2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball Toledo Rockets (15-14, 7-9 MAC) at NIU Huskies (17-12, 10-6 MAC) 2019-20 SCHEDULE Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Time: 7 p.m. CT Day Date Opponent Time/Result Location: DeKalb, Ill. Tues. Nov. 5 Roosevelt (Exhibition) W, 85-50 Arena: NIU Convocation Center Sat. Nov. 9 Northern Iowa (ESPN3) L, 64-54 TV: ESPN+ Tues. Nov. 12 at Iowa State (Cyclones.TV) L, 70-52 TV Talent: Andy Garcia (play-by-play), Mark Lindo (color) Fri. Nov. 15 Coppin State^ (ESPN3) W, 81-69 NIU Radio: WLBK (1360-AM, 98.9-FM, DeKalb), WIND (560-AM, Chicago) Sat. Nov. 16 Rockford^ W, 96-48 Radio Talent: Bill Baker (play-by-play), Rodney Davis (color) Mon. Nov. 18 Longwood^ (ESPN+) W, 65-48 HUSKIE QUICK HITS Wed. Nov. 20 at Western Illinois W, 86-81 • Eugene German currently has 2,164 career points, sixth-most in Mid-American Conference Sat. Nov. 23 at SIU Edwardsville^ (ESPN+) W, 68-64 history and eight most among active players in NCAA Division I. German leads the MAC, Mon. Nov. 25 Oakland (ESPN+) W, 74-50 and ranks 20th nationally, at 20.5 points per game. Thurs. Dec. 5 at Saint Mary’s (CA) (WCC Network) L, 61-49 • NIU ranks 46th nationally in fi eld goal defense, allowing opponents to shoot just 40.3 per- Sat. Dec. 7 at UC Davis (BigWest.TV) L, 66-57 cent. The Huskies are allowing 64.6 points per game, 49th in the country, and 30.4 percent Mon. Dec. 16 at Pittsburgh (ACC Network) L, 59-50 shooting from three-point range, 50th nationally. • Darius Beane is averaging 9.0 points per game in 12 games as a starter, shooting 46.7 Thurs. Dec. 19 at Chicago State (WAC Digital Net) W, 75-60 percent. The Huskies are 8-4 since Beane entered the starting lineup. Sat. Dec. 21 Green Bay (ESPN+) L, 85-84 • Tyler Cochran is averaging 6.8 points per game over the last nine contests. For the season, Sat. Jan. 4 at Buff alo* (ESPN+) W, 73-72 Cochran is 8th among MAC freshmen in scoring (5.4 ppg) and 2nd in rebounding (4.3 rpg). Tues. Jan. 7 at Central Michigan* (ESPN+) L, 68-67 • Trendon Hankerson leads the MAC in three-point shooting at 44.3 percent (35-of-79). Sat. Jan. 11 Eastern Michigan* (ESPN3) W, 71-68 • Zaire Mateen is averaging 8.4 points per game over the last fi ve contests, shooting 50 per- Tues. Jan. 14 Akron* (ESPN+) L, 72-49 cent from the fi eld and 47.6 percent from three-point range. Mateen ranks ninth in the MAC Sat. Jan. 18 at Bowling Green* (ESPN+) L, 66-64 in three-point shooting (38.5 percent) and sixth in conference play (41 percent). Tues. Jan. 21 at Kent State* (ESPN+) W, 76-69 • Lacey James is averaging 8.6 rebounds per game over the last eight contests. • Thirteen of NIU’s last 17 games have been decided by fi ve points or less, with 10 of those Sat. Jan. 25 Western Michigan* (ESPN3) W, 58-52 games decided by three points or less. Tues. Jan. 28 Ohio* (ESPN+) W, 61-59 • Eugene German is averaging 21.9 points per game in eight career games against Toledo. Sat. Feb. 1 Miami* (CBS Sports Network) W, 70-55 • Mark Montgomery is currently third in NIU history with 122 career wins. Tues. Feb. 4 at Toledo* (ESPN+) W, 66-61 • NIU’s 10 conference wins are the most for the program since the 2005-06 season when the Fri. Feb. 7 Kent State* (CBS Sports Network) W, 57-54 Huskies won 12. NIU’s 17 overall wins is tied for the sixth-most in program history. Tues. Feb. 11 at Ball State* (ESPN+) L, 63-59 Sat. Feb. 15 at Miami* (ESPN3) L, 65-60 TALE OF THE TAPE Sat. Feb. 22 Central Michigan* (ESPN3) W, 82-81 (ot) NIU ...... 2019-20 Stats ...... Toledo Tues. Feb. 25 at Eastern Michigan* (ESPN+) W, 73-71 17-12 ...... Record ...... 15-14 Sat. Feb. 29 at Western Michigan* (ESPN3) L, 72-69 10-6 ...... Conference Record ...... 7-9 Tues. Mar. 3 Toledo* (ESPN+) 7 p.m. 67.1 ...... Points Per Game ...... 75.2 Fri. Mar. 6 Ball State* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. 64.6 ...... Opponents Points Per Game ...... 70.4 38.9 ...... Rebounds Per Game ...... 38.1 10.1 ...... Assists Per Game ...... 14.5 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT 2.6 ...... Blocks Per Game ...... 3.4 Mon. Mar. 9 First Round (Campus Sites) TBA 5.6 ...... Steals Per Game ...... 5.7 Thurs. Mar. 12 Quarterfi nals (Cleveland, Ohio) TBA .416 ...... Field Goal Percentage ...... 441 Fri. Mar. 13 Semifi nals (Cleveland, Ohio) TBA .344 ...... Three Point Percentage ...... 369 Sat. Mar. 14 Final (Cleveland, Ohio) TBA .669 ...... Free Throw Percentage ...... 741 .403 ...... Opponents Field Goal Percentage ...... 415 Home games in bold, all times central .304 ...... Opponents Three-Point Percentage ...... 343 ^ - denotes Collegiate Hoops Roadshow Presented by AtmosAir game NIU POSSIBLE STARTERS * - denotes Mid-American Conference game

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March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball NIU Huskies (17-12, 10-6 MAC) Head Coach: Mark Montgomery, Ninth Season (122-162) Last Game: Feb. 29 at Western Michigan (L, 72-69) Next Game: March 6 vs. Ball State Chris Johnson PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: 42.1% of rebounds are off ensive ... Played at South 6-7 • 215 • F • Junior 0.8 1.6 0.1 .294 .000 .455 Suburban Coll. in 2018-19, leading NJCAA D2 in reb. at 0 Chicago, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 10 (11/16/19) 14.5 rpg ... Spent 2017-18 at Kent State, where he redshirt- South Suburban College Reb: 5 (twice) Ast: 1 (3x) ed ... Started his college career at Malone Univ. in 2016-17. Trendon Hankerson PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: 1st the MAC in 3PT% ... Made two FTs with 6-2 • 185 • G • Sophomore 7.2 2.9 2.0 .452 .443 .828 20 sec left to lift NIU past UB (1/4) ... Has started 1 Novi, Mich. Career Highs Pts: 18 (12/21/19) all 29 games this season ... Played in 21 games as a Novi Reb: 6 (12/7/19) Ast: 6 (1/11/20) Fr, beginning with the conference opener at Ohio. Gairges Daow PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Scored a season-high 9 pts against Central Mich- 6-4 • 190 • G • Junior 3.0 2.0 0.5 .459 .214 .765 igan (2/22) in nine minutes ... Has started 15 contests 2 Melbourne, Australia Career Highs Pts: 14 (1/20/18) this season and 37 in his career ... Has scored in double Victory Rock Academy Reb: 10 (1/12/19) Ast: 4 (twice) fi gures fi ve times in his career ... Born in South Sudan. Justin Lee PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Made his collegiate debut at UC Davis (12/7) 6-8 • 210 • W • Sophomore 3.0 1.5 0.2 .412 .200 .750 ... Redshirted last season ... Avg. 15.1 ppg, 7.1 rpg in 3 Lawrenceville, Ga. Career Highs Pts: 7 (12/16/19) 2017-18 as a senior at Collins Hill HS ... Two-time Collins Hill Reb: 4 (1/4/20) Ast: 1 (12/19/19) Georgia All-Region 6-AAAAAAA 2nd Team honoree. Lacey James PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Ranks 8th in MAC in rpg ... Avg. 9.2 ppg, 6-9 • 240 • F • RS Senior 9.0 7.8 0.4 .409 .353 .641 7.9 rpg in league play ... Avg. 8.6 rpg in the last eight 4 Grand Rapids, Mich. Career Highs Pts: 20 (1/5/19) games ... 9th career dbl-dbl v. Miami on 2/1 (12 pts, 10 Rider Reb: 19 (3/5/19) Ast: 2 (8x) reb) ... Began his collegiate career at Rider. Zaire Mateen PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Avg. 8.4 ppg over the last fi ve, shooting 50% FGs, 6-0 • 170 • G • Junior 4.6 1.3 0.4 .413 .385 .750 47.6% 3PT ... Tied career-high 15 pts at EMU (2/25), 5 Queens, N.Y. Career Highs Pts: 15 (twice) going 5-of-9 from 3 ... Played one season at Laramie Laramie County CC Reb: 5 (2/1/20) Ast: 4 (11/25/18) County Community College, avg. 17.6 ppg in 2017-18. Eugene German PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: NIU’s all-time leading scorer with 2,164 points (6th in 6-0 • 185 • G • Senior 20.5 4.2 2.7 .422 .340 .714 MAC), 8th active in NCAA D1 ... Lou Henson National Player of 10 Gary, Ind. Career Highs Pts: 33 (11/28/18) the Year Watch List ... Leads MAC, 20th nationally, in scoring ... 21st Century Charter Reb: 10 (1/22/19) Ast: 7 (2/26/19) One of 11 players nationally to score 20+ ppg each of last 2 yrs. Noah McCarty PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Avg. 6.1 pts, 5.9 reb pg in MAC play ... 17th in MAC 6-8 • 240 • F • Senior 5.5 5.4 1.6 .393 .326 .476 in reb in conf play, 19th in reb overall ... 2nd career dbl-dbl 11 Rock Falls, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 16 (1/28/20) v. Longwood (10 pts, 10 reb) ... Made the game-winning Sterling Newman Reb: 11 (3/8/19) Ast: 6 (2/25/20) layup against #14 Buff alo last season (1/22/19). Alize Travis PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Appeared in seven games last season before 6-0 • 170 • G • Senior missing the rest of the year to injury ... Spent two 21 Victorville, Calif. Career Highs Pts: 5 (11/6/18) seasons at Pima CC ... Avg. 12.1 ppg, 7.0 apg and Pima CC Reb: 4 (11/9/18) Ast: 6 (11/6/18) 4.5 rpg at Pima in 2017-18. Rod Henry-Hayes PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Went 4-of-4 from FT line in fi nal 20 sec v. EMU 6-4 • 185 • G • Junior 3.2 1.0 0.5 .275 .308 .833 (1/11) ... Made 32 starts as a sophomore last season ... 22 Zion, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 13 (12/2/17) Scored in double fi gures twice a season ago ... 62.6% of Zion-Benton Township Reb: 6 (twice) Ast: 5 (11/26/17) his shots last season came from three-point range. Tyler Cochran PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Avg. 6.8 ppg over the last nine contests ... First career 6-2 • 220 • G • Freshman 5.4 4.3 0.7 .460 .276 .571 dbl-dbl v. Ohio (12 pts, 10 reb) ... Only MAC Fr w/ a dbl-dbl 23 Bolingbrook, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 15 (2/25/20) ... Avg. 14 ppg and 9.5 rpg as a Sr at Bolingbrook HS ... Bolingbrook Reb: 10 (1/28/20) Ast: 2 (3x) Named Champaign News-Gazette All-State HM. Darius Beane PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Avg. 9.0 ppg in 12 gms as a starter, NIU is 8-4 in those 6-3 • 175 • G • Sophomore 7.4 3.4 1.5 .422 .302 .743 gms ... Had a season-high 15 pts on 7-of-11 v. CMU (2/22) ... 24 Carbondale, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 16 (1/23/19) Comes to NIU following one season at SIU, playing 32 games Southern Illinois Reb: 9 (12/21/19) Ast: 4 (3x) ... Father, Anthony Beane Sr., is an asst. coach at NIU. Nathan Scott PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: 54.7% of shots have come from 3PT range 6-8 • 195 • F • Junior 3.6 2.7 0.4 .360 .319 .706 ... Scored 18 pts w/ 8 reb v. Coppin State (11/15) 25 Naperville, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 18 (11/15/19) ... Avg. 10.8 ppg and 5.7 rpg last season at Olney Olney Central College Reb: 8 (twice) Ast: 2 (3x) Central College. Keenon Cole PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Avg. 24.9 ppg and 10.5 rpg as a senior 6-7 • 200 • F • Freshman 1.8 1.9 0.1 .357 .000 .571 at Streamwood HS ... Named to Champaign 32 Streamwood, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 8 (11/16/19) News-Gazette All-State Second Team, IBCA Class Streamwood Reb: 6 (twice) Ast: 1 (1/14/20) 4A All-State Third Team in 2018-19. Daniel Filippone PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Avg. 25.5 ppg, 6.5 apg, 5.5 rpg as a senior 6-1 • 175 • G • Freshman at Antioch Community HS ... Named a Champaign 55 Antioch, Ill. Career Highs Pts: n/a News-Gazette All-State honorable mention selec- Antioch Community Reb: n/a Ast: n/a tion ... Finished as Antioch’s all-time leading scorer.

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball ABOUT TOLEDO • Toledo brings a 15-14 overall record, includ- The Series Against Toledo NIU Quick Facts ing a 7-9 mark in Mid-American Conference Overall: 30-48 play, into Tuesday’s contest. The Rockets have Home (in DeKalb): 18-16 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION won three-straight games, including a 69-63 Road: 11-29 Name of School ...... Northern Illinois University win against Ball State on Saturday (Feb. 29). Current Streak: 2, NIU Location ...... DeKalb, Ill. • Four players are scoring in double fi gures Montgomery v. the Rockets (8-10) Founded ...... 1895 for the Rockets, led by Marreon Jackson at Date Result Site Enrollment ...... 17,169 19.7 points per game. Luke Knapke adds 16.2 Jan. 18, 2012 L, 71-41 Toledo Nickname ...... Huskies points per contest, Willie Jackson averages Feb. 29, 2012 W, 65-61 DeKalb 11.8 points, and a league-high 11.8 rebounds, Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I Feb. 2, 2013 L, 69-64 DeKalb Conference...... Mid-American (West Division) per game while Spencer Littleson chips in 10.6 March 5, 2013 L, 70-46 Toledo points per game. Colors ...... Cardinal and Black Jan. 22, 2014 L, 77-68 Toledo • Toledo leads the MAC, and ranks 28th nation- Arena ...... NIU Convocation Center (9,100) Feb. 26, 2014 W, 74-66 DeKalb ally, in three-point percentage, shooting 36.9 President ...... Dr. Lisa C. Freeman Jan. 31, 2015 L, 80-69 DeKalb percent as a team. Littleson is a team-best 39.9 Assoc. VP/Athletic Director ...... Sean T. Frazier percent three-point shooter. Feb. 25, 2015 W, 84-82 Toledo Jan. 12, 2016 W, 71-66 Toledo • Tod Kowalczyk is in his 10th season as head NIU BASKETBALL HISTORY coach at Toledo, he joined the Rockets follow- Jan. 22, 2016 W, 58-49 DeKalb First Year of Basketball ...... 1900-01 ing eight years as the head coach at Green Bay Jan. 28, 2017 W, 74-72 Toledo (2002-10). Feb. 18, 2017 L, 88-80 (ot) DeKalb All-time Record ...... 1282-1316 Feb. 6, 2018 L, 82-77 Toledo First Year of Division I Basketball ...... 1968-68 THE ALL-TIME SERIES Feb. 27, 2018 L, 97-67 DeKalb All-time Division I Record ...... 665-827 • Toledo leads the all-time series against NIU, Feb. 2, 2019 L, 69-55 DeKalb Postseason Appearances ...... 4 (1982, 1991, 1996, 2016) 48-30, but the Huskies have an 18-16 edge all- Feb. 23, 2019 L, 57-54 Toledo NCAA Appearances ...... 3 (1982, 1991, 1996) time against the Rockets in DeKalb. March 14, 2019 W, 80-76 Cleveland NCAA Tournament Appearances ...... 3 (1982, ‘91, ‘96) • NIU won the fi rst meeting this season, 66-61, Feb. 4, 2020 W, 66-61 Toledo Record in the NCAA Tournament ...... 0-3 in Toledo (Feb. 4). Eugene German scored a NCAA Tournament Games ...... game-high 25 points and Darius Beane added 11 for NIU...... March 12, 1982: L, 77-68 v. Kansas State • The victory was NIU’s second consecutive against Toledo as the Huskies claimed an 80-76 ...... March 8, 1991: L, 75-68 v. St. John’s win against the Rockets last season in the MAC Tournament Quarterfi nals (March 14, 2019)...... March 15, 1996: L, 74-73 v. Texas Tech German scored a game-high 27 points in that contest, Dante Thorpe added 18 and Levi Vegas 16 Game ...... Bradley chipped in 13 points...... March 28, 2016: L, 70-63, v. UC Santa Barbara • In eight career games against Toledo, Eugene German is averaging 21.9 points per game. He is averaging 24.7 points per game over his last seven against the Rocket. MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE HISTORY • Toledo has won three consecutive games in DeKalb, including a 69-55 victory a season ago Seasons in the MAC ...... 32 (1975-86, 1997-pres.) (Feb. 2, 2019). NIU’s last home win against Toledo came on Jan. 22, 2016, a 58-49 victory. Record in the MAC Tournament ...... 14-23 WESTERN MICHIGAN RECAP MAC Tournament Titles ...... 1 (1982) • NIU dropped a narrow, 72-69, decision at Western Michigan (Feb. 29) as Jared Printy hit a corner triple with fi ve seconds left to give the Broncos the three-point win. BASKETBALL STAFF • Eugene German scored a game-high 23 points while Darius Beane and Lacey James each Head Coach ...... Mark Montgomery scored 11 for the Huskies. Western Michigan was led by 20 each from Michael Flowers and Alma Mater ...... Michigan State, 2003 Brandon Johnson. Career Record/Years ...... 122-162/9th • Eugene German made a pair of triples in the contest, giving him 236 in his NIU career, pass- NIU Record/Years ...... Same ing Todd Peterson (235; 2002-06) for the all-time NIU record. Best Time to Reach Coach ...... Contact SID • The Broncos shot 54.2 percent (26-of-48) from the fi eld and 63.2 percent (12-of-19) from Associate Head Coach ...... Lamar Chapman three-point range, both of which are season-highs by a Huskie opponent this season. • Lacey James tied a career-high with four blocks in the contest, it was the second time in the Alma Mater ...... Lane College, 1993 last four games he fi nished with four blocks. Assistant Coach ...... Brandon Watkins Alma Mater ...... Penn State, 2007 ONE OF THE ELITE SCORERS IN MAC HISTORY Assistant Coach ...... Anthony Beane Sr. • Senior Eugene German is NIU’s all-time leading scorer, having past T.J. Lux with his 21-point Alma Mater ...... Kansas State, 1993 performance against Miami (Feb. 1). German past Lux (1995-2000; 1,996 points) with a driving Director of Player Development ...... Chris MacMartin layup through contact with 6:39 to play in the second half. The Gary, Ind., native currently has Athletic Trainer ...... Leah Oliver-Pataki 2,164 career points and ranks sixth in Mid-American Conference history in scoring. German Basketball Sports Performance Coach ...... Zach Cahill moved past Western Michigan’s David Kool (2006-10; 2,122 points) into sixth on the all-time conference list with his 27 points at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25). • German leads the MAC, and ranks 20th nationally, averaging 20.5 points per game. TEAM INFORMATION • German also ranks eighth in the nation among active scorers in NCAA Division I. Marquette’s 2018-19 Record ...... 17-17 Markus Howard is the nation’s leading active career scorer with 2,700 points. 2018-19 MAC Record...... 8-10 (4th MAC West) • NIU also has a 2,000-point scorer on its women’s basketball team as Courtney Woods sur- Starters Returning/Lost ...... 3/2 passed the mark at Central Michigan (Feb. 5). NIU is the only school in the country with both Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 7/5 an active men’s and women’s basketball player with 2,000 points, Oregon and Drake each have a pair of current women’s basketball players with 2,000-plus points. NIU MEDIA RELATIONS • The senior from Gary, Ind., is also NIU’s career leader in fi eld goals made (792) as well as in Basketball Contact ...... Jeremy Reid three-point fi eld goals made (236) and fi fth in free throws made (344). • German has scored 20-plus points in 18 games this season, including a season-best 27 Offi ce Phone ...... 815-753-3706 against Kent State (Feb. 7) and at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25). For his career, the senior from Cell Phone ...... 716-867-1908 Gary, Ind., has scored in double fi gures 106 times and has 58 20-plus point games. E-mail ...... [email protected] • With NIU trailing by two SIU Edwardsville (Nov. 23), German made a triple, and was fouled, Mailing Address ...... 209 Convocation Center with 10 seconds remaining. He converted the four-point play to help NIU to a 68-64 victory...... 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 60115 • German was named MAC West Player of the Week on Nov. 25 following that performance against SIU Edwardsville and again on Jan. 6 after his 26-point performance in the conference

