2020-21 NIU Men's Basketball Preseason Prospectus

2020-21 NIU Men’s Basketball Preseason Prospectus

Junior Trendon Hankerson

Junior Darius Beane Sophomore Tyler Cochran Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL 2020-21 NIU Men’s Basketball

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Location ...... DeKalb, Ill. 2019-20 Record ...... 18-13 overall (11-4 home, 7-9 away) Founded ...... 1895 2018-19 MAC Record...... 11-7 (T-1st MAC West) Enrollment ...... 16,769 Starters Returning/Lost ...... 2/3 Nickname ...... Huskies Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 8/5 Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I Newcomers ...... Anthony Crump Conference...... Mid-American ...... Tavon Jones Colors ...... Cardinal and Black ...... Zool Kueth Arena ...... NIU Convocation Center (9,100) ...... Adong Makuoi President ...... Dr. Lisa C. Freeman ...... Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Assoc. VP/Athletic Director ...... Sean T. Frazier ...... Kaleb Thornton Alma Mater, Year ...... Alabama, ‘92 Faculty Athletics Rep ...... Mark Groza NIU BASKETBALL HISTORY Ticket Offi ce Phone ...... 815-753-PACK (7225) First Year of Basketball ...... 1900-01 Website ...... NIUHuskies.com All-time Record ...... 1283-1317 Twitter ...... @NIUAthletics First Year of Division I Basketball ...... 1967-68 Men’s Basketball Twitter ...... @GoHuskiesMBB All-time Division I Record ...... 666-828 Postseason Appearances ...... 4 (1982, 1991, 1996, 2016) BASKETBALL STAFF NCAA Appearances ...... 3 (1982, 1991, 1996) Head Coach ...... Mark Montgomery Record in the NCAA Tournament ...... 0-3 Alma Mater ...... Michigan State, 2003 NCAA Tournament Games ...... March 12, 1982: L, 77-68 v. Kansas State Career Record/Years ...... 123-163/Entering 10th ...... March 8, 1991: L, 75-68 v. St. John’s NIU Record/Years ...... Same ...... March 15, 1996: L, 74-73 v. Texas Tech Best Time to Reach Coach ...... Contact SID Vegas 16 Game ...... March 28, 2016: L, 70-63, v. UC Santa Barbara Associate Head Coach ...... Lamar Chapman Alma Mater ...... Lane College, 1993 NIU MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant Coach ...... Anthony Beane Sr. Basketball Contact ...... Jeremy Reid Alma Mater ...... Kansas State, 1993 Offi ce Phone ...... 815-753-3706 Assistant Coach ...... Chris MacMartin Cell Phone ...... 716-867-1908 Alma Mater ...... Northern Illinois, 2017 E-mail ...... [email protected] Graduate Assistant ...... Nick Hankerson Mailing Address ...... 209 Convocation Center Athletic Trainer ...... Leah Oliver-Pataki ...... 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 60115 Basketball Sport Performance Coach...... Zach Cahill

LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (8) No. Name Pos. Year PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% 0 Chris Johnson F Sr. 0.7 1.5 0.1 .278 .000 .455 1 Trendon Hankerson* G Jr. 7.5 3.0 2.0 .467 .461 .833 3 Justin Lee W Jr. 3.0 1.5 0.2 .412 .200 .750 5 Zaire Mateen G Sr. 4.4 1.4 0.4 .395 .356 .750 23 Tyler Cochran G So. 5.5 4.2 0.6 .469 .376 .591 24 Darius Beane* G Jr. 7.3 3.3 1.5 .418 .340 .750 25 Nathan Scott F Sr. 3.3 2.6 0.3 .344 .300 .706 32 Keenon Cole F So. 2.3 1.6 0.1 .400 .000 .583

OTHER RETURNEES (1) No. Name Pos. Year PPG RPG APG FG% FT% 3-PT% 20 Daniel Filippone G So. did not see game action

LETTERWINNERS LOST (5) No. Name Pos. PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% 2 Gairges Daow G 2.9 2.0 0.5 .467 .267 .765 4 Lacey James* F 8.9 7.7 0.5 .403 .340 .655 10 Eugene German* G 20.5 4.1 2.7 .415 .333 .719 11 Noah McCarty* F 5.3 5.5 1.6 .393 .319 .455 22 Rod Henry-Hayes G 3.2 1.0 0.5 .275 .308 .833

* denotes starter last season

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season 2020-21 NIU Men’s Basketball Roster NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year Hometown/Last School 0 Chris Johnson F 6-7 215 Sr. Chicago, Ill./Thornton Fractional North/South Suburban 1 Trendon Hankerson G 6-2 185 Jr. Novi, Mich./Novi 2 Kaleb Thornton G 6-0 170 So. Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook/Iowa Western CC 3 Justin Lee W 6-8 210 Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill 4 Tavon Jones G 6-3 180 Jr. Linden, N.J./Linden/Odessa College 5 Zaire Mateen G 6-0 170 Sr. Queens, N.Y./South Shore/Laramie County CC 11 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu F 6-7 225 Jr. Gary, Ind./Bowman Academy/Vincennes University 12 Zool Kueth F 6-7 200 Jr. Gallatin, Tenn./Gallatin/Pratt CC 13 Adong Makuoi C 6-9 220 Jr. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada/TRC Academy/Daytona State College 20 Daniel Filippone G 6-1 175 So. Antioch, Ill./Antioch Community 23 Tyler Cochran G 6-2 220 So. Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook 24 Darius Beane G 6-3 175 Jr. Carbondale, Ill./Carbondale/Southern Illinois 25 Nathan Scott F 6-8 195 Sr. Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley/Olney Central 32 Keenon Cole F 6-7 200 So. Streamwood, Ill./Streamwood 50 Anthony Crump G 6-8 200 Jr. Inkster, Mich./Plymouth/Middle Tennessee

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Year Hometown/Last School 24 Darius Beane G 6-3 175 Jr. Carbondale, Ill./Carbondale/Southern Illinois 23 Tyler Cochran G 6-2 220 So. Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook 32 Keenon Cole F 6-7 200 So. Streamwood, Ill./Streamwood 50 Anthony Crump G 6-8 200 Jr. Inkster, Mich./Plymouth/Middle Tennessee 20 Daniel Filippone G 6-1 175 So. Antioch, Ill./Antioch Community 1 Trendon Hankerson G 6-2 185 Jr. Novi, Mich./Novi 0 Chris Johnson F 6-7 215 Sr. Chicago, Ill./Thornton Fractional North/South Suburban 4 Tavon Jones G 6-3 180 Jr. Linden, N.J./Linden/Odessa College 12 Zool Kueth F 6-7 200 Jr. Gallatin, Tenn./Gallatin/Pratt CC 3 Justin Lee W 6-8 210 Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill 13 Adong Makuoi C 6-9 220 Jr. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada/TRC Academy/Daytona State College 5 Zaire Mateen G 6-0 170 Sr. Queens, N.Y./South Shore/Laramie County CC 11 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu F 6-7 225 Jr. Gary, Ind./Bowman Academy/Vincennes University 25 Nathan Scott F 6-8 195 Sr. Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley/Olney Central 2 Kaleb Thornton G 6-0 170 So. Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook/Iowa Western CC

Head Coach: Mark Montgomery (10th Season at NIU) Associate Head Coach: Lamar Chapman (Fourth Season at NIU) Assistant Coach: Anthony Beane Sr. (Second Season at NIU) Assistant Coach: Chris MacMartin (First Season at NIU) Graduate Assistant: Nick Hankerson (Second Season at NIU)

By Class By State/Country Seniors (3): Chris Johnson, Zaire Mateen, Nathan Scott. Canada (1): Adong Makuoi (Edmonton, Alberta) Juniors (8): Darius Beane, Anthony Crump, Trendon Hankerson, Tavon Georgia (1): Justin Lee (Lawrenceville) Jones, Zool Kueth, Justin Lee, Adong Makuoi, Chinedu Kingsley Okanu. Illinois (7): Darius Beane (Carbondale), Tyler Cochran (Bolingbrook), Sophomores (4): Tyler Cochran, Keenon Cole, Daniel Filippone, Kaleb Keenon Cole (Streamwood), Daniel Filippone (Antioch), Chris Johnson Thornton. (Chicago), Nathan Scott (Naperville), Kaleb Thornton (Bolingbrook) Indiana (1): Chinedu Kingsley Okanu (Gary) By Height Michigan (2): Anthony Crump (Inkster), Trendon Hankerson (Novi) 6-9 (1): Adong Makuoi. New Jersey (1): Tavon Jones (Linden) 6-8 (3): Anthony Crump, Justin Lee, Nathan Scott. New York (1): Zaire Mateen (Queens) 6-7 (4): Keenon Cole, Chris Johnson, Zool Kueth, Chinedu Kingsley Tennessee (1): Zool Kueth (Gallatin) Okanu. 6-3 (2): Darius Beane, Tavon Jones. 6-2 (2): Tyler Cochran, Trendon Hankerson. 6-1 (1): Daniel Filippone. 6-0 (2): Zaire Mateen, Kaleb Thornton.

2 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL 2020-21 NIU BASKETBALL ROSTER

CHRIS JOHNSON TRENDON HANKERSON KALEB THORNTON JUSTIN LEE TAVON JONES ZAIRE MATEEN

Senior Junior Sophomore Junior Junior Senior 0 Forward 1 Guard 2 Guard 3 Wing 4 Guard 5 Guard

CHINEDU KINGSLEY OKANU ZOOL KUETH ADONG MAKUOI DANIEL FILIPPONE TYLER COCHRAN DARIUS BEANE

Junior Junior Junior Sophomore Sophomore Junior 11 Forward 12 Forward 13 Center 20 Guard 23 Guard 24 Guard

NATHAN SCOTT KEENON COLE ANTHONY CRUMP MARK MONTGOMERY

Senior Sophomore Junior Head Coach 25 Forward 32 Forward 50 Guard 10th 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 5 Zaire Mateen G 6-0 170 Sr. Queens, N.Y. (Laramie County CC) zigh - ear ma - teen 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 common 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

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

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 3 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season Mark MONTGOMERY Head Coach 10th Season

The only head coach in Northern Illinois University men’s basketball German was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team, becoming the fi rst history to lead the Huskies to both a postseason appearance and a victory Huskie to receive that honor since 2003, and also earned Second Team All- over a ranked opponent, Mark Montgomery enters his 10th season as MAC and Second Team NABC All-District recognition. head coach at NIU in 2020-21, after leading the Huskies to a MAC West title a season ago. The 2018-19 season was also highlighted by a January 22 victory over 14th-ranked Buff alo, just the third win in program history over a ranked foe Montgomery enters his 10th year at the helm in DeKalb with 123 victories, and the fi rst since 1973. Two Huskies, German and Levi Bradley, passed the third-most in school history behind only John McDougal (136) and Chick 1,000-career point plateau during the campaign and Montgomery earned Evans (125). his 100th career victory with a January 29 win Ohio.

During his tenure, NIU has posted three seasons which rank among the The winningest fi ve-year period in program history began in 2015-16, top-seven for single-season wins at NIU, earning 21 victories in 2015-16 when Montgomery guided NIU to 21 victories while taking the Huskies to (tied for second-best), 18 wins in 2019-20 (sixth-best) and 17 wins in 2018- the postseason for just the fourth time in school history, and the fi rst time 19 (tied for seventh-best) while his players have garnered three NABC in 20 years, as NIU accepted an invitation to the Vegas 16. Montgomery All-District selections, six All-MAC honors and four MAC All-Freshman Team earned national coaching honors when he received the midseason Hugh recognitions. Durham Award as the nation’s top mid-major head coach.

Over the past fi ve seasons, NIU has recorded 84 wins, fourth-most among Three Huskies earned conference postseason honors, including Marin Division I programs in the State of Illinois, ahead of the like of Bradley, Maric who was named to the All-MAC Third Team; Aaric Armstead was Illinois and Northwestern. It is also the best fi ve-year stretch in Huskie named to the MAC All-Defensive Team and Marshawn Wilson was recog- history. nized on the MAC All-Freshman Team. It marked the fi rst time since the 2002-03 season that NIU had three all-league honorees. In 2019-20, NIU captured a share of the MAC West Division title and a top- four seed in the conference tournament, earning the Huskies a fi rst-round In 2016-17, Maric was again named to the All-MAC Third Team while tournament bye for the fi rst time since 2006. NIU was on target for just German became the fourth MAC All-Freshman Team honoree of Mont- its fi fth postseason appearance in school history before the season was gomery’s tenure. The following season, 2017-18, German led the MAC in prematurely ended by the COVID-19 pandemic. scoring while earning Second Team All-MAC and First Team NABC All-Dis- trict honors. Following a sixth consecutive winning record in pre-conference play, NIU earned 11 victories in the MAC, its most in 14 seasons. The Huskies won on The recent success of Huskie basketball is the result building blocks set in the road in Buff alo for the fi rst time since 2003 and swept a season series place during Montgomery’s fi rst four seasons at the helm in DeKalb. against Kent State for the fi rst time since 1985-86. Montgomery mentored Eugene German to a remarkable senior season in which he led the MAC During his fi rst season at NIU in 2011-12, Montgomery guided one of in scoring, became NIU’s all-time leading scorer with 2,203 points and be- the youngest teams in the nation to the program’s fi rst MAC Tournament came just the eighth player in program history to earn All-America recog- victory since 2003, defeating MAC West Champion Eastern Michigan in the nition when he was named to the Lou Henson All-America Team. German opening round of the conference tournament to advance to Cleveland. also earned First Team All-MAC and First Team NABC All-District honors. Abdel Nader became the fi rst Huskie since 2009 to be named to the MAC All-Freshman Team. The cornerstones of Montgomery’s program, energy and eff ort, defense and rebounding, were on full display in 2019-20 as NIU ranked in the top- Montgomery’s second season saw the Huskies continue to build the foun- 50 nationally in rebounding (35th), scoring defense (43rd) and fi eld goal dation of the program as they achieved a number of milestone victories, percentage defense (44th). including the program’s fi rst win at Miami (Ohio) since 1981, its fi rst win at Central Michigan since 2006 and its fi rst victory over Kent State since 2003. One year earlier, NIU advanced to the MAC Tournament Semifi nals, its deepest run in the conference tournament in 16 years. As the No. 7 seed in During the 2013-14 season, his third at NIU, Montgomery engineered the 2019 MAC Tournament, the Huskies dispatched of 10th-seeded Ohio the largest single-season win improvement in school history, and the in the tournament opener to advance to Quicken Loans Arena in Cleve- 10th-largest nationally that year. The Huskies recorded a 10-win improve- land. NIU then surprised second seeded Toledo, 80-76, in the quarterfi nals ment and their 15 victories was the most for the program since 2005-06. before bowing out to third-seeded Bowling Green in the semifi nals. Montgomery fi nished second in the voting for MAC Coach of the Year and

4 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

NIU earned the right to host a MAC Tournament fi rst-round game for the An outstanding player during his collegiate career, Montgomery was a fi rst time since 2003. Jordan Threloff earned All-MAC honorable mention four-year letterwinner for Jud Heathcote at Michigan State from 1988-92. A recognition and Aaric Armstead was named to the MAC All-Freshman 1992 All-Big Ten Third Team selection, Montgomery ended his career as the Team. then-career leader in games played at MSU (126). A four-year starter for the Spartans, he was part of the 1990 Big Ten Championship team, three Prior to his arrival at NIU, Montgomery was named one of the top fi ve NCAA Tournament teams and an NIT Final Four team. Montgomery ranks high-major assistant coaches in the country by FoxSports.com in 2010, fourth on the career assists chart (561) after leading the team in assists as a while Rivals.com put him on its list of “10 Assistant Coaches Ready to Move junior (169) and senior (190). He also ranks fourth on the MSU career steals Up.” In addition, then FoxSports.com national college basketball writer list (168). Jeff Goodman named Montgomery the top assistant coach in the Big Ten Conference based on a poll of league coaches. Montgomery averaged 5.3 points and 4.5 assists in his four years as a Spartan. In 1991-92, he averaged 7.0 points and 6.3 assists as a senior During his 10 seasons on Hall of Famer Tom Izzo’s staff at Michigan State co-captain, leading his team to a 22-8 mark and the second round of the from 2001-11, the Spartans made 10 straight trips to the NCAA Tourna- NCAA Tournament. Montgomery was also a two-time Academic All-Big Ten ment and three Final Four appearances. He helped coach 26 All-Big Ten honoree during his playing days as a Spartan. players at Michigan State and six players that went on to be selected in the NBA Draft, while on the bench for 235 MSU wins - an average of 23.5 Following his collegiate career, Montgomery played four years of pro- victories per season. fessional basketball in Europe. He averaged more than 25 points a game during his time playing in Germany, Lithuania and Sweden. In his fi rst season as an assistant coach at Michigan State, Montgomery helped mentor First Team All-Big Ten honoree Marcus Taylor, who went Montgomery received his bachelor’s degree in food industry management on to be selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2002 NBA Draft. from Michigan State. He and his wife, Alexandra, have two sons, Nicholas Despite losing 81 percent of its scoring from the previous season, the Spar- and Mason. tans fi nished just one game out of fi rst place in the Big Ten.

Montgomery helped the Spartans reach the 2005 NCAA Final Four, the sixth Final Four in school history. Along the way, MSU defeated top-seeded Duke and second-seeded Kentucky in the Austin Regional, becoming the only school to defeat the Blue Devils and Wildcats in the same year.

In May of 2007, Montgomery was elevated to associate head coach by Izzo. The Spartans returned to the NCAA Sweet 16 the following season before falling to national runner-up Memphis.

Michigan State won the Big Ten championship and made its second Final Four appearance of Montgomery’s coaching tenure in 2008-09. The Spar- tans went 31-7, 15-3 in Big Ten play, and won the league by four games. MSU knocked off No. 1 seeds Louisville and Connecticut in the regional fi nal and national semifi nal, respectively, before succumbing to top-ranked North Carolina in the championship game in Detroit, Mich.

The Spartans again won the Big Ten championship in 2009-10, amassing a 28-9 overall record, 14-4 in conference, and returned to the Final Four for the third time in six seasons, making a run to college basketball’s ultimate stage from the number fi ve seed in the Midwest region.

During his 10-year coaching tenure with the Spartans, Montgomery mentored four players (Chris Hill, Kalin Lucas, Drew Neitzel and Travis Walton) that rank among the top-10 in career assists at Michigan State. In addition, Montgomery helped eight Spartan perimeter players reach the 1,000-point plateau in his time on the Michigan State staff and helped Lucas earn Big Ten Player of the Year honors in 2009 and Walton earn Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year recognition that same season.

Montgomery began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Central Michigan where he became a member of Jay Smith’s fi rst coaching staff in 1997-98. Following a 6-23 season in 1999-2000, the Chippewas made a worst-to-fi rst turnaround the following season as they fi nished the 2000- 01 campaign with a 20-8 record, winning the MAC with a conference mark of 14-4.

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 5 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season

MARK MONTGOMERY’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING HISTORY Year School Overall Conference Postseason Position 1997-98 Central Michigan 5-21 3-15 None Assistant Coach 1998-99 Central Michigan 10-16 7-11 None Assistant Coach 1999-00 Central Michigan 6-23 2-16 None Assistant Coach 2000-01 Central Michigan 20-8 14-4 None Assistant Coach Central Michigan Totals 41-68 26-46

2001-02 Michigan State 19-12 10-6 NCAA First Round Assistant Coach 2002-03 Michigan State 22-13 10-6 NCAA Elite Eight Assistant Coach 2003-04 Michigan State 18-12 12-4 NCAA First Round Assistant Coach 2004-05 Michigan State 26-7 13-3 NCAA Final Four Assistant Coach 2005-06 Michigan State 22-12 8-8 NCAA First Round Assistant Coach 2006-07 Michigan State 23-12 8-8 NCAA Second Round Assistant Coach 2007-08 Michigan State 27-9 12-6 NCAA Sweet 16 Associate Head Coach 2008-09 Michigan State 31-7 15-3 NCAA Championship Game Associate Head Coach 2009-10 Michigan State 28-9 14-4 NCAA Final Four Associate Head Coach 2010-11 Michigan State 19-15 9-9 NCAA First Round Associate Head Coach Michigan State Totals 235-108 111-57

2011-12 NIU 5-26 3-13 None Head Coach 2012-13 NIU 5-25 3-13 None Head Coach 2013-14 NIU 15-17 8-10 None Head Coach 2014-15 NIU 14-16 8-10 None Head Coach 2015-16 NIU 21-13 9-9 Vegas 16 Quarterfi nals Head Coach 2016-17 NIU 15-17 7-11 None Head Coach 2017-18 NIU 13-19 6-12 None Head Coach 2018-19 NIU 17-17 8-10 None Head Coach 2019-20 NIU 18-13 11-7 Canceled Head Coach NIU/Head Coaching Totals 123-163 63-95 Career Coaching Totals 399-339 200-198 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances, 3 Final Fours 2 Big Ten Regular Season Championships 2 MAC West Division Titles 1 MAC Regular Season Championship

HEAD COACHING RECORD BY OPPONENT

Akron 3-9 Illinois Tech 1-0 Olivet Nazarene 1-0 Aurora 1-0 Indiana State 1-1 Oral Roberts 1-0 Ball State 7-11 Indiana Northwest 1-0 Penn 0-1 Bethune-Cookman 1-0 Iowa 0-3 Pittsburgh 0-1 Boise State 0-1 Iowa State 0-3 Purdue 0-1 Bowling Green 5-8 James Madison 0-2 Rockford 3-0 Buff alo 3-8 Judson 2-0 Roosevelt 3-0 Butler 0-1 Kent State 6-7 Saint Francis (Ill.) 1-0 Cal Poly 0-1 Longwood 1-0 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) 1-0 Cal State Northridge 1-1 Loyola Chicago 1-1 Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 0-1 Central Connecticut State 1-0 Maine 1-0 San Jose State 1-0 Central Michigan 9-9 Manhattan 1-0 Seattle 0-1 Chicago State 4-0 Marquette 0-1 SIU Edwardsville 2-1 Coppin State 1-0 Massachusetts 0-2 South Dakota 1-0 Dartmouth 1-1 Miami (Ohio) 7-5 South Florida 1-0 Dayton 0-1 Michigan State 0-1 Southern Illinois 0-1 DePaul 0-3 Milwaukee 0-4 Toledo 9-10 Eastern Illinois 0-3 Minnesota 0-1 UC Davis 1-1 Eastern Michigan 7-15 Mississippi Valley State 1-0 UC Riverside 2-0 Elon 0-1 Missouri 0-1 UC Santa Barbara 0-1 Eureka 1-0 Nebraska Omaha 0-4 UIC 3-2 Florida Atlantic 0-1 Northern Iowa 0-1 Utah Valley 0-1 Florida International 2-0 Northern Kentucky 0-2 Valparaiso 0-2 Green Bay 1-2 Notre Dame 0-1 Washington 0-1 Hampton 1-0 Oakland 2-0 Western Illinois 2-0 Idaho 3-0 Ohio 6-7 Western Michigan 6-14 Illinois Springfi eld 1-0 Ohio State 0-1 Wright State 1-0

6 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL Lamar CHAPMAN Associate Head Coach Fourth Season

Lamar Chapman enters his fourth season on the NIU men’s basketball staff in 2020-21, coming to DeKalb following nine seasons as an assistant coach at Stony Brook University. Prior to the 2019-20 campaign, Chapman was promoted to Associate Head Coach.

Chapman helped the Huskies capture a share of the MAC West Division title in 2019-20, as well as a top-four seed in the conference tournament, 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 history before the year was prematurely ended by the COVID-19 pandemic.

NIU won 11 conference games during the 2019-20 season, its most in 14 seasons, and Huskie senior Eugene German led the MAC in scoring, became NIU’s all-time leading scorer with 2,203 points and became just the eighth player in program history to earn All-America recognition when he was named to the Lou Henson All-America Team. German also earned First Team All-MAC and First Team NABC All-District honors.

In 2018-19, the Huskies earned 17 victories, tied for the sixth-most in school history, and advanced to the Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifi - nals for the fi rst time since 2003. German was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team, becoming the fi rst Huskie to receive that honor since 2003, and also earned Second Team All-MAC and Second Team NABC All-District recognition.

NIU recorded just its third win over a ranked opponent in school history when the Huskies defeated 14th-ranked Buff alo on January 22, the fi rst Huskie win over a ranked foe since 1973.

During the 2017-18 season, his fi rst with the Huskies, NIU had one of its best off ensive teams in recent memory as it averaged more points than any Huskie team since 2001-02 and scored the third-most points (2,319) in a single-season in school history. German led the MAC in scoring while earning Second Team All-MAC and First Team NABC All-District honors.

In his nine seasons at Stony Brook, Chapman helped the Seawolves to four conference regular season championships, the 2016 America East Tournament title and seven postseason appearances, including Stony Brook’s fi rst Division I NCAA Tournament appearance in 2016. During his tenure at Stony Brook, Chapman worked primarily with wings and helped a pair of Seawolves, Muhammad El-Amin and Tommy Brenton, earn America East Player of the Year honors.

Chapman’s nine years at Stony Brook saw the Seawolves post six 22-plus win seasons with 23 all-conference honorees.

Prior to his time at Stony Brook, Chapman spent the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Toledo. In his fi rst season, Chapman helped the Rockets earn their fi rst Mid-American Conference regular season crown in 26 years as Toledo posted a 14-2 conference mark. Chap- man helped mentor Keonta Howell, Justin Ingram and Florentino Valencia to All-MAC honors as well as 2006-07 MAC Defensive Player of the Year, Kashif Payne.

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 collegiate coaching career in Mt. Pleasant, Chapman was the head coach at Muskegon Heights (Mich.) High School in his hometown, leading the Tigers to a 42-9 overall record and a pair of state semifi nal appearances, including a Class B State Runner-Up Finish in 2002.

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, Chapman was named the Muskegon Chronicle Area “Coach of the Year.”

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 South Christian. During his tenure at Muskegon Heights, Chapman coached fi ve student-athletes who received college scholarships.

Chapman played collegiately at Lane College in Jackson, Tenn., where he 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 1993.

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 7 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season Anthony BEANE SR. Assistant Coach Second Season

Anthony Beane Sr. begins his second season as an assistant coach with the NIU men’s basketball program in 2020-21. Beane came to NIU following seven seasons as an assistant coach at Southern Illinois and brought over 20 years of Division I coaching experience, including 14 in the State of Illinois, with him to DeKalb.

In his fi rst season at NIU, Beane helped the Huskies capture a share of the MAC West Division title, as well as a top-four seed in the conference tournament, 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 history before the year was prematurely ended by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before arriving at NIU, Beane helped Southern Illinois post winning seasons in each of his fi nal four seasons on staff , including a 22-win campaign in 2015-16 and a 20-win season in 2017-18, while also fi nishing in the top-four in the Missouri Valley Conference in each of those four years.

SIU had nine all-conference honorees during Beane’s seven seasons, along with a pair of players selected to the Missouri Valley Conference’s All-Newcom- er Team.

Beane’s fi rst Division I coaching opportunity came at Southeast Missouri State, where he spent three seasons from 1997-2000. During that time, Beane helped SEMO to a pair of 20-win seasons, including a 24-7 mark in 1999-2000 which included Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships as well as a trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Following his time at Southeast Missouri State, Beane had the fi rst of two stints at Illinois State, working under Tom Richardson for a pair of seasons (2000-02), helping the Redbirds reach the NIT during the 2000-01 campaign.

A four-year stretch at Saint Louis followed those two seasons in Bloomington as Beane worked on the staff of Brad Soderberg with the Billikens from 2002-06. Saint Louis appeared in the NIT during both the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons.

Beane then returned to Illinois State in 2007, spending fi ve seasons under Tim Jankovich (2007-12) as the Redbirds made four trips to the NIT (2008, ’09, ’10, ’12).

A native of Bernie, Mo., Beane started his collegiate playing career at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff , Mo., where he earned All-America honors and led the team to the National Junior College Athletic Association national championship in 1991. Beane fi nished his collegiate career at Kansas State, playing for current Oregon head coach Dana Altman, where he was named the 1992 Big Eight Conference Newcomer of the Year and was twice an All-Big Eight honoree.

Beane began his coaching career in 1995-96 as an assistant at Allen County Community College in Iola, Kan., and spent the following season at West Plains Community College (now Missouri State-West Plains), helping both teams to 20-win seasons before moving into the Division I ranks at Southeast Missouri State in 1997-98.

Beane and his wife, Katina, have two sons, Anthony Jr., who ranks third all-time in scoring at Southern Illinois, and Darius, a junior on the NIU men’s basketball team in 2020-21.

8 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL Chris MacMARTIN Assistant Coach First Season

Chris MacMartin moves into an assistant coaching role with the NIU men’s basketball team in 2020-21, following one season as the Director of Player Development and Operations with the Huskies. MacMartin moved into a full-time role following two years (2017-19) as NIU’s graduate assistant.

During MacMartin’s one season as Director of Player Development and Operations, the Huskies capture a share of the MAC West Division title, as well as a top-four seed in the conference tournament, 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 history before the year was prematurely ended by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a graduate assistant, MacMartin helped the Huskies to a 17-win season in 2018-19, tied for the sixth-most in program history, while reaching the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifi nals for the fi rst time since 2003.

MacMartin joined the NIU basketball program as a student manager in 2014-15, working for the Huskies for three years as an undergraduate before becoming the program’s graduate assistant. MacMartin also coached the Hononegah High School freshman team for two seasons and has worked with the Hononegah program during the summer.

A native of Rockton, Ill., MacMartin earned his bachelor’s degree in Community Leadership and Civil Engagement from NIU in 2017 and his master’s degree in Adult and Higher Education in 2019.

Nick HANKERSON Graduate Assistant Second Season

Nick Hankerson begins his second season as a graduate assistant with the NIU men’s basketball program in 2020-21. Hankerson is involved in numerous aspects of Huskie basketball, including video breakdown, player development and day-to-day operations.

Hankerson began as a student manager at NIU during the 2015-16 season and worked as a manager for four full seasons before moving into the graduate assistant role during the 2019-20 campaign. Hankerson earned his bachelor’s degree from NIU in communications in 2019 and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in digital marketing.

2019-20: Appeared in 29 games, making 14 starts … Averaged 7.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game … Also tallied 43 assists, 21 steals and fi ve blocks … Aver- aged 24.5 minutes per game … Shot 41.8 percent (71-of-17) from the fi eld, 34 percent (16-of-47) from three and 75 percent (54-of-72) from the free-throw line … Scored in double fi gures nine times … Averaged 8.5 points per game 24after entering the starting lineup at Bowling Green (Jan. 18), starting the fi nal 14 games of the season … Averaged 29.9 minutes per game after moving into the starting lineup … Scored a season-high 15 points against Central Michigan (Feb. 22) … Recorded a season-best nine rebounds against Green Bay (Dec. 21) … Had a season-high four assists twice: against Eastern Michigan (Jan. 11) and Kent State (Feb. 7) … Had a season-high three steals twice: against Coppin State (Nov. 15) and Green Bay (Dec. 21) … Played a season-high 36 minutes against Central Michigan (Feb. 22).

