2017-18 NIU Men's Basketball Prospectus

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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Location ...... DeKalb, Ill. 2016-17 Record ...... 15-17 overall (9-8 home, 6-9 away) Founded ...... 1895 2016-17 MAC Record...... 7-11 (T-4th MAC West) Enrollment ...... 19,015 Starters Returning/Lost ...... 2/3 Nickname ...... Huskies Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 6/5 Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I Newcomers ...... Marlo Brown Conference...... Mid-American (West Division) ...... Brandon Danowski Colors ...... Cardinal and Black ...... Gairges Daow Arena ...... NIU Convocation Center (9,100) ...... Anastasios Demogerontas Acting President ...... Dr. Lisa C. Freeman ...... Owen Hamilton Assoc. VP/Athletic Director ...... Sean Frazier ...... Rod Henry-Hayes Alma Mater, Year ...... Alabama, ‘92 ...... Dante Thorpe Faculty Athletics Rep ...... Mark Groza ...... Brennen Woods Ticket Offi ce Phone ...... 815-753-PACK (7225) Website ...... NIUHuskies.com NIU BASKETBALL HISTORY Twitter ...... @NIUAthletics First Year of Basketball ...... 1900-01 Men’s Basketball Twitter ...... @GoHuskiesMBB All-time Record ...... 1235-1268 First Year of Division I Basketball ...... 1967-68 BASKETBALL STAFF All-time Division I Record ...... 618-779 Head Coach ...... Mark Montgomery Postseason Appearances ...... 4 (1982, 1991, 1996, 2016) Alma Mater ...... Michigan State, 2003 NCAA Appearances ...... 3 (1982, 1991, 1996) Career Record/Years ...... 75-114/Entering 7th Record in the NCAA Tournament ...... 0-3 NIU Record/Years ...... Same NCAA Tournament Games ...... March 12, 1982: L, 77-68 v. Kansas State Best Time to Reach Coach ...... Contact SID ...... March 8, 1991: L, 75-68 v. St. John’s Associate Head Coach ...... Jon Borovich ...... March 15, 1996: L, 74-73 v. Texas Tech Alma Mater ...... Central Michigan, 2001 Vegas 16 Game ...... March 28, 2016: L, 70-63, v. UC Santa Barbara Assistant Coach ...... Lamar Chapman Alma Mater ...... Lane College, 1993 NIU MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant Coach ...... Brandon Watkins Basketball Contact ...... Jeremy Reid Alma Mater ...... Penn State, 2007 Offi ce Phone ...... 815-753-3706 Director of Player Development/Operations ...... Chad Pecka Cell Phone ...... 716-867-1908 Graduate Assistant ...... Chris MacMartin E-mail ...... [email protected] Athletic Trainer ...... Kelsey Cannon Mailing Address ...... 209 Convocation Center Basketball Sport Performance Coach...... Jacob Ricketts ...... 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 60115 Press Row Phone ...... 815-753-6767

LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (6) No. Name Pos. Year PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% 5 Justin Thomas* G So. 4.0 1.7 1.2 .470 .059 .576 10 Eugene German G So. 9.0 1.4 0.9 .472 .281 .616 11 Noah McCarty F So. 1.2 1.6 0.3 .375 .000 .769 15 Jaylen Key* F Jr. 8.0 4.3 0.7 .488 .464 .667 33 Jon Siu G Jr. 0.8 0.3 0.0 .500 1.000 .000 42 Levi Bradley W Jr. 8.8 4.2 0.8 .411 .250 .770

OTHER RETURNEES (2) No. Name Pos. Year PPG RPG APG FG% FT% 3-PT% 4 Lacey James F Jr. sat out last season following transfer from Rider 32 Andrew Zelis C 5th Sr. sat out last season following torn ACL

LETTERWINNERS LOST (5) No. Name Pos. PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% 3 Dontel Highsmith* G 6.9 2.5 1.7 .406 .311 .723 21 Sean Damaska C 1.4 1.1 0.1 .667 .000 .667 23 Aaric Armstead* G 8.7 5.8 1.6 .333 .298 .667 31 Austin Pauga G 3.2 0.9 0.4 .372 .359 .750 34 Marin Maric* C 14.4 8.4 0.8 .568 .227 .667

* denotes starter last season

2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 1 NIU BASKETBALL | 2017-18 Season 2017-18 NIU Men’s Basketball Roster NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Year Hometown/Last School 0 Dante Thorpe 6-4 195 G Jr. Washington, D.C./Friendship Academy/Triton College 2 Gairges Daow 6-4 190 G Fr. Melbourne, Australia/Victory Rock Academy 3 Marlo Brown 6-5 200 G Fr. Southfi eld, Mich./DME Academy 4 Lacey James 6-9 235 F Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich./Wayland Union/Rider 5 Justin Thomas 5-11 180 G So. Indianapolis, Ind./Pike 10 Eugene German 6-0 175 G So. Gary, Ind./21st Century Charter 11 Noah McCarty 6-7 240 F So. Rock Falls, Ill./Sterling Newman 12 Anastasios Demogerontas 6-7 210 W Jr. Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg/Moraine Valley CC 15 Jaylen Key 6-8 230 F Jr. Milwaukee, Wis./Homestead 20 Jon Siu 6-5 195 G Jr. Hong Kong/Middlesex School 22 Rod Henry-Hayes 6-4 180 G Fr. Zion, Ill./Zion-Benton Township 25 Brennen Woods 6-4 200 F Fr. Carpentersville, Ill./Harvest Christian Academy 32 Andrew Zelis 7-0 255 C 5th Sr. Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North/Kaskaskia College 33 Owen Hamilton 7-0 255 C Fr. Prescott, Wis./Prescott 42 Levi Bradley 6-7 210 W Jr. Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI 55 Brandon Danowski 5-11 180 G Fr. Wilmette, Ill./Loyola Academy

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Year Hometown/Last School 42 Levi Bradley 6-7 210 W Jr. Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI 3 Marlo Brown 6-5 200 G Fr. Southfi eld, Mich./DME Academy 55 Brandon Danowski 5-11 180 G Fr. Wilmette, Ill./Loyola Academy 2 Gairges Daow 6-4 190 G Fr. Melbourne, Australia/Victory Rock Academy 12 Anastasios Demogerontas 6-7 210 W Jr. Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg/Moraine Valley CC 10 Eugene German 6-0 175 G So. Gary, Ind./21st Century Charter 33 Owen Hamilton 7-0 255 C Fr. Prescott, Wis./Prescott 22 Rod Henry-Hayes 6-4 180 G Fr. Zion, Ill./Zion-Benton Township 4 Lacey James 6-9 235 F Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich./Wayland Union/Rider 15 Jaylen Key 6-8 230 F Jr. Milwaukee, Wis./Homestead 11 Noah McCarty 6-7 240 F So. Rock Falls, Ill./Sterling Newman 20 Jon Siu 6-5 195 G Jr. Hong Kong/Middlesex School 5 Justin Thomas 5-11 180 G So. Indianapolis, Ind./Pike 0 Dante Thorpe 6-4 195 G Jr. Washington, D.C./Friendship Academy/Triton College 25 Brennen Woods 6-4 200 F Fr. Carpentersville, Ill./Harvest Christian Academy 32 Andrew Zelis 7-0 255 C 5th Sr.. Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North/Kaskaskia College

Head Coach: Mark Montgomery (Seventh Season at NIU) Associate Head Coach: Jon Borovich (Seventh Season at NIU) Assistant Coach: Lamar Chapman (First Seventh at NIU) Assistant Coach: Brandon Watkins (First Season at NIU) Director of Player Development/Operations: Chad Pecka (Sixth Season at NIU) Graduate Assistant: Chris MacMartin (First Season at NIU)

By Class By State/Country Fifth-year Senior (1): Andrew Zelis Australia (1): Gairges Daow (Melbourne) Seniors (0): none Hong Kong (1): Jon Siu Juniors (6): Levi Bradley, Anastasios Demogerontas, Lacey James, Jaylen Illinois (6): Brandon Danowski (Wilmette), Anastasios Demogerontas Key, Jon Siu, Dante Thorpe (Orland Park), Rod Henry-Hayes (Zion), Noah McCarty (Rock Falls), Bren- Sophomores (3): Eugene German, Noah McCarty, Justin Thomas nen Woods (Elgin), Andrew Zelis (Wheaton) Freshmen (6): Marlo Brown, Brandon Danowski, Gairges Daow, Owen Indiana (2): Eugene German (Gary), Justin Thomas (Indianapolis) Hamilton, Rod Henry-Hayes, Brennen Woods Michigan (2): Marlo Brown (Southfi eld), Lacey James (Grand Rapids) Washington, D.C. (1): Dante Thorpe By Height Wisconsin (3): Levi Bradley (Milwaukee), Owen Hamilton (Prescott), 5-11: Brandon Danowski, Justin Thomas Jaylen Key (Milwaukee) 6-0: Eugene German 6-4: Gairges Daow, Rod Henry-Hayes, Dante Thorpe, Brennen Woods 6-5: Marlo Brown, Jon Siu 6-7: Levi Bradley, Anastasios Demogerontas, Noah McCarty 6-8: Jaylen Key 6-9: Lacey James 7-0: Owen Hamilton, Andrew Zelis

