or more rebounds: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron: Justin Lee (11) (9) A player had 15 or more rebounds: March 5, 2019, at Central Michigan: Lacey James (19) A player had 20 or more rebounds: Nov. 27, 2002, Loyola-Chicago: Marcus Smallwood 3-POINT PERCENTAGE (21) NIU shot over 40 percent on 3-pointers: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron, 50 percent (7-of-14) NIU had two players with 10 or more rebounds: Nov. 18, 2019, Longwood: Lacey James NIU shot over 50 percent on 3-pointers: Nov. 25, 2019, Oakland, 54.2 percent (13-of-24) (10), Noah McCarty (10) NIU shot over 60 percent on 3-pointers: Nov. 25, 2018, at Oakland, 61.1 percent (11-of- NIU had three players with 10 or more rebounds: Feb. 20, 2014, Eastern Michigan: 18) Jordan Threloff (18), Darrell Bowie (12), Aaric Armstead (10) NIU shot less than 30 percent on 3-pointers: Jan. 2, 2021, Bowling Green, 18.2 percent NIU had more than 30 rebounds: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron (41) (2-of-11) NIU had more than 40 rebounds: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron (41) NIU had more than 50 rebounds: Nov. 16, 2019, Rockford (51) FREE THROWS NIU had fewer than 25 rebounds: Feb. 13, 2018, Central Michigan (24) NIU had more than 20 free throws made: Dec. 19, 2019, at Chicago State (24) NIU had more than 30 free throws made: Dec. 14, 2010, UIC (39) DOUBLE-DOUBLES NIU had less than 10 free throws made: Jan. 5, 2021, at Ohio (9) A player had a double-double (points-rebounds): Jan. 12, 2021, Akron: Justin Lee (15 points, 11 rebounds) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS A player had a double-double (points-assists): Jan. 13, 2010, Western Michigan: Mike NIU had more than 20 free throw attempts: Dec. 8, 2020, Ball State (21) DiNunno (21 points, 10 assists) NIU had more than 30 free throw attempts: Dec. 19, 2019, at Chicago State (36) A player had a triple-double: Nov. 30, 1991, Aurora: Mike Hidden (18 points, 13 rebounds, NIU had more than 40 free throw attempts: March 6, 2015, at Ball State (42) 10 assists) NIU had fewer than 10 free throw attempts: Dec. 13, 2020, at Iowa (9) An opponent had a double-double: Dec. 22, 2020, at Toledo: Ryan Rollins (16 points, 11 rebounds) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE An opponent had a triple-double: Feb. 27, 2018, Toledo: Tre’Shaun Fletcher (20 points, 11 NIU shot over 70 percent on free throws: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron, 71.4 percent (10-of-14) rebounds, 11 assists) NIU shot over 80 percent on free throws: March 3, 2020, Toledo, 84.6 percent (11-of-13) A player had consecutive double-doubles: Levi Bradley (two straight): Nov. 6, 2018, NIU shot over 90 percent on free throws: Dec. 7, 2019, at UC Davis, 100 percent (13-of- Rockford (11 points, 10 rebounds), Nov. 9, 2018, Northern Kentucky (25 points, 12 re- 13) bounds) NIU shot less than 50 percent on free throws: Jan. 2, 2021, Bowling Green, 33.3 percent NIU had two players with double-doubles: Nov. 18, 2019, Longwood: Lacey James (11 (4-of-12) points, 10 rebounds), Noah McCarty (10 points, 10 rebounds) FOULS ASSISTS NIU had more than 10 fouls: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron (17) A player had five or more assists: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron: Darius Beane (7) NIU had more than 20 fouls: Dec. 8, 2020, Ball State (28) A player had 10 or more assists: Nov. 21, 2015, Eureka: Laytwan Porter (10) NIU had more than 30 fouls: Jan. 7, 2017, Central Michigan (31) NIU had two players with five or more assists: Dec. 21, 2019, Green Bay: Eugene German NIU had fewer than 10 fouls: Nov. 26, 2017, Rockford (7) (6), Trendon Hankerson (5) NIU had more than 10 assists: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron (18) TURNOVERS NIU had more than 20 assists: Nov. 25, 2018, at Oakland (23) NIU had more than 10 turnovers: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron (15) NIU had more than 30 assists: Nov. 21, 2015, Eureka (32) NIU had more than 20 turnovers: Jan. 17, 2017, Miami (22) NIU had less than 10 assists: Jan. 9, 2010, at Miami (9) NIU had fewer than 10 turnovers: March 6, 2020, Ball State (8) NIU had fewer than 5 turnovers: Feb. 18, 2017, Toledo (2) BLOCKS A player had five or more blocks: March 2, 2019, Eastern Michigan: Noah McCarty (5) IN THE RANKINGS A player had 10 or more blocks: yet to happen NIU was ranked: Jan. 25, 1972 poll: NIU No. 19 NIU had more than five blocks: Jan. 9, 2010, at Miami (6) NIU defeated a ranked opponent: Jan. 22, 2019, No. 14 Buffalo: NIU won 77-75 NIU had 10 or more blocks: Feb. 4, 2014, Miami (Ohio) (10) NIU lost to a ranked opponent: Dec. 13, 2020, at No. 3 Iowa: Iowa won 106-53 NIU had less than five blocks: Jan. 12, 2021, Akron (3) NIU defeated a ranked opponent at home: Jan. 22, 2019, No. 14 Buffalo: NIU won 77-75 NIU defeated a ranked opponent on the road: yet to happen STEALS NIU faced a No. 1 ranked team: Dec. 8, 1980, at No. 1 DePaul: DePaul won 93-56 A player had five or more steals: Feb. 12, 2019, at Western Michigan: Dante Thorpe (5) NIU defeated a No. 1 ranked team: yet to happen A player had 10 or more steals: yet to happen

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions Lamar CHAPMAN Interim Head Coach First Season Lamar Chapman is in his fourth season on the conference regular season championships, the 2016 America East Tour- NIU men’s basketball staff in 2020-21, having nament title and seven postseason appearances, including Stony Brook’s been elevated to interim head coach on Jan- fi rst Division I NCAA Tournament appearance in 2016. During his tenure at uary 3, 2021. Chapman came to NIU following Stony Brook, Chapman worked primarily with wings and helped a pair of nine seasons as an assistant coach at Stony Brook University and was pro- Seawolves, Muhammad El-Amin and Tommy Brenton, earn America East moted to Associate Head Coach at NIU prior to the 2019-20 campaign. Player of the Year honors.

Chapman helped the Huskies capture a share of the MAC West Division Chapman’s nine years at Stony Brook saw the Seawolves post six 22-plus title in 2019-20, as well as a top-four seed in the conference tournament, win seasons with 23 all-conference honorees. giving NIU a fi rst-round tournament bye for the fi rst time since 2006. The Huskies were on target for just their fi fth postseason appearance in school Prior to his time at Stony Brook, Chapman spent the 2006-07 and 2007-08 history before the year was prematurely ended by the COVID-19 pandemic. seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Toledo. In his fi rst sea- son, Chapman helped the Rockets earn their fi rst Mid-American Conference NIU won 11 conference games during the 2019-20 season, its most in 14 regular season crown in 26 years as Toledo posted a 14-2 conference mark. seasons, and Huskie senior Eugene German led the MAC in scoring, became Chapman helped mentor Keonta Howell, Justin Ingram and Florentino Va- NIU’s all-time leading scorer with 2,203 points and became just the eighth lencia to All-MAC honors as well as 2006-07 MAC Defensive Player of the player in program history to earn All-America recognition when he was Year, Kashif Payne. named to the Lou Henson All-America Team. German also earned First Team All-MAC and First Team NABC All-District honors. Toledo was Chapman’s second stop in the MAC as it followed three years as an assistant coach at Central Michigan University. Before beginning his In 2018-19, the Huskies earned 17 victories, tied for the sixth-most in collegiate coaching career in Mt. Pleasant, Chapman was the head coach at school history, and advanced to the Mid-American Conference Tourna- Muskegon Heights (Mich.) High School in his hometown, leading the Tigers ment Semifi nals for the fi rst time since 2003. German was named to the to a 42-9 overall record and a pair of state semifi nal appearances, including MAC All-Tournament Team, becoming the fi rst Huskie to receive that honor a Class B State Runner-Up Finish in 2002. since 2003, and also earned Second Team All-MAC and Second Team NABC All-District recognition. The Tigers posted a 21-5 record in 2001-02 and won district and regional titles before falling to the eventual state champion. For his eff orts, Chap- NIU recorded just its third win over a ranked opponent in school histo- man was named the Muskegon Chronicle Area “Coach of the Year.” ry when the Huskies defeated 14th-ranked Buff alo on January 22, the fi rst Huskie win over a ranked foe since 1973. In 2003, Muskegon Heights was 21-4 and repeated as district and regional champion before advancing to the state fi nals where it lost to Grand Rapids During the 2017-18 season, his fi rst with the Huskies, NIU had one of its South Christian. During his tenure at Muskegon Heights, Chapman coached best off ensive teams in recent memory as it averaged more points than any fi ve student-athletes who received college scholarships. Huskie team since 2001-02 and scored the third-most points (2,319) in a sin- gle-season in school history. German led the MAC in scoring while earning Chapman played collegiately at Lane College in Jackson, Tenn., where he Second Team All-MAC and First Team NABC All-District honors. was named the school’s Athlete of the Year in 1991 and 1992. Chapman earned his bachelor’s degree from Lane in health and physical education In his nine seasons at Stony Brook, Chapman helped the Seawolves to four in 1993.

Lamar Chapman’s Year-by-Year Collegiate Coaching History Year School Overall Conference Conference Championships/Postseason Position 2003-04 Central Michigan 6-24 2-16 Assistant Coach 2004-05 Central Michigan 10-18 4-14 Assistant Coach 2005-06 Central Michigan 4-24 1-17 Assistant Coach

2006-07 Toledo 19-13 14-2 MAC West Division Champions/NIT Assistant Coach 2007-08 Toledo 11-19 7-8 Assistant Coach

2008-09 Stony Brook 16-14 8-8 Assistant Coach 2009-10 Stony Brook 22-10 13-3 America East Regular Season Champions/NIT Assistant Coach 2010-11 Stony Brook 15-17 8-8 Assistant Coach 2011-12 Stony Brook 22-10 14-2 America East Regular Season Champions/NIT Assistant Coach 2012-13 Stony Brook 25-8 14-2 America East Regular Season Champions/NIT Assistant Coach 2013-14 Stony Brook 23-11 13-3 America East Regular Season Champions/CBI Assistant Coach 2014-15 Stony Brook 23-12 12-4 CBI Assistant Coach 2015-16 Stony Brook 26-7 14-2 America East Regular Season and Tournament Champions/NCAA Tournament Assistant Coach 2016-17 Stony Brook 18-14 12-4 CBI Assistant Coach

2017-18 NIU 13-19 6-12 Assistant Coach 2018-19 NIU 17-17 8-10 Assistant Coach 2019-20 NIU 18-13 11-7 MAC West Division Champions Associate Head Coach 2020-21 NIU 1-7 0-3 Associate Head Coach 2020-21 NIU 1-2 1-2 Interim Head Coach

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions 2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 3 Ball State (12/8/20) Chris Field Goals Field Goal Attempts 2 at Iowa (12/13/20) 3-Point Field Goals 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Free Throws 3 Ball State (12/8/20) Free Throw Attempts 4 Ball State (12/8/20) JOHNSON Rebounds 4 Ball State (12/8/20) 6-7 | 215 | Senior | Forward Offensive Rebounds 1 three times, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) Defensive Rebounds 3 Ball State (12/8/20) Chicago, Ill. | South Suburban College Assists Turnovers Blocks THE JOHNSON FILE Steals • Made his fi rst appearance of the season at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5), playing 11 minutes Minutes 12 Ball State (12/8/20) off the bench, grabbing a pair of rebounds.0 • Appeared in 27 games as a reserve last season for the Huskies. CAREER HIGHS • Came to NIU from South Suburban College in South Holland, Ill., where he aver- Points 10 Rockford (11/16/19) Field Goals 3 Rockford (11/16/19) aged 9.7 points and 14.5 rebounds per game in 2018-19. Led the NJCAA Division II Field Goal Attempts 4 Rockford (11/16/19) in rebounds per game. 3-Point Field Goals • Spent the 2017-18 season at Kent State, where he redshirted. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts • Began his collegiate career at Malone University in 2016-17, where he averaged Free Throws 4 Rockford (11/16/19) 2.9 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. Free Throw Attempts 10 Rockford (11/16/19) • Majoring in advocacy/public communications. Rebounds 5 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Offensive Rebounds 3 three times, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Defensive Rebounds 3 three times, last: Ball State (12/8/20) Assists 1 three times, last: Oakland (11/25/19) Turnovers 1 five times, last: Western Michigan (1/25/20) Blocks 1 twice, last: at Ball State (2/11/20) Steals 1 twice, last: Longwood (11/18/19) Minutes 19 at Iowa State (11/12/19)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2019-20 27 0 164 6.1 5 18 .278 0 0 .000 10 22 .455 16 25 41 1.5 23 0 3 0.1 5 0.2 2 0.1 2 0.1 20 0.7 2020-21 3 0 27 9.0 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 3 5 8 2.7 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 1.0 Career 30 0 191 6.4 5 21 .238 0 0 .000 13 26 .500 19 30 49 1.6 25 0 3 0.1 5 0.2 2 0.1 2 0.1 23 0.8