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball opener against Buff alo (Jan. 4). CAREER TOTALS FOR CURRENT HUSKIES • The Gary, Ind., native earned MAC West Player of the Week honors for the third time on Feb. 3, following a week in which the Huskies swept Ohio (Jan. 28) and Miami (Feb. 1) while German POINTS averaged 19.5 points per game and became NIU’s all-time leading scorer. Eugene German ...... 2,164 • German collected his fourth MAC West Player of the Week honors, along with the Lou Henson Lacey James (12 at Rider) ...... 731 Award National Player of the Week Award, on Feb. 10, after helping NIU to a pair of victories Noah McCarty ...... 479 over Toledo (Feb. 4) and Kent State (Feb. 7). German averaged 26.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and Gairges Daow ...... 290 2.0 assists for the week, while shooting 51.5 percent (17-of-33) from the fi eld and 42.6 percent Darius Beane (96 at Southern Illinois) ...... 297 (6-of-13) from three. Trendon Hankerson ...... 254 • The Huskie senior guard earned his fi fth MAC West Player of the Week honor on Feb. 24 after Rod Henry-Hayes ...... 213 scoring 23 points with a season-high nine rebounds, three assists and two steals in NIU’s only Tyler Cochran ...... 158 game of the previous week, an 82-81 victory over Central Michigan (Feb. 22). Zaire Mateen ...... 151 • Having not led the entire game at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25), German knocked in a triple with Nathan Scott ...... 89 8.9 seconds to go to give the Huskies a 73-71 win, their fi rst in Ypsilanti since 2012. German Chris Johnson ...... 20 Justin Lee ...... 18 fi nished with a game-high 27 points, including a career-best seven triples, one shy of the NIU Keenon Cole ...... 14 single game record. Alize Travis ...... 6 • German averaged 20.4 points per game as a junior last season and is one of just 11 players Daniel Filippone ...... 0 nationally to score 20-plus points per game in each of his last two seasons. The other 10 play- ers with 20-plus points in each of the last two seasons are: Chris Clemons (Campbell), Justin REBOUNDS Wright-Foreman (Hofstra), Mike Daum (South Dakota State), Markus Howard (Marquette), Matt Morgan (Cornell), R.J. Cole (Howard), Jerrick Harding (Weber State), Garrison Mathews Lacey James (13 at Rider) ...... 625 (Lipscomb), Jon Elmore (Marshall) and Fletcher Magee (Woff ord). Eugene German ...... 446 • Last season, German scored in double fi gures 30 times, including 18 20-plus point games and Noah McCarty ...... 412 three games of 30-plus points, while earning Second Team All-MAC honors and Second Team Gairges Daow ...... 246 Darius Beane (91 at Southern Illinois) ...... 183 All-District recognition from the NABC. Trendon Hankerson ...... 132 • German was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team last season after averaging 27.0 points, Tyler Cochran ...... 125 5.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per contest in the postseason, while shooting 66.7 percent (32-of- Rod Henry-Hayes ...... 87 48) from the fi eld, including 52.4 percent (11-of-21) from three-point range. Nathan Scott ...... 68 • More than just a scorer, German is also averaging 4.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.1 steals per Zaire Mateen ...... 45 game. German is tied for 14th in the league in assists with 2.7 per contest and is tied for sixth in Chris Johnson ...... 40 three-point fi eld goals per game, averaging 2.5 per game. Keenon Cole ...... 15 Justin Lee ...... 9 WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT EUGENE GERMAN... Alize Travis ...... 8 • “You can play good defense and a great player can beat you. Some of (our defense) was bad, Daniel Filippone ...... 0 but some of it, we were right there and it’s just Eugene German doing what he does.” – Western ASSISTS Michigan head coach Steve Hawkins postgame on Feb. 29. • “Northern Illinois is two possessions away from being 4-1 in the conference. They have a lot Eugene German ...... 245 of seniors. German is one of the best scorers to ever play in this conference.” – Kent State head Noah McCarty ...... 92 coach Rob Senderoff in the Ravenna Record-Courier on Jan. 21. Trendon Hankerson ...... 76 • “That’s all you can really do with German at this stage … He can score in a variety of ways. The Darius Beane (26 at Southern Illinois) ...... 66 biggest thing you want to do is make it tough on him and try to contain him. You’re not going Gairges Daow ...... 60 to stop him.” – Bowling Green head coach Michael Huger in the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tri- Rod Henry-Hayes ...... 50 bune on Jan. 19. Lacey James ...... 48 • “He’s always been really good over the past two years, but he’s evolved. You can tell he works Zaire Mateen ...... 21 on his game. He’s got a lot of diff erent tricks, whether he’s in triple threat, whether he’s off the Tyler Cochran ...... 19 Alize Travis ...... 13 bounce. He’s got elite level speed. [He’s an] elite-level shot maker at all three levels.” – Akron Nathan Scott ...... 9 head coach John Groce in the Akron Beacon Journal on Jan. 13. Chris Johnson ...... 3 • “Eugene German can fl at out scorer. Northern Illinois’ six-foot senior has been collecting Justin Lee ...... 1 points since he fi rst arrived in 2016 and now he is on pace to be the most prolifi c scorer in Keenon Cole ...... 1 school history. In season one, he was an All-Freshman in the Mid-American Conference. In Daniel Filippone ...... 0 season two, he was an All-MAC selection, he repeated that feat in season three and is playing like an All-American in season four.” – Angela Lento on CollegeInsider.com on Jan. 6 STEALS • “Northern Illinois, I think, is a dangerous team because of [Eugene] German. He can really score, and he does it in such a unique way. He shoots it from deep, he can drive it, and he has Eugene German ...... 107 total freedom.” – Pittsburgh head coach Jeff Capel in his postgame press conference on Dec. Lacey James (2 at Rider) ...... 62 Noah McCarty ...... 45 16. Trendon Hankerson ...... 40 Darius Beane (18 at Southern Illinois) ...... 37 HALLMARKS OF THE PROGRAM Gairges Daow ...... 32 • NIU head coach Mark Montgomery Rod Henry-Hayes ...... 27 had built the foundation of the Huskie NIU SINGLE SEASON WINS RECORD Tyler Cochran ...... 20 program on defense and rebounding, Zaire Mateen ...... 17 hallmarks which have been on display in Wins Year Head coach Nathan Scott ...... 6 the 2019-20 season. 1. 25 (25-6) 1990-91 Molinari Alize Travis ...... 3 • The Huskies are allowing just 64.6 points 2. 21 (21-13) 2015-16 Montgomery Chris Johnson ...... 2 per game, 49th nationally, and holding 21 (21-4) 1971-72 Jorgensen Keenon Cole ...... 1 opponents to 40.3 percent shooting, 4. 20 (20-10) 1995-96 Hammel Justin Lee ...... 0 5. 19 (19-10) 1994-95 Hammel Daniel Filippone ...... 0 46th in the country. NIU is averaging 38.9 rebounds per game, 38th in the nation. 6. 17 (17-11) 2019-20 Montgomery 17 (17-17) 2018-19 Montgomery BLOCKS (TOP FIVE ONLY) • NIU is holding opponents to just 30.4 percent shooting from three-point range, 17 (17-11) 2005-06 Judson Lacey James (3 at Rider) ...... 53 which ranks 50th nationally. 17 (17-14) 2002-03 Judson Noah McCarty ...... 35 • The Huskies are outrebounding their 17 (17-11) 1989-90 Molinari Eugene German ...... 19 opponents by 4.5 boards per game, 17 (17-12) 1980-81 McDougal Trendon Hankerson ...... 18 which leads in the MAC and ranks 51st 17 (17-8) 1972-73 Jorgensen Nathan Scott ...... 15 nationally. 17 (17-1) 1926-27 Cowell

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball • NIU had 51 rebounds against Coppin State (Nov. 15), the most by a Huskie team since Jan. Huskie Career Double-Doubles THE SCORING CHARTS 7, 2017, when they recorded 53 against Central Lacey James (9) Michigan. NIU then matched that number with Nov. 14, 2017, Green Bay ...... 10 pts, 13 reb NIU Top 10 All-Time Scorers Nov. 9, 2018, Northern Kentucky ...... 12 pts, 12 pts 51 more rebounds against Rockford (Nov. 16). Rank No. Player Years The Huskies had their third 50-plus rebound Dec. 17, 2018, Western Illinois ...... 17 pts, 10 reb 1. 2,164 Eugene German 2016- game of the season when they pulled down 50 Jan. 5, 2019, at Ohio ...... 20 pts, 14 reb 2. 1,996 T.J. Lux 1995-00 against Akron (Jan. 14). Jan. 19, 2019, at Kent State ...... 10 pts, 10 reb • The Huskies have held three opponents to 50 March 5, 2019, at Central Michigan ...... 16 pts, 19 reb 3. 1,853 Donnell Thomas 1987-91 points or less this season. NIU held Rockford Nov. 18, 2019, Longwood ...... 11 pts, 10 reb 4. 1,848 Allen Rayhorn 1978-82 to 48 points on Nov. 16 and, two days later, Jan. 4, 2020, at Buff alo ...... 18 pts, 13 reb 5. 1,749 Paul Dawkins 1975-79 held Longwood to just 48 points (Nov. 18). The Feb. 1, 2020, Miami (Ohio) ...... 12 pts, 10 reb 6. 1,657 Leon Rodgers 1998-02 48 points by Longwood was the fi rst time NIU 7. 1,559 Tim Dillon 1980-84 had held a Division I opponent to less than 50 Noah McCarty (2) 8. 1,513 Matt Hicks 1974-77 March 8, 2019, at Ball State ...... 10 pts, 11 reb points since a 59-48 victory at South Florida 9. 1,464 Levi Bradley 2015-19 on Dec. 20, 2016. NIU then held Oakland to 50 Nov. 18, 2019, Longwood ...... 10 pts, 10 reb 10. 1,402 Jerry Zielinski 1969-72 points on Nov. 25. • NIU nearly held a fourth opponent under Eugene German (1) 50 points as Western Michigan had 49 points Jan. 22, 2019, Buff alo ...... 20 pts, 10 reb Nation’s Active Leading Scorers (Jan. 25) before hitting a triple in the fi nal 10 Rank No. Player (School) seconds with the result no longer in doubt to Tyler Cochran (1) 1. 2,700 Markus Howard (Marquette) fi nish with 52. Jan. 28, 2020, Ohio ...... 12 pts, 10 reb 2. 2,594 Jermaine Marrow (Hampton) 3. 2,448 Grant Riller (College of Charleston) THE SENIOR FRONTLINE 4. 2,311 Charles Williams (Howard) • Seniors Lacey James and Noah McCarty pair to make a formidable, experienced frontline for the Huskies, 5. 2,223 Myles Powell (Seton Hall) having played 229 career games between the pair. Combined, the duo is averaging 14.5 points and 13.2 6. 2,174 Lamar Stevens (Penn State) rebounds per game, numbers that increase to 15.3 points and 13.8 rebounds per game in league play. • James is NIU’s leading rebounder this season with 7.8 boards per contest, eighth best in the MAC. 7. 2,167 Tres Tinkle (Oregon State) • In conference play, James is averaging 9.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, seventh best in the confer- 8. 2,164 Eugene German (NIU) ence. 9. 2,157 Jerrick Harding (Weber State) • James recorded his fi rst double-double of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Longwood 10. 2,117 Nathan Knight (William & Mary) (Nov. 18). • James added his second double-double of the year, the eighth of his career, with 18 points and 13 MAC All-Time 2,000-Point Scorers rebounds at Buff alo (Jan. 4). Rank No. Player (School) Years • James had his third double-double this season, the ninth of his career, with 12 points and 10 rebounds 1. 2,485 Bonzi Wells (Ball State) 1995-98 against Miami (Feb. 1). • James just missed double-doubles with 10 points and nine rebounds at SIU Edwardsville (Nov. 23) and 2. 2,377 Ron Harper (Miami) 1983-86 again with 10 points and nine rebounds at UC Davis (Dec. 7). 3. 2,336 Dave Jamerson (Ohio) 1986-90 • James also nearly had double-doubles with eight points and 13 rebounds at Toledo (Feb. 4), eight points 4. 2,211 Earl Boykins (Eastern Mich.) 1995-98 with 11 rebounds against Kent State (Feb. 7) and 11 points and nine rebounds against Central Michigan 5. 2,170 Paul Graham (Ohio) 1985-89 (Feb. 22). His 11 rebounds against the Golden Flashes marked the seventh game this season, and the 16th 6. 2,164 Eugene German (NIU) 2016- of his career, with 10-plus rebounds. 7. 2,122 David Kool (Western Mich.) 2006-10 • Over the last eight games, James is averaging 8.6 rebounds per game. 8. 2,109 Ray McCallum (Ball State) 1980-83 • James averaged 8.0 points and 6.9 rebounds per game a season ago. His 6.9 rebounds are fi fth-most 9. 2,108 Gary Trent (Ohio) 1992-95 among returnees in the MAC this season. James scored in double fi gures 13 times last season and posted fi ve double-doubles. In conference play, James increased his rebounding output to 7.1 boards per contest. 10. 2,075 D.J. Cooper (Ohio) 2009-13 • Noah McCarty also ranks in the 11. 2,071 Melvin McLaughlin (CMU) 1980-83 top-20 in the MAC in rebounding 12. 2,055 Dan Marjerle (Central Mich) 1984-88 NIU IN THE RANKINGS 13. 2,040 Thomas Wilder (WMU) 2014-18 this season, averaging 5.4 boards (AS OF MARCH 2) per game, 19th in the conference. ALL MAC NAT’L MAC MAC 14. 2,016 Ken Epperson (Toledo) 1981-85 • After being slowed by an ankle GMS RANK RANK GMS RANK 15. 2,012 Brandon Hunter (Ohio) 1999-03 injury early in non-conference Scoring Offense 67.1 11 284 65.9 11 16. 2,004 Javon McCrea (Buff alo) 2010-14 play, McCarty has raised his game Scoring Defense 64.6 3 49 65.5 3 during league play, averaging 6.1 Scoring Margin +2.5 8 157 +0.4 6 points and 5.9 rebounds per con- Free Throw Percentage .669 11 294 .667 10 Eugene German Season Honors Field Goal Percentage .416 12 286 .422 7 test. McCarty is 17th in rebound- - Lou Henson National Player of the Year Field Goal Defense .403 2 46 .408 1 Mid-Season Watch List ing in league action. 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .344 4 122 .342 7 • McCarty averaged 21.9 minutes 3-Point Field Goal Defense .304 2 50 .310 3 - Lou Henson Award National Player of the Week per game during non-conference Rebounding Offense 38.9 3 38 38.0 3 (Feb. 10) play and has seen that increase Rebounding Defense 34.5 2 n/a 34.7 2 - 3X3U National Championship Player of the Week Rebounding Margin +4.5 1 51 +3.3 2 to 26.6 minutes per contest in (Nov. 25) conference games. Blocks Per Game 2.6 7 246 2.3 8 Assists Per Game 10.1 11 338 9.9 10 - Five-time MAC West Division Player of the Week • McCarty scored a career-high Steals Per Game 5.6 8 259 5.6 7 (Nov. 25, Jan. 6, Feb. 3, Feb. 10, Feb. 24) 16 points against Ohio (Jan. 28), Turnovers Per Game 12.1 3 77 n/a n/a - Preseason All-MAC West topping his previous high of 14 on Turnovers Forced Per Game 11.5 12 315 n/a n/a the game-winning basket, a drive Turnover Margin -0.6 10 230 -0.4 9 right, spin back left, pull-up jump- Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.8 11 297 0.9 9 Eugene German Career Honors er from eight feet with 18 seconds Offensive Rebounds 11.7 2 54 11.4 2 - 2017 MAC All-Freshman Team left, giving NIU a 61-59 victory. Defensive Rebounds 27.3 5 63 26.6 6 Defensive Rebound Percentage .757 1 n/a .738 3 - 2018 All-MAC Second Team • The game-winner against Ohio Offensive Rebound Percentage .312 2 n/a .311 2 - 2018 NABC All-District 14 First Team was the second of his career. 3-Point Field Goals Made 7.3 10 169 6.6 11 - 2019 All-MAC Second Team McCarty made the game-winning - 2019 NABC All-Distric 14 Second Team layup with 0.6 seconds left to lift ALL MAC NAT’L NIU past No. 14 Buff alo last season EUGENE GERMAN GMS RANK RANK - 2019 MAC All-Tournament Team (Jan. 22, 2019). Points Per Game 20.5 1 20

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball • McCarty had his second career double-dou- CURRENT HUSKIES AGAINST THE ROCKETS COVERING THE HUSKIES ble, and fi rst of the season, with 10 points and 10 rebounds off the bench against Longwood DARIUS BEANE PTS REB AST PRACTICE AVAILABILITY (Nov. 18). Feb. 4, 2020 at Toledo 11 2 2 NIU head coach Mark Montgomery and Huskie stu- • After missing the fi rst two games of the dent-athletes are available for interviews at practice. season due to an ankle injury and playing TYLER COCHRAN PTS REB AST Practices are typically held in the NIU Convocation limited minutes in the next three games, Feb. 4, 2020 at Toledo 0 2 0 McCarty was inserted into the starting lineup Center, please contact Jeremy Reid in the NIU Ath- GAIRGES DAOW PTS REB AST letic Media Relations offi ce (815-753-3706 or jreid1@ at Western Illinois (Nov. 20), making his fi rst Feb. 6, 2018 at Toledo 0 4 2 niu.edu) for exact times and locations. Practices are career start in his 99th career game. McCarty Feb. 27, 2018 at NIU 2 2 2 generally open to the media. has started 24 consecutive contests. Feb. 2, 2019 at NIU 0 1 0 Feb. 23, 2019 at Toledo 3 1 0 Feb. 4, 2020 at Toledo 4 0 0 HOME GAME COVERAGE THE SILENT SHOOTER IN THE BACKCOURT • While Eugene German headlines the Huskie For media wishing to cover a NIU home game please backcourt, sophomore Trendon Hankerson EUGENE GERMAN PTS REB AST contact Jeremy Reid in the NIU Athletic Media Jan. 28, 2017 at Toledo 2 0 1 provides a steady, reliable presence alongside Relations offi ce (815-753-3706 or [email protected]) to Feb. 18, 2017 at NIU 27 3 3 the explosiveness of his senior teammate and arrange credentials. Feb. 6, 2018 at Toledo 30 7 4 has also become one of the elite three-point Feb. 27, 2018 at NIU 27 4 0 shooters in the MAC. Feb. 2, 2019 at NIU 15 6 4 POSTGAME AVAILABILITY • Hankerson, who is averaging 7.2 points and Feb. 23, 2019 at Toledo 22 8 1 The NIU locker room is closed to the media following 2.9 rebounds per game, leads the conference March 14, 2019 in Cleveland 27 7 1 games. For home games, Coach Montgomery and in three-point shooting at 44.3 percent (35- Feb. 4, 2020 at Toledo 25 1 1 players will be available in the media room following of-79). TRENDON HANKERSON PTS REB AST post-game radio obligations. For remote coverage • The Novi, Mich., native made seven con- Feb. 2, 2019 at NIU 0 0 1 of road games, please make arrangements through secutive three-point fi eld goals in a stretch Feb. 23, 2019 at Toledo 5 3 0 Jeremy Reid prior to the game. between Jan. 18 at Bowling Green and Jan. 25 March 14, 2019 in Cleveland 5 3 0 against Western Michigan. Feb. 4, 2020 at Toledo 5 2 2 INTERVIEWS • Trailing by one in the conference opener at Buff alo (Jan. 4), Hankerson, who was held ROD HENRY-HAYES PTS REB AST For interviews outside of practice or postgame, Feb. 6, 2018 at Toledo 0 0 0 please contact Jeremy Reid in the NIU Athletic scoreless up to that point, made a pair of Feb. 2, 2019 at NIU 2 5 2 Media Relations offi ce (815-753-3706 or jreid1@ free throws with 20 seconds left to give the Feb. 23, 2019 at Toledo 3 1 0 niu.edu). No interviews will be allowed the day of a Huskies the 73-72 victory. March 14, 2019 in Cleveland 2 2 0 game. Please submit your request at least 24 hours • With NIU down by four at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25), Hankerson, who only had two LACEY JAMES PTS REB AST in advance. points up to that point, knocked in a triple Feb. 6, 2018 at Toledo 4 5 0 with 15.9 seconds left, helping NIU rally for a Feb. 27, 2018 at NIU 13 7 0 MID-MAJOR TOP 25 (MARCH 2) Feb. 2, 2019 at NIU 8 7 0 73-71 victory over the Eagles. Feb. 23, 2019 at Toledo 4 8 1 • Hankerson has set or tied his career high No. School Record Pts. Prev. March 14, 2019 in Cleveland 2 8 0 scoring fi ve times already this season. In the Feb. 4, 2020 at Toledo 8 13 1 1. Gonzaga (31) 29-2 775 1 opener against Northern Iowa (Nov. 9), the 2. East Tennessee State 27-4 717 2 sophomore from Novi, Mich., scored nine CHRIS JOHNSON PTS REB AST 3. BYU 24-7 715 3 points to tie his career best set last season Feb. 4, 2020 at Toledo 0 2 0 4. Yale 22-6 649 4 in his collegiate debut at Ohio (Jan. 5, 2019). 5. Northern Iowa 25-5 635 7 ZAIRE MATEEN PTS REB AST Hankerson then scored a new career-high Feb. 2, 2019 at NIU 0 1 0 6. Stephen F. Austin 26-3 618 8 11 points against Rockford (Nov. 16), a Feb. 4, 2020 at Toledo 6 1 1 7. Saint Mary’s 24-7 585 6 career-best 13 points at Western Illinois (Nov. 8. Liberty 27-4 546 5 20), a career best 14 against Oakland (Nov. NOAH MCCARTY PTS REB AST 9. Furman 25-6 545 11 25) and his current career high of 18 against Jan. 28, 2017 at Toledo 0 1 0 10. New Mexico State 24-6 509 10 Green Bay (Dec. 21). Feb. 18, 2017 at NIU 0 0 0 • Hankerson’s career high of 18 came while Feb. 6, 2018 at Toledo 7 7 0 11. Wright State 25-6 414 14 Feb. 27, 2018 at NIU 4 0 1 12. Vermont 23-7 404 15 playing against his brother, Kameron, who is Feb. 2, 2019 at NIU 2 3 1 13. Belmont 24-7 356 16 a senior on the Green Bay men’s basketball Feb. 23, 2019 at Toledo 1 1 1 14. Hofstra 23-8 321 13 team. March 14, 2019 in Cleveland 0 0 1 • Hankerson was expected to redshirt the Feb. 4, 2020 at Toledo 7 4 1 15. Little Rock 21-9 290 18 2018-19 season but was forced into the 16. Murray State 22-8 279 19 lineup due to injury in the conference opener 17. Bowling Green 21-8 261 17 at Ohio, netting three triples to help the Huskies to an overtime victory. 18. Akron 22-7 245 12 19. Loyola Chicago 21-10 252 23 A STARTING SURGE 20. UNC Greensboro 23-8 187 9 • Sophomore Darius Beane moved into the starting lineup at Bowling Green (Jan. 18) and has provided 21. Harvard 20-7 142 24 a lift for the Huskies in his 12 games as a starter. 22. Texas State 20-10 81 NR • Beane is averaging 9.0 points per game as a starter, he is shooting 46.7 percent (42-of-90) from the 23. Colgate 23-8 73 22 fi eld during those 12 games. The Huskies are 8-4 since Beane moved into the starting lineup. 24. Indiana State 18-11 59 NR • Beane is averaging 31.2 minutes per contest in the last 12 after averaging 19.5 minutes per game in 15 25. UC Irvine 21-10 58 NR games coming off the bench. • In his fi rst career start at Bowling Green, Beane scored eight points with four rebounds while playing a OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Austin Peay 53, Pacifi c then career-high 31 minutes. 51, North Dakota State 44, South Dakota State 33, • At Kent State (Jan. 21), the Carbondale, Ill., native tied a then season-high with 14 points, to go along Eastern Washington 29, William & Mary 23, San Fran- with eight rebounds and a pair of assists, while setting a new career-high with 34 minutes played in a cisco 22, Winthrop 22, Northern Colorado 17, Kent victory over the Golden Flashes. State 12, Merrimack 11, Montana 11, South Dakota • Beane scored 11 points with three rebounds, two assists and two steals in NIU’s victory over Western 8, Bradley 7, Towson 5, Abilene Christian 4, Northern Michigan (Jan. 25). The sophomore from Carbondale, Ill., was a game-high +10 in plus/minus. Kentucky 4, Siena 4, Stony Brook 4, Georgia State 2, • Against Miami (Feb. 1), Beane scored 13 points and added three assists. He was tied with Eugene North Florida 2, Prairie View A&M 1, Radford 1. German with a game-high +21 in plus/minus. • Beane scored 11 points with two rebounds, two assists and two steals at Toledo (Feb. 4), and went