Prior to NIU: Spent one season at Southern Illinois University … Appeared in 32 games, averaging 15.5 minutes per contest … Averaged 3.0 points and 2.8 rebounds per game … Scored a season-high 16 points against Northern Iowa (Jan. 23, 2019) … Grabbed a season-best eight rebounds against Valparaiso (Jan. 12, 2019) … Attended Carbondale High School … Scored 1,617 career points and fi nished as Carbondale’s sixth all-time leading scorer … Averaged 20 points, seven rebounds and four assists per game as a senior at Carbondale in 2017-18 … Named Player of the Year by The Southern Illinoisan … Earned IBCA 3A/4A All-State Second Team honors … Averaged 16 points, fi ve rebounds and three assists as a junior at Carbondale in 2016-17 … Earned IBCA 3A/4A All-State Third Team honors during his junior season.

Personal: Majoring in general studies.

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 Career 61 14 1206 19.8 103 251 .410 28 84 .333 74 99 .747 69 118 187 3.1 65 0 69 1.1 64 1.0 9 0.1 39 0.6 308 5.0

* denotes season played at Southern Illinois

2019-20 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 NORTHERN IOWA NOV. 9 Did not play at Iowa State Nov. 12 Did not play COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 25 3 7 .429 0 1 .000 6 6 1.000 3 3 6 6.0 1 0 2 2 1 3 12 12.0 ROCKFORD NOV. 16 22 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 4 5 .800 2 3 5 5.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 9.0 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 27 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 6 6 1.000 3 2 5 5.3 0 0 2 2 0 2 14 10.7 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 23 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 1 3 4 5.0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 9.8 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 27 3 8 .375 2 4 .500 4 5 .800 2 2 4 4.8 1 0 2 2 0 0 12 10.2 OAKLAND NOV. 25 20 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 4 4 4.7 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 9.2 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 22 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 4.3 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 7.9 at UC Davis Dec. 7 24 2 5 .400 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 3 1 4 4.3 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 7.9 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 11 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 2 2 4.0 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 7.1 at Chicago State Dec. 19 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 0 0 0 3.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.7 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 25 3 6 .500 1 1 1.000 2 5 .400 3 6 9 4.1 3 0 2 1 0 3 9 6.9 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 5 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 17 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 6.2 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 21 2 4 .500 2 3 .667 1 3 .333 1 2 3 3.6 2 0 4 1 0 1 7 6.3 AKRON* JAN. 14 15 2 8 .250 0 3 .000 1 1 1.000 1 1 2 3.5 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 6.2 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 * 31 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 2 4 3.5 2 0 0 3 0 1 8 6.3 at Kent State* Jan. 21 * 34 5 9 .556 1 1 1.000 3 3 1.000 5 3 8 3.8 3 0 2 3 1 0 14 6.8 WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 * 32 5 9 .556 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.7 2 0 2 3 0 2 11 7.0 OHIO* JAN. 28 * 28 2 7 .286 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 1 1 2 3.6 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 6.9 MIAMI* FEB. 1 * 31 4 7 .571 2 3 .667 3 4 .750 2 0 2 3.6 2 0 3 2 0 0 13 7.2 at Toledo* Feb. 4 * 33 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 0 2 2 3.5 2 0 2 4 0 2 11 7.4 KENT STATE* FEB. 7 * 32 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 1 2 3 3.5 3 0 4 0 0 0 5 7.3 at Ball State* Feb. 11 * 20 1 5 .200 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.4 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 7.0 at Miami* Feb. 15 * 33 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 1 3 .333 1 0 1 3.3 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 7.0 CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 * 36 7 11 .636 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 3.2 4 0 2 0 0 1 15 7.3 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 * 31 3 7 .429 1 3 .333 1 1 1.000 3 3 6 3.3 2 0 2 1 1 0 8 7.3 at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 * 33 4 7 .571 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 6 6 3.4 3 0 1 2 0 0 11 7.4 TOLEDO* MARCH 3 * 17 1 4 .250 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 7.3 BALL STATE* MARCH 6 * 27 2 5 .400 2 3 .667 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 3.3 2 0 2 1 1 2 8 7.3

Totals 14 711 71 170 .418 16 47 .340 54 72 .750 39 57 96 3.3 51 0 43 39 5 21 212 7.3

2019-20: Appeared in all 31 games, making one start, in his collegiate debut against Northern Iowa (Nov. 9) … Averaged 5.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game … Ranked 11th in the Mid-American Conference in off ensive rebounds during league play with 1.9 per game … Also recorded 21 steals, 20 assists and eight blocks … Averaged 18.4 minutes per game … Shot 46.9 percent (68-of-145) from 23the fi eld … Recorded a double-double against Ohio (Jan. 28) … Scored in double fi gures seven times … Led NIU in rebounding four times … Scored a season-high 15 points at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25) … Recorded a season-best 10 rebound against Ohio (Jan. 28) … Had a season-high three blocks against Northern Iowa (Nov. 9) … Recorded a season-high three steals against Kent State (Feb. 7) … Played a season-best 32 minutes at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25).

Prior to NIU: Prepped at Bolingbrook High School … Averaged 14 points and 9.5 rebounds per game as a senior in 2018-19 … Missed time at the beginning of his senior season due to injury … Named a Champaign News-Gazette All-State honorable mention selection … Averaged 15 points and eight rebounds per game as a junior in 2017-18 … Earned Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Class 3A/4A All-State Fourth Team honors.

Personal: Major is undecided.

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 Career 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

2019-20 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 NORTHERN IOWA NOV. 9 * 24 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 0 3 3 3.0 4 0 0 2 3 1 5 5.0 at Iowa State Nov. 12 21 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 4 3.5 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 5.0 COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 14 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 4 8 5.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.3 ROCKFORD NOV. 16 24 5 8 .625 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 4 6 5.3 1 0 2 2 1 2 11 5.3 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 11 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4.2 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 4.8 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 22 2 4 .500 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 3.9 2 0 2 1 0 1 6 4.3 OAKLAND NOV. 25 16 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 3.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4.4 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 16 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 3.4 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 4.2 at UC Davis Dec. 7 14 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.1 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 3.8 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 12 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.5 at Chicago State Dec. 19 14 6 7 .857 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 2 2 4 3.2 2 0 1 0 1 0 14 4.3 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 11 2 4 .500 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 0 3 3 3.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 4.5 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 12 2 3 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 4.4 at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 22 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 1 3 .333 1 5 6 3.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 5 4.5 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 14 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 3 3 3.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 4.5 AKRON* JAN. 14 23 3 5 .600 0 2 .000 4 6 .667 5 2 7 3.4 2 0 1 2 0 1 10 4.8 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 20 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 0 1 3.3 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 4.7 at Kent State* Jan. 21 17 3 6 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 6 6 3.4 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 4.8 WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 19 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 3 3 6 3.6 2 0 1 0 0 1 6 4.9 OHIO* JAN. 28 24 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 4 6 .667 5 5 10 3.9 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 5.2 MIAMI* FEB. 1 8 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 2 3 .667 1 2 3 3.8 3 0 0 4 1 0 2 5.0 at Toledo* Feb. 4 17 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.8 KENT STATE* FEB. 7 22 4 14 .286 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 4 2 6 3.8 2 0 0 3 0 3 8 5.0 at Ball State* Feb. 11 26 3 8 .375 1 3 .333 3 4 .750 3 4 7 4.0 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 5.2 at Miami* Feb. 15 25 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 6 9 4.2 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 5.0 CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 19 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 4.2 3 0 2 4 1 1 6 5.0 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 32 7 10 .700 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 4 4 8 4.3 2 0 1 1 0 1 15 5.4 at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 26 3 4 .750 0 1 .000 2 5 .400 1 3 4 4.3 4 0 0 1 0 1 8 5.4 TOLEDO* MARCH 3 18 4 4 1.000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 4.2 2 0 1 1 0 0 10 5.6 BALL STATE* MARCH 6 19 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5.5

Totals 1 571 68 145 .469 8 29 .276 26 44 .591 49 80 129 4.2 65 0 20 38 8 21 170 5.5

2019-20: Appeared in 10 games … Averaged 2.3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game … Averaged 6.8 minutes per game … Shot 40 percent (8-of-20) from the fi eld … Scored a season-high eight points against Rockford (Nov. 16) … Scored seven points in eight minutes against Ball State (March 6) … Had a season-high six rebounds twice: at Iowa State (Nov. 12) and against Rockford (Nov. 16) …32 Played a season-high 16 minutes at Iowa State (Nov. 12).

Prior to NIU: Prepped at Streamwood High School … Averaged 24.9 points and 10.5 rebounds per game as a senior in 2018-19 … Named to the Champaign News-Gazette All-State Second Team, the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Class 4A All-State Third Team and Illinois Associated Press Class 4A All-State honorable mention as a senior … Averaged 16.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game as a junior in 2017-18.

Personal: Major is undecided.

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 Career 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

2019-20 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 NORTHERN IOWA NOV. 9 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 at Iowa State Nov. 12 16 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 4 6 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.5 COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 Did not play ROCKFORD NOV. 16 14 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 2 4 6 4.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 3.7 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 Did not play at Western Illinois Nov. 20 Did not play at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 Did not play OAKLAND NOV. 25 8 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.3 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 Did not play at UC Davis Dec. 7 Did not play at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 Did not play at Chicago State Dec. 19 7 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 2.4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.8 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 Did not play at Buff alo* Jan. 4 Did not play at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 Did not play EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 Did not play AKRON* JAN. 14 7 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2.3 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 at Kent State* Jan. 21 Did not play WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 Did not play OHIO* JAN. 28 Did not play MIAMI* FEB. 1 Did not play at Toledo* Feb. 4 Did not play KENT STATE* FEB. 7 Did not play at Ball State* Feb. 11 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.8 at Miami* Feb. 15 Did not play CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 Did not play at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 Did not play at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 Did not play TOLEDO* MARCH 3 2 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.8 BALL STATE* MARCH 6 8 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 3 5 .600 0 1 1 1.6 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 2.3

Totals 0 68 8 20 .400 0 5 .000 7 12 .583 5 11 16 1.6 9 0 1 3 2 1 23 2.3

2019-20: Did not see game action.

Prior to NIU: Prepped at Antioch Community High School … Averaged20 25.5 points, 6.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game as a senior in 2018-19 … Shot 52.5 percent from the fi eld, 43.5 percent from three-point range and 90 percent from the free-throw line … Earned All-State honorable mention recognition from the Champaign News-Gazette … Claimed three regional championships at Antioch Community and fi nished as the school’s all-time leading scorer.

Personal: Majoring in business administration.

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 Career

2019-20 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 NORTHERN IOWA NOV. 9 Did not play at Iowa State Nov. 12 Did not play COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 Did not play ROCKFORD NOV. 16 Did not play LONGWOOD NOV. 18 Did not play at Western Illinois Nov. 20 Did not play at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 Did not play OAKLAND NOV. 25 Did not play at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 Did not play at UC Davis Dec. 7 Did not play at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 Did not play at Chicago State Dec. 19 Did not play GREEN BAY DEC. 21 Did not play at Buff alo* Jan. 4 Did not play at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 Did not play EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 Did not play AKRON* JAN. 14 Did not play at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 Did not play at Kent State* Jan. 21 Did not play WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 Did not play OHIO* JAN. 28 Did not play MIAMI* FEB. 1 Did not play at Toledo* Feb. 4 Did not play KENT STATE* FEB. 7 Did not play at Ball State* Feb. 11 Did not play at Miami* Feb. 15 Did not play CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 Did not play at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 Did not play at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 Did not play TOLEDO* MARCH 3 Did not play BALL STATE* MARCH 6 Did not play

Totals

2019-20: Started all 31 games … Averaged 7.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game … Also had 29 steals and 10 blocks … Averaged 31.5 minutes per game … Shot 46.7 percent (84-of-180) from the fi eld and 83.3 percent (25-of-30) from the1 free-throw line … Led the Mid-American Conference in three-point percentage, shooting 46.1 percent (41-of-89) form beyond the arc … Ranked fi fth in the MAC in three-point shooting in conference play at 42 percent (21-of-50) … Made seven consecutive three-pointers between Jan. 18 at Bowling Green and Jan. 25 against Western Michigan, tied for the third-longest streak in school history … Scored in double fi gures nine times … Led NIU in assists 12 times … Scored a season-high 18 points against Green Bay (Dec. 21) on 7-of-10 shooting, including 3-of-5 from three-point range … Made a pair of free throws with 20 seconds left to give NIU a one-point victory at Buff alo (Jan. 4) … Grabbed a season-high six rebounds at UC Davis (Dec. 7) … Dished out a season-best six assists against Eastern Michigan (Jan. 11) … Had a season-high three steals twice: at Chicago State (Dec. 19) and against Green Bay (Dec. 21) … Played a season-high 41 minutes against Central Michigan (Feb. 22).

2018-19: Appeared in 21 games, making two starts … Had planned to redshirt before having redshirt pulled before the conference opener at Ohio (Jan. 5) … Av- eraged 2.1 points and 2.2 rebounds per game … Averaged 18.6 minutes per contest … Shot 31.5 percent (17-of-54) from the fi eld, including 25 percent (8-of-32) from three-point range … Recorded 19 assists and 12 steals … Scored a season-best nine points, including 3-of-4 from three-point range, in his collegiate debut at Ohio (Jan. 5) … Grabbed a season-best fi ve rebounds against Buff alo (Jan. 22) and also dished out the assist on the game-winning basket against the 14th-ranked Bulls … Had a season-high three assists against Central Michigan (Jan. 15), Ohio (Jan. 29) and Western Michigan (Feb. 26) … Recorded a season-best three steals at Ohio (Jan. 5) and against Central Michigan (Jan. 15) … Played a season-high 37 minutes at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 9).

High School: Averaged 13.9 points per game during his senior season at Novi … Led Novi to a 17-9 record and the Class A state semifi nals during his senior season … Missed the fi rst portion of his senior year with a broken foot, the Wildcats went 16-4 after he returned … Earned 2018 Michigan AP and Detroit News Class A All- State Honorable Mention recognition … Averaged 12.5 points, 6.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds as a junior in 2016-17 … Helped Novi to a 18-7 record and a conference championship his junior campaign.

Personal: Majoring in kinesiology.

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 Career 52 33 1367 26.3 101 234 .432 49 121 .405 28 34 .824 17 122 139 2.7 121 2 80 1.5 68 1.3 19 0.4 41 0.8 279 5.4

14 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

TRENDON HANKERSON 2018-19 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 ROCKFORD NOV. 6 Did not play NORTHERN KY. NOV. 9 Did not play ILLINOIS TECH NOV. 17 Did not play vs. Oral Roberts Nov. 23 Did not play vs. James Madison Nov. 24 Did not play at Oakland Nov. 25 Did not play at Green Bay Nov. 28 Did not play UC DAVIS DEC. 5 Did not play at Butler Dec. 8 Did not play WESTERN ILLINOIS DEC. 17 Did not play at Northern Kentucky Dec. 20 Did not play CHICAGO STATE DEC. 22 Did not play at Michigan State Dec. 29 Did not play at Ohio* Jan. 5 26 3 4 .750 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4.0 4 0 1 1 1 3 9 9.0 at Miami* Jan. 8 20 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 4.5 AKRON* JAN. 12 13 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 3.0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 15 14 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 2.3 at Kent State* Jan. 19 19 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 2.6 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.2 BUFFALO* JAN. 22 27 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 5 5 3.0 1 0 1 3 1 0 4 2.5 at Akron* Jan. 26 18 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 OHIO* JAN. 29 21 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 3 3 2.8 4 0 3 0 2 0 3 2.3 TOLEDO* FEB. 2 14 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.4 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2.0 BALL STATE* FEB. 5 11 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.3 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.8 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 9 * 37 0 4 .000 0 3 .000 3 4 .750 2 2 4 2.5 5 1 2 2 0 1 3 1.9 at Western Michigan* Feb. 12 * 17 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 BOWLING GREEN* FEB. 16 15 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1.8 at Toledo* Feb. 23 18 2 4 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.4 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 2.0 WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 26 15 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 2.4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.9 EASTERN MICH.* MARCH 2 12 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 2.4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.8 at Central Michigan* March 5 25 2 4 .500 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 2 2 2.4 3 0 0 2 2 0 6 2.0 at Ball State* March 8 19 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 2.4 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 2.0 OHIO MARCH 11 17 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 vs. Toledo March 14 16 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.1 vs. Bowling Green March 15 17 2 4 .500 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 2.1

Totals 2 391 17 54 .315 8 32 .250 3 4 .750 5 42 47 2.2 55 2 19 22 9 12 45 2.1

2019-20 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 NORTHERN IOWA NOV. 9 * 34 4 8 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 4 5 5.0 1 0 1 1 0 1 9 9.0 at Iowa State Nov. 12 * 26 2 5 .400 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 5.0 3 0 1 3 1 0 6 7.5 COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 * 33 3 6 .500 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 5 5 5.0 2 0 2 4 0 1 7 7.3 ROCKFORD NOV. 16 * 19 4 4 1.000 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 3 3 4.5 2 0 3 2 1 1 11 8.3 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 * 31 2 5 .400 2 4 .500 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 3.8 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 8.2 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 * 33 5 9 .556 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.5 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 9.0 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 * 28 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 0 1 1 3.1 3 0 2 4 0 2 4 8.3 OAKLAND NOV. 25 * 28 5 7 .714 4 5 .800 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.0 1 0 4 0 0 1 14 9.0 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 * 32 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 3.0 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 8.2 at UC Davis Dec. 7 * 33 2 7 .286 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 4 6 3.3 3 0 0 1 0 1 5 7.9 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 * 16 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.2 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 7.4 at Chicago State Dec. 19 * 30 4 7 .571 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 0 1 1 3.0 1 0 1 2 0 3 9 7.5 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 * 33 7 10 .700 3 5 .600 1 1 1.000 0 2 2 2.9 4 0 5 1 1 3 18 8.3 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 * 31 0 4 .000 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 2.9 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 7.9 at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 * 31 1 6 .167 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 2.9 1 0 3 3 0 1 4 7.6 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 * 32 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 4 6 .667 0 3 3 2.9 4 0 6 3 0 2 9 7.7 AKRON* JAN. 14 * 35 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 3.0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 7.4 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 * 32 5 9 .556 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 3.1 3 0 1 0 0 0 13 7.7 at Kent State* Jan. 21 * 33 3 6 .500 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 3.1 4 0 3 1 1 1 9 7.7 WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 * 34 4 8 .500 3 3 1.000 0 1 .000 0 5 5 3.2 0 0 2 1 1 1 11 7.9 OHIO* JAN. 28 * 36 1 5 .200 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 3.2 1 0 3 2 1 2 2 7.6 MIAMI* FEB. 1 * 34 1 5 .200 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 3.1 1 0 2 1 0 0 5 7.5 at Toledo* Feb. 4 * 32 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.1 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 7.4 KENT STATE* FEB. 7 * 34 1 6 .167 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 7.2 at Ball State* Feb. 11 * 37 4 8 .500 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 7.3 at Miami* Feb. 15 * 30 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 3 0 2 0 0 0 8 7.3 CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 * 41 4 6 .667 2 3 .667 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 2 0 1 1 0 0 12 7.5 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 * 26 2 7 .286 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 0 3 3 3.0 2 0 2 1 1 0 5 7.4 at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 * 35 1 5 .200 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.9 1 0 2 3 0 2 2 7.2 TOLEDO* MARCH 3 * 35 5 6 .833 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 0 5 5 3.0 3 0 2 0 0 0 13 7.4 BALL STATE* MARCH 6 * 32 4 8 .500 3 6 .500 1 1 1.000 0 2 2 3.0 3 0 0 3 1 1 12 7.5

Totals 31 976 84 180 .467 41 89 .461 25 30 .833 12 80 92 3.0 66 0 61 46 10 29 234 7.5

2019-20: Appeared in 27 games, all coming off the bench … Averaged 0.7 points and 1.5 rebounds per game … Tallied three assists, two blocks and two steals … Played 6.1 minutes per contest … Scored in double fi gures once, a 10-point performance against Rockford (Nov. 16) on 3-of-4 shooting … Had a season-high fi ve rebounds twice: at Iowa State (Nov. 12) and against Rockford (Nov. 16) … Grabbed 039 percent of his rebounds for the season on the off ensive end (16 off ensive, 25 defensive) … Played a season-high 19 minutes at Iowa State (Nov. 12).

Prior to NIU: Spent the 2018-19 season at South Suburban College in South Holland, Ill. … Led NJCAA Division II with 14.5 rebounds per game in 2018-19, while also averaging 9.7 points per game … Helped South Suburban to a 28-4 overall record and was named to the Region IV District 3 All-Region First Team … Spent the 2017-18 season at Kent State, where he redshirted … Began his collegiate career at Malone University in 2016-17, where he appeared in 22 games, averaging 8.5 minutes per game … Averaged 2.9 points and 3.0 rebounds per game … A three-year letterwinner at Thornton Fractional North, averaging 17 points and 13 rebounds per game as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in advocacy.

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 Career 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

2019-20 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 NORTHERN IOWA NOV. 9 10 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 1 4 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 at Iowa State Nov. 12 19 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 2 5 4.5 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.5 COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 9 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 2 1 3 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 ROCKFORD NOV. 16 17 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 4 10 .400 3 2 5 4.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.3 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 9 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 4.0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2.6 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 9 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.2 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 4 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 OAKLAND NOV. 25 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.9 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.6 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 Did not play at UC Davis Dec. 7 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 Did not play at Chicago State Dec. 19 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 1 1 2 2.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 3 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.4 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 Did not play at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 Did not play AKRON* JAN. 14 5 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 0 2 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 at Kent State* Jan. 21 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 6 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.1 OHIO* JAN. 28 8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.1 MIAMI* FEB. 1 7 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 3 4 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.1 at Toledo* Feb. 4 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 KENT STATE* FEB. 7 7 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 at Ball State* Feb. 11 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 at Miami* Feb. 15 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 7 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 TOLEDO* MARCH 3 10 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 BALL STATE* MARCH 6 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7

Totals 0 164 5 18 .278 0 0 .000 10 22 .455 16 25 41 1.5 23 0 3 5 2 2 20 0.7

2019-20: Appeared in six games … Averaged 3.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game … Also tallied four blocked shots … Played 8.5 minutes per contest … Shot 41.2 percent (7-of-17) from the fi eld and 75 percent (3-of-4) from the free-throw line3 … Made his collegiate debut at UC Davis (Dec. 7), playing two minutes … Scored a season-best seven points at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16) … Had a season-high four rebounds at Buff alo (Jan. 4) … Had a pair of blocks at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16) … Played a season-high 14 minutes twice: at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16) and at Buff alo (Jan. 4).

2018-19: Did not see game action.

High School: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Collins Hill High School … Averaged 15.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per game as a senior in 2017-18 … Helped Collins Hill to a 20-6 record and a trip to the state tournament … Averaged 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game as a junior in 2016-17 … Two- time Georgia All-Region 6-AAAAAAA Second Team honoree.

Personal: Majoring in kinesiology.

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 Career 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

2019-20 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 NORTHERN IOWA NOV. 9 Did not play at Iowa State Nov. 12 Did not play COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 Did not play ROCKFORD NOV. 16 Did not play LONGWOOD NOV. 18 Did not play at Western Illinois Nov. 20 Did not play at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 Did not play OAKLAND NOV. 25 Did not play at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 Did not play at UC Davis Dec. 7 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 14 3 5 .600 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 3.5 at Chicago State Dec. 19 9 0 6 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 1.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3.0 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 9 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.8 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 14 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 2 4 1.6 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 3.2 at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 3 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.0 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 Did not play AKRON* JAN. 14 Did not play at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 Did not play at Kent State* Jan. 21 Did not play WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 Did not play OHIO* JAN. 28 Did not play MIAMI* FEB. 1 Did not play at Toledo* Feb. 4 Did not play KENT STATE* FEB. 7 Did not play at Ball State* Feb. 11 Did not play at Miami* Feb. 15 Did not play CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 Did not play at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 Did not play at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 Did not play TOLEDO* MARCH 3 Did not play BALL STATE* MARCH 6 Did not play

Totals 0 51 7 17 .412 1 5 .200 3 4 .750 4 5 9 1.5 3 0 1 3 4 0 18 3.0

2019-20: Appeared in 27 games, making one start, at Western Michigan (Feb. 29) … Averaged 4.4 points and 1.4 rebounds per game … Also tallied 11 assists and 10 steals … Averaged 11.3 minutes per game … Shot 39.5 percent (45-of-114) from 5the fi eld and 35.6 percent (26-of-73) from three-point range … Ranked 19th in the Mid-American Conference in three-point percentage in league play, shooting 36.2 percent (17-of-47) … Averaged 6.7 points per game over the fi nal seven games of the season, shooting 37.9 percent (11-of-29) from three-point range … Scored a season-high 15 points, on 5-of-9 from three-point range, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25) … Had a season-high fi ve rebounds against Miami (Feb. 1) … Recorded a season-best three steals at Western Michigan (Feb. 29) … Played a season-high 20 minutes twice: against Northern Iowa (Nov. 9) and at Western Michigan (Feb. 29).

2018-19: Appeared in 21 games, all off the bench … Averaged 1.8 points and 0.6 rebounds per game … Shot 38.2 percent (13-of-34) from the fi eld and 36.8 percent (7-of-19) from three-point range … Tallied 11 assists and seven steals … Averaged 7.1 minutes per game … Scored in double fi gures once, a 15-point performance, including 3-of-3 from three-point range, against Chicago State (Dec. 22) … Recorded a season-high four assists at Oakland (Nov. 25) … Played a season-best 20 minutes at Green Bay (Nov. 28).

Prior to NIU: Spent one season at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyo. … Averaged 17.6 points, 4.5 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game at LCCC … Shot 45.6 percent from the fi eld, 37.1 percent from three and 85.9 percent from the free-throw line, which ranked 18th nationally in NJCAA Division I … Had a 2.3 assist-turnover ratio and recorded 1.8 steals per game … Scored 45 points on Nov. 4, 2017 against Sheridan College … Helped the Golden Eagles to a 17-14 overall record.

Personal: Majoring in psychology.

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 0 150 7.1 13 34 .382 7 19 .368 4 7 .571 1 11 12 0.6 7 0 11 0.5 7 0.3 0 0.0 7 0.3 37 1.8 2019-20 27 1 305 11.3 45 114 .395 26 73 .356 3 4 .750 6 33 39 1.4 27 0 11 0.4 9 0.3 0 0.0 10 0.4 119 4.4 Career 48 1 455 9.5 58 148 .392 33 92 .359 7 11 .636 7 44 51 1.1 34 0 22 0.5 16 0.3 0 0.0 17 0.4 156 3.3

ZAIRE MATEEN 2018-19 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 ROCKFORD NOV. 6 Did not play NORTHERN KY. NOV. 9 16 2 3 .667 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 6.0 ILLINOIS TECH NOV. 17 11 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 5.0 vs. Oral Roberts Nov. 23 13 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 3.3 vs. James Madison Nov. 24 4 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 at Oakland Nov. 25 9 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 2.6 at Green Bay Nov. 28 20 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 UC DAVIS DEC. 5 Did not play at Butler Dec. 8 9 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.9 WESTERN ILLINOIS DEC. 17 13 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 0 2 2 0.8 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.1 at Northern Kentucky Dec. 20 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 CHICAGO STATE DEC. 22 15 6 6 1.000 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 1 0 0 2 0 2 15 3.2 at Michigan State Dec. 29 11 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 3.2 at Ohio* Jan. 5 Did not play at Miami* Jan. 8 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 AKRON* JAN. 12 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.8 CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 15 Did not play at Kent State* Jan. 19 Did not play BUFFALO* JAN. 22 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.6 at Akron* Jan. 26 Did not play OHIO* JAN. 29 Did not play TOLEDO* FEB. 2 1 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 BALL STATE* FEB. 5 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 9 0+ 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 at Western Michigan* Feb. 12 Did not play BOWLING GREEN* FEB. 16 8 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 at Toledo* Feb. 23 Did not play WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 26 Did not play EASTERN MICH.* MARCH 2 3 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 at Central Michigan* March 5 4 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 at Ball State* March 8 Did not play OHIO MARCH 11 Did not play vs. Toledo March 14 Did not play vs. Bowling Green March 15 0+ 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8

Totals 0 150 13 34 .382 7 19 .368 4 7 .571 1 11 12 0.6 7 0 11 7 0 7 37 1.8

18 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

2019-20 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 NORTHERN IOWA NOV. 9 20 2 6 .333 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 4.0 at Iowa State Nov. 12 6 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 Did not play ROCKFORD NOV. 16 Did not play LONGWOOD NOV. 18 8 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 6 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.8 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.8 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 3 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.8 OAKLAND NOV. 25 10 2 5 .400 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.8 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 3.3 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 Did not play at UC Davis Dec. 7 13 3 5 .600 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 3.9 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 15 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 1 2 3 1.3 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 3.8 at Chicago State Dec. 19 12 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 17 3 7 .429 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1.3 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 3.9 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 11 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.0 at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 13 2 4 .500 1 1 1.000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 4.1 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 5 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 AKRON* JAN. 14 9 1 5 .200 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.7 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 7 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.7 at Kent State* Jan. 21 4 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.6 WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 Did not play OHIO* JAN. 28 1 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 MIAMI* FEB. 1 16 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 1 4 5 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.7 at Toledo* Feb. 4 10 3 5 .600 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.3 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.8 KENT STATE* FEB. 7 6 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.6 at Ball State* Feb. 11 18 4 6 .667 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 4 4 1.3 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 3.9 at Miami* Feb. 15 18 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.3 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 3.9 CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 14 2 4 .500 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.0 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 17 5 9 .556 5 9 .556 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.3 2 0 2 2 0 0 15 4.5 at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 * 20 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 4.6 TOLEDO* MARCH 3 12 2 5 .400 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 3 3 1.4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.6 BALL STATE* MARCH 6 14 0 5 .000 0 5 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 1.4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.4

Totals 1 305 45 114 .395 26 73 .356 3 4 .750 6 33 39 1.4 27 0 11 9 0 10 119 4.4

2019-20: Appeared in 27 games, making four starts … Averaged 3.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per game … Also recorded 19 blocks, nine assists and six steals … Averaged 11.0 minutes per game … Shot 34.4 percent (31-of-90) from the fi eld and 70.6 percent (12-of-17) from the free-throw line … Took 55.6 percent of his fi eld goal attempts from three-point range … Made his fi rst career start at25 Iowa State (Nov. 12) … Scored a season-high 18 points against Coppin State (Nov. 15) … Had a season-high eight rebounds twice: against Coppin State (Nov. 15) and Rockford (Nov. 16) … Recorded a season-high three steals at Western Illinois (Nov. 20) … Played a season-best 28 minutes against Coppin State (Nov. 15).

Prior to NIU: Played two seasons at Olney Central College in Olney, Ill. … Averaged 10.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, starting all 31 contests, as a sophomore at Olney Central in 2018-19 … Shot 55.7 percent from the fi eld, 38.2 percent form three-point range and 76.9 percent from the free-throw line as a sophomore … Earned All-Region 24 and All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference honors in 2018-19 … Averaged 6.9 points and 4.5 rebounds per game as a freshman at Olney Central in 2017-18, shooting 48.7 percent from the fi eld and 76.8 percent from the free-throw line.

Personal: Majoring in general studies.