2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 18 twice, last: Ball State (12/8/20) Trendon Field Goals 7 three times, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) Field Goal Attempts 20 twice, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) 3-Point Field Goals 4 twice, last: Ball State (12/8/20) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 11 Ball State (12/8/20) Free Throws 3 Chicago State (12/18/20) Free Throw Attempts 4 Chicago State (12/18/20) HANKERSON Rebounds 7 at Iowa (12/13/20) 6-2 | 185 | Junior | Guard Offensive Rebounds 2 three times, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) Defensive Rebounds 5 four times, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) Novi, Mich. | Novi Assists 4 Akron (1/12/21) Turnovers 8 at Iowa (12/13/20) Blocks 1 Chicago State (12/18/20) THE HANKERSON FILE Steals 2 three times, last: Akron (1/12/21) • Tied his career-high with 18 points at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5), a mark he fi rst set last Minutes 44 Ball State (12/8/20) season against Green Bay (Dec. 21, 2019) while1 playing against his brother, Kamer- on, who was a senior for the Phoenix last year. Tied that mark again against Ball CAREER HIGHS State (Dec. 8). Points 18 three times, last: Ball State (12/8/20) Field Goals 7 four times, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) • Led the MAC in three-point shooting a season ago, shooting 46.1 percent (41-of- Field Goal Attempts 20 twice, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) 89) from behind the arc. 3-Point Field Goals 4 three times, last: Ball State (12/8/20) • Started all 31 games for the Huskies a season ago. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 11 Ball State (12/8/20) • Made seven consecutive three-point attempts between Jan. 18-25, 2020, tied for Free Throws 4 twice, last: Eastern MIchigan (1/11/20) the third-longest streak in program history. Free Throw Attempts 6 Eastern MIchigan (1/11/20) • Had the assist on the game-winning basket by Noah McCarty with 0.6 seconds left Rebounds 7 at Iowa (12/13/20) in NIU’s 77-75 victory over 14th-ranked Buff alo on Jan. 22, 2019. Offensive Rebounds 2 six times, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) Defensive Rebounds 5 seven times, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) • Father, Kevin, played Division II basketball at Saginaw Valley State. Mother, Tricia, Assists 6 Eastern MIchigan (1/11/20) played volleyball at the University of New Orleans and Saginaw Valley State, broth- Turnovers 8 at Iowa (12/13/20) er, Kameron, played basketball at Green Bay and currently plays professionally in Blocks 2 three times, last: at Central Michigan (3/5/19) Germany. Steals 3 four times, last: Green Bay (12/21/19) • Majoring in kinesiology. Minutes 44 Ball State (12/8/20)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2018-19 21 2 391 18.6 17 54 .315 8 32 .250 3 4 .750 5 42 47 2.2 55 2 19 0.9 22 1.0 9 0.4 12 0.6 45 2.1 2019-20 31 31 976 31.5 84 180 .467 41 89 .461 25 30 .833 12 80 92 3.0 66 0 61 2.0 46 1.5 10 0.3 29 0.9 234 7.5 2020-21 11 11 362 32.9 52 137 .380 22 72 .306 10 14 .714 7 42 49 4.5 31 1 20 1.8 33 3.0 1 0.1 9 0.8 136 12.4 Career 63 44 1729 27.4 153 371 .412 71 193 .368 38 48 .792 24 164 188 3.0 152 3 100 1.6 101 1.6 20 0.3 50 0.8 415 6.6

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions 2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 9 Ball State (12/8/20) Kaleb Field Goals 4 at Toledo (12/22/20) Field Goal Attempts 11 at Iowa (12/13/20) 3-Point Field Goals 1 four times, last: at Miami (1/9/21) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 3 twice, last: Ball State (12/8/20) Free Throws 2 twice, last: Ball State (12/8/20) Free Throw Attempts 4 SIU Edwardsville (12/2/20) THORNTON Rebounds 6 Ball State (12/8/20) 6-0 | 170 | Sophomore | Guard Offensive Rebounds 2 Ball State (12/8/20) Defensive Rebounds 4 three times, last: at Ohio (1/5/21) Bolingbrook, Ill. | Iowa Western CC Assists 5 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Turnovers 5 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Blocks 1 Bowling Green (1/2/21) THE THORNTON FILE Steals 2 at Toledo (12/22/20) • Has led NIU in assists six times this season and recorded a career-high fi ve against Minutes 32 Ball State (12/8/20) Pittsburgh (Dec. 5). 2 • Made his Division I debut off the bench against UIC (Nov. 25), scoring four points CAREER HIGHS with three rebounds and two assists in 13 minutes. Points 9 Ball State (12/8/20) Field Goals 4 at Toledo (12/22/20) • Comes to NIU following one season at Iowa Western Community College in Coun- Field Goal Attempts 11 at Iowa (12/13/20) cil Bluff s, Iowa. 3-Point Field Goals 1 four times, last: at Miami (1/9/21) • Averaged 10.8 points, 3.4 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game at Iowa 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 3 twice, last: Ball State (12/8/20) Western, earning NJCAA Division I Region XI All-Region Second Team honors Free Throws 2 twice, last: Ball State (12/8/20) • Prepped at Boilingbrook High School, where he helped the Raiders to a third-place Free Throw Attempts 4 SIU Edwardsville (12/2/20) state fi nish in Illinois Class 4A in 2016-17. Rebounds 6 Ball State (12/8/20) • High school teammate of current NIU teammate Kaleb Thornton at Bolingbrook. Offensive Rebounds 2 Ball State (12/8/20) Defensive Rebounds 4 three times, last: at Ohio (1/5/21) • Majoring in business administration. Assists 5 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Turnovers 5 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Blocks 1 Bowling Green (1/2/21) Steals 2 at Toledo (12/22/20) Minutes 32 Ball State (12/8/20)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2020-21 10 1 235 23.5 23 48 .479 4 14 .286 9 13 .692 4 27 31 3.1 13 0 24 2.4 28 2.8 1 0.1 6 0.6 59 5.9 Career 10 1 235 23.5 23 48 .479 4 14 .286 9 13 .692 4 27 31 3.1 13 0 24 2.4 28 2.8 1 0.1 6 0.6 59 5.9

2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 15 Akron (1/12/21) Justin Field Goals 5 Akron (1/12/21) Field Goal Attempts 6 Akron (1/12/21) 3-Point Field Goals 1 Akron (1/12/21) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) Free Throws 4 Akron (1/12/21) Free Throw Attempts 4 Akron (1/12/21) LEE Rebounds 11 Akron (1/12/21) 6-8 | 210 | Junior | Wing Offensive Rebounds 3 Akron (1/12/21) Defensive Rebounds 8 Akron (1/12/21) Lawrenceville, Ga. | Collins Hill Assists 2 Akron (1/12/21) Turnovers 3 Akron (1/12/21) Blocks THE LEE FILE Steals 1 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) • Had a breakout game against Akron (Jan. 12), recording his fi rst career dou- Minutes 22 Akron (1/12/21) ble-double with a career best 15 points and3 a career high 11 rebounds. • Appeared in six games a season ago while dealing with leg injuries. CAREER HIGHS • Scored a career-best seven points in 14 minutes of action at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16, Points 15 Akron (1/12/21) Field Goals 5 Akron (1/12/21) 2019). Field Goal Attempts 6 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) • Also played 14 minutes in the MAC opener at Buff alo (Jan. 4, 2020), scoring fi ve 3-Point Field Goals 1 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) points with four rebounds. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 3 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) • Redshirted the 2018-19 season. Free Throws 4 Akron (1/12/21) • Majoring in sports management. Free Throw Attempts 4 Akron (1/12/21) Rebounds 11 Akron (1/12/21) Offensive Rebounds 3 Akron (1/12/21) Defensive Rebounds 8 Akron (1/12/21) Assists 2 Akron (1/12/21) Turnovers 3 Akron (1/12/21) Blocks 2 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) Steals 1 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) Minutes 22 Akron (1/12/21)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2018-19 Did not see game action 2019-20 6 0 51 8.5 7 17 .412 1 5 .200 3 4 .750 4 5 9 1.5 3 0 1 0.2 3 0.5 4 0.7 0 0.0 18 3.0 2020-21 4 0 49 12.3 7 11 .636 1 2 .500 4 6 .667 4 9 13 3.3 6 0 2 0.5 5 1.3 0 0.0 2 0.5 19 4.8 Career 10 0 100 10.0 14 28 .500 2 7 .286 7 10 .700 8 14 22 2.2 9 0 3 0.3 8 0.8 4 0.4 2 0.2 37 3.7

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions 2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points Tavon Field Goals Field Goal Attempts 3-Point Field Goals 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Free Throws Free Throw Attempts JONES Rebounds 6-3 | 180 | Junior | Guard Offensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds Linden, N.J. | Odessa College Assists Turnovers Blocks THE JONES FILE Steals • Comes to NIU following two seasons at Odessa College. Minutes • Averaged 13.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.84 assists per game as a sophomore at Odessa in 2019-20, shooting 49.8 percent from the fi eld, 35.6 percent from three CAREER HIGHS and 72.3 percent from the free-throw line. Earned All-Western Junior College Athlet- Points Field Goals ic Conference honorable mention recognition Field Goal Attempts • Scored 6.5 points and had 1.5 rebounds per game as a freshman at Odessa in 3-Point Field Goals 2018-19. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts • Prepped at Linden High School, where he fi nished as the school’s second all-time Free Throws leading scorer with 1,766 career points. Free Throw Attempts • Named the Home News Tribune Boys Basketball Player of the Year and First Team Rebounds All-State by NJ.com as a senior at Linden in 2017-18. Offensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds • Majoring in communications. Assists Turnovers Blocks Steals Minutes

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2020-21 Career

2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 12 at Miami (1/9/21) Chinedu Kingsley Field Goals 5 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) Field Goal Attempts 9 Akron (1/12/21) 3-Point Field Goals 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Free Throws 6 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Free Throw Attempts 7 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) OKANU Rebounds 6 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) 6-7 | 225 | Junior | Forward Offensive Rebounds 3 at Iowa (12/13/20) Defensive Rebounds 5 Akron (1/12/21) Gary, Ind. | Vincennes University Assists 2 at Ohio (1/5/21) Turnovers 2 Bowling Green (1/2/21) Blocks 2 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) THE OKANU FILE Steals 1 four times, last: Akron (1/12/21) • Commonly goes by his middle name “Kingsley,” rather than his given fi rst name, Minutes 28 at Miami (1/9/21) “Chinedu.” 11 • Averaging 11.0 points per game over the last two contests, shooting 62.5 percent CAREER HIGHS (10-of-16) from the fi eld. Points 12 at Miami (1/9/21) Field Goals 5 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) • Scored a career-best 12 points, on 5-of-7 shooting from the fi eld, at Miami (Jan. 9). Field Goal Attempts 9 Akron (1/12/21) • Made his Division I debut against UIC (Nov. 25), scoring four points with six re- 3-Point Field Goals bounds off the bench in 19 minutes. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts • Comes to NIU from Vincennes University in Vincennes, Ind. Free Throws 6 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) • Averaged 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore at Vincennes in Free Throw Attempts 7 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) 2019-20, earning NJCAA Division I District 24 All-Region honors. Rebounds 6 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) • Helped Vincennes the NJCAA Division I national championship as a freshman in Offensive Rebounds 3 at Iowa (12/13/20) Defensive Rebounds 5 Akron (1/12/21) 2018-19, the school’s fi rst since 1972. Averaged 2.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per Assists 2 at Ohio (1/5/21) game. Turnovers 2 Bowling Green (1/2/21) • Prepped at Bowman Academy in Gary, Ind., where he averaged 11.8 points, 9.8 Blocks 2 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game as a senior. Steals 1 four times, last: Akron (1/12/21) • Majoring in fi nance. Minutes 28 at Miami (1/9/21)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2020-21 11 0 191 17.4 17 40 .425 0 0 .000 18 26 .692 14 18 32 2.9 21 1 5 0.5 9 0.8 5 0.5 4 0.4 52 4.7 Career 11 0 191 17.4 17 40 .425 0 0 .000 18 26 .692 14 18 32 2.9 21 1 5 0.5 9 0.8 5 0.5 4 0.4 52 4.7

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions 2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 22 at Ohio (1/5/21) Zool Field Goals 8 at Ohio (1/5/21) Field Goal Attempts 13 at Ohio (1/5/21) 3-Point Field Goals 6 at Ohio (1/5/21) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 9 at Ohio (1/5/21) Free Throws 1 three times, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) Free Throw Attempts 3 Ball State (12/8/20) KUETH Rebounds 7 at Ohio (1/5/21) 6-7 | 200 | Junior | Forward Offensive Rebounds 2 five times, last: at Ohio (1/5/21) Defensive Rebounds 5 at Ohio (1/5/21) Gallatin, Tenn. | Pratt CC Assists 3 at Miami (1/9/21) Turnovers 2 four times, last: Akron (1/12/21) Blocks 2 Chicago State (12/18/20) THE KUETH FILE Steals 1 twice, last: at Miami (1/9/21) • Has made 8 of his last 15 three-point attempts (53.3 percent) after starting the Minutes 31 at Ohio (1/5/21) season 1-of-15. 12 • Scored a career-best 22 points, including 6-of-9 from three-point range, at Ohio CAREER HIGHS (Jan. 5). Also grabbed a career-best seven rebounds against the Bobcats. Points 22 at Ohio (1/5/21) Field Goals 8 at Ohio (1/5/21) • Made his fi rst career start against SIU Edwardsville (Dec. 2), scoring four points in Field Goal Attempts 13 at Ohio (1/5/21) 19 minutes. 3-Point Field Goals 6 at Ohio (1/5/21) • Comes to NIU following one year at Pratt (Kan.) Community College, where he 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 9 at Ohio (1/5/21) averaged 14.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. Free Throws 1 three times, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) • Shot 77.9 percent from the free-throw line at Pratt CC in 2019-20, earning All-Kan- Free Throw Attempts 3 Ball State (12/8/20) sas Jayhawk Community College Conference West Second Team honors. Rebounds 7 at Ohio (1/5/21) • Began his collegiate career at Tallahassee (Fla.) Community College, where he aver- Offensive Rebounds 2 five times, last: at Ohio (1/5/21) Defensive Rebounds 5 at Ohio (1/5/21) aged 6.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game in 2018-19. Assists 3 at Miami (1/9/21) • Named the Sumner County Player of the Year by the Gallatin (Tenn.) News as a Turnovers 2 four times, last: Akron (1/12/21) senior at Gallatin High School. Blocks 2 Chicago State (12/18/20) • Majoring in leadership and management. Steals 1 twice, last: at Miami (1/9/21) Minutes 31 at Ohio (1/5/21)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2020-21 11 8 219 19.9 24 55 .436 9 30 .300 3 6 .500 14 18 32 2.9 14 0 7 0.6 10 0.9 8 0.7 2 0.2 60 5.5 Career 11 8 219 19.9 24 55 .436 9 30 .300 3 6 .500 14 18 32 2.9 14 0 7 0.6 10 0.9 8 0.7 2 0.2 60 5.5

2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 14 at Iowa (12/13/20) Adong Field Goals 7 at Iowa (12/13/20) Field Goal Attempts 10 at Iowa (12/13/20) 3-Point Field Goals 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Free Throws 3 twice, last: at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Free Throw Attempts 5 Akron (1/12/21) MAKUOI Rebounds 8 Chicago State (12/18/20) 6-9 | 220 | Junior | Center Offensive Rebounds 4 twice, last: Chicago State (12/18/20) Defensive Rebounds 4 Chicago State (12/18/20) Edmonton, Alberta | Daytona State Assists 2 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Turnovers 2 three times, last: Bowling Green (1/2/21) Blocks 2 twice, last: at Miami (1/9/21) THE MAKUOI FILE Steals 1 three times, last: Bowling Green (1/2/21) • Netted a career-high 14 points, on 7-of-10 shooting, at Iowa (Dec. 13). Minutes 28 Chicago State (12/18/20) • Comes to NIU from Daytona State13 College in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he aver- aged 6.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore last season, shooing CAREER HIGHS 69.8 percent from the fi eld and 75 percent from the free-throw line. Points 14 at Iowa (12/13/20) Field Goals 7 at Iowa (12/13/20) • Earned All-Mid-Florida Conference Second Team honors in 2019-20. Field Goal Attempts 10 at Iowa (12/13/20) • Began his collegiate career at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Fla., where 3-Point Field Goals he averaged 8.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in 2018-19. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts • Spent his fi nal prep season at the RISE Centre Academy in Brantford, Ontario, Free Throws 3 twice, last: at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Canada and was selected to play in the 2018 BioSteel All-Canadian High School Free Throw Attempts 5 Akron (1/12/21) Basketball Game. Rebounds 8 Chicago State (12/18/20) • Majoring in psychology. Offensive Rebounds 4 twice, last: Chicago State (12/18/20) Defensive Rebounds 4 Chicago State (12/18/20) Assists 2 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Turnovers 2 three times, last: Bowling Green (1/2/21) Blocks 2 twice, last: at Miami (1/9/21) Steals 1 three times, last: Bowling Green (1/2/21) Minutes 28 Chicago State (12/18/20)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2020-21 11 11 225 20.5 24 42 .571 0 0 .000 14 23 .609 21 21 42 3.8 31 2 4 0.4 10 0.9 6 0.5 3 0.3 62 5.6 Career 11 11 225 20.5 24 42 .571 0 0 .000 14 23 .609 21 21 42 3.8 31 2 4 0.4 10 0.9 6 0.5 3 0.3 62 5.6

