2017-18 NIU Men's Basketball Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (As of Feb 24, 2018) All Games
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2017-18 NIU Men’s Basketball 2017-18 SCHEDULE Toledo (20-9, 12-4 MAC) at Day Date Opponent Time/Result Tues. Nov. 14 Green Bay (ESPN3) W, 85-65 NIU (12-17, 5-11 MAC) Thurs. Nov. 16 St. Francis (Ill.) W, 70-60 Date / Time: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 • 7 p.m. CT Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.) Site: NIU Convocation Center • DeKalb, Ill. TV: ESPN3 Mon Nov. 20 vs. Penn (FloHoops.com) L, 93-80 Radio: WLBK 1360-AM, 98.9-FM (DeKalb), WIND 560-AM (Chicago) Tues. Nov. 21 vs. Florida Atlantic (FloHoops.com) L, 77-67 Live Stats: NIUHuskies.com Wed. Nov. 22 vs. Manhattan (FloHoops.com) W, 70-68 All-time Series: Toledo leads 45-28 All-time Series: Feb. 6, 2018 • Toledo 82-77 Sun. Nov. 26 Rockford W, 105-53 Wed. Nov. 29 Milwaukee (ESPN3) L, 75-62 HUSKIE QUICK HITS Sat. Dec. 2 at Chicago State (WAC Digital Net) W, 95-77 • Noah McCarty netted a career-best 11 points last time out at Eastern Michigan. McCarty is shooting 48.3 percent (28-of-58) from the fi eld in MAC play Mon. Dec. 4 at Iowa State (ESPNU) L, 94-80 • Eugene German leads the MAC in scoring averaging 20.5 points per game. German’s mark Sat. Dec. 9 Central Connecticut St. (ESPN3) W, 61-55 ranks 37th in the country. German has 16 20-plus point scoring games this season. Mon. Dec. 18 at Marquette (FS1) L, 79-70 • German has scored 595 points this season, the most by any sophomore in NIU history and Thurs. Dec. 21 UIC (ESPN3) W, 69-63 the sixth-most in school history. Fri. Dec. 29 at Iowa (BTN Plus) L, 98-75 • Levi Bradley ranks second on the team, and 19th in the MAC, averaging 14.3 points per Tues. Jan. 2 Kent State* (ESPN3) W, 75-61 game. Bradley is shooting 84.8 percent (106-of-125) from the free-throw line, third-best in Sat. Jan. 6 at Ohio* (ESPN3) L, 78-68 the MAC. Tues. Jan. 9 at Bowling Green* (ESPN3) L, 66-57 • Bradley is a career 81 percent free-throw shooter (200-of-247), which ranks sixth all-time in school history. Sat. Jan. 13 Eastern Michigan* (ESPN3) W, 72-66 • Dante Thorpe is the third Huskie scoring in double fi gures at 11.1 points per contest. Tues. Jan. 16 at Buff alo* (ESPN3) L, 95-67 Thorpe is shooting a team-best 54 percent from the fi eld, seventh-best in the MAC. Sat. Jan. 20 at Akron* (ESPN3) L, 82-67 • Over the last 10 games, Lacey James is averaging 7.4 points per game, shooting 52.8 Tues. Jan. 23 Bowling Green* (ESPN3) W, 93-62 percent (28-of-53) from the fi eld. Sat. Jan. 27 at Western Michigan* (ESPN3) L, 79-72 • NIU is 52-17 at home since Feb. 12, 2014, including a 10-3 mark at home this season. Tues. Jan. 30 at Central Michigan* (ESPN3) L, 81-67 • NIU is 10-1 when holding its opponents under 70 points and 2-16 when opponents reach Sat. Feb. 3 Miami (Ohio) (ESPN3) L, 81-65 the 70-point mark. Since the 2013-14 season, NIU is 65-25 when holding its opponents Tues. Feb. 6 at Toledo* (ESPN3) L, 82-77 below 70 points. Sat. Feb. 10 Buff alo* (ESPN3) W, 90-88 (ot) Tues. Feb. 13 Central Michigan* (ESPN3) L, 80-72 NIU PROBABLE STARTERS Sat. Feb. 17 Western Michigan* (ESPN3) W, 75-67 Tues. Feb. 20 at Ball State* (ESPN3) L, 77-68 Sat. Feb. 24 at Eastern Michigan* (ESPN3) L, 82-53 Tues. Feb. 27 Toledo* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Fri. March 2 Ball State* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Mid-American Conference Tournament Mon. March 5 First Round (campus sites) Thurs. March 8 Quarterfi nals (Cleveland, Ohio) G • 0 • JR F • 4 • JR G • 5 • SO G • 10 • SO W • 42 • JR Fri. March 9 Semifi nals (Cleveland, Ohio) Dante Lacey Justin Eugene Levi Sat. March 11 Final (Cleveland, Ohio) Thorpe James Thomas German Bradley Home games in bold, all times central PPG .............11.1 PPG ............... 5.7 PPG ............... 6.5 PPG .............20.5 PPG .............14.3 * - denotes Mid-American Conference game RPG ............... 3.3 RPG ............... 4.6 RPG ............... 2.7 RPG ............... 3.9 RPG ............... 