2 2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL 2017-18 NIU Men’s Basketball Schedule

DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME TV Friday November 10 St. Francis (Ill.) DeKalb, Ill. 7 p.m. Tuesday November 14 Green Bay DeKalb, Ill. 7 p.m. ESPN3

Gulf Coast Showcase (Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern, Manhattan, Missouri State, Penn, Towson, UMKC) Monday November 20 Penn Estero, Fla. 4 p.m. FloHoops.com Tuesday November 21 Florida Atlantic or Towson Estero, Fla. 12:30 or 6:30 p.m. FloHoops.com Wednesday November 22 TBD Estero, Fla. TBA FloHoops.com

Sunday November 26 Rockford DeKalb, Ill. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday November 29 Milwaukee DeKalb, Ill. 8:30 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday December 2 at Chicago State Chicago, Ill. 2 p.m. Monday December 4 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 8 p.m. ESPNU Saturday December 9 Central Connecticut State DeKalb, Ill. 12 p.m. ESPN3 Monday December 18 at Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. 6 p.m. FS1 Thursday December 21 UIC DeKalb, Ill. 7 p.m. ESPN3 Friday December 29 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 7 p.m. BTN Plus

Tuesday January 2 Kent State* DeKalb, Ill. 7 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday January 6 at Ohio* Athens, Ohio 2:30 p.m. Tuesday January 9 at Bowling Green* Bowling Green, Ohio 6 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday January 13 Eastern Michigan* DeKalb, Ill. 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 Tuesday January 16 at Buff alo* Buff alo, N.Y. 6 p.m. Saturday January 20 at Akron* Akron, Ohio 1 p.m. ESPN3 Tuesday January 23 Bowling Green* DeKalb, Ill. 7 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday January 27 at Western Michigan* Kalamazoo, Mich. TBA Tuesday January 30 at Central Michigan* Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 6 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday February 3 Miami (Ohio)* DeKalb, Ill. 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 Tuesday February 6 at Toledo* Toledo, Ohio 6 p.m. Saturday February 10 Buff alo* DeKalb, Ill. 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 Tuesday February 13 Central Michigan* DeKalb, Ill. 7 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday February 17 Western Michigan* DeKalb, Ill. 3:30 p.m. ESPN3 Tuesday February 20 at Ball State* Muncie, Ind. 6 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday February 24 at Eastern Michigan* Ypsilanti, Mich. 11 a.m. ESPN3 Tuesday February 27 Toledo* DeKalb, Ill. 7 p.m. ESPN3 Friday March 2 Ball State* DeKalb, Ill. 7 p.m. ESPN3

Mid-American Conference Tournament Monday March 5 First Round campus sites TBA Thursday March 8 Quarterfi nals Cleveland, Ohio TBA Friday March 9 Semifi nals Cleveland, Ohio 5:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network Saturday March 10 Final Cleveland, Ohio 6 p.m. ESPN2

NCAA Tournament Tues.-Wed. March 13-14 First Four Dayton, Ohio TBA Thurs.-Sun. March 15-19 First and Second Rounds TBA TBA Thurs.-Sun. March 22-25 Regional Round TBA TBA Sat.-Mon. March 31-April 2 Final Four San Antonio, Texas TBA

Home games in bold, all times central * - denotes Mid-American Conference game

Saturday Mid-American Conference games are subject for selection for national television which could result in time changes as well as being moved up one day to Friday.

2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 3 NIU BASKETBALL | 2017-18 Season 2017-18 NIU BASKETBALL ROSTER

DANTE THORPE GAIRGES DAOW MARLO BROWN LACEY JAMES JUSTIN THOMAS EUGENE GERMAN

Junior Freshman Freshman Junior Sophomore Sophomore 0 Guard 2 Guard 3 Guard 4 Forward 5 Guard 10 Guard

NOAH McCARTY ANASTASIOS DEMOGERONTAS JAYLEN KEY JON SIU ROD HENRY-HAYES BRENNEN WOODS

Sophomore Junior Junior Junior Freshman Freshman 11 Forward 12 Wing 15 Forward 20 Guard 22 Guard 25 Forward

ANDREW ZELIS OWEN HAMILTON LEVI BRADLEY BRANDON DANOWSKI MARK MONTGOMERY

Fifth-Yr Senior Freshman Junior Freshman Head Coach 32 Center 33 Center 42 Wing 55 Guard Seventh Season 2017-18 NIU HUSKIES No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown (Last School) First Name Last Name 0 Dante Thorpe G 6-4 195 Jr. Washington, D.C. (Friendship Academy/Triton College) common common 2 Gairges Daow G 6-4 190 Fr. Melbourne, Australia (Victory Rock Academy) grr - giss dow 3 Marlo Brown G 6-5 200 Fr. Southfi eld, Mich. (Southfi eld Christian/DME Academy) common common 4 Lacey James F 6-9 235 Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Wayland Union/Rider) common common 5 Justin Thomas G 5-11 180 So. Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike) common common 10 Eugene German G 6-0 175 So. Gary, Ind. (21st Century Charter) common common 11 Noah McCarty F 6-7 240 So. Rock Falls, Ill. (Sterling Newman) common common 12 Anastasios Demogerontas W 6-7 210 Jr. Orland Park, Ill. (Carl Sandburg/Moraine Valley CC) a-nas-ta-sios deemo - jer -on - tiss 15 Jaylen Key F 6-8 230 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. (Homestead) common common 20 Jon Siu G 6-5 195 Jr. Hong Kong (Middlesex School) common sue 22 Rod Henry-Hayes G 6-4 180 Fr. Zion, Ill. (Zion-Benton Township) common common 25 Brennen Woods F 6-4 200 Fr. Carpentersville, Ill. (Harvest Christian Academy) common common 32 Andrew Zelis C 7-0 255 5th Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton North/Kaskaskia College) common zell – iss 33 Owen Hamilton C 7-0 255 Fr. Prescott, Wis. (Prescott) common common 42 Levi Bradley W 6-7 210 Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. (Pius XI) common common 55 Brandon Danowski G 5-11 180 Fr. Wilmette, Ill. (Loyola Academy/Gateway Sports Academy) common dan - ow - ski

Head Coach: Mark Montgomery Associate Head Coach: Jon Borovich Assistant Coaches: Lamar Chapman, Brandon Watkins Director of Player Development/Operations: Chad Pecka Graduate Assistant: Chris MacMartin

4 2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL News and Notes

• NIU has recorded 65 wins over the last four seasons, beginning with seasons of eligibility at NIU. the 2013-14 campaign, the second-best four-year stretch in program history. • Jaylen Key has played in 66-straight games as a Huskie, including 51 starts. Key ranked 14th in the MAC in fi eld goal percentage a season • NIU scored 2,310 points a season ago, the third-highest single-season ago, shooting 48.8 percent (100-of-205) from the fi eld. Key scored in total in school history. The Huskies made 828 fi eld goals, tied for the double fi gures 14 times last season. seventh-highest total in NIU history. NIU made 493 free throws, the sixth-best total in school history. • Justin Thomas appeared in all 32 games during his freshman season, making 17 starts. The Indianapolis, Ind., native averaged 1.3 steals per • The Huskies return 42.5 percent of their scoring from a season ago. game in league play, tied for 12th-best in the MAC and second among NIU also returns 41.3 percent of its minutes, 34.3 percent of rebounds, conference freshmen. Thomas averaged 17.0 minutes per game and 34.9 percent of assists, 36.3 percent of blocks and 32.3 percent of shot 47 percent from the fi eld. steals from the 2016-17 season. • Andrew Zelis returns for a fi fth season of collegiate eligibility after • Brandon Watkins returns to NIU as an assistant coach after serving as tearing an ACL in the fi rst offi cial practice of the 2016-17 season. Zelis the head coach at Morton College last season. Watkins was previously began his college career at Stetson University before spending one a member of the Huskie staff from 2013-15 as a graduate assistant. year at Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Ill. He joined the Huskies in Watkins played collegiately at Penn State from 2000-03. 2015-16, appearing in 27 games while averaging 2.0 points and 2.2 rebounds per contest. • The Huskies will compete in the Gulf Coast Showcase, Nov. 20-22 in Estero, Fla. The event will be NIU’s fi rst in-season tournament played • NIU’s incoming class includes a pair of junior college transfers, Anas- outside of the NIU Convocation Center since the 2008 Great Alaska tasios Demogerontas and Dante Thorpe. Demogerontas was a 2017 Shootout. NIU will open the tournament against Penn, the fi eld for NJCAA All-Region IV First Team honoree at Moraine Valley CC as he the event also includes Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern, Manhattan, averaged 17.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Thorpe was a 2017 Missouri State, Towson and UMKC. First Team NJCAA Division II All-American after averaging 20.1 points per game at Triton College. • NIU’s tournament opening game against Penn will be the fi rst all- time meeting between the Huskies and Quakers. • NIU freshman Owen Hamilton was named to the Mid-American Con- ference All-Newcomer Team by Street & Smith’s. Hamilton averaged • The NIU men’s basketball team earned its highest APR in program 25.1 points, 12.3 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game as a senior at history with a 966, recording the biggest single-year improvement of Prescott High School in Wisconsin, leading his team to a 24-4 record any NIU team with a 25-point jump from a year ago. and a state runner-up fi nish last season.