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2-of-2 from the free-throw line with 8.8 seconds left and the Huskies up by three to help NIU preserve the victory. AP TOP 25 (MARCH 2) • Beane set a new season-high with 15 points, on 7-of-11 shooting, in NIU’s 82-81 overtime win over Central Michigan (Feb. 22). Beane was a team-high +10 against the Chippewas. No. School Record Pts. • Beane scored in double fi gures for the ninth time this season, and the sixth as a starter, with 11 points 1 Kansas (64) 26-3 1600 on 4-of-7 shooting at Western Michigan (Feb. 29). 2 Gonzaga 29-2 1514 3 Dayton 27-2 1453 MONTGOMERY MOVES INTO TOP-THREE IN ALL-TIME WINS 4 Baylor 25-3 1395 • NIU head coach Mark Montgomery is third on NIU’s career wins list with 122. Montgomery moved 5 San Diego State 28-1 1375 into third all alone when he guided the Huskies to a 70-55 victory over Miami (Feb. 1), breaking a tie 6 Kentucky 24-5 1253 with Brian Hammel who recorded 117 wins from 1991-2000. 7 Florida State 24-5 1164 John McDougal (1976-86) is the Huskie career leader with 136 NIU Career Wins Leaders 8 Seton Hall 21-7 1145 victories. Coach Wins 9 Maryland 23-6 1041 • Montgomery is the only head coach in school history to have 1. John McDougal 136 10 Louisville 24-6 948 led NIU to both a postseason appearance and a victory over a 2. Chick Evans 125 11 Creighton 22-7 843 ranked opponent. 3. Mark Montgomery 122 12 Duke 23-6 809 • In 2015-16, Montgomery led NIU to 21 victories, tied for the 4. Brian Hammel 117 13 Oregon 22-7 802 second-most in program history, as the Huskies were selected 14 Villanova 22-7 779 to play in the Vegas 16 Postseason Tournament. 15 BYU 24-7 756 • Last season, Montgomery and the Huskies topped 14th-ranked Buff alo, 77-75, on Jan. 22, 2019, for 16 Michigan State 20-9 726 NIU’s fi rst win over a top-25 ranked foe since Feb. 3, 1973. 17 Auburn 24-5 575 • NIU advanced to the MAC Tournament Semifi nals for the fi rst time since 2003 last season. Montgom- 18 Iowa 20-9 492 ery has led NIU to fi ve MAC Tournament wins, second-most in school history behind McDougal’s seven. 19 Ohio State 20-9 489 20 Penn State 21-8 367 THE HEART ATTACK HUSKIES 21 Houston 22-7 265 • Thirteen of NIU’s last 17 games have been decided by fi ve points or less, including four one-point 22 Virginia 21-7 219 games and 10 decided by three points or less. 23 Illinois 20-9 208 • The stretch began with the non-conference fi nale against Green Bay (Dec. 21), when the Huskies 24 Wisconsin 19-10 179 suff ered an 85-84 setback. NIU had the ball with 20 seconds left and had a pair of shots, but neither fell 25 Michigan 18-11 94 as the Phoenix earned the one-point win. • In the conference opener at Buff alo (Jan. 4), Trendon Hankerson gave the Huskies a 73-72 lead with a OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Butler 68, UCLA 54, pair of free throws with 20 seconds to play. The Bulls had a three-quarter court heave at the buzzer that Stephen F. Austin 47, East Tennessee State 31, West drew iron, but the Huskies escaped with the victory. Virginia 22, Providence 17, Colorado 13, Marquette • At Central Michigan (Jan. 7), NIU led by one until Kevin McKay made a layup with 0.2 seconds left to 12, Arizona 9, Texas Tech 9, Stanford 4, Oklahoma 4, give the Chippewas a 68-67 victory. Arizona State 4, Northern Iowa 4, Saint Mary’s 2, LSU • In the conference home opener against Eastern Michigan (Jan. 11), NIU led by 15 with two minutes left 2, New Mexico State 2, Wichita State 2, Vermont 1, before a furious comeback brought the Eagles within one with 23 seconds to go. Rod Henry-Hayes went USC 1, Belmont 1. 4-of-4 at the free-throw line in the fi nal 20 seconds to preserve the win for the Huskies. • Back on the road at Bowling Green (Jan. 18), the Huskies and Falcons were tied at 60 with a minute to USA TODAY COACHES TOP 25 play before a fi ve-point burst for Bowling Green helped give the home team a 66-64 victory. (MARCH 2) • Against Ohio (Jan. 28), Noah McCarty converted a pull-up jumper in the lane with 18 seconds left to break a 59-59 tie. The Huskies got a stop on the fi nal possession to earn the 61-59 victory. No. School Record Pts. • Toledo (Feb. 4) pulled within a pair in the fi nal two minutes before four-straight points from Eugene 1 Kansas (32) 26-3 800 German helped lift the Huskies to a 66-61 victory on the road against the Rockets. 2 Gonzaga 29-2 742 • Tied at 54 against Kent State (Feb. 7), Eugene German split a pair of free throws. Kent State then had 3 Dayton 27-2 741 a turnover, followed by a layup from Tyler Cochran and a stop by the Huskies in the fi nal possession to 4 Baylor 25-3 694 give NIU a 57-54 win. 5 San Diego State 28-1 680 • After trailing by as much as 15 in the second half, NIU rallied to within one twice in the fi nal four min- 6 Kentucky 24-5 628 utes at Ball State (Feb. 11), only to fall in Muncie, 63-59. 7 Seton Hall 21-7 567 • The Huskies trailed by a pair with the ball with less than a minute to go at Miami (Feb. 15) but could 8 Florida State 24-5 555 not convert as the RedHawks escaped with a 65-60 win. 9 Maryland 23-6 516 • NIU trailed by four with less than a minute left in regulation against Central Michigan (Feb. 22), but the 10 Louisville 24-6 494 Huskies rallied for force overtime and then outlasted the Chippewas in the extra fi ve minutes, 82-81. 11 Duke 23-6 419 • NIU once again trailed by four in the fi nal minute at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25) until Trendon Hanker- 12 Villanova 22-7 392 son hit a triple with less than 20 seconds to play and Eugene German made a trifecta with 8.9 seconds 13 Oregon 22-7 397 left, giving NIU its fi rst lead of the game, and a 73-71 victory. The win was NIU’s fi rst in Ypsilanti since 14 Creighton 22-7 385 March 5, 2012, snapping a nine-game losing streak on the road against the Eagles. T15 Auburn 24-5 323 • At Western Michigan (Feb. 29), the Huskies and Broncos were tied at 69 before Western Michigan hit a T15 BYU 24-7 323 triple with fi ve seconds left to claim a 72-69 victory. 17 Michigan State 20-9 310 • Overall this season, NIU is 9-6 in games decided by fi ve points or less, including 6-4 in games decided 18 Iowa 20-9 301 by three points or less. 19 Ohio State 20-9 240 20 Penn State 21-8 232 DID YOU KNOW? 21 Houston 22-7 141 • NIU is tied for 41st nationally with seven road victories in 2019-20. Akron leads the MAC with eight T22 Virginia 21-7 79 road wins while Vermont leads the country with 12 road victories. T22 Illinois 20-9 79 • NIU’s 10 conference wins is the most for the program since the 2005-06 season when the Huskies 24 Wisconsin 19-10 78 recorded 12 conference victories. 25 Butler 20-9 60 • NIU’s six-game win streak between Jan. 21 and Feb. 7 was its longest winning streak in Mid-American Conference play in school history. NIU’s last six-game win streak in any conference came during the OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Michigan 31, UCLA 1990-91 season when the Huskies won seven-straight in the Mid-Continent Conference (Jan. 26-Feb. 11, 30, West Virginia 27, Colorado 26, Northern Iowa 19, 1991). East Tennessee State 16, Stephen F. Austin 15, Texas • Lacey James has won 12 of 14 jump balls, and 20 out of the last 23. Tech 14, Arizona 14, Marquette 13, Saint Mary’s 13, • NIU’s 17 victories both this season (2019-20) and last season (2018-19) are tied for the sixth-most LSU 4, Providence 3, Texas 3, Yale 2, USC 2, Stanford in school history. In the recently completed four-year stretch (2015-16 through 2018-19), NIU won 1, Wichita State 1. 66 games, the second-most in a four-year period in school history behind the 68 won from 1989-90

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball through 1992-93. NIU CAREER RECORD UPDATES • The Huskies had a 109.0 adjusted off ense rating according to KenPom last season, the best by a NIU team since 2005-06 (112.7) and the second-best by the Huskies during the KenPom era (since 1996-97). Field Goals Made 1. 792 Eugene German 2016-present • NIU has posted a winning record in non-conference play in each of the past six seasons, including this 2. 751 Paul Dawkins 1975-79 year. 3. 738 T.J. Lux 1995-00 4. 662 Donnell Thomas 1987-91 GERMAN NAMED TO LOU HENSON NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD WATCH LIST 5. 650 Tim Dillon 1980-84 • On Jan. 9, Eugene German was named to the Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award Mid-Season 6. 642 Matt Hicks 1974-77 7. 640 Allen Rayhorn 1978-82 Watch List. The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I mid-major player. 8. 631 Billy Harris 1970-73 • The leading scorer in the MAC, and 20th in the nation, German is averaging 20.5 points per game. 9. 586 Jerry Zielinski 1969-72 • German has scored in double fi gures all 29 games this season, including 18 games of 20-plus points. 10. 585 Leon Rodgers 1998-02 • NIU’s senior guard is one of four players in the MAC, along with, Marreon Jackson (Toledo), Tahjai Teague (Ball State) and Antonio Williams (Kent State), named to the Lou Henson Award Mid-Season 3-Point Field Goals Made Watch List. 1. 236 Eugene German 2016-present 2. 235 Todd Peterson 2002-06 • The 2019-20 Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award will be announced in April 2020 in Atlanta, 3. 204 Donald Whiteside 1987-91 Ga., site of the men’s Division I NCAA Basketball Championship. 4. 187 Mike Brown 1997-01 5. 168 Anthony Maestranzi 2002-06 RUNNING WITH THE BULLS 6. 163 P.J. Smith 2001-04 • NIU earned its third consecutive victory over Buff alo as the Huskies topped the Bulls, 73-72, in the 7. 154 Al Sewasciuk 2000-04 8. 145 Chris Coleman 1994-97 conference opener at Buff alo (Jan. 4, 2020). 145 Travon Baker 2012-16 • Eugene German scored a game-high 26 points to lead the Huskies while Lacey James posted his eighth 10. 132 Leon Rodgers 1998-02 career double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds. • The Huskies led for over 34 minutes in the contest, but a late 13-2 Buff alo run gave the Bulls a 72-71 3-Point Field Goals Attempted lead with 33 seconds to play. Trendon Hankerson made a pair of free throws with 20 seconds left to put 1. 659 Eugene German 2016-present 2. 594 Todd Peterson 2002-06 the Huskies back in front and give NIU the victory. 3. 479 Donald Whiteside 1987-91 • NIU’s victory snapped Buff alo’s 19-game home win streak against the MAC. Prior to NIU’s victory, the 4. 477 Mike Brown 1997-01 last loss by the Bulls against a conference opponent came on Feb. 24, 2017 against Akron (89-83). 5. 469 Travon Baker 2012-16 • The win also ended an 11-game road losing streak for the Huskies in Buff alo. NIU’s last win at Buff alo 6. 444 Al Sewasciuk 2000-04 came on Feb. 6, 2003 (70-61). 7. 437 Anthony Maestranzi 2002-06 • NIU’s three straight wins against Buff alo have come by a combined fi ve points, with a pair of two-point 8. 432 Chris Coleman 1994-97 9. 425 P.J. Smith 2001-04 wins: 90-88 in overtime (Feb. 10, 2018) and 77-75 (Jan. 22, 2019), preceding NIU’s one-point victory at 10. 348 Aaric Armstead 2013-17 Buff alo on Saturday.

Free Throws Made HUSKIES POST PERFECT 4-0 MARK IN COLLEGIATE HOOPS ROADSHOW 1. 568 Allen Rayhorn 1978-82 • NIU was a perfect 4-0 in the Collegiate Hoops Roadshow Presented by AtmosAir, including victories 2. 527 Donnell Thomas 1987-91 3. 490 T.J. Lux 1995-00 over Coppin State (Nov. 15), Rockford (Nov. 16), Longwood (Nov. 18) and SIU Edwardsville (Nov. 23). The 4. 355 Leon Rodgers 1998-02 Huskies were one of three schools, along with Arkansas and Pacifi c, to go a perfect 4-0 in the event. 5. 344 Eugene German 2016-present • The four victories were part of a six-game win streak, which also included a road win at Western Illinois 6. 333 Willie Hanson 1964-67 (Nov. 20) and a home victory against Oakland (Nov. 25). The six-game win streak was NIU’s longest since 7. 330 Xavier Silas 2009-11 winning seven in a row during the middle of the 2015-16 season. 8. 300 Larry Gentry 1956-60 • Eugene German was one of three Most Valuable Players in the Collegiate Hoops Roadshow, along with 300 Levi Bradley 2015-19 10. 291 Darion “Jake” Anderson 2007-10 Jimmy Whitt Jr. of Arkansas and Pacifi c’s Jahlil Tripp. German averaged 19.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in NIU’s four tournament games. Free Throws Attempted • Lacey James was also named to the event’s all-tournament team after posting 9.8 points, a team-best 1. 730 Allen Rayhorn 1978-82 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. 2. 715 Donnell Thomas 1987-91 • The Collegiate Hoops Roadshow Presented by AtmosAir included 11 diff erent Division I schools 3. 710 T.J. Lux 1995-00 4. 486 Eugene German 2016-present throughout the month of November, the event featured a unique format with a series of “regionals” 5. 469 Leon Rodgers 1998-02 across multiple campus sites. The tournament was anchored by Arkansas and Pacifi c, each hosting four 6. 465 Jim Smith 1967-69 games, along with several additional co-hosts also playing multiple home games such as Montana, 7. 445 Larry Gentry 1956-60 South Dakota, Northern Kentucky, NIU and UC Riverside. The event fi eld also included SIU Edwardsville, 8. 437 Marcus Smallwood 2000-04 Longwood, Coppin State, and Texas Southern. 9. 435 Aaric Armstead 2013-17 10. 427 Kenny Battle 1984-86 HUSKIES PICKED SECOND IN MAC WEST NIU SINGLE SEASON RECORDS • The Mid-American Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll was released on Thursday, October 31 and the Huskies were picked to fi nish second in the MAC West Division. 3-Point Field Goals Made • NIU was picked behind only Toledo in the MAC West, with Ball State, Central Michigan, Western Michi- 1. 87 Eugene German 2018-19 gan and Eastern Michigan following the Huskies. 2. 78 Donald Whiteside 1988-89 78 Randy Tucker 1993-94 • In the MAC East, Bowling Green was selected as the preseason favorite, followed by Buff alo, Kent State, 4. 71 Eugene German 2019-20 Miami, Akron and Ohio. 5. 67 Travon Baker 2015-16 • Bowling Green received two votes to win the MAC Tournament, followed by Toledo with two, NIU, 6. 65 Todd Peterson 2004-05 Buff alo, Kent State and Miami each received one vote to win the league tournament. 7. 62 Donald Whiteside 1990-91 62 Mike Brown 2000-01 62 Eugene German 2017-18 EUGENE GERMAN NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-MAC WEST TEAM 10. 60 Todd Peterson 2003-04 • For the third consecutive season, Eugene German was named to the West Division Preseason All-MAC Team. German is the leading returning scorer in the MAC, having averaged 20.4 points per game a 3-Point Field Goals Attempted season ago. 1. 210 Eugene German 2018-19 • German is joined on the Preseason All-MAC West Team by Tahjai Teague (Ball State), Marreon Jackson 2. 209 Eugene German 2019-20 (Toledo), Luke Knapke (Toledo), Michael Flowers (Western Michigan) and Dave DiLeo (Central Michigan). 3. 183 Eugene German 2017-18 4. 181 Travon Baker 2015-16 • The Preseason All-MAC East Team is made up of Justin Turner (Bowling Green), Dylan Frye (Bowling 5. 180 Donald Whiteside 1988-89 Green), Phillip Whittington (Kent State), Nike Sibande (Miami) and Jayvon Graves (Buff alo). 6. 176 Randy Tucker 1993-94 7. 175 Chris Coleman 1996-97 BEANE RECEIVES IMMEDIATE ELIGIBILITY 8. 174 Mike DiNunno 2008-09 • Sophomore guard Darius Beane had his waiver approved by the NCAA and is immediately eligible 9. 167 Todd Peterson 2003-04 10. 162 Xavier Silas 2009-10 following his transfer from Southern Illinois. • Beane played one season with the Salukis, appearing in 32, playing 15.5 minutes per contest. Beane

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball averaged 3.0 points and 2.8 rebounds per game, scoring a season-high 16 points against Northern Iowa (Jan. 23, 2019). Overtime Games Under Mark Montgomery HUSKIES CONTINUE TO MAKE THE GRADE Date Opponent Result • NIU continues to perform well academically as the Huskies posted an 82 percent mark in the latest Dec. 7, 2012 at Milwaukee L, 80-73 (ot) Graduation Success Rate, released by the NCAA on Oct. 16. The men’s basketball program’s 82 percent Jan. 15, 2014 Kent State L, 73-64 (ot) mark is a two percent increase on a season ago and is the third-highest mark in program history. Feb. 1, 2014 at Ball State W, 67-65 (ot) Feb. 20, 2014 Eastern Michigan W, 61-59 (2ot) CHANGES ON THE BENCH Mar. 10, 2014 Bowling Green W, 54-51 (ot) • Beginning his third season on the sidelines for the Huskies, Lamar Chapman has been elevated to Dec. 19, 2014 at Dartmouth L, 58-55 (ot) associate head coach this season. Chapman came to NIU following nine seasons as an assistant at Stony Brook University. Jan. 2, 2015 UC Riverside W, 72-67 (ot) • New to the NIU coaching staff this season is Anthony Beane Sr., who joins the Huskies following seven Mar. 6, 2015 at Ball State W, 71-67 (ot) seasons as an assistant coach at Southern Illinois. Dec. 19, 2015 Florida International W, 78-75 (2ot) • Following two seasons as a graduate assistant, Chris MacMartin was elevated this season to Director of Nov. 11, 2016 Indiana State W, 80-78 (ot) Player Development and Operations. Nov. 25, 2016 Elon L, 85-80 (2ot) Jan. 10, 2017 at Kent State W, 74-70 (ot) 2018-19 SEASON REVIEW Feb. 14, 2017 Ball State L, 81-72 (ot) • NIU reached the Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifi nals for the fi rst time since 2003 last Feb. 18, 2017 Toledo L, 88-80 (ot) season. Seeded seventh, the Huskies topped 10th-seed Ohio, 80-61, in DeKalb in the tournament Feb. 10, 2018 Buff alo W, 90-88 (ot) opener. NIU then downed No. 2 seed Toledo, 80-76, in the tournament quarterfi nals in Cleveland before Nov. 9, 2018 Northern Kentucky L, 88-85 (2ot) falling, 71-67, to No. 3 seed Bowling Green in the semifi nals. Jan. 5, 2019 at Ohio W, 72-66 (ot) • The Huskies upended a ranked opponent for just the third time in school history when they defeated Feb. 22, 2020 Central Michigan W, 82-81 (ot) 14th-ranked Buff alo, 77-75, on January 22, 2019. Eugene German had a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds in the victory. • NIU’s 17 victories in 2018-19 are tied for the sixth-most in school history. In the recently completed four-year stretch (2015-16 through 2018-19), NIU won 66 games, the second-most in a four-year period in school history behind the 68 won from 1989-90 through 1992-93. • NIU scored a school-record 2,506 points last season, made 940 fi eld goals (second-most in NIU history), made 229 three-pointers (second-most in NIU history) and shot 73.1 percent as a team from the free-throw line (third best in NIU history). • The Huskies led the MAC in fi eld goal percentage, shooting 47.1 percent as a team, 45th nationally. That was the best mark by a NIU team since 2006-07, when the Huskies shot 47.6 percent.

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 NIU BASKETBALL ROSTER

CHRIS JOHNSON TRENDON HANKERSON GAIRGES DAOW JUSTIN LEE LACEY JAMES ZAIRE MATEEN

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

EUGENE GERMAN NOAH McCARTY ALIZE TRAVIS ROD HENRY-HAYES TYLER COCHRAN DARIUS BEANE

Senior Senior Senior Junior Freshman Sophomore 10 Guard 11 Forward 21 Guard 22 Guard 23 Guard 24 Guard

NATHAN SCOTT KEENON COLE DANIEL FILIPPONE MARK MONTGOMERY

Junior Freshman Freshman Head Coach 25 Forward 32 Forward 55 Guard Ninth Season 2019-20 NIU HUSKIES No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown (Last School) First Name Last Name 0 Chris Johnson F 6-7 215 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (TF North/South Suburban College) common common 1 Trendon Hankerson G 6-2 185 So. Novi, Mich. (Novi) common common 2 Gairges Daow G 6-4 190 Jr. Melbourne, Australia (Victory Rock Academy) grr - giss dow 3 Justin Lee W 6-8 210 So. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Collins Hill) common common 4 Lacey James F 6-9 240 RS Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Wayland Union/Rider) common common 5 Zaire Mateen G 6-0 170 Jr. Queens, N.Y. (South Shore/Laramie County CC) zigh - ear ma - teen 10 Eugene German G 6-0 185 Sr. Gary, Ind. (21st Century Charter) common common 11 Noah McCarty F 6-8 240 Sr. Rock Falls, Ill. (Sterling Newman) common common 21 Alize Travis G 6-0 170 Sr. Victorville, Calif. (Eastvale Roosevelt/Pima CC) al - ee - zay common 22 Rod Henry-Hayes G 6-4 185 Jr. Zion, Ill. (Zion-Benton Township) common common 23 Tyler Cochran G 6-2 220 Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook) common common 24 Darius Beane G 6-3 175 So. Carbondale, Ill. (Carbondale/Southern Illinois) common common 25 Nathan Scott F 6-8 195 Jr. Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley/Olney Central College) common common 32 Keenon Cole F 6-7 200 Fr. Streamwood, Ill. (Streamwood) key - none common 55 Daniel Filippone G 6-1 175 Fr. Antioch, Ill. (Antioch Community) common fi ll - a - pone

Head Coach: Mark Montgomery Associate Head Coach: Lamar Chapman Assistant Coaches: Brandon Watkins and Anthony Beane Sr. Director of Player Development/Operations: Chris MacMartin