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 Career 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

2019-20 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME

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 NORTHERN IOWA NOV. 9 17 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 1 3 .333 3 4 7 7.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.0 at Iowa State Nov. 12 * 10 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 1 4 5.5 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 1.5 COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 * 28 5 12 .417 4 7 .571 4 6 .667 5 3 8 6.3 2 0 2 1 1 0 18 7.0 ROCKFORD NOV. 16 * 17 4 8 .500 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 6 8 6.8 1 0 1 0 1 1 9 7.5 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 * 23 2 7 .286 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 1 2 3 6.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 7.0 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 24 4 7 .571 3 5 .600 2 2 1.000 1 5 6 6.0 3 0 2 0 1 3 13 8.0 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 14 1 4 .250 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 1 3 4 5.7 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 7.3 OAKLAND NOV. 25 11 2 5 .400 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 2 5.3 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 7.0 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 12 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 2 2 4.9 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 6.6 at UC Davis Dec. 7 7 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4.4 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 6.2 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 13 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4.4 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 6.1 at Chicago State Dec. 19 9 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 1 0 1 4.1 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 6.1 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 19 1 4 .250 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 3 3 4.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5.8 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 Did not play at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 Did not play EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 15 3 7 .429 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.9 AKRON* JAN. 14 8 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.5 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 10 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.1 at Kent State* Jan. 21 3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 10 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 3.6 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 4.7 OHIO* JAN. 28 11 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.5 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4.6 MIAMI* FEB. 1 Did not play at Toledo* Feb. 4 Did not play KENT STATE* FEB. 7 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 at Ball State* Feb. 11 3 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.2 at Miami* Feb. 15 2 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.9 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 6 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.7 at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.6 TOLEDO* MARCH 3 5 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 2.7 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 3.4 BALL STATE* MARCH 6 10 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.3

Totals 4 298 31 90 .344 15 50 .300 12 17 .706 21 49 70 2.6 40 1 9 10 19 6 89 3.3

Prior to NIU: Spent two seasons at Middle Tennessee State University … Played in 25 games during the 2019-20 season, averaging 2.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game while averaging 12.2 minutes per contest … Shot 46.9 percent from the fi eld … Scored a season-high 10 points against UAB (Feb. 15, 2019) … Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds against Columbia International 50(Dec. 3, 2019) … Had a season-high fi ve assists against Mars Hill (Nov. 13, 2019) … Appeared in nine games in 2018-19, making seven starts, averaging 2.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game … Had a season-high fi ve rebounds and fi ve assists against Charleston Southern (Nov. 16, 2018) … Prepped at Plymouth High School in Plymouth, Mich. … Averaged 22.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game as a senior at Plymouth, shooting 52 percent from the fi eld and 40 percent from three … Earned Second Team All-Area recognition from Detroit Free Press.

Personal: Majoring in psychology.

Tavon JONES 6-3 | 180 | Junior | Guard Linden, N.J. | Odessa College

Prior to NIU: Spent two seasons at Odessa College in Odessa, Texas … Averaged 13.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game as a sophomore at Odessa in 2019-20, shooting 49.8 percent from the fi eld, 35.6 percent from three and 72.3 percent from the free-throw line … Earned All-Western Junior College Athletic Conference honorable mention recognition in 2019-20 … Averaged 6.5 points and 1.54 rebounds per game as a freshman at Odessa in 2018-19 … Prepped at Linden High School in Linden, N.J., where he averaged 25.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game as a senior in 2017-18 … Named the 2017-18 Home News Tribune Boys Basketball Player of the Year and fi rst team all-state by NJ.com … Also earned NJ.com First Team All-State honors as a junior in 2016-17 and Second Team recognition as a sophomore in 2015-16 … Finished his high school career as Linden’s second leading scorer with 1,766 career points.

Personal: Majoring in communications.

Zool KUETH 6-7 | 200 | Junior | Forward Gallatin, Tenn. | Pratt Community College

Prior to NIU: Comes to NIU following one season at Pratt Community College in Pratt, Kansas … Averaged 14.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game as a sophomore at Pratt, shooting 77.9 percent from the free-throw line … Named to the All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference West Second Team … Began his collegiate career at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, 12Fla., where he averaged 6.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game … Prepped at Gallatin High School in Gallatin, Tenn., where he was named the Sumner County Player of the Year by the Gallatin News, All-District 9-AAA and Second Team All-Mid State as a senior in 2017-18.

Personal: Majoring in leadership and management.

Prior to NIU: Comes to NIU from Daytona State College in Daytona Beach, Fla. … Averaged 6.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore at Daytona State in 2019-20, shooting 69.8 percent from the fi eld and 75 percent from the free-throw line … Named to the All-Mid-Florida Conference Second Team … Began his collegiate career at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, Fla., Averaged13 8.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game at Palm Beach State as a freshman in 2018-19, shooting 58.1 percent from the fi eld … Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, but spent his last prep season at the RISE Centre Academy in Brantford, Ontario, and was selected to play in the 2018 BioSteel All-Canadian High School Basketball Game.

Personal: Majoring in psychology.

Chinedu Kingsley OKANU 6-7 | 225 | Junior | Forward Gary, Ind. | Vincennes University

Prior to NIU: Spent two seasons at Vincennes University in Vincennes, Ind. … Averaged 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore in 2019-20, shooting 54.6 percent from the fi eld … Earned NJCAA Division I District 24 All-Region honors while helping Vincennes to a 28-5 record … Averaged 2.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game as a freshman in 2018-19 as Vincennes posted a 34-2 record11 and won its fi rst national championship since 1972 … Prepped at Bowman Academic in Gary, Ind., where he averaged 11.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game as a senior in 2017-18, earning Post-Tribune All-Area Second Team and Times of Northwest Indiana All-Area honorable mention recognition.

Personal: Majoring in fi nance.

Kaleb THORNTON 6-0 | 170 | Sophomore | Guard Bolingbrook, Ill. | Iowa Western Community College

Prior to NIU: Spent one season at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluff s, Iowa … Averaged 10.8 points, 3.4 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game as a freshman at Iowa Western in 2019-20, shooting 75 percent from the free-throw line … Earned NJCAA Division I Region X1 All-Region Second Team honors … Prepped at Bolingbrook High School in Bolingbrook, Ill., where he earned IBCA2 3A/4A All-State Second Team honors as a senior in 2017-18 and Third Team honors in 2016-17.

Personal: Majoring in business administration.

22 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL 2019-20 SEASON IN REVIEW

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 23 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season

2019-20: RESULTS Record Overall Home Away Neutral All Games 18-13 11-4 7-9 Conference Games 11-7 7-2 4-5 Non-Conference Games 7-6 4-2 3-4

Date Opponent Result Attendance Top Scorer Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Nov. 5 Roosevelt (Exhibition) W, 85-50 422 German (19) Johnson (12) Cochran (4) Beane (2) Scott (2) Nov. 9 Northern Iowa L, 64-54 1,003 German (21) James (10) four tied at (1) Henry-Hayes (2) Cochran (3) Mateen (2) Nov. 12 at Iowa State L, 70-52 13,762 German (24) Daow (7) three tied at (1) fi ve tied at (1) Cole (1) Hankerson (1) Nov. 15 Coppin State^ W, 81-69 695 German (23) Cochran (8) German (3) Beane (3) three tied at (1) Scott (8) Nov. 16 Rockford^ W, 96-48 729 German (21) Scott (8) Daow (4) Cochran (2) fi ve tied at (1) Henry-Hayes (2) Nov. 18 Longwood^ W, 65-48 601 Beane (14) James (10) German (4) German (3) James (4) McCarty (10) Nov. 20 at Western Illinois W, 86-81 684 German (26) McCarty (7) German (6) Scott (3) three tied at (1) Nov. 23 at SIU Edwardsville^ W, 68-64 627 German (23) James (9) German (3) three tied at (2) four tied at (1) Nov. 25 Oakland W, 74-50 730 German (21) James (13) Hankerson (4) German (3) none Dec. 5 at Saint Mary’s L, 61-49 2,816 German (16) James (7) German (2) German (2) Scott (1) Dec. 7 at UC Davis L, 66-57 949 German (16) James (9) McCarty (2) three tied at (1) three tied at (1) Dec. 16 at Pittsburgh L, 59-50 7,015 German (18) James (9) German (3) Beane (1) Lee (2) German (1) Dec. 19 at Chicago State W, 75-60 255 German (22) James (7) German (4) Hankerson (3) three tied at (1) Dec. 21 Green Bay L, 85-84 1,123 German (21) Beane (9) German (6) Beane (3) Hankerson (1) Hankerson (3) Scott (1) Jan. 4 at Buff alo* W, 73-72 3,069 German (26) James (13) Daow (3) German (2) Hankerson (1) McCarty (3) Hankerson (2) Lee (1) Jan. 7 at Central Michigan* L, 68-67 1,519 German (20) James (7) German (4) Daow (3) Cochran (1) Jan. 11 Eastern Michigan* W, 71-68 1,074 German (17) three tied at (7) Hankerson (6) Hankerson (2) none James (2) Jan. 14 Akron* L, 72-49 884 German (17) German (8) three tied at (2) four tied at (1) James (2) McCarty (8) Jan. 18 at Bowling Green* L, 66-64 1,925 German (19) McCarty (8) German (3) James (2) none McCarty (3) McCarty (2) Jan. 21 at Kent State* W, 76-69 2,211 German (17) Beane (8) Hankerson (3) James (2) three tied at (1) German (8) Jan. 25 Western Michigan* W, 58-52 1,030 German (12) James (7) four tied at (2) Beane (2) three tied at (1) McCarty (7) Jan. 28 Ohio* W, 61-59 783 German (18) Cochran (10) Hankerson (3) Hankerson (2) Hankerson (1) Scott (1) Feb. 1 Miami* W, 70-55 1,492 German (21) James (10) German (6) German (2) Cochran (1) James (1) Feb. 4 at Toledo* W, 66-61 3,877 German (25) James (13) Beane (2) three tied at (2) none Hankerson (2) Feb. 7 Kent State* W, 57-54 1,385 German (27) James (11) Beane (4) Cochran (3) Hankerson (1) Feb. 11 at Ball State* L, 63-59 4,288 German (18) James (8) four tied at (1) Hankerson (2) three tied at (1) Mateen (2) Feb. 15 at Miami* L, 65-60 3,831 German (21) Cochran (9) Hankerson (2) four tied at (1) James (4) Feb. 22 Central Michigan* W, 82-81 (ot) 3,016 German (23) German (9) German (3) German (2) Cochran (1) James (9) McCarty (1) Feb. 25 at Eastern Michigan* W, 73-71 1,378 German (27) Cochran (8) McCarty (6) McCarty (2) fi ve tied at (1) Feb. 29 at Western Michigan* L, 72-69 2,488 German (23) James (7) German (2) Mateen (3) James (4) Hankerson (2) March 3 Toledo* W, 71-50 1,019 German (22) James (11) German (3) Daow (1) McCarty (2) James (1) Scott (2) March 6 Ball State* L, 75-54 1,749 German (17) McCarty (6) German (3) James (3) Scott (2) McCarty (3)

Mid-American Conference Tournament March 12 vs. Miami March 13 vs. Akron/Ohio March 14 Championship Game

* denotes Mid-American Conference games ^ denotes Collegiate Hoops Roadshow Presented by AtmosAir

24 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATISTICS

Date Game W/L Score FG-FGA PCT. 3F-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D TOT F/EJ A TO BLK STL 1st 2nd ot ot TP

N9 NIU L 54 22-63 .349 6-23 .261 4-7 .571 12-28 40 15/0 4 9 6 5 24 30 - - 54 Northern Iowa 64 25-61 .410 9-27 .333 5-8 .625 10-31 41 13/0 12 7 2 1 40 24 - - 64 N12 NIU L 52 18-60 .300 7-24 .292 9-16 .563 19-28 47 19/1 3 20 2 5 34 18 - - 52 at Iowa State 70 26-60 .433 3-25 .120 15-22 .682 9-27 36 16/0 14 9 8 10 31 39 - - 70 N15 NIU W 81 24-61 .393 7-23 .304 26-34 .765 15-36 51 16/0 10 20 3 5 37 44 - - 81 Coppin State 69 23-62 .371 10-37 .270 13-20 .650 7-26 33 28/1 9 17 3 7 29 40 - - 69 N16 NIU W 96 34-66 .515 9-19 .474 19-30 .633 18-33 51 11/0 18 11 5 7 46 50 - - 96 Rockford 48 20-62 .323 7-29 .241 1-2 .500 10-20 30 22/0 10 19 3 3 28 20 - - 48 N18 NIU W 65 21-54 .389 8-26 .308 15-19 .789 13-34 47 16/0 10 19 5 10 34 31 - - 65 Longwood 48 16-57 .281 7-29 .241 9-12 .750 9-21 30 20/0 7 17 2 7 24 24 - - 48 N20 NIU W 86 32-64 .500 12-26 .462 10-14 .714 8-27 35 13/0 17 8 3 4 41 45 - - 86 at Western Illinois 81 29-62 .468 12-23 .522 11-12 .917 6-27 33 17/0 18 8 4 1 36 45 - - 81 N23 NIU W 68 21-54 .389 10-24 .417 16-19 .842 12-25 37 12/0 14 17 4 7 34 34 - - 68 at SIU Edwardsville 64 25-52 .481 4-15 .267 10-13 .769 3-23 26 19/1 18 15 3 6 32 32 - - 64 N25 NIU W 74 30-50 .500 13-24 .542 1-7 .143 6-29 35 19/0 15 9 0 6 34 40 - - 74 Oakland 50 15-50 .300 3-21 .143 17-20 .850 9-28 37 10/0 6 13 2 5 29 21 - - 50 D5 NIU L 49 18-50 .360 5-20 .250 8-13 .615 10-22 32 14/0 7 13 1 5 22 27 - - 49 at Saint Mary’s 61 20-51 .392 9-26 .346 12-14 .857 9-25 34 13/0 12 9 6 6 30 31 - - 61 D7 NIU L 57 19-55 .345 6-27 .222 13-13 1.00 9-22 31 20/0 5 13 3 3 34 23 - - 57 at UC Davis 66 23-48 .479 6-21 .286 14-17 .824 4-26 30 17/0 8 12 1 3 36 30 - - 66 D16 NIU L 50 21-59 .356 7-28 .250 1-2 .500 13-27 40 20/0 8 15 3 2 30 20 - - 50 at Pittsburgh 59 21-55 .382 4-17 .235 13-17 .765 10-25 35 7/0 11 7 2 7 29 30 - - 59 D19 NIU W 75 23-57 .404 5-21 .238 24-36 .667 11-26 37 19/0 10 8 3 8 42 33 - - 75 at Chicago State 60 20-56 .357 6-21 .286 14-16 .875 9-30 39 28/2 12 17 3 4 29 31 - - 60 D21 NIU L 84 32-67 .478 12-25 .480 8-19 .421 10-28 38 16/0 15 7 2 6 42 42 - - 84 Green Bay 85 30-63 .476 13-22 .591 12-17 .706 8-32 40 17/0 19 8 2 4 44 41 - - 85 J4 NIU W 73 29-54 .537 9-20 .450 6-14 .420 10-30 40 22/0 12 17 2 4 41 32 - - 73 at Buffalo* 72 24-69 .348 9-33 .273 15-24 .625 19-20 39 16/0 15 6 3 10 32 40 - - 72 J7 NIU L 67 27-58 .466 3-13 .231 10-14 .714 7-25 32 22/1 9 13 1 7 36 31 - - 67 at Central Michigan* 68 24-54 .444 5-22 .227 15-20 .750 8-27 35 16/0 8 15 4 9 33 35 - - 69 J11 NIU W 71 23-56 .411 7-18 .389 18-25 .720 10-33 43 19/0 18 14 0 8 32 39 - - 71 Eastern Michigan* 68 25-61 .410 6-25 .240 12-17 .706 8-28 36 22/2 14 13 4 8 24 44 - - 68 J14 NIU L 49 18-73 .247 5-28 .179 8-12 .667 22-28 50 18/1 8 10 5 4 20 29 - - 49 Akron* 72 27-57 .474 11-28 .393 7-11 .636 6-35 41 16/1 13 9 4 4 44 28 - - 72 J18 NIU L 64 23-57 .404 6-20 .300 12-14 .857 8-24 32 20/1 7 10 0 8 27 37 - - 64 at Bowling Green* 66 19-58 .328 7-25 .280 21-24 .875 16-26 42 12/0 7 10 1 3 36 30 - - 66 J21 NIU W 76 26-58 .448 7-15 .467 17-21 .810 15-30 45 18/0 8 12 3 5 41 35 - - 76 at Kent State* 69 25-61 .410 10-30 .333 9-15 .600 9-18 28 19/1 12 9 7 5 33 36 - - 69 J25 NIU W 58 23-63 .365 6-22 .273 6-11 .545 17-30 47 15/1 12 9 3 6 26 32 - - 58 Western Michigan* 52 18-54 .333 8-25 .320 8-16 .500 10-27 37 12/0 9 11 6 5 26 26 - - 52 J28 NIU W 61 23-53 .434 7-16 .438 8-13 .615 11-27 38 20/0 9 9 2 3 27 34 - - 61 Ohio* 59 21-53 .396 7-24 .292 10-18 .556 10-23 33 16/0 10 9 2 6 32 27 - - 59 F1 NIU W 70 25-54 .463 7-20 .350 13-18 .722 9-30 39 17/0 12 15 2 4 28 42 - - 70 Miami* 55 20-58 .345 7-26 .269 8-12 .667 9-24 33 19/0 9 13 1 3 25 30 - - 55 F4 NIU W 66 24-51 .471 6-13 .462 12-16 .750 7-24 31 16/0 8 10 0 7 32 34 - - 66 at Toledo* 61 20-48 .417 8-23 .348 13-16 .813 7-21 28 14/0 13 11 4 2 26 35 - - 61 F7 NIU W 57 23-57 .404 5-16 .313 6-11 .545 10-26 36 16/0 11 9 1 5 32 25 - - 57 Kent State* 54 18-49 .367 6-24 .250 12-21 .571 12-27 39 14/0 12 15 2 4 32 22 - - 54 F11 NIU L 59 24-60 .400 6-26 .231 5-12 .417 12-21 33 23/0 4 11 3 6 22 37 - - 59 at Ball State* 63 18-41 .439 8-23 .348 19-27 .704 6-28 34 13/0 11 15 2 4 29 34 - - 63 F15 NIU L 60 21-53 .396 5-16 .313 13-19 .684 10-27 37 16/0 5 9 4 4 37 33 - - 60 at Miami* 65 23-50 .460 5-20 .250 14-20 .700 4-26 30 16/0 10 7 2 4 31 34 - - 65 F22 NIU W 82 29-66 .439 6-13 .462 18-24 .439 12-31 43 20/0 12 11 2 6 32 40 10 - 82 Central Michigan* 81 29-67 .433 5-21 .238 18-22 .818 9-28 37 18/1 10 10 3 5 27 45 9 - 81 F25 NIU W 73 27-59 .458 14-33 .424 5-7 .714 15-20 35 20/0 17 12 5 3 37 36 - - 73 at Eastern Michigan* 71 22-52 .423 7-22 .318 20-28 .714 12-17 29 9/0 13 6 4 7 37 34 - - 71 F29 NIU L 69 27-56 .482 6-18 .333 9-18 .500 7-20 27 17/0 6 11 4 9 24 45 - - 69 at Western Michigan* 72 26-48 .542 12-19 .632 8-13 .615 6-28 34 18/0 16 17 3 2 32 70 - - 72 M3 NIU W 71 26-52 .500 8-17 .471 11-13 .846 7-35 42 20/0 8 12 5 2 33 38 - - 71 Toledo* 50 17-57 .298 5-24 .208 11-17 .647 8-21 29 15/1 9 6 3 5 17 33 - - 50 M6 NIU L 54 18-64 .281 6-27 .222 12-18 .667 16-16 32 19/1 10 8 4 9 24 30 - - 54 Ball State* 75 22-43 .512 10-23 .435 21-24 .875 7-34 41 19/0 10 18 3 2 36 39 - - 75 M12 NIU vs. Miami M13 NIU vs. Akron/Ohio M14 NIU Championship Game

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 25 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season

GAME-BY-GAME PLAYER STATISTICS (PTS-REB-AST)

0 • JOHNSON 1 • HANKERSON 2 • DAOW 3 • LEE 4 • JAMES 5 • MATEEN 10 • GERMAN 11 • McCARTY

N9 NORTHERN IOWA 0-4-1 9-5-1 DNP DNP 4-10-0 4-0-1 21-4-0 DNP N12 at Iowa State 1-5-0 6-5-1 2-7-0 DNP 5-5-0 0-0-0 24-6-1 DNP N15 COPPIN STATE 2-3-0 7-5-2 6-5-0 DNP 11-5-1 DNP 23-7-3 2-0-0 N16 ROCKFORD 10-5-0 11-3-3 6-2-4 DNP 7-2-1 DNP 21-4-2 1-4-2 N18 LONGWOOD 0-3-1 8-1-0 0-5-0 DNP 11-10-1 2-2-0 12-3-4 10-10-1 N20 at Western Illinois 0-2-0 13-2-2 4-1-1 DNP 9-5-0 5-1-1 26-6-6 9-7-3 N23 at SIU Edwardsville 0-1-0 4-1-2 0-1-0 DNP 10-9-2 3-0-0 23-0-3 7-7-2 N25 OAKLAND 0-0-1 14-2-4 5-1-0 DNP 5-13-0 6-2-2 21-2-3 7-7-2 D5 at Saint Mary’s DNP 2-3-1 7-1-1 DNP 9-7-0 DNP 16-3-2 4-4-1 D7 at UC Davis 0-0-0 5-6-0 6-2-0 0-0-0 10-9-0 7-2-0 16-4-1 2-2-2 D16 at Pittsburgh DNP 2-2-1 0-3-0 7-1-0 8-9-1 3-3-1 18-3-3 6-6-1 D19 at Chicago State 0-2-0 9-1-1 4-0-0 2-3-1 12-7-1 0-1-0 22-6-4 2-3-2 D21 GREEN BAY 2-0-0 18-2-5 0-2-1 2-0-0 12-8-0 9-2-1 21-3-6 2-3-0 J4 at Buff alo* DNP 2-3-2 6-4-3 5-4-0 18-13-1 5-1-0 26-2-2 7-9-3 J7 at Central Michigan* 0-0-0 4-3-3 6-5-0 2-1-0 14-7-0 5-0-1 20-2-4 6-5-1 J11 EASTERN MICHIGAN* DNP 9-3-6 2-1-1 DNP 4-7-1 0-2-0 17-7-2 14-7-3 J14 AKRON* 0-2-0 2-4-2 0-1-0 DNP 6-5-0 3-0-0 17-8-2 3-8-0 J18 at Bowling Green* 0-0-0 13-4-1 0-0-0 DNP 8-7-0 3-0-0 19-4-3 10-8-3 J21 at Kent State* 0-0-0 9-4-3 7-3-0 DNP 16-4-0 3-2-0 17-8-2 4-6-0 J25 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 2-2-0 11-5-2 6-5-1 DNP 6-7-1 DNP 12-3-1 2-7-2 J28 OHIO* 2-2-0 2-4-3 0-0-1 DNP 3-8-0 0-0-0 18-1-2 16-6-1 F1 MIAMI* 1-4-0 5-1-2 2-3-1 DNP 12-10-0 8-5-0 21-4-6 6-6-0 F4 at Toledo* 0-2-0 5-2-2 4-0-0 DNP 8-13-1 6-1-1 25-1-1 7-4-1 F7 KENT STATE* 0-1-0 3-1-2 2-1-0 DNP 8-11-0 0-0-0 27-6-3 4-3-2 F11 at Ball State* 0-0-0 9-3-1 0-0-0 DNP 6-8-1 10-4-0 18-7-1 2-1-0 F15 at Miami* 0-0-0 8-3-2 0-1-0 DNP 13-8-0 4-1-0 21-5-1 9-7-1 F22 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 0-1-0 12-3-1 9-2-0 DNP 11-9-1 6-2-0 23-9-3 0-8-2 F25 at Eastern Michigan* 0-1-0 5-3-2 0-0-0 DNP 3-3-0 15-1-2 27-4-4 0-6-6 F29 at Western Michigan* 0-0-0 2-1-2 0-0-0 DNP 11-7-0 7-1-0 23-0-2 7-3-1 M3 TOLEDO* 0-1-0 13-5-2 10-1-1 DNP 11-11-1 5-3-0 22-1-3 2-6-0 M6 BALL STATE* 0-0-0 12-2-0 0-1-1 DNP 6-3-0 0-3-1 17-3-3 2-6-3 M12 v. Miami M13 v. Akron/Ohio M14 Championship Game

21 • TRAVIS 22 • HENRY-HAYES 23 • COCHRAN 24 • BEANE 25 • SCOTT 32 • COLE 55 • FILIPPONE

N9 NORTHERN IOWA DNP 8-4-1 5-3-0 DNP 3-7-0 0-0-0 DNP N12 at Iowa State DNP 6-1-0 5-4-1 DNP 0-4-0 3-6-0 DNP N15 Coppin State DNP 0-0-0 0-8-0 12-6-2 18-8-2 DNP DNP N16 ROCKFORD DNP 6-1-3 11-6-2 6-5-0 9-8-1 8-6-0 DNP N18 LONGWOOD DNP 0-0-0 3-0-1 14-5-2 5-3-0 DNP DNP N20 at Western Illinois DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 7-4-2 13-6-2 DNP DNP N23 at SIU Edwardsville DNP DNP 6-6-2 12-4-2 3-4-1 DNP DNP N25 OAKLAND DNP DNP 5-1-1 4-4-2 5-2-0 2-0-0 DNP D5 at Saint Mary’s DNP 5-0-0 3-3-1 0-2-1 3-2-0 DNP DNP D7 at UC Davis DNP 0-0-0 0-0-1 8-4-1 3-0-0 DNP DNP D16 at Pittsburgh DNP DNP 0-3-1 1-2-0 5-4-0 DNP DNP D19 at Chicago State DNP 0-1-0 14-4-1 3-0-0 6-1-0 1-0-0 DNP D21 GREEN BAY DNP DNP 6-3-0 9-9-2 3-3-0 DNP DNP J4 at Buff alo* DNP DNP 4-1-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP J7 at Central Michigan* DNP DNP 5-6-0 5-2-0 DNP DNP DNP J11 EASTERN MICHIGAN* DNP 7-3-1 5-3-0 7-3-4 6-4-0 DNP DNP J14 AKRON* DNP 3-1-0 10-7-1 5-2-2 0-2-0 0-3-1 DNP J18 at Bowling Green* DNP DNP 3-1-0 8-4-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 DNP J21 at Kent State* DNP DNP 6-6-1 14-8-2 0-1-0 DNP DNP J25 WESTERN MICHIGAN* DNP DNP 6-6-1 11-3-2 2-4-2 DNP DNP J28 OHIO* DNP DNP 12-10-0 5-2-2 3-2-0 DNP DNP F1 MIAMI* DNP DNP 2-3-0 13-2-3 DNP DNP DNP F4 at Toledo* DNP DNP 0-2-0 11-2-2 DNP DNP DNP F7 KENT STATE* DNP DNP 8-6-0 5-3-4 0-0-0 DNP DNP F11 at Ball State* DNP DNP 10-7-1 2-2-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 DNP F15 at Miami* DNP DNP 0-9-0 5-1-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP F22 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* DNP DNP 6-5-2 15-1-2 0-0-1 DNP DNP F25 at Eastern Michigan* DNP DNP 15-8-1 8-6-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP F29 at Western Michigan* DNP DNP 8-4-0 11-6-1 0-1-0 DNP DNP M3 TOLEDO* DNP DNP 10-1-1 3-3-0 0-2-0 2-0-0 DNP M6 BALL STATE* DNP DNP 2-3-0 8-1-2 0-0-0 7-1-0 DNP M12 v. Miami M13 v. Akron/Ohio M14 Championship Game

26 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

2019-20: BOX SCORES

EEXHIBITIONXHIBITION GGAMEAME 1 GGAMEAME 2 NIU: 85 NIU: 54 NIU: 52 Roosevelt: 50 Northern Iowa: 64 Iowa State: 70 November 5, 2019 • NIU Convocation Center November 9, 2019 • NIU Convocation Center November 12, 2019 • Hilton Coliseum DeKalb, Ill.