• Lamar Chapman joined the NIU staff as an assistant coach. A native of Muskegon Heights, Mich., Chapman has spent the last nine years as an assistant coach at Stony Brook, helping the Seawolves win four conference regular season titles and compete in the postseason seven times. Chapman has previous experience in the MAC at Toledo and Central Michigan.

• NIU will be playing Marquette for the eighth time in school history, but the fi rst time since 1993. The game will be a homecoming for Huskie juniors Levi Bradley and Jaylen Key who hail from the city of Milwaukee. The contest is scheduled for Dec. 18 and will be televised on FS1.

• Levi Bradley has not missed a game in his NIU career, appearing in 66-straight, including eight starts. For his career, the Milwaukee native is averaging 7.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Bradley is a career 77 percent free-throw shooter.

• Eugene German earned MAC All-Freshman honors last season, becoming the fourth Huskie to earn All-Freshman honors during head coach Mark Montgomery’s fi rst six seasons at NIU.

• German averaged 11.7 points per game in league play, third-best among conference freshmen. German led the Huskies in scoring seven times and scored in double fi gures on 15 occasions, including eight of the last nine games.

• After sitting out last season following his transfer from Rider, Lacey James will be eligible for the Huskies this season. James appeared in 12 games at Rider during the 2015-16 season and will have three

2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 5 NIU BASKETBALL | 2017-18 Season Mark MONTGOMERY Head Coach Seventh Season

A winner and a program builder. When looking for ways to describe North- opening round of the conference tournament to advance to Cleveland. ern Illinois University men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery, those would be two of the most obvious phrases that come to mind. NIU saw 55.9 percent of its minutes played by freshmen during the 2011-12 season, the sixth-highest percentage in the country. The Huskies In 24 seasons in college basketball, as a player and a head coach, Mont- laid the foundation for Montgomery’s style of play, leading the MAC in gomery has been a part of 15 postseason teams. In six seasons as head off ensive rebounds while ranking second in rebounding defense and third coach at NIU, Montgomery rebuilt a program that had produced just two in rebounding margin. winning seasons in the 15 years prior to his arrival and led it to just its fourth-ever postseason appearance, and the second-most wins in school Under Montgomery’s tutelage, Abdel Nader became the fi rst Huskie since history. 2009 to be named to the MAC All-Freshman Team.

On March 24, 2011, Montgomery was introduced as the 27th head coach Montgomery’s second season at NIU saw the Huskies continue to build the in the history of the NIU men’s basketball program. In 2017-18, he enters foundation of the program with the fourth-least experienced team in the his seventh season at NIU following 10 years at his alma mater, Michigan country. The Huskies achieved a number of milestone victories in 2012-13, State University, six as an assistant coach and four as associate head coach. including the program’s fi rst win at Miami (Ohio) since 1981, its fi rst win at Central Michigan since 2006 and its fi rst victory over Kent State since 2003. In 2015-16, Montgomery guided NIU to 21 victories, tied for the second-most in school history, while taking the Huskies to the postseason NIU suff ered a number of near-misses, losing seven games by fi ve points for just the fourth time in school history, and the fi rst time in 20 years, as or less, while fi nishing the season ranked second in the MAC in off ensive NIU accepted an invitation to the Vegas 16. Montgomery earned national rebounds and second in the conference in defensive rebounding percent- coaching honors when he received the midseason Hugh Durham Award as age. the nation’s top mid-major head coach. During the 2013-14 season, his third at NIU, Montgomery engineered NIU led the Mid-American Conference in fi eld goal defense, rebounding the largest single-season win improvement in school history, and the off ense and rebounding margin as the principles of the program estab- 10th-largest nationally for the season, as the Huskies recorded a 10-win lished by Montgomery had fi rmly taken root. NIU’s success came despite improvement, going 15-17, NIU’s most victories since the 2005-06 season. having the second-youngest team in the MAC, a squad that saw nearly 40 Montgomery fi nished second in the voting for MAC Coach of the Year. percent of its scoring come from freshmen. Despite having the second-least experienced team in the MAC, Montgom- Three Huskies earned conference postseason honors, including sopho- ery led NIU to its most non-conference wins, six, since 1999-2000 and the more Marin Maric who was named to the All-MAC Third Team; Aaric Arm- Huskies also recorded their fi rst top-50 RPI win, against Toledo on Feb. 26, stead was named to the MAC All-Defensive Team and Marshawn Wilson since December 14, 1999 (Wisconsin). was recognized on the MAC All-Freshman Team. It marked the fi rst time since the 2002-03 season that NIU has three all-league honorees. NIU earned the No. 7 seed in the Mid-American Conference Tournament and the right to host a fi rst round tournament game for the fi rst time since In addition to its success on the court, the NIU men’s basketball team also 2003, while advancing to Cleveland for the second time in three seasons. achieved in the classroom in 2015-16, posting the highest team GPA on record during the 2015 Fall Semester. Under Montgomery’s guidance, Jordan Threloff earned All-MAC honorable mention recognition and Aaric Armstead was named to the MAC All-Fresh- More milestones were reached during the 2016-17 season as the Huskies man Team. earned 15 victories, giving the program 65 total wins over the last four seasons, the second-best four-year stretch in school history. Maric was The Huskies continued to make strides during the 2014-15 season, again named to the All-MAC Third Team while Eugene German became the Montgomery’s fourth at NIU. The Huskies posted a 14-16 record playing fourth MAC All-Freshman Team honoree of Montgomery’s tenure. against a strength of schedule ranked 147th in the nation, NIU’s best since 2004-05. Competing in a much-improved MAC, NIU posted an RPI of 188, The recent success of Huskie basketball is the result building blocks set in the school’s best since 2005-06. place during Montgomery’s fi rst four seasons at the helm in DeKalb. The 2014-15 Huskies opened the season with six-straight home wins, During his fi rst season at NIU in 2011-12, Montgomery guided one of tying a school-record with 11 consecutive home victories dating back to the youngest teams in the nation to the program’s fi rst MAC Tournament 2013-14. NIU posted its fi rst winning non-conference record since 2005-06 victory since 2003, defeating MAC West Champion Eastern Michigan in the and Montgomery’s charges also fi nished the season strong, winning each

6 2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL of their last four regular season games, including a win at Toledo, NIU’s of 14-4. fi rst win over Western Michigan since 2010 and a victory over MAC regular season champion Central Michigan. An outstanding player during his collegiate career, Montgomery was a four-year letterwinner for Jud Heathcote at Michigan State from 1988-92. A Prior to his arrival at NIU, Montgomery was named one of the top fi ve 1992 All-Big Ten Third Team selection, Montgomery ended his career as the high-major assistant coaches in the country by FoxSports.com in 2010, then-career leader in games played at MSU (126). A four-year starter for the while Rivals.com put him on its list of “10 Assistant Coaches Ready to Spartans, he was part of the 1990 Big Ten Championship team, three NCAA Move Up.” In addition, FoxSports.com national college basketball writer Tournament teams and an NIT Final Four. Montgomery ranks fourth on the Jeff Goodman named Montgomery the top assistant coach in the Big Ten career assists chart (561) after leading the team in assists as a junior (169) Conference based on a poll of league coaches. and senior (190). He also ranks fourth on the MSU career steals list (168).

During his 10 seasons on Hall of Famer Tom Izzo’s staff at Michigan State Montgomery averaged 5.3 points and 4.5 assists in his four years as a from 2001-12, the Spartans made 10 straight trips to the NCAA Tourna- Spartan. In 1991-92, he averaged 7.0 points and 6.3 assists as a senior ment and three Final Four appearances. He helped coach 26 All-Big Ten co-captain, leading his team to a 22-8 mark and the second round of the players at Michigan State and six players that went on to be selected in NCAA Tournament. Montgomery was also a two-time Academic All-Big Ten the National Basketball Association Draft, while on the bench for 235 MSU honoree during his playing days as a Spartan. wins - an average of 23.5 victories per season. Following his collegiate career, Montgomery played four years of pro- In his fi rst season as an assistant coach at Michigan State, Montgomery fessional basketball in Europe. He averaged more than 25 points a game helped mentor First Team All-Big Ten honoree Marcus Taylor, who went during his time playing in Germany, Lithuania and Sweden. on to be selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2002 NBA Draft. Despite losing 81 percent of its scoring from the previous season, the Spar- Montgomery received his bachelor’s degree in food industry management tans fi nished just one game out of fi rst place in the Big Ten. from Michigan State. He and his wife, Alexandra, have a son, Nicholas.