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball SPECIALTY STATS

Pts in Paint Pts off TO 2nd Chance Fast Break Bench Pts Largest Largest Lead Result (NIU/Opp) (NIU/Opp) (NIU/Opp) (NIU/Opp) (NIU/Opp) Lead Deficit Changes Ties N9 NORTHERN IOWA L, 64-54 32/26 7/4 10/16 12/2 7/21 3 20 1 2 N12 at Iowa State L, 70-52 18/40 4/30 16/9 0/14 11/24 11 23 1 2 N15 COPPIN STATE W, 81-69 20/22 19/19 12/11 19/13 16/16 16 0 none 1 N16 ROCKFORD W, 96-48 38/16 27/4 15/11 20/0 42/9 48 4 2 2 N18 LONGWOOD W, 65-48 24/16 22/10 8/9 14/6 29/13 19 2 5 1 N20 at Western Illinois W, 86-81 32/30 15/11 9/11 8/10 25/11 10 3 9 6 N23 at SIU Edwardsville W, 68-64 20/32 10/22 14/2 5/17 24/12 9 5 9 8 N25 OAKLAND W, 74-50 30/24 24/5 4/7 15/7 22/16 26 2 6 1 D5 at Saint Mary’s L, 61-49 22/20 7/21 8/8 5/3 11/16 0 15 none none D7 at UC Davis L, 66-57 22/22 12/14 9/6 4/8 18/22 0 14 none 1 D16 at Pittsburgh L, 59-50 20/28 7/20 5/3 7/9 16/22 7 9 5 3 D19 at Chicago State W, 75-60 26/28 16/4 7/7 10/7 26/17 23 3 8 3 D21 GREEN BAY L, 85-84 28/22 8/7 7/5 12/4 31/14 11 11 7 3 J4 at Buff alo* W, 73-72 32/28 8/16 14/19 9/13 14/14 14 3 5 6 J7 at Central Michigan* L, 68-67 48/30 13/13 10/11 9/18 17/13 12 2 4 4 J11 EASTERN MICHIGAN* W, 71-68 20/32 10/16 10/12 15/12 25/29 18 4 7 2 J14 AKRON* L, 72-49 20/30 7/12 7/7 6/11 21/21 0 24 none none J18 at Bowling Green* L, 66-64 24/22 12/9 8/18 14/0 6/14 3 9 5 5 J21 at Kent State* W, 76-69 34/24 12/23 16/12 15/9 16/18 12 10 5 1 J25 WESTERN MICHIGAN* W, 58-52 30/14 13/15 22/10 6/9 16/9 9 5 7 7 J28 OHIO* W, 61-59 26/26 13/12 9/12 6/2 17/8 10 5 5 7 F1 MIAMI* W, 70-55 32/18 19/7 10/3 4/6 13/26 19 2 2 2 F4 at Toledo* W, 66-61 28/20 11/17 6/6 7/4 10/0 8 6 8 5 F7 KENT STATE* W, 57-54 32/20 18/9 11/11 8/2 10/3 6 3 14 11 F11 at Ball State* L, 63-59 34/16 15/14 12/7 9/7 22/12 0 15 none none F15 at Miami* L, 65-60 28/24 9/8 6/7 4/6 4/33 0 10 none none F22 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* W, 82-81 (ot) 42/36 17/14 13/13 15/11 21/18 10 6 13 9 F25 at Eastern Michigan* W, 73-71 20/24 8/17 19/13 7/0 30/3 2 17 1 1 F29 at Western Michigan* L, 72-69 38/26 20/11 6/6 10/5 31/17 3 18 3 3 M3 TOLEDO* M6 BALL STATE*

TOTALS 820/716 383/384 303/272 275/215 551/451 AVERAGES 28.3/24.7 13.2/13.2 10.4/9.4 9.5/7.4 19.0/15.6

MISC. STATS THE IZZO COACHING TREE

Largest halftime lead ...... 18, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Mark Montgomery became the eighth Largest halftime defi cit ...... 24, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) Tom Izzo assistant coach to become Largest halftime lead surrendered to lose ...... 3, at Iowa State (Nov. 12, 2019) a Division I head coach, and is one of ...... 3, at Central Michigan (Jan. 7, 2020) three current head coaches: Largest halftime defi cit overcome to win ...... 5, Ohio (Jan. 28, 2020) • Tom Crean, Georgia Largest lead at any time ...... 48, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) • Brian Gregory, South Florida Largest defi cit at any time ...... 24, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) Largest lead surrendered to lose ...... 12, at Central Michigan (Jan. 7, 2020) The six other Izzo assistants that have Largest defi cit overcome to win ...... 17, at Central Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) been Division I head coaches are: Largest margin of victory ...... 48, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Largest margin of defeat ...... 23, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) • Jim Boylen, Utah Most points scored in a half ...... 50, Rockford -- second half (Nov. 16, 2019) • Mike Garland, Cleveland State Fewest points scored in a half ...... 18, at Iowa State -- second half (Nov. 12, 2019) • Stan Heath, Kent State/Arkansas/USF Most points allowed in a half ...... 45, Central Michigan -- second half (Feb. 22, 2020) • Stan Joplin, Toledo Fewest points allowed in a half ...... 20, Rockford -- second half (Nov. 16, 2019) • Doug Wojcik, Tulsa/Coll. of Charleston ABOUT THE STAFF Head Coach Mark Montgomery Associate Head Coach Lamar Chapman Assistant Coach Brandon Watkins Assistant Coach Anthony Beane Sr. • Ninth season at NIU. • Third Season at NIU • Third season as an assistant coach • First season as an assistant coach • Ninth overall season as a head • Promoted to associate head coach at NIU. at NIU. coach. this season • Returned to NIU after being a • Came to NIU following seven sea- • Fourth in NIU history in career • Came to NIU from Stony Brook, graduate assistant with the Huskies sons as an assistant at Southern Illi- wins. where he helped the Seawolves to from 2012-14. nois, helping the Salukis to winning • Spent 10 seasons as an assistant seven postseason appearances in • Spent the 2016-17 season as head seasons in each of the last four. coach at Michigan State. nine years. coach at Morton College. • Also spent time at Southeast • Also spent four years as an assis- • Has also spent time at Central • Began his coaching career at St. Missouri State (1997-2000), Illinois tant at Central Michigan (1997- Michigan and Toledo in the MAC. Joseph’s High School for under the State (2000-02, 2007-12) and Saint 2001). • Began his coaching career in his late Gene Pingatore. Louis (2002-06). • Four-year letterwinner at Michigan hometown at Muskegon Heights • Played at Penn State, earning All- • Played at Kansas State, was Big State (1988-92), playing for Jud (Mich.) High School. Big Ten honorable mention in 2003. Eight Newcomer of the Year in 1992. Heathcote. • Played collegiately at Lane College • Son, Darius, is a sophomore in the • Follow him on Twitter in Jackson, Tenn. NIU basketball team. @NIUCoachMonty March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball INSIDE THE NUMBERS

2019-20 NIU BASKETBALL STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN

TEAM GAMES FG-FGA PCT. 3F-3PA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. O-D TOT AVG. FOUL DQ AST AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG OVERALL (17-12) 29 707-1698 .416 212-617 .344 320-478 .669 338-791 1129 38.9 509 5 294 10.1 350 76 163 1946 67.1 HOME (10-3) 13 327-793 .412 98-273 .359 150-230 .652 165-393 558 42.9 218 2 154 11.8 152 35 76 902 69.4 AWAY (7-9) 16 380-905 .420 114-344 .331 170-248 .685 173-398 571 35.7 291 3 140 8.8 198 41 87 1044 65.2 NON-CONF (7-6) 13 315-770 .409 107-310 .345 154-229 .672 156-365 521 40.1 210 1 136 10.5 168 39 74 891 68.5 CONFERENCE (10-6) 16 392-928 .422 105-307 .342 166-249 .667 182-426 608 38.0 299 4 158 9.9 182 37 89 1055 65.9

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2019-20 2019-20 Monty Since Monty FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 2019-20 Monty Since 13-14 RECORD BY VENUE Overall MAC Overall 13-14 MAC When NIU leads in FG%, NIU is 16-3 98-33 89-27 Overall 17-12 10-6 122-162 112-111 62-94 When opponent leads in FG%, NIU is 1-9 22-129 21-84 Home (NIU Convocation Center) 10-3 6-1 85-56 78-34 40-37 When game ends tied in FG%, NIU is 2-0 2-0 Away 7-9 4-5 34-98 31-70 22-57 Neutral 3-8 3-7 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 2019-20 Monty Since 13-14 When NIU leads in 3FG%, NIU is 14-5 86-40 78-28 2019-20 2019-20 Monty Since Monty When opponent leads in 3FG%, NIU is 3-7 36-119 34-81 RECORD BY HALFTIME Overall MAC Overall 13-14 MAC When game ends tied in 3FG%, NIU is 0-3 0-2 When NIU leads at halftime 13-3 6-1 89-35 81-28 37-20 When NIU trails at halftime 1-9 1-5 26-121 25-78 18-69 FREE THROW SHOOTING 2019-20 Monty Since 13-14 When NIU is tied at halftime 3-0 3-0 7-6 6-5 7-5 When NIU attempts more FT, NIU is 10-3 75-49 70-39 When opponent attempts more FT, NIU is 6-9 43-106 38-66 2019-20 2019-20 Monty Since Monty When game ends tied in FT attempts, NIU is 1-0 4-7 4-6 RECORD BY SCORING OFFENSE Overall MAC Overall 13-14 MAC When NIU scores 100+ points 4-0 4-0 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 2019-20 Monty Since 13-14 When NIU scores 90-99 points 1-0 11-0 11-0 2-0 When NIU leads in FT%, NIU is 9-2 73-66 71-47 When NIU scores 80-89 points 3-1 1-0 25-9 25-9 12-2 When opponent leads in FT%, NIU is 7-10 48-95 40-63 When NIU scores 70-79 points 7-0 5-0 44-18 39-16 28-12 When game ends tied in FT%, NIU is 1-0 1-1 1-1 When NIU scores 60-69 points 4-4 2-4 27-58 23-50 14-40 When NIU scores 50-59 points 2-5 2-1 10-47 9-26 5-24 REBOUNDING 2019-20 Monty Since 13-14 When NIU scores 40-49 points 0-2 0-1 1-27 1-10 1-14 When NIU leads in rebounds, NIU is 14-5 92-73 83-49 When NIU scores less than 40 points 0-3 0-0 0-2 When opponent leads in rebounds, NIU is 3-7 24-83 23-58 When game ends tied in rebounds, NIU is 6-6 6-4 2019-20 2019-20 Monty Since Monty RECORD BY SCORING DEFENSE Overall MAC Overall 13-14 MAC ASSISTS 2019-20 Monty Since 13-14 When opponent scores 100+ points When NIU leads in assists, NIU is 9-0 66-22 57-12 When opponent scores 90-99 points 0-11 0-9 0-4 When opponent leads in assists, NIU is 8-11 47-132 46-94 When opponent scores 80-89 points 2-1 1-0 7-26 7-23 5-16 When game ends tied in assists, NIU is 0-1 9-8 9-5 When opponent scores 70-79 points 2-3 2-2 15-54 15-39 8-34 When opponent scores 60-69 points 6-7 3-4 53-47 48-31 33-27 BLOCKS 2019-20 Monty Since 13-14 When opponent scores 50-59 points 5-1 4-0 36-20 32-9 12-10 When NIU leads in blocks, NIU is 5-7 51-37 46-26 When opponent scores 40-49 points 2-0 10-4 9-0 3-3 When opponent leads in blocks, NIU is 9-4 46-106 44-74 When opponent scores less than 40 points 1-0 1-0 1-0 When game ends tied in blocks, NIU is 3-1 25-19 22-11

2019-20 2019-20 Monty Since Monty STEALS 2019-20 Monty Since 13-14 MARGIN OF VICTORY Overall MAC Overall 13-14 MAC When NIU leads in steals, NIU is 11-5 76-69 75-50 Game decided by 1-5 points 9-6 7-5 42-53 38-42 30-30 When opponent leads in steals, NIU is 4-4 36-74 29-46 Game decided by 6-10 points 2-3 2-0 26-39 25-29 12-28 When game ends tied in steals, NIU is 2-3 10-19 8-15 Game decided by 11-20 points 4-2 1-0 34-46 30-27 17-24 Game decided by 21+ points 2-1 0-1 20-24 19-13 3-12 TURNOVERS 2019-20 Monty Since 13-14 When NIU has more turnovers, NIU is 8-7 38-93 32-61 2019-20 2019-20 Monty Since Monty When opponent has more turnovers, NIU is 7-4 73-62 69-44 OVERTIME RECORD Overall MAC Overall 13-14 MAC When game ends tied in turnovers, NIU is 2-1 11-7 11-6 Overtime 1-0 1-0 9-5 9-4 6-3 Double Overtime 2-2 2-2 1-0 FOULS 2019-20 Monty Since 13-14 When NIU has more fouls, NIU is 8-9 42-111 37-71 2019-20 2019-20 Monty Since Monty When opponent has more fouls, NIU is 9-2 75-41 71-31 RECORD BY MONTH Overall MAC Overall 13-14 MAC When game ends tied in fouls, NIU is 0-1 5-10 4-9 November 6-2 30-27 29-17 December 1-4 21-30 20-19 January 5-3 5-3 35-40 30-30 31-40 February 5-3 5-3 24-47 22-33 24-45 March 12-18 11-12 7-9

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball INSIDE THE NUMBERS

TIME ON THE COURT INSIDE THE NUMBERS CAREER CAREER CONSEC CONSEC PLAYER GAMES STARTS GAMES STARTS DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING Eugene German 123 96 39 0 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Eugene German 15 32 30 29 106 Noah McCarty 122 24 27 24 Lacey James -- 4 13 13 30 Lacey James (12 gms at Rider) 107 92 95 60 Noah McCarty 0 2 3 4 9 Gairges Daow 93 37 28 0 Darius Beane ------9 9 Rod Henry-Hayes 69 34 0 0 Trendon Hankerson -- -- 0 7 7 Darius Beane (32 gms at SIU) 59 12 27 12 Tyler Cochran ------6 6 Trendon Hankerson 50 31 50 29 Gairges Daow -- 4 1 5 Rod Henry-Hayes -- 2 2 4 Zaire Mateen 46 1 9 1 Zaire Mateen -- -- 1 2 3 Tyler Cochran 29 1 29 0 Nathan Scott ------2 2 Nathan Scott 25 4 6 0 Chris Johnson ------1 1 Chris Johnson 25 0 13 0 Keenon Cole 8 0 0 0 20+ POINT GAMES Alize Travis 7 2 0 0 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Eugene German 4 18 18 18 58 Justin Lee 6 0 0 0 Lacey James -- 0 1 1 Daniel Filippone 0 0 0 0 30+ POINT GAMES LED NIU IN ... SCORING 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 CAREER Eugene German 0 2 3 5 Eugene German 7 25 18 28 78 Lacey James -- 0 2 2 7+ REBOUND GAMES Darius Beane ------1 1 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Lacey James -- 6 19 22 47 LED NIU IN ... REBOUNDING Eugene German -- 7 11 6 24 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 CAREER Noah McCarty 0 1 3 11 15 Lacey James -- 8 18 18 44 Gairges Daow -- 4 1 1 6 Eugene German 0 6 8 4 18 Tyler Cochran ------6 6 Noah McCarty 0 3 5 6 14 Nathan Scott ------3 3 Gairges Daow -- 4 2 1 7 Darius Beane ------2 2 Tyler Cochran ------4 4 Nathan Scott ------2 2 10+ REBOUND GAMES Darius Beane ------2 2 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Rod Henry-Hayes -- 0 1 1 Lacey James -- 1 8 7 16 Noah McCarty 0 0 1 1 2 LED NIU IN ... ASSISTS Gairges Daow -- 0 1 1 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 CAREER Eugene German -- 0 1 1 Eugene German 4 11 20 16 51 Tyler Cochran ------1 1 Trendon Hankerson -- -- 1 12 13 Gairges Daow -- 5 3 2 10 15+ REBOUND GAMES Noah McCarty 0 2 2 5 9 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Rod Henry-Hayes -- 1 5 1 7 Lacey James -- 0 1 1 Lacey James -- 2 2 1 5 Darius Beane ------4 4 5+ ASSIST GAMES Alize Travis -- -- 2 2 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Tyler Cochran ------2 2 Eugene German 0 2 5 3 10 Chris Johnson ------1 1 Trendon Hankerson -- -- 0 2 2 Zaire Mateen ------1 1 Rod Henry-Hayes -- 1 0 1 Nathan Scott ------1 1 Alize Travis -- -- 1 1 Noah McCarty 0 0 0 1 1 LED NIU IN ... BLOCKS 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 CAREER 10+ ASSIST GAMES Lacey James -- 6 15 11 32 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Noah McCarty 3 6 5 4 18 none Eugene German 3 4 3 5 15 Trendon Hankerson -- -- 6 9 15 3+ STEAL GAMES Nathan Scott ------10 10 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Gairges Daow -- 5 2 1 8 Eugene German 0 1 4 2 7 Tyler Cochran ------6 6 Trendon Hankerson -- -- 2 2 4 Rod Henry-Hayes -- 2 1 3 Lacey James -- 2 1 3 Justin Lee ------3 3 Noah McCarty -- 2 0 2 Darius Beane ------3 3 Darius Beane ------2 2 Chris Johnson ------2 2 Rod Henry-Hayes -- 0 1 1 Alize Travis -- -- 1 1 Nathan Scott ------1 1 Keenon Cole ------1 1 Gairges Daow -- 0 0 1 1 Tyler Cochran ------1 1 LED NIU IN ... STEALS Zaire Mateen -- -- 0 1 1 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 CAREER Eugene German 3 7 13 11 34 5+ STEAL GAMES Lacey James -- 7 8 7 22 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Trendon Hankerson -- -- 3 9 12 Lacey James -- -- 1 1 Noah McCarty 1 4 1 3 9 Rod Henry-Hayes -- 0 5 3 8 3+ BLOCK GAMES Gairges Daow -- 3 2 1 6 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Darius Beane ------6 6 Lacey James -- 0 0 3 3 Zaire Mateen -- -- 2 4 6 Noah McCarty 0 0 2 2 Tyler Cochran ------5 5 Tyler Cochran 0 0 0 1 1 Nathan Scott ------2 2 Alize Travis -- 0 1 1 5+ BLOCK GAMES Chris Johnson ------1 1 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 CAREER Keenon Cole ------1 1 Noah McCarty 0 0 1 1

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 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* M6 BALL STATE*

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* M6 BALL STATE*

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s 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 Toledo* M6 NIU Ball State*

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES IN 2019-20

TEAM SUPERLATIVES

NIU HIGHS LOWS Points 96, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) 49, at Saint Mary’s (Dec. 5, 2019) 49, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) Field Goals 34, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) 18, three times, last: Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) Field Goal Attempts 73, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) 50, at Saint Mary’s (Dec. 5, 2019) Field Goal Percentage .537, at Buff alo (Jan. 4, 2020) .247, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) Three-Point Field Goals 14, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) 3, at Central Michigan (Jan. 7, 2020) Three-Point Attempts 33, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) 13, three times, last: Central Michigan (Feb. 22, 2020) Three-Point Percentage .542, Oakland (Nov. 25, 2019) .179, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) Free Throws 26, Coppin State (Nov. 15, 2019) 1, Oakland (Nov. 25, 2019) 1, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16, 2019) Free Throw Attempts 36, at Chicago State (Dec. 19, 2019) 2, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16, 2019) Free Throw Percentage 1.000, at UC Davis (Dec. 7, 2019) .143, Oakland (Nov. 25, 2019) Rebounds 51, Coppin State (Nov. 15, 2019) 27, at Western Michigan (Feb. 29, 2020) 51, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Off ensive Rebounds 22, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) 6, Oakland (Nov. 25, 2019) Defensive Rebounds 36, Coppin State (Nov. 15, 2019) 20, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) 20, at Western Michigan (Feb. 29, 2020) Personal Fouls 23, at Ball State (Feb. 11, 2020) 11, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Assists 18, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) 3, at Iowa State (Nov. 12, 2019) 18, Eastern Michigan (Jan. 11, 2020) Turnovers 20, at Iowa State (Nov. 12, 2019) 7, Green Bay (Dec. 21, 2019) 20, Coppin State (Nov. 15, 2019) Blocked Shots 5, fi ve times, last: at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) 0, four times, last: at Toledo (Feb. 4, 2020) Steals 10, Longwood (Nov. 18, 2019) 2, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16, 2019)

OPPONENTS HIGHS LOWS Points 85, Green Bay (Dec. 21, 2019) 48, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) 48, Longwood (Nov. 18, 2019) Field Goals 30, Green Bay (Dec. 21, 2019) 15, Oakland (Nov. 25, 2019) Field Goal Attempts 69, at Buff alo (Jan. 4, 2020) 41, at Ball State (Feb. 11, 2020) Field Goal Percentage .542, at Western Michigan (Feb. 29, 2020) .281, Longwood (Nov. 18, 2019) Three-Point Field Goals 13, Green Bay (Dec. 21, 2019) 3, at Iowa State (Nov. 12, 2019) 3, Oakland (Nov. 25, 2019) Three-Point Attempts 37, Coppin State (Nov. 15, 2019) 15, at SIU Edwardsville (Nov. 23, 2019) Three-Point Percentage .632, at Western Michigan (Feb. 29, 2020) .120, at Iowa State (Nov. 12, 2019) Free Throws 21, Bowling Green (Jan. 18, 2020) 1, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Free Throw Attempts 28, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) 2, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Free Throw Percentage .917, at Western Illinois (Nov. 20, 2019) .500, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) .500, Western Michigan (Jan. 25, 2020) Rebounds 42, Bowling Green (Jan. 18, 2020) 26, at SIU Edwardsville (Nov. 23, 2019) Off ensive Rebounds 19, at Buff alo (Jan. 4, 2020) 3, at SIU Edwardsville (Nov. 23, 2019) Defensive Rebounds 35, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) 17, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) Personal Fouls 28, Coppin State (Nov. 15, 2019) 7, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16, 2019) 28, at Chicago State (Dec. 19, 2019) Assists 19, Green Bay (Dec. 21, 2019) 6, Oakland (Nov. 25, 2019) Turnovers 19, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) 6, at Buff alo (Jan. 4, 2020) 6, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) Blocked Shots 8, at Iowa State (Nov. 12, 2019) 1, three times, last: Miami (Feb. 1, 2020) Steals 10, at Iowa State (Nov. 12, 2019) 1, Northern Iowa (Nov. 9, 2019) 10, at Buff alo (Jan. 4, 2020) 1, at Western Illinois (Nov. 20, 2019)

INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES

INDIVIDUALS NIU OPPONENTS Points 27, Eugene German, Kent State (Feb. 7, 2020) 32, JayQuan McDonald, Green Bay (Dec. 21, 2019) 27, Eugene German, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) Field Goals 11, Eugene German, at Western Illinois (Nov. 20, 2019) 11, Brandon Emerick, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Field Goal Attempts 27, Eugene German, at Iowa State (Nov. 12, 2019) 22, Brandon Emerick, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Field Goal Percentage (Min. 5 Made) .714, Trendon Hankerson, Oakland (Nov. 25, 2019) .750, Isaiah Brown, Northern Iowa (Nov. 9, 2019) .750, Tyresse Williford, at SIU Edwardsville (Nov. 23, 2019) Three-Point Field Goals 7, Eugene German, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) 6, three times, last: Thomas Binelli, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) Three-Point Attempts 16, Eugene German, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) 16, Brandon Emerick, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Three-Point Percentage (Min. 3 Made) 1.000, Trendon Hankerson, at Kent State (Jan. 21, 2020) .833, Isaiah Brown, Northern Iowa (Nov. 9, 2019) Free Throws 10, Eugene German, at Chicago State (Dec. 19, 2019) 8, Malik Fitts, at Saint Mary’s (Dec. 5, 2019) 8, JayQuan McDonald, Green Bay (Dec. 21, 2019) Free Throw Attempts 15, Eugene German, at Chicago State (Dec. 19, 2019) 11, Ben Vander Plas, Ohio (Jan. 28, 2020) Free Throw Percentage (Min. 7 Made) .889, Eugene German, at Toledo (Feb. 4, 2020) .889, JayQuan McDonald, Green Bay (Dec. 21, 2019) Rebounds 13, three times, last: Lacey James, at Toledo (Feb. 4, 2020) 13, Xeyrius Williams, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) Assists 6, fi ve times, last: Noah McCarty, at EMU (Feb. 25, 2020) 8, Tyresse Williford, at SIU Edwardsville (Nov. 23, 2019) 8, Loren Cristian Jackson, Akron (Jan. 14, 2020) Turnovers 5, three times, last: Lacey James, at Ball State (Feb. 11, 2020) 7, Lorenzo Phillips, Longwood (Nov. 18, 2019) Blocked Shots 4, three times, last: Lacey James, at WMU (Feb. 29, 2020) 4, George Conditt, at Iowa State (Nov. 12, 2019) 4, Matthias Tass, at Saint Mary’s (Dec. 5, 2019) Steals 3, 10 times, last: Zaire Mateen, at Western Mich. (Feb. 29, 2020) 6, Devontae Lane, at Central Michigan (Jan. 7, 2020)