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions 2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points Daniel Field Goals Field Goal Attempts 1 twice, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) 3-Point Field Goals 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Free Throws Free Throw Attempts FILIPPONE Rebounds 6-1 | 175 | Sophomore | Guard Offensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds Antioch, Ill. | Antioch Community Assists 1 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Turnovers Blocks THE FILIPPONE FILE Steals 1 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) • Made his NIU debut at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5), playing four minutes with one assist Minutes 4 twice, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) and one steal. 20 • Did not see game action in 2019-20. CAREER HIGHS • Averaged 25.5 points, 6.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game as a senior at Antioch Points Field Goals Community High School, graduating as the school’s all-time leading scorer with Field Goal Attempts 1 twice, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) over 2,000 points. 3-Point Field Goals • Majoring in business administration. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Free Throws Free Throw Attempts Rebounds Offensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds Assists 1 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Turnovers Blocks Steals 1 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Minutes 4 twice, last: at Toledo (12/22/20)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2019-20 Did not see game action 2020-21 4 0 13 3.3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 0 0.0 Career 4 0 13 3.3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 0 0.0

2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 15 three times, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) Tyler Field Goals 7 twice, last: Chicago State (12/18/20) Field Goal Attempts 16 SIU Edwardsville (12/2/20) 3-Point Field Goals 1 twice, last: Bowling Green (1/2/21) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1 four times, last: Bowling Green (1/2/21) Free Throws 5 at Toledo (12/22/20) Free Throw Attempts 6 at Toledo (12/22/20) COCHRAN Rebounds 12 Chicago State (12/18/20) 6-2 | 220 | Sophomore | Guard Offensive Rebounds 5 at Toledo (12/22/20) Defensive Rebounds 9 Chicago State (12/18/20) Bolingbrook, Ill. | Bolingbrook Assists 4 Chicago State (12/18/20) Turnovers 3 at Toledo (12/22/20) Blocks 1 twice, last: Bowling Green (1/2/21) THE COCHRAN FILE Steals 3 SIU Edwardsville (12/2/20) • Leads NIU in both scoring and rebounding. Has scored in double fi gures in all fi ve Minutes 34 Chicago State (12/18/20) games he has played this season.23 • Posted his second career double-double with a career-high tying 15 points and a CAREER HIGHS career-best 12 rebounds against Chicago State (Dec. 18). Points 15 four times, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) Field Goals 7 three times, last: Chicago State (12/18/20) • Averaged 6.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game over the fi nal 11 games of his Field Goal Attempts 16 SIU Edwardsville (12/2/20) freshman season. 3-Point Field Goals 2 at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) • Finished last season second in the MAC in rebounding among freshmen (4.2 rpg), 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 3 twice, last: at Ball State (2/11/20) behind only Ball State’s Jarron Coleman (4.8 rpg). Free Throws 5 at Toledo (12/22/20) • Recorded his fi rst career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Free Throw Attempts 6 three times, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) Ohio (Jan. 28, 2020). He was the only freshman in the MAC to post a double-double Rebounds 12 Chicago State (12/18/20) last season. Offensive Rebounds 5 three times, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) Defensive Rebounds 9 Chicago State (12/18/20) • High school teammate of current NIU teammate Kaleb Thornton at Bolingbrook Assists 4 Chicago State (12/18/20) High School. Turnovers 4 twice, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) • Major is undecided Blocks 3 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) Steals 3 twice, last: SIU Edwardsville (12/2/20) Minutes 34 Chicago State (12/18/20)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2019-20 31 1 571 18.4 68 145 .469 8 29 .276 26 44 .591 49 80 129 4.2 65 0 20 0.6 38 1.2 8 0.3 21 0.7 170 5.5 2020-21 5 4 142 28.4 30 63 .476 2 4 .500 7 10 .700 15 22 37 7.4 9 0 6 1.2 8 1.6 2 0.4 9 1.8 69 13.8 Career 36 5 713 19.8 98 208 .471 10 33 .303 33 54 .611 64 102 166 4.6 74 0 26 0.7 46 1.3 10 0.3 30 0.8 239 6.6

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions 2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 18 Ball State (12/8/20) Darius Field Goals 7 Ball State (12/8/20) Field Goal Attempts 17 Ball State (12/8/20) 3-Point Field Goals 3 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 5 at Ohio (1/5/21) Free Throws 6 at Ohio (1/5/21) Free Throw Attempts 8 at Ohio (1/5/21) BEANE Rebounds 8 Akron (1/12/21) 6-3 | 175 | Junior | Guard Offensive Rebounds 4 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) Defensive Rebounds 5 Chicago State (12/18/20) Carbondale, Ill. | Southern Illinois Assists 7 Akron (1/12/21) Turnovers 4 twice, last: Ball State (12/8/20) Blocks 1 five times, last: Akron (1/12/21) THE BEANE FILE Steals 3 twice, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) • Scored a career-high 18 points in the conference opener against Ball State (Dec. 8). Minutes 42 Ball State (12/8/20) • Has scored in double fi gures 1624 times during his NIU career, including seven times this season. CAREER HIGHS • Averaged 8.5 points per game a season ago after entering the starting lineup Points 18 Ball State (12/8/20) Field Goals 7 twice, last: Ball State (12/8/20) for the fi nal 14 games of the season, shooting 45.5 percent from the fi eld and 40 Field Goal Attempts 17 Ball State (12/8/20) percent from three. NIU went 9-5 with Beane in the starting lineup 3-Point Field Goals 2 seven times, last: Ball State (3/6/20) • Played one season at Southern Illinois. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 5 at Ohio (1/5/21) • Scored 1,617 career points at Carbondale (Ill.) High School, fi nishing as the school’s Free Throws 6 three times, last: at Ohio (1/5/21) sixth all-time leading scorer. Free Throw Attempts 8 at Ohio (1/5/21) • Father, Anthony Beane Sr., played collegiately at Kansas State and is currently an Rebounds 9 Green Bay (12/21/19) assistant coach with the Huskies. Offensive Rebounds 7 Valparaiso (1/12/19) Defensive Rebounds 6 three times, last: at Western Mich. (2/29/20) • Mother, Katrina, was a junior college All-American volleyball player. Brother, An- Assists 7 Akron (1/12/21) thony Jr., played basketball at Southern Illinois and is playing professionally in Italy. Turnovers 4 three times, last: Ball State (12/8/20) • Majoring in general studies. Blocks 2 Indiana State (1/30/19) Steals 3 four times, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) Minutes 42 Ball State (12/8/20)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2018-19* 32 0 495 15.5 32 81 .395 12 37 .324 20 27 .741 30 61 91 2.8 14 0 26 0.8 25 0.8 4 0.1 18 0.6 96 3.0 2019-20 29 14 711 24.5 71 170 .418 16 47 .340 54 72 .750 39 57 96 3.3 51 0 43 1.5 39 1.3 5 0.2 21 0.7 212 7.3 2020-21 11 10 356 32.4 46 127 .362 6 28 .214 26 40 .650 21 31 52 4.7 31 1 23 2.1 24 2.2 5 0.5 15 1.4 124 11.3 Career 72 24 1562 21.7 149 378 .394 34 112 .304 100 139 .719 90 149 239 3.3 96 1 92 1.3 88 1.2 14 0.2 54 0.8 432 6.0 * denotes season played at Southern Illinois

2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 9 Akron (1/12/21) Nathan Field Goals 4 Akron (1/12/21) Field Goal Attempts 7 Akron (1/12/21) 3-Point Field Goals 1 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 2 twice, last: Bowling Green (1/2/21) Free Throws 3 at Miami (1/9/21) Free Throw Attempts 6 at Miami (1/9/21) SCOTT Rebounds 6 Akron (1/12/21) 6-8 | 195 | Senior | Forward Offensive Rebounds 2 Bowling Green (1/2/21) Defensive Rebounds 6 Akron (1/12/21) Naperville, Ill. | Olney Central College Assists 2 three times, last: Akron (1/12/21) Turnovers 2 at Toledo (12/22/20) Blocks 2 at Miami (1/9/21) THE SCOTT FILE Steals 1 UIC (11/25/20) • Averaging 7.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game over the last two contests. Minutes 24 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) • Returned to the lineup at Toledo25 (Dec. 22), playing 15 minutes off the bench, after missing fi ve games due to a non-COVID related illness. CAREER HIGHS • Took 55.6 percent of his fi eld goal attempts from three-point range in his fi rst Points 18 Coppin State (11/15/19) Field Goals 5 Coppin State (11/15/19) season as a Huskie. Field Goal Attempts 12 Coppin State (11/15/19) • Played two seasons at Olney Central College in Olney, Ill. Averaged 10.8 points and 3-Point Field Goals 4 Coppin State (11/15/19) 5.7 rebounds per game as a sophomore at Olney in 2018-19. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 7 Coppin State (11/15/19) • Father, Lewis, played basketball at Eastern Michigan. Free Throws 4 twice, last: at Chicago State (12/19/19) • Majoring in general studies. Free Throw Attempts 6 twice, last: at Miami (1/9/21) Rebounds 8 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Offensive Rebounds 5 Coppin State (11/15/19) Defensive Rebounds 6 twice, last: Akron (1/12/21) Assists 2 six times, last: Akron (1/12/21) Turnovers 2 twice, last: at Toledo (12/22/20) Blocks 2 four times, last: at Miami (1/9/21) Steals 3 at Western Illinois (11/20/19) Minutes 28 Coppin State (11/15/19)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2019-20 27 4 298 11.0 31 90 .344 15 50 .300 12 17 .706 21 49 70 2.6 40 1 9 0.3 10 0.4 19 0.7 6 0.2 89 3.3 2020-21 6 3 100 16.7 8 21 .381 2 7 .286 5 10 .500 4 19 23 3.8 6 0 8 1.3 5 0.8 2 0.3 1 0.2 23 3.8 Career 33 7 398 12.1 39 111 .351 17 57 .298 17 27 .630 25 68 93 2.8 46 1 17 0.5 15 0.5 21 0.6 7 0.2 112 3.4

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions 2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 3 at Iowa (12/13/20) Keenon Field Goals 1 at Iowa (12/13/20) Field Goal Attempts 5 at Iowa (12/13/20) 3-Point Field Goals 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 2 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Free Throws 1 at Iowa (12/13/20) Free Throw Attempts 2 at Iowa (12/13/20) COLE Rebounds 3 at Iowa (12/13/20) 6-7 | 200 | Sophomore | Forward Offensive Rebounds 2 at Iowa (12/13/20) Defensive Rebounds 2 at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Streamwood, Ill. | Streamwood Assists Turnovers 1 twice, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) Blocks THE COLE FILE Steals • Scored his fi rst three points of the season at Iowa (Dec. 13) while tying his sea- Minutes 11 twice, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) son-high with 11 minutes played.32 • Appeared in 10 games as a freshman, fi nishing the season with seven points in CAREER HIGHS eight minutes against Ball State (March 6, 2020). Points 8 Rockford (11/16/19) Field Goals 3 Rockford (11/16/19) • Averaged 24.9 points and 10.5 rebounds per game as a senior at Streamwood Field Goal Attempts 5 four times, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) High School. 3-Point Field Goals • Major is undecided. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 2 twice, last: at Pittsburgh (12/5/20) Free Throws 3 Ball State (3/6/20) Free Throw Attempts 5 Ball State (3/6/20) Rebounds 6 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Offensive Rebounds 2 three times, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) Defensive Rebounds 4 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Assists 1 Akron (1/14/20) Turnovers 1 five times, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) Blocks 1 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Steals 1 Akron (1/14/20) Minutes 16 at Iowa State (11/12/19)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2019-20 10 0 68 6.8 8 20 .400 0 5 .000 7 12 .583 5 11 16 1.6 9 0 1 0.1 3 0.3 2 0.2 1 0.1 23 2.3 2020-21 6 0 43 7.2 1 13 .077 0 4 .000 1 2 .500 2 3 5 0.8 5 0 0 0.0 2 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.5 Career 16 0 111 6.9 9 33 .273 0 9 .000 8 14 .571 7 14 21 1.3 14 0 1 0.1 5 0.3 2 0.1 1 0.1 26 1.6

2020-21 SEASON HIGHS Points 13 at Ohio (1/5/21) Anthony Field Goals 6 at Ohio (1/5/21) Field Goal Attempts 12 at Iowa (12/13/20) 3-Point Field Goals 1 twice, last: at Miami (1/9/20) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 2 twice, last: at Miami (1/9/20) Free Throws 3 at Miami (1/9/20) Free Throw Attempts 4 at Miami (1/9/20) CRUMP Rebounds 9 twice, last: at Ohio (1/5/21) 6-8 | 200 | Junior | Guard Offensive Rebounds 2 four times, last: at Miami (1/9/20) Defensive Rebounds 7 twice, last: at Ohio (1/5/21) Inkster, Mich. | Middle Tennessee Assists 4 Chicago State (12/18/20) Turnovers 6 at Miami (1/9/20) Blocks 1 twice, last: at Iowa (12/13/20) THE CRUMP FILE Steals 3 at Miami (1/9/20) • Scored a career-high 13 points and tied his career-best with nine rebounds at Ohio Minutes 34 at Iowa (12/13/20) (Jan. 5). 50 • Made his fi rst career start as a Huskie at Pittsburgh (Dec. 5), tying a career-high CAREER HIGHS with nine rebounds. Points 13 at Ohio (1/5/21) Field Goals 6 at Ohio (1/5/21) • Comes to NIU following two seasons at Middle Tennessee State. Field Goal Attempts 12 at Iowa (12/13/20) • Appeared in 25 games for the Blue Raiders in 2019-20, averaging 2.1 points, 2.5 3-Point Field Goals 2 vs. Tulane (11/22/19) rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 2 three times, last: at Miami (1/9/20) • Played in nine games as a freshman at Middle Tennessee in 2018-19, making seven Free Throws 4 twice, last: UAB (2/15/20) starts. Free Throw Attempts 7 UAB (2/15/20) • Left-handed. Rebounds 9 three times, last: at Ohio (1/5/21) • Father, Vernon Sr., played basketball at North Dakota State and professionally Offensive Rebounds 5 Columbia International (12/3/19) Defensive Rebounds 7 twice, last: at Ohio (1/5/21) overseas. Assists 5 twice, last: Mars Hill (11/13/19) • Majoring in psychology. Turnovers 6 at Miami (1/9/20) Blocks 2 Maryville (11/5/19) Steals 3 at Miami (1/9/20) Minutes 34 at Iowa (12/13/20)