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

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

Michigan State won the Big Ten championship and made its second Final Four appearance of Montgomery’s coaching tenure in 2008-09. The Spartans went 31-7, 15-3 in Big Ten play, including 8-1 on the road in conference, and won the league by four games. MSU knocked off No. 1 seeds Louisville and Connecticut in the regional fi nal and national semifi nal, respectively, before succumbing to top-ranked North Carolina in the championship game in Detroit, Mich. Michigan State led the nation in rebounding margin (+9.3) and also led the Big Ten in scoring off ense (72.0 ppg).

The Spartans again won the Big Ten championship in 2009-10, amassing a 28-9 overall record, 14-4 in conference, and returned to the Final Four for the third time in six seasons, making a run to college basketball’s ultimate stage from the number fi ve seed in the Midwest region. For the second consecutive season, Michigan State again led the nation in rebounding margin (+8.6).

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

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

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

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

2011-12 NIU 5-26 3-13 None Head Coach 2012-13 NIU 5-25 3-13 None Head Coach 2013-14 NIU 15-17 8-10 None Head Coach 2014-15 NIU 14-16 8-10 None Head Coach 2015-16 NIU 21-13 9-9 Vegas 16 Quarterfi nals Head Coach 2016-17 NIU 15-17 7-11 None Head Coach NIU/Head Coaching Totals 75-114 38-66 Career Coaching Totals 351-290 175-169 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances, 3 Final Fours 2 Big Ten Regular Season Championships 1 MAC Regular Season Championship HEAD COACHING RECORD BY OPPONENT Akron 2-6 Idaho 3-0 Purdue 0-1 Aurora 1-0 Illinois Springfi eld 1-0 Roosevelt 3-0 Ball State 5-7 Indiana State 1-1 Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) 1-0 Bethune-Cookman 1-0 Indiana Northwest 1-0 San Jose State 1-0 Boise State 0-1 Iowa 0-3 Seattle 0-1 Bowling Green 4-4 James Madison 0-1 SIU Edwardsville 1-1 Buff alo 0-7 Judson 2-0 South Dakota 1-0 Cal Poly 0-1 Kent State 3-5 South Florida 1-0 Cal State Northridge 1-1 Loyola Chicago 1-1 Southern Illinois 0-1 Central Michigan 7-5 Maine 1-0 Toledo 6-6 Chicago State 1-0 Massachusetts 0-2 UC Riverside 2-0 Dartmouth 1-1 Miami (Ohio) 5-3 UC Santa Barbara 0-1 Dayton 0-1 Minnesota 0-1 UIC 2-2 DePaul 0-3 Mississippi Valley State 1-0 Utah Valley 0-1 Eastern Illinois 0-3 Missouri 0-1 UW Milwaukee 0-3 Eastern Michigan 4-12 Nebraska Omaha 0-4 Valparaiso 0-2 Elon 0-1 Notre Dame 0-1 Washington 0-1 Eureka 1-0 Ohio 2-6 Western Michigan 3-11 Florida International 2-0 Ohio State 0-1 Wright State 1-0 Hampton 1-0 Olivet Nazarene 1-0

8 2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL Jon BOROVICH Associate Head Coach Seventh Season

Jon Borovich joined the NIU men’s basketball staff on April 5, 2011, becoming the fi rst addition to head coach Mark Montgomery’s staff . Prior to his arrival in DeKalb, Borovich had spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Dayton.

Borovich, who was promoted to associate head coach in August of 2015, has played a large role in the rebuilding process at NIU that has seen a program which had produced just two winning seasons in the previous 15 years grow to earn its fourth postseason appearance, and the second-most wins, in school history in 2015-16.

The Huskies posted a 21-13 record in 2015-16 and accepted an invitation to the inaugural Vegas 16 tournament. NIU’s success came despite having the second-youngest team in the MAC, a squad that saw nearly 40 percent of its scoring come from freshmen.

Three Huskies earned conference postseason honors, including sophomore Marin Maric who was named to the All-MAC Third Team; Aaric Armstead was named to the MAC All-Defensive Team and Marshawn Wilson was recognized on the MAC All-Freshman Team. It marked the fi rst time since the 2002-03 season that NIU has three all-league honorees.

In addition to its success on the court, the NIU men’s basketball team also achieved in the classroom in 2015-16, posting the highest team GPA on record during the 2015 Fall Semester.

More milestones were reached during the 2016-17 season as the Huskies earned 15 victories, giving the program 65 total wins over the last four seasons, the second-best four-year stretch in school history. Maric was again named to the All-MAC Third Team while Eugene German became the fourth MAC All-Freshman Team honoree of Montgomery’s tenure.

The recent success of Huskie basketball is the result of the building blocks set in place since Borovich’s arrival with Montgomery in 2011.

Ranking among the youngest teams in the country in both the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons, the Huskies still recorded a number of program milestones, including NIU’s fi rst MAC Tournament victory since 2003. NIU also posted its fi rst win at Miami (Ohio) since 1981, its fi rst win at Central Michigan since 2006 and its fi rst victory over Kent State since 2003.

During the 2013-14 season, the Huskies engineered the largest single-season win improvement in school history, and the 10th-largest nationally for the season, recording a 10-win improvement, going 15-17, at the time it was NIU’s most victories since the 2005-06 season. The Huskies advanced to the second round of the MAC Tournament for the second time in three seasons while Jordan Threloff (All-MAC honorable mention) and Aaric Armstead (MAC All-Freshman team) earned league honors.

The Huskies continued to make strides during the 2014-15 season, Borovich’s fourth at NIU. The Huskies posted a 14-16 record playing against a strength of schedule ranked 147th in the nation, NIU’s best since 2004-05, and posted its fi rst winning non-conference record in nine seasons. Playing in a much-improved MAC, NIU also posted a RPI of 188, the school’s best since 2005-06.

As an assistant at Dayton, Borovich helped the Flyers advance to the postseason in each of the past four seasons. In his fi rst season, 2007-08, Dayton started 14-1 and climbed to No. 14 in the Associated Press poll, the highest ranking for the program in 40 years. The next season, Dayton was again nationally-ranked and fi nished with a 27-8 record, including a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

In 2009-10, Borovich helped UD win 25 games and the NIT Championship, the fi rst NIT crown for the program since 1968. In his fi nal season on the Flyer staff , 2010-11, Dayton fi nished with a 22-14 mark, reaching the championship game of the Atlantic 10 Tournament and advancing to the NIT.

Borovich began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Michigan State from 2001-03. He then spent two seasons, 2003-05, at Dayton as the Direc- tor of Basketball Operations. After working as an assistant coach at Oakland University for two years from 2005-07, Borovich returned to Dayton in 2007 in an assistant coaching role.

During his two seasons at Oakland, the Golden Grizzlies won 30 games. In Borovich’s second year, Oakland compiled a 19-14 mark, the most wins for the school since joining Division I in 1997. Borovich helped the Golden Grizzlies recruit a class that, as juniors and seniors, went 34-2 in the Summit League and appeared in back-to-back NCAA Tournaments.

A native of Bloomfi eld Hills, Mich., Borovich assisted in video analysis as a graduate assistant at Michigan State while completing his master’s degree in athletics administration. He then followed Michigan State assistant coach Brian Gregory to Dayton, where he was the Director of Basketball Operations for two seasons. In his fi rst year, the Flyers won the Maui Invitational, reached the NCAA Tournament and fi nished with a 24-9 overall record.

Borovich played collegiately at Central Michigan from 1997-2001, while NIU head coach Mark Montgomery was working as an assistant coach for the Chippewas. As a senior, Borovich was a part of CMU’s Mid-American Conference championship team that fi nished with 20 wins, the most for the school since the 1986-87 season.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in sports studies from Central Michigan in 2001, with a double minor in psychology and coaching. Borovich was a team captain for the Chippewas as a junior and senior while also earning Academic All-MAC honors as a senior.

Borovich and his wife, Kara, have two sons, Bennett and William.

2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 9 NIU BASKETBALL | 2017-18 Season Lamar CHAPMAN Assistant Coach First Season

Lamar Chapman joined the NIU men’s basketball staff on April 28, 2017, coming to DeKalb following nine seasons as an assistant coach at Stony Brook University.

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

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

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

Toledo was Chapman’s second stop in the MAC as it followed three years as an assistant coach at Central Michigan University. Before beginning his collegiate coaching career in Mt. Pleasant, Chapman was the head coach at Muskegon Heights (Mich.) High School in his hometown, leading the Tigers to a 42-9 overall record and a pair of state semifi nal appearances, including a Class B State Runner-Up Finish in 2002.

The Tigers posted a 21-5 record in 2001-02 and won district and regional titles before falling to the eventual state champion. For his eff orts, Chapman was named the Muskegon Chronicle Area “Coach of the Year.”

In 2003, Muskegon Heights was 21-4 and repeated as district and regional champion before advancing to the state fi nals where it lost to Grand Rapids South Christian. During his tenure at Muskegon Heights, Chapman coached fi ve student-athletes who received college scholarships.

Chapman played collegiately at Lane College in Jackson, Tenn., where he was named the school’s Athlete of the Year in 1991 and 1992. Chapman earned his bachelor’s degree from Lane in health and physical education in 1993.

10 2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL Brandon WATKINS Assistant Coach First Season

Brandon Watkins joined the NIU men’s basketball coaching staff on Aug. 30, 2017, coming to NIU following one season as head coach at Morton College. Watkins had previously been a part of the NIU staff from 2013-15 when he worked for the Huskies as a graduate assistant.

In his lone season at Morton College, Watkins led an extremely young Panthers team that featured two sophomores and 11 freshmen to a 9-20 record. Under Watkins’ guidance, Deonte McReynolds was named to the All-Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Second Team.

A native of Chicago, Ill., Watkins began his coaching career in 2011-12 as the head sophomore coach and varsity assistant at his alma mater, St. Joseph’s High School in Westchester, Ill., where he led the sophomore team to an 18-6 record and worked under legendary head coach Gene Pingatore with the varsity team.

In 2012-13, Watkins coached the freshmen team at Riverside Brookfi eld High School, leading the Bulldogs to a perfect 24-0 record.

Watkins joined the NIU staff as a graduate assistant in 2013-14, helping the Huskies to a 10-win improvement, the 10th-largest nationally and the largest single-season improvement in school history. The Huskies earned the No. 7 seed in the Mid-American Conference Tournament and hosted a fi rst round tournament game for the fi rst time since 2003. The following season, the Huskies fi nished with a RPI of 188, the school’s best since 2005-06.

After earning his graduate degree from NIU in 2015, Watkins started his own player development company called Blueprint Athletic Training.

As a player, Watkins played collegiately at Penn State under Jerry Dunn; helping lead the Nittany Lions to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in 2001. Watkins earned All-Big Ten honorable mention recognition as a senior in 2003 and ranks 13th in Penn State history in career assists.

Watkins went on to play professionally in Europe for eight seasons, playing in France, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Estonia and Germany. Among the notable teams Watkins played for were Wolfburg in Germany, the club team of NBA star Dirk Nowitzki, as well as Greek powerhouse Olympiakos. In 2008, Watkins was named newcomer of the year in Germany while leading the league in points and assists.

Watkins earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from Penn State in 2007 and his master’s from NIU in adult and higher education in 2015.

2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 11 NIU BASKETBALL | 2017-18 Season Chad PECKA Director of Player Development/Operations Sixth Season

Chad Pecka begins his sixth season as a member of the NIU men’s basketball staff in 2017-18. Pecka was promoted to Director of Player Development/ Operations in 2013-14 after working as Video Coordinator in 2012-13.

Pecka has played a role in the rebuilding process at NIU that has seen a program which had produced just two winning seasons in the previous 15 years grow to earn its fourth postseason appearance, and the second-most wins, in school history in 2015-16, as NIU posted a 21-13 record and accepted an invitation to the inaugural Vegas 16.

A native of DeKalb, Ill., Pecka began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Texas-Pan American, working under former NIU assistant coach Ryan Marks for two seasons. Pecka was in charge of fi lm break down, opponent scouting, in-and-out of season strength and condi- tioning programs and also served as the Camp Director while at UTPA.

Prior to UTPA, Pecka was the Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at DeKalb High School for one season, helping lead the Barbs to the 2009 Western Sun Conference Title.

During the 2007-08 season, Pecka worked for the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. Pecka assisted the basketball coaching staff as well as the head strength coach with all practices, games and player workouts. Pecka has also had work experience as a strength and skill development coach for the following organiza- tions: Athletes Performance Institute, Impact Basketball Academy, and Joy of the Game.

As a player, Pecka was the top-ranked free throw shooter in the nation at Kishwaukee College in 2004 and currently holds Kishwakee records for all-time free throw percentage (88.2 percent) and consecutive free throws made (31). Pecka went on to play at Northwestern Oklahoma State, where he served as the team captain in 2006-07, leading the Rangers to the Division I NAIA National Tournament Elite Eight, the deepest tournament run in school history.

Pecka earned his bachelor’s degree in Health and Fitness Management from Northwestern Oklahoma State and his master’s degree in Kinesiology from Texas Pan American.

Chris MacMARTIN Graduate Assistant First Season

Chris MacMartin begins his fi rst season as a graduate assistant with the NIU men’s basketball program in 2017-18. MacMartin is responsible for video breakdown, assists in scouting, player development and day-to-day operations of Huskie basketball.

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

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

2016-17: Appeared in all 32 games, making seven starts … Averaged 8.8 points and 4.2 rebounds per game … Shot 41.1 percent (104-of-253) from the fi eld and 77.0 percent (57-of-74) from the free-throw line … Recorded 25 assists and42 13 steals … Averaged 22.5 minutes per contest … Scored in double fi gures 16 times … Had two games with double fi gure rebounds … Recorded two double-doubles, at South Florida (Dec. 2) and at Miami (Jan. 3) … Scored a season-high 18 points at Central Michigan (Feb. 21) … Registered a career-best 14 rebounds at Miami (Jan. 3) … Had a season-high four assists against Kent State (Jan. 24) … Played a season-high 32 minutes against Indiana State (Nov. 11).

2015-16: Appeared in all 34 games, making one start … Made his fi rst career start against UC Santa Barbara in the Vegas 16 Quarterfi nals (March 28) … Averaged 6.7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game … Shot 49.1 percent from the fi eld (85-of-173) … Shot 41.2 percent from three-point range (21-of-51) … Shot a team- best 77.1 percent from the free-throw line (37-of-48) … Recorded 13 steals and 11 blocks … Averaged 16.0 minutes per game … Recorded two double-doubles, against Judson (Jan. 2) and Western Michigan (March 7) … Scored in double fi gures 10 times, including the last four games of the season … Scored a season-high 19 points against Judson (Jan. 2) … Recorded a season-high 12 rebounds in the MAC Tournament First Round against Western Michigan (March 7) … Played a season-high 26 minutes at Akron (Jan. 26).

High School: 2015 Wisconsin AP All-State Third Team honoree … 2015 Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Division 2 First Team All-State … 2015 First Team All-Area honoree from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel … Averaged 21.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game as a senior at Pius XI while leading the Popes to the Woodland West Division title … 2014 Wisconsin AP All-State Honorable Mention … 2014 Fourth Team All-Area honoree from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel … Averaged 20.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game as a junior in 2013-14 while leading the Popes to the Woodland West crown … Three-time fi rst team all-conference honoree … Also played volleyball at Pius XI for three seasons, earning all-conference honors.

Personal: Born on September 26, 1996 ... Majoring in sociology ... Father, Levi, is third all-time in scoring at Wisconsin-Parkside with 1,697 points (1993-97).

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 34 1 544 16.0 85 173 .491 21 51 .412 37 48 .771 38 82 120 3.5 75 1 15 0.4 22 0.6 11 0.3 13 0.4 228 6.7 2016-17 32 7 721 22.5 104 253 .411 15 60 .250 57 74 .770 32 102 134 4.2 80 2 25 0.8 33 1.0 5 0.2 13 0.4 280 8.8 Career 66 8 1265 19.2 189 426 .444 36 111 .324 94 122 .770 70 184 254 3.8 155 3 40 0.6 55 0.8 16 0.2 26 0.4 508 7.7

2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 13 NIU BASKETBALL | 2017-18 Season

2015-16 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 CSUN NOV. 13 6 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 3.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 SOUTH DAKOTA NOV. 14 10 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 WRIGHT STATE NOV. 15 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 EUREKA NOV. 21 24 5 9 .556 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 6 9 4.0 4 0 2 0 0 1 10 2.5 INDIANA UNIV. NW NOV. 25 17 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 3 4 .750 1 2 3 3.8 3 0 2 2 0 1 8 3.6 at Idaho Nov 28 18 2 4 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.7 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 3.8 CHICAGO STATE DEC. 2 20 4 6 .667 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 3 3 3.6 2 0 1 1 1 0 9 4.6 at Missouri Dec. 4 11 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 3.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.5 at Ohio State Dec. 16 13 3 4 .750 1 1 1.000 2 3 .667 0 1 1 3.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 5.0 FLA. INTERNATIONAL DEC. 19 17 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 4.7 ROOSEVELT DEC. 22 22 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 3.1 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 4.5 at UIC Dec. 29 11 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.9 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.1 JUDSON JAN. 2 23 6 10 .600 0 2 .000 7 8 .875 5 5 10 3.5 2 0 0 1 1 1 19 5.2 OHIO* JAN. 6 11 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 9 13 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 7 7 3.5 4 0 0 3 1 0 6 4.9 at Toledo* Jan. 12 11 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 3.5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 at Western Michigan* Jan. 16 14 5 8 .625 1 1 1.000 0 1 .000 2 3 5 3.6 3 0 0 2 1 0 11 5.0 CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 19 16 6 9 .667 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 4 3 7 3.8 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 5.5 TOLEDO* JAN. 22 20 5 9 .556 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 1 4 5 3.8 3 0 0 1 1 1 12 5.8 at Akron* Jan. 26 26 3 8 .375 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 0 6 6 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 6.0 at Miami* Jan. 30 9 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 3.8 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 5.8 BUFFALO* FEB. 2 11 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 3.6 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 5.7 at Ohio* Feb. 6 14 5 8 .625 0 2 .000 5 6 .833 2 2 4 3.7 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 6.1 at Kent State* Feb. 9 22 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.5 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 6.0 AKRON* FEB. 13 16 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 3.4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5.9 BOWLING GREEN* FEB. 16 18 3 8 .375 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 2 1 3 3.4 2 0 1 2 1 1 8 6.0 at Ball State* Feb. 19 12 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 2 2 3.4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6.0 at Central Michigan* Feb. 23 16 2 6 .333 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 3.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 6.0 WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 27 16 3 5 .600 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3.3 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 6.1 at Eastern Michigan* Mar. 1 18 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 3.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 6.1 BALL STATE* MAR. 4 21 5 7 .714 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 0 1 1 3.3 3 0 1 1 0 1 13 6.3 WESTERN MICH. MAR. 7 23 3 7 .429 1 2 .500 6 7 .857 2 10 12 3.5 2 0 0 1 0 0 13 6.5 vs. Ohio Mar. 10 23 4 10 .400 2 5 .400 0 3 .000 1 2 3 3.5 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 6.6 vs. UC Santa Barbara Mar. 28 * 17 4 7 .571 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 3 1 4 3.5 5 1 0 0 0 0 10 6.7

Totals 1 544 85 173 .491 21 51 .412 37 48 .771 38 82 120 3.5 75 1 15 22 11 13 228 6.7

2016-17 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 INDIANA STATE NOV. 11 32 3 7 .429 2 4 .500 6 6 1.000 2 5 7 7.0 1 0 0 1 0 1 14 14.0 ROOSEVELT NOV. 14 21 3 7 .429 0 3 .000 1 1 1.000 2 3 5 6.0 2 0 0 1 1 1 7 10.5 IDAHO NOV. 16 24 5 8 .625 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 4.3 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.3 at CSUN Nov. 19 19 2 5 .400 1 1 1.000 3 4 .750 1 0 1 3.5 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 9.8 CAL POLY NOV. 23 12 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 3.0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 8.6 ELON NOV. 25 14 1 5 .200 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.7 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 7.5 UIC NOV. 26 22 3 10 .300 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 2.4 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 7.6 at Indiana State Nov. 30 17 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 2.4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 6.9 at Minnesota Dec. 11 17 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 2.3 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 6.3 OLIVET NAZARENE DEC. 14 25 5 8 .625 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 2.7 4 0 1 4 0 0 12 6.9 at FIU Dec. 17 21 2 3 .667 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 7 7 3.1 5 1 1 2 0 0 5 6.7 at South Florida Dec. 20 27 5 12 .417 1 3 .333 2 4 .500 1 9 10 3.7 4 0 2 0 0 0 13 7.3 ILL.-SPRINGFIELD DEC. 31 24 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 3.8 2 0 0 3 2 0 5 7.1 at Miami (Ohio)* Jan. 3 25 5 10 .500 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 4 10 14 4.5 2 0 0 2 0 0 11 7.4 CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 7 11 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 3 4 4.5 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 6.9 at Kent State* Jan. 10 23 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 5 6 .833 2 3 5 4.5 4 0 1 1 0 1 7 6.9 at Bowling Green* Jan. 14 21 4 6 .667 1 2 .500 3 3 1.000 0 3 3 4.4 2 0 1 2 0 1 12 7.2 MIAMI (OHIO)* JAN. 17 18 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 4.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7.1 OHIO* JAN. 21 22 5 10 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4.3 2 0 1 0 1 0 11 7.3 KENT STATE* JAN. 24 23 5 7 .714 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 1 6 7 4.5 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 7.5 at Toledo* Jan. 28 24 4 10 .400 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 1 4 5 4.5 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 7.6 AKRON* JAN. 31 20 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 2 2 4.4 5 1 0 1 0 0 7 7.6 EASTERN MICH.* FEB. 4 20 5 8 .625 1 1 1.000 3 3 1.000 1 2 3 4.3 3 0 2 0 0 2 14 7.9 at Buff alo* Feb. 7 21 3 8 .375 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4.3 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 7.8 at Western Mich.* Feb. 11 30 6 14 .429 1 4 .250 3 6 .500 4 5 9 4.5 2 0 0 1 0 1 16 8.1 BALL STATE* FEB. 14 * 31 4 13 .308 1 3 .333 4 4 1.000 1 2 3 4.4 1 0 0 4 0 1 13 8.3 TOLEDO* FEB. 18 * 24 0 8 .000 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 4.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8.0 at Central Mich.* Feb. 21 * 30 8 14 .571 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 1 1 4.2 3 0 2 0 0 1 18 8.4 at Eastern Mich.* Feb. 25 * 27 4 10 .400 0 1 .000 3 5 .600 1 1 2 4.1 3 0 3 1 0 0 11 8.5 WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 28 * 24 3 11 .273 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 0 2 4.0 3 0 2 0 0 1 7 8.4 at Ball State* March 3 * 28 3 12 .250 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 2 7 9 4.2 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 8.5 Eastern Michigan March 6 * 24 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 7 9 .778 1 3 4 4.2 4 0 1 2 0 0 17 8.8

Totals 7 721 104 253 .411 15 60 .250 57 74 .770 32 102 134 4.2 80 2 25 33 5 13 280 8.8

2016-17: Named to the MAC All-Freshman Team … Appeared in 31 games, including seven starts, and averaged 9.0 points per game … Averaged 11.7 points per game in league play, 28th in the MAC and third among conference freshmen10 … Averaged 1.4 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game … Shot 47.2 percent (109-of-231) from the fi eld and 61.6 percent from the free-throw line (45-of-73) … Recorded 27 assists and 10 steals … Averaged 17.1 minutes per game … Scored in double fi gures 15 times, including eight of the last nine games of the season … Led NIU in scoring seven times … Scored a season-high 27 points against Toledo (Feb. 18) … Grabbed a season-high fi ve rebounds at Central Michigan (Feb. 21) … Had a season-high four assists twice, against Olivet Nazarene (Dec. 14) and at Ball State (March 3) … Played a season-high 33 minutes against Toledo (Feb. 18).

High School: Prepped at 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Ind., where he led the State of Indiana in scoring as both a junior and senior … Averaged 33.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and four assists as a senior in 2015-16 to lead 21st Century Charter to its fi rst regional title … Named to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Senior Small School All-State Team … Earned 2015-16 Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune Player of the Year honors … Earned Indiana Associated Press High Honorable Mention recognition … Named to the 2016 Indiana All-Star team … Earned MVP honors in the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star game in Indianapolis with 20 points, six rebounds and two assists, scored a game-high 34 points in the meeting in Louisville … As a junior in 2014-15, averaged 32.0 points per game, along with 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 3.0 steals … Named to the 2015 IBCA Underclass Small School All-State Team … Averaged 17.4 points per game as a sophomore at 21st Century Charter.

Personal: Born on December 2, 1997 ... Majoring in communications.

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 Career 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

2016-17 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 INDIANA STATE NOV. 11 8 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2.0 ROOSEVELT NOV. 14 19 5 7 .714 2 3 .667 2 5 .400 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 8.0 IDAHO NOV. 16 5 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 3 3 1.7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.3 at CSUN Nov. 19 3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 CAL POLY NOV. 23 8 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.6 ELON NOV. 25 6 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 UIC NOV. 26 19 7 10 .700 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 0 4 4 1.6 3 0 0 3 0 1 17 5.0 at Indiana State Nov. 30 7 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.6 at Minnesota Dec. 11 Did not play OLIVET NAZARENE DEC. 14 22 5 8 .625 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 1.7 1 0 4 2 1 2 10 5.2 at FIU Dec. 17 12 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 0 1 1 1.6 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 5.0 at South Florida Dec. 20 16 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 1.5 1 0 2 2 0 1 3 4.8 ILL.-SPRINGFIELD DEC. 31 13 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4.9 at Miami (Ohio)* Jan. 3 17 5 7 .714 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1.3 2 0 1 3 0 0 13 5.5 CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 7 12 1 6 .167 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1.3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5.4 at Kent State* Jan. 10 19 5 12 .417 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 1 1 1.3 2 0 1 4 0 1 12 5.9 at Bowling Green* Jan. 14 12 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5.6 MIAMI (OHIO)* JAN. 17 18 5 6 .833 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 6.0 OHIO* JAN. 21 23 5 11 .455 1 4 .250 4 7 .571 0 1 1 1.1 2 0 1 1 0 0 15 6.5 KENT STATE* JAN. 24 11 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 5 7 .714 0 1 1 1.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 6.5 at Toledo* Jan. 28 7 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.1 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 6.3 AKRON* JAN. 31 7 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 6.1 EASTERN MICH.* FEB. 4 21 2 5 .400 0 2 .000 1 1 1.000 0 2 2 1.0 1 0 3 3 0 0 5 6.0 at Buff alo* Feb. 7 21 4 9 .444 0 2 .000 2 4 .500 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 2 3 0 0 10 6.2 at Western Mich.* Feb. 11 26 7 12 .583 1 2 .500 5 8 .625 0 2 2 1.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 6.8 BALL STATE* FEB. 14 * 30 7 16 .438 1 1 1.000 5 5 1.000 0 3 3 1.1 3 0 1 3 1 2 20 7.3 TOLEDO* FEB. 18 * 33 11 14 .786 0 2 .000 5 7 .714 1 2 3 1.2 2 0 3 0 0 0 27 8.1 at Central Mich.* Feb. 21 * 23 7 13 .538 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 5 5 1.3 1 0 2 1 0 0 16 8.4 at Eastern Mich.* Feb. 25 * 31 9 16 .563 2 5 .400 3 6 .500 1 1 2 1.4 3 0 0 1 0 1 23 8.9 WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 28 * 19 1 7 .143 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1.3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 8.7 at Ball State* March 3 * 32 7 15 .467 2 4 .500 1 1 1.000 1 0 1 1.3 3 0 4 1 0 0 17 9.0 Eastern Michigan March 6 * 30 4 13 .308 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 1 1 2 1.4 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 9.0

Totals 7 530 109 231 .472 16 57 .281 45 73 .616 8 34 42 1.4 41 0 27 45 3 10 279 9.0

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16 2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL Lacey JAMES 6-9 | 235 | Junior | Forward Grand Rapids, Mich. | Rider 2016-17: Sat out the season following transfer from Rider. 4 Prior to NIU: Appeared in 12 games as a freshman at Rider in 2015-16 … Averaged 1.0 points and 1.1 rebounds per game in 5.0 minutes per contest … Played a season-high 16 minutes against Morgan State (Dec. 23), scoring six points with three rebounds.

High School: A three-year starter at Wayland Union High School in Wayland, Mich. … Averaged 20 points and 15 rebounds per game as a senior for the Wildcats in 2014-15 … Earned Associated Press Class B All-State fi rst-team honors and was a candidate for Michigan’s Mr. Basketball while leading Wayland to a 19-4 record … Averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds per game as a junior at Wayland Union in 2013-14, leading the Wildcats to the Michigan Class B State Quarterfi nals.

Personal: Born on July 12, 1996 ... Majoring in communications.

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 Career 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

* denotes season played at Rider

2016-17: Appeared in all 32 games, making 25 starts … Ranked 14th in the MAC in fi eld goal percentage, shooting 48.8 percent (100-of-205) … Averaged 8.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game … Shot 46.4 percent (13-of-28) from three-point15 range and 66.7 percent (44-of-66) from the free-throw line … Recorded 23 assists, 13 steals and 12 blocks … Averaged 21.8 minutes per game … Scored in double fi gures 14 times … Recorded double fi gure rebounds twice … Led NIU in rebounding six times … Had a pair of double-doubles, Indiana State (Nov. 11) and Central Michigan (Jan. 7) … Scored a season-high 17 points against Roosevelt (Nov. 14) … Recorded a season-best 11 rebounds against Central Michigan (Jan. 7) … Played a season-high 37 minutes against Elon (Nov. 25).

2015-16: Appeared in all 34 games, including 26 starts … Made his fi rst career start against South Dakota (Nov. 14) … Averaged 5.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game … Shot 45 percent from the fi eld (76-of-169) … Shot 66.1 percent from the free-throw line (37-of-56) … Recorded 18 steals and 15 blocks … Averaged 18.4 minutes per game … Scored in double fi gures four times … Scored a season-best 15 points in the opener against Cal State Northridge (Nov. 13) … Recorded one double-double, scoring 12 points with a season-best 10 rebounds against Buff alo (Feb. 2) … Played a season-high 26 minutes three times: Missouri (Dec. 4), Western Michigan (Jan. 16) and Buff alo (Feb. 2).

High School: 2015 Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Division 1 First Team All-State honoree … 2015 Wisconsin AP All-State Third Team … 2015 First Team All-Area from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel … Averaged 18.8 points and 10.2 rebounds per game as a senior at Mequon Homestead while also shooting 72 percent from the free-throw line … 2014 Honorable Mention All-Area from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel … Averaged 14 points per game as a junior in 2013-14 … Earned a three star rating from Rivals.com and Scout.com … Ranked as the seventh-best player in the State of Wisconsin by Scout.com and 10th by 247 Sports.

Personal: Born on May 9, 1997 ... Majoring in corporate communications ... Son of former Marquette University forward Damon Key.

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 34 26 626 18.4 76 169 .450 0 2 .000 37 56 .661 41 82 123 3.6 88 2 21 0.6 37 1.1 15 0.4 18 0.5 189 5.6 2016-17 32 25 698 21.8 100 205 .488 13 28 .464 44 66 .667 44 93 137 4.3 76 2 23 0.7 43 1.3 12 0.4 13 0.4 257 8.0 Career 66 51 1324 20.1 176 374 .471 13 30 .433 81 122 .664 85 175 260 3.9 164 4 44 0.7 80 1.2 27 0.4 31 0.5 446 6.8

2015-16 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 CSUN NOV. 13 24 6 7 .857 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 3 5 5.0 4 0 0 1 1 1 15 15.0 SOUTH DAKOTA NOV. 14 * 18 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 2 3.5 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 8.5 WRIGHT STATE NOV. 15 * 21 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 0 5 5 4.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 7.7 EUREKA NOV. 21 14 6 9 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.5 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 8.8 INDIANA UNIV. NW NOV. 25 21 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 7 9 4.6 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 9.4 at Idaho Nov 28 18 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 4.3 4 0 1 2 0 0 6 8.8 CHICAGO STATE DEC. 2 18 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 4.1 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 8.0 at Missouri Dec. 4 26 2 8 .250 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4.1 3 0 2 0 0 2 4 7.5 at Ohio State Dec. 16 * 20 0 6 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 4 6 4.3 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 6.8 FLA. INTERNATIONAL DEC. 19 * 25 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 4 1 5 4.4 4 0 0 0 2 1 8 6.9 ROOSEVELT DEC. 22 * 22 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 4.5 0 0 4 2 0 2 6 6.8 at UIC Dec. 29 * 23 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 4.4 3 0 1 2 1 0 6 6.8 JUDSON JAN. 2 * 17 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 3 5 .600 3 4 7 4.6 1 0 1 2 0 0 9 6.9 OHIO* JAN. 6 * 7 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4.3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.4 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 9 * 7 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.0 at Toledo* Jan. 12 * 17 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4.0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 5.8 at Western Michigan* Jan. 16 * 26 4 5 .800 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 3 4 4.0 5 1 0 0 1 0 9 5.9 CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 19 * 15 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 2 2 4 4.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 6.1 TOLEDO* JAN. 22 * 17 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.9 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 5.8 at Akron* Jan. 26 * 10 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 3.8 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 5.8 at Miami* Jan. 30 * 23 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 3.7 3 0 3 2 0 0 6 5.8 BUFFALO* FEB. 2 26 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 4 7 .571 3 7 10 4.0 4 0 1 1 0 0 12 6.0 at Ohio* Feb. 6 * 13 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.9 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 5.9 at Kent State* Feb. 9 * 19 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3.8 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 5.9 AKRON* FEB. 13 * 10 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 3.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.7 BOWLING GREEN* FEB. 16 * 23 2 7 .286 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 3.7 4 0 0 1 0 2 5 5.7 at Ball State* Feb. 19 * 19 0 6 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 4 1 5 3.8 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 5.6 at Central Michigan* Feb. 23 * 12 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 1 1 2 3.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5.6 WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 27 * 12 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 3.6 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 5.6 at Eastern Michigan* Mar. 1 * 23 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 4 5 3.7 4 0 0 4 1 0 9 5.7 BALL STATE* MAR. 4 * 24 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 3.7 2 0 3 0 1 0 8 5.8 WESTERN MICH. MAR. 7 * 17 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 3.7 5 1 0 2 0 1 2 5.7 vs. Ohio Mar. 10 * 19 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 3 3 3.6 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 5.6 vs. UC Santa Barbara Mar. 28 20 1 9 .111 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 1 3 3.6 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 5.6

Totals 26 626 76 169 .450 0 2 .000 37 56 .661 41 82 123 3.6 88 2 21 37 15 18 189 5.6

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2016-17 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 INDIANA STATE NOV. 11 * 22 3 9 .333 0 0 .000 7 10 .700 4 6 10 10.0 1 0 1 0 1 0 13 13.0 ROOSEVELT NOV. 14 * 18 7 7 1.000 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 1 5 6 8.0 1 0 1 2 0 1 17 15.0 IDAHO NOV. 16 * 25 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 2 4 6 7.3 3 0 0 3 1 0 6 12.0 at CSUN Nov. 19 * 29 5 10 .500 1 3 .333 3 4 .750 3 5 8 7.5 3 0 0 2 1 0 14 12.5 CAL POLY NOV. 23 * 23 3 9 .333 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 4 5 7.0 0 0 1 3 0 0 7 11.4 ELON NOV. 25 * 37 7 13 .538 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 3 3 6 6.8 2 0 2 2 0 0 15 12.0 UIC NOV. 26 * 26 6 9 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 2 5 6.6 3 0 2 0 1 0 12 12.0 at Indiana State Nov. 30 * 16 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 3 3 6 6.5 3 0 1 3 0 1 5 11.1 at Minnesota Dec. 11 * 23 3 10 .300 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 6.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 10.6 OLIVET NAZARENE DEC. 14 * 18 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 5.9 4 0 0 3 0 2 4 9.9 at FIU Dec. 17 * 24 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 5.6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 9.2 at South Florida Dec. 20 * 21 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 5.2 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 8.7 ILL.-SPRINGFIELD DEC. 31 * 18 5 5 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 5.2 3 0 1 0 1 0 10 8.8 at Miami (Ohio)* Jan. 3 * 20 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 2 2 4 5.1 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 8.2 CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 7 * 27 6 12 .500 0 0 .000 4 6 .667 4 7 11 5.5 5 1 0 1 0 0 16 8.7 at Kent State* Jan. 10 * 22 3 3 1.000 1 1 1.000 4 5 .800 1 2 3 5.3 4 0 1 2 0 0 11 8.9 at Bowling Green* Jan. 14 * 23 6 9 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 4 6 5.4 3 0 1 0 0 2 12 9.1 MIAMI (OHIO)* JAN. 17 * 27 3 4 .750 1 1 1.000 3 4 .750 2 4 6 5.4 1 0 0 3 0 2 10 9.1 OHIO* JAN. 21 * 25 5 7 .714 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 5.2 2 0 1 2 1 1 11 9.2 KENT STATE* JAN. 24 * 19 5 6 .833 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 4 5 5.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 9.3 at Toledo* Jan. 28 * 13 3 8 .375 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 5.0 2 0 1 1 0 2 6 9.1 AKRON* JAN. 31 * 23 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 2 2 4.9 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 8.9 EASTERN MICH.* FEB. 4 * 23 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 6 8 .750 2 3 5 4.9 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 8.8 at Buff alo* Feb. 7 * 23 2 10 .200 0 2 .000 2 4 .500 1 1 2 4.8 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 8.7 at Western Mich.* Feb. 11 * 13 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4.6 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 8.4 BALL STATE* FEB. 14 27 3 8 .375 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 4.6 2 0 0 1 0 1 8 8.4 TOLEDO* FEB. 18 24 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 4.4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.1 at Central Mich.* Feb. 21 20 5 6 .833 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 1 3 4 4.4 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 8.3 at Eastern Mich.* Feb. 25 15 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 4.3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 28 22 3 9 .333 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 0 2 2 4.3 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 8.0 at Ball State* March 3 11 5 5 1.000 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 2 2 4 4.3 5 1 1 3 1 0 12 8.1 Eastern Michigan March 6 21 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 4 5 .800 2 3 5 4.3 3 0 1 2 0 0 6 8.0

Totals 25 698 100 205 .488 13 28 .464 44 66 .667 44 93 137 4.3 76 2 23 43 12 13 257 8.0

2016-17: Appeared in 29 games … Averaged 1.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game … Shot 37.5 percent (12-of-32) from the fi eld and 76.9 percent (10-of-13) from the free-throw line … Recorded nine assists and seven blocks … Averaged 7.2 minutes11 per game … Scored a season-high six points against Cal Poly (Nov. 23) and Elon (Nov. 25) … Recorded a season-best six rebounds at Cal State Northridge (Nov. 19) … Played a season-high 16 minutes against Cal Poly (Nov. 23).

High School: Attended Newman Central Catholic in Sterling, Ill., averaged 18.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.9 blocks per game as a senior in 2015-16 … Named to the 2016 Associated Press Illinois Class 2A First Team and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) 1A/2A All-State Second Team … Played in the Iowa-Illinois Senior All-Star Basketball Showcase … Named to the All-Three Rivers Conference First Team … Led Sterling Newman to a 26-5 record and a regional championship as a senior … Averaged 18.8 points and 10.1 rebounds per game as a junior in 2014-15 … Named to the All-Western Illinois First Team last season by the Quad City Times … Also earned IBCA 2A All-State Third Team and AP 2A All-State honorable mention recognition in 2015 … Averaged 14.7 points and 8.8 rebounds per game as a sophomore, helping the Comets to a 29-3 record and the Elite Eight in the state tournament.

Personal: Born on January 21, 1998 ... Majoring in communications.

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 Career 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

2016-17 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 INDIANA STATE NOV. 11 Did not play ROOSEVELT NOV. 14 Did not play IDAHO NOV. 16 7 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 5.0 at CSUN Nov. 19 10 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 2 6 4.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 CAL POLY NOV. 23 16 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 4.3 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 3.7 ELON NOV. 25 13 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 2 3 5 4.5 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.3 UIC NOV. 26 9 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 4.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 at Indiana State Nov. 30 11 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 4.2 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 3.2 at Minnesota Dec. 11 10 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3.6 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2.7 OLIVET NAZARENE DEC. 14 8 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 3.1 5 1 3 2 0 1 2 2.6 at FIU Dec. 17 6 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.3 at South Florida Dec. 20 4 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.6 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2.1 ILL.-SPRINGFIELD DEC. 31 13 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 at Miami (Ohio)* Jan. 3 4 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.7 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1.9 CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 7 9 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 2.8 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.8 at Kent State* Jan. 10 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.6 at Bowling Green* Jan. 14 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 2.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.6 MIAMI (OHIO)* JAN. 17 9 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 2.5 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 1.6 OHIO* JAN. 21 7 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.5 KENT STATE* JAN. 24 10 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.4 at Toledo* Jan. 28 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 AKRON* JAN. 31 3 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.4 EASTERN MICH.* FEB. 4 6 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 1.5 at Buff alo* Feb. 7 4 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 at Western Mich.* Feb. 11 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.4 BALL STATE* FEB. 14 10 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.4 TOLEDO* FEB. 18 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 at Central Mich.* Feb. 21 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 at Eastern Mich.* Feb. 25 8 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.3 WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 28 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 at Ball State* March 3 6 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 1 1.6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 Eastern Michigan March 6 Did not play

Totals 0 208 12 32 .375 0 2 .000 10 13 .769 20 26 46 1.6 52 1 9 17 7 3 34 1.2

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2016-17: Saw action in four contests … Scored three points and grabbed one rebound … Made a three-point fi eld goal at Bowling Green (Jan. 14) … Grabbed a rebound at Central Michigan (Feb. 21). 20 2015-16: Did not see game action.

High School: Spent the 2014-15 season as a postgraduate at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire … Helped the Wildcats to a 14-11 record … Attended Middlesex School in Concord, Mass., for four years prior to his year at Kimball Union ... Averaged 20 points and six rebounds … Finished his career at Middlesex as the school record-holder for most three-point fi eld goals made … Named to the 2013 New England Prep School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class B All-League Second Team.

Personal: Born on March 14, 1996 ... Majoring in accountancy.

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 Did not see game action 2016-17 4 0 5 1.3 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.8 Career 4 0 5 1.3 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.8

2016-17 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 INDIANA STATE NOV. 11 Did not play ROOSEVELT NOV. 14 Did not play IDAHO NOV. 16 Did not play at CSUN Nov. 19 Did not play CAL POLY