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES IN THE MARK MONTGOMERY ERA

TEAM SUPERLATIVES

NIU HIGHS LOWS Points 111, Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) (Nov. 24, 2013) 25, at Eastern Michigan (Jan. 26, 2013) Field Goals 41, Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) (Nov. 24, 2013) 8, at Eastern Michigan (Jan. 26, 2013) Field Goal Attempts 82, at Cal State Northridge (Nov. 19, 2016) 39, at Eastern Michigan (March 5, 2012) 39, Eastern Michigan (Feb. 21, 2015) Field Goal Percentage .661, at Oakland (Nov. 25, 2018) .200, Western Michigan (Jan. 19, 2013) Three-Point Field Goals 14, three times, last: at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) 1, seven times, last: at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 9, 2019) Three-Point Attempts 33, at Eastern Michigan (Jan. 26, 2013) 6, Akron (Jan. 21, 2015) 33, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) Three-Point Percentage .692, at Miami (Jan. 9, 2013) .030, at Eastern Michigan (Jan. 26, 2013) Free Throws 30, Buff alo (Feb. 2, 2016) 1, Oakland (Nov. 25, 2019) 1, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16, 2019) Free Throw Attempts 43, Kent State (Jan. 15, 2014) 2, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16, 2019) Free Throw Percentage 1.000, four times, last: at UC Davis (Dec. 7, 2019) .143, Oakland (Nov. 25, 2019) Rebounds 67, Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) (Nov. 24, 2013) 24, Central Michigan (Feb. 13, 2018) Off ensive Rebounds 31, Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) (Nov. 24, 2013) 3, four times, last: vs. Bowling Green (March 15, 2019) Defensive Rebounds 46, Indiana Northwest (Nov. 25, 2015) 11, Western Michigan (Jan. 19, 2013) Personal Fouls 32, at Milwaukee (Dec. 7, 2012) 7, Rockford (Nov. 26, 2017) Assists 32, Eureka (Nov. 21, 2015) 3, four times, last: at Iowa State (Nov. 12, 2019) Turnovers 28, at Purdue (Nov. 11, 2011) 2, Toledo (Feb. 18, 2017) Blocked Shots 10, Miami (Feb. 4, 2014) 0, 28 times, last: at Toledo (Feb. 4, 2020) Steals 17, Bowling Green (March 10, 2014) 1, UC Davis (Dec. 5, 2018)

OPPONENTS HIGHS LOWS Points 99, at Iowa State (Dec. 31, 2013) 36, at Bowling Green (Jan. 12, 2014) Field Goals 37, at Iowa State (Dec. 31, 2013) 12, at Bowling Green (Jan. 12, 2014) 37, at Buff alo (Jan. 16, 2018) Field Goal Attempts 72, Indiana State (Nov. 11, 2016) 35, three times, last: at Eastern Michigan (Jan. 26, 2013) Field Goal Percentage .607, at Butler (Dec. 8, 2018) .235, Judson (Jan. 2, 2016) Three-Point Field Goals 17, at Central Michigan (Jan. 30, 2018) 1, Miami (Feb. 4, 2014) 17, at Butler (Dec. 8, 2018) 1, Western Michigan (Feb. 27, 2016) Three-Point Attempts 41, at Central Michigan (Jan. 30, 2018) 11, four times, last: Ball State (March 8, 2014) Three-Point Percentage .691, at Iowa (Nov. 17, 2011) .067, Miami (Feb. 4, 2014) Free Throws 32, Buff alo (Feb. 2, 2016) 1, Rockford (Nov. 26, 2017) 1, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Free Throw Attempts 44, Buff alo (Feb. 2, 2016) 2, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) 44, Central Michigan (Jan. 7, 2017) Free Throw Percentage 1.000, Ball State (Feb. 14, 2017) .333, Rockford (Nov. 26, 2017) 1.000, at Butler (Dec. 8, 2018) Rebounds 48, at Minnesota (Dec. 11, 2016) 19, Judson (Nov. 18, 2012) 19, Central Michigan (Feb. 12, 2014) Off ensive Rebounds 22, at Washington (Dec. 22, 2012) 1, Judson (Nov. 18, 2012) Defensive Rebounds 37, at Michigan State (Dec. 29, 2018) 12, at Oakland (Nov. 25, 2018) Personal Fouls 31, Buff alo (Feb. 2, 2016) 7, at Pittsburgh (Dec. 16, 2019) 31, Idaho (Nov. 16, 2016) Assists 34, at Iowa (Dec. 29, 2017) 2, Eastern Michigan (Feb. 20, 2014) Turnovers 25, Hampton (Dec. 29, 2014) 4, Ohio (Jan. 6, 2016) Blocked Shots 12, at Iowa (Nov. 26, 2014) 0, 18 times, last: Ohio (Jan. 29, 2019) Steals 14, at Purdue (Nov. 11, 2011) 1, seven times, last: at Western Illinois (Nov. 20, 2019) 14, Eastern Michigan (Feb. 20, 2014)

INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES

INDIVIDUALS NIU OPPONENTS Points 33, Eugene German, at Green Bay (Nov. 28, 2018) 34, Justin Turner, Bowling Green (Feb. 16, 2019) Field Goals 14, Eugene German, at Toledo (Feb. 6, 2018) 14, Kevin McKay, Central Michigan (Feb. 13, 2018) 14, Eugene German, at Green Bay (Nov. 28, 2018) Field Goal Attempts 29, Eugene German, at Toledo (Feb. 6, 2018) 25, Brenton Scott, Indiana State (Nov. 11, 2016) Field Goal Percentage (Min. 5 Made) 1.000, four times, last: Levi Bradley, at Oakland (Nov. 25, 2018) 1.000, three times, last: Luka Garza, at Iowa (Dec. 29, 2017) Three-Point Field Goals 7, Travon Baker, Eastern Michigan (Jan. 9, 2016) 8, Josh Kozinski, at Central Michigan (Jan. 30, 2018) 7, Eugene German, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) Three-Point Attempts 16, Eugene German, at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25, 2020) 16, Brandon Emerick, Rockford (Nov. 16, 2019) Three-Point Percentage (Min. 3 Made) 1.000, 11 times, last: Trendon Hankerson, at Kent State (1/21/20) 1.000, four times, last: Braden Norris, at Oakland (Nov. 25, 2018) Free Throws 14, Travon Baker, Ohio (Jan. 6, 2016) 14, Dikembe Dixson, UIC (Nov. 26, 2016) 14, Levi Bradley, Kent State (Jan. 2, 2018) Free Throw Attempts 18, Marin Maric, at Eastern Michigan (March 6, 2017) 20, Dikembe Dixson, UIC (Nov. 26, 2016) Free Throw Percentage (Min. 7 Made) 1.000, seven times, last: Dante Thorpe, at WMU (Feb. 12, 2019) 1.000, 20 times, last: Paul Jackson, Eastern Michigan (March 2, 2019) Rebounds 19, Lacey James, at Central Michigan (March 5, 2019) 17, Steve Taylor Jr., at Toldeo (Jan. 28, 2017) 17, James Thompson, IV, Eastern Michigan (March 2, 2019) Assists 10, Laytwan Porter, Eureka (Nov. 21, 2015) 13, Tayler Persons, Ball State (Feb. 14, 2017) Turnovers 7, three times, last: Darrell Bowie, at Kent State (Jan. 29, 2014) 8, Rian Pearson, at Toledo (Jan. 18, 2012) 8, Chris Fowler, at Central Michigan (Feb. 18, 2015) Blocked Shots 6, Marin Maric, Western Michigan (Feb. 27, 2016) 8, Javon McCrea, at Buff alo (Jan. 8, 2014) Steals 8, Aaron Armstead, Hampton (Dec. 29, 2014) 6, three times, last: Devontae Lane, at Central Michigan (Jan. 7, 2020)

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball THE LAST TIME...

IN THE FINAL SECONDS NIU had more than 15 steals: March 10, 2014, Bowling Green (17) NIU won in the final seconds: Jan. 22, 2019, Buffalo: Noah McCarty layup, 0.6 seconds NIU had fewer than five steals: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan (3) NIU lost in the final seconds: Jan. 7, 2020, at Central Michigan: Kevin McKay layup, 0.2 seconds FIELD GOALS NIU played in overtime: Feb. 22, 2020, Central Michigan: NIU won 82-81 NIU had more than 20 field goals made: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan (27) NIU played in double overtime: Nov. 9, 2018, Northern Kentucky: NIU lost 88-85 NIU had more than 30 field goals made: Dec. 21, 2019, Green Bay (32) NIU won an overtime game: Feb. 22, 2020, Central Michigan: NIU won 82-81 NIU had more than 40 field goals made: Nov. 24, 2013, Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) (41) NIU lost an overtime game: Nov. 9, 2018, Northern Kentucky (2ot): NIU lost 88-85 NIU had fewer than 20 field goals made: Jan. 14, 2020, Akron (18)

TEAM SCORING FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS NIU scored 80 or more points: Feb. 22, 2020, Central Michigan: NIU won 82-81 (ot) NIU had more than 50 field goal attempts: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan (56) NIU scored 90 or more points: Nov. 16, 2019, Rockford: NIU won 96-48 NIU had more than 60 field goal attempts: Feb. 22, 2020, Central Michigan (66) NIU scored 100 or more points: Dec. 22, 2018, Chicago State: NIU won 100-59 NIU had more than 70 field goal attempts: Jan. 14, 2020, Akron (73) NIU scored fewer than 50 points: Jan. 14, 2020, Akron: NIU lost 72-49 NIU had more than 80 field goal attempts: Nov. 19, 2016, at Cal State Northridge (82) An opponent scored 100 point or more points: Dec. 8, 2007, at Notre Dame: Notre Dame NIU had fewer than 40 field goal attempts: Feb. 21, 2015, Eastern Michigan (39) won 108-62 An opponent scored fewer than 50 points: Nov. 18, 2019, Longwood: NIU won 65-48 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE NIU shot over 50 percent from the field: Jan. 4, 2020, at Buffalo, 53.7 percent (29-of-54) INDIVIDUAL SCORING NIU shot over 60 percent from the field: Dec. 17, 2018, Western Illinois, 60.7 percent A player had 20 or more points: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan: Eugene German (23) (34-of-56) A player had 30 or more points: March 15, 2019, vs. Bowling Green: Eugene German (31) NIU shot less than 40 percent from the field: Feb. 15, 2020, at Miami, 39.6 percent (21- A player had 40 or more points: Dec. 14, 2010, Illinois-Chicago: Xavier Silas (40) of-53) A player had 50 or more points: Feb. 15, 1958, at Eastern Michigan: Larry Wilke (52) NIU shot over 70 percent from the field in a half: Jan. 23, 2018, Bowling Green -- second An opponent had 20 or more points: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan: Brandon John- half, 75.9 percent (22-of-29) son (20), Michael Flowers (20) An opponent had 30 or more points: Dec. 21, 2019, Green Bay: JayQuan McDonald (32) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS A player had five or more three-point field goals: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan: MULTIPLE DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING Eugene German (7) NIU had three double-digit scorers: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan: Eugene German NIU had more than 5 three-point field goals: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan (6) (23), Darius Beane (11), Lacey James (11) NIU had more than 10 three-point field goals: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan (14) NIU had four double-digit scorers: Feb. 22, 2020, Central Michigan: Eugene German (23), NIU had more than 15 three-point field goals: yet to happen Darius Beane (15), Trendon Hankerson (12), Lacey James (11) NIU had fewer than 5 three-point field goals: Jan. 7, 2020, at Central Michigan (3) NIU had five double-digit scorers: Nov. 6, 2018, Rockford: Lacey James (17), Jaylen Key NIU did not make a three-point field goal: March 2, 2011, Eastern Michigan (0) (15), Noah McCarty (14), Levi Bradley (11), Anastasios Demogerontas (10) NIU had six double-digit scorers: Dec. 14, 2016, Olivet Nazarene: Marin Maric (22), 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS Aaric Armstead (16), Levi Bradley (12), Justin Thomas (11), Eugene German (10), Dontel NIU had more than 20 3-point field goal attempts: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan Highsmith (10) (33) NIU had two players with 20 or more points: Jan. 22, 2019, Buffalo: Dante Thorpe (23), NIU had more than 30 3-point field goal attempts: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan Eugene German (20) (33) NIU had fewer than 10 3-point field goal attempts: March 6, 2017, at Eastern Michigan REBOUNDING (9) A player had 10 or more rebounds: Feb. 7, 2020, Kent State: Lacey James (11) A player had 15 or more rebounds: March 5, 2019, at Central Michigan: Lacey James (19) 3-POINT PERCENTAGE A player had 20 or more rebounds: Nov. 27, 2002, Loyola-Chicago: Marcus Smallwood NIU shot over 40 percent on 3-pointers: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan, 42.4 percent (21) (14-of-33) NIU had two players with 10 or more rebounds: Nov. 18, 2019, Longwood: Lacey James NIU shot over 50 percent on 3-pointers: Nov. 25, 2019, Oakland, 54.2 percent (13-of-24) (10), Noah McCarty (10) NIU shot over 60 percent on 3-pointers: Nov. 25, 2018, at Oakland, 61.1 percent (11-of- NIU had three players with 10 or more rebounds: Feb. 20, 2014, Eastern Michigan: 18) Jordan Threloff (18), Darrell Bowie (12), Aaric Armstead (10) NIU shot less than 30 percent on 3-pointers: Feb. 11, 2010, at Ball State, 23.1 percent NIU had more than 30 rebounds: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan (35) (6-of-26) NIU had more than 40 rebounds: Feb. 22, 2020, Central Michigan (43) NIU had more than 50 rebounds: Nov. 16, 2019, Rockford (51) FREE THROWS NIU had fewer than 25 rebounds: Feb. 13, 2018, Central Michigan (24) NIU had more than 20 free throws made: Dec. 19, 2019, at Chicago State (24) NIU had more than 30 free throws made: Dec. 14, 2010, UIC (39) DOUBLE-DOUBLES NIU had less than 10 free throws made: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan (9) A player had a double-double (points-rebounds): Feb. 1, 2020, Miami: Lacey James (12 points, 10 rebounds) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS A player had a double-double (points-assists): Jan. 13, 2010, Western Michigan: Mike NIU had more than 20 free throw attempts: Feb. 22, 2020, Central Michigan (24) DiNunno (21 points, 10 assists) NIU had more than 30 free throw attempts: Dec. 19, 2019, at Chicago State (36) A player had a triple-double: Nov. 30, 1991, Aurora: Mike Hidden (18 points, 13 rebounds, NIU had more than 40 free throw attempts: March 6, 2015, at Ball State (42) 10 assists) NIU had fewer than 10 free throw attempts: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan (7) An opponent had a double-double: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan: Boubacar Toure (11 points, 10 rebounds) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE An opponent had a triple-double: Feb. 27, 2018, Toledo: Tre’Shaun Fletcher (20 points, 11 NIU shot over 70 percent on free throws: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan, 71.4 percent rebounds, 11 assists) (5-of-7) A player had consecutive double-doubles: Levi Bradley (two straight): Nov. 6, 2018, NIU shot over 80 percent on free throws: Jan. 21, 2020, at Kent State, 81.0 percent (17- Rockford (11 points, 10 rebounds), Nov. 9, 2018, Northern Kentucky (25 points, 12 re- of-21) bounds) NIU shot over 90 percent on free throws: Dec. 7, 2019, at UC Davis, 100 percent (13-of- NIU had two players with double-doubles: Nov. 18, 2019, Longwood: Lacey James (11 13) points, 10 rebounds), Noah McCarty (10 points, 10 rebounds) NIU shot less than 50 percent on free throws: Feb. 11, 2020, at Ball State, 41.7 percent (5-of-12) ASSISTS A player had five or more assists: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan: Noah McCarty (6) FOULS A player had 10 or more assists: Nov. 21, 2015, Eureka: Laytwan Porter (10) NIU had more than 10 fouls: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan (17) NIU had two players with five or more assists: Dec. 21, 2019, Green Bay: Eugene German NIU had more than 20 fouls: Feb. 11, 2010, at Ball State (23) (6), Trendon Hankerson (5) NIU had more than 30 fouls: Jan. 7, 2017, Central Michigan (31) NIU had more than 10 assists: Feb. 25, 2020, at Eastern Michigan (17) NIU had fewer than 10 fouls: Nov. 26, 2017, Rockford (7) NIU had more than 20 assists: Nov. 25, 2018, at Oakland (23) NIU had more than 30 assists: Nov. 21, 2015, Eureka (32) TURNOVERS NIU had less than 10 assists: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan (6) NIU had more than 10 turnovers: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan (11) NIU had more than 20 turnovers: Jan. 17, 2017, Miami (22) BLOCKS NIU had fewer than 10 turnovers: Feb. 15, 2020, at Miami (9) A player had five or more blocks: March 2, 2019, Eastern Michigan: Noah McCarty (5) NIU had fewer than 5 turnovers: Feb. 18, 2017, Toledo (2) A player had 10 or more blocks: yet to happen NIU had more than five blocks: March 2, 2019, Eastern Michigan (7) IN THE RANKINGS NIU had 10 or more blocks: Feb. 4, 2014, Miami (Ohio) (10) NIU was ranked: Jan. 25, 1972 poll: NIU No. 19 NIU had less than five blocks: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan (4) NIU defeated a ranked opponent: Jan. 22, 2019, No. 14 Buffalo: NIU won 77-75 NIU lost to a ranked opponent: Dec. 29, 2018, at No. 8 Michigan State: Michigan State STEALS won 88-60 A player had five or more steals: Feb. 12, 2019, at Western Michigan: Dante Thorpe (5) NIU defeated a ranked opponent at home: Jan. 22, 2019, No. 14 Buffalo: NIU won 77-75 A player had 10 or more steals: yet to happen NIU defeated a ranked opponent on the road: yet to happen NIU had more than five steals: Feb. 29, 2020, at Western Michigan (9) NIU faced a No. 1 ranked team: Dec. 8, 1980, at No. 1 DePaul: DePaul won 93-56 NIU had more than 10 steals: Nov. 26, 2017, Rockford (15) NIU defeated a No. 1 ranked team: yet to happen