CAREER STATISTICS Year G S Min Avg FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% Off Def Reb Avg Foul DQ Ast Avg TO Avg Blk Avg Stl Avg Pts Avg 2018-19* 9 7 155 17.2 8 25 .320 0 2 .000 4 10 .400 0 22 22 2.4 23 1 11 1.2 19 2.1 0 0.0 2 0.2 20 2.2 2019-20* 25 0 306 12.2 15 32 .469 2 3 .667 21 40 .525 16 46 62 2.5 43 1 30 1.2 19 0.8 7 0.3 12 0.5 53 2.1 2020-21 11 6 246 22.4 18 58 .310 2 7 .286 5 16 .313 13 34 47 4.3 22 1 13 1.2 25 2.3 2 0.2 8 0.7 43 3.9 Career 45 13 707 15.7 41 115 .357 4 12 .333 30 66 .455 29 102 131 2.9 88 3 54 1.2 63 1.4 9 0.2 22 0.5 116 2.6 * denotes seasons played at Middle Tennessee State

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions PLAYER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

#0 CHRIS JOHNSON Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 Did not play SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 Did not play at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 11 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Ball State* Dec. 8 12 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 3 4 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 4 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 Chicago State Dec. 18 Did not play at Toledo* Dec. 22 Did not play Bowling Green* Jan. 2 Did not play at Ohio* Jan. 5 Did not play at Miami* Jan. 9 Did not play Akron* Jan. 12 Did not play

#1 TRENDON HANKERSON Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 * 29 4 6 .667 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 5 5 5.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 10.0 SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 * 22 3 7 .429 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 5 5 5.0 5 1 1 4 0 0 7 8.5 at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 * 34 7 13 .538 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4.7 4 0 3 5 0 0 18 11.7 Ball State* Dec. 8 * 44 7 20 .350 4 11 .364 0 0 .000 0 5 5 4.8 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 13.3 at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 * 27 3 9 .333 2 7 .286 0 0 .000 2 5 7 5.2 3 0 2 8 0 1 8 12.2 Chicago State Dec. 18 * 36 4 15 .267 1 7 .143 3 4 .750 2 3 5 5.2 2 0 1 1 1 1 12 12.2 at Toledo* Dec. 22 * 33 7 20 .350 1 10 .100 1 2 .500 2 2 4 5.0 4 0 0 2 0 2 16 12.7 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 * 29 2 12 .167 0 5 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4.9 3 0 3 3 0 2 4 11.6 at Ohio* Jan. 5 * 30 4 12 .333 2 5 .400 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 4.8 4 0 3 4 0 1 12 11.7 at Miami* Jan. 9 * 38 6 11 .545 3 7 .429 1 2 .500 0 3 3 4.6 2 0 0 3 0 0 16 12.1 Akron* Jan. 12 * 40 5 12 .417 3 6 .500 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 4.5 2 0 4 2 0 2 15 12.4

#2 KALEB THORNTON Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 13 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 3.0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4.0 SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 30 2 5 .400 1 3 .333 2 4 .500 0 4 4 3.5 0 0 4 2 0 0 7 5.5 at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 22 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 3.0 2 0 5 5 0 0 4 5.0 Ball State* Dec. 8 32 3 6 .500 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 3.8 3 0 3 3 0 1 9 6.0 at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 29 3 11 .273 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.4 0 0 3 2 0 1 6 6.0 Chicago State Dec. 18 * 22 2 3 .667 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 3.3 2 0 2 3 0 1 6 6.0 at Toledo* Dec. 22 24 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 1 2 3 3.3 4 0 0 2 0 2 8 6.3 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 20 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.0 2 0 1 3 1 0 4 6.0 at Ohio* Jan. 5 19 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 3.2 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 5.7 at Miami* Jan. 9 24 3 5 .600 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 2 2 3.1 0 0 3 3 0 0 8 5.9 Akron* Jan. 12 Did not play

#3 JUSTIN LEE Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 Did not play SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 Did not play at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 Did not play Ball State* Dec. 8 Did not play at Iowa Dec. 13 Did not play Chicago State Dec. 18 Did not play at Toledo* Dec. 22 10 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0.5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 at Ohio* Jan. 5 13 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1.3 at Miami* Jan. 9 Did not play Akron* Jan. 12 22 5 6 .833 1 1 1.000 4 4 1.000 3 8 11 3.3 4 0 2 3 0 1 15 4.8

#11 CHINEDU KINGSLEY OKANU Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 19 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 6.0 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 4.0 SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 12 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 1 0 1 3.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.5 at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 23 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 6 7 .857 0 2 2 3.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 8 4.3 Ball State* Dec. 8 21 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 3 5 3.5 5 1 1 1 0 0 9 5.5 at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 13 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 0 3 3.4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4.4 Chicago State Dec. 18 12 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 3.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.3 at Toledo* Dec. 22 13 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4.0 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 11 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.9 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.5 at Ohio* Jan. 5 15 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3.3 at Miami* Jan. 9 28 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 2 6 .333 2 0 2 2.6 3 0 0 1 1 1 12 4.2 Akron* Jan. 12 24 5 9 .556 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 2.9 1 0 1 0 1 1 10 4.7

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions PLAYER GAME-BY-GAME STATS

#12 ZOOL KUETH Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 13 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 * 19 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 3.5 at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 * 21 2 3 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.7 1 0 2 2 1 0 4 3.7 Ball State* Dec. 8 * 30 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 1 3 .333 2 2 4 2.3 2 0 0 2 1 0 5 4.0 at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 * 25 3 7 .429 0 3 .000 1 1 1.000 2 3 5 2.8 1 0 1 2 0 0 7 4.6 Chicago State Dec. 18 * 20 1 6 .167 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 2 1 3 2.8 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 4.3 at Toledo* Dec. 22 * 8 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.7 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 18 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 2.6 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.8 at Ohio* Jan. 5 31 8 13 .615 6 9 .667 0 0 .000 2 5 7 3.1 3 0 0 1 1 1 22 5.8 at Miami* Jan. 9 * 20 1 5 .200 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.1 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 5.4 Akron* Jan. 12 * 14 2 2 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.9 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 5.5

#13 ADONG MAKUOI Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 * 18 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 3 5 5.0 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 5.0 SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 * 22 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 3.0 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 4.5 at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 * 23 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 3 2 5 3.7 3 0 2 1 2 0 9 6.0 Ball State* Dec. 8 * 17 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 3.3 5 1 1 1 0 0 6 6.0 at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 * 27 7 10 .700 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 0 4 3.4 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 7.6 Chicago State Dec. 18 * 28 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 4 4 8 4.2 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 8.2 at Toledo* Dec. 22 * 18 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 3 4.0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 7.3 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 * 26 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 3 6 4.3 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 6.6 at Ohio* Jan. 5 * 18 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 1 2 3 4.1 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.0 at Miami* Jan. 9 * 12 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 4.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 5.6 Akron* Jan. 12 * 16 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 2 5 .400 1 1 2 3.8 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.6

#20 DANIEL FILIPPONE Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 Did not play SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 Did not play at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 Ball State* Dec. 8 Did not play at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Chicago State Dec. 18 Did not play at Toledo* Dec. 22 4 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 at Ohio* Jan. 5 Did not play at Miami* Jan. 9 Did not play Akron* Jan. 12 Did not play

#23 TYLER COCHRAN Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 23 6 10 .600 1 1 1.000 0 1 .000 3 2 5 5.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13 13.0 SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 * 31 7 16 .438 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 2 4 4.5 3 0 1 2 1 3 15 14.0 at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 Did not play Ball State* Dec. 8 Did not play at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 Did not play Chicago State Dec. 18 * 34 7 14 .500 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 3 9 12 7.0 2 0 4 1 0 2 15 14.3 at Toledo* Dec. 22 * 31 5 12 .417 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 5 4 9 7.5 2 0 0 3 0 2 15 14.5 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 * 23 5 11 .455 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 2 5 7 7.4 1 0 0 1 1 2 11 13.8 at Ohio* Jan. 5 Did not play at Miami* Jan. 9 Did not play Akron* Jan. 12 Did not play

#24 DARIUS BEANE Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 * 27 4 12 .333 0 1 .000 5 6 .833 2 1 3 3.0 2 0 2 2 1 1 13 13.0 SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 * 37 5 10 .500 0 4 .000 3 5 .600 2 4 6 4.5 3 0 1 2 0 3 13 13.0 at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 * 20 4 8 .500 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.7 5 1 1 4 1 0 11 12.3 Ball State* Dec. 8 * 42 7 17 .412 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 3 2 5 4.0 4 0 2 4 0 1 18 13.8 at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 * 28 2 11 .182 0 2 .000 1 4 .250 4 2 6 4.4 3 0 1 2 0 1 5 12.0 Chicago State Dec. 18 29 5 10 .500 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 4.5 1 0 1 1 0 2 13 12.2 at Toledo* Dec. 22 * 29 4 12 .333 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 2 2 4 4.4 2 0 2 0 0 3 9 11.7 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 * 35 5 14 .357 1 1 1.000 2 6 .333 2 3 5 4.5 3 0 1 3 0 1 13 11.9 at Ohio* Jan. 5 * 39 5 14 .357 0 5 .000 6 8 .750 1 3 4 4.4 2 0 3 1 1 0 16 12.3 at Miami* Jan. 9 * 32 3 8 .375 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4.4 4 0 2 2 1 1 7 11.8 Akron* Jan. 12 * 38 2 11 .182 0 3 .000 2 3 .667 4 4 8 4.7 2 0 7 3 1 2 6 11.3

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#25 NATHAN SCOTT Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 * 24 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 5 5 5.0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 5.0 SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 Did not play at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 Did not play Ball State* Dec. 8 Did not play at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 Did not play Chicago State Dec. 18 Did not play at Toledo* Dec. 22 15 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 5.0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 3.5 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 * 13 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 2 4 .500 2 2 4 4.7 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 3.0 at Ohio* Jan. 5 * 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 at Miami* Jan. 9 20 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 3 6 .500 1 2 3 3.4 1 0 1 1 2 0 5 2.8 Akron* Jan. 12 24 4 7 .571 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 6 6 3.8 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 3.8

#32 KEENON COLE Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 3 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 6 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 11 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Ball State* Dec. 8 9 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 11 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.6 Chicago State Dec. 18 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 at Toledo* Dec. 22 Did not play Bowling Green* Jan. 2 Did not play at Ohio* Jan. 5 Did not play at Miami* Jan. 9 Did not play Akron* Jan. 12 Did not play

#50 ANTHONY CRUMP Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FGA Pct FT FTA Pct O D Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg UIC Nov. 25 14 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 4.0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2.0 SIU Edwardsville Dec. 2 21 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 5 6 5.0 1 0 2 4 1 1 2 2.0 at Pittsburgh Dec. 5 * 31 2 11 .182 0 2 .000 1 3 .333 2 7 9 6.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.0 Ball State* Dec. 8 * 18 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 1 1 2 5.3 5 1 0 2 0 1 2 2.8 at #3 Iowa Dec. 13 * 34 5 12 .417 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 1 4 5 5.2 1 0 2 2 1 1 10 4.2 Chicago State Dec. 18 16 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 1 0 1 4.5 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 3.5 at Toledo* Dec. 22 15 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 3.9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3.1 Bowling Green* Jan. 2 18 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3.0 at Ohio* Jan. 5 * 31 6 11 .545 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 2 7 9 4.2 3 0 2 0 0 0 13 4.1 at Miami* Jan. 9 * 26 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 2 3 5 4.3 3 0 0 6 0 3 6 4.3 Akron* Jan. 12 * 22 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4.3 4 0 2 4 0 1 0 3.9

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions 2020-21: RESULTS Record Overall Home Away Neutral All Games 2-9 2-4 0-5 Conference Games 1-5 1-2 0-3 Non-Conference Games 1-4 1-2 0-2

Date Opponent Result Attendance Top Scorer Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Nov. 25 UIC L, 65-61 closed Beane (13) Okanu (6) three tied at (2) four tied at (1) Beane (1) Cochran (13) Okanu (1) Dec. 2 SIU Edwardsville L, 73-53 closed Cochran (15) Beane (6) Thornton (4) Beane (3) Cochran (1) Crump (6) Cochran (3) Crump (1) Dec. 5 at Pittsburgh L, 89-59 500 Hankerson (18) Crump (9) Thornton (5) Filippone (1) Makuoi (2) Okanu (2) Dec. 8 Ball State* L, 79-70 closed Beane (18) Thornton (6) Hankerson (3) three tied at (1) Kueth (1) Hankerson (18) Thornton (3) Dec. 13 at Iowa L, 106-53 546 Makuoi (14) Hankerson (7) Thornton (3) fi ve tied at (1) Crump (1) Dec. 18 Chicago State W, 64-54 closed Cochran (15) Cochran (12) Cochran (4) Beane (2) Kueth (2) Crump (4) Cochran (2) Dec. 22 at Toledo* L, 78-55 closed Hankerson (16) Cochran (9) Beane (2) Beane (3) Kueth (1) Makuoi (1) Jan. 2 Bowling Green* L, 68-42 closed Beane (13) Cochran (7) Hankerson (3) Cochran (2) three tied at (1) Hankerson (2) Jan. 5 at Ohio* L, 76-73 closed Kueth (22) Crump (9) Beane (3) three tied at (1) Beane (1) Hankerson (3) Kueth (1) Jan. 9 at Miami* L, 80-58 closed Hankerson (16) Crump (5) Kueth (3) Crump (3) Makuoi (2) Thornton (3) Scott (2) Jan. 12 Akron* W, 67-65 closed Hankerson (15) Lee (11) Beane (7) Beane (2) three tied at (1) Lee (15) Hankerson (2) Jan. 16 at Ball State* Jan. 19 Ohio* Jan. 23 Buff alo* Jan. 26 at Bowling Green* Jan. 30 Eastern Michigan* Feb. 2 at Western Michigan* Feb. 6 Central Michigan* Feb. 9 Toledo* Feb. 13 at Kent State* Feb. 16 at Akron* Feb. 20 Miami* Feb. 27 at Eastern Michigan* March 2 Western Michigan* March 5 at Central Michigan*

* denotes Mid-American Conference games

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GGAMEAME 1 GGAMEAME 2 GGAMEAME 3 NIU: 61 NIU: 53 NIU: 59 UIC: 65 SIU Edwardsville: 73 Pittsburgh: 89 November 25, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center December 2, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center December 5, 2020 • Petersen Events Center DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill. Pittsburgh, Pa.