DEKALB, Ill. – Eleven diff erent players scored, including a game- DEKALB, Ill. – Trailing by 16 at halftime, the Northern Illinois AMES, Iowa – For 20 minutes, the Northern Illinois University high 19 points from senior Eugene German, as the Northern University men’s basketball team fought back to within fi ve but men’s basketball team went toe-to-toe with Iowa State, but a Illinois University men’s basketball team topped Roosevelt, 85- couldn’t complete the comeback as the Huskies fell to Northern big second half from the Cyclones helped Iowa State to a 70-52 50, in an exhibition game on Tuesday night (Nov. 5) at the NIU Iowa, 64-54, in their regular season opener on Saturday after- victory over the Huskies on Tuesday night (Nov. 12) at Hilton Col- Convocation Center. noon at the NIU Convocation Center. Senior Eugene German iseum. Junior Zaire Mateen added 10 points and junior Chris Johnson scored game-high 21 points but the Huskies were unable to Senior Eugene German scored a game-high 24 points, 17 of chipped in 12 rebounds in 15 minutes. overcome Northern Iowa’s 50 percent shooting in the opening which came in the fi rst half, and grabbed six rebounds as NIU After a slow start on the off ensive end, NIU used an 11-0 run to 20 minutes. held a three-point lead at the intermission. take a 20-4 lead just past the midway point of the opening half. Senior Lacey James grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, his 10th NIU jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the opening four minutes of the German made a pair of triples during the burst and Mateen also career double-fi gure rebounding contest. contest. A fi ve-point burst on a layup from senior Lacey James added a trifecta as the Huskies raced out to the comfortable lead. Northern Iowa led by one, 13-12, when back-to-back baskets and a triple from German helped give the Huskies the early ad- NIU scored the fi nal 13 points to close the opening half as the from James Betz helped push the Panthers lead to fi ve, 17-12, vantage. Huskies took a 39-10 lead into the intermission. with just over 11 minutes to play in the opening half. Iowa State scored the next fi ve to pull even, but another trifecta German scored 14 in 11 fi rst half minutes and the Huskies held A triple from German brought the Huskies back within a pair, from German and a free throw by junior Chris Johnson helped Roosevelt to just 12.9 percent (4-of-31) shooting in the opening but Northern Iowa answered with the next nine, ignited by a pair NIU regain the lead, 11-7, with 13:13 to play in the opening half. 20 minutes. of triples from Noah Carter, to give the Panthers a 26-15 lead with Leading by three, freshman Tyler Cochran scored off an off en- Both teams shot the ball better after the intermission as NIU 7:08 to play before the intermission. sive rebound and German hit sophomore Trendon Hankerson on went 15-of-32 (46.9 percent) from the fi eld after the break and NIU scored the next fi ve on a layup from sophomore Trendon the wing for a triple as the Huskies took a 23-15 lead with just Roosevelt was 17-of-35 (48.6 percent). Hankerson and a triple by German to trim the Northern Iowa ad- under eight minutes to play before the break, forcing a Cyclone Junior Nathan Scott scored nine points and added seven re- vantage to a half-dozen, but Northern Iowa used a 10-0 run to timeout. bounds while freshman Tyler Cochran (Bolingbrook, Ill./Boling- push its lead to 36-20 with 3:12 to play in the half. A triple from junior Rod Henry-Hayes pushed the Huskies ad- brook) had a game-high four assists, along with four points and Hankerson fi nished with nine points and fi ve rebounds. vantage to 26-15, but Iowa State responded with an 12-3 burst to six rebounds. NIU dished out 17 assists on 29 made fi eld goals. Junior Rod Henry-Hayes knocked down a triple to end the cut the NIU lead to just a pair, 29-27, with just under four minutes Quin Riggins scored 13 points to lead Roosevelt, Mark Johnson Northern Iowa run but the Panthers took a 40-24 lead into the left before the intermission. and Brian Kern each had seven rebounds for the Lakers. intermission. NIU held off the Cyclones over the fi nal four minutes of the Henry-Hayes scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds. opening stanza as the Huskies took a 34-31 lead into the break. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN German led all scorers with 13 in the opening half, Isaiah net- NIU shot 44.4 percent (12-of-27) in the fi rst half, including 4-of-9 10 German, E. 7-10 3-6 2-2 0-2 2 0 19 1 2 0 1 14 ted 11 fi rst half points for Northern Iowa. The Panthers shot 50 from three-point range, while holding Iowa State to just 34.5 per- 25 Scott, N. 3-8 0-3 3-4 2-5 7 1 9 0 1 2 1 23 percent (16-of-32) in the opening 20 minutes, including 5-of-12 cent (10-of-29) shooting and 1-of-12 from beyond the arc. 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 3-10 1-5 0-0 2-2 4 0 7 1 2 0 1 20 (41.7 percent) from three-point range. Iowa State raced out to a 9-2 start to the second half, taking a 4 James, L. 1-6 0-1 4-9 6-2 8 1 6 2 3 1 1 22 The Northern Iowa lead was 20 early in the second half when 40-36 lead and forcing a Huskie timeout just three minutes into 1 Hankerson, T. 1-5 0-2 0-0 1-5 6 2 2 3 1 1 1 23 NIU went on a 9-0 run. Henry-Hayes opened the burst with a the second 20 period. 0 Johnson, C. 2-3 0-0 4-4 5-7 12 2 8 2 1 0 0 15 basket, junior Zaire Mateen scored the next four and Hankerson After a layup on the break from German trimmed the Iowa State 2 Daow, G. 3-6 0-1 1-2 2-3 5 2 7 1 0 0 1 18 knocked in a trifecta, cutting the Northern Iowa lead to 48-37 and lead back to a pair, the Cyclones went on a 17-2 run as their lead 5 Mateen, Z. 3-7 3-7 1-2 0-2 2 1 10 2 1 1 0 17 forcing a Panther timeout. ballooned to 57-40 with just under nine minutes left. 23 Cochran, T. 1-8 0-1 2-2 4-2 6 2 4 4 1 0 0 18 A pair of free throws halted the NIU run, but the Huskies then The Cyclones shot 51.6 percent (16-of-31) from the fi eld in 24 Beane, D. 3-5 0-0 1-2 0-3 3 0 7 1 1 0 2 18 used an 8-2 burst to get within fi ve with just under eight minutes the second half while holding NIU to just 18.2 percent (6-of-33) 32 Cole, K. 2-3 0-0 2-4 0-1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 15 to play. German made a pair of layups; junior Nathan Scott added shooting. TEAM 1-2 3 a basket and Hankerson scored on a put-back to trim the North- Rasir Bolton scored a team-high 17 points to lead Iowa State, TOTALS 29-71 7-26 20-31 23-36 59 11 85 17 13 5 8 200 ern Iowa lead to 52-47. Solomon Young chipping in 15 points while Michael Jacobson TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-39 .359 2nd: 15-32 .469 Game: 29-71 .408 The two teams traded baskets before a fi ve-point Panther burst scored nine points and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-13 .231 2nd: 4-13 .308 Game: 7-26 .269 stretched the Northern Iowa advantage to 62-51 with three min- No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN FT%: 1st: 8-11 .727 2nd: 12-20 .600 Game: 20-31 .645 utes left, ending any hopes of a Huskie comeback. 4 James, L. 2-6 0-1 1-2 1-4 5 2 5 0 1 0 1 28 Brown led Northern Iowa with 17 points, AJ Green and Tywhon 25 Scott, N. 0-1 0-1 0-0 3-1 4 5 0 0 2 0 1 10 No. Roosevelt FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Pickford each added nine points for the Panthers. 1 Hankerson, T. 2-5 2-2 0-0 2-3 5 3 6 1 3 1 0 26 1 Riggins, Q. 6-11 0-1 1-3 1-0 1 1 13 0 1 0 1 24 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 10 German, E. 8-27 3-11 5-6 1-5 6 2 24 1 3 0 1 34 20 Myers, M. 3-10 0-2 1-2 0-1 1 3 7 2 0 0 0 25 4 James, L. 1-5 0-1 2-3 4-6 10 3 4 0 4 0 0 30 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 2-8 1-4 1-2 0-1 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 19 30 Fuzak, B. 2-9 0-3 2-2 1-3 4 3 6 0 2 0 1 25 1 Hankerson, T. 4-8 1-2 0-0 1-4 5 1 9 1 1 0 1 34 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 1-2 3-2 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 19 33 Storm, B. 2-5 2-4 0-0 0-3 3 2 6 0 1 0 0 24 10 German, E. 9-24 3-9 0-0 0-4 4 2 21 0 1 0 0 34 2 Daow, G. 1-1 0-0 0-2 2-5 7 1 2 0 4 0 0 21 10 Ramsahai, S. 1-7 0-2 2-2 0-1 1 1 4 0 3 0 2 27 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 3-9 2-5 0-0 1-3 4 3 8 1 0 0 2 30 5 Mateen, Z. 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 Johnson, M. 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-6 7 3 6 1 4 0 0 22 23 Cochran, T. 2-6 0-1 1-1 0-3 3 4 5 0 2 3 1 24 23 Cochran, T. 2-5 1-2 0-0 2-2 4 1 5 1 2 0 0 21 12 Kern, B. 3-10 0-2 0-0 1-6 7 5 6 0 2 0 0 17 0 Johnson, C. 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 32 Cole, K. 1-5 0-1 1-2 2-4 6 1 3 0 0 1 0 16 11 Haviland, C. 1-6 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 14 5 Mateen, Z. 2-6 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 20 TEAM 3-1 4 1 5 Archibald, T. 0-3 0-0 0-1 2-2 4 2 0 4 1 0 0 22 25 Scott, N. 1-4 0-2 1-3 3-4 7 1 3 0 0 2 0 17 TOTALS 18-60 7-24 9-16 19-28 47 19 52 3 20 2 5 200 TEAM 5-5 10 1 32 Cole, K. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-27 .444 2nd: 6-33 .182 Game: 18-60 .300 TOTALS 21-66 2-16 6-10 11-27 38 21 50 8 15 0 4 200 TEAM 0-3 3 1 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-9 .444 2nd: 3-15 .200 Game: 7-24 .292 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 4-31 .129 2nd: 17-35 .486 Game: 21-66 .318 TOTALS 22-63 6-23 4-7 12-28 40 15 54 4 9 5 6 200 FT%: 1st: 6-11 .545 2nd: 3-5 .600 Game: 9-16 .563 3-PT FG%: 1st: 0-7 .000 2nd: 2-9 .222 Game: 2-16 .125 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-30 .300 2nd: 13-33 .394 Game: 22-63 .349 FT%: 1st: 2-3 .667 2nd: 4-7 .571 Game: 6-10 .600 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-14 .357 2nd: 1-9 .111 Game: 6-23 .261 No. Iowa State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN FT%: 1st: 1-1 1.00 2nd: 3-6 .500 Game: 4-7 .571 12 Jacobson, M. 3-8 0-2 3-4 5-7 12 1 9 2 1 0 0 29 Technical Fouls: none 33 Young, S. 5-8 0-0 5-5 2-5 7 4 15 1 2 3 1 21 Officials: Bobby Daw, Mike Kashirsky, John Washo No. Northern Iowa FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 11 Nixon, P. 0-3 0-3 1-2 0-0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 23 Attendance: 422 50 Phyfe, A. 3-5 0-0 2-3 2-2 4 2 8 3 1 1 0 25 22 Haliburton, T. 2-9 0-5 0-0 0-4 4 0 4 6 3 0 3 34 Score by Half 4 Green, AJ 4-13 1-5 0-1 0-5 5 3 9 3 3 0 0 32 45 Bolton, R. 7-15 0-6 3-4 0-1 1 1 17 1 3 0 2 34 Roosevelt ...... 10-40 50 11 Berhow, T. 3-12 1-6 0-0 1-6 7 2 7 1 0 0 0 29 0 Griffin, Z. 1-5 1-4 2-3 0-4 4 1 5 1 0 0 1 13 NIU ...... 39-46 85 24 Brown, I. 6-8 5-6 0-0 1-2 3 0 17 0 0 0 0 30 2 Grill, C. 3-3 2-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 10 30 Haldeman, S. 0-4 0-3 2-2 1-3 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 32 3 Jackson, T. 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 3 Pickford, T. 4-8 0-1 1-2 2-4 6 1 9 3 1 0 1 26 4 Conditt, G. 4-5 0-0 1-2 2-2 4 4 9 0 0 4 1 14 22 Kimmons, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 Boothe, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 Betz, J. 3-7 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 2 6 0 1 1 0 14 23 Schuster, N. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 35 Carter, N. 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-3 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 8 24 Lewis, T. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 TEAM 2-5 7 25 Steyer, E. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TOTALS 25-61 9-27 5-8 10-31 41 13 64 12 7 2 1 200 34 Jenkins, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 16-32 .500 2nd: 9-29 .310 Game: 25-61 .410 TEAM 0-1 1 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-12 .416 2nd: 4-15 .267 Game: 9-27 .333 TOTALS 26-60 3-25 15-22 9-27 36 16 70 14 9 8 10 200 FT%: 1st: 3-4 .750 2nd: 2-4 .500 Game: 5-8 .625 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-29 .345 2nd: 16-31 .516 Game: 26-60 .433 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-12 .083 2nd: 2-13 .154 Game: 3-25 .120 Technical Fouls: none FT%: 1st: 10-15 .667 2nd: 5-7 .714 Game: 15-22 .682 Officials: Chris Beaver, Brian McAnally, Jon Campbell Attendance: 1,003 Technical Fouls: NIU - German; Iowa State - Conditt Score by Half Officials: Joe DeRosa, Byron Jarrett, Brooks Wells Northern Iowa ...... 40-24 64 Attendance: 13,762 NIU ...... 24-30 54 Score by Half NIU ...... 34-18 52 Iowa State...... 31-39 70

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 27 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season

2019-20: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 3 GGAMEAME 4 GGAMEAME 5 NIU: 81 NIU: 96 NIU: 65 Coppin State: 69 Rockford: 48 Longwood: 48 November 15, 2019 • NIU Convocation Center November 16, 2019 • NIU Convocation Center November 18, 2019 • NIU Convocation Center DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill.

DEKALB, Ill. – Four players scored in double fi gures and seven DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball grabbed at least fi ve rebounds as the Northern Illinois Universi- team picked up its second win in as many days as the Huskies team held Longwood to just 28.1 percent (16-of-57) shooting as ty men’s basketball team topped Coppin State, 81-69, on Friday defeated Rockford University, 96-48, on Saturday afternoon (Nov. the Huskies defeated the Lancers, 65-48, on Monday night (Nov. night (Nov. 15) at the NIU Convocation Center. 16) at the NIU Convocation Center. NIU shot 51.5 percent (34-of- 18) at the NIU Convocation Center. Sophomore Darius Beane Senior Eugene German scored a game-high 23 points, junior 66) from the fi eld, including 47.4 percent (9-of-19) from three- scored a team-high 14 points while seniors Lacey James and Nathan Scott had a career-best 18, sophomore Darius Beane add- point range, in the victory. Noah McCarty each posted double-doubles. ed 12 points and senior Lacey James chipped in 11 as the Huskies Senior Eugene German scored a team-high 21 points, soph- James fi nished with 11 points and 10 rebounds while McCarty never trailed against the Eagle. omore Trendon Hankerson and freshman Tyler Cochran each had 10 points and 10 rebounds. It was the fi rst time NIU had two NIU jumped out to an 11-5 lead in the opening four minutes as added 11 points while junior Chris Johnson chipped in 10 points. players record double-doubles in the same game since Novem- James scored four points and Scott had fi ve-straight to give the After NIU scored the fi rst four points of the contest, Rockford ber 9, 2018 against Northern Kentucky (Levi Bradley and Lacey Huskies the early advantage. made a trio of triples in the opening six minutes to lead, 12-8, in James). Senior Eugene German fi nished with 12 points. Scott grabbed a game-high eight rebounds to go along with the early going. NIU and Longwood went back-and-forth in the early going as his 18 points in the contest, freshman Tyler Cochran also grabbed The Regents lead was three when NIU went on a 16-3 run to junior Nathan Scott and freshman Tyler Cochran each knocked eight boards. take a 27-17 lead with eight minutes left in the opening half. Ger- down triples to get the Huskies going early. A basket by Beane pushed the NIU lead to 16-7 before Coppin man scored the fi rst nine during the run, including a four-point With Longwood in front by one, NIU used a 13-0 run to take State answered with the next eight to cut the Huskie advantage play as he was fouled on a three-point shot, Hankerson added a 22-10 lead just before the midway point of the opening half. to just one, 16-15, with a little over 11 minutes to play in the a basket as the burst reached 11-0. After the fourth triple of the Beane opened the run with a layup off a steal, junior Zaire Ma- opening half. game from Rockford, NIU scored the next fi ve, capped by a wing teen added another layup off a Lancer turnover before Beane Coppin State tied the game at 18 before the Huskies used a 10-2 triple from junior Rod Henry-Hayes, as the NIU lead grew to 10. converted a pair at the line. A triple from German, a bucket from burst to move back in front by eight. Scott scored the fi rst four After another triple by Rockford, NIU scored the next nine, three Scott and a layup by German closed the Huskie run as NIU went of the run, German added a pair and Beane scored the fi nal four from junior Nathan Scott and two each from Johnson, sopho- in front by a dozen. as the Huskies led, 28-20, with 5:47 left before the intermission. more Darius Beane and junior Gairges Daow, as the Huskies took Longwood scored the next fi ve to cut the Huskie lead back to The Huskies led by fi ve before closing the half with a 6-3 spurt, a 36-20 lead with 4:11 left before the break. seven until another bucket from Beane and a pair of free throws with all six coming from the free-throw line, to take a 37-29 lead Scott just missed a double-double with nine points and eight by sophomore Trendon Hankerson. into halftime. rebounds, Daow dished out a game-high four assists. Hankerson fi nished with eight points pushed the NIU advan- Scott had a team-high 11 points at the intermission, German Rockford trimmed the NIU lead back to a dozen before the Hus- tage to 26-15 with six minutes left in the half. and Beane each had eight points at the break. kies scored the fi nal six of the half to take a 46-28 lead into the Both teams lived at the free-throw line over the fi nal six minutes Coppin State used an 8-1 run to open the second half to cut intermission. of the half, each going 6-of-8 from the charity stripe as the Hus- the Huskie lead to just a pair, 39-37, less than two minutes into A short jumper from Scott and a triple by Hankerson, off an as- kies took a 10-point lead, 34-24, in the intermission. the second stanza. sist from Scott, helped the Huskies push the lead to 51-28 in the James scored the fi rst fi ve for the Huskies out of the intermis- NIU responded with a 9-1 burst as the Huskie lead ballooned opening minute of the second half. sion. A Longwood triple brought the Lancers back within a 11 but back to double-digits. German canned a triple and Beane con- Hankerson made another triple and senior Lacey James scored NIU answered right back as Beane fed Hankerson for a trifecta verted a pair at the line to close the run as the Huskies led, 48-38, seven points in the fi rst four minutes of the second stanza as the from the corner but give the Huskies a 44-30 lead with 15:24 left. with 14:11 to go. NIU advantage grew to 61-34 as the Huskies cruised to the vic- The triple from Hankerson sparked an 8-0 Huskie run as McCa- The Eagles came right back to close within a half-dozen until tory. rty scored the next fi ve to put the Huskies up 49-30 with 13:24 Scott scored seven-straight, one from the free-throw line before All 11 Huskies that played in the contest scored and grabbed to play. back-to-back triples, as NIU pushed its lead to 58-45 with a little at least one rebound. The Huskies also dished out a season-high Longwood came right back with the next eight to trim the NIU over nine minutes remaining. 18 assists, with six diff erent players recording at least two assists. lead back to 11 just before the midway point of the second half Coppin State closed the gap to 10 with 3:18 left before three Rockford’s Brandon Emerick scored a game-high 28 points on before a basket by James stopped the Lancer burst. points from James and a pair of free throws by German pushed 11-of-22 shooting, including 6-of-16 from beyond the arc. As a The Huskies then clamped down further on the defensive end, the Huskie advantage to 73-58, putting the game away. team, the Regents shot 32.3 percent (20-of-62) in the contest, giving up just six points in nine minutes as the Huskie lead grew German fi nished with seven rebounds and three assists to go 24.1 percent (7-of-29) from three-point range. to 18 with 90 seconds to play, propelling NIU to its third win in along with his 23 points, Beane grabbed six rebounds and reg- four nights. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN istered three steals. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 4 James, L. 2-3 1-1 2-2 1-1 2 3 7 1 3 0 1 11 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 4 James, L. 4-10 1-5 2-3 5-5 10 2 11 1 2 4 1 28 25 Scott, N. 4-8 0-1 1-2 2-6 8 1 9 1 0 1 1 17 4 James, L. 4-10 0-1 3-4 1-4 5 4 11 1 2 1 1 23 25 Scott, N. 2-7 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 2 5 0 1 1 0 23 1 Hankerson, T. 4-4 2-2 1-1 0-3 3 2 11 3 2 1 1 19 25 Scott, N. 5-12 4-7 4-6 5-3 8 2 18 2 1 1 0 28 1 Hankerson, T. 2-5 2-4 2-2 1-0 1 2 8 0 1 0 0 31 2 Daow, G. 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 6 4 2 0 0 24 1 Hankerson, T. 3-6 1-3 0-0 0-5 5 2 7 2 4 0 1 33 2 Daow, G. 0-1 0-1 0-0 2-3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 German, E. 7-14 3-7 4-5 1-3 4 0 21 2 0 1 0 25 2 Daow, G. 2-4 0-1 2-2 0-5 5 1 6 0 2 0 0 15 10 German, E. 3-11 1-6 5-8 0-3 3 1 12 4 2 0 3 31 0 Johnson, C. 3-4 0-0 4-10 3-2 5 1 10 0 0 0 0 17 10 German, E. 6-14 2-8 9-12 0-7 7 2 23 3 4 0 0 39 0 Johnson, C. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 9 11 McCarty, N. 0-5 0-1 1-2 2-2 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 14 0 Johnson, C. 0-1 0-0 2-4 2-1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 5 Mateen, Z. 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 8 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 2-5 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 6 3 0 0 2 13 11 McCarty, N. 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 10 11 McCarty, N. 4-7 2-3 0-0 1-9 10 3 10 1 3 0 0 19 23 Cochran, T. 5-8 1-3 0-0 2-4 6 1 11 2 2 1 2 24 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 24 Beane, D. 1-5 0-0 4-5 2-3 5 0 6 0 1 0 0 22 23 Cochran, T. 0-4 0-0 0-0 4-4 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 14 23 Cochran, T. 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 11 32 Cole, K. 3-5 0-0 2-3 2-4 6 0 8 0 1 1 0 14 24 Beane, D. 3-7 0-1 6-6 3-3 6 1 12 2 2 1 3 25 24 Beane, D. 4-6 0-0 6-6 3-2 5 0 14 2 2 0 2 27 TEAM 3-2 5 TEAM 0-4 4 TEAM 0-5 5 3 TOTALS 34-66 9-19 19-30 18-33 51 11 96 18 11 5 7 200 TOTALS 24-61 7-23 26-34 15-36 51 16 81 10 20 3 5 200 TOTALS 21-54 8-26 15-19 13-34 47 16 65 10 19 5 10 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 16-32 .500 2nd: 18-34 .529 Game: 34-66 .515 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-32 .344 2nd: 13-29 .448 Game: 24-61 .393 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-26 .385 2nd: 11-28 .393 Game: 21-54 .389 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-8 .500 2nd: 5-11 .455 Game: 9-19 .474 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-14 .214 2nd: 4-9 .444 Game: 7-23 .304 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-13 .231 2nd: 5-13 .385 Game: 8-26 .308 FT%: 1st: 10-17 .588 2nd: 9-13 .692 Game: 19-30 .633 FT%: 1st: 12-16 .750 2nd: 14-18 .778 Game: 26-34 .765 FT%: 1st: 11-14 .786 2nd: 4-5 .800 Game: 15-19 .789 No. Rockford FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Coppin State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Longwood FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 23 Rivera, J. 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 15 10 Thomas, K. 1-4 0-0 2-2 2-3 5 5 4 0 3 0 1 24 14 Deng, A. 0-2 0-0 1-2 2-2 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 14 2 Emerick, B. 11-22 6-16 0-0 2-1 3 1 28 2 2 0 0 32 35 Medley-Bacon, B. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 4 1 0 2 2 0 13 20 Cintron, J. 5-7 0-0 5-7 3-5 8 1 15 0 0 1 4 31 14 Singleton, A. 2-6 0-1 0-0 1-4 5 0 4 3 4 0 1 29 2 McKnight, K. 6-14 2-8 1-2 0-1 1 4 15 0 3 0 1 30 21 Smith, J. 1-8 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 12 21 Eugene, V. 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-4 5 3 1 1 2 0 1 23 13 Clayton, D. 6-11 1-3 4-6 1-4 5 2 17 6 1 0 2 36 3 Phillips, L. 3-10 2-7 0-0 0-3 3 4 8 3 7 0 0 29 30 Shaw, K. 0-3 0-2 0-0 2-1 3 3 0 0 4 1 0 20 14 Robinson, An. 5-17 5-15 1-2 0-5 5 3 16 0 2 1 2 34 4 Wilson, K. 3-8 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 18 1 Ripato, C. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 Robinson, Aa. 3-9 2-7 0-0 3-3 6 2 8 3 1 0 0 25 0 Nkereuwem, L. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 5 Kidd, J. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 1 Williams, I. 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 Wilson, C. 1-5 1-2 0-0 2-0 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 15 10 Little, Z. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 Ring, G. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11 Flood, S. 0-5 0-3 2-2 0-1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 18 11 Stevens, J. 2-6 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 18 4 Marshall, N. 1-2 0-1 3-4 1-3 4 4 5 0 3 0 0 11 13 Bligen, H. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 13 Shead, N. 2-11 0-5 0-0 0-1 1 3 4 1 2 2 0 21 5 James, R. 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 22 Wade, D. 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-4 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 21 24 Bode, A. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-5 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 16 20 Hardwick, J. 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 6 55 Munoz, J. 2-8 1-7 1-1 0-0 0 1 6 2 2 1 1 21 35 Burzawa, Z. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 TEAM 0-2 2 TEAM 1-4 5 44 Harn, C. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 TOTALS 23-62 10-37 13-20 7-26 33 28 69 9 17 3 7 200 TOTALS 16-57 7-29 9-12 9-21 30 20 48 7 17 2 7 200 TEAM 4-1 5 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-26 .385 2nd: 13-36 .361 Game: 23-62 .371 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 8-27 .259 2nd: 9-30 .300 Game: 16-57 .281 TOTALS 20-62 7-29 1-2 10-20 30 22 48 10 19 3 3 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-16 .250 2nd: 6-21 .286 Game: 10-37 .270 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-2 .167 2nd: 5-17 .294 Game: 7-29 .241 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-30 .367 2nd: 9-32 .281 Game: 20-62 .323 FT%: 1st: 5-8 .625 2nd: 8-12 .667 Game: 13-20 .650 FT%: 1st: 8-11 .727 2nd: 1-1 1.00 Game: 9-12 .750 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-14 .357 2nd: 2-15 .133 Game: 7-29 .241 FT%: 1st: 1-2 .500 2nd: 0-0 .000 Game: 1-2 .500 Technical Fouls: Coppin State - Thomas, McKnight Technical Fouls: none Officials: Dan Dorian, Dave Cronin, Jim Schipper Officials: Edwin Young, John Floyd, Michael Griffith Technical Fouls: none Attendance: 695 Attendance: 601 Officials: Greg Langsdorf, Brad Clauss, Ed Phillips Score by Half Score by Half Attendance: 729 Coppin State ...... 29-40 69 Longwood ...... 24-24 48 Score by Half NIU ...... 37-44 81 NIU ...... 34-31 65 Rockford ...... 28-20 48 NIU ...... 46-50 96

28 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

2019-20: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 6 GGAMEAME 7 GGAMEAME 8 NIU: 86 NIU: 68 NIU: 74 Western Illinois: 81 SIU Edwardsville: 64 Oakland: 50 November 20, 2019 • Western Hall November 23, 2019 • First Community Arena November 25, 2019 • NIU Convocation Center Macomb, Ill. Edwardsville, Ill. DeKalb, Ill.