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball enced team in the country. The Huskies achieved a number of milestone victories in 2012-13, including the program’s fi rst win at Miami (Ohio) since 1981, its fi rst win at Mark Central Michigan since 2006 and its fi rst victory over Kent State since 2003. During the 2013-14 season, his third at NIU, Montgomery engineered the largest single-season win improvement in school history, and the 10th-largest nationally for the season, as the Huskies recorded a 10-win improvement, going 15-17, NIU’s most MONTGOMERY victories since the 2005-06 season. Montgomery fi nished second in the voting for MAC Coach of the Year. Head Coach NIU earned the No. 7 seed in the MAC Tournament and the right to host a fi rst round tournament game for the fi rst time since 2003, while advancing to Cleveland Ninth Season for the second time in three seasons. Jordan Threloff earned All-MAC honorable The only head coach in Northern Illinois University mention recognition and Aaric Armstead was named to the MAC All-Freshman Team. men’s basketball history to lead the Huskies to both The 2014-15 Huskies opened the season with six-straight home wins, tying a then a postseason appearance and a victory over a ranked school-record with 11 consecutive home victories dating back to 2013-14. NIU post- opponent, Mark Montgomery enters his ninth season ed its fi rst winning non-conference record since 2005-06 and Montgomery’s charges as head coach at NIU in the 2019-20 season. also fi nished the season strong, winning each of their last four regular season games, Montgomery enters his ninth year at the helm of the Huskies with 105 victories, including a win at Toledo, NIU’s fi rst win over Western Michigan since 2010 and a fourth-most in school history behind only John McDougal (136), Chick Evans (125) victory over MAC regular season champion Central Michigan. and Brian Hammel (117). In 26 seasons in college basketball as a player and a coach, Prior to his arrival at NIU, Montgomery was named one of the top fi ve high-major Montgomery has been a part of 15 postseason teams. assistant coaches in the country by FoxSports.com in 2010, while Rivals.com put him During his tenure in DeKalb, NIU has posted two of its six-highest win totals in on its list of “10 Assistant Coaches Ready to Move Up.” In addition, FoxSports.com na- program history, earning 21 victories in 2015-16 (tied for second-best) and 17 wins in tional college basketball writer Jeff Goodman named Montgomery the top assistant 2018-19 (tied for sixth-best) while also having a pair of NABC All-District selections, coach in the Big Ten Conference based on a poll of league coaches. fi ve All-MAC honorees and four MAC All-Freshman Team recipients. During his 10 seasons on Hall of Famer Tom Izzo’s staff at Michigan State from This past season, playing in the highly competitive Mid-American Conference that 2001-12, the Spartans made 10 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament and three Fi- fi nished ninth in both NET and RPI rankings, the Huskies advanced to the conference nal Four appearances. He helped coach 26 All-Big Ten players at Michigan State and tournament semifi nals for the fi rst time since 2003, continuing a trend of success six players that went on to be selected in the National Basketball Association Draft, in the league’s postseason tournament under Montgomery. With fi ve all-time wins while on the bench for 235 MSU wins - an average of 23.5 victories per season. in the MAC Tournament, Montgomery trails only McDougal (7) for the most MAC Montgomery began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Central Michigan Tournament victories in school history. where he became a member of Jay Smith’s fi rst coaching staff in 1997-98. Following As the No. 7 seed in the conference tournament, the Huskies dispatched of a 6-23 season in 1999-2000, the Chippewas made a worst-to-fi rst turnaround the 10th-seeded Ohio in the league opener, 80-61, to advance to Quicken Loans Arena following season as they fi nished the 2000-01 campaign with a 20-8 record, winning in Cleveland. NIU then surprised second seeded Toledo, 80-76, in the quarterfi nals the MAC with a conference mark of 14-4. before bowing out to third-seeded Bowling Green in the semifi nals. An outstanding player during his collegiate career, Montgomery was a four-year Eugene German was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team, becoming the fi rst letterwinner for Jud Heathcote at Michigan State from 1988-92. A 1992 All-Big Ten Huskie to receive that honor since 2003, and also earned Second Team All-MAC and Third Team selection, Montgomery ended his career as the then-career leader in Second Team NABC All-District recognition. games played at MSU (126). A four-year starter for the Spartans, he was part of the The 2018-19 season was also highlighted by a January 22 victory over 14th-ranked 1990 Big Ten Championship team, three NCAA Tournament teams and an NIT Final Buff alo, just the third win in program history over a ranked foe and the fi rst since Four. Montgomery ranks fourth on the career assists chart (561) after leading the 1973. Two Huskies, German and Levi Bradley, passed the 1,000-career point plateau team in assists as a junior (169) and senior (190). He also ranks fourth on the MSU and Montgomery earned his 100th career victory on January 29 with a home win career steals list (168). over Ohio. Montgomery averaged 5.3 points and 4.5 assists in his four years as a Spartan. In During the four year stretch that concluded in 2018-19, starting with the 2015-16 1991-92, he averaged 7.0 points and 6.3 assists as a senior co-captain, leading his campaign, NIU won 66 games, the second-most in program history during a four- team to a 22-8 mark and the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Montgomery year time period behind only the 68 victories from 1989-90 through 1992-93. was also a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree during his playing days as a The beginning of this most recent four-year stretch, 2015-16, saw Montgomery Spartan. guide NIU to 21 victories, tied for the second-most in school history, while taking Following his collegiate career, Montgomery played four years of professional bas- the Huskies to the postseason for just the fourth time in school history, and the fi rst ketball in Europe. He averaged more than 25 points a game during his time playing time in 20 years, as NIU accepted an invitation to the Vegas 16. Montgomery earned in Germany, Lithuania and Sweden. national coaching honors when he received the midseason Hugh Durham Award as Montgomery received his bachelor’s degree in food industry management from the nation’s top mid-major head coach. Michigan State. He and his wife, Alexandra, have two sons, Nicholas and Mason. Three Huskies earned conference postseason honors, including sophomore Marin Maric who Mark Montgomery’s Year-by-Year Coaching History was named to the All-MAC Third Team; Aaric Year School Overall Conference Postseason Position Armstead was named to the MAC All-Defensive 1997-98 Central Michigan 5-21 3-15 None Assistant Coach Team and Marshawn Wilson was recognized 1998-99 Central Michigan 10-16 7-11 None Assistant Coach on the MAC All-Freshman Team. It marked the fi rst time since the 2002-03 season that NIU has 1999-00 Central Michigan 6-23 2-16 None Assistant Coach three all-league honorees. 2000-01 Central Michigan 20-8 14-4 None Assistant Coach The last four years have produced four of the Central Michigan Totals 41-68 26-46 fi ve highest scoring seasons in program history as the Huskies have eclipsed the 2,300-point 2001-02 Michigan State 19-12 10-6 NCAA First Round Assistant Coach mark in all four. In 2016-17, Maric was again 2002-03 Michigan State 22-13 10-6 NCAA Elite Eight Assistant Coach named to the All-MAC Third Team while 2003-04 Michigan State 18-12 12-4 NCAA First Round Assistant Coach German became the fourth MAC All-Freshman 2004-05 Michigan State 26-7 13-3 NCAA Final Four Assistant Coach Team honoree of Montgomery’s tenure. The fol- lowing season, 2017-18, German led the MAC 2005-06 Michigan State 22-12 8-8 NCAA First Round Assistant Coach in scoring while earning Second Team All-MAC 2006-07 Michigan State 23-12 8-8 NCAA Second Round Assistant Coach and First Team NABC All-District honors. 2007-08 Michigan State 27-9 12-6 NCAA Sweet 16 Associate Head Coach The recent success of Huskie basketball is 2008-09 Michigan State 31-7 15-3 NCAA Championship Game Associate Head Coach the result building blocks set in place during 2009-10 Michigan State 28-9 14-4 NCAA Final Four Associate Head Coach Montgomery’s fi rst four seasons at the helm in 2010-11 Michigan State 19-15 9-9 NCAA First Round Associate Head Coach DeKalb. Michigan State Totals 235-108 111-57 During his fi rst season at NIU in 2011-12, Montgomery guided one of the youngest teams in the nation to the program’s fi rst MAC 2011-12 NIU 5-26 3-13 None Head Coach Tournament victory since 2003, defeating 2012-13 NIU 5-25 3-13 None Head Coach MAC West Champion Eastern Michigan in the 2013-14 NIU 15-17 8-10 None Head Coach opening round of the conference tournament 2014-15 NIU 14-16 8-10 None Head Coach to advance to Cleveland. The Huskies laid the 2015-16 NIU 21-13 9-9 Vegas 16 Quarterfi nals Head Coach foundation for Montgomery’s style of play, 2016-17 NIU 15-17 7-11 None Head Coach leading the MAC in off ensive rebounds while 2017-18 NIU 13-18 6-12 Head Coach ranking second in rebounding defense and 2018-19 NIU 17-17 8-10 None Head Coach third in rebounding margin as Abdel Nader be- came the fi rst Huskie since 2009 to be named 2019-20 NIU 17-12 10-6 to the MAC All-Freshman Team. NIU/Head Coaching Totals 122-162 62-94 Montgomery’s second season at NIU saw Career Coaching Totals 398-338 199-197 the Huskies continue to build the foundation 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances, 3 Final Fours of the program with the fourth-least experi- 2 Big Ten, 1 MAC Regular Season Championships

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 10 Rockford (11/16/19) Chris Field Goals 3 Rockford (11/16/19) Field Goal Attempts 4 Rockford (11/16/19) 3-Point Field Goals 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Free Throws 4 Rockford (11/16/19) JOHNSON Free Throw Attempts 10 Rockford (11/16/19) Rebounds 5 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) 6-7 | 215 | Junior | Forward Offensive Rebounds 3 three times, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Chicago, Ill. | South Suburban College Defensive Rebounds 3 twice, last: Miami (2/1/20) Assists 1 three times, last: Oakland (11/25/19) Turnovers 1 five times, last: Western Michigan (1/25/20) THE JOHNSON FILE Blocks 1 twice, last: at Ball State (2/11/20) • Had his fi rst career game scoring in double fi gures against Rockford (Nov. 16), Steals 1 twice, last: Longwood (11/18/19) scoring 10 points in 17 minutes. 0 Minutes 19 at Iowa State (11/12/19) • Has grabbed 42.1 percent of his rebounds on the off ensive end (16 off ensive, 22 defensive). CAREER HIGHS Points 10 Rockford (11/16/19) • Comes to NIU from South Suburban College in South Holland, Ill. Averaged Field Goals 3 Rockford (11/16/19) 9.7 points and 14.5 rebounds per game last season at South Suburban, leading Field Goal Attempts 4 Rockford (11/16/19) NJCAA Division II in rebounds per game. 3-Point Field Goals • Helped South Suburban to a 28-4 record while earning Region IV District 3 3-Point Field Goal Attempts All-Region First Team recognition and was also a NJCC All-Academic Third Team Free Throws 4 Rockford (11/16/19) honoree. Free Throw Attempts 10 Rockford (11/16/19) • Spent the 2017-18 season at Kent State, where he redshirted. Rebounds 5 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) • Began his collegiate career at Malone University, averaging 2.9 points and 3.0 Offensive Rebounds 3 three times, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Defensive Rebounds 3 twice, last: Miami (2/1/20) rebounds as a freshman in 2016-17. Assists 1 three times, last: Oakland (11/25/19) • Majoring in advocacy/public communications. Turnovers 1 five times, last: Western Michigan (1/25/20) Blocks 1 twice, last: at Ball State (2/11/20) Steals 1 twice, last: Longwood (11/18/19) Minutes 19 at Iowa State (11/12/19)

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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 0 152 5 17 .294 0 0 .000 10 22 .455 16 24 40 1.6 21 0 3 5 2 2 20 0.8

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 25 0 152 6.1 5 17 .294 0 0 .000 10 22 .455 16 24 40 1.6 21 0 3 0.1 5 0.2 2 0.1 2 0.1 20 0.8 Career 25 0 152 6.1 5 17 .294 0 0 .000 10 22 .455 16 24 40 1.6 21 0 3 0.1 5 0.2 2 0.1 2 0.1 20 0.8

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 18 Green Bay (12/21/19) Trendon Field Goals 7 Green Bay (12/21/19) Field Goal Attempts 10 Green Bay (12/21/19) 3-Point Field Goals 4 Oakland (11/25/19) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 5 five times, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Free Throws 4 twice, last: Eastern MIchigan (1/11/20) HANKERSON Free Throw Attempts 6 Eastern MIchigan (1/11/20) Rebounds 6 at UC Davis (12/7/19) 6-2 | 185 | Sophomore | Guard Offensive Rebounds 2 twice, last: at UC Davis (12/7/19) Novi, Mich. | Novi Defensive Rebounds 5 twice, last: Western Michigan (1/25/20) Assists 6 Eastern MIchigan (1/11/20) Turnovers 4 twice, last: at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) THE HANKERSON FILE Blocks 1 nine times, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) • Made two free throws, his only points of the game, with 20.2 seconds left to Steals 3 twice, last: Green Bay (12/21/19) lift NIU to a one-point win at Buff alo (Jan. 4).1 Minutes 41 Central Michigan (2/22/20) • Scored a new career-high 18 points against Green Bay (Dec. 21). Has tied or set a new career high in scoring fi ve times this season. Also dished out a then CAREER HIGHS career-best fi ve assists against the Phoenix. Points 18 Green Bay (12/21/19) • Appeared in 21 games as a freshman, making two starts. Had his redshirt Field Goals 7 Green Bay (12/21/19) pulled in the conference opener at Ohio (Jan. 5), scoring nine points in his Field Goal Attempts 10 Green Bay (12/21/19) collegiate debut. 3-Point Field Goals 4 Oakland (11/25/19) • Had the assist on the game-winning basket by Noah McCarty with 0.6 sec- 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 5 five times, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) onds left in NIU’s victory over No. 14 Buff alo last season (Jan. 22, 2019). Free Throws 4 twice, last: Eastern MIchigan (1/11/20) • Averaged 13.9 points Free Throw Attempts 6 Eastern MIchigan (1/11/20) per game in his senior HANKERSON IN THE MAC RANKINGS Rebounds 6 at UC Davis (12/7/19) season at Novi High Offensive Rebounds 2 three times, last: at UC Davis (12/7/19) School in 2017-18. ALL RANK CONF. RANK Defensive Rebounds 5 three times, last: Western Michigan (1/25/20) • Brother, Kameron, is a GAMES ONLY Assists 6 Eastern MIchigan (1/11/20) senior on the Green Bay Three-Point Percentage .443 1st n/a n/a Turnovers 4 twice, last: at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) men’s basketball team. Minutes Per Game n/a n/a 33.3 10th Blocks 2 three times, last: at Central Michigan (3/5/19) • Major is undecided. Steals 3 four times, last: Green Bay (12/21/19) Minutes 41 Central Michigan (2/22/20)

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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 29 909 75 166 .452 35 79 .443 24 29 .828 12 73 85 2.9 60 0 59 43 9 28 209 7.2

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 29 29 909 31.3 75 166 .452 35 79 .443 24 29 .828 12 73 85 2.9 60 0 59 2.0 43 1.5 9 0.3 28 1.0 209 7.2 Career 50 31 1300 26.0 92 220 .418 43 111 .387 27 33 .818 17 115 132 2.6 115 2 78 1.6 65 1.3 18 0.4 40 0.8 254 5.1

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 9 Central Michigan (2/22/20) Gairges Field Goals 3 five times, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) Field Goal Attempts 6 at Central MIchigan (1/7/20) 3-Point Field Goals 1 three times, last: at Kent State (1/21/20) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 2 twice, last: at Kent State (1/21/20) Free Throws 4 Western Michigan (1/25/20) DAOW Free Throw Attempts 4 twice, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) Rebounds 7 at Iowa State (11/12/19) 6-4 | 190 | Junior | Guard Offensive Rebounds 4 Western Michigan (1/25/20) Melbourne, Australia | Victory Rock Defensive Rebounds 5 twice, last: Coppin State (11/15/19) Assists 4 Rockford (11/16/19) Turnovers 4 at Iowa State (11/12/19) THE DAOW FILE Blocks 1 at Chicago State (12/19/19) • Scored a season-high nine points in nine minutes of action against Central Steals 3 at Central MIchigan (1/7/20) Michigan (Feb. 22). 2 Minutes 28 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) • Made his fi rst start of the season against Coppin State (Nov. 15), scoring six points with fi ve rebounds. Has made 37 career starts. CAREER HIGHS Points 14 at Akron (1/20/18) • Spent his fi rst summer in DeKalb with the Huskies. Did not spend summer of Field Goals 5 twice, last: at Akron (1/20/18) 2018 at NIU due to student visa issues. Field Goal Attempts 8 twice, last: at Akron (1/20/18) • Appeared in 33 games off the bench as a sophomore last season. 3-Point Field Goals 2 five times, last: at Kent State (3/5/18) • Has scored in double fi gures fi ve times in his NIU career. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 4 three times, last: at Akron (1/20/18) • Born in South Sudan, moved to Australia at age six where he lived until Free Throws 4 Western Michigan (1/25/20) attending school at Victory Rock Prep. Free Throw Attempts 4 four times, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) • Majoring in general studies. Rebounds 10 Akron (1/12/19) Offensive Rebounds 5 at Marquette (12/18/17) Defensive Rebounds 8 Akron (1/12/19) Assists 4 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Turnovers 4 at Iowa State (11/12/19) Blocks 2 UC Davis (12/5/18) Steals 3 at Central MIchigan (1/7/20) Minutes 31 twice, last: at Toledo (2/6/18)

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 21 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 2 5 7 7.0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 2.0 COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 * 15 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 6.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 4.0 ROCKFORD NOV. 16 * 24 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 4.7 2 0 4 2 0 0 6 4.7 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 * 12 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 4.8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.5 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 * 16 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 4.0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 3.6 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 * 8 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 OAKLAND NOV. 25 * 15 2 3 .667 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.1 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.3 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 * 15 3 5 .600 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.9 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 3.8 at UC Davis Dec. 7 * 16 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 0 2 2.8 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.0 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 * 28 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.6 at Chicago State Dec. 19 * 25 2 4 .500 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.5 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 3.6 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 * 11 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.3 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 * 26 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 3 4 2.6 2 0 3 3 0 0 6 3.5 at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 * 18 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 2.8 5 1 0 0 0 3 6 3.7 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 * 12 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.7 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 3.6 AKRON* JAN. 14 * 9 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.4 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 at Kent State* Jan. 21 16 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.4 WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 10 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 4 1 5 2.6 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.5 OHIO* JAN. 28 10 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.4 MIAMI* FEB. 1 19 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.5 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 3.3 at Toledo* Feb. 4 7 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.3 KENT STATE* FEB. 7 5 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.3 at Ball State* Feb. 11 7 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 at Miami* Feb. 15 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 9 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 1 2 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.2 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 TOLEDO* MARCH 3 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 15 366 34 74 .459 3 14 .214 13 17 .765 21 35 56 2.0 39 1 14 21 1 6 84 3.0

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 2017-18 32 22 700 21.9 48 121 .397 16 49 .327 27 36 .750 31 88 119 3.7 68 1 26 0.8 34 1.1 5 0.2 21 0.7 139 4.3 2018-19 33 0 382 11.6 28 67 .418 5 26 .192 6 9 .667 16 55 71 2.2 22 0 20 0.6 23 0.7 3 0.1 5 0.2 67 2.0 2019-20 28 15 366 13.1 34 74 .459 3 14 .214 13 17 .765 21 35 56 2.0 39 1 14 0.5 21 0.8 1 0.0 6 0.2 84 3.0 Career 93 37 1448 15.6 110 262 .420 24 89 .270 46 62 .742 68 178 246 2.6 129 2 60 0.6 78 0.8 9 0.1 32 0.3 290 3.1

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 7 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) Justin Field Goals 3 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) Field Goal Attempts 6 at Chicago State (12/19/19) 3-Point Field Goals 1 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 3 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) Free Throws 2 at Chicago State (12/19/19) LEE Free Throw Attempts 2 twice, last: at Buffalo (1/4/20) Rebounds 4 at Buffalo (1/4/20) 6-8 | 210 | Sophomore | Wing Offensive Rebounds 2 twice, last: at Buffalo (1/4/20) Lawrenceville, Ga. | Collins Hill Defensive Rebounds 2 at Buffalo (1/4/20) Assists 1 at Chicago State (12/19/19) Turnovers 1 three times, last: at Buffalo (1/4/20) THE LEE FILE Blocks 2 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) • Will miss time due to a foot injury. Steals • Saw the fi rst action of his collegiate career3 at UC Davis (Dec. 7), playing two Minutes 14 twice, last: at Buffalo (1/4/20) minutes, recording one block. • Missed time at the beginning of the season due to a knee injury. CAREER HIGHS Points 7 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) • Redshirted the 2018-19 season. Field Goals 3 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) • Averaged 15.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per game as a Field Goal Attempts 6 at Chicago State (12/19/19) senior at Collins Hill High School in 2017-18. 3-Point Field Goals 1 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) • Helped lead Collins Hill to a 20-6 record. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 3 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) • Two-time Georgia All-Region 6-AAAAAAA Second Team honoree. Free Throws 2 at Chicago State (12/19/19) • Majoring in sports management. Free Throw Attempts 2 twice, last: at Buffalo (1/4/20) Rebounds 4 at Buffalo (1/4/20) Offensive Rebounds 2 twice, last: at Buffalo (1/4/20) Defensive Rebounds 2 at Buffalo (1/4/20) Assists 1 at Chicago State (12/19/19) Turnovers 1 three times, last: at Buffalo (1/4/20) Blocks 2 at Pittsburgh (12/16/19) Steals Minutes 14 twice, last: at Buffalo (1/4/20)

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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

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

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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 18 at Buffalo (1/4/20) Lacey Field Goals 7 twice, last: at Central Michigan (1/7/20) Field Goal Attempts 12 Green Bay (12/21/19) 3-Point Field Goals 2 twice, last: at Buffalo (1/4/20) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 5 Longwood (11/18/19) Free Throws 6 twice, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) Free Throw Attempts 8 Central Michigan (2/22/20) JAMES Rebounds 13 three times, last: at Toledo (2/4/20) 6-9 | 240 | RS Senior | Forward Offensive Rebounds 5 Longwood (11/18/19) Defensive Rebounds 10 twice, last: Kent State (2/7/20) Grand Rapids, Mich. | Rider Assists 2 at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) Turnovers 5 at Ball State (2/11/20) Blocks 4 three times, last: at Western Mich. (2/29/20) THE JAMES FILE Steals 2 four times, last: at Kent State (1/21/20) • Has seven 10-plus rebound games, tied for seventh-most in the MAC. Averag- Minutes 35 Kent State (2/7/20) ing 8.6 rebounds per game over the last4 eight contests. • Posted his third double-double of the season against Miami (Feb. 1), with 12 CAREER HIGHS points and 10 rebounds, his ninth career double-double. Points 20 at Ohio (1/5/19) • Averaged 6.9 rebounds per game last season, 10th in the MAC, and 7.1 in Field Goals 8 at Central Michigan (3/5/19) conference games. Field Goal Attempts 15 at Central Michigan (3/5/19) • Ranked fourth in the MAC, and 45th nationally, in off ensive rebounds per 3-Point Field Goals 2 four times, last: at Buffalo (1/4/20) game last season with 2.97. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 5 Longwood (11/18/19) • Had 19 rebounds at Central Michigan last season (March 5, 2019), the most by Free Throws 8 vs. Florida Atlantic (11/21/17) a Huskie since Nov. 27, Free Throw Attempts 10 vs. Florida Atlantic (11/21/17) 2002. JAMES IN THE MAC RANKINGS Rebounds 19 at Central Michigan (3/5/19) • Began his collegiate Offensive Rebounds 11 at Central Michigan (3/5/19) career at Rider, where ALL RANK CONF. RANK Defensive Rebounds 10 twice, last: Kent State (2/7/20) he played 12 games as a GAMES ONLY Assists 2 eight times, last: at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) freshman in 2015-16. Rebounding 7.8 8th 7.9 7th Turnovers 6 at Central Michigan (1/30/18) • Majoring in communi- Blocks Per Game 0.7 T-15th 0.8 T-7th Blocks 4 three times, last: at Western Mich. (2/29/20) Offensive Rebounds 2.4 5th 2.5 6th cations/media studies. Steals 5 Kent State (1/2/18) Defensive Rebounds 5.4 10th 5.4 13th Minutes 38 Northern Kentucky (11/9/18)

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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 * 30 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 2 3 .667 4 6 10 10.0 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 4.0 at Iowa State Nov. 12 * 28 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 4 5 7.5 2 0 0 1 0 1 5 4.5 COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 * 23 4 10 .400 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 1 4 5 6.7 4 0 1 2 1 1 11 6.7 ROCKFORD NOV. 16 * 11 2 3 .667 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 5.5 3 0 1 3 0 1 7 6.8 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 * 28 4 10 .400 1 5 .200 2 3 .667 5 5 10 6.4 2 0 1 2 4 1 11 7.6 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 * 19 4 9 .444 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 3 2 5 6.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 7.8 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 * 33 4 9 .444 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 7 9 6.6 2 0 2 2 1 2 10 8.1 OAKLAND NOV. 25 * 25 2 9 .222 1 2 .500 0 2 .000 4 9 13 7.4 4 0 0 1 0 1 5 7.8 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 * 30 2 6 .333 1 1 1.000 4 6 .667 1 6 7 7.3 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 7.9 at UC Davis Dec. 7 * 30 2 7 .286 0 1 .000 6 6 1.000 2 7 9 7.5 2 0 0 2 1 1 10 8.1 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 * 27 4 10 .400 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 4 5 9 7.6 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 8.1 at Chicago State Dec. 19 * 25 4 5 .800 1 1 1.000 3 4 .750 1 6 7 7.6 3 0 1 1 1 1 12 8.4 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 * 32 5 12 .417 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 1 7 8 7.6 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 8.7 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 * 33 7 9 .778 2 2 1.000 2 5 .400 3 10 13 8.0 3 0 1 3 0 0 18 9.4 at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 * 31 7 11 .636 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 7 7.9 4 0 0 1 0 1 14 9.7 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 * 21 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 6 7 7.9 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 9.3 AKRON* JAN. 14 * 30 3 10 .300 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 3 2 5 7.7 2 0 0 1 2 0 6 9.1 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 * 32 3 8 .375 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 1 6 7 7.7 5 1 0 2 0 2 8 9.1 at Kent State* Jan. 21 * 31 6 11 .545 1 2 .500 3 3 1.000 3 1 4 7.5 3 0 0 0 0 2 16 9.4 WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 * 22 2 11 .182 0 4 .000 2 4 .500 3 4 7 7.5 5 1 1 0 0 1 6 9.3 OHIO* JAN. 28 * 21 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 2 6 8 7.5 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 9.0 MIAMI* FEB. 1 * 26 5 10 .500 1 2 .500 1 3 .333 3 7 10 7.6 2 0 0 3 1 1 12 9.1 at Toledo* Feb. 4 * 32 3 9 .333 1 1 1.000 1 3 .333 4 9 13 7.8 3 0 1 2 0 0 8 9.0 KENT STATE* FEB. 7 * 35 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 1 4 .250 1 10 11 8.0 3 0 0 1 0 1 8 9.0 at Ball State* Feb. 11 * 29 3 10 .300 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 4 4 8 8.0 3 0 1 5 1 1 6 8.9 at Miami* Feb. 15 * 32 4 10 .400 1 2 .500 4 4 1.000 4 4 8 8.0 2 0 0 2 4 1 13 9.0 CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 * 33 2 7 .286 1 1 1.000 6 8 .750 3 6 9 8.0 4 0 1 2 0 1 11 9.1 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 * 14 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 7.8 4 0 0 1 1 0 3 8.9 at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 * 34 4 9 .444 1 2 .500 2 5 .400 1 6 7 7.8 4 0 0 1 4 1 11 9.0 TOLEDO* MARCH 3 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 29 797 96 235 .409 18 51 .353 50 78 .641 70 156 226 7.8 85 2 13 51 21 23 260 9.0