DEKALB, Ill. – UIC fi nished on a 13-1 run to edge the Northern DEKALB, Ill. – SIU Edwardsville shot 51 percent (26-of-51) from PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Northern Illinois University men’s bas- Illinois University Huskies, 65-61, on Wednesday night (Nov. 25) the fi eld as the Cougars earned a 73-53 road victory over the ketball team shot 50 percent from the fi eld in the fi rst half but at the NIU Convocation Center in the season opener for both Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team on Wednesday could not keep pace with Pittsburgh in the second 20 minutes, teams. The Flames made 11 three-pointers, including seven in night (Dec. 2) at the NIU Convocation Center. falling on the road at the Petersen Events Center, 89-59, on Sat- the second half, and shot 56.7 percent (17-of-30) from the fi eld, SIUE held the Huskies to just 29.6 percent (8-of-27) shooting in urday night (Dec. 5). 43.8 percent (7-of-16) from three in the second stanza. the fi rst half to build a 16-point halftime lead on its way to the Junior guard Trendon Hankerson tied his career-high with 18 Junior Darius Beane and sophomore Tyler Cochran led the Hus- victory. points, including 4-of-8 from three-point range, but the Panthers kies with 13 points, junior Trendon Hankerson added 10 points. Sophomore Tyler Cochran tied a career-high with 15 points shot 58.3 percent (14-of-24) in the second half and fi nished the NIU led 54-36 with less than nine minutes to play after an while junior Darius Beane added 13 points and a team-high six game shooting 50 percent (30-of-60) from the fi eld and 48.3 per- old-fashioned three-point play from Beane, but UIC responded rebounds. cent (14-of-29) from three. with a 14-2 run to pull within six, 56-50, with 4:31 left. SIUE scored 13 of the fi rst 15 to open the contest as the Cougars Junior Adong Makuoi had a career-best nine points along with Beane scored the next four for the Huskies, sandwiched around took the early lead. A 6-0 run brought NIU back within a half-doz- fi ve rebounds, fellow junior Chinedu Kingsley Okanu also netted a basket by UIC, as NIU led 60-52 with under four minutes re- en. Beane converted at the rim, Cochran went coast-to-coast for a career-best with eight points. Junior Anthony Crump grabbed maining until three consecutive triples gave UIC a one-point a layup and junior Trendon Hankerson had a bucket as the SIUE a team-high nine rebounds while sophomore Kaleb Thornton lead, 61-60, with 16 seconds left. lead was trimmed to 16-10 with just under nine minutes left in dished out a team-high fi ve assists. After a Huskie turnover, UIC made a pair of free throws to ex- the opening half. A deep trifecta from Hankerson pulled the Huskies even, 7-7, tend its lead and closed out the game from the line. The Cougars answered with the next six as the lead climbed less than three minutes into the contest after the Panthers had Hankerson scored the fi rst fi ve to start the game, giving NIU an back to a dozen. NIU trimmed the SIUE advantage to nine as taken an early lead. early advantage. UIC scored 11 of the next 14 to take an 11-8 lead Beane made a pair of free throws and junior Zool Kueth knocked Pittsburgh built an eight-point edge until fi ve-straight from before a 7-0 burst from the Huskies gave NIU a 15-11 lead with down a short jumper in the lane as the Cougars lead, 27-16, with Hankerson, including his second triple of the contest, trimmed 11:11 left in the opening half. Cochran scored fi ve during the run 4:35 left before the break. the Panther lead to just three, 17-14, with 13:48 left before the and sophomore Kaleb Thornton added a layup as the Huskies SIUE scored the fi nal fi ve points of the half, all from the free- intermission. went back in front by four. throw line, as the Cougars took a 34-18 lead into the half. The Pittsburgh lead grew to 10 until Hankerson knocked in his UIC was back within four, 20-16, until a 6-0 burst, ignited by a After the intermission, NIU found a better fl ow off ensively, third triple of the half to bring the Huskies back within seven, 34- bucket from Hankerson before back-to-back baskets by Beane, shooting 52 percent (13-of-25) from the fi eld, but was unable to 27. gave NIU a 10-point lead with just over seven minutes left in the slow the SIUE off ense as the Cougars shot 57.7 percent (15-of- An 11-0 run by the Panthers helped the lead balloon to 45-27 opening half, forcing a Flames timeout. 26), including 50 percent (5-of-10) from three-point range, in the late in the fi rst half before Hankerson kissed a layup off the glass Hankerson added another pair as the NIU lead ballooned to a second stanza. to end the scoring in the opening 20 minutes. dozen before UIC fi nally ended the run at 8-0. Junior Zool Kueth Sidney Wilson led the way for SIUE with 22 points, Mike NIU shot 50 percent (13-of-26) form the fi eld in the opening and senior Nathan Scott fi nished in the lane to answer the Flames Adewunmi added 15 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. half, but Pittsburgh made nine triples in the fi rst half, going 9-of- as NIU took a 32-18 lead. 20 from beyond the arc (45 percent). Justin Champagnie scored The NIU run to fi nish the half reached 10-0, and extended to No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 15 points with seven rebounds to pace the Panthers in the open- 18-2, as Cochran, junior Chinedu Kingsley Okanu and junior An- 12 Kueth, Z. 2-5 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 19 ing stanza while Hankerson had 15 points, including three triples, thony Crump each added two more as the Huskies took a 38-18 13 Makuoi, A. 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 22 before the break. lead into the intermission. 1 Hankerson, T. 3-7 1-4 0-0 0-5 5 5 7 1 4 0 0 22 Pittsburgh remained hot from beyond the three-point line as Okanu fi nished with a game-high six rebounds. 23 Cochran, T. 7-16 0-1 1-2 2-2 4 3 15 1 2 1 3 31 it made three of its fi rst four triples to start the second half and UIC used a 9-0 run early in the second half to trim the NIU ad- 24 Beane, D. 5-10 0-4 3-5 2-4 6 3 13 1 2 0 3 37 continued that hot shooting throughout the half. vantage back to 40-27. The Flames pulled within a dozen, 44-32, 2 Thornton, K. 2-5 1-3 2-4 0-4 4 0 7 4 2 0 0 30 Champagnie led all scorers in the contest with 22 points along before NIU used a 10-4 spurt to push the lead back to 18. Junior 11 Okanu, C. 0-2 0-0 1-3 1-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 with a game-high 10 rebounds. Ithiel Horton, Xavier Johnson and Adong Makuoi opened the run with a pair of free throws, Co- 32 Cole, K. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 Au’Diese Toney each added 15 points for the Panthers. chran and Thornton added baskets before another free throw 50 Crump, A. 1-3 0-0 0-1 1-5 6 1 2 2 4 1 1 21 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN from Makuoi and an old-fashioned three-point play by Beane TEAM 2-2 4 12 Kueth, Z. 2-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 1 4 2 2 1 0 21 gave NIU a 54-36 lead with 8:47 remaining. TOTALS 21-52 2-14 9-17 9-24 33 17 53 10 19 2 7 200 13 Makuoi, A. 3-6 0-0 3-4 3-2 5 3 9 2 1 2 0 23 Teyvion Kirk and RayQuawndis Mitchell each scored 12 points TOTAL FG%: 1st: 8-27 .296 2nd: 13-25 .520 Game: 21-52 .404 1 Hankerson, T. 7-13 4-8 0-0 0-4 4 4 18 3 5 0 0 34 to lead UIC, Zion Griffi n added 11 points and Braelen Bridges 3-PT FG%: 1st: 0-7 .000 2nd: 2-7 .286 Game: 2-14 .143 23 Beane, D. 4-8 3-3 0-0 1-1 2 5 11 1 4 1 0 20 chipped in 10. FT%: 1st: 2-4 .500 2nd: 7-13 .538 Game: 9-17 .529 50 Crump, A. 2-11 0-2 1-3 2-7 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 31 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 25 Scott, N. 2-5 1-2 0-0 0-5 5 0 5 2 1 0 1 24 No. SIU Edwardsville FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 2 Thornton, K. 1-4 0-2 2-2 0-2 2 2 4 5 5 0 0 22 13 Makuoi, A. 1-3 0-0 3-4 2-3 5 5 5 0 1 0 1 18 0 Wilson, S. 8-14 2-4 4-4 1-2 3 1 22 1 1 1 0 29 11 Okanu, C. 1-4 0-0 6-7 0-2 2 2 8 0 1 2 0 23 1 Hankerson, T. 4-6 1-2 1-2 0-5 5 0 10 0 1 0 0 29 55 Wright, L. 3-8 0-0 2-2 1-3 4 4 8 1 0 5 1 28 20 Filippone, D. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 Mateen, Z. 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 17 1 Adewunmi, M. 5-9 1-4 4-7 0-12 12 4 15 3 2 0 0 34 32 Cole, K. 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 24 Beane, D. 4-12 0-1 5-6 2-1 3 2 13 2 2 1 1 27 11 Carter, C. 2-3 0-1 2-4 0-2 2 1 6 7 3 0 5 33 TEAM 2-2 4 2 Thornton, K. 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 4 2 2 0 0 13 42 Wright, S. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 11 TOTALS 20-53 7-18 12-16 10-23 33 20 59 14 18 6 1 200 11 Okanu, C. 1-4 0-0 2-2 2-4 6 3 4 0 1 1 1 19 2 Polk, D. 3-5 3-4 0-0 1-2 3 1 9 0 1 0 0 21 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-26 .500 2nd: 7-27 .259 Game: 20-53 .377 12 Kueth, Z. 1-4 0-1 1-2 1-1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 13 5 Curtis, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-8 .375 2nd: 4-10 .400 Game: 7-18 .389 23 Cochran, T. 6-10 1-1 0-1 3-2 5 1 13 1 1 0 0 23 22 Matas, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT%: 1st: 0-0 .000 2nd: 12-16 .750 Game: 12-16 .750 32 Cole, K. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 Eze, E. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 50 Crump, A. 1-6 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 14 24 Williams, C. 3-7 1-4 1-1 0-2 2 1 8 3 2 0 2 32 No. Pittsburgh FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN TEAM 0-1 1 52 James, I. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 7 11 Champagnie, J. 8-13 4-6 2-4 3-7 10 0 22 3 0 0 2 27 TOTALS 23-57 3-10 12-17 12-29 41 13 61 8 12 2 4 200 TEAM 0-2 2 3 12 Couliba, A. 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 15 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 16-30 .533 2nd: 7-27 .259 Game: 23-57 .404 TOTALS 26-51 8-19 13-18 3-27 30 20 73 18 15 6 10 200 0 Horton, I. 5-12 5-10 0-0 1-1 2 0 15 4 1 1 0 25 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-7 .429 2nd: 0-3 .000 Game: 3-10 .300 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-25 .440 2nd: 15-26 .577 Game: 26-51 .510 1 Johnson, X. 4-8 2-5 5-7 0-3 3 1 15 7 0 0 2 26 FT%: 1st: 3-4 .750 2nd: 9-13 .692 Game: 12-17 .706 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-9 .333 2nd: 5-10 .500 Game: 8-19 .421 5 Toney, A. 4-8 2-5 5-7 1-2 3 2 15 5 4 0 1 28 FT%: 1st: 9-12 .750 2nd: 4-6 .667 Game: 13-18 .722 2 Odukale, F. 1-4 0-1 1-2 0-2 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 14 No. UIC FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3 Collier, N. 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-2 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 10 2 Diggins, M. 2-8 0-4 4-4 0-4 4 0 8 2 1 1 1 25 Technical Fouls: none 4 Drumgoole Jr., G. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 10 Ejim, D. 2-2 0-0 0-2 3-1 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 15 Officials: Dave Cronin, Dan Dorian, Tariq Lucas 13 Fisch, A. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 35 Griffin, Z. 4-8 3-4 0-0 1-2 3 3 11 1 2 0 0 31 Attendance: closed 14 Aiken Jr., C. 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 20 Ahale, J. 1-8 1-8 2-2 0-2 2 2 5 0 0 0 1 27 Score by Half 21 Brown, T. 0-2 0-0 0-0 3-0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 21 Mitchell, R. 4-13 4-10 0-0 0-3 3 2 12 2 0 0 0 37 SIU Edwardsville...... 34-39 73 23 Hugley, J. 3-6 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 3 6 0 0 0 0 14 0 Taylor, B. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 NIU ...... 18-35 53 24 Jeffress, W. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 14 4 Kirk, T. 5-10 2-5 0-1 1-5 6 0 12 9 4 0 1 37 31 Ezeakudo, O. 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 23 Bridges, B. 5-9 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 3 10 2 1 0 1 25 35 Amadasun, M. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 TEAM 3-4 7 1 42 Smith, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 TOTALS 24-60 11-33 6-9 8-25 33 13 65 16 9 1 4 200 TEAM 2-1 3 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 7-30 .233 2nd: 17-30 .567 Game: 24-60 .400 TOTALS 30-60 14-29 15-27 14-25 39 19 89 26 8 4 9 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-17 .235 2nd: 7-16 .438 Game: 11-33 .333 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 16-36 .444 2nd: 14-24 .583 Game: 30-60 .500 FT%: 1st: 0-3 .000 2nd: 6-6 1.00 Game: 6-9 .667 3-PT FG%: 1st: 9-20 .450 2nd: 5-9 .556 Game: 14-29 .483 FT%: 1st: 4-9 .444 2nd: 11-18 .611 Game: 15-27 .556 Technical Fouls: none Officials: Todd Von Sossan, Jon Campbell, Leon Wilson Technical Fouls: none Attendance: closed Officials: Tim Clougherty, Matt Potter, Jemel Spearman Score by Half Attendance: 500 UIC...... 18-47 65 Score by Half NIU ...... 38-23 61 NIU ...... 29-30 59 Pittsburgh...... 45-44 89

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GGAMEAME 4 (OVERTIME)(OVERTIME) GGAMEAME 5 GGAMEAME 6 NIU: 70 NIU: 53 NIU: 64 Ball State: 79 No. 3 Iowa: 106 Chicago State: 54 December 8, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center December 13, 2020 • Carver-Hawkeye Arena December 18, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center DeKalb, Ill. Iowa City, Iowa DeKalb, Ill.