MACOMB, Ill. – In a wild, off ensive slugfest, the Northern Illi- EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Senior Eugene German converted a four- DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball nois University men’s basketball team made just enough plays point play with 10 seconds remaining as the Northern Illinois team earned its sixth-straight victory as the Huskies downed to outlast Western Illinois, downing the Leathernecks 86-81 on University men’s basketball team rallied to beat SIU Edwardsville, Oakland, 74-50, on Monday night (Nov. 25) at the NIU Convo- Wednesday night (Nov. 20) at Western Hall. Senior Eugene Ger- 68-64, on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 23) at First Community Arena. cation Center. Senior Eugene German scored a game-high 21 man scored a team-high 26 points and dished out six assists to Sophomore Darius Beane scored 13 points and senior Lacey points while sophomore Trendon Hankerson added a career-best help lead the Huskies to the fi ve-point win. James had 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds. 14. NIU shot 50 percent (32-of-64) from the fi eld in the contest and With just over two minutes left, Beane tipped in a missed layup NIU held the Golden Grizzlies to just 18.2 percent (4-of-22) 46.2 percent (12-of-26) from behind the three-point line. Western as the Huskies went in front by three, 61-58. SIU Edwardsville shooting from the fi eld in the second half. Oakland made 15 fi eld Illinois shot 46.8 percent (29-of-62) from the fi eld and 52.2 per- scored the next fi ve as the Cougars took a two-point lead, 63-61, goals overall in the contest while NIU made 13 triples. cent (12-of-23) from three. on a layup by Tyresse Williford with 24 seconds left. The Huskies fi nished a stretch of six games in 11 days, earning Sophomore Trendon Hankerson and junior Nathan Scott each On the next possession, German pulled up for three and victories in all six contests to extend NIU’s longest winning streak scored 13 points while seniors Lacey James and Noah McCarty drained the shot while being fouled, putting the Huskies up by since the 2015-16 season. each fi nished just shy of double fi gures with nine. one. The senior from Gary, Ind., made the free throw to give NIU With Oakland in front by a pair, 10-8, fi ve minutes into the con- Both teams were fi ring on all cylinders off ensively as Western a two-point lead. test, NIU went on a 10-2 run, taking a 18-12 lead. Junior Nathan Illinois held a 13-11 lead just over fi ve minutes into the contest. After SIU Edwardsville split a pair of free throws, sophomore Scott opened the burst with a triple, Hankerson and senior Lacey NIU then used an 11-2 run to take a 22-15 lead with 11:12 left in Trendon Hankerson converted twice from the line putting NIU James added baskets and, after a pair of Oakland free throws, ju- the opening half. German scored the fi rst four in the burst, Scott up by three with four seconds left. A Cougar turnover gave the nior Zaire Mateen knocked in a trifecta as the Huskies led by a added the next fi ve and sophomore Darius Beane capped it with ball back to the Huskies and German split a pair of free throws to half-dozen with 11:43 left in the half. a steal and dunk as the Huskies took a seven-point lead. give NIU the four-point victory. The NIU lead was seven after Mateen’s second triple of the night Western Illinois answered right back with the next six to trim SIU Edwardsville scored the fi rst fi ve as the Cougars jumped out before the Golden Grizzlies used a 10-2 burst to take a 24-23 lead the Huskie advantage to 22-21. With the game tied at 28, a triple to the early lead. A triple from Beane, off a feed from senior Noah with just over fi ve minutes to play in the opening half. by Ben Pyle gave the Leathernecks a three-point lead with just McCarty , got the Huskie off ense started and, trailing by four, 13- Oakland’s lead was two when Hankerson knocked in NIU’s sixth under six minutes to play before the intermission. 9, NIU went on a 13-0 run to take its fi rst lead of the contest. triple of the half, fueling a six-point burst for the Huskies. NIU then went on a 13-2 run to take an eight-point lead, 41-33. Junior Nathan Scott opened the burst with a triple, German A basket by Oakland trimmed the NIU lead to a pair before Ger- Hankerson ignited the run with triple, Scott also connected from added a deep three, McCarty scored off a drop-off from German, man canned the seventh triple of the half for the Huskies as they long range during the run while German added a pair of buck- Hankerson hit a pair at the line and junior Zaire Mateen connect- took a 34-29 lead into the intermission. ets, junior Gairges Daow made a jumper and Beane made a free ed from long range as the Huskies took a 22-13 lead with just Oakland scored fi rst to start the second half, trimming the NIU throw to close the run with 40 seconds left in the half. over eight minutes to play in the opening half. lead to three, but German rattled off the next seven, giving the Western Illinois hit a triple on its fi nal possession of the half to The Cougars scored the next fi ve to cut the Huskie advantage Huskies a 41-31 lead just over three minutes into the second trim the NIU advantage to fi ve, 41-36, at the break. to four, 22-18, but James scored the next six for NIU as a 6-2 burst stanza. NIU pounded the ball into the post early in the second half with pushed the lead to 28-20 with 3:13 left before the intermission. German’s seven points started a 16-1 run by the Huskies who a pair of buckets from James and one from McCarty. A triple from SIU Edwardsville used a 9-3 run to close the game to cut the NIU took a 50-32 lead with 11:54 left. Sophomore Darius Beane scored German after the McCarty basket gave the Huskies a nine-point lead to just a pair, 34-32, at the break. NIU’s next four, German added a bucket and James knocked in a lead, 50-41, three minutes into the second half. The Cougars scored six of the fi rst eight out of the intermission triple to give the Huskies an 18-point lead. With the Huskies in front by eight, Western Illinois went on an to take a 38-36 lead less than four minutes into the second half. The Huskie advantage was still 18 when a 10-2 burst put the 8-2 run to trim the NIU lead to just a pair, 65-63. SIU Edwardsville’s lead grew to as much as four but a wing tri- game out of reach. Hankerson opened the run with a trifecta NIU’s lead with four, 69-65, until back-to-back baskets from Ger- ple from freshman Tyler Cochran, off a fi nd from McCarty, tied before senior Noah McCarty added a bucket. Following a basket man helped the lead climb back to eight with 6:21 to go. The lead the contest at 51 with just under nine minutes left and NIU went by the Golden Grizzlies, German scored a pair and Hankerson reached nine but the Leathernecks again had an answer, trim- back in front when German made a pair of free throws with 8:04 connected on his fourth triple in fi ve attempts as the Huskie lead ming the NIU advantage right back to four, 82-78, with less than remaining. grew to 68-42 with 4:16 left. two minutes left. NIU trailed by a pair when German fi nished a pair at the rim, NIU held Oakland without a fi eld goal for over 10 minutes early Hankerson converted for NIU on the next possession as the kissing the second off the high glass, to put the Huskies back in in the second half and the Huskies shot 51.5 percent (17-of-33) Huskies led by a half-dozen with a little over a minute to play. front, 57-55, with just over four minutes to play, setting up the after the intermission, including 50 percent (6-of-12) from three- After Western Illinois split a pair of free throws, McCarty made a game’s fi nal moments. point range, as they cruised to the 24-point victory. pair at the line to put the game out of reach. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 4 James, L. 4-9 0-1 2-2 2-7 9 2 10 2 2 1 2 33 4 James, L. 2-9 1-2 0-2 4-9 13 4 5 0 1 0 1 25 4 James, L. 4-9 1-3 0-0 3-2 5 0 9 0 2 0 0 19 11 McCarty, N. 3-11 1-5 0-0 2-5 7 2 7 2 3 1 0 29 11 McCarty, N. 3-6 1-1 0-2 1-6 7 1 7 2 0 0 0 27 11 McCarty, N. 2-7 0-2 5-7 1-6 7 4 9 3 2 0 0 25 1 Hankerson, T. 0-0 0-0 4-4 0-1 1 3 4 2 4 0 2 28 1 Hankerson, T. 5-7 4-5 0-0 0-2 2 1 14 4 0 0 1 28 1 Hankerson, T. 5-9 3-5 0-0 0-2 2 1 13 2 0 0 0 33 2 Daow, G. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 Daow, G. 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 3 5 0 1 0 0 15 2 Daow, G. 2-5 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 16 10 German, E. 7-14 3-5 6-8 0-0 0 2 23 3 4 1 2 32 10 German, E. 9-14 3-5 0-0 0-2 2 2 21 3 3 0 3 31 10 German, E. 11-17 4-7 0-1 0-6 6 1 26 6 2 1 1 34 0 Johnson, C. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 9 0 Johnson, C. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 5 Mateen, Z. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 Mateen, Z. 2-5 2-4 0-0 0-2 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 10 5 Mateen, Z. 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 6 23 Cochran, T. 2-4 2-2 0-0 1-5 6 2 6 2 1 0 1 22 23 Cochran, T. 2-5 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 16 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 Beane, D. 3-8 2-4 4-5 2-2 4 1 12 2 2 0 0 27 24 Beane, D. 2-4 0-1 0-1 0-4 4 0 4 2 2 0 1 20 23 Cochran, T. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 25 Scott, N. 1-4 1-4 0-0 1-3 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 14 25 Scott, N. 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 11 24 Beane, D. 2-6 0-1 3-4 1-3 4 1 7 2 0 0 0 23 TEAM 4-0 4 32 Cole, K. 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 25 Scott, N. 4-7 3-5 2-2 1-5 6 3 13 2 0 1 3 24 TOTALS 21-54 10-24 16-19 12-25 37 12 68 14 17 4 7 200 TEAM 1-0 1 TEAM 1-0 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-30 .400 2nd: 9-24 .375 Game: 21-54 .389 TOTALS 30-60 13-24 1-7 6-29 35 19 74 15 9 0 6 200 TOTALS 32-64 12-26 10-14 8-27 35 13 86 17 7 3 4 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-13 .462 2nd: 4-11 .364 Game: 10-24 .417 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-27 .481 2nd: 17-33 .515 Game: 30-60 .500 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 16-33 .485 2nd: 16-31 .516 Game: 32-64 .500 FT%: 1st: 4-5 .800 2nd: 12-14 .857 Game: 16-19 .842 3-PT FG%: 1st: 7-12 .583 2nd: 6-12 .500 Game: 13-24 .542 3-PT FG%: 1st: 8-15 .533 2nd: 4-11 .364 Game: 12-26 .462 FT%: 1st: 1-4 .250 2nd: 0-3 .000 Game: 1-7 .143 FT%: 1st: 1-3 .333 2nd: 9-11 .818 Game: 10-14 .714 No. SIU Edwardsville FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 30 Uzuegbunem, A. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 17 No. Oakland FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Western Illinois FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 1 Duling, K. 2-3 0-1 1-1 0-0 0 5 5 2 3 0 0 22 4 Oladapo, D. 4-7 0-0 5-6 3-3 6 1 13 0 3 0 0 31 15 Pyle, B. 3-4 3-3 0-0 0-4 4 1 9 3 1 0 1 32 5 Adewunmi, M. 4-9 2-3 4-6 0-9 9 0 14 1 2 1 0 33 14 Hill-Mais, X. 5-10 1-3 2-2 1-7 8 2 13 1 2 0 0 34 24 Claar, J. 5-6 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 2 10 0 0 3 0 29 11 Williford, T. 8-12 1-3 1-2 0-3 3 2 18 8 4 0 1 30 13 Brechting, B. 1-4 0-0 1-2 2-3 5 3 3 1 2 2 0 16 1 Young, Z. 5-14 2-5 4-4 1-6 7 1 16 4 2 0 0 34 14 Moore, Z. 6-11 1-4 2-2 1-2 3 1 15 6 3 0 3 33 15 Kangu, K. 0-8 0-4 2-2 0-6 6 0 2 2 3 0 1 29 10 Webster, K. 8-17 5-8 5-6 0-5 5 3 26 7 1 0 0 35 0 Martin, T. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 Pittman Jr., K. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 11 40 Duff, C.J. 3-9 1-4 2-2 2-1 3 3 9 3 4 0 0 31 22 Benton, J. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 Maddox Jr., T. 3-7 0-3 5-6 1-3 4 2 11 1 1 0 0 32 2 King, J. 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-5 5 2 5 1 0 1 0 16 24 Williams, C. 1-4 0-2 2-2 0-1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 14 5 Newsome, E. 0-1 0-1 2-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 14 Jones, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 32 Jackson, B. 2-8 0-1 0-0 1-4 5 1 4 1 2 1 0 25 11 Lampman, B. 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 18 22 Allen, D. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 42 Wright, S. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 20 Sowunmi, B. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 32 Smith, R. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 52 James, I. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 33 Gettelfi, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 42 Arrington, K. 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 TEAM 1-2 3 35 Harris, J. 0-4 0-3 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 TEAM 1-0 1 TOTALS 25-52 4-15 10-13 3-23 26 19 64 18 15 3 6 200 TEAM 1-2 3 1 TOTALS 29-62 12-23 11-12 6-27 33 17 81 18 8 4 1 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-26 .500 2nd: 12-26 .462 Game: 25-52 .481 TOTALS 15-50 3-21 17-20 9-28 37 10 50 6 13 2 5 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-28 .464 2nd: 16-34 .471 Game: 29-62 .468 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-7 .286 2nd: 2-8 .250 Game: 4-15 .267 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-28 .393 2nd: 4-22 .182 Game: 15-50 .300 3-PT FG%: 1st: 7-10 .700 2nd: 5-13 .385 Game: 12-23 .522 FT%: 1st: 4-5 .800 2nd: 6-8 .750 Game: 10-13 .769 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-11 .182 2nd: 1-10 .100 Game: 3-21 .143 FT%: 1st: 3-3 1.00 2nd: 8-9 .889 Game: 11-12 .917 FT%: 1st: 5-6 .833 2nd: 12-14 .857 Game: 17-20 .850 Technical Fouls: SIUE - Williford Technical Fouls: NIU - Beane Officials: Tyler Kumpf, Patrick Rock, Ron Gengenbacher Technical Fouls: Oakland - Hill-Mais; NIU - James Officials: Bryan Anslinger, Robert Felder, Leon Wilson Attendance: 627 Officials: Tim Stewart, Steve Honacki, John Hampton Attendance: 684 Score by Half Attendance: 730 Score by Half NIU ...... 34-34 68 Score by Half NIU ...... 41-45 86 SIU Edwardsville...... 32-32 64 Oakland ...... 29-21 50 Western Illinois ...... 36-45 81 NIU ...... 34-40 74

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 29 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season

2019-20: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 9 GGAMEAME 1010 GGAMEAME 1111 NIU: 49 NIU: 57 NIU: 50 Saint Mary’s: 61 UC Davis: 66 Pittsburgh: 59 December 5, 2019 • McKeon Pavilion December 7, 2019 • The Pavilion December 16, 2019 • Petersen Events Center Moraga, Calif. Davis, Calif. Pittsburgh, Pa.

MORAGA, Calif. – After trailing by as much as 14 in the fi rst half, DAVIS, Calif. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Northern Illinois University men’s bas- the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team rallied to team rallied from down as much as 14 in the fi rst half against UC ketball team led for over 25 minutes but a 15-0 Pittsburgh run to within one in the second half but couldn’t complete the come- Davis but could never come all the way back to take the lead as close the game spoiled the upset bid of the Huskies as the Pan- back, falling at Saint Mary’s, 61-49, on Thursday night (Dec. 5) at the Huskies fell to the Aggies, 66-57, on Saturday evening (Dec. thers escaped a 59-50 victory on Monday night (Dec. 16) at the McKeon Pavilion. Senior guard Eugene German scored a team- 7) at The Pavilion. Petersen Events Center. Senior Eugene German scored a game- high 16 points. UC Davis raced out to an 11-3 lead in the opening three-plus high 18 points to lead the way for the Huskies. NIU held Saint Mary’s, who came into the contest having shot minutes of the contest. A pair of free throws from senior Noah Back-to-back triples from junior Zaire Mateen and German 50 percent or better in six of its last seven games, to just 39.2 McCarty brought the Huskies back within a half-dozen before a helped give the Huskies an early 8-5 advantage but Pittsburgh percent (20-of-51) shooting, but the Huskies shot just 36 percent 7-2 burst from the Aggies pushed the UC Davis lead to 18-7. answered with the next six as the Panthers went in front, 11-8, (18-of-50) from the fi eld in the contest. After a triple from junior Nathan Scott cut the Aggie advantage with just over 13 minutes to play in the opening half. Saint Mary’s scored the opening eight points of the contest back to eight, an 8-2 run gave U Davis a 26-12 advantage just past The Panthers were up by three when a 7-0 Huskie run forced as the Gaels got the early jump on the Huskies before German the midway point of the opening half. a Pittsburgh timeout. Junior Nathan Scott started the run with made a pair of free throws. NIU responded with the next eight as the Huskies trimmed a dunk off a feed from German, Scott then knocked in a corner The Gaels still led by eight, 11-3, when an 8-2 burst pushed the the UC Davis lead to 26-20. Senior Lacey James scored six of the triple and German made a jumper as the Huskies led 17-13 with Saint Mary’s lead to 19-5 with just under nine minutes to play in eight, including four from the charity stripe, while junior Zaire 8:16 to play in the half. the opening half, forcing a Huskie timeout. Mateen added the other bucket. A short corner jumper from senior Lacey James helped push the NIU went on an 11-2 run out of the timeout to cut the Saint James fi nished just one rebound shy of a double-double with NIU lead to a half-dozen before a 7-3 run by Pittsburgh brought Mary’s lead back to fi ve. Sophomore Trendon Hankerson, junior 10 points and a game-high nine boards while Mateen scored sev- the Panthers within a pair, 22-20. Sophomore Justin Lee then Gairges Daow, German and freshman Tyler Cochran all made bas- en points in the contest. knocked in a triple for the Huskies, the fi rst of his career, to extend kets during the run, which was capped by German’s second fi nish The Aggies led 31-22 when a 9-0 Huskie run brought NIU even the NIU lead back to fi ve with 4:19 left before the intermission. at the rim, as the Huskies cut the Gaels lead to 21-16 with just with 2:23 left in the opening 20 minutes. James scored the fi rst James fi nished with eight points and a game-high nine re- under four minutes to play before the intermission. basket of the burst, senior Eugene German added a trifecta and bounds, Lee chipped in seven points in 14 minutes off the bench. Saint Mary’s has pushed its advantage back to 11 in the fi nal junior Gairges Daow scored the next four as the Huskies leveled Pittsburgh closed the opening half with a 7-3 burst to cut the minute of the fi rst half before a triple from senior Lacey James cut the game at 31. NIU lead to just one, 30-29, at the intermission. German led all the Gaels lead to 30-22 at the break. NIU made seven of its fi nal UC Davis scored the next fi ve before a long triple in the fi nal scorers with 13 points in the opening 20 minutes, Xavier Johnson nine shots to close the half. seconds from German trimmed the Aggie lead to just a pair, 36- and Trey McGowens each had nine for the Panthers. The Huskies were the quicker team out of the gates to start 34, at the break. A layup from an off ensive rebound by senior Noah McCarty and the second half as Daow scored the fi rst fi ve and James added a NIU was within one, 39-38, after a short baseline jumper by a dunk from James helped the Huskies to a fi ve-point lead, 36-31, bucket to trim the Saint Mary’s lead to just one, 30-29, two min- Daow early in the second half, but UC Davis scored the next six early in the second half. utes into the second stanza. to ignite a 10-2 run as the Aggies lead 49-40 with 10:29 to play. NIU extended its lead to 43-36 on a jumper from James and a Daow fi nished the contest with seven points while James German scored the next fi ve as the Huskies cut the UC Davis triple by German with 12:52 remaining. Pittsburgh clawed back chipped in nine points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. lead to four. The Aggies once again had an answer as they scored to within two at 46-44 before McCarty scored off an off ensive re- Saint Mary’s led by three when a 6-0 burst pushed the Gaels the next six to hold a 55-45 advantage with 5:32 left. bound as the Huskie advantage went back to four with 7:27 left. lead to 42-33. NIU answered right back with the next fi ve as A triple from Mateen sparked another Huskie burst, sopho- At the 6:35 mark, McCarty made another an interior bucket, off James made a pair of free throws and senior Noah McCarty more Darius Beane added two free throws, sophomore Trendon a feed from James to give the Huskies a 50-44 lead. Pittsburgh knocked in a triple from the top of the key as the Saint Mary’s Hankerson knocked in a trifecta and Mateen scored on a driving scored the next half-dozen to pull even for the fi rst time in the advantage was trimmed to 42-38 with just under 13 minutes left. layup as a 10-2 run brought NIU within a pair, 57-55, with 1:44 second half with 4:41 to play. Despite going over eight minutes without a fi eld goal, Saint remaining. The Panthers extended the run to 8-0 with a dunk from Justin Mary’s was able to build upon its lead from the free-throw line On the next possession, UC Davis converted an old-fashioned Champagnie as Pittsburgh took the lead with 2:40 remaining. and when Kristers Zoriks snapped the draught from the fl oor three-point play to push the lead back to fi ve. The two teams Pittsburgh would go on to add the next seven, holding the Hus- with a triple, the Gaels were in front 50-40 with 6:20 to play. then traded a pair of free throws with just over a minute left as kies scoreless to close the contest. After NIU cut the Saint Mary’s lead back to seven, the Gaels the Aggie lead was still fi ve and the Huskies would get no closer. McGowens led the Panthers with 18 points, Johnson added 11 scored the next four, including a triple from Tanner Krebs, his and Eric Hamilton chipped in 10 points. fourth of the night, as the Saint Mary’s lead ballooned to 54-43 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN and the Gaels came away with the victory. 4 James, L. 2-7 0-1 6-6 2-7 9 2 10 0 2 1 1 30 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 11 McCarty, N. 0-5 0-2 2-2 0-2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 30 4 James, L. 4-10 0-2 0-0 4-5 9 3 8 1 1 0 0 27 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 1 Hankerson, T. 2-7 1-3 0-0 2-4 6 3 5 0 1 0 1 33 11 McCarty, N. 3-6 0-2 0-0 3-3 6 3 6 1 2 0 0 26 4 James, L. 2-6 1-1 4-6 1-6 7 1 9 0 2 0 0 30 2 Daow, G. 3-5 0-1 0-0 2-0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 16 1 Hankerson, T. 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 4 2 1 3 0 0 16 11 McCarty, N. 1-3 1-3 1-2 1-3 4 2 4 1 2 0 0 29 10 German, E. 6-15 3-9 1-1 0-4 4 2 16 1 3 0 1 29 2 Daow, G. 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 1 Hankerson, T. 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-3 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 32 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 German, E. 7-18 4-12 0-0 1-2 3 1 18 3 3 0 1 38 2 Daow, G. 3-5 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 15 3 Lee, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 Lee, J. 3-5 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 7 0 1 2 0 14 10 German, E. 7-19 0-4 2-3 0-3 3 1 16 2 5 0 2 32 5 Mateen, Z. 3-5 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 0 7 0 1 0 0 13 5 Mateen, Z. 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 15 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 12 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 23 Cochran, T. 0-4 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 12 23 Cochran, T. 1-4 0-2 1-2 2-1 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 16 23 Cochran, T. 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 14 24 Beane, D. 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-2 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 11 24 Beane, D. 0-4 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 22 24 Beane, D. 2-5 0-3 4-4 3-1 4 1 8 1 2 0 0 24 25 Scott, N. 2-5 1-2 0-0 0-4 4 1 5 0 0 1 0 13 25 Scott, N. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 12 25 Scott, N. 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 7 TEAM 2-2 4 1 TEAM 5-2 7 TEAM 0-2 2 TOTALS 21-59 7-28 1-2 13-27 40 20 50 8 15 3 2 200 TOTALS 18-50 5-20 8-13 10-22 32 14 49 7 13 1 5 200 TOTALS 19-55 6-27 13-13 9-22 31 20 57 5 13 3 3 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-29 .414 2nd: 9-30 .300 Game: 21-59 .356 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 8-23 .348 2nd: 10-27 .370 Game: 18-50 .360 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-27 .407 2nd: 8-28 .286 Game: 19-55 .345 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-15 .400 2nd: 1-13 .077 Game: 7-28 .250 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-6 .167 2nd: 4-14 .286 Game: 5-20 .250 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-11 .364 2nd: 2-16 .125 Game: 6-27 .222 FT%: 1st: 0-0 .000 2nd: 1-2 .500 Game: 1-2 .500 FT%: 1st: 5-9 .556 2nd: 3-4 .750 Game: 8-13 .615 FT%: 1st: 8-8 1.00 2nd: 5-5 1.00 Game: 13-13 1.00 No. Pittsburgh FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Saint Mary’s FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. UC Davis FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 0 Hamilton, E. 3-6 0-0 4-4 2-1 3 0 10 0 1 1 0 22 11 Tass, M. 3-8 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 3 6 6 1 4 0 31 13 Neufeld, M. 3-5 0-0 2-3 0-7 7 0 8 0 3 0 0 22 11 Champagnie, J. 4-11 0-1 0-0 1-6 7 0 8 0 1 0 3 27 24 Fitts, M. 2-8 1-6 8-10 0-12 12 2 13 1 1 1 0 37 1 Squire, D. 2-6 0-2 4-6 0-3 3 2 8 3 1 0 1 30 1 Johnson, X. 3-9 0-2 5-6 1-3 4 1 11 3 2 0 0 32 00 Krebs, T. 5-11 4-6 0-0 3-3 6 0 14 0 1 1 3 33 5 Manjon, E. 3-7 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 6 2 0 0 0 28 5 Toney, A. 2-7 0-2 0-1 2-5 7 0 4 2 0 0 1 26 3 Ford, J. 4-14 2-9 2-2 0-3 3 1 12 4 1 0 2 29 22 Mooney, J. 6-10 3-6 2-2 1-5 6 1 17 0 1 0 0 32 24 Murphy, R. 1-6 0-4 2-2 0-3 3 2 4 3 1 0 2 34 12 Kuhse, T. 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 16 40 Pepper, E. 2-4 1-2 0-0 1-4 5 3 5 1 0 0 0 19 2 McGowens, T. 7-13 4-8 0-0 1-2 3 2 18 3 1 0 1 38 10 Thomas, E. 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Harris, W. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 12 Couliba, A. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 14 Bowen, K. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Gonzalez, S. 3-8 2-7 3-3 0-3 3 1 11 0 1 0 0 25 21 Brown, T. 1-3 0-0 1-2 2-1 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 14 23 Zoriks, K. 3-4 2-3 2-2 0-1 1 2 10 1 1 0 1 24 10 Koehler, K. 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 15 TEAM 1-3 4 41 Menzies, A. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 11 Fuller, C. 3-4 0-1 3-3 0-1 1 3 9 0 3 1 2 20 TOTALS 21-55 4-17 13-17 10-25 35 7 59 11 7 2 7 200 42 Fotu, D. 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 7 23 Printup, R. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-33 .333 2nd: 10-22 .455 Game: 21-55 .382 44 Ducas, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 24 Adebayo, A. 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 5 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-10 .100 2nd: 3-7 .429 Game: 4-17 .235 TEAM 3-0 3 TEAM 1-1 2 1 FT%: 1st: 6-9 .667 2nd: 7-8 .875 Game: 13-17 .765 TOTALS 20-51 9-26 12-14 9-25 34 13 61 12 9 6 6 200 TOTALS 23-48 6-21 14-17 4-26 30 17 66 8 12 1 3 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-29 .414 2nd: 8-22 .364 Game: 20-51 .392 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-27 .519 2nd: 9-21 .429 Game: 23-48 .479 Technical Fouls: none 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-13 .308 2nd: 5-13 .385 Game: 9-26 .346 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-13 .462 2nd: 0-8 .000 Game: 6-21 .286 Officials: Mike Eades, Terry Wymer, Ron Tyburski FT%: 1st: 2-2 1.00 2nd: 10-12 .833 Game: 12-14 .857 FT%: 1st: 2-2 1.00 2nd: 12-15 .800 Game: 14-17 .824 Attendance: 7,015 Score by Half Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: none NIU ...... 30-20 50 Officials: Verne Harris, Eric Curry, Kipp Kissinger Officials: Juan Corral, Brady Chelette, Steven Espinoza Pittsburgh...... 29-30 59 Attendance: 2,816 Attendance: 949 Score by Half Score by Half NIU ...... 22-27 49 NIU ...... 34-23 57 Saint Mary’s ...... 30-31 61 UC Davis ...... 36-30 66

30 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

2019-20: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 1122 GGAMEAME 1313 GGAMEAME 1414 NIU: 75 NIU: 84 NIU: 73 Chicago State: 60 Green Bay: 85 Buffalo: 72 December 19, 2019 • Jones Convocation Center December 21, 2019 • NIU Convocation Center January 4, 2020 • Alumni Arena Chicago, Ill. DeKalb, Ill. Buffalo, N.Y.

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Three players scored in double fi gures, led by DEKALB, Ill. – Trailing by one in the fi nal seconds, the Northern BUFFALO, N.Y. – Senior Eugene German scored 26 points and 22 points from senior Eugene German, as the Northern Illinois Illinois University men’s basketball team had a pair of shots to win senior Lacey James posted 18 points and 13 rebounds as the University men’s basketball team picked up a 75-60 win over Chi- the game, but neither would fall as the Huskies dropped an 85-84 Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team survived a late cago State at the Jones Convocation Center on Thursday night decision to Green Bay on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 21) at the NIU Buff alo rally to top the Bulls, 73-72, on Saturday afternoon (Jan. (Dec. 19). Freshman Tyler Cochran added a career-high 14 points Convocation Center. 4) at Alumni Arena. and senior Lacey James chipped in 12 points. A triple from junior Zaire Mateen pushed the NIU advantage to The Huskies shot 53.7 percent (29-of-54) from the fi eld, includ- A wing triple by sophomore Trendon Hankerson gave NIU 21-10 but Green Bay responded with a 16-5 run to even the con- ing 45 percent (9-of-20) from three-point range while holding a one-point lead, 10-9, early in the contest. Chicago State an- test at 26 with 8:48 to play before the break. the Bulls to 34.8 percent (24-of-69) shooting, including 27.3 per- swered with the next four as the Cougars grabbed a three-point Freshman Tyler Cochran then made a free throw to start an cent (9-of-33) from three. advantage. 8-2 NIU burst to push the Huskies back in front by a half-dozen. NIU led by 10 after a pair of free throws from James with just Trailing by a pair, NIU used a 10-2 burst to take a six-point lead Sophomore Darius Beane scored the next fi ve in the run and ju- under four minutes to go before Buff alo put on a full-court press with a little over fi ve minutes to play in the opening half. German nior Chris Johnson fi nished at the rim as the Huskies took a 34-28 and used a 13-2 lead to take a 72-71 lead with 33 seconds left. opened the run with a pair of free throws and scored eight of the lead with 6:36 left in the fi rst half. On the next possession, sophomore Trendon Hankerson drove 10, with a basket by Hankerson sprinkled in as the Huskies took James knocked in a triple with 3:41 to play before the break to the basket and was fouled with 20 seconds to play. Hankerson a 28-22 lead. that gave NIU an eight-point lead before Green Bay closed the calmly went to the free throw line and knocked down both free Hankerson fi nished with nine points on 4-of-7 shooting. half with a 10-0 run to give the Phoenix a 44-42 lead at the in- throws, his only points of the game, to give the Huskies a 73-72 After Chicago State closed the gap to four with 2:46 left in the termission. lead. half, NIU scored the last nine before the intermission to take a German opened the scoring in the second half with a triple, but The Huskies went to a zone on the next possession and got a 13-point lead into the break. Sophomore Justin Lee opened the Green Bay then used a 11-2 run to take a 55-47 lead with 17:21 stop, with senior Noah McCarty grabbing the rebound, his ninth run with a pair of free throws, Cochran knocked down a triple, left, forcing a NIU timeout. of the contest, to secure NIU’s third consecutive victory over Buf- junior Gairges Daow hit a jumper and Cochran fi nished the half After the timeout, another triple for the Phoenix, their ninth of falo. with a bucket as the Huskies led 42-29 at the half. the game, pushed the Green Bay lead to double fi gures, 58-47. With Buff alo in front by three in the early going, NIU used an 8-0 NIU shot 50 percent (12-of-24) from the fi eld in the opening Green Bay’s lead was 65-55 when NIU used an 8-0 run to get run, all from German on a pair of trifectas and a coast-to-coast half, including 44.4 percent (4-of-9) from three-point range. The back within a pair. Mateen made a trifecta to start the run, Beane layup off a steal, to take a 15-10 lead with 15:15 to play in the Huskies were 14-of-17 (82.4 percent) from the free-throw line in added a layup and German converted an old-fashioned three- opening half. the opening 20 minutes. point play as the Huskies cut the Phoenix lead to 65-63 with A 10-4 burst from Buff alo gave the Bulls a one-point lead, 24-23, The Huskie advantage climbed to 20 early in the second half 11:55 to go. with just over nine minutes to play in the opening half until a as a six-point burst, four on run outs from Hankerson along with The Phoenix used a 7-0 burst to extend their lead to 77-68 with triple from German, his fourth of the contest, push NIU right back a basket by James, gave NIU a 51-31 lead with 13:20 remaining. 8:53 left but NIU answered with the next six, three from German in front by a pair. An 8-2 spurt, capped by a pair of free throws from James, gave and three from Cochran, to pull back within three as the clock Even at 28, NIU used a 9-0 run to take a 37-28 lead with 3:43 left the Huskies a 61-38 lead with 8:41 to play. German made a pair of ticked under seven minutes to play. before the intermission. German opened the burst with a triple, layups during the run, which was ignited by a bucket from James, Trailing with seven, 83-76, with just over four minutes to play, junior Gairges Daow scored the next six. The Huskie advantage as the NIU lead grew to its largest of the night at 23. Hankerson converted an old-fashioned three-point play and grew to as much as 11 on a layup from junior Zaire Mateen in Xavier Johnson scored 15 points to lead the way for Chicago made a layup to close the gap to just a pair, 83-81, with 3:39 left. the fi nal minute of the half before Buff alo scored the fi nal bas- State, Jace Colley added 13 points for the Cougars. Both teams then went cold as the Huskies and Phoenix were ket of the opening 20 minutes as NIU took a 41-32 lead into the both scoreless for over two minutes until a tip-in from Amari Da- intermission. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN vis gave Green Bay a four-point lead with 1:07 remaining. A layup from James, off a feed from German, gave the Huskies 4 James, L. 4-5 1-1 3-4 1-6 7 3 12 1 1 1 1 25 A Hankerson triple on the next possession brought the Huskies a 49-38 lead early in the second half. After Buff alo answered with 11 McCarty, N. 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 22 within one with 53 ticks remaining. Green Bay missed a shot but a triple, NIU scored the next six, on a triple from McCarty, a layup 1 Hankerson, T. 4-7 1-4 0-2 0-1 1 1 9 1 2 0 3 30 grabbed an off ensive rebound and, with the shot clock off , the by German and a free throw from sophomore Justin Lee, as the 2 Daow, G. 2-4 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 25 Huskies were forced to foul. Huskie lead grew to 55-41 with 12:45 to play. 10 German, E. 5-13 2-6 10-15 0-6 6 1 22 4 2 0 2 30 The Phoenix missed the front end of a one-and-one, giving NIU Buff alo trimmed the NIU advantage to nine until a trifecta from 0 Johnson, C. 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 one more chance with 20 seconds to play. The Huskies got a pair the top of the key extended the Huskie lead back to a dozen with 3 Lee, J. 0-6 0-1 3-3 2-1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 of looks but couldn’t get either to fall as Green Bay escaped with 9:22 remaining. 5 Mateen, Z. 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 the 85-84 victory. Two free throws by James, who scored 16 of his 18 in the second 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 0-4 0-3 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN half, with 3:50 to play gave the Huskies a 10-point lead, setting up 23 Cochran, T. 6-7 1-1 1-1 2-2 4 2 14 1 0 1 0 14 4 James, L. 5-12 2-4 0-0 1-7 8 3 12 0 0 0 0 32 the game’s fi nal minutes. 24 Beane, D. 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 11 McCarty, N. 1-4 0-1 0-3 1-2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 25 Scott, N. 1-3 0-1 4-4 1-0 1 3 6 0 1 0 0 9 1 Hankerson, T. 7-10 3-5 1-1 0-2 2 4 18 5 1 1 3 33 4 James, L. 7-9 2-2 2-5 3-10 13 3 18 1 3 0 0 33 32 Cole, K. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 Daow, G. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 11 11 McCarty, N. 3-5 1-2 0-2 1-8 9 4 7 3 1 0 0 32 TEAM 3-5 8 10 German, E. 8-18 1-5 4-8 1-2 3 1 21 6 2 0 0 30 1 Hankerson, T. 0-4 0-3 2-2 1-2 3 4 2 2 3 1 2 31 TOTALS 23-57 5-21 24-36 11-26 37 19 75 10 8 3 8 200 0 Johnson, C. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 Daow, G. 3-5 0-1 0-1 1-3 4 2 6 3 3 0 0 26 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-24 .500 2nd: 11-33 .333 Game: 23-57 .404 3 Lee, J. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 10 German, E. 10-17 5-8 1-2 0-2 2 3 26 2 4 0 2 36 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-9 .444 2nd: 1-12 .083 Game: 5-21 .238 5 Mateen, Z. 3-7 3-4 0-0 1-1 2 1 9 1 0 0 0 17 3 Lee, J. 2-4 0-1 1-2 2-2 4 2 5 0 1 1 0 14 FT%: 1st: 14-17 .824 2nd: 10-19 .526 Game: 24-36 .667 23 Cochran, T. 2-4 1-1 1-2 0-3 3 0 6 0 2 0 0 11 5 Mateen, Z. 2-4 1-2 0-0 1-0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 11 24 Beane, D. 3-6 1-1 2-5 3-6 9 3 9 2 1 0 3 25 23 Cochran, T. 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 12 No. Chicago State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 25 Scott, N. 1-4 1-4 0-0 0-3 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 19 24 Beane, D. 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Jones, R. 3-5 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 3 7 1 0 0 1 25 TEAM 2-1 3 TEAM 1-2 3 2 23 Colley, J. 4-5 1-1 4-5 0-6 6 4 13 2 2 1 0 33 TOTALS 32-67 12-25 8-19 10-28 38 16 84 15 7 2 6 200 TOTALS 29-54 9-20 6-14 10-30 40 22 73 12 17 2 4 200 35 Hunt, S. 2-5 0-0 1-2 3-2 5 5 5 1 1 1 0 25 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 17-36 .472 2nd: 15-31 .484 Game: 32-67 .478 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 17-33 .515 2nd: 12-21 .571 Game: 29-54 .537 3 Lewis, I. 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 14 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-11 .545 2nd: 6-14 .429 Game: 12-25 .480 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-13 .462 2nd: 3-7 .429 Game: 9-20 .450 5 Johnson, X. 5-9 3-6 2-2 0-7 7 2 15 5 3 1 2 35 FT%: 1st: 2-7 .286 2nd: 6-12 .500 Game: 8-19 .421 FT%: 1st: 1-3 .333 2nd: 5-11 .455 Game: 6-14 .429 1 Lewis, A. 1-12 0-1 7-7 2-4 6 1 9 1 3 0 0 22 2 Townsen, L. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 No. Green Bay FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Buffalo FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 10 Gholizadeh, A. 1-8 0-5 0-0 2-2 4 3 2 1 2 0 1 17 15 Patterson, M. 7-10 0-0 1-2 2-2 4 1 15 1 2 1 0 26 11 Williams, J. 6-13 2-8 3-5 7-1 8 2 17 3 3 1 3 33 15 Birgirumwami, N. 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 4 6 0 1 0 0 13 33 Schwartz, C. 4-8 3-4 0-0 1-8 9 2 11 2 0 1 1 30 34 Mballa, J. 4-7 0-0 3-6 3-8 11 2 11 0 1 0 0 33 22 Johnson, M. 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 1 Davis, A. 4-13 0-0 0-2 2-7 9 4 8 0 3 0 1 33 2 Johnson, A. 1-4 0-3 1-2 0-1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 22 TEAM 2-6 8 2 11 McCloud, J. 9-21 6-12 8-9 1-4 5 2 32 5 2 0 0 37 3 Graves, J. 5-19 2-10 4-5 4-2 6 4 16 2 1 2 4 36 TOTALS 20-56 6-21 14-16 9-30 39 28 60 12 17 3 4 200 21 Hankerson, K. 1-3 0-1 3-4 1-2 3 4 5 5 0 0 1 27 4 Jordan, D. 4-15 3-8 0-2 0-3 3 3 11 5 1 0 1 33 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-30 .333 2nd: 10-26 .385 Game: 20-56 .357 4 Miles, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 Grant, G. 1-2 0-1 2-2 1-0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 10 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-14 .286 2nd: 2-7 .286 Game: 6-21 .286 13 Bell, T. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 9 10 Segu, R. 2-7 2-2 2-2 0-1 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 22 FT%: 1st: 5-5 1.00 2nd: 9-11 .818 Game: 14-16 .875 30 Crist, H. 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 4 0 0 1 23 22 Hardnett, L. 1-2 0-1 0-0 2-0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 34 Chevalier, W. 3-5 3-4 0-0 0-5 5 0 9 0 0 0 0 13 41 Bertram, B. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Technical Fouls: none TEAM 1-1 2 1 TEAM 1-2 3 Officials: Tom O’Neill, Rick O’Neill, Eric Anderson TOTALS 30-63 13-22 12-17 8-32 40 17 85 19 8 2 4 200 TOTALS 24-69 9-33 15-24 19-20 39 16 72 15 6 3 10 200 Attendance: 255 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 17-32 .531 2nd: 13-31 .419 Game: 30-63 .476 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-32 .406 2nd: 11-37 .297 Game: 24-69 .348 Score by Half 3-PT FG%: 1st: 7-12 .583 2nd: 6-10 .600 Game: 13-22 .591 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-16 .188 2nd: 6-17 .353 Game: 9-33 .273 NIU ...... 42-33 75 FT%: 1st: 3-6 .500 2nd: 9-11 .818 Game: 12-17 .706 FT%: 1st: 3-9 .333 2nd: 12-15 .800 Game: 15-24 .625 Chicago State ...... 29-31 60 Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: NIU - James Officials: Bryan Anslinger, Brad Clauss, Ed Phillips Officials: Dan Dorian, Michael Kitts, Ed Phillips Attendance: 1,123 Attendance: 3,069 Score by Half Score by Half Green Bay ...... 44-41 85 NIU ...... 41-32 73 NIU ...... 42-42 84 Buffalo ...... 32-40 72

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 31 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season

2019-20: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 1155 GGAMEAME 1616 GGAMEAME 1717 NIU: 67 NIU: 71 NIU: 49 Central Michigan: 68 Eastern Michigan: 68 Akron: 72 January 7, 2020 • McGuirk Arena January 11, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center January 14, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center Mt. Pleasant, Mich. DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill.