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 2015-16* 12 0 60 5.0 4 14 .286 0 0 .000 4 11 .365 8 5 13 1.1 10 0 0 0.0 2 0.2 3 0.3 2 0.2 12 1.0 2016-17 Sat out the season following transfer from Rider 2017-18 32 32 685 21.4 62 155 .400 0 1 .000 62 89 .697 57 93 150 4.7 104 3 17 0.5 58 1.8 7 0.2 21 0.7 186 5.8 2018-19 34 31 792 23.3 101 207 .488 11 29 .379 60 90 .667 101 135 236 6.9 102 0 18 0.5 48 1.4 22 0.6 16 0.5 273 8.0 2019-20 29 29 797 27.5 96 235 .409 18 51 .353 50 78 .641 70 156 226 7.8 85 2 13 0.4 51 1.8 21 0.7 23 0.8 260 9.0 Career 107 92 2334 21.8 263 611 .430 29 81 .358 176 268 .657 236 389 625 5.8 301 5 48 0.4 159 1.5 53 0.5 62 0.6 731 6.8

* denotes season played at Rider

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 15 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Zaire Field Goals 5 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Field Goal Attempts 9 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) 3-Point Field Goals 5 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 9 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Free Throws 2 at Western Michigan (2/29/20) MATEEN Free Throw Attempts 2 at Western Michigan (2/29/20) Rebounds 5 Miami (2/1/20) 6-0 | 170 | Junior | Guard Offensive Rebounds 1 six times, last: Miami (2/1/20) Queens, N.Y. | Laramie County CC Defensive Rebounds 4 twice, last: at Ball State (2/11/20) Assists 2 twice, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Turnovers 2 twice, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) THE MATEEN FILE Blocks • Averaging 8.4 points per game over the last fi ve contests, shooting 50 per- Steals 3 at Western Michigan (2/29/20) cent (15-of-30) from the fi eld and 47.6 percent5 (10-of-21) from three. Minutes 20 twice, last: at Western Michigan (2/29/20) • Made his fi rst career start at Western Michigan (Feb. 29). • Tied his career high with 15 points at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25), going 5-of-9 CAREER HIGHS Points 15 twice, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) from three-point range. Field Goals 6 Chicago State (12/22/18) • Appeared in 21 games last season, all off the bench. Field Goal Attempts 9 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) • Began his collegiate career at Laramie County Community College in Chey- 3-Point Field Goals 5 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) enne, Wyo., averaging 17.6 points, 4.5 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 9 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) • Shot 85.9 percent from the free-throw line in his one season at Laramie Coun- Free Throws 2 twice, last: at Western Michigan (2/29/20) ty CC, 18th-best nationally in NJCAA Division I. Free Throw Attempts 3 at Oakland (11/25/18) • Had a 2.3 assist-turn- Rebounds 5 Miami (2/1/20) over ratio at Laramie MATEEN IN THE MAC RANKINGS Offensive Rebounds 1 seven times, last: Miami (2/1/20) Defensive Rebounds 4 twice, last: at Ball State (2/11/20) County CC and scored 45 ALL RANK CONF. RANK Assists 4 at Oakland (11/25/18) points in a game against GAMES ONLY Turnovers 2 four times, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Sheriden College (Nov. Three-Point Percentage .385 9th .410 6th Blocks 4, 2017). Steals 3 at Western Michigan (2/29/20) • Majoring in psychology. Minutes 20 three times, last: at Western Mich. (2/29/20)

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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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 1 279 43 104 .413 25 65 .385 3 4 .750 6 27 33 1.3 25 0 10 9 0 10 114 4.6

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 25 1 279 11.2 43 104 .413 25 65 .385 3 4 .750 6 27 33 1.3 25 0 10 0.4 9 0.4 0 0.0 10 0.4 114 4.6 Career 46 1 429 9.3 56 138 .406 32 84 .381 7 11 .636 7 38 45 1.0 32 0 21 0.5 16 0.3 0 0.0 17 0.4 151 3.3

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 27 twice, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Eugene Field Goals 11 at Western Illinois (11/20/19) Field Goal Attempts 27 at Iowa State (11/12/19) 3-Point Field Goals 7 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 16 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Free Throws 10 at Chicago State (12/19/19) GERMAN Free Throw Attempts 15 at Chicago State (12/19/19) Rebounds 9 Central Michigan (2/22/20) 6-0 | 185 | Senior | Guard Offensive Rebounds 2 Central Michigan (2/22/20) Gary, Ind. | 21st Century Charter Defensive Rebounds 7 five times, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) Assists 6 three times, last: Miami (2/1/20) Turnovers 5 twice, last: at Central Michigan (1/7/20) THE GERMAN FILE Blocks 1 six times, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) • Moved past T.J. Lux (1,996 points) to become NIU’s all-time leading scorer with his 21 points Steals 3 twice, last: Oakland (11/25/19) against Miami (Feb. 1). Currently has 102,164 career points and is NIU’s only 2,000-point scorer. Minutes 39 Coppin State (11/15/19) • Ranked eighth in career scoring among active players in NCAA Division I and sixth in Mid-American Conference history. One of just 11 players nationally to score 20-plus points per game in each of the last two seasons. CAREER HIGHS • Named to the Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award Mid-Season Watch List. Points 33 at Green Bay (11/28/18) • Named the Lou Henson Award National Player of the Week on Feb. 10. Field Goals 14 twice, last: at Green Bay (11/28/18) • Ranked 41st in the nation in scoring last year (20.4 ppg) and 34th in 2017-18 (20.6 ppg). Field Goal Attempts 29 at Toledo (2/6/18) Currently ranked 20th nationally in scoring (20.5 ppg) 3-Point Field Goals 7 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) • Five-time MAC West Player of the Week this season (Nov. 25, Jan. 6, Feb. 3, Feb. 10, Feb. 24). • Three-time Preseason All-MAC West honoree (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20). 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 16 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) • Two-time All-MAC Second Team honoree (2017-18, 2018-19). Free Throws 10 at Chicago State (12/19/19) • Ranked 34th nationally in three-point percentage last season, shooting 41.4 percent. Free Throw Attempts 15 at Chicago State (12/19/19) • Entered his name into con- Rebounds 10 Buffalo (1/22/19) sideration for the NBA Draft GERMAN IN THE MAC RANKINGS Offensive Rebounds 2 six times, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) this past summer, working Defensive Rebounds 10 Buffalo (1/22/19) out for the Chicago Bulls. ALL RANK CONF. RANK Assists 7 Western Michigan (2/26/19) • Prepped at 21st Century GAMES ONLY Turnovers 5 five times, last: at Central Michigan (1/7/20) Charter School, where he Scoring 20.5 1st 20.7 3rd Blocks 1 19 times, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) led the State of Indiana in Assists Per Game 2.7 T-14th n/a n/a scoring as a junior (32.0 ppg) Steals 4 at Ball State (3/8/19) Threes Per Game 2.5 T-6th 2.4 T-6th and a senior (33.5 ppg). Minutes 42 at Ohio (1/5/19) • Majoring in general studies. Minutes Per Game 32.9 7th 33.5 9th

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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 9 24 .375 3 9 .333 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 21 21.0 at Iowa State Nov. 12 * 34 8 27 .296 3 11 .273 5 6 .833 1 5 6 5.0 2 0 1 3 0 1 24 22.5 COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 * 39 6 14 .429 2 8 .250 9 12 .750 0 7 7 5.7 2 0 3 4 0 0 23 22.7 ROCKFORD NOV. 16 * 25 7 14 .500 3 7 .429 4 5 .800 1 3 4 5.3 0 0 2 0 1 0 21 22.3 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 * 31 3 11 .273 1 6 .167 5 8 .625 0 3 3 4.8 1 0 4 2 0 3 12 20.2 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 * 34 11 17 .647 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 0 6 6 5.0 1 0 6 2 1 1 26 21.2 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 * 32 7 14 .500 3 5 .600 6 8 .750 0 0 0 4.3 2 0 3 4 1 2 23 21.4 OAKLAND NOV. 25 * 31 9 14 .643 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 0 2 2 4.0 2 0 3 3 0 3 21 21.4 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 * 32 7 19 .368 0 4 .000 2 3 .667 0 3 3 3.9 1 0 2 5 0 2 16 20.8 at UC Davis Dec. 7 * 29 6 15 .400 3 9 .333 1 1 1.000 0 4 4 3.9 2 0 1 3 0 1 16 20.3 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 * 38 7 18 .389 4 12 .333 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.8 1 0 3 3 0 1 18 20.1 at Chicago State Dec. 19 * 30 5 13 .385 2 6 .333 10 15 .667 0 6 6 4.0 1 0 4 2 0 2 22 20.3 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 * 30 8 18 .444 1 5 .200 4 8 .500 1 2 3 3.9 1 0 6 2 0 0 21 20.3 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 * 36 10 17 .588 5 8 .625 1 2 .500 0 2 2 3.8 3 0 2 4 0 2 26 20.7 at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 * 33 9 18 .500 0 4 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 3.7 2 0 4 5 0 1 20 20.7 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 * 37 5 12 .417 3 7 .429 4 4 1.000 0 7 7 3.9 2 0 2 2 0 1 17 20.4 AKRON* JAN. 14 * 32 6 22 .273 2 7 .286 3 3 1.000 1 7 8 4.1 3 0 2 1 1 1 17 20.2 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 * 33 6 19 .316 3 9 .333 4 5 .800 0 4 4 4.1 1 0 3 1 0 1 19 20.2 at Kent State* Jan. 21 * 31 4 13 .308 0 3 .000 9 12 .750 1 7 8 4.3 4 0 2 3 0 1 17 20.0 WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 * 34 5 16 .313 2 9 .222 0 1 .000 0 3 3 4.3 0 0 1 2 1 0 12 19.6 OHIO* JAN. 28 * 32 7 15 .467 2 5 .400 2 3 .667 0 1 1 4.1 1 0 2 1 0 1 18 19.5 MIAMI* FEB. 1 * 31 8 17 .471 2 7 .286 3 3 1.000 0 4 4 4.1 3 0 6 4 0 2 21 19.6 at Toledo* Feb. 4 * 36 7 14 .500 3 6 .500 8 9 .889 0 1 1 4.0 0 0 1 3 0 1 25 19.8 KENT STATE* FEB. 7 * 38 10 19 .526 3 7 .429 4 6 .667 1 5 6 4.0 1 0 3 0 0 0 27 20.1 at Ball State* Feb. 11 * 37 7 20 .350 2 11 .182 2 5 .400 1 6 7 4.2 3 0 1 4 0 0 18 20.0 at Miami* Feb. 15 * 31 8 20 .400 2 5 .400 3 5 .600 0 5 5 4.2 0 0 1 3 0 0 21 20.1 CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 * 35 8 24 .333 1 5 .200 6 8 .750 2 7 9 4.4 0 0 3 3 0 2 23 20.2 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 * 38 9 18 .500 7 16 .438 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 4.4 1 0 4 1 1 0 27 20.4 at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 20 10 20 .500 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 0 4.2 1 0 2 0 0 2 23 20.5 TOLEDO* MARCH 3 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 28 953 212 502 .422 71 209 .340 100 140 .714 10 112 122 4.2 43 0 77 71 6 31 595 20.5

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 2016-17 31 7 530 17.1 109 231 .472 16 57 .281 45 73 .616 8 34 42 1.4 41 0 27 0.9 45 1.5 3 0.1 10 0.3 279 9.0 2017-18 32 31 991 31.0 243 516 .471 62 183 .339 111 145 .766 13 109 122 3.8 53 0 54 1.7 66 2.1 5 0.2 28 0.9 659 20.6 2018-19 31 30 1011 32.6 228 465 .490 87 210 .414 88 128 .688 17 143 160 5.2 61 1 89 2.9 74 2.4 5 0.2 38 1.2 631 20.4 2019-20 29 28 953 32.9 212 502 .422 71 209 .340 100 140 .714 10 112 122 4.2 43 0 77 2.7 71 2.4 6 0.2 31 1.1 595 20.5 Career 123 96 3485 28.3 792 1714 .462 236 659 .358 344 486 .708 48 398 446 3.6 198 1 247 2.0 256 2.1 19 0.2 107 0.9 2164 17.6

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 16 Ohio (1/28/20) Noah Field Goals 7 Ohio (1/28/20) Field Goal Attempts 11 twice, last: Ohio (1/28/20) 3-Point Field Goals 2 three times, last: at Miami (2/15/20) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 5 at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) Free Throws 5 at Western Illinois (11/20/19) McCARTY Free Throw Attempts 7 at Western Illinois (11/20/19) Rebounds 10 Longwood (11/18/19) 6-8 | 240 | Senior | Forward Offensive Rebounds 4 twice, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Rock Falls, Ill. | Sterling Newman Defensive Rebounds 9 Longwood (11/18/19) Assists 6 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Turnovers 4 Eastern Michigan (1/11/20) THE McCARTY FILE Blocks 1 four times, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) • Averaging 6.1 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in league play, playing 26.6 Steals 2 three times, last: at Eastern Mich. (2/25/20) minutes per contest. Shooting 44.7 percent11 (38-of-85) from the fi eld, and 41.7 Minutes 33 Western Michigan (1/25/20) percent (10-of-24) from three in conference play. • Spun into the lane and converted a jumper with 18 seconds left to beat Ohio, CAREER HIGHS Points 16 Ohio (1/28/20) 61-59, on Jan. 28. Field Goals 7 Ohio (1/28/20) • Made his fi rst career start in his 99th career game at Western Illinois (Nov. 20), Field Goal Attempts 14 at Ball State (3/8/19) scoring nine points with seven rebounds and three assists. 3-Point Field Goals 2 four times, last: at Miami (2/15/20) • Recorded his second career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 5 at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) against Longwood (Nov. 18). Free Throws 5 twice, last: at Western Illinois (11/20/19) • Scored the game-winning layup with 0.6 seconds left to lift NIU past No. 14 Free Throw Attempts 8 Western Michigan (2/26/19) Buff alo (Jan. 22, 2019). Rebounds 11 at Ball State (3/8/19) Went 3-of-4 from the Offensive Rebounds 5 at Western Michigan (1/27/18) MCCARTY IN THE MAC RANKINGS Defensive Rebounds 11 at Ball State (3/8/19) fi eld with a season-high Assists 6 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) ALL RANK CONF. RANK six rebounds in the Turnovers 4 twice, last: Eastern Michigan (1/11/20) GAMES ONLY contest. Blocks 5 Eastern Michigan (3/2/19) Rebounding 5.4 19th 5.9 17th • Majoring in communi- Steals 4 Central Connecticut State (12/9/17) cations/media studies. Minutes 33 Western Michigan (1/25/20)

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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 10 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2.0 ROCKFORD NOV. 16 14 0 5 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 2 4 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1.5 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 19 4 7 .571 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 9 10 4.7 3 0 1 3 0 0 10 4.3 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 * 25 2 7 .286 0 2 .000 5 7 .714 1 6 7 5.3 4 0 3 2 0 0 9 5.5 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 * 29 3 11 .273 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 2 5 7 5.6 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 5.8 OAKLAND NOV. 25 * 27 3 6 .500 1 1 1.000 0 2 .000 1 6 7 5.8 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 6.0 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 * 29 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 1 3 4 5.6 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 5.7 at UC Davis Dec. 7 * 30 0 5 .000 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 5.1 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 5.3 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 * 26 3 6 .500 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 3 3 6 5.2 3 0 1 2 0 0 6 5.3 at Chicago State Dec. 19 * 22 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 5.0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 5.0 GREEN BAY DEC. 21 * 10 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 3 .000 1 2 3 4.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.7 at Buff alo* Jan. 4 * 32 3 5 .600 1 2 .500 0 2 .000 1 8 9 5.2 4 0 3 1 0 0 7 4.9 at Central Michigan* Jan. 7 * 30 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 3 4 .750 0 5 5 5.2 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 5.0 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 11 * 30 5 9 .556 0 0 .000 4 6 .667 4 3 7 5.3 4 0 3 4 0 1 14 5.6 AKRON* JAN. 14 * 17 1 4 .250 1 1 1.000 0 2 .000 3 5 8 5.5 5 1 0 2 0 0 3 5.5 at Bowling Green* Jan. 18 * 27 4 6 .667 1 3 .333 1 1 1.000 2 6 8 5.6 2 0 3 2 0 2 10 5.8 at Kent State* Jan. 21 * 30 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 5 6 5.6 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 5.6 WESTERN MICH.* JAN. 25 * 33 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 7 5.7 3 0 2 2 0 1 2 5.4 OHIO* JAN. 28 * 29 7 11 .636 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 5.7 4 0 1 0 0 0 16 6.0 MIAMI* FEB. 1 * 28 3 6 .500 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 6 6 5.8 3 0 0 1 0 1 6 6.0 at Toledo* Feb. 4 * 29 3 9 .333 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 3 4 5.7 4 0 1 1 0 2 7 6.0 KENT STATE* FEB. 7 * 18 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 5.5 3 0 2 2 0 1 4 6.0 at Ball State* Feb. 11 * 17 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 1 0 1 5.3 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 5.8 at Miami* Feb. 15 * 23 2 5 .400 2 4 .500 3 5 .600 1 6 7 5.4 2 0 1 1 0 0 9 5.9 CENTRAL MICH.* FEB. 22 * 28 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 7 8 5.5 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 5.7 at Eastern Michigan* Feb. 25 * 32 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 2 6 5.5 4 0 6 1 0 2 0 5.5 at Western Michigan* Feb. 29 * 23 3 5 .600 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 1 2 3 5.4 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 5.5 TOLEDO* MARCH 3 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 24 667 57 145 .393 15 46 .326 20 42 .476 37 110 147 5.4 70 1 42 40 4 12 149 5.5

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 2016-17 29 0 208 7.2 12 32 .375 0 2 .000 10 13 .769 20 26 46 1.6 52 1 9 0.3 17 0.6 7 0.2 3 0.1 34 1.2 2017-18 32 0 531 16.6 48 116 .414 8 33 .242 26 43 .605 36 66 102 3.2 70 1 18 0.6 32 1.0 10 0.3 17 0.5 130 4.1 2018-19 34 0 532 15.6 68 144 .472 8 28 .286 22 36 .611 24 93 117 3.4 74 1 24 0.7 31 0.9 14 0.4 13 0.4 166 4.9 2019-20 27 24 667 24.7 57 145 .393 15 46 .326 20 42 .476 37 110 147 5.4 70 1 42 1.6 40 1.5 4 0.1 12 0.4 149 5.5 Career 122 24 1938 15.9 185 437 .423 31 109 .284 78 134 .582 117 295 412 3.4 266 4 93 0.8 120 1.0 35 0.3 45 0.4 479 3.9

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points Alize Field Goals Field Goal Attempts 3-Point Field Goals 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Free Throws TRAVIS Free Throw Attempts Rebounds 6-0 | 170 | Senior | Guard Offensive Rebounds Victorville, Calif. | Pima CC Defensive Rebounds Assists Turnovers THE TRAVIS FILE Blocks • Has missed time this season due to hernia surgery. Steals • Appeared in seven games, making21 two starts, last season before missing the Minutes rest of the year due to a shoulder injury. • Played two seasons at Pima Community College, averaging 12.1 points, 7.0 CAREER HIGHS Points 5 Rockford (11/6/18) assists and 4.5 rebounds per game in 2017-18. Field Goals 2 Rockford (11/6/18) • Had a 3.0 assist-turnover ratio and shot 76.8 percent from the free-throw line Field Goal Attempts 2 Rockford (11/6/18) in 2017-18. 3-Point Field Goals 1 Rockford (11/6/18) • Helped Pima CC to a 31-5 record in 2017-18 and a runner-up fi nish in the 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1 twice, last: Northern Kentucky (11/9/18) NJCAA Division II national tournament, where he was named to the all-tourna- Free Throws 1 Northern Kentucky (11/9/18) ment team. Free Throw Attempts 2 Northern Kentucky (11/9/18) • Majoring in general studies. Rebounds 4 Northern Kentucky (11/9/18) Offensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds 4 Northern Kentucky (11/9/18) Assists 6 Rockford (11/6/18) Turnovers 4 twice, last: Northern Kentucky (11/9/18) Blocks 1 Western Illinois (12/17/18) Steals 2 Rockford (11/6/18) Minutes 31 Northern Kentucky (11/9/18)

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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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals

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 7 2 88 12.6 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 8 8 1.1 10 1 13 1.9 11 1.6 1 0.1 3 0.4 6 0.9 2019-20 Career 7 2 88 12.6 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 8 8 1.1 10 1 13 1.9 11 1.6 1 0.1 3 0.4 6 0.9

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 8 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) Rod Field Goals 3 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) Field Goal Attempts 9 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) 3-Point Field Goals 2 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 5 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) Free Throws 4 Eastern Michigan (1/11/20) HENRY-HAYES Free Throw Attempts 4 Eastern Michigan (1/11/20) Rebounds 4 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) 6-4 | 185 | Junior | Guard Offensive Rebounds 1 three times, last: Eastern Michigan (1/11/20) Zion, Ill. | Zion-Benton Township Defensive Rebounds 3 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) Assists 3 Rockford (11/16/19) Turnovers 1 six times, last: Akron (1/14/20) THE HENRY-HAYES FILE Blocks • Went 4-of-4 from the free-throw line in the fi nal 20 seconds to seal NIU’s 71- Steals 2 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) 68 victory over Eastern Michigan22 (Jan. 11). Minutes 30 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) • Missed time at the beginning of the calendar year due to a foot injury. • Appeared in all 34 games as a sophomore last season, making 32 starts. CAREER HIGHS Points 13 at Chicago State (12/2/17) • Shot 37.5 percent from three-point range last season, taking 62.6 percent of Field Goals 5 at Chicago State (12/2/17) his fi eld goal attempts (72-of-115) from beyond the arc. Field Goal Attempts 9 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) • Has scored in double fi gures four times in his NIU career. 3-Point Field Goals 4 Western Michigan (2/26/19) • Majoring in communications/media studies. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 5 twice, last: Northern Iowa (11/9/19) Free Throws 4 Eastern Michigan (1/11/20) Free Throw Attempts 4 Eastern Michigan (1/11/20) Rebounds 6 twice, last: UC Davis (12/5/18) Offensive Rebounds 3 UC Davis (12/5/18) Defensive Rebounds 4 twice, last: Toledo (2/2/19) Assists 5 Rockford (11/26/17) Turnovers 2 six times, last: Bowling Green (2/16/19) Blocks 1 four times, last: vs. Toledo (3/14/19) Steals 3 Eastern Michigan (3/2/19) Minutes 32 at Northern Kentucky (12/20/18)