DEKALB, Ill. – Although the calendar says December, the North- IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Northern Illinois University men’s bas- DEKALB, Ill. – Sophomore Tyler Cochran led four Huskies in dou- ern Illinois University men’s basketball team and Ball State du- ketball team ran up against one of the best teams in the nation ble fi gures as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball eled in a conference opener that looked more like late February on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 13) as the Huskies fell to third-ranked team topped Chicago State, 64-54, on Friday evening (Dec. 18) at as the Cardinals outlasted the Huskies, 79-70, in overtime on Iowa, 106-53, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. the NIU Convocation Center. Cochran tied his career-high with 15 Tuesday night (Dec. 8) at the NIU Convocation Center. Junior Adong Makuoi scored a career-high 14 points and junior points while grabbing a career-best 12 rebounds for his second Junior Darius Beane netted a career-high 18 points and junior Anthony Crump tied his career-high with 10 points for the Hus- career double-double. Trendon Hankerson tied his career-high with 18 but Ball State kies. Junior Darius Beane scored 13 points, junior Trendon Hanker- was a perfect 4-of-4 from the fi eld in overtime, including 2-of-2 NIU got off to a good start as the Huskies opened 4-of-5 from son added 12 points and junior Adong Makuoi chipped in 11 from three, to upend the Huskies in the extra session. the fi eld with buckets from Makuoi, junior Darius Beane, junior points and a career-high eight rebounds. Sophomore Kaleb Thornton scored a career high nine points Trendon Hankerson and sophomore Kaleb Thornton helped the The Huskies held a 41-28 rebounding advantage in the contest and grabbed a team-best six rebounds, junior Chinedu Kingsley Huskies take an 8-6 lead into the fi rst media timeout. and outscored the Cougars in the paint, 38-18. Okanu also had a career-best nine points. Hankerson fi nished with eight points and a career best seven NIU raced out to an early 7-0 lead as junior Zool Kueth opened A triple by Hankerson gave NIU a 7-6 lead less than four minutes rebounds while Thornton had six points and three assists. the contest with a triple, followed by baskets from sophomore into the contest and ignited a 12-2 Huskie run. Thornton added a Another bucket by Thornton gave NIU a 10-8 advantage before Kaleb Thornton and Cochran. trifecta, Okanu added a basket and Beane scored four-straight as Iowa used a 15-0 run to take a 23-10 lead before Crump fi nished With the Huskies in front by a half-dozen, Chicago State used the Huskies led, 16-8, just before the midway point of the open- at the rim to slow the Hawkeye burst just past the midway point a 9-2 burst to take a 12-11 lead before an old-fashioned three- ing half. of the opening 20 minutes. point play from Cochran moving NIU back in front. NIU led by nine when Ball State used an 8-1 run to trim the Iowa shot 55.9 percent (19-of-34) in the fi rst half, including 43.8 Tied at 16, NIU used a 12-0 run to take a 28-16 lead. Makuoi Huskie lead to just a pair, 25-23, with 4:22 left before the break. percent (7-of-16) from three-point range, as the Hawkeyes built a opened the run with fi ve points on a three-point play and a dunk Okanu scored the next four to help push the Huskie advantage 51-27 lead at the intermission. off a feed from junior Anthony Crump. Hankerson added a triple back to a half-dozen. National Player of the Year candidate Luka Garza led all scorers and Cochran connected on a short jumper before a Cougar tim- Five points from Beane helped the NIU lead get back to nine, with 14 points in the fi rst half, added 12 points for eout. After the timeout, junior Chinedu Kingsley Okanu capped 34-25, before Ball State beat the buzzer with a triple to close the the Hawkeyes. Makuoi had eight points to pace the Huskies in the run with a bucket as the Huskies led by a dozen with 2:47 left half, cutting the Huskie advantage to six at the intermission. the opening stanza. before the intermission. Beane led NIU with 11 in the opening 20 minutes, Okanu add- The Hawkeyes remained hot from the fi eld in the second half, Crump and Cochran each fi nished with a game-high four assists ed eight. K.J. Walton had nine points to pace the Cardinals in the shooting 56.4 percent (22-of-39) after the break to fi nish the con- The two teams then traded baskets until a triple by Chicago fi rst half. test at 56.2 percent (41-of-73) from the fi eld. State at the buzzer cut the NIU advantage to nine, 32-23, at the Ball State used a 9-3 spurt to start the second half to pull even at Garza led all scorers with 23 points in the contest, while also break. 37 with just over 16 minutes left. grabbing a game-high eight rebounds. Wieskamp added 20 Cochran and Makuoi each had seven points in the opening A jumper from Beane sparked an 8-0 NIU run as Hankerson con- points, Patrick McCaff ery scored 14 points and Keegan Murray 20 minutes to lead the way for NIU; Xavier Johnson scored nine nected on back-to-back triples to push the Huskies back in front, chipped in 10 points for the Hawkeyes. points to pace Chicago State in the fi rst half. 47-42, with 11:03 remaining. A pair of triples early in the second half pulled Chicago State A layup from Thornton, followed by a free throw from junior No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN within fi ve, but a basket by Cochran and fi ve-straight points from Zool Kueth and two from the charity stripe from Thornton gave 12 Kueth, Z. 3-7 0-3 1-1 2-3 5 1 7 1 2 0 0 25 Beane helped the Huskies lead grow back to a dozen, 41-29, with the Huskies a 54-46 advantage, but Ball State responded with the 13 Makuoi, A. 7-10 0-0 0-0 4-0 4 4 14 0 0 0 0 27 15:34 left. next six, trimming the NIU lead to just a pair with 6:28 left. 1 Hankerson, T. 3-9 2-7 0-0 2-5 7 3 8 2 8 0 1 27 With NIU in front, 53-43, Chicago State used a 9-0 burst to cut With NIU in front by four, the Cardinals scored fi ve-straight to 24 Beane, D. 2-11 0-2 1-4 4-2 6 3 5 1 2 0 1 28 the Huskie lead to just one, 53-52, with 4:10 remaining. take a 62-61 lead with 48 seconds left. On the next possession, 50 Crump, A. 5-12 0-1 0-2 1-4 5 1 10 2 2 1 1 34 NIU answered with a pair of layups from Beane to help the Hus- junior Adong Makuoi knocked down a jump hook to move NIU 0 Johnson, C. 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 kies close the game with an 11-2 run. Makuoi and Cochran each back in front with 35 ticks remaining. 2 Thornton, K. 3-11 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 6 3 2 0 1 29 added a bucket and the Huskies went 3-of-4 from the foul line in Ball State split a pair of free throws with 16 seconds on the clock 11 Okanu, C. 0-2 0-0 0-0 3-0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 13 the fi nal minute to earn the 10-point victory. to even the contest at 63 before the Huskies came up empty on 20 Filippone, D. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Johnson fi nished with a game-high 23 points to lead Chicago their fi nal possession of regulation. TEAM 1-1 2 1 State, Levelle Zeigler chipped in 10 points. In the overtime, the Cardinals made back-to-back triples to start TOTALS 24-70 2-15 3-9 20-19 39 17 53 10 18 1 5 200 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN and raced to an 11-point lead as they went on to the road victory. TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-36 .361 2nd: 11-34 .324 Game: 24-70 .343 12 Kueth, Z. 1-6 1-4 0-0 2-1 3 1 3 0 0 2 0 20 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3-PT FG%: 1st: 0-6 .000 2nd: 2-9 .222 Game: 2-15 .133 13 Makuoi, A. 5-7 0-0 1-1 4-4 8 0 11 1 0 1 0 28 12 Kueth, Z. 2-5 0-2 1-3 2-2 4 2 5 0 2 1 0 30 FT%: 1st: 1-2 .500 2nd: 2-7 .286 Game: 3-9 .333 1 Hankerson, T. 4-15 1-7 3-4 2-3 5 2 12 1 1 1 1 36 13 Makuoi, A. 2-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 17 2 Thornton, K. 2-3 0-1 2-2 0-3 3 2 6 2 3 0 1 22 1 Hankerson, T. 7-20 4-11 0-0 0-5 5 2 18 3 0 0 0 44 No. Iowa FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 23 Cochran, T. 7-14 0-1 1-1 3-9 12 2 15 4 1 0 2 34 24 Beane, D. 7-17 0-3 4-4 3-2 5 4 18 2 4 0 1 42 55 Garza, L. 8-10 2-3 5-7 2-6 8 0 23 2 0 1 0 20 11 Okanu, C. 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 12 50 Crump, A. 1-3 0-0 0-2 1-1 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 18 3 Bohannon, J. 2-5 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 6 6 0 0 2 17 24 Beane, D. 5-10 1-3 2-2 0-5 5 1 13 1 1 0 2 29 0 Johnson, C. 0-1 0-0 3-4 1-3 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 12 5 Fredrick, C.J. 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 18 32 Cole, K. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Thornton, K. 3-6 1-3 2-2 2-4 6 3 9 3 3 0 1 32 10 Wieskamp, J. 9-13 1-4 1-3 2-2 4 1 20 0 1 0 2 20 50 Crump, A. 0-3 0-0 0-2 1-0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 16 11 Okanu, C. 3-5 0-0 3-4 2-3 5 5 9 1 1 0 0 21 30 McCaffery, C. 2-4 1-3 0-2 1-3 4 1 5 7 1 0 0 20 TEAM 2-0 2 2 32 Cole, K. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 Baer, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 TOTALS 25-60 3-16 11-14 15-26 41 10 64 13 10 4 7 200 TEAM 2-4 6 1 1 Toussaint, J. 2-4 0-0 2-2 0-2 2 1 6 2 2 0 0 17 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-34 .382 2nd: 12-26 .462 Game: 25-60 .417 TOTALS 25-60 5-19 15-21 14-25 39 28 70 10 14 1 3 225 2 Nunge, J. 2-6 0-2 0-0 3-5 8 2 4 2 0 1 0 15 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-10 .200 2nd: 1-6 .167 Game: 3-16 .188 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-28 .464 2nd: 9-23 .391 OT: 3-9 .333 Game: 25-60 .417 4 Ulis, A. 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 13 FT%: 1st: 4-6 .667 2nd: 7-8 .875 Game: 11-14 .786 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-9 .222 2nd: 2-6 .333 OT: 1-4 .250 Game: 5-19 .263 11 Perkins, T. 2-6 0-1 0-0 4-3 7 0 4 2 0 0 2 10 FT%: 1st: 6-9 .667 2nd: 9-12 .750 OT: 0-0 .000 Game: 15-21 .714 13 Ash, A. 2-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 4 No. Chicago State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 15 Murray, Ke. 4-5 2-3 0-0 2-3 5 0 10 2 1 3 2 15 10 Marble, C. 2-5 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 4 5 2 3 0 1 33 No. Ball State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 20 Murray, Kr. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 11 Whitehead, K. 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 14 0 Thomas, M. 3-5 3-4 4-8 1-4 5 4 13 1 1 0 0 28 22 McCaffery, P. 4-9 2-5 4-4 1-3 4 2 14 2 0 1 0 20 15 Rushin, C. 3-6 0-1 2-2 1-7 8 2 8 3 3 0 0 36 12 Hazen, B. 1-1 0-0 7-8 2-6 8 3 9 0 1 1 0 23 23 Ogundele, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Zeigler, L. 4-10 1-4 1-2 0-3 3 0 10 4 4 0 1 40 1 Walton, K.J. 5-9 0-0 8-10 0-2 2 4 18 1 1 0 0 34 24 Hobbs, N. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 Johnson, X. 8-16 5-10 2-2 0-5 5 3 23 0 2 0 1 38 2 Bumbalough, L. 1-4 1-3 0-2 1-1 2 1 3 3 1 0 0 27 TEAM 0-1 1 0 Jones, R. 2-5 1-3 1-2 2-0 2 1 6 0 1 0 1 21 5 El-Amin, I. 7-20 3-10 1-2 1-4 5 2 18 4 2 0 2 40 TOTALS 41-73 12-30 12-18 15-30 45 9 106 29 8 7 12 200 13 Bonds, A. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 3 Suokas, T. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 19-34 .559 2nd: 22-39 .564 Game: 41-73 .562 20 Demuth, L. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 13 Acree, K. 1-4 0-2 1-2 2-2 4 1 3 2 1 0 1 23 3-PT FG%: 1st: 7-16 .438 2nd: 5-14 .357 Game: 12-30 .400 TEAM 2-1 3 15 Gunn, Z. 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-2 2 4 4 2 0 0 0 8 FT%: 1st: 6-10 .600 2nd: 6-8 .750 Game: 12-18 .667 TOTALS 20-50 8-24 6-8 6-22 28 15 54 11 14 1 4 200 21 Windham, J. 2-7 1-6 1-1 0-0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 17 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-24 .375 2nd: 11-26 .423 Game: 20-50 .400 34 Hendriks, B. 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 Technical Fouls: none 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-11 .364 2nd: 4-13 .308 Game: 8-24 .333 44 Huggins, B. 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 11 Officials: D.J. Carstensen, Donnie Eppley, Steve Honacki FT%: 1st: 1-2 .500 2nd: 5-6 .833 Game: 6-8 .750 TEAM 4-4 8 1 Attendance: 546 TOTALS 22-54 10-29 25-39 14-26 40 22 79 13 10 1 4 225 Score by Half Technical Fouls: none TOTAL FG%: 1st: 7-25 .280 2nd: 11-25 .440 OT: 4-4 1.00 Game: 22-54 .407 NIU ...... 27-26 53 Officials: Tariq Lucas, Steve Honacki, Mike Kashirshy 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-13 .231 2nd: 5-14 .357 OT: 2-2 1.00 Game: 10-29 .345 No. 3 Iowa...... 51-55 106 Attendance: closed FT%: 1st: 11-20 .550 2nd: 8-11 .727 OT: 6-8 .750 Game: 25-39 .641 Score by Half Chicago State ...... 23-31 54 Technical Fouls: none NIU ...... 32-32 64 Officials: Bryan Anslinger, Bobby Daw, Peter Juzenas Attendance: closed Score by Half Ball State ...... 28-35-16 79 NIU ...... 34-29-7 70

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GGAMEAME 7 GGAMEAME 8 GGAMEAME 9 NIU: 55 NIU: 42 NIU: 73 Toledo: 78 Bowling Green: 68 Ohio: 76 December 22, 2020 • Savage Arena January 2, 2021 • NIU Convocation Center January 5, 2021 • Convocation Center Toledo, Ohio DeKalb, Ill. Athens, Ohio