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. – The Northern Illinois University men’s DEKALB, Ill. -- Leading by 15 with two minutes to play, the DEKALB, Ill. – A red-hot start helped lead Akron to a 72-49 victo- basketball team trailed for just 48 seconds on Tuesday night (Jan. Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team withstood a ry over the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team on 7), but a last second layup gave Central Michigan the lead for just late Eastern Michigan run to earn a 71-68 victory over the Eagles Tuesday night (Jan. 14) at the NIU Convocation Center. The Zips long enough as the Chippewas claimed a 68-67 victory over the on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 11) at the NIU Convocation Center. made fi ve triples in the fi rst six minutes of the contest to build an Huskies at McGuirk Arena. Senior Eugene German scored 17 points while senior Noah Mc- early 12-point lead and never looked back. Senior Eugene German scored a team-high 20 points with four Carty tied a career-high with 14. Senior Eugene German scored a team-high 17 points with a assists while senior Lacey James added 14 points and seven re- A basket by sophomore Trendon Hankerson gave the Huskies team-best eight rebounds, freshman Tyler Cochran scored 10 bounds. a 64-49 lead with 2:07 to play before back-to-back triples from points and grabbed seven rebounds. With 14.8 seconds left and NIU in front by a pair, sophomore Noah Morgan quickly trimmed the lead back to nine. Another Akron raced out to an early 8-0 lead before German scored on Trendon Hankerson went to the line and drained both ends of a three with 35 seconds remaining pulled the Eagles within four, a coast-to-coast layup off a turnover to get the Huskies on the one-and-one to give the Huskies a 67-63 lead. Central Michigan 66-62. A free throw from Hankerson made the NIU lead fi ve but board. raced down the fl oor and Devontae Lane converted a bucket, Morgan made a bucket on the other end, and was fouled, with An old-fashioned three-point play from sophomore Darius and was fouled. Lane made the free throw to time the Huskie 24 seconds left. Beane trimmed the Akron lead to a half-dozen, but Akron an- advantage to one with nine seconds to play. Morgan missed the free throw, but Eastern Michigan got the swered with back-to-back triples to push its lead to 17-5 with After the Huskies missed the front end of a one-and-one, the off ensive rebound and Yeikson Montero scored to cut the NIU 13:30 to play in the opening half. Chippewas once again raced the length of the fl oor and Kevin advantage to 67-66. The Zips led 23-8 until a 9-2 burst for the Huskies trimmed the McKay, who scored a game-high 21 points, made a layup with With 19 seconds to play, junior Rod Henry-Hayes made a pair Akron lead back to 25-17. Junior Rod Henry-Hayes opened the 0.2 seconds left to give Central Michigan an improbable victory. at the line to increase the NIU lead to three. A defensive stop, run with a triple, Cochran added a basket and German scored the A corner triple from sophomore Darius Beane gave the Huskies followed by two more free throws by Henry-Hayes with nine sec- next four as NIU cut the Akron lead to eight with 8:04 left in the a 20-13 lead but Central Michigan scored 13 of the next 19 to pull onds left fi nally put the game on ice for the Huskies. fi rst half. even at 26. NIU went right back in front as a drop-off from Ger- Eastern Michigan had a 7-4 lead in the early going before NIU Akron then closed the half with a 19-3 run as the Zips took a man resulted in a dunk for James to give the Huskies a two-point used a 10-0 run to take a seven-point lead. 44-20 lead into halftime. Akron shot 53.3 percent (16-of-30) in lead with just under four minutes to play in the opening half. A 9-2 run gave Eastern Michigan a three-point lead, 22-19, be- the opening 20 minutes, including 57.1 percent (8-of-14) from The Chippewas went in front, 33-32, with a little over a minute fore buckets from freshman Tyler Cochran and McCarty gave the three-point range, while holding NIU to just 17.9 percent (7-of- to play in the half but senior Noah McCarty knocked down a pair lead back to the Huskies, 23-22, with just under four minutes to 39) shooting. of free throws and Mateen got a steal and layup to put the Hus- play in the half. NIU scored the fi rst nine to open the second half as German net- kies up by three, 36-33, at the intermission. After an Eastern Michigan basket cut the NIU lead back to one, ted fi ve while Sophomore Trendon Hankerson and Cochran each With the Huskies in front by four, German drove to the bucket the Huskies closed the half with the next nine as NIU took a 32-24 added a basket as the Huskies trimmed the Akron lead to 44-29 for consecutive layups to double the NIU lead to 49-41 with 13:59 lead into the intermission. Sophomore Darius Beane started the in the fi rst four minutes of the second half. left, forcing a Central Michigan timeout. run with a triple, Cochran added the next three, Hankerson had After a pair of free throws by the Zips, NIU answered with the German added another layup and then fed freshman Tyler Co- a pair of free throws and McCarty made a free throw to give the next nine on another bucket from Cochran, a triple from senior chran to make the run 8-0, giving NIU a 12-point lead with a little Huskies an eight-point lead at the break. Noah McCarty and a pair of baskets from senior Lacey James as over 13 minutes to play. Central Michigan responded with a pair NIU scored the fi rst six points out of the intermission as the the Huskies cut the Zips lead back to single-digits, 46-38, with of triples to cut that advantage in half, 53-47. Huskie lead grew to 14. McCarty and senior Lacey James each 13:28 to play. The Huskies answered by pounding the ball back inside to converted baskets and German made a pair of free throws to give Akron answered with a 13-2 run as the Zips lead ballooned to James for back-to-back buckets as the NIU lead grew by to dou- NIU a 38-24 lead two minutes into the second stanza. 59-40 with just over nine minutes left as Akron never looked ble-digits, 57-47, with just under 11 minutes remaining. The Huskie advantage was 11 when consecutive buckets from back. A 7-0 run brought Central Michigan back within four until an- Scott and a trifecta from German ballooned the NIU lead to 47-29 Tyler Cheese led the Zips with 23 points, Loren Cristian Jackson other driving layup by German stopped the Chippewa run and with 14:34 left. added 17 and Xeyrius Williams scored 12 points to go along with gave NIU a 62-56 advantage with 4:52 left. NIU was still up 18 with just under 11 minutes remaining before a game-high 13 rebounds. Central Michigan used a 7-2 burst to pull within a pair, 65-63, Eastern Michigan used a 10-2 run to pull back within 10, 56-56, with 55 seconds remaining. Following an empty trip for the Hus- with a little over fi ve minutes to play. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN kies, NIU got a stop that forced the Chippewas to foul Hanker- A triple by German helped the Huskie lead grow back to 13 and 4 James, L. 3-10 0-3 0-0 3-2 5 2 6 0 1 2 0 30 son with less than 15 seconds to play, setting up the game’s fi nal the advantage was up to 15 with just over two minutes left be- 11 McCarty, N. 1-4 1-1 0-2 3-5 8 5 3 0 2 0 0 17 moments. fore the late comeback attempt by the Eagles. 1 Hankerson, T. 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-4 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 35 2 Daow, G. 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 10 German, E. 6-22 2-7 3-3 1-7 8 3 17 2 1 1 1 32 4 James, L. 7-11 0-1 0-0 3-4 7 4 14 0 1 0 1 31 4 James, L. 2-6 0-0 0-0 1-6 7 2 4 1 1 0 2 21 0 Johnson, C. 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 McCarty, N. 1-4 1-3 3-4 0-5 5 1 6 1 2 0 0 30 11 McCarty, N. 5-9 0-0 4-6 4-3 7 4 14 3 4 0 1 30 5 Mateen, Z. 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 9 1 Hankerson, T. 1-6 0-1 2-2 0-3 3 1 4 3 3 0 1 31 1 Hankerson, T. 2-4 1-2 4-6 0-3 3 4 9 6 3 0 2 32 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 10 2 Daow, G. 2-6 0-0 2-2 2-3 5 5 6 0 0 0 3 18 2 Daow, G. 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 12 23 Cochran, T. 3-5 0-2 4-6 5-2 7 2 10 1 2 0 1 23 10 German, E. 9-18 0-4 2-2 0-2 2 2 20 4 5 0 1 33 10 German, E. 5-12 3-7 4-4 0-7 7 2 17 2 2 0 1 37 24 Beane, D. 2-8 0-3 1-1 1-1 2 1 5 2 0 1 0 15 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 Mateen, Z. 0-3 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 Scott, N. 0-4 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3 Lee, J. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 22 Henry-Hayes, R. 1-5 1-3 4-4 1-2 3 0 7 1 0 0 0 13 32 Cole, K. 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 5 Mateen, Z. 2-4 1-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1 13 23 Cochran, T. 2-3 0-0 1-2 0-3 3 3 5 0 1 0 0 14 TEAM 4-3 7 2 23 Cochran, T. 2-5 0-1 1-3 1-5 6 4 5 0 1 1 0 22 24 Beane, D. 2-4 2-3 1-3 1-2 3 2 7 4 1 0 1 21 TOTALS 18-73 5-28 8-12 22-28 50 18 49 8 10 5 4 200 24 Beane, D. 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 17 25 Scott, N. 3-7 0-1 0-0 1-3 4 1 6 0 0 0 0 15 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 7-39 .179 2nd: 11-34 .324 Game: 18-73 .247 TEAM 1-0 1 TEAM 0-3 3 1 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-15 .133 2nd: 3-13 .231 Game: 5-28 .179 TOTALS 27-58 3-13 10-14 7-25 32 22 67 9 13 1 7 200 TOTALS 23-56 7-18 18-25 10-33 43 19 71 18 14 0 8 200 FT%: 1st: 4-6 .667 2nd: 3-6 .667 Game: 8-12 .667 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 15-32 .469 2nd: 12-26 .462 Game: 27-58 .466 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-30 .367 2nd: 12-26 .462 Game: 23-56 .411 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-6 .333 2nd: 1-7 .143 Game: 3-13 .231 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-11 .364 2nd: 3-7 .429 Game: 7-18 .389 No. Akron FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN FT%: 1st: 4-4 1.00 2nd: 6-10 .600 Game: 10-14 .714 FT%: 1st: 6-8 .750 2nd: 12-17 .706 Game: 18-25 .720 10 Riak, D. 3-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 5 6 0 0 1 0 20 20 Williams, X. 4-10 4-10 0-0 1-12 13 4 12 0 4 1 0 27 No. Central Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Eastern Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 1 Jackson, L.C. 6-11 4-7 1-1 0-1 1 2 17 8 2 0 3 35 5 Montgomery, R. 2-7 1-2 0-1 2-1 3 4 5 0 1 0 0 20 31 Groce, T. 1-8 1-5 0-0 0-5 5 2 3 3 4 0 2 21 4 Cheese, T. 9-16 3-6 2-3 2-5 7 0 23 2 2 0 0 31 14 DiLeo, D. 4-8 1-4 3-4 0-6 6 1 12 0 1 0 1 34 21 Toure, B. 6-10 0-0 2-2 4-7 11 3 14 1 3 3 0 33 11 Banks, C. 1-7 0-3 0-1 0-4 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 33 2 Lane, D. 2-5 0-2 7-7 0-3 3 1 11 5 6 0 6 27 0 Montero, Y. 6-11 1-5 2-2 1-0 1 4 15 1 0 0 1 23 2 Tribble, G. 2-4 0-1 0-1 1-3 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 21 20 McKay, K. 9-12 0-1 3-5 3-5 8 1 21 1 3 1 0 34 1 Barnes, C. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 22 5 Reece, C. 2-2 0-0 3-3 0-2 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 9 23 Morgan, D. 2-7 2-6 0-0 0-2 2 3 6 0 2 0 0 26 12 Dillard, S. 2-4 0-1 1-3 1-1 2 5 5 3 3 0 0 27 12 McIntyre, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Broadway Jr., T. 0-3 0-1 0-1 0-3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 5 Morgan, N. 5-7 2-3 4-7 2-3 5 0 16 0 1 0 3 27 21 Freeman, E. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Redman, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 Spottsville, D. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 14 23 Dawson, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 Winston, D. 3-7 1-4 0-0 0-3 3 1 7 0 1 0 1 13 13 James, C. 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 Sayles, J. 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 12 Hamlet, K. 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 5 23 Binelli, T. 4-15 2-9 3-3 0-5 5 3 13 1 0 0 2 24 24 Ali, A. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 24 Burrell, R. 1-2 0-1 2-2 1-3 4 1 4 1 1 2 1 21 45 King, J. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 TEAM 0-3 3 TEAM 2-1 3 TEAM 0-2 2 1 TOTALS 27-57 11-28 7-11 6-35 41 16 72 13 9 4 4 200 TOTALS 24-54 5-22 15-20 8-27 35 16 68 8 15 4 9 200 TOTALS 25-61 6-25 12-17 8-28 36 22 68 14 13 4 8 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 16-30 .533 2nd: 11-27 .407 Game: 27-57 .474 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-26 .462 2nd: 12-28 .429 Game: 24-54 .444 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-28 .321 2nd: 16-33 .485 Game: 25-61 .410 3-PT FG%: 1st: 8-14 .571 2nd: 3-14 .214 Game: 11-28 .393 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-9 .222 2nd: 3-13 .231 Game: 5-22 .227 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-11 .182 2nd: 4-14 .286 Game: 6-25 .240 FT%: 1st: 4-5 .800 2nd: 3-6 .500 Game: 7-11 .636 FT%: 1st: 7-10 .700 2nd: 8-10 .800 Game: 15-20 .750 FT%: 1st: 4-4 1.00 2nd: 8-13 .615 Game: 12-17 .706 Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: EMU - Montero Officials: Kelly Pfeifer, Matt Morales, Deidre Carr Officials: Bill Ek, Jim Schipper, Todd Von Sossan Officials: Tim Stewart, Bobby Daw, Justin Shamion Attendance: 884 Attendance: 1,519 Attendance: 1,074 Score by Half Score by Half Score by Half Akron ...... 44-28 72 NIU ...... 36-31 67 Eastern Michigan ...... 22-44 68 NIU ...... 20-29 49 Central Michigan ...... 33-35 68 NIU ...... 32-39 71

32 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

2019-20: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 1188 GGAMEAME 1919 GGAMEAME 2020 NIU: 64 NIU: 76 NIU: 58 Bowling Green: 66 Kent State: 69 Western Michigan: 52 January 18, 2020 • Stroh Center January 21, 2020 • M.A.C. Center January 25, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center Bowling Green, Ohio Kent, Ohio DeKalb, Ill.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Tied at 60 with less than a minute to KENT, Ohio – A 12-point run wrapped around halftime helped DEKALB, Ill. – Three players scored in double fi gures and the play, Bowling Green used a fi ve-point burst to edge the North- the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team to a 76- Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team held Western ern Illinois University men’s basketball team, 66-64, on Saturday 69 victory at Kent State on Tuesday night (Jan. 21) at the M.A.C. Michigan to just 33.3 percent (18-of-54) shooting as the Huskies afternoon (Jan. 18) at the Stroh Center. Senior Eugene German Center. Three Huskies scored in double fi gures, led by 17 points downed the Broncos, 58-52, on Saturday afternoon at the NIU scored a game-high 19 points, sophomore Trendon Hankerson and eight rebounds from senior Eugene German. Senior Lacey Convocation Center. NIU held Western Michigan to just two fi eld added 13 points and senior Noah McCarty chipped in 10 points James scored 16 points while sophomore Darius Beane tied his goals in the fi nal seven minutes as the Huskies earned their sec- and a team-best eight rebounds. season-high with 14 points and eight rebounds. ond consecutive victory. Even 60-60 after a layup by German, Bowling Green’s Dylan Frye Kent State built an early 10-point lead before a fl oater from Senior Eugene German scored a team-high 12 points while made a tough corner triple, his only three of the night. with 50 freshman Tyler Cochran and a corner triple by junior Gairges sophomores Trendon Hankerson and Darius Beane each chipped seconds left to give the Falcons a three-point lead. After a Bowl- Daow cut the Golden Flashes advantage in half, 16-11, with 11:35 in 11. ing Green stop, the Falcons made a pair of free throws to push to play in the opening half. An early 7-0 burst gave the Huskies a 7-3 lead in the opening their lead to fi ve with 29 seconds remaining. A pair of free throws from Daow extended the NIU run to seven, three minutes of the contest, German scored four of the seven McCarty scored to cut the Bowling Green lead to 65-62 before cutting the Kent State lead to three, before the Golden Flashes and found Hankerson for a trifecta as NIU took the early lead. Frye split a pair of free throws to give the Falcons a four-point answered with the next seven to take a 21-13 advantage with With the Huskies in front 11-5, Western Michigan scored the lead with eight seconds left. NIU scored at the buzzer for the fi nal just over nine minutes to play in the half. next fi ve to trim the NIU advantage to just one. The Huskie lead two-point margin. An 8-0 run, capped by a four-point by from Beane, gave NIU its was three before back-to-back triples from Jared Printy gave the Early in the contest, a bucket by sophomore Darius Beane, mak- fi rst lead of the contest, 28-26, with 4:25 to play before the in- Broncos a 16-13 lead with just over eight minutes to play in the ing his fi rst career start, gave the Huskies a 7-4 lead before Bowl- termission. James opened the run with a bucket before Beane half. ing Green answered with 11 of the next 14 as the Falcons took a scored the next half-dozen, including the four-point play, to put NIU went back in front as the Huskies scored six-straight on 15-10 lead with 11:23 to play in the opening half. the Huskies in front by a pair. buckets from senior Lacey James and Beane, sandwiched around The Bowling Green lead had climbed to seven before a jump- The contest was tied, 33-33, with just under three minutes left a pair of free throws from junior Gairges Daow, giving the Huskies er by Hankerson and a triple from German brought the Huskies in the half before NIU scored the fi nal eight before the break. a 21-16 lead with 5:43 left before the intermission. back within a pair, 20-18, with 6:43 left before the intermission. Sophomore Trendon Hankerson and James each knocked in tri- Western Michigan used a 10-0 run to take a 26-21 lead with a With the Falcons in front by a pair, Bowling Green used a 7-0 ples before a pull-up jumper by Daow gave the Huskies a 41-33 little over three minutes to play in the half but NIU answered with burst to take a 32-23 lead before Hankerson stopped the Falcon lead at halftime. a triple from Hankerson and a layup by Beane as the contest went run with a bucket with 2:21 left in the half. Buckets from James and German helped the Huskies push their to the intermission tied at 26. Bowling Green still led by seven until a pair of free throws with lead to a dozen, 45-33, to open the second half before a triple With the Broncos in front by four, NIU used a 7-0 burst to take 30 seconds left in the half closed the scoring in the opening 20 by Kent State ended the NIU run that started at the end of the a 41-38 lead with 11:38 left in the contest. Junior Nathan Scott minutes and gave the Falcons a 36-27 lead at the intermission. opening half. opened the run with a basket off a put-back, Daow made a pair Daeqwon Plowden had 10 points to lead the way for Bowling The Huskies and Golden Flashes traded baskets until a corner from the line and Beane connected on a triple from the wing as Green in the fi rst half, German had seven to pace the Huskies. triple brought Kent State back within seven, 53-46, with a little the Huskies took a three-point lead. NIU scored the fi rst eight to start the second half, trimming the under 11 minutes left. Tied at 43, NIU used a 7-0 run to move in front, 50-43, lead with Bowling Green lead to just one. Hankerson scored the fi rst four Out of a timeout, Kent State forced a turnover and made a just under eight minutes remaining. Hankerson opened the run and German match him with the next four as the Huskies cut the layup to trim the Huskie lead back to fi ve, but NIU answered with with a trifecta, followed by a dunk on a runout before Beane fi n- Falcons lead to 36-35 with 16:45 to play. a tough layup by Cochran as the lead went back to seven, 55-48. ished through contact at the rim to extend the Huskie advantage. Bowling Green pushed its lead back to a half-dozen before Mc- Kent State scored the next fi ve, all of Huskie turnovers, to trim Leading by a half-dozen, freshman Tyler Cochran scored off a Carty connected on a triple from the corner to slash that lead in the NIU advantage to a pair, but the Huskies answered right back feed from senior Noah McCarty with 5:05 left to give NIU a 54-46 half, 50-47, with just over eight minutes left. with a bucket from German and a trifecta by Hankerson, the only lead. Both teams were then held scoreless for more than three The Falcons went back in front by four before an old-fashioned one for the Huskies in the second half, as NIU led 60-53 with a minutes until an old-fashioned three-point play brought the three-point play from McCarty and a triple from Hankerson gave little over seven minutes remaining. Broncos within fi ve with two minutes to go. NIU a 53-51 lead with 6:32 to play. Still in front by seven, a put-back from James extended the Hus- Cochran scored the next four however as the Huskies put the The lead swung back to Bowling Green until German evened kie advantage to nine, 66-57, with four minutes left. Broncos away. The freshman from Bolingbrook, Ill., fi nished with it again at 58 with a triple with a little under four minutes left. A pair of free throws by German gave NIU a 72-62 lead with 57 six points and six rebounds, with all six points and fi ve of the six Both teams scored a pair as the game was tied, 60-60, entering seconds left. Kent State climbed within fi ve in the fi nal minute as rebounds coming in the fi nal 10 minutes. the fi nal minute. the Huskies missed a handful of free throws, but that was as close No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN as the Golden Flashes would get as NIU handed Kent State its fi rst 4 James, L. 2-11 0-4 2-4 3-4 7 5 6 1 0 0 1 22 home loss of the season. 4 James, L. 3-8 0-2 2-2 1-6 7 5 8 0 2 0 2 32 11 McCarty, N. 1-4 0-1 0-0 3-4 7 3 2 2 2 0 1 33 11 McCarty, N. 4-6 1-3 1-1 2-6 8 2 10 3 2 0 2 27 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 1 Hankerson, T. 4-8 3-3 0-1 0-5 5 0 11 2 1 1 1 34 1 Hankerson, T. 5-9 1-2 2-2 1-3 4 3 13 1 0 0 0 32 4 James, L. 6-11 1-2 3-3 3-1 4 3 16 0 0 0 2 31 10 German, E. 5-16 2-9 0-1 0-3 3 0 12 1 2 1 0 34 10 German, E. 6-19 3-9 4-5 0-4 4 1 19 3 1 0 1 33 11 McCarty, N. 2-4 0-1 0-1 1-5 6 2 4 0 2 1 0 30 24 Beane, D. 5-9 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 2 11 2 3 0 2 32 24 Beane, D. 3-9 0-1 2-2 2-2 4 2 8 0 3 0 1 31 1 Hankerson, T. 3-6 3-3 0-0 1-3 4 4 9 3 1 1 1 33 0 Johnson, C. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 6 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 German, E. 4-13 0-3 9-12 1-7 8 4 17 2 3 0 1 31 2 Daow, G. 1-5 0-0 4-4 4-1 5 0 6 1 0 0 0 10 2 Daow, G. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 Beane, D. 5-9 1-1 3-3 5-3 8 3 14 2 3 1 0 34 23 Cochran, T. 3-5 0-0 0-1 3-3 6 2 6 1 0 0 1 19 5 Mateen, Z. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 Scott, N. 1-3 0-2 0-0 1-3 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 10 23 Cochran, T. 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 20 2 Daow, G. 2-4 1-2 2-2 1-2 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 16 TEAM 2-3 5 25 Scott, N. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 5 Mateen, Z. 1-3 1-2 0-0 1-1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 TOTALS 23-63 6-22 6-11 17-30 47 15 58 12 9 3 6 200 32 Cole, K. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 Cochran, T. 3-6 0-1 0-0 0-6 6 1 6 1 1 0 1 17 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-33 .333 2nd: 12-30 .400 Game: 23-63 .365 TEAM 1-1 2 25 Scott, N. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-9 .222 2nd: 4-13 .308 Game: 6-22 .273 TOTALS 23-57 6-10 12-14 8-24 32 20 64 7 10 0 8 200 TEAM 2-1 3 1 FT%: 1st: 2-2 1.00 2nd: 4-9 .444 Game: 6-11 .545 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-28 .357 2nd: 13-29 .448 Game: 23-57 .404 TOTALS 26-58 7-15 17-21 15-30 45 18 76 8 12 3 5 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-9 .222 2nd: 4-11 .364 Game: 6-20 .300 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-30 .467 2nd: 12-28 .429 Game: 26-58 .448 No. Western Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN FT%: 1st: 5-7 .714 2nd: 7-7 1.00 Game: 12-14 .857 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-8 .750 2nd: 1-7 .143 Game: 7-15 .467 35 Johnson, B. 4-13 1-3 3-3 2-4 6 3 12 0 1 2 0 32 FT%: 1st: 7-7 1.00 2nd: 10-14 .714 Game: 17-21 .810 22 Wright, T. 2-3 0-0 0-2 1-1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 17 No. Bowling Green FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3 White, B A. 3-9 3-7 0-2 1-5 6 1 9 3 2 0 4 32 25 Plowden, D. 4-9 3-6 4-4 4-7 11 2 15 0 2 0 0 31 No. Kent State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 12 Flowers, M. 5-15 2-7 2-3 0-2 2 0 14 4 2 0 0 35 2 Mattos, T. 3-5 0-0 5-6 2-6 8 1 11 0 0 1 2 23 5 Pippen, D. 7-14 3-8 1-2 0-9 9 3 18 0 2 2 0 32 30 Whitens, J. 2-3 0-1 0-2 2-5 7 1 4 0 1 0 1 21 1 Turner, J. 1-12 1-5 2-2 2-2 4 0 5 0 1 0 0 32 25 Whittington, P. 3-6 0-0 2-2 1-1 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 25 1 Barrs, C. 0-2 0-0 3-4 1-4 5 1 3 0 0 2 0 20 3 Fields, C. 3-8 0-3 1-2 4-0 4 3 7 0 1 0 0 25 3 Simons, T. 1-10 1-7 0-0 1-0 1 5 3 2 2 0 2 32 4 Printy, J. 2-6 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 19 5 Frye, D. 4-12 1-5 5-6 0-2 2 0 14 0 4 0 0 32 4 Williams, A. 4-10 3-3 2-5 0-1 1 4 13 3 2 1 0 34 11 Cruz Jr., R. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 Laster, M 0-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 2 0 2 5 1 0 1 16 15 Roberts, A. 3-10 1-6 2-3 1-3 4 1 9 2 0 1 1 31 15 Emilien, P. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 10 11 Diggs, T. 2-5 1-4 0-0 0-6 6 1 5 1 0 0 0 14 1 Williamson, C.J. 5-7 2-4 2-3 3-3 6 0 14 1 2 3 1 24 20 Boyer-Richard, W. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 21 Kulackovskis, M. 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-0 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 10 11 Santiago, G. 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 24 Ikongshul, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 22 Sierra, M. 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 14 Peterson, M. 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 14 TEAM 3-4 7 1 35 Swingle, D. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 6 14 Beck, T. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 TOTALS 18-54 8-25 8-16 10-27 37 12 52 9 11 6 5 200 TEAM 2-0 2 TEAM 2-1 3 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-26 .346 2nd: 9-28 .321 Game: 18-54 .333 TOTALS 19-58 7-25 21-24 16-26 42 12 66 7 10 1 3 200 TOTALS 25-61 10-30 9-15 9-19 28 19 69 12 9 7 5 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 7-14 .500 2nd: 1-11 .091 Game: 8-25 .320 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-30 .367 2nd: 8-28 .286 Game: 19-58 .328 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-31 .419 2nd: 12-30 .400 Game: 25-61 .410 FT%: 1st: 1-6 .167 2nd: 7-10 .700 Game: 8-16 .500 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-12 .250 2nd: 4-13 .308 Game: 7-25 .280 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-16 .375 2nd: 4-14 .286 Game: 10-30 .333 FT%: 1st: 11-12 .917 2nd: 10-12 .833 Game: 21-24 .875 FT%: 1st: 1-2 .500 2nd: 8-13 .615 Game: 9-15 .600 Technical Fouls: none Officials: Rob Riley, Tim Stewart, Rod Snedden Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: none Attendance: 1,030 Officials: Brian McNutt, Luke Chittum, Peter Juzenas Officials: Lamont Simpson, Edwin Young, Luke Schumer Score by Half Attendance: 1,925 Attendance: 2,211 Western Michigan ...... 26-26 52 Score by Half Score by Half NIU ...... 26-32 58 NIU ...... 27-37 64 NIU ...... 41-35 76 Bowling Green ...... 36-30 66 Kent State ...... 33-36 69