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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 * 30 3 9 .333 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4.0 3 0 1 0 0 2 8 8.0 at Iowa State Nov. 12 * 19 2 8 .250 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 1 1 2.5 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 7.0 COPPIN STATE NOV. 15 4 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.7 ROCKFORD NOV. 16 13 2 5 .400 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.5 1 0 3 0 0 2 6 5.0 LONGWOOD NOV. 18 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 at Western Illinois Nov. 20 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 at SIU Edwardsville Nov. 23 Did not play OAKLAND NOV. 25 Did not play at Saint Mary’s Dec. 5 12 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.6 at UC Davis Dec. 7 0+ 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 at Pittsburgh Dec. 16 Did not play at Chicago State Dec. 19 5 0 4 .000 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 13 1 5 .200 1 3 .333 4 4 1.000 1 2 3 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 3.2 AKRON* JAN. 14 10 1 5 .200 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.2 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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 2 109 11 40 .275 8 26 .308 5 6 .833 3 8 11 1.0 9 0 5 6 0 5 35 3.2

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 2017-18 24 0 210 8.8 17 38 .447 10 29 .345 6 8 .750 5 12 17 0.7 21 0 15 0.6 5 0.2 2 0.1 4 0.2 50 2.1 2018-19 34 32 704 20.7 48 115 .417 27 72 .375 5 8 .625 19 40 59 1.7 78 2 30 0.9 19 0.6 2 0.1 18 0.5 128 3.8 2019-20 11 2 109 9.9 11 40 .275 8 26 .308 5 6 .833 3 8 11 1.0 9 0 5 0.5 6 0.5 0 0.0 5 0.5 35 3.2 Career 69 34 1023 14.8 76 193 .394 45 127 .354 16 22 .727 27 60 87 1.3 108 2 50 0.7 30 0.4 4 0.1 27 0.4 213 3.1

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 15 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Tyler Field Goals 7 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) Field Goal Attempts 14 Kent State (2/7/20) 3-Point Field Goals 2 at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 3 twice, last: at Ball State (2/11/20) Free Throws 4 twice, last: Ohio (1/28/20) COCHRAN Free Throw Attempts 6 twice, last: Ohio (1/28/20) Rebounds 10 Ohio (1/28/20) 6-2 | 220 | Freshman | Guard Offensive Rebounds 5 twice, last: Ohio (1/28/20) Bolingbrook, Ill. | Bolingbrook Defensive Rebounds 6 twice, last: at Miami (2/15/20) Assists 2 three times, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) Turnovers 4 twice, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) THE COCHRAN FILE Blocks 3 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) • Had a career-high 15 points at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 25) on 7-of-10 shooting Steals 3 Kent State (2/7/20) from the fl oor. 23 Minutes 32 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) • Averaging 6.8 points per game over the last nine contests. • Second among MAC freshmen in rebounding (4.3 rpg), behind only Ball CAREER HIGHS Points 15 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) State’s Jarron Coleman (4.8 rpg), also eighth in scoring among league rookies. Field Goals 7 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) • Recorded his fi rst career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds Field Goal Attempts 14 Kent State (2/7/20) against Ohio (Jan. 28). He is the only freshman in the MAC to record a dou- 3-Point Field Goals 2 at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) ble-double this season. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 3 twice, last: at Ball State (2/11/20) • Started his collegiate debut against Northern Iowa (Nov. 9), scoring fi ve Free Throws 4 twice, last: Ohio (1/28/20) points with three rebounds and three blocks in 24 minutes. Free Throw Attempts 6 twice, last: Ohio (1/28/20) • Averaged 14 points and 9.5 rebounds per game as a senior at Bolingbrook Rebounds 10 Ohio (1/28/20) High School. Offensive Rebounds 5 twice, last: Ohio (1/28/20) Defensive Rebounds 6 twice, last: at Miami (2/15/20) COCHRAN IN THE MAC RANKINGS • Named a Champaign Assists 2 three times, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) News-Gazette All-State Turnovers 4 twice, last: Central Michigan (2/22/20) honorable mention ALL RANK CONF. RANK GAMES ONLY Blocks 3 Northern Iowa (11/9/19) selection. Offensive Rebounds n/a n/a 2.1 T-9th Steals 3 Kent State (2/7/20) • Major is undecided. Minutes 32 at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20)

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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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 1 534 63 137 .460 8 29 .276 24 42 .571 47 78 125 4.3 63 0 19 37 8 20 158 5.4

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 29 1 534 18.4 63 137 .460 8 29 .276 24 42 .571 47 78 125 4.3 63 0 19 0.7 37 1.3 8 0.3 20 0.7 158 5.4 Career 29 1 534 18.4 63 137 .460 8 29 .276 24 42 .571 47 78 125 4.3 63 0 19 0.7 37 1.3 8 0.3 20 0.7 158 5.4

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 15 Central Michigan (2/22/20) Darius Field Goals 7 Central Michigan (2/22/20) Field Goal Attempts 11 Central Michigan (2/22/20) 3-Point Field Goals 2 three times, last: Miami (2/1/20) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 4 at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) Free Throws 6 twice, last: Longwood (11/18/19) BEANE Free Throw Attempts 6 twice, last: Longwood (11/18/19) Rebounds 9 Green Bay (12/21/19) 6-3 | 175 | Sophomore | Guard Offensive Rebounds 5 at Kent State (1/21/20) Carbondale, Ill. | Southern Illinois Defensive Rebounds 6 twice, last: at Western Michigan (2/29/20) Assists 4 twice, last: Kent State (2/7/20) Turnovers 4 at Toledo (2/4/20) THE BEANE FILE Blocks 1 four times, last: at Eastern Michigan (2/25/20) • Averaging 9.0 points per game since entering the starting lineup at Bowling Steals 3 twice, last: Green Bay (12/21/19) Green (Jan. 18). Shooting 46.724 percent (42-of-90) while playing 31.2 minutes Minutes 36 Central Michigan (2/22/20) per contest in his new starting role. NIU is 8-4 since he entered the starting lineup. CAREER HIGHS Points 16 Northern Iowa (1/23/19) • Made his NIU debut against Coppin State (Nov. 15), scoring 12 points with six Field Goals 7 Central Michigan (2/22/20) rebounds and three steals in 25 minutes off the bench. Field Goal Attempts 11 Central Michigan (2/22/20) • Played one season at Southern Illinois, averaging 3.0 points and 2.8 rebounds 3-Point Field Goals 2 six times, last: Miami (2/1/20) per game, appearing in 32 contests. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 4 twice, last: at SIU Edwardsville (11/23/19) • Attended Carbondale High School, where he averaged 20 points, seven Free Throws 6 twice, last: Longwood (11/18/19) rebounds and four assists per game as a senior in 2017-18. Free Throw Attempts 6 twice, last: Longwood (11/18/19) • Scored 1,617 points in high school, fi nishing as Carbondale’s sixth all-time Rebounds 9 Green Bay (12/21/19) leading scorer. Offensive Rebounds 7 Valparaiso (1/12/19) Defensive Rebounds 6 three times, last: at Western Mich. (2/29/20) • Father, Anthony Beane Sr., is an assistant coach for the Huskies. Assists 4 three times, last: Kent State (2/7/20) • Major is undecided. Turnovers 4 at Toledo (2/4/20) Blocks 2 Indiana State (1/30/19) Steals 3 twice, last: Green Bay (12/21/19) Minutes 36 Central Michigan (2/22/20)

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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 12 667 68 161 .422 13 43 .302 52 70 .743 37 55 92 3.4 48 0 41 36 4 19 201 7.4

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 27 12 667 24.7 68 161 .422 13 43 .302 52 70 .743 37 55 92 3.4 48 0 41 1.5 36 1.3 4 0.1 19 0.7 201 7.4 Career 59 12 1162 19.7 100 242 .413 25 80 .313 72 97 .742 67 116 183 3.1 62 0 67 1.1 61 1.0 8 0.1 37 0.6 297 5.0

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 18 Coppin State (11/15/19) Nathan Field Goals 5 Coppin State (11/15/19) Field Goal Attempts 12 Coppin State (11/15/19) 3-Point Field Goals 4 Coppin State (11/15/19) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 7 Coppin State (11/15/19) Free Throws 4 twice, last: at Chicago State (12/19/19) SCOTT Free Throw Attempts 6 Coppin State (11/15/19) Rebounds 8 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) 6-8 | 195 | Junior | Forward Offensive Rebounds 5 Coppin State (11/15/19) Naperville, Ill. | Olney Central College Defensive Rebounds 6 Rockford (11/16/19) Assists 2 three times, last: Western Michigan (1/25/20) Turnovers 2 at Iowa State (11/12/19) THE SCOTT FILE Blocks 2 Northern Iowa (1/9/19) • Missed the fi rst two conference games due to a wrist injury and the fi rst two Steals 3 at Western Illinois (11/20/19) in February due to illness. 25 Minutes 28 Coppin State (11/15/19) • Taken 54.7 percent of his fi eld goal attempts from three-point range. • Scored a career-high 18 points, including 4-of-7 from three, with a career-best CAREER HIGHS Points 18 Coppin State (11/15/19) eight rebounds against Coppin State (Nov. 15). Field Goals 5 Coppin State (11/15/19) • Made his fi rst career start at Iowa State (Nov. 12). Field Goal Attempts 12 Coppin State (11/15/19) • Played 17 minutes off the bench in his Division I debut against Northern Iowa 3-Point Field Goals 4 Coppin State (11/15/19) (Nov. 9), scoring three points with seven rebounds and two blocks. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 7 Coppin State (11/15/19) • Played two seasons as Olney Central College in Olney, Ill. Free Throws 4 twice, last: at Chicago State (12/19/19) • Averaged 10.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, starting all 31 contests in Free Throw Attempts 6 Coppin State (11/15/19) 2018-19. Shot 55.7 percent from the fi eld, 38.2 percent from three-point range Rebounds 8 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) and 76.9 percent from the free-throw line. Offensive Rebounds 5 Coppin State (11/15/19) Defensive Rebounds 6 Rockford (11/16/19) • Earned All-Region 24 and All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference honors in Assists 2 three times, last: Western Michigan (1/25/20) 2018-19 Turnovers 2 at Iowa State (11/12/19) • Majoring in general studies. Blocks 2 Northern Iowa (1/9/19) Steals 3 at Western Illinois (11/20/19) Minutes 28 Coppin State (11/15/19)

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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 4 283 31 86 .360 15 47 .319 12 17 .706 21 47 68 2.7 36 1 9 9 15 6 89 3.6

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 25 4 283 11.3 31 86 .360 15 47 .319 12 17 .706 21 47 68 2.7 36 1 9 0.4 9 0.4 15 0.6 6 0.2 89 3.6 Career 25 4 283 11.3 31 86 .360 15 47 .319 12 17 .706 21 47 68 2.7 36 1 9 0.4 9 0.4 15 0.6 6 0.2 89 3.6

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points 8 Rockford (11/16/19) Keenon Field Goals 3 Rockford (11/16/19) Field Goal Attempts 5 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) 3-Point Field Goals 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1 three times, last: Akron (1/14/20) Free Throws 2 Rockford (11/16/19) COLE Free Throw Attempts 3 Rockford (11/16/19) Rebounds 6 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) 6-7 | 200 | Freshman | Forward Offensive Rebounds 2 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Streamwood, Ill. | Streamwood Defensive Rebounds 4 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Assists 1 Akron (1/14/20) Turnovers 1 twice, last: at Ball State (2/11/20) THE COLE FILE Blocks 1 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) • Scored a career-high eight points with six rebounds in 14 minutes against Steals 1 Akron (1/14/20) Rockford (Nov. 16). 32 Minutes 16 at Iowa State (11/12/19) • Played one minute off the bench in his collegiate debut against Northern Iowa (Nov. 9). CAREER HIGHS Points 8 Rockford (11/16/19) • Averaged 24.9 points and 10.5 rebounds per game as a senior at Streamwood Field Goals 3 Rockford (11/16/19) High School. Field Goal Attempts 5 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) • Named to the Champaign News-Gazette All-State Second Team, the Illinois 3-Point Field Goals Basketball Coaches Association Class 4A All-State Third Team and Illinois Asso- 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1 three times, last: Akron (1/14/20) ciated Press Class 4A All-State honorable mention as a senior Free Throws 2 Rockford (11/16/19) • Major is undecided. Free Throw Attempts 3 Rockford (11/16/19) Rebounds 6 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Offensive Rebounds 2 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Defensive Rebounds 4 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Assists 1 Akron (1/14/20) Turnovers 1 twice, last: at Ball State (2/11/20) Blocks 1 twice, last: Rockford (11/16/19) Steals 1 Akron (1/14/20) Minutes 16 at Iowa State (11/12/19)

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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals 0 58 5 14 .357 0 3 .000 4 7 .571 5 10 15 1.9 7 0 1 2 2 1 14 1.8

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 8 0 58 7.3 5 14 .357 0 3 .000 4 7 .571 5 10 15 1.9 7 0 1 0.1 2 0.3 2 0.3 1 0.1 14 1.8 Career 8 0 58 7.3 5 14 .357 0 3 .000 4 7 .571 5 10 15 1.9 7 0 1 0.1 2 0.3 2 0.3 1 0.1 14 1.8

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 SEASON HIGHS Points Daniel Field Goals Field Goal Attempts 3-Point Field Goals 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Free Throws FILIPPONE Free Throw Attempts Rebounds 6-1 | 175 | Freshman | Guard Offensive Rebounds Antioch, Ill. | Antioch Community Defensive Rebounds Assists Turnovers THE FILIPPONE FILE Blocks • Averaged 25.5 points, 6.5 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game as a senior at Steals Antioch Community High School,55 graduating as the school’s all-time leading Minutes scorer. • Shot 52.5 percent from the fi eld, 43.5 percent from three-point range and 90 CAREER HIGHS Points percent from the free-throw line. Field Goals • Earned All-State honorable mention recognition from the Champaign Field Goal Attempts News-Gazette. 3-Point Field Goals • Majoring in business administration. 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Free Throws Free Throw Attempts Rebounds Offensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds Assists Turnovers Blocks Steals Minutes

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 BALL STATE* MARCH 6

Totals

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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20: RESULTS Record Overall Home Away Neutral All Games 17-12 10-3 7-9 Conference Games 10-6 6-1 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* March 6 Ball State*

Mid-American Conference Tournament March 9 First Round March 12 Quarterfi nals March 13 Semifi nals March 14 Final

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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s 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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s 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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 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

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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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s 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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s 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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 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

March 3, 2020: vs. Toledo 2019-20 NIU Men’s Basketball 2019-20 NIU Basketball Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 29, 2020) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 17-12 10-3 7-9 0-0 CONFERENCE 10-6 6-1 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 29-28 953 32.9 212-502 . 4 2 2 71-209 . 3 4 0 100-140 . 7 1 4 10 112 122 4.2 43 0 77 71 6 31 595 20.5 04 James, Lacey 29-29 797 27.5 96-235 . 4 0 9 18-51 . 3 5 3 50-78 . 6 4 1 70 156 226 7.8 85 2 13 51 21 23 260 9.0 24 Beane, Darius 27-12 667 24.7 68-161 . 4 2 2 13-43 . 3 0 2 52-70 . 7 4 3 37 55 92 3.4 48 0 41 36 4 19 201 7.4 01 Hankerson, Trendon 29-29 909 31.3 75-166 . 4 5 2 35-79 . 4 4 3 24-29 . 8 2 8 12 73 85 2.9 60 0 59 43 9 28 209 7.2 11 McCarty, Noah 27-24 667 24.7 57-145 . 3 9 3 15-46 . 3 2 6 20-42 . 4 7 6 37 110 147 5.4 70 1 42 40 4 12 149 5.5 23 Cochran, Tyler 29-1 534 18.4 63-137 . 4 6 0 8-29 . 2 7 6 24-42 . 5 7 1 47 78 125 4.3 63 0 19 37 8 20 158 5.4 05 Mateen, Zaire 25-1 279 11.2 43-104 . 4 1 3 25-65 . 3 8 5 3-4 . 7 5 0 6 27 33 1.3 25 0 10 9 0 10 114 4.6 25 Scott, Nathan 25-4 283 11.3 31-86 . 3 6 0 15-47 . 3 1 9 12-17 . 7 0 6 21 47 68 2.7 36 1 9 9 15 6 89 3.6 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 02 Daow, Gairges 28-15 366 13.1 34-74 . 4 5 9 3-14 . 2 1 4 13-17 . 7 6 5 21 35 56 2.0 39 1 14 21 1 6 84 3.0 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 32 Cole, Keenon 8-0 58 7.3 5-14 . 3 5 7 0-3 . 0 0 0 4-7 . 5 7 1 5 10 15 1.9 7 0 1 2 2 1 14 1.8 00 Johnson, Chris 25-0 152 6.1 5-17 . 2 9 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 10-22 . 4 5 5 16 24 40 1.6 21 0 3 5 2 2 20 0.8 Team 49 51 100 17 Total...... 29 5825 707-1698 . 4 1 6 212-617 . 3 4 4 320-478 . 6 6 9 338 791 1129 38.9 509 5 294 350 76 163 1946 67.1 Opponents...... 29 5825 652-1619 . 4 0 3 214-703 . 3 0 4 355-494 . 7 1 9 254 745 999 34.4 477 - 338 334 93 145 1873 64.6

TEAM STATISTICS NIU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1946 1873 11/09/19 NORTHERN IOWA L 54-64 1003 Points per game 67.1 64.6 11/12/19 at Iowa State L 52-70 13762 Scoring margin +2.5 - 11/15/19 COPPIN STATE W 81-69 695 FIELD GOALS-ATT 707-1698 652-1619 11/16/19 ROCKFORD W 96-48 729 Field goal pct . 4 1 6 . 4 0 3 11/18/19 LONGWOOD W 65-48 601 3 POINT FG-ATT 212-617 214-703 11/20/19 at Western Illinois W 86-81 684 3-point FG pct . 3 4 4 . 3 0 4 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 320-478 355-494 12/05/19 at Saint Mary's (CA) L 49-61 2816 Free throw pct . 6 6 9 . 7 1 9 12/07/19 at UC Davis L 57-66 949 F-Throws made per game 11.0 12.2 12/16/19 at Pittsburgh L 50-59 7015 REBOUNDS 1129 999 12/19/19 at Chicago State W 75-60 255 Rebounds per game 38.9 34.4 12/21/19 GREEN BAY L 84-85 1123 Rebounding margin +4.5 - * 01/04/20 at Buffalo W 73-72 3069 ASSISTS 294 338 * 01/07/20 at Central Michigan L 67-68 1519 Assists per game 10.1 11.7 * 01/11/20 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 71-68 1074 TURNOVERS 350 334 * 01/14/20 AKRON L 49-72 884 Turnovers per game 12.1 11.5 * 01/18/20 at Bowling Green L 64-66 1925 Turnover margin -0.6 - * 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 163 145 * 01/28/20 OHIO W 61-59 783 Steals per game 5.6 5.0 * 02/01/20 MIAMI (OH) W 70-55 1492 BLOCKS 76 93 * 02/04/20 at Toledo W 66-61 3877 Blocks per game 2.6 3.2 * 02/07/20 KENT STATE W 57-54 1385 ATTENDANCE 14545 50694 * 02/11/20 at Ball State L 59-63 4288 Home games-Avg/Game 13-1119 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 938 998 10 1946 Opponents 916 948 9 1873 * = Conference game 2019-20 NIU Basketball Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 29, 2020) Conference games only

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 10-6 6-1 4-5 0-0 CONFERENCE 10-6 6-1 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 16-15 534 33.4 119-284 . 4 1 9 39-115 . 3 3 9 54-73 . 7 4 0 6 65 71 4.4 25 0 39 37 3 15 331 20.7 04 James, Lacey 16-16 456 28.5 56-134 . 4 1 8 10-27 . 3 7 0 25-44 . 5 6 8 40 87 127 7.9 53 2 6 28 13 14 147 9.2 24 Beane, Darius 16-12 432 27.0 48-108 . 4 4 4 10-29 . 3 4 5 19-28 . 6 7 9 19 28 47 2.9 33 0 27 21 3 9 125 7.8 01 Hankerson, Trendon 16-16 533 33.3 35-90 . 3 8 9 15-40 . 3 7 5 16-19 . 8 4 2 6 41 47 2.9 31 0 36 20 6 14 101 6.3 23 Cochran, Tyler 16-0 326 20.4 40-81 . 4 9 4 1-12 . 0 8 3 19-34 . 5 5 9 33 51 84 5.3 41 0 8 21 3 13 100 6.3 11 McCarty, Noah 16-16 426 26.6 38-85 . 4 4 7 10-24 . 4 1 7 11-24 . 4 5 8 25 69 94 5.9 51 1 26 23 3 11 97 6.1 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 15-1 169 11.3 28-65 . 4 3 1 16-39 . 4 1 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 4 16 20 1.3 17 0 4 5 0 7 75 5.0 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 16-4 160 10.0 16-38 . 4 2 1 1-4 . 2 5 0 11-13 . 8 4 6 12 14 26 1.6 21 1 7 9 0 4 44 2.8 25 Scott, Nathan 12-0 79 6.6 6-21 . 2 8 6 1-8 . 1 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 4 12 16 1.3 12 0 3 2 4 1 13 1.1 00 Johnson, Chris 14-0 58 4.1 1-5 . 2 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 4 11 15 1.1 9 0 0 2 1 0 5 0.4 32 Cole, Keenon 3-0 12 4.0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 2 3 1.0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.0 Team 25 24 49 11 Total...... 16 3225 392-928 . 4 2 2 105-307 . 3 4 2 166-249 . 6 6 7 182 426 608 38.0 299 4 158 182 37 89 1055 65.9 Opponents...... 16 3225 359-880 . 4 0 8 121-390 . 3 1 0 209-304 . 6 8 8 151 404 555 34.7 250 - 182 176 52 81 1048 65.5

TEAM STATISTICS NIU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1055 1048 * 01/04/20 at Buffalo W 73-72 3069 Points per game 65.9 65.5 * 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 392-928 359-880 * 01/14/20 AKRON L 49-72 884 Field goal pct . 4 2 2 . 4 0 8 * 01/18/20 at Bowling Green L 64-66 1925 3 POINT FG-ATT 105-307 121-390 * 01/21/20 at Kent State W 76-69 2211 3-point FG pct . 3 4 2 . 3 1 0 * 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 166-249 209-304 * 02/01/20 MIAMI (OH) W 70-55 1492 Free throw pct . 6 6 7 . 6 8 8 * 02/04/20 at Toledo W 66-61 3877 F-Throws made per game 10.4 13.1 * 02/07/20 KENT STATE W 57-54 1385 REBOUNDS 608 555 * 02/11/20 at Ball State L 59-63 4288 Rebounds per game 38.0 34.7 * 02/15/20 at Miami (OH) L 60-65 3831 Rebounding margin +3.3 - * 02/22/20 CENTRAL MICHIGAN Wot 82-81 3016 ASSISTS 158 182 * 02/25/20 at Eastern Michigan W 73-71 1378 Assists per game 9.9 11.4 * 02/29/20 at Western Michigan L 69-72 2488 TURNOVERS 182 176 Turnovers per game 11.4 11.0 * = Conference game Turnover margin -0.4 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 1.0 STEALS 89 81 Steals per game 5.6 5.1 BLOCKS 37 52 Blocks per game 2.3 3.3 ATTENDANCE 9664 24586 Home games-Avg/Game 7-1381 9-2732 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Northern Illinois 484 561 10 1055 Opponents 499 540 9 1048