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Toledo raced out to a 16-point lead early in the DEKALB, Ill. -- A 17-2 run midway through the second half ATHENS, Ohio – Junior Zool Kueth scored a career-best 22 opening half and went on to down the Northern Illinois Universi- helped lead Bowling Green to a 68-42 victory over the Northern points, including 6-of-9 from three-point range, as Ohio held off ty men’s basketball team, 78-55, on Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 22) Illinois University men’s basketball team on Saturday evening a furious comeback attempt by the Northern Illinois University at Savage Arena. (Jan. 2) at the NIU Convocation Center. The Falcons led by just men’s basketball team, edging the Huskies, 76-73, on Tuesday The Rockets made 12 three pointers in the contest, shooting 40 three before the burst helped the Mid-American Conference pre- night (Jan. 5). percent (12-of-30) from beyond the arc, and outrebounded NIU, season favorite pull away for good. NIU trailed by 15 early in the second half but shot 57.1 percent 43-33. Junior Darius Beane scored a team-high 13 points while soph- (16-of-28) from the fi eld in the second 20 minutes, including Junior Trendon Hankerson led the Huskies with 16 points, soph- omore Tyler Cochran had 11 points and a team-best seven re- 63.6 percent (7-of-11) from three-point range, to nearly grab the omore Tyler Cochran tied his career-high with 15 points and fi n- bounds. comeback victory. ished just shy of a double-double with nine rebounds. Beane scored fi ve points in the opening four minutes of the Junior Darius Beane scored 16 points, junior Anthony Crump Toledo opened the contest on a 10-2 run before a jumper from contest as NIU had an early 6-5 advantage. After Bowling Green netted a career-best 13, and tied a career-high with nine re- sophomore Kaleb Thornton trimmed the Rockets advantage went in front, Cochran scored the next fi ve for the Huskies to give bounds, while junior Trendon Hankerson chipped in 12 points. back to a half-dozen. Toledo answered with the next 10 as the NIU an 11-7 lead with 13:29 to play in the opening half. Ohio led by a dozen with six minutes left before a triple from Rockets led, 20-4, with 12:24 left before the intermission. Six straight points by Bowling Green gave the Falcons a two- Kueth started an 8-3 burst for the Huskies. Crump added a basket Thornton scored eight points on 4-of-7 shooting from the fi eld. point lead, 13-11, until Cochran had a steal and went coast-to- and Hankerson knocked in a triple during the spurt as NIU pulled A 13-2 run by the Huskies cut the Rocket lead to 34-24 with coast for a layup to pull the Huskies back even. within seven, 70-63, with 4:19 to play. 2:38 remaining in the opening half. Junior Darius Beane scored a Bowling Green had moved in front by three went the Falcons Following a basket by Ohio, back-to-back triples from Kueth half-dozen during the burst and Cochran added four. used a 5-0 burst to take a 23-16 lead late in the fi rst half. Cochran brought the Huskies within three, 72-69, with 2:32 remaining. A Beane fi nished with nine points and a game-high three steals. made the fi nal bucket of the half as Bowling Green took a 23-18 triple by Ohio pushed the lead back to a half-dozen heading into The Rockets took a 40-26 lead into the intermission. Ryan Roll- lead into the intermission. the fi nal minute, but a bucket from Crump cut the Bobcat advan- ins had 12 points in the opening 20 minutes to lead the way for Cochran had nine points and seven rebounds to lead the way in tage to 75-71 with 42 ticks left on the clock. Toledo, Spencer Littleson added 11 points as the Rockets shot the opening 20 minutes. Daeqwon Plowden had seven points to After empty possessions by both teams, Ohio missed the front 51.9 percent (14-of-27) from the fi eld in the fi rst half. Hankerson pace the Falcons in the fi rst half. end of a 1-and-1 and Hankerson raced the length of the fl oor for and Cochran each had seven points to pace the Huskies in the With Bowling Green in front by three, 28-25, four minutes into a layup, trimming the Ohio lead to just a pair with six seconds fi rst stanza. the second half. The Falcons used a run 17-2 run to take a 45-27 remaining. Five points from Hankerson early in the second half helped the lead just past the midway point of the second stanza. The Bobcats split two more free throws to go up by three and Huskies get back within a dozen just two-and-a-half minutes into After being held to just 37 percent (10-of-37) shooting in the NIU had a triple try at the buzzer bounce off the back iron as Ohio the second half. The Toledo advantage was 47-34 before a quick fi rst half, Bowling Green shot 60 percent (18-of-3) after the inter- escaped with the 76-73 win. 7-0 burst gave the Rockets a 54-34 lead with 13:39 remaining. mission. Beane scored the fi nal fi ve points of the fi rst half for NIU as Ohio Four-straight points from Cochran helped the Huskies cut the Justin Turner scored a game-high 20 points, 16 of which came took a 42-31 lead into halftime. Toledo lead back to 15 just past the midway point of the half, but in the second half, to lead the way for Bowling Green. Plowden The Ohio advantage was 14 when NIU used a 6-0 burst with the Huskies were unable to get any closer as Toledo maintained added 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds, Trey Diggs buckets from Kueth, Crump and Beane to bring the Huskies with- its perfect home record. scored 11 points and Caleb Fields chipped in 10 points for the in eight, 56-48, just past the midway point of the second half. Littleson scored a game-high 18 points to lead Toledo. Rollins Falcons. Kueth also fi nished with a career-best seven rebounds while added 16 points, Mattia Acunzo scored 15 points and Marreon Beane and Hankerson each had three assists to lead the Huskies. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Jackson fi nished with 11 for the Rockets. Ohio’s lead swelled to a dozen, 67-55, with 6:12 left before the 25 Scott, N. 0-2 0-2 2-4 2-2 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 13 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Bobcats held off the late Huskie rally. 13 Makuoi, A. 1-3 0-0 0-0 3-3 6 2 2 0 2 0 1 26 Dwight Wilson scored a game-high 25 points to pace Ohio, Ben 12 Kueth, Z. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 Hankerson, T. 2-12 0-5 0-0 0-4 4 3 4 3 3 0 2 29 13 Makuoi, A. 1-2 0-0 0-1 1-2 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 18 Roderick added 13, Ben Vander Plas and Lunden McDay each 23 Cochran, T. 5-11 1-1 0-0 2-5 7 1 11 0 1 1 2 23 added 11 and Mark Sears scored 10 points for the Bobcats. 1 Hankerson, T. 7-20 1-10 1-2 2-2 4 4 16 0 2 0 2 33 24 Beane, D. 5-14 1-1 2-6 2-3 5 3 13 1 3 0 1 35 23 Cochran, T. 5-12 0-0 5-6 5-4 9 2 15 0 3 0 2 31 2 Thornton, K. 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 4 1 3 1 0 20 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 24 Beane, D. 4-12 0-2 1-2 2-2 4 2 9 2 0 0 3 29 3 Lee, J. 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 25 Scott, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 Thornton, K. 4-7 0-1 0-2 1-2 3 4 8 0 2 0 2 24 11 Okanu, C. 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 11 13 Makuoi, A. 0-2 0-0 1-4 1-2 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 18 3 Lee, J. 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 Kueth, Z. 2-5 0-2 0-0 2-1 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 18 1 Hankerson, T. 4-12 2-5 2-2 1-3 4 4 12 3 4 0 1 30 11 Okanu, C. 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 13 20 Filippone, D. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 Beane, D. 5-14 0-5 6-8 1-3 4 2 16 3 1 1 0 39 20 Filippone, D. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50 Crump, A. 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 18 50 Crump, A. 6-11 1-1 0-0 2-7 9 3 13 2 0 0 0 31 25 Scott, N. 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-4 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 15 TEAM 1-2 3 2 Thornton, K. 1-2 1-1 0-0 1-4 5 0 3 1 3 0 1 19 50 Crump, A. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 15 TOTALS 18-54 2-11 4-12 13-24 37 18 42 5 18 3 7 200 3 Lee, J. 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 13 TEAM 0-1 1 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 7-24 .292 2nd: 11-30 .367 Game: 18-54 .333 11 Okanu, C. 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 15 TOTALS 22-60 1-15 10-17 13-20 33 19 55 3 15 2 10 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-7 .286 2nd: 0-4 .000 Game: 2-11 .182 12 Kueth, Z. 8-13 6-9 0-0 2-5 7 3 22 0 1 1 1 31 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-31 .355 2nd: 11-29 .379 Game: 22-60 .367 FT%: 1st: 2-6 .333 2nd: 2-6 .333 Game: 4-12 .333 TEAM 2-2 4 3-PT FG%: 1st: 0-7 .000 2nd: 1-8 .125 Game: 1-15 .067 TOTALS 27-59 10-21 9-14 11-27 38 18 73 13 11 2 3 200 FT%: 1st: 4-6 .667 2nd: 6-11 .545 Game: 10-17 .588 No. Bowling Green FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-31 .355 2nd: 16-28 .571 Game: 27-59 .458 25 Plowden, D. 4-8 1-3 3-3 3-6 9 2 12 2 3 1 2 36 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-10 .300 2nd: 7-11 .636 Game: 10-21 .476 No. Toledo FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 35 Swingle, D. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 16 FT%: 1st: 6-10 .600 2nd: 3-4 .750 Game: 9-14 .643 2 Millner Jr., S. 2-9 0-3 5-8 4-4 8 2 9 6 1 1 2 33 1 Turner, J. 9-14 2-4 0-1 1-0 1 0 20 2 2 0 0 28 35 Komagum, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 3 Fields, C. 4-9 0-3 2-4 1-4 5 1 10 2 1 0 2 32 No. Ohio FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3 Jackson, M. 4-9 3-7 0-0 0-4 4 4 11 2 5 0 1 28 5 Metheny, K. 1-7 0-4 0-0 0-4 4 1 2 3 2 0 1 24 3 Roderick, B. 5-9 2-6 1-1 0-3 3 2 13 2 0 0 0 34 5 Rollins, R. 6-10 2-4 2-2 0-11 11 4 16 2 4 1 1 30 0 Washington, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Wilson, D. 12-14 0-0 1-3 4-4 8 1 25 2 0 1 0 31 11 Littleson, S. 7-12 4-8 0-0 0-1 1 1 18 1 0 0 0 29 2 Fulcher, J. 3-4 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 1 6 1 1 0 1 16 5 Vander Plas, B. 2-9 1-3 6-6 0-5 5 0 11 7 1 1 3 38 1 Hill, J. 1-5 0-1 2-2 0-2 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 13 10 Young, C. 2-5 0-3 1-2 1-0 1 3 5 0 1 0 0 15 10 Sears, M. 4-8 1-1 1-3 1-1 2 1 10 7 3 0 2 38 4 Acunzo, M. 5-5 2-2 3-4 0-6 6 1 15 0 2 0 1 17 11 Diggs, T. 4-7 3-4 0-0 1-3 4 0 11 2 2 0 2 22 15 McDay, L. 3-8 2-4 3-4 0-1 1 2 11 2 0 0 0 31 22 Williams, B. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 Elsasser, I. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Brown, M. 2-5 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 2 6 1 0 1 0 15 24 Saunders, K. 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 18 13 Turner, C. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 11 Towns, S. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 34 Shumate, J.T. 1-3 0-1 0-0 3-1 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 18 33 Watson, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 Miguel, R. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 TEAM 4-0 4 1 TEAM 2-4 6 24 McMurray, M. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 TOTALS 27-57 12-30 12-16 12-31 43 19 78 18 17 3 5 200 TOTALS 28-57 6-23 6-10 9-26 35 13 68 12 13 1 9 200 32 Granger, C. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-27 .519 2nd: 13-30 .433 Game: 27-57 .474 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-27 .370 2nd: 18-30 .600 Game: 28-57 .491 TEAM 1-3 4 3-PT FG%: 1st: 7-17 .412 2nd: 5-13 .385 Game: 12-30 .400 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-9 .111 2nd: 5-14 .357 Game: 6-23 .261 TOTALS 28-57 8-19 12-17 6-22 28 15 76 21 7 3 6 200 FT%: 1st: 5-8 .625 2nd: 7-8 .875 Game: 12-16 .750 FT%: 1st: 2-4 .500 2nd: 4-6 .667 Game: 6-10 .600 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 15-29 .517 2nd: 13-28 .464 Game: 28-57 .491 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-11 .455 2nd: 3-8 .375 Game: 8-19 .421 Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: none FT%: 1st: 7-10 .700 2nd: 5-7 .714 Game: 12-17 .706 Officials: Bill Ek, Ed Phillips, Michael Griffith Officials: Todd Von Sossan, Luke Schumer, Michael Griffith Attendance: closed Attendance: closed Technical Fouls: none Score by Half Score by Half Officials: Bill Ek, Brad Clauss, Ed Phillips NIU ...... 26-29 55 Bowling Green ...... 23-45 68 Attendance: closed Toledo ...... 40-38 78 NIU ...... 18-24 42 Score by Half NIU ...... 31-42 73 Ohio ...... 42-34 76

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GGAMEAME 1100 GGAMEAME 1111 NIU: 58 NIU: 67 Miami: 70 Akron: 65 January 9, 2021 • Millett Hall January 12, 2021 • NIU Convocation Center Oxford, Ohio DeKalb, Ill.