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 33 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season

2019-20: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 2211 GGAMEAME 2222 GGAMEAME 2323 NIU: 61 NIU: 70 NIU: 66 Ohio: 59 Miami: 55 Toledo: 61 January 28, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center February 1, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center February 4, 2020 • Savage Arena DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill. Toledo, Ohio

DEKALB, Ill. – Senior Noah McCarty spun into the lane and hit DEKALB, Ill. – Senior Eugene German became the fi rst player TOLEDO, Ohio – Senior Eugene German scored a game-high 25 a pull-up jumper with 18 seconds remaining as the Northern Il- in Northern Illinois University men’s basketball history to reach points as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team linois University men’s basketball team earned its third consecu- 2,000 career points as his 21 helped lead the Huskies to their picked up its fi fth consecutive victory, downing Toledo, 66-61, on tive victory with a 61-59 win over Ohio on Tuesday night (Jan. 28) fourth consecutive victory, 70-55, over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday Tuesday night (Feb. 4) at Savage Arena. Sophomore Darius Beane at the NIU Convocation Center. afternoon (Feb. 1) at the NIU Convocation Center. added 11 points and senior Lacey James added eight points and McCarty’s game-winner gave him a career-high 16 points, se- German, who entered the contest 17 points behind T.J. Lux a game-high 13 rebounds. nior Eugene German scored a team-high 18 and freshman Tyler (1995-2000; 1,996 points) for the school scoring record, broke the NIU held Toledo to just 41.7 percent (20-of-48) shooting from Cochran recorded his fi rst career double-double with 12 points mark with a driving layup through contact with 6:39 left to play, the fi eld while the Huskies shot 47.1 percent (24-of-51) as, for the and 10 rebounds. giving the Huskies an 18-point lead. sixth consecutive season, the Huskies and Rockets played a game NIU led by seven with a little over four minutes to play before a Sophomore Darius Beane added 13 points and senior Lacey decided by fi ve points or less at Savage Arena. 9-1 run gave Ohio a 57-56 lead with 2:19 left. James recorded his ninth career double-double with 12 points Beane scored the opening basket of the game before Toledo After both teams came up empty on their next possession, and 10 rebounds as the Huskies led by three at the half before answered with the next seven to take an early fi ve-point lead McCarty buried a triple from a wing, off a dish from sophomore using a big run to build a lead as large as 19 while racing away Toledo was in front by a half-dozen before a 7-2 spurt for the Darius Beane, to push the Huskies back in front, 59-57, with 1:14 from the RedHawks. Huskies brought NIU within one. German opened the burst with to go. NIU had a three-point lead early in the second half before a 7-2 an old-fashioned three-point play and junior Gairges Daow add- A pair of free throws with 47 seconds on the clock brought Ohio mini-run helped the Huskies extend the lead to eight. German ed NIU’s next four as NIU trimmed the Rockets lead to 16-15 with back even at 59 before McCarty got at ball at the top of the key, started the run with a bucket, senior Noah McCarty added a bas- 8:48 to play in the half. drove to his right, spun back into the lane and drained a pull-up ket and James connected on a triple from wing as the Huskies led After a bucket by Toledo, sophomore Trendon Hankerson eight-footer with two seconds left on the shot clock, giving NIU 37-29 with 16:16 to play. pulled the Huskies even at 18 with a triple from the wing off a a 61-59 lead. Miami trimmed the lead back to just a pair before the Huskies feed from senior Noah McCarty. Following a timeout, NIU’s defense got Ohio out of sync and went on a 19-5 run. A deep triple from German gave the Huskies a 25-21 lead, but a jumper at the buzzer wouldn’t go as the Huskies earned their German opened the run with a basket, Beane added a triple and Toledo answered with the next fi ve to go back in front by one fourth-straight victory over the Bobcats. German scored the next fi ve as the Huskies led 47-35. The Red- with a little over four minutes to play before the intermission. Ohio had a three-point lead before a step-back three from Ger- Hawks cut the Huskie lead back to 10 before junior Zaire Mateen NIU closed the half with a 7-0 run as buckets from junior Zaire man pulled the Huskies back even, 24-24. The Bobcats respond- converted an old-fashioned three-point play and Beane connect- Mateen, Beane and German, along with a free throw by Beane, ed with the next fi ve as to take a 29-24 lead with under four min- ed on another from distance to give NIU a 56-40 lead with a little gave the Huskies a 32-26 lead at the break. utes remaining in the fi rst half. under eight minutes to go. Back-to-back triples pulled Toledo even with the Huskies, 37-37, Cochran scored the next three to bring the Huskies within a German then added the record-breaking basket as the Huskie with 17:26 left as the Huskies called an early second half timeout. pair, but Ohio hit a triple to close the half as the Bobcats took a lead reached 18 and he knocked in a corner triple to reach 2,000 The Rockets extended their run to seven, taking a two-point lead 32-27 lead into halftime. career points and give NIU its largest lead of the night, 63-44, until James converted an old-fashioned three-point play to give NIU opened the second half with an 11-2 run as the Huskies with 5:03 to play. the lead back to NIU, 40-39, with 15:39 left. took a four-point lead just over four minutes into the half. Ger- Miami cut the Huskie lead back to 13, but the result was never in In front by one, German hit a triple to ignite a 7-0 Huskie burst man opened the second stanza with a triple and, after a bucket doubt in the fi nal minutes as NIU claimed its fourth-straight win. as Mateen scored the next four to give NIU a 49-41 lead just past by the Bobcats, NIU used an 8-0 run to take a 38-34 lead. McCa- An 8-0 Miami run, including a pair of triples, helped the Red- the midway point of the second half. rty opened the run with a layup, Cochran added a pair of free Hawks pull in front by a pair, 16-14, with 9:23 left in the half. Toledo came all the way back to even on a triple with 5:12 left, throws before German and Cochran both fi nished at the rim on NIU regained the lead as Beane converted an old-fashioned but NIU answered with back-to-back threes from McCarty and the break three-point play and James made a basket, giving the Huskies a German as NIU led 58-52 with a little over four minutes to go. With the Huskies in front by a pair, NIU used a 7-0 burst to take 19-16 advantage with 7:33 remaining in the opening half. The Rockets trimmed the Huskie lead to a pair before German a 50-41 lead. Senior Lacey James ignited the run with a triple, Miami was within one with two minutes left in the opening half scored fi ve-straight, giving NIU a 64-58 lead with 21 seconds re- sophomore Trendon Hankerson and Cochran each added bas- until a 7-3 burst put the Huskies in front by fi ve. Beane made a maining. After a Toledo triple brought the Rockets within three, kets as NIU led by nine with 8:52 left to play. layup to open the run, McCarty added an up-and-under layup Beane converted a pair at the line with eight seconds left to give The NIU lead was seven when Ben Vander Plas converted an and, after a Miami triple, Mateen knocked in a trifecta off a feed the Huskies the victory. old-fashioned three-point play to cut the Huskie advantage to from sophomore Trendon Hankerson as the Huskies took a 28-23 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 55-51, sparking Ohio’s 9-1 run to set up the game’s fi nal minutes. lead. 4 James, L. 3-9 1-1 1-3 4-9 13 3 8 1 2 0 0 32 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 11 McCarty, N. 3-9 1-2 0-0 1-3 4 4 7 1 1 0 2 29 4 James, L. 1-4 1-2 0-0 2-6 8 4 3 0 3 0 0 21 4 James, L. 5-10 1-2 1-3 3-7 10 2 12 0 3 1 1 26 1 Hankerson, T. 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 32 11 McCarty, N. 7-11 2-2 0-0 1-5 6 4 16 1 0 0 0 29 11 McCarty, N. 3-6 0-2 0-0 0-6 6 3 6 0 1 0 1 28 10 German, E. 7-14 3-6 8-9 0-1 1 0 25 1 3 0 1 36 1 Hankerson, T. 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-4 4 1 2 3 2 1 2 36 1 Hankerson, T. 1-5 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 34 24 Beane, D. 4-7 0-1 3-4 0-2 2 2 11 2 4 0 2 33 10 German, E. 7-15 2-5 2-3 0-1 1 1 18 2 1 0 1 32 10 German, E. 8-17 2-7 3-3 0-4 4 3 21 6 4 0 2 31 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 Beane, D. 2-7 1-3 0-2 1-1 2 2 5 2 1 0 0 28 24 Beane, D. 4-7 2-3 3-4 2-0 2 2 13 3 2 0 0 31 2 Daow, G. 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 0 Johnson, C. 0-1 0-0 2-2 1-1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 Mateen, Z. 3-5 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 10 2 Daow, G. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 10 2 Daow, G. 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 19 23 Cochran, T. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 17 5 Mateen, Z. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Mateen, Z. 3-6 1-2 1-1 1-4 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 16 TEAM 2-2 4 23 Cochran, T. 4-6 0-0 4-6 5-5 10 3 12 0 0 0 0 24 23 Cochran, T. 0-1 0-1 2-3 1-2 3 3 2 0 4 1 0 8 TOTALS 24-51 6-13 12-16 7-24 31 16 66 8 10 0 7 200 25 Scott, N. 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 11 TEAM 0-1 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-27 .481 2nd: 11-24 .458 Game: 24-51 .471 TEAM 1-2 3 1 TOTALS 25-54 7-20 13-18 9-30 39 17 70 12 15 2 4 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-6 .333 2nd: 4-7 .571 Game: 6-13 .462 TOTALS 23-53 7-16 8-13 11-27 38 20 61 9 9 2 3 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-26 .385 2nd: 15-28 .536 Game: 25-54 .463 FT%: 1st: 4-5 .800 2nd: 8-11 .727 Game: 12-16 .750 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-30 .333 2nd: 13-23 .565 Game: 23-53 .434 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-8 .250 2nd: 5-12 .417 Game: 7-20 .350 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-8 .250 2nd: 5-8 .625 Game: 7-16 .438 FT%: 1st: 6-10 .600 2nd: 7-8 .875 Game: 13-18 .722 No. Toledo FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN FT%: 1st: 5-6 .833 2nd: 3-7 .429 Game: 8-13 .615 23 Jackson, W. 5-8 0-0 5-6 3-6 9 2 15 2 3 0 1 34 No. Miami FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 30 Knapke, L. 5-7 1-1 4-5 0-7 7 4 15 4 2 3 0 37 No. Ohio FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 13 Brown, D. 1-6 0-4 1-2 0-1 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 14 3 Jackson, M. 4-15 2-10 4-5 1-5 6 1 14 5 4 0 0 39 5 Vander Plas, B. 7-10 0-1 4-11 3-5 8 2 18 2 3 0 1 30 14 Bowman, B. 2-5 1-2 0-0 2-8 10 2 5 0 2 0 0 28 11 Littleson, S. 4-8 4-7 0-0 2-1 3 2 12 2 0 0 0 37 11 Ogbonda, S. 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 4 4 0 3 0 1 23 2 Lairy, M. 3-12 1-6 0-0 0-3 3 2 7 1 2 0 1 31 24 Saunders, K. 2-6 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 3 5 0 2 0 1 27 0 Preston, J. 5-9 0-1 0-0 2-5 7 1 10 7 2 0 2 40 3 Grant, D. 3-14 2-5 3-5 2-0 2 0 11 1 0 0 0 36 1 Smith, T.J. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 McDay, L. 4-9 3-5 2-2 2-3 5 1 13 0 1 0 1 31 4 Coleman-Lands 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-3 3 3 3 5 3 1 1 28 12 Maranka, L. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 35 Dartis, J. 2-11 2-10 0-0 2-1 3 3 6 1 0 1 0 32 1 Sibande, N. 5-9 0-0 3-4 1-3 4 2 13 1 1 0 0 18 21 Alderson, D. 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 2 Springs, N. 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 6 5 Ayah, P. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 0-0 0 3 Roderick, B. 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 12 11 White, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 TOTALS 20-48 8-23 13-16 7-21 28 14 61 13 11 4 2 200 22 Foster, N. 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 15 Jovic, M. 4-6 2-4 1-1 2-1 3 2 11 1 1 0 0 21 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-24 .458 2nd: 9-24 .375 Game: 20-48 .417 23 Brown, M. 0-4 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 20 Litteken, B. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-9 .333 2nd: 5-14 .357 Game: 8-23 .348 24 McMurray, M. 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 22 McNamara, E. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 10 FT%: 1st: 1-1 1.00 2nd: 12-15 .800 Game: 13-16 .813 TEAM 0-3 3 24 Ritchie, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTALS 21-53 7-24 10-18 10-23 33 16 59 10 9 2 6 200 35 Brewer, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Technical Fouls: none TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-27 .444 2nd: 9-26 .346 Game: 21-53 .396 TEAM 1-2 3 2 Officials: Edwin Young, Chris Beaver, Bill Ek 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-15 .400 2nd: 1-9 .111 Game: 7-24 .292 TOTALS 20-58 7-26 8-12 9-24 33 19 55 9 13 1 3 200 Attendance: 3,877 FT%: 1st: 2-3 .667 2nd: 8-15 .533 Game: 10-18 .556 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-31 .290 2nd: 11-27 .407 Game: 20-58 .345 Score by Half 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-15 .333 2nd: 2-11 .182 Game: 7-26 .269 NIU ...... 32-34 66 Technical Fouls: none FT%: 1st: 2-3 .667 2nd: 6-9 .667 Game: 8-12 .667 Toledo ...... 26-35 61 Officials: Larry Scirotto, Donnie Eppley, Wesley Ford Attendance: 783 Technical Fouls: none Score by Half Officials: Bryan Anslinger, Jerry Scherzinger, Jeff Spedoske Ohio ...... 32-27 59 Attendance: 1,492 NIU ...... 27-34 61 Score by Half Miami ...... 25-30 55 NIU ...... 28-42 70

34 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

2019-20: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 2244 GGAMEAME 2525 GGAMEAME 2626 NIU: 57 NIU: 59 NIU: 60 Kent State: 54 Ball State: 63 Miami: 65 February 7, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center February 11, 2020 • Worthen Arena February 15, 2020 • Millett Hall DeKalb, Ill. Muncie, Ind. Oxford, Ohio

DEKALB, Ill. – In a game that featured 11 ties and 14 lead chang- MUNCIE, Ind. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball OXFORD, Ohio – Miami shot 46 percent (23-of-50) from the fi eld es, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team made team trailed by as much as 15 in the second half before charging as it upended the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball just enough plays late to outlast Kent State, 57-54, on Friday back to within one, but Ball State held off the late Huskie rally team, 65-60, on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 15) at Millett Hall. Se- night (Feb. 7) at the NIU Convocation Center. to claim a 63-59 victory over NIU on Tuesday night (Feb. 11) at nior Eugene German scored a game-high 21 points to pace the Senior Eugene German scored a season-high 27 points while Worthen Arena. Huskies, senior Lacey James added 13 points, eight rebounds senior Lacey James and freshman Tyler Cochran each chipped Senior Eugene German scored a team-high 18 points, junior and four blocks. in eight points; James also recorded a game-high 11 rebounds. Zaire Mateen and freshman Tyler Cochran each came off the Miami was in front by a pair in the early going after a pull-up NIU’s sixth consecutive win gives the Huskies their longest bench to add 10 points. jumper from junior Zaire Mateen, but the RedHawks extended Mid-American Conference winning streak in program history as Leading by seven at the break, Ball State scored the fi rst seven their lead to eight, 15-7, with just over 13 minutes left in the half they improve to 15-9 overall, 8-3 in league play. to start the second half as the Cardinals took a 36-22 lead. after back-to-back triples. A trifecta from James with 4:45 left to play gave NIU its larg- Five-straight points from sophomore Trendon Hankerson NIU used a 6-0 burst to pull within four, 19-15, before Miami est lead of the night, 50-44, but Kent State came right back with trimmed the Ball State lead to 39-29 with just under 15 minutes answered with a pair of triples as the lead extended to 10 with a back-to-back threes from Danny Pippen to pull the Golden Flash- remaining, but the Cardinals answered with the next four to push little over eight minutes to play before the intermission. German es even with just under four minutes left. their lead back to 14. scored four of the six and senior Noah McCarty added the other German answered with the next four as NIU took a 54-50 lead A put-back from Cochran just before the shot clock, a bucket pair during the spurt. with 1:44 to play, but once again Kent State responded with four from senior Noah McCarty and a pullup jumper from Hankerson McCarty fi nished with nine points and seven rebounds. in a row as the game was tied again with 55 seconds remaining. helped NIU trim the Ball State lead to 52-45 with 6:38 to go. With Miami still in front by 10, a layup from sophomore Darius On NIU’s next possession, German drove to the basket and drew German split a pair of free throws but got his own miss of the Beane, followed by a pair of layups off steals from sophomore a foul, splitting a pair at the line to give the Huskies a 55-54 lead second and drove for a layup to get the Huskies within three, 54- Trendon Hankerson, helped the Huskies trim the RedHawk lead with 42 ticks left on the clock. 51, with 4:51 left. to 27-23 with 4:21 left in the half. Following a Kent State turnover, the Huskies beat the Golden Ball State went back up by fi ve before baskets from senior Lacey A bucket from Mateen brought the Huskies within a pair before Flashes press and found Cochran ahead of the play for a layup James and German cut the Cardinal lead to just one, 56-55, with Miami pushed the lead back to a half-dozen. German scored the with 11 seconds left as NIU took a 57-54 lead. The Huskies got a 3:35 to go. The Ball State lead was still one when Ishmael El-Amin fi nal pair of the fi rst half to trim the RedHawk lead to 31-27 at stop on the next possession as they earned their sixth-straight knocked in a triple with 26 seconds to play, giving the Cardinals the break. win and swept a two-game series against Kent State for the fi rst a 60-56 lead. Miami scored fi ve quick points to start the second half as the time since the 1985-86 season. After the Ball State lead grew back to fi ve, Mateen knocked RedHawks took a 36-27 lead. NIU answered with three-straight Pippen scored 16 points to lead the Golden Flashes, Anthony in a three with 11.5 seconds to play, pulling NIU back within a from Beane to trim the Miami lead to a half-dozen before another Roberts added 13 points and Antonio Williams grabbed 10 re- pair, 61-59. Ball State made a pair of free throws and NIU came RedHawk basket gave the hosts a 38-30 lead with 15:21 left. bounds. up empty on its next possession as the Cardinals held on for the NIU cut the Miami lead to fi ve, 42-37, on back-to-back buckets Kent State held a one-point lead, 10-9, early in the contest until victory. from German and James. After the RedHawks pushed their lead fi ve consecutive Huskie points gave NIU a four-point advantage, Ball State jumped out to a 9-0 lead to open the contest until to seven, a bucket from German and a pair of free throws by 14-10. James opened the burst for NIU with a free throw and Co- James fi nished at the rim to kickstart the Huskie off ense. James pulled the Huskies to within three, 46-43, with under nine chran added the next four points. NIU answered with the next half-dozen, including four from minutes remaining. The Huskie lead was still four after a triple from German with German, as the Huskies trimmed the Ball State lead to 9-6 with A triple from the wing by McCarty cut the Miami lead to just 9:12 left in the opening stanza, but Kent State scored the next 11:03 left in the opening half. two, but four-straight free throws from the RedHawks helped the fi ve as the Golden Flashes took one-point lead, 24-23, with just The Cardinal lead grew back to seven before a bucket from lead grow back to 54-48. under seven minutes left in the half. sophomore Darius Beane and a layup off a steal from Hankerson Trailing by seven with under two minutes to go, James con- Kent State still led by one until back-to-back buckets from brought NIU back within three, 13-10. nected on a trifecta and German converted a basket to bring the German and sophomore Darius Beane gave NIU a three-point Ball State led by four after a pair of free throws from Cochran; Huskies within a pair, 60-58, with just over a minute remaining. advantage in the fi nal minute of the half. The Golden Flashes the Cardinals then used a 6-1 burst to take a 25-16 lead with a Miami split a pair of free throws on its next possession but, after knocked in a triple at the horn as the contest was even, 32-32, little over four minutes to play before the break. NIU came up empty, the RedHawks made a pair at the line to in- at the intermission. The Ball State advantage ballooned to 11 before baskets from crease their lead to fi ve, preserving the victory. German led all scorers with 14 points in the opening 20 min- German and junior Nathan Scott trimmed the Ball State lead to Isaiah Coleman-Lands came off the bench to lead Miami with 15 utes. Troy Simons led Kent State with nine in the fi rst half before 27-20 with just over a minute to play in the opening half. The two points, Dae Dae Grant added 11 while Elijah McNamara and Bam being held scoreless after the break. teams traded points in the fi nal minute as Ball State took a 29-22 Bowman each scored 10 points. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN lead into the intermission. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 4 James, L. 3-6 1-2 1-4 1-10 11 3 8 0 1 0 1 35 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 4 James, L. 4-10 1-2 4-4 4-4 8 2 13 0 2 4 1 32 11 McCarty, N. 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 3 4 2 2 0 1 18 4 James, L. 3-10 0-1 0-1 4-4 8 3 6 1 5 1 1 29 11 McCarty, N. 2-5 2-4 3-5 1-6 7 2 9 1 1 0 0 23 1 Hankerson, T. 1-6 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 34 11 McCarty, N. 1-2 0-0 0-2 1-0 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 17 1 Hankerson, T. 3-5 0-1 2-2 1-2 3 3 8 2 0 0 0 30 10 German, E. 10-19 3-7 4-6 1-5 6 1 27 3 0 0 0 38 1 Hankerson, T. 4-8 1-5 0-0 1-2 3 1 9 1 0 0 2 37 10 German, E. 8-20 2-5 3-5 0-5 5 0 21 1 3 0 0 31 24 Beane, D. 2-6 0-1 1-1 1-2 3 3 5 4 0 0 0 32 10 German, E. 7-20 2-11 2-5 1-6 7 3 18 1 4 0 0 37 24 Beane, D. 2-6 0-1 1-3 1-0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 33 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 24 Beane, D. 1-5 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 20 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Daow, G. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 Daow, G. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 Mateen, Z. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 Daow, G. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 5 Mateen, Z. 2-5 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 18 23 Cochran, T. 4-14 0-2 0-0 4-2 6 2 8 0 3 0 3 22 5 Mateen, Z. 4-6 2-4 0-0 0-4 4 2 10 0 0 0 2 18 23 Cochran,T. 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-6 9 3 0 0 2 0 1 25 25 Scott, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 Cochran, T. 3-8 1-3 3-4 3-4 7 3 10 1 0 0 0 26 25 Scott, N. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 2-2 4 1 25 Scott, N. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 TEAM 0-2 2 TOTALS 23-57 5-16 6-11 10-26 36 16 57 11 9 1 5 200 32 Cole, K. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 TOTALS 21-53 5-16 13-19 10-27 37 16 60 5 9 4 4 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-32 .438 2nd: 9-25 .360 Game: 23-57 .404 TEAM 1-0 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-26 .346 2nd: 12-27 .444 Game: 21-53 .396 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-8 .250 2nd: 3-8 .375 Game: 5-16 .313 TOTALS 24-60 6-26 5-12 12-21 33 23 59 4 11 3 6 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-7 .286 2nd: 3-9 .333 Game: 5-16 .313 FT%: 1st: 2-5 .400 2nd: 4-6 .667 Game: 6-11 .545 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-27 .333 2nd: 15-33 .455 Game: 24-60 .400 FT%: 1st: 7-11 .636 2nd: 6-8 .750 Game: 13-19 .684 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-13 .077 2nd: 5-13 .385 Game: 6-26 .231 No. Kent State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN FT%: 1st: 3-8 .375 2nd: 2-4 .500 Game: 5-12 .417 No. Miami FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 5 Pippen, D. 4-11 2-7 6-7 1-7 8 3 16 2 5 1 0 32 22 McNamara, E. 4-7 0-0 2-3 1-2 3 3 10 1 0 1 0 19 25 Whittington, P. 3-8 0-0 0-0 4-4 8 1 6 1 2 1 1 35 No. Ball State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 35 Brewer, J. 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 4 1 3 0 0 14 3 Simons, T. 3-7 3-7 0-0 1-4 5 0 9 2 0 0 0 38 14 Mallers, K. 2-5 2-5 6-9 2-2 4 2 12 1 0 0 0 29 2 Lairy, M. 2-9 1-6 0-2 0-2 2 1 5 3 1 0 4 37 4 Williams, A. 2-6 0-1 3-9 4-6 10 4 7 0 2 0 1 25 25 Teague, T. 4-8 1-3 3-4 1-3 4 4 12 0 5 1 1 23 3 Grant, D. 4-12 0-3 3-4 1-2 3 1 11 3 0 0 0 34 15 Roberts, A. 5-11 1-6 2-3 1-2 3 2 13 4 2 0 0 37 2 Bumbalough, L. 0-5 0-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 15 Jovic, M. 1-5 0-3 0-1 0-2 2 4 2 1 0 1 0 23 1 Williamson, C.J. 0-5 0-3 0-0 1-4 5 3 0 3 3 0 2 25 5 El-Amin, I. 7-11 4-6 4-6 0-3 3 3 22 3 1 0 1 38 4 Coleman-Lands 4-7 2-5 5-6 0-5 5 1 15 0 2 0 0 31 11 Santiago, G. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 Coleman, J. 2-5 0-1 1-3 0-9 9 0 5 4 4 1 0 32 5 Ayah, P. 2-2 0-0 4-4 1-7 8 3 8 0 0 0 0 19 13 Peterson, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Thomas, M. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 11 White, M. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 22 Castillo, A. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 Thompson, J. 0-2 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 11 14 Bowman, B. 4-5 2-2 0-0 0-3 3 2 10 0 0 0 0 14 50 Bennett, K. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 Hazen, B. 2-3 0-0 3-3 3-6 9 1 7 0 2 0 0 22 TEAM 0-2 2 TEAM 0-0 0 13 Acree, K. 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 7 TOTALS 23-50 5-20 14-20 4-26 30 16 65 10 7 2 4 200 TOTALS 18-49 6-24 12-21 12-27 39 14 54 12 15 2 4 200 TEAM 0-3 3 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-27 .444 2nd: 11-23 .478 Game: 23-50 .460 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-31 .355 2nd: 7-18 .389 Game: 18-49 .367 TOTALS 18-41 8-23 19-27 6-28 34 13 63 11 15 2 4 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-13 .308 2nd: 1-7 .143 Game: 5-20 .250 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-13 .308 2nd: 2-11 .182 Game: 6-24 .250 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-22 .455 2nd: 8-19 .421 Game: 18-41 .439 FT%: 1st: 3-5 .600 2nd: 11-15 .733 Game: 14-20 .700 FT%: 1st: 6-10 .600 2nd: 6-11 .545 Game: 12-21 .571 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-10 .300 2nd: 5-13 .385 Game: 8-23 .348 FT%: 1st: 6-9 .667 2nd: 13-18 .722 Game: 19-27 .704 Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: none Officials: Brian McAnally, Luke Chittum, Deldre Carr Officials: Darryl Smith, Peter Juzenas, Jabir Walker Technical Fouls: none Attendance: 3,831 Attendance: 1,385 Officials: Bo Boroski, Kelly Pfeifer, Brian McNutt Score by Half Score by Half Attendance: 4,288 NIU ...... 27-33 60 Kent State ...... 32-22 54 Score by Half Miami ...... 31-34 65 NIU ...... 32-25 57 NIU ...... 22-37 59 Ball State ...... 29-34 63

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 35 NIU BASKETBALL | 2020-21 Season

2019-20: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 2727 (OVERTIME)(OVERTIME) GGAMEAME 2828 GGAMEAME 2929 NIU: 82 NIU: 73 NIU: 69 Central Michigan: 81 Eastern Michigan: 71 Western Michigan: 72 February 22, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center February 25, 2020 • EMU Convocation Center February 29, 2020 • University Arena DeKalb, Ill. Ypsilanti, Mich. Kalamazoo, Mich.