5.0 FG% .............540 FT% ..............709 3PT% ...........392 FG% .............476 FT% ..............848 Follow NIU Athletics and NIU Men’s Up Next: THE HUSKIE BENCH Basketball on Social Media NO. NAME POS HT. CL. PPG RPG OTHER @GoHuskiesMBB 2 Gairges Daow G 6-4 Fr. 4.3 3.8 .750 FT% @NIUAthletics 3 Marlo Brown G 6-5 Fr. n/a n/a n/a @NIUscores 11 Noah McCarty F 6-7 So. 4.2 3.2 .459 FG% 12 Anastasios Demogerontas W 6-7 Jr. 4.2 2.1 .478 FG% “Like” NIU Huskies 15 Jaylen Key F 6-8 Jr. n/a n/a n/a Friday, March 2, 2018 20 Caleb Oehlberg G 6-0 So. n/a n/a n/a Ball State YouTube.com/NIUHuskiesdotcom 22 Rod Henry-Hayes G 6-4 Fr. 2.1 0.7 .345 3PT% DeKalb, Ill. 25 Brennan Woods F 6-4 Fr. 0.0 0.3 3 GP 7 p.m. ET 32 Andrew Zelis C 7-0 5th Sr. 1.5 0.9 11 GP Instagram.com/NIUMensBasketball ESPN3 33 Owen Hamilton C 7-0 Fr. 2.1 1.3 .688 FG% Instagram.com/NIUHuskies 55 Brandon Danowski G 5-11 Fr. 0.5 0.3 8 GP Feb. 27, 2018: vs. Toledo 2017-18 NIU Men’s Basketball NIU Huskies (12-17, 5-11 MAC) Head Coach: Mark Montgomery, Seventh Season (87-131) Dante Thorpe PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Ranked 7th in the MAC in fi eld goal percentage ... 6-4 • 195 • G • Junior 11.1 3.3 1.9 .540 .395 .708 2017 First Team NJCAA Div. II AA at Triton College ... 0 Washington, D.C. Career Highs Pts: 21 (12/21/17) Avg 20.1 pts, 4.5 reb and 2.6 asts last season at Triton ... Triton College Reb: 9 (1/23/18) Ast: 6 (1/13/18) Scored 1,040 pts in 2 seasons at Triton. Gairges Daow PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Avg. 5.7 ppg in the last 11, shooting 48.9% ... Made 6-4 • 190 • G • Freshman 4.3 3.8 0.8 .394 .295 .750 his fi rst career start against Central Conn. St. on Dec. 9 ... 2 Melbourne, Australia Career Highs Pts: 14 (1/20/18) Averaged 12.7 pts, 4.2 asts and 3.8 rebs per game last season at Victory Rock Academy Reb: 8 (12/18/17) Ast: 3 (1/9/18) Victory Rock Prep in Bradenton, Fla. ... Born in South Sudan. Marlo Brown PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Spent one postgraduate year at DME Academy in 6-5 • 200 • G • Freshman n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Daytona Beach, averaging 15.3 pts and 9.1 reb per game 3 Southfi eld, Mich. Career Highs Pts: n/a ... Four-year letterwinner at Southfi eld (Mich.) Christian DME Academy Reb: n/a Ast: n/a where he had 1,074 reb., fi fth-most in MI history. Lacey James PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Avg. 7.4 ppg in the last 10, shooting 52.8% ... Had 6-9 • 235 • F • Junior 5.7 4.6 0.6 .383 .000 .709 a double-double in his NIU debut v. Green Bay (10 pts, 13 4 Grand Rapids, Mich. Career Highs Pts: 15 (1/23/18) reb) ... Has scored in double fi gures three times this year ... Rider Reb: 13 (11/14/17) Ast: 2 (4x) Sat out last season following transfer from Rider. Justin Thomas PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Shooting 42.3% (18-of-42) from three-point range 5-11 • 180 • G • Sophomore 6.5 2.7 2.0 .462 .392 .614 since Nov. 26 ... Ranked ninth in MAC in steals (1.3 pg) 5 Indianapolis, Ind. Career Highs Pts: 17 (2/10/18) ... Has started 16 games this season, including each of the Pike Reb: 7 (twice) Ast: 5 (twice) last fi ve. Eugene German PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: MAC leader in scoring, 37th in nation, 9th among under- 6-0 • 175 • G • Sophomore 20.5 3.9 1.7 .476 .335 .746 classmen ... 16 20+ pt gms this yr ... Scored in dbl fi g in 37-of-38 10 Gary, Ind. Career Highs Pts: 31 (2/17/18) dating back to last season, including all 29 this yr ... Preseason 21st Century Charter Reb: 9 (11/14/17) Ast: 6 (12/2/17) All-MAC West honoree ... 2016-17 MAC All-Freshman Team. Noah McCarty PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Shooting 48.3 percent from the fi eld in MAC 6-7 • 240 • F • Sophomore 4.2 3.2 0.6 .459 .259 .585 play ... Avg. 4.7 pts and 3.6 reb in league play ... Played a 11 Rock Falls, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 11 (2/24/18) career-best 26 min v. Manhattan (11/22), had a offensive Sterling Newman Reb: 7 (2/6/18) Ast: 3 (twice) reb on fi nal possession that led to winner. Anastasios Demogerontas PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Scored in double fi gures fi ve times this season ..