OXFORD, Ohio – After trailing by as much as 20, the Northern DEKALB, Ill. – Junior Darius Beane’s pullup jumper with one sec- Illinois University men’s basketball team pulled within seven in ond left in regulation helped give the Northern Illinois University the second half but was unable to complete the comeback as men’s basketball team a 67-65 victory over Akron on Tuesday af- the Huskies fell to Miami, 70-58, on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 9) ternoon (Jan. 12) at the NIU Convocation Center. at Millett Hall. Juniors Trendon Hankerson and Justin Lee each scored 15 Junior Trendon Hankerson scored a team-best 16 points while points, Lee also had a game-high 11 rebounds to record his fi rst junior Chinedu Kingsley Okanu had a career-high 12 points. career double-double. Beane fi nished with six points, eight re- NIU led by three in the early going, 6-3, with Hankerson scoring bounds and a career-high seven assists. The victory was the fi rst four early points, but Miami used a 13-2 run to take a 16-8 lead collegiate win for NIU interim head coach Lamar Chapman. with 12:39 left in the opening half, forcing a Huskie timeout. Tailing by eight fi ve minutes into the second half, NIU used a After the timeout, sophomore Kaleb Thornton converted an 13-4 burst to take a 49-48 lead. Junior Chinedu Kingsley Okanu old-fashioned three-point play as the Huskies trimmed the Red- started the run with a bucket, Hankerson added a pair of triples Hawk lead to just fi ve, but Miami answered with the next six as and Lee scored the last fi ve as the Huskies went in front by one the RedHawks pushed their advantage to 22-11 just past the with just under 12 minutes to play. midway point of the opening half. After Akron scored to go back in front, NIU used an 8-2 run to Thornton fi nished with eight points, one off his career high, and take a fi ve-point lead, 57-52, with eight minutes remaining. Se- three assists. nior Nathan Scott made the fi rst basket of the run, Lee made a Miami’s lead grew to as much as 19 in the opening half until a pair of free throws and junior Adong Makuoi added four points. 6-3 burst for NIU in the fi nal minute trimmed the RedHawk ad- The two teams then traded baskets heading into the fi nal two vantage to 40-24 at the break. Okanu, senior Nathan Scott (Na- minutes as a bucket from Akron cut the Huskie advantage to 63- perville, Ill./Olney Central College) and Thornton each made a 60. basket during the spurt. Lee scored again to give the Huskies a fi ve-point edge, but Ak- Myja White led all scorers with 12 points, on 4-of-4 from three- ron responded with the next fi ve, including a layup from Loren point range, in the opening 20 minutes, Hankerson and Thornton Cristian Jackson with 11 seconds remaining, to tie the game at each had eight points to pace the Huskies. 65. Miami scored the fi rst four to start the second half before NIU Following a timeout, NIU inbounded on the side with six sec- answered with 9-0 burst, trimming the RedHawk lead to 44-33 onds to play and Beane hit an 18-foot jumper with one second with 15:50 left. Hankerson had fi ve during the run while junior left to give the Huskies a 67-65 lead. NIU stole the Akron in- Adong Makuoi and junior Darius Beane each chipped in a basket. bounds pass as the Huskies claimed the two-point win. With the RedHawks in front 48-35, NIU used a 5-0 spurt, capped NIU shot 57.7 percent (15-of-26) from the fi eld in the second by a bucket from Beane, to cut the Miami lead to single digits, half, including a perfect 5-of-5 from three-point range. 48-40, with just over 12 minutes to play. An 8-0 burst in the opening two minutes of the contest helped A triple by Hankerson cut the Miami advantage to 52-45 with give Akron an early 11-2 edge. NIU used a 7-2 spurt to pull back 8:33 left, but that is as close as the Huskies would get as Miami within fi ve, 16-11, with 12:53 left in the opening half. Beane used a 12-3 spurt to push its advantage to 16 as the RedHawks opened the run with a bucket, Okanu followed with a basket and went on to earn the victory. Scott closed the run with a corner triple. Elijah McNamara scored a team-high 15 points to pace Miami. The Zips pushed their advantage to seven before NIU used a 7-0 Mekhi Lairy added 13 while Dae Dae Grant and White each fi n- run to even the contest at 18. Scott fueled the run with the fi rst ished with 12 points. pair, Beane made two free throws and junior Zool Kueth knocked No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN in a triple as the Huskies tied the game with 9:23 remaining in 12 Kueth, Z. 1-5 0-4 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 20 the fi rst half. 13 Makuoi, A. 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 12 Akron moved back in front by a half-dozen with six minutes to play before halftime until a basket from Hankerson and a layup 1 Hankerson, T. 6-11 3-7 1-2 0-3 3 2 16 0 3 0 0 38 by Makuoi trimmed the Zips lead back to just a pair, 24-22. Ak- 24 Beane, D. 3-8 1-1 0-0 0-4 4 4 7 2 2 1 1 32 ron’s lead grew back to seven before NIU scored six of the fi nal 50 Crump, A. 1-2 1-2 3-4 2-3 5 3 6 0 6 0 3 26 eight to close the half, trimming the Zips advantage to three, 31- 2 Thornton, K. 3-5 1-2 1-1 0-2 2 0 8 3 3 0 0 24 28, at the break. 11 Okanu, C. 5-7 0-0 2-6 2-0 2 3 12 0 1 1 1 28 25 Scott, N. 1-4 0-1 3-6 1-2 3 1 5 1 1 2 0 20 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN TEAM 0-1 1 1 12 Kueth, Z. 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 6 0 2 1 0 14 TOTALS 21-44 6-17 10-19 7-19 26 15 58 9 17 6 6 200 13 Makuoi, A. 2-3 0-0 2-5 1-1 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 16 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-20 .450 2nd: 12-24 .500 Game: 21-44 .477 1 Hankerson, T. 5-12 3-6 2-2 0-3 3 2 15 4 2 0 2 40 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-6 .333 2nd: 4-11 .364 Game: 6-17 .353 24 Beane, D. 2-11 0-3 2-3 4-4 8 2 6 7 3 1 2 38 FT%: 1st: 4-10 .400 2nd: 6-9 .667 Game: 10-19 .526 50 Crump, A. 0-4 0-1 0-0 1-3 4 4 0 2 4 0 1 22 3 Lee, J. 5-6 1-1 4-4 3-8 11 4 15 2 3 0 1 22 No. Miami FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 11 Okanu, C. 5-9 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 1 10 1 0 1 1 24 1 Brewer, J. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 25 Scott, N. 4-7 1-1 0-0 0-6 6 0 9 2 0 0 0 24 11 Beck, J. 0-1 0-0 2-4 0-1 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 15 TEAM 0-0 0 1 13 Brown, D. 3-5 1-2 2-2 0-3 3 4 9 0 2 0 1 21 TOTALS 25-54 7-14 10-14 10-31 41 17 67 18 15 3 7 200 2 Lairy, M. 5-7 2-2 1-1 0-2 2 0 13 5 1 0 0 30 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-28 .357 2nd: 15-26 .577 Game: 25-54 .463 3 Grant, D. 4-6 2-3 2-2 0-2 2 1 12 2 1 0 0 28 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-9 .222 2nd: 5-5 1.00 Game: 7-14 .500 0 Etzler, J. 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 FT%: 1st: 6-8 .750 2nd: 4-6 .667 Game: 10-14 .714 4 Coleman-Lands, I. 1-6 1-4 0-0 1-3 4 1 3 3 0 0 4 31 5 Ayah, P. 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 4 1 1 1 0 7 No. Akron FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 14 Eller, L. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 Ali, A. 5-10 4-7 1-2 1-4 5 1 15 4 1 0 0 29 15 Jovic, M. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 25 Freeman, E. 4-5 0-0 1-1 3-8 11 2 9 0 1 0 0 24 20 Litteken, B. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 Jackson, L.C. 4-10 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 2 10 7 4 0 2 36 21 Ames, J. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Dailey, M. 1-6 0-4 2-2 0-4 4 2 4 4 1 0 0 29 22 White, M. 4-5 4-5 0-0 1-1 2 0 12 1 2 0 0 20 12 Trimble, B. 4-12 4-11 0-0 0-0 0 3 12 1 2 0 0 30 24 Ritchie, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Tribble, G. 3-6 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 18 30 Tatum, B. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Reece, C. 1-3 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 11 33 McNamara, E. 6-10 0-0 3-6 0-3 3 4 15 1 1 0 0 20 11 Clarke, G. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 TEAM 2-2 4 20 Wynn, M. 2-4 0-1 0-3 1-2 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 7 TOTALS 25-47 10-18 10-15 5-23 28 19 70 13 13 1 6 200 23 Dawson, M. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 15-26 .577 2nd: 10-21 .476 Game: 25-47 .532 33 Currie, T. 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 3-PT FG%: 1st: 8-12 .667 2nd: 2-6 .333 Game: 10-18 .556 TEAM 5-3 8 FT%: 1st: 2-4 .500 2nd: 8-11 .727 Game: 10-15 .667 TOTALS 25-60 9-29 6-13 10-23 33 15 65 16 11 0 3 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-29 .379 2nd: 14-31 .452 Game: 25-60 .417 Technical Fouls: none 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-17 .294 2nd: 4-12 .333 Game: 9-29 .310 Officials: Scott Siville, Keith Lewis, Chris Pacsi FT%: 1st: 4-8 .500 2nd: 2-5 .400 Game: 6-13 .462 Attendance: closed Score by Half Technical Fouls: none NIU ...... 24-34 58 Officials: Bryan Anslinger, Brian Shore, Tariq Lucas Miami ...... 40-30 70 Attendance: closed Score by Half Akron ...... 31-34 65 NIU ...... 28-39 67

January 16, 2021: at Ball State 2020 MAC West Division Champions 2020-21 NIU Men's Basketball Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 12, 2021) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 2-9 2-4 0-5 0-0 CONFERENCE 1-5 1-2 0-3 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 1-4 1-2 0-2 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 23 Tyler Cochran 5-4 142 28.4 30-63 . 4 7 6 2-4 . 5 0 0 7-10 . 7 0 0 15 22 37 7.4 9 0 6 8 2 9 69 13.8 01 Trendon Hankerson 11-11 362 32.9 52-137 . 3 8 0 22-72 . 3 0 6 10-14 . 7 1 4 7 42 49 4.5 31 1 20 33 1 9 136 12.4 24 Darius Beane 11-10 356 32.4 46-127 . 3 6 2 6-28 . 2 1 4 26-40 . 6 5 0 21 31 52 4.7 31 1 23 24 5 15 124 11.3 02 Kaleb Thornton 10-1 235 23.5 23-48 . 4 7 9 4-14 . 2 8 6 9-13 . 6 9 2 4 27 31 3.1 13 0 24 28 1 6 59 5.9 13 Adong Makuoi 11-11 225 20.5 24-42 . 5 7 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 14-23 . 6 0 9 21 21 42 3.8 31 2 4 10 6 3 62 5.6 12 Zool Kueth 11-8 219 19.9 24-55 . 4 3 6 9-30 . 3 0 0 3-6 . 5 0 0 14 18 32 2.9 14 0 7 10 8 2 60 5.5 03 Justin Lee 4-0 49 12.3 7-11 . 6 3 6 1-2 . 5 0 0 4-6 . 6 6 7 4 9 13 3.3 6 0 2 5 0 2 19 4.8 11 Chinedu Kingsley Oka 11-0 191 17.4 17-40 . 4 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 18-26 . 6 9 2 14 18 32 2.9 21 1 5 9 5 4 52 4.7 50 Anthony Crump 11-6 246 22.4 18-58 . 3 1 0 2-7 . 2 8 6 5-16 . 3 1 3 13 34 47 4.3 22 1 13 25 2 8 43 3.9 25 Nathan Scott 6-3 100 16.7 8-21 . 3 8 1 2-7 . 2 8 6 5-10 . 5 0 0 4 19 23 3.8 6 0 8 5 2 1 23 3.8 05 Zaire Mateen 1-1 17 17.0 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.0 00 Chris Johnson 3-0 27 9.0 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 3 5 8 2.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.0 32 Keenon Cole 6-0 43 7.2 1-13 . 0 7 7 0-4 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 2 3 5 0.8 5 0 0 2 0 0 3 0.5 20 Daniel Filippone 4-0 13 3.3 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 Team 12 16 28 7 Total...... 11 2225 251-623 . 4 0 3 48-170 . 2 8 2 105-170 . 6 1 8 134 267 401 36.5 192 6 113 167 32 60 655 59.5 Opponents...... 11 2225 296-626 . 4 7 3 108-283 . 3 8 2 123-190 . 6 4 7 102 280 382 34.7 179 - 193 125 28 72 823 74.8

TEAM STATISTICS NIU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 655 823 11/25/20 UIC L 61-65 0 Points per game 59.5 74.8 12/02/20 SIU EDWARDSVILLE L 53-73 0 Scoring margin -15.3 - 12/05/20 at Pittsburgh L 59-89 500 FIELD GOALS-ATT 251-623 296-626 * 12/08/20 BALL STATE L o t 70-79 0 Field goal pct . 4 0 3 . 4 7 3 12/13/20 at Iowa L 53-106 546 3 POINT FG-ATT 48-170 108-283 12/18/20 CHICAGO STATE W 64-54 0 3-point FG pct . 2 8 2 . 3 8 2 * 12/22/20 at Toledo L 55-78 0 3-pt FG made per game 4.4 9.8 * 01/02/21 BOWLING GREEN L 42-68 0 FREE THROWS-ATT 105-170 123-190 * 01/05/21 at Ohio L 73-76 0 Free throw pct . 6 1 8 . 6 4 7 * 01/09/21 at Miami (OH) L 58-70 0 F-Throws made per game 9.5 11.2 * 01/12/21 AKRON W 67-65 0 REBOUNDS 401 382 Rebounds per game 36.5 34.7 * - Conference game Rebounding margin +1.7 - ASSISTS 113 193 Assists per game 10.3 17.5 TURNOVERS 167 125 Turnovers per game 15.2 11.4 Turnover margin -3.8 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.7 1.5 STEALS 60 72 Steals per game 5.5 6.5 BLOCKS 32 28 Blocks per game 2.9 2.5 ATTENDANCE 0 1046 Home games-Avg/Game 6-0 5-209 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Northern Illinois 305 343 7 655 Opponents 375 432 16 823 2020-21 NIU Men's Basketball Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 12, 2021) Conference games only

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 1-5 1-2 0-3 0-0 CONFERENCE 1-5 1-2 0-3 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 01 Trendon Hankerson 6-6 214 35.7 31-87 . 3 5 6 13-44 . 2 9 5 6-8 . 7 5 0 3 20 23 3.8 17 0 13 14 0 7 81 13.5 23 Tyler Cochran 2-2 54 27.0 10-23 . 4 3 5 1-1 1.000 5-6 . 8 3 3 7 9 16 8.0 3 0 0 4 1 4 26 13.0 24 Darius Beane 6-6 215 35.8 26-76 . 3 4 2 2-15 . 1 3 3 15-23 . 6 5 2 12 18 30 5.0 17 0 17 13 3 8 69 11.5 12 Zool Kueth 6-4 121 20.2 15-30 . 5 0 0 8-19 . 4 2 1 1-3 . 3 3 3 7 12 19 3.2 10 0 3 5 5 2 39 6.5 02 Kaleb Thornton 5-0 119 23.8 13-22 . 5 9 1 3-7 . 4 2 9 3-5 . 6 0 0 4 13 17 3.4 9 0 8 14 1 4 32 6.4 11 Chinedu Kingsley Oka 6-0 112 18.7 14-26 . 5 3 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-12 . 5 8 3 7 11 18 3.0 12 1 4 5 2 2 35 5.8 03 Justin Lee 4-0 49 12.3 7-11 . 6 3 6 1-2 . 5 0 0 4-6 . 6 6 7 4 9 13 3.3 6 0 2 5 0 2 19 4.8 50 Anthony Crump 6-4 130 21.7 9-23 . 3 9 1 2-4 . 5 0 0 4-8 . 5 0 0 6 16 22 3.7 17 1 4 16 0 5 24 4.0 25 Nathan Scott 5-2 76 15.2 6-16 . 3 7 5 1-5 . 2 0 0 5-10 . 5 0 0 4 14 18 3.6 6 0 6 4 2 0 18 3.6 13 Adong Makuoi 6-6 107 17.8 7-14 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 5-12 . 4 1 7 8 11 19 3.2 16 1 1 6 3 2 19 3.2 00 Chris Johnson 1-0 12 12.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 1 3 4 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 32 Keenon Cole 1-0 9 9.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 20 Daniel Filippone 2-0 7 3.5 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 5 10 15 4 Total...... 6 1225 138-331 . 4 1 7 31-97 . 3 2 0 58-97 . 5 9 8 68 146 214 35.7 115 3 58 90 17 36 365 60.8 Opponents...... 6 1225 155-332 . 4 6 7 55-148 . 3 7 2 71-110 . 6 4 5 56 151 207 34.5 103 - 93 71 9 33 436 72.7

TEAM STATISTICS NIU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 365 436 * 12/08/20 BALL STATE L o t 70-79 0 Points per game 60.8 72.7 * 12/22/20 at Toledo L 55-78 0 Scoring margin -11.8 - * 01/02/21 BOWLING GREEN L 42-68 0 FIELD GOALS-ATT 138-331 155-332 * 01/05/21 at Ohio L 73-76 0 Field goal pct . 4 1 7 . 4 6 7 * 01/09/21 at Miami (OH) L 58-70 0 3 POINT FG-ATT 31-97 55-148 * 01/12/21 AKRON W 67-65 0 3-point FG pct . 3 2 0 . 3 7 2 3-pt FG made per game 5.2 9.2 * - Conference game FREE THROWS-ATT 58-97 71-110 Free throw pct . 5 9 8 . 6 4 5 F-Throws made per game 9.7 11.8 REBOUNDS 214 207 Rebounds per game 35.7 34.5 Rebounding margin +1.2 - ASSISTS 58 93 Assists per game 9.7 15.5 TURNOVERS 90 71 Turnovers per game 15.0 11.8 Turnover margin -3.2 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.6 1.3 STEALS 36 33 Steals per game 6.0 5.5 BLOCKS 17 9 Blocks per game 2.8 1.5 ATTENDANCE 0 0 Home games-Avg/Game 3-0 3-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Northern Illinois 161 197 7 365 Opponents 204 216 16 436