DEKALB, Ill. – Trailing by four with less than a minute to play in YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Northern Illinois University men’s bas- KALAMAZOO, Mich. – A three-pointer by Jared Printy lifted overtime, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team ketball team led for less than 10 seconds on Tuesday night (Feb. Western Michigan past the Northern Illinois University men’s bas- rallied to force overtime and held off Central Michigan in the ex- 25), but it was enough to claim a 73-71 victory over Eastern Mich- ketball team, 72-69, on Saturday evening (Feb. 29) at University tra session for an 82-81 victory over Saturday afternoon (Feb. 22) igan at the EMU Convocation Center. The Huskies trailed by as Arena. NIU rallied from down 18 with less than nine minutes to at the NIU Convocation Center. much as 17 in the contest, and by four with 20 seconds to go, play before falling to the late triple. Four players scored in double fi gures for NIU, led by 23 points before triples from sophomore Trendon Hankerson and senior Senior Eugene German scored a game-high 23 points, senior and nine rebounds from senior Eugene German. Sophomore Eugene German gave the Huskies the win. Lacey James and sophomore Darius Beane each scored 11 points. Darius Beane added 15 points, sophomore Trendon Hankerson German fi nished with a game-high 27 points, including seven Western Michigan shot 54.2 percent (26-of-48) from the fi eld, had 12 points and senior Lacey James fi nished with 11 points and triples, one shy of the NIU single-game record. Freshman Tyler including 63.2 percent (12-of-19) from three-point range. nine rebounds. Cochran scored a career-high 15 points and junior Zaire Mateen With Western Michigan in front, 61-43, NIU went on a 16-1 run NIU led by nine with 5:38 to play in regulation before Central tied a career-high with 15 points, on fi ve threes. to climb within three with 3:22 remaining. Freshman Tyler Co- Michigan used a 15-2 run to take a four-point lead, 67-63, with NIU tied a school record with 14 made triples, set previously chran opened the run with a pair of free throws, Beane knocked 2:40 remaining. against Chicago State twice (Feb. 27, 1988 and Dec. 22, 2018) as in a triple from the wing and German scored the next four as NIU James knocked in a triple to cut the Central Michigan lead to well as Ball State on March 4, 2016. The Huskies shot 42.4 percent trimmed the Bronco lead to 61-52. one but an old-fashioned three-point play by the Chippewas (14-of-33) from beyond the long line and 45 percent (27-of-60) Cochran fi nished with eight points on 3-of-4 shooting from the gave CMU a 72-68 lead with 1:28 to go. overall in the contest. fi eld. NIU came up empty on its next possession but German forced a The Huskies overcame a 21-shot advantage by Eastern Michi- Following a free throw by Western Michigan, James made a pair turnover and fi nished a layup to trim the Central Michigan lead to gan at the free-throw line as the Eagles went 20-of-28 (71.4 per- at the line, German canned a trifecta and Beane hit a pair from two. After a Central Michigan shot clock violation, German again cent) from the charity stripe to just 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) for NIU. the charity stripe as NIU cut the Western Michigan lead to 62-59. converted at the rim to tie the game with 20 seconds to play. A 6-1 burst by Eastern Michigan gave the Eagles a 65-56 lead A basket by the Broncos pushed the lead to fi ve, but James bur- On the fi nal possession of regulation, the Chippewas missed with a little over seven minutes to play. German answered with ied a triple and German fi nished at the rim as NIU tied the game the initial shot and the ball was tapped around on the rim mul- the next four to pull the Huskies back within fi ve with 4:54 left. at 64 with 2:19 remaining. Western Michigan answered with a tiple times but none of them fell at the game went to overtime. Eastern Michigan’s lead was a half-dozen when Hankerson triple and German came back with an old-fashioned three-point The Huskies scored fi rst in the extra session and led by one, 78- made his fi rst shot of the night, a pull-up jumper, with 2:46 to play to tie the game 67-67. 77, after a pair of free throws from German was 1:44 remaining. play. Senior Lacey James then made a bucket to get the Huskies Western Michigan went ahead by two again, but German fi n- Central Michigan scored on its next possession to go back in within a pair, 69-67, before Ty Groce answered with a fl oater in ished a layup off the high glass with 33 seconds left, pulling the front by one and, with just over a minute left in the overtime, the lane with less than a minute left as the Eagles led 71-67. Huskies even again. German attacked the basket and split a pair of free throws to tie After empty possessions for both teams, Hankerson knocked in Out of a timeout, Western Michigan ran the shot clock down the game at 79. a triple with 17 seconds left off a baseline out of bounds play, before fi nding Printy in the corner for the triple with fi ve seconds NIU got a stop on the next possession and German converted with senior Noah McCarty providing the assists, his career-high left. On the fi nal possession, a half-court shot could only draw one more from the line with 33 ticks remaining, giving the Hus- sixth of the game. As a team, NIU fi nished with 17 assists on 27 front rim for the Huskies as Western Michigan escaped with the kies an 80-79 lead. made fi eld goals. victory. Following a Central Michigan turnover, Hankerson stepped to Leading 71-70, Eastern Michigan threw the ball the length of Brandon Johnson and Michael Flowers each scored 20 points the line and drained a pair, giving NIU an 82-79 lead with 11.4 the fl oor to Groce who was unable to convert at the rim as the to lead the Broncos. seconds remaining. ball caromed back to the Huskies. NIU raced back the other way NIU led by one in the early going after a bucket from James be- On its fi nal possession, Central Michigan missed a diffi cult and German canned a long trifecta to give NIU its fi rst lead of the fore Western Michigan used a 12-2 burst to take a 16-7 lead with three-point attempt to tie but did get a layup as time expired as night, 73-71, with less than 10 seconds left. 13:30 to play in the opening half. NIU escaped with a one-point victory. On the fi nal possession, all Eastern Michigan was able to get The Western Michigan lead grew to a dozen until junior Zaire David DiLeo scored a game-high 25 points to lead Central Mich- was an off -balance three-point attempt that fell well short as the Mateen scored seven-straight points to trim the Broncos lead to igan. Devontae Lane added 14 points, Rob Montgomery scored Huskies escaped with their fi rst win in Ypsilanti since 2012. 27-22 with two-and-a-half minutes left in the fi rst stanza. 11 and Dallas Morgan chipped in 10 points for the Chippewas. Thomas Binelli scored a team-high 26 points for the Eagles, After the Broncos scored the next four to push their lead back to NIU shot 46.2 percent (6-of-13) from three-point range while Groce added 12, Boubacar Toure scored 11 points and Darion 10, Beane beat the buzzer to end the half with a fl oater, trimming holding Central Michigan to just 23.8 percent (5-of-21) shooting Spottsville chipped in 10 points. the Western Michigan lead to 32-24 at the intermission. from behind the long line. The win was NIU’s 10th conference victory of the season, its most since recording 12 during the 2005-06 season. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 4 James, L. 4-9 1-2 2-5 1-6 7 4 11 0 1 4 1 34 4 James, L. 2-7 1-1 6-8 3-6 9 4 11 1 2 0 1 33 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 11 McCarty, N. 3-5 1-3 0-1 1-2 3 2 7 1 1 0 0 23 11 McCarty, N. 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-7 8 4 0 2 1 1 1 28 4 James, L. 1-3 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 4 3 0 1 1 0 14 1 Hankerson, T. 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 35 1 Hankerson, T. 4-6 2-3 2-2 1-2 3 2 12 1 1 0 0 41 11 McCarty, N. 0-4 0-0 0-0 4-2 6 4 0 6 1 0 2 32 5 Mateen, Z. 2-6 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 1 7 0 0 0 3 20 10 German, E. 8-24 1-5 6-8 2-7 9 0 23 3 3 0 2 35 1 Hankerson, T. 2-7 1-5 0-0 0-3 3 2 5 2 1 1 0 26 24 Beane, D. 4-7 1-1 2-2 0-6 6 3 11 1 2 0 0 33 24 Beane, D. 7-11 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 4 15 2 0 0 1 36 10 German, E. 9-18 7-16 2-2 0-4 4 1 27 4 1 1 0 38 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 24 Beane, D. 3-7 1-3 1-1 3-3 6 2 8 2 1 1 0 31 2 Daow, G. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 Daow, G. 3-5 0-0 3-4 1-1 2 1 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 German, E. 10-20 2-6 1-3 0-0 0 1 23 2 0 0 2 20 5 Mateen, Z. 2-4 2-3 0-0 0-2 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 14 2 Daow, G. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 23 Cochran, T. 3-4 0-1 2-5 1-3 4 4 8 0 1 0 1 26 23 Cochran, T. 3-6 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 3 6 2 4 1 1 19 5 Mateen, Z. 5-9 5-9 0-0 0-1 1 2 15 2 2 0 0 17 25 Scott, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 25 Scott, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 23 Cochran, T. 7-10 0-0 1-2 4-4 8 2 15 1 1 0 1 32 TEAM 3-1 4 TEAM 2-1 3 25 Scott, N. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 TOTALS 27-56 6-18 9-18 7-20 27 17 69 6 11 4 9 200 TOTALS 29-66 6-13 18-24 12-31 43 20 82 12 11 2 6 225 TEAM 3-0 3 3 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-24 .417 2nd: 17-32 .531 Game: 27-56 .482 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-31 .419 2nd: 14-32 .438 OT: 2-3 .667 Game: 29-66 .439 TOTALS 27-59 14-33 5-7 15-20 35 20 73 17 12 5 3 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-7 .286 2nd: 4-11 .364 Game: 6-18 .333 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-5 .500 2nd: 4-9 .444 OT: 0-0 .000 Game: 6-13 .462 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-30 .433 2nd: 14-29 .483 Game: 27-59 .458 FT%: 1st: 2-7 .286 2nd: 7-11 .636 Game: 9-18 .500 FT%: 1st: 4-6 .667 2nd: 8-9 .889 OT: 6-9 .667 Game: 18-24 .750 3-PT FG%: 1st: 8-17 .471 2nd: 6-16 .375 Game: 14-33 .424 FT%: 1st: 3-4 .750 2nd: 2-3 .667 Game: 5-7 .714 No. Western Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Central Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 35 Johnson, B. 7-11 3-4 3-4 0-7 7 4 20 2 3 1 0 33 5 Montgomery, R. 4-8 0-1 3-3 1-9 10 5 11 0 2 1 0 32 No. Eastern Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 22 Wright, T. 3-6 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 4 6 0 3 0 0 17 14 DiLeo, D. 8-17 3-9 6-8 3-5 8 4 25 1 0 0 1 44 23 Binelli, T. 7-15 6-12 6-8 1-4 5 1 26 0 0 0 1 36 3 White, B A. 2-4 2-3 0-1 0-6 6 1 6 4 2 0 0 29 2 Lane, D. 5-10 0-1 4-4 0-3 3 1 14 3 2 0 1 34 31 Groce, T. 4-13 0-3 4-5 0-1 1 0 12 4 0 1 1 27 12 Flowers, M. 8-13 4-5 0-0 0-1 1 0 20 3 2 0 1 34 11 Winston, D. 2-7 0-2 0-0 0-3 3 1 4 3 0 0 2 31 21 Toure, B. 5-9 0-0 1-2 4-6 10 2 11 3 2 3 1 34 30 Whitens, J. 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 20 20 McKay, K. 4-10 0-2 1-1 3-4 7 4 9 1 3 0 1 36 0 Montero, Y. 2-3 1-2 4-4 1-1 2 1 9 2 2 0 2 25 1 Barrs, C. 1-2 0-0 4-6 1-4 5 2 6 2 1 1 0 18 0 Broadway, T. 0-3 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 10 Spottsville, D. 4-7 0-1 2-4 1-2 3 1 10 4 0 0 0 38 4 Printy, J. 2-6 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 15 1 Redman, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Morgan, N. 0-3 0-3 0-1 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 11 Cruz Jr., R. 2-5 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 2 4 3 3 0 0 23 23 Morgan, D. 4-10 2-5 0-0 0-2 2 1 10 1 2 1 0 24 13 James, C. 0-2 0-1 3-4 3-0 3 1 3 0 1 0 2 17 15 Emilien, P. 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 11 24 Burrell, R. 2-2 0-0 3-4 0-0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 13 45 King, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 TEAM 2-2 4 1 TEAM 2-2 4 1 TEAM 2-2 4 TOTALS 26-48 12-19 8-13 6-28 34 18 72 16 17 3 2 200 TOTALS 29-67 5-21 18-22 9-28 37 18 81 10 10 3 5 225 TOTALS 22-52 7-22 20-28 12-17 29 9 71 13 6 4 7 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-24 .542 2nd: 13-24 .542 Game: 26-48 .542 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-28 .393 2nd: 15-32 .469 OT: 3-7 .429 Game: 39-67 .433 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-25 .400 2nd: 12-27 .444 Game: 22-52 .423 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-8 .625 2nd: 7-11 .636 Game: 12-19 .632 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-12 .333 2nd: 1-8 .125 OT: 0-1 .000 Game: 5-21 .238 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-11 .273 2nd: 4-11 .364 Game: 7-22 .318 FT%: 1st: 1-2 .500 2nd: 7-11 .636 Game: 8-13 .615 FT%: 1st: 1-3 .333 2nd: 14-16 .875 OT: 3-3 1.00 Game: 18-22 .818 FT%: 1st: 14-20 .700 2nd: 6-8 .750 Game: 20-28 .714 Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: NIU - Daow Technical Fouls: NIU - team Officials: Darryl Smith, John Floyd, Jabir Walker Officials: Dan Dorian, Todd Von Sossan, Keith Lewis Officials: Lewis Garrison, Donnie Eppley, Lamont Simpson Attendance: 2,488 Attendance: 3,016 Attendance: 1,378 Score by Half Score by Half Score by Half NIU ...... 24-45 69 Central Michigan ...... 27-45-9 81 NIU ...... 37-36 73 Western Michigan ...... 32-40 72 NIU ...... 32-40-10 82 Eastern Michigan ...... 37-34 71

36 2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

2019-20: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 3300 GGAMEAME 3131 NIU: 71 NIU: 54 Toledo: 50 Ball State: 75 March 3, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center March 6, 2020 • NIU Convocation Center DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill.

DEKALB, Ill. – With its most dominant performance of the con- DEKALB, Ill. -- The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball ference season, the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team fi nished the regular season with a 75-54 setback against team led wire-to-wire in defeating Toledo, 71-50, on Tuesday Ball State (March 6) on Friday night at the NIU Convocation Cen- night (March 3) at the NIU Convocation Center, clinching a fi rst ter. Senior Eugene German scored a team-high 17 points and round bye in the Mid-American Conference Tournament and at sophomore Trendon Hankerson added 12 points. least a share of the MAC West Division crown. Ball State shot 51.2 percent (22-of-43) from the fi eld in the con- Senior Eugene German scored a game-high 22 points, soph- test, including 43.5 percent (10-of-23) from three-point range omore Trendon Hankerson had 13 points, senior Lacey James while holding NIU to just 28.1 percent (18-of-64) shooting, and posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds while 22.2 percent (6-of-27) from beyond the arc. freshman Tyler Cochran came off the bench to score 10 points. Ball State raced out to a 10-0 lead in the opening fi ve minutes The Huskies shot 50 percent (26-of-52) from the fl oor, including of the contest before a triple from Hankerson ended the Cardinal 47.1 percent (8-of-17) from three-point range while holding the run to start the game. Rockets to just 29.8 percent (17-of-57) shooting and 20.8 percent After a bucket by German trimmed the Ball State lead to 15-7, (5-of-24) from beyond the arc. the Cardinals answered with the next nine as they took a 24-7 NIU scored the fi rst six of the contest as triples from Hankerson lead with 6:27 to play in the opening half. and German gave the Huskies the early advantage. The Cardinals led by 18 before NIU scored the fi nal six of the half An 8-0 run by NIU gave the Huskies a 14-5 lead with 11:35 left to trim the Ball State lead to 36-24. Senior Noah McCarty started in the opening half. Senior Noah McCarty opened the run with a the burst and German scored the last four before the break. bucket, Cochran added a layup, German made a pair at the line Ball State scored the fi rst four to start the second half before and junior Zaire Mateen fi nished with a layup on the break as the NIU answered with a 12-0 run to cut the Cardinal lead to just four. Huskies took a nine-point lead. German started the burst with a free throw, sophomore Darius After a basket by Toledo trimmed the NIU lead to seven, James Beane added a triple and German had a bucket before Hanker- made a pair of free throws and Hankerson connected on a jump- son converted an old-fashioned three-point play and a trifecta to er as NIU led, 18-7, just before the midway point of the opening cut the Ball State lead to 40-36 with 15:12 to play in the second half. half. A Toledo triple trimmed the NIU lead to nine before buckets Beane fi nished with eight points including 2-of-3 from beyond from James and Hankerson helped the NIU lead balloon to 27-14 the arc. with 4:25 left before the break. German added another basket as The Cardinals answered with the next eight as the Ball State the Huskies pushed their lead to 15. Toledo trimmed the NIU ad- lead grew to 48-36 with 12:49 remaining. vantage back to 14 before James had a tip-in to beat the buzzer, After a pair of dunks from senior Lacey James trimmed the Ball giving the Huskies a 33-17 lead at the half. State lead back to 11, the Cardinals used a 13-0 run to take a 64- The 17 points allowed by the fewest by a Huskie opponent in a 40 lead with just over seven minutes left. half this season, bettering the 20 points scored by Rockford in the Tahjai Teague scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed 11 second half on Nov. 16, 2019. rebounds to lead the Cardinals. Miryne Thomas added 14 points A triple from junior Gairges Daow pushed the Huskie advan- while Kyle Mallers and Ishmael El-Amin each had 12 for Ball State tage to 41-21 just over fi ve minutes into the second half. Toledo who. answered with the next fi ve but NIU came right back with four- straight to lead 45-26 with 12:42 to go. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN With NIU in front by 17, German made a pair of buckets, includ- 4 James, L. 3-10 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 5 6 0 1 0 3 21 ing a spectacular spinning through the lane layup, as the Huskies 11 McCarty, N. 1-3 0-1 0-2 4-2 6 2 2 3 1 0 0 25 took a 51-30 lead with just over eight minutes remaining. 1 Hankerson, T. 4-8 3-6 1-1 0-2 2 3 12 0 3 1 1 32 A triple from the wing from Hankerson, followed back a trifecta 10 German, E. 5-21 1-7 6-8 3-0 3 1 17 3 1 0 1 32 from nearly the same spot by German, gave the Huskies a 57- 24 Beane, D. 2-5 2-3 2-2 1-0 1 2 8 2 1 1 2 27 30 lead, forcing a Toledo timeout with 6:28 left and the Huskies 0 Johnson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 never looked back. 2 Daow, G. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 10 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 5 Mateen, Z. 0-5 0-5 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 4 James, L. 3-8 0-1 5-6 0-11 11 4 11 1 2 1 1 29 23 Cochran, T. 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 19 11 McCarty, N. 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 3 2 0 2 2 0 26 25 Scott, N. 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 1 Hankerson, T. 5-6 3-4 0-0 0-5 5 3 13 2 0 0 0 35 32 Cole, K. 2-5 0-2 3-5 0-1 1 1 7 0 1 0 0 8 10 German, E. 8-19 2-6 4-5 1-0 1 0 22 3 0 0 0 30 TEAM 5-4 9 24 Beane, D. 1-4 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 17 TOTALS 18-64 6-27 12-18 16-16 32 19 54 10 8 4 9 200 0 Johnson, C. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 8-34 .235 2nd: 10-30 .333 Game: 18-64 .281 2 Daow, G. 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 2 3 1 1 0 1 16 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-12 .250 2nd: 3-15 .200 Game: 6-27 .222 5 Mateen, Z. 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-3 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 12 FT%: 1st: 5-6 .833 2nd: 7-12 .583 Game: 12-18 .667 23 Cochran, T. 4-4 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 2 10 1 1 0 0 18 25 Scott, N. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 5 No. Ball State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 32 Cole, K. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 14 Mallers, K. 4-6 3-5 1-1 0-6 6 3 12 0 1 1 0 29 TEAM 3-3 6 3 25 Teague, T. 5-8 2-4 6-6 3-8 11 4 18 4 4 1 0 23 TOTALS 26-52 8-17 11-13 7-35 42 20 71 8 12 5 2 200 2 Bumbalough, L. 0-2 0-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 24 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-29 .448 2nd: 13-23 .565 Game: 26-52 .500 5 El-Amin. I. 5-11 2-7 0-0 0-1 1 2 12 2 3 0 0 32 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-9 .333 2nd: 5-8 .625 Game: 8-17 .471 11 Coleman, J. 0-5 0-1 6-6 0-5 5 2 6 3 5 0 0 25 FT%: 1st: 4-4 1.00 2nd: 7-9 .778 Game: 11-13 .846 0 Thomas, M. 4-5 2-3 4-5 1-4 5 1 14 0 0 1 1 18 3 Thompson, J. 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 21 No. Toledo FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 4 Kroft, L. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 Jackson, W. 5-13 0-0 5-7 5-5 10 2 15 1 1 2 0 37 12 Hazen, B. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 30 Knapke, L. 1-5 0-1 0-0 1-7 8 4 2 2 2 0 0 28 13 Acree, K. 3-4 0-0 2-2 1-4 5 1 8 1 1 0 0 17 3 Jackson, M. 4-16 2-10 2-5 0-1 1 0 12 2 1 0 0 33 34 Hendriks, B. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 Littleson, S. 3-9 2-6 0-0 0-1 1 2 8 2 0 0 5 34 44 Huggins, B. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 Saunders, K. 2-6 1-4 2-2 0-3 3 5 7 1 1 0 0 26 TEAM 2-2 4 1 1 Smith, T.J. 1-2 0-1 2-3 0-0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 12 TOTALS 22-43 10-23 21-24 7-34 41 19 75 10 18 3 2 200 5 Moore, D. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-22 .591 2nd: 9-21 .429 Game: 22-43 .512 12 Maranka, L. 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 12 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-11 .545 2nd: 4-12 .333 Game: 10-23 .435 21 Alderson, D. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 FT%: 1st: 4-6 .667 2nd: 17-18 .944 Game: 21-24 .875 TEAM 1-1 2 TOTALS 17-57 5-24 11-17 8-21 29 15 50 9 6 3 5 200 Technical Fouls: none TOTAL FG%: 1st: 6-27 .222 2nd: 11-30 .367 Game: 17-57 .298 Officials: D.J. Carstensen, Bret Wegenke, Edwin Young 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-13 .154 2nd: 3-11 .273 Game: 5-24 .208 Attendance: 1,749 FT%: 1st: 3-4 .750 2nd: 8-13 .615 Game: 11-17 .647 Score by Half Ball State ...... 36-39 75 Technical Fouls: none NIU ...... 24-30 54 Officials: Frank Spencer, Alfred Smith, Brad Clauss Attendance: 1,019 Score by Half Toledo ...... 17-33 50 NIU ...... 33-38 71

2020-21 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 37 2019-20 NIU Basketball Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 06, 2020) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 18-13 11-4 7-9 0-0 CONFERENCE 11-7 7-2 4-5 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 7-6 4-2 3-4 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 10 German, Eugene 31-30 1015 32.7 225-542 . 4 1 5 74-222 . 3 3 3 110-153 . 7 1 9 14 112 126 4.1 44 0 83 72 6 32 634 20.5 04 James, Lacey 31-31 847 27.3 102-253 . 4 0 3 18-53 . 3 4 0 55-84 . 6 5 5 71 169 240 7.7 94 3 14 54 22 27 277 8.9 01 Hankerson, Trendon 31-31 976 31.5 84-180 . 4 6 7 41-89 . 4 6 1 25-30 . 8 3 3 12 80 92 3.0 66 0 61 46 10 29 234 7.5 24 Beane, Darius 29-14 711 24.5 71-170 . 4 1 8 16-47 . 3 4 0 54-72 . 7 5 0 39 57 96 3.3 51 0 43 39 5 21 212 7.3 23 Cochran, Tyler 31-1 571 18.4 68-145 . 4 6 9 8-29 . 2 7 6 26-44 . 5 9 1 49 80 129 4.2 65 0 20 38 8 21 170 5.5 11 McCarty, Noah 29-26 718 24.8 59-150 . 3 9 3 15-47 . 3 1 9 20-44 . 4 5 5 42 117 159 5.5 75 1 45 43 6 12 153 5.3 05 Mateen, Zaire 27-1 305 11.3 45-114 . 3 9 5 26-73 . 3 5 6 3-4 . 7 5 0 6 33 39 1.4 27 0 11 9 0 10 119 4.4 25 Scott, Nathan 27-4 298 11.0 31-90 . 3 4 4 15-50 . 3 0 0 12-17 . 7 0 6 21 49 70 2.6 40 1 9 10 19 6 89 3.3 22 Henry-Hayes, Rod 11-2 109 9.9 11-40 . 2 7 5 8-26 . 3 0 8 5-6 . 8 3 3 3 8 11 1.0 9 0 5 6 0 5 35 3.2 03 Lee, Justin 6-0 51 8.5 7-17 . 4 1 2 1-5 . 2 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 4 5 9 1.5 3 0 1 3 4 0 18 3.0 02 Daow, Gairges 30-15 392 13.1 35-75 . 4 6 7 4-15 . 2 6 7 13-17 . 7 6 5 22 38 60 2.0 42 1 16 22 1 8 87 2.9 32 Cole, Keenon 10-0 68 6.8 8-20 . 4 0 0 0-5 . 0 0 0 7-12 . 5 8 3 5 11 16 1.6 9 0 1 3 2 1 23 2.3 00 Johnson, Chris 27-0 164 6.1 5-18 . 2 7 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 10-22 . 4 5 5 16 25 41 1.5 23 0 3 5 2 2 20 0.7 Team 57 58 115 20 Total...... 31 6225 751-1814 . 4 1 4 226-661 . 3 4 2 343-509 . 6 7 4 361 842 1203 38.8 548 6 312 370 85 174 2071 66.8 Opponents...... 31 6225 691-1719 . 4 0 2 229-750 . 3 0 5 387-535 . 7 2 3 269 800 1069 34.5 511 - 357 358 99 152 1998 64.5

TEAM STATISTICS NIU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2071 1998 11/09/19 NORTHERN IOWA L 54-64 1003 Points per game 66.8 64.5 11/12/19 at Iowa State L 52-70 13762 Scoring margin +2.4 - 11/15/19 COPPIN STATE W 81-69 695 FIELD GOALS-ATT 751-1814 691-1719 11/16/19 ROCKFORD W 96-48 729 Field goal pct . 4 1 4 . 4 0 2 11/18/19 LONGWOOD W 65-48 601 3 POINT FG-ATT 226-661 229-750 11/20/19 at Western Illinois W 86-81 684 3-point FG pct . 3 4 2 . 3 0 5 11/23/19 at SIU Edwardsville W 68-64 627 3-pt FG made per game 7.3 7.4 11/25/19 OAKLAND W 74-50 730 FREE THROWS-ATT 343-509 387-535 12/05/19 at Saint Mary's (CA) L 49-61 2816 Free throw pct . 6 7 4 . 7 2 3 12/07/19 at UC Davis L 57-66 949 F-Throws made per game 11.1 12.5 12/16/19 at Pittsburgh L 50-59 7015 REBOUNDS 1203 1069 12/19/19 at Chicago State W 75-60 255 Rebounds per game 38.8 34.5 12/21/19 GREEN BAY L 84-85 1123 Rebounding margin +4.3 - * 01/04/20 at Buffalo W 73-72 3069 ASSISTS 312 357 * 01/07/20 at Central Michigan L 67-68 1519 Assists per game 10.1 11.5 * 01/11/20 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 71-68 1074 TURNOVERS 370 358 * 01/14/20 AKRON L 49-72 884 Turnovers per game 11.9 11.5 * 01/18/20 at Bowling Green L 64-66 1925 Turnover margin -0.4 - * 01/21/20 at Kent State W 76-69 2211 Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 1.0 * 01/25/20 WESTERN MICHIGAN W 58-52 1030 STEALS 174 152 * 01/28/20 OHIO W 61-59 783 Steals per game 5.6 4.9 * 02/01/20 MIAMI (OH) W 70-55 1492 BLOCKS 85 99 * 02/04/20 at Toledo W 66-61 3877 Blocks per game 2.7 3.2 * 02/07/20 KENT STATE W 57-54 1385 ATTENDANCE 17313 50694 * 02/11/20 at Ball State L 59-63 4288 Home games-Avg/Game 15-1154 16-3168 * 02/15/20 at Miami (OH) L 60-65 3831 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0 * 02/22/20 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Wot 82-81 3016 * 02/25/20 at Eastern Michigan W 73-71 1378 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals * 02/29/20 at Western Michigan L 69-72 2488 Northern Illinois 995 1066 10 2071 * 03/03/20 TOLEDO W 71-50 1019 Opponents 969 1020 9 1998 * 03/06/20 BALL STATE L 54-75 1749

* = Conference game 2019-20 NIU Basketball Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 06, 2020) Conference games only

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 11-7 7-2 4-5 0-0 CONFERENCE 11-7 7-2 4-5 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 10 German, Eugene 18-17 596 33.1 132-324 . 4 0 7 42-128 . 3 2 8 64-86 . 7 4 4 10 65 75 4.2 26 0 45 38 3 16 370 20.6 04 James, Lacey 18-18 506 28.1 62-152 . 4 0 8 10-29 . 3 4 5 30-50 . 6 0 0 41 100 141 7.8 62 3 7 31 14 18 164 9.1 24 Beane, Darius 18-14 476 26.4 51-117 . 4 3 6 13-33 . 3 9 4 21-30 . 7 0 0 21 30 51 2.8 36 0 29 24 4 11 136 7.6 01 Hankerson, Trendon 18-18 600 33.3 44-104 . 4 2 3 21-50 . 4 2 0 17-20 . 8 5 0 6 48 54 3.0 37 0 38 23 7 15 126 7.0 23 Cochran, Tyler 18-0 363 20.2 45-89 . 5 0 6 1-12 . 0 8 3 21-36 . 5 8 3 35 53 88 4.9 43 0 9 22 3 14 112 6.2 11 McCarty, Noah 18-18 477 26.5 40-90 . 4 4 4 10-25 . 4 0 0 11-26 . 4 2 3 30 76 106 5.9 56 1 29 26 5 11 101 5.6 22 Henry-Hayes, Rod 2-0 23 11.5 2-10 . 2 0 0 2-7 . 2 8 6 4-4 1.000 1 3 4 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 5.0 05 Mateen, Zaire 17-1 195 11.5 30-75 . 4 0 0 17-47 . 3 6 2 3-4 . 7 5 0 4 22 26 1.5 19 0 5 5 0 7 80 4.7 03 Lee, Justin 2-0 17 8.5 3-5 . 6 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 2 3 5 2.5 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 3.5 02 Daow, Gairges 18-4 186 10.3 17-39 . 4 3 6 2-5 . 4 0 0 11-13 . 8 4 6 13 17 30 1.7 24 1 9 10 0 6 47 2.6 32 Cole, Keenon 5-0 22 4.4 3-8 . 3 7 5 0-3 . 0 0 0 3-5 . 6 0 0 1 3 4 0.8 5 0 1 2 0 1 9 1.8 25 Scott, Nathan 14-0 94 6.7 6-25 . 2 4 0 1-11 . 0 9 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 4 14 18 1.3 16 0 3 3 8 1 13 0.9 00 Johnson, Chris 16-0 70 4.4 1-6 . 1 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 4 12 16 1.0 11 0 0 2 1 0 5 0.3 Team 33 31 64 14 Total...... 18 3625 436-1044 . 4 1 8 119-351 . 3 3 9 189-280 . 6 7 5 205 477 682 37.9 338 5 176 202 46 100 1180 65.6 Opponents...... 18 3625 398-980 . 4 0 6 136-437 . 3 1 1 241-345 . 6 9 9 166 459 625 34.7 284 - 201 200 58 88 1173 65.2

TEAM STATISTICS NIU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1180 1173 * 01/04/20 at Buffalo W 73-72 3069 Points per game 65.6 65.2 * 01/07/20 at Central Michigan L 67-68 1519 Scoring margin +0.4 - * 01/11/20 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 71-68 1074 FIELD GOALS-ATT 436-1044 398-980 * 01/14/20 AKRON L 49-72 884 Field goal pct . 4 1 8 . 4 0 6 * 01/18/20 at Bowling Green L 64-66 1925 3 POINT FG-ATT 119-351 136-437 * 01/21/20 at Kent State W 76-69 2211 3-point FG pct . 3 3 9 . 3 1 1 * 01/25/20 WESTERN MICHIGAN W 58-52 1030 3-pt FG made per game 6.6 7.6 * 01/28/20 OHIO W 61-59 783 FREE THROWS-ATT 189-280 241-345 * 02/01/20 MIAMI (OH) W 70-55 1492 Free throw pct . 6 7 5 . 6 9 9 * 02/04/20 at Toledo W 66-61 3877 F-Throws made per game 10.5 13.4 * 02/07/20 KENT STATE W 57-54 1385 REBOUNDS 682 625 * 02/11/20 at Ball State L 59-63 4288 Rebounds per game 37.9 34.7 * 02/15/20 at Miami (OH) L 60-65 3831 Rebounding margin +3.2 - * 02/22/20 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Wot 82-81 3016 ASSISTS 176 201 * 02/25/20 at Eastern Michigan W 73-71 1378 Assists per game 9.8 11.2 * 02/29/20 at Western Michigan L 69-72 2488 TURNOVERS 202 200 * 03/03/20 TOLEDO W 71-50 1019 Turnovers per game 11.2 11.1 * 03/06/20 BALL STATE L 54-75 1749 Turnover margin -0.1 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 1.0 * = Conference game STEALS 100 88 Steals per game 5.6 4.9 BLOCKS 46 58 Blocks per game 2.6 3.2 ATTENDANCE 12432 24586 Home games-Avg/Game 9-1381 9-2732 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Northern Illinois 541 629 10 1180 Opponents 552 612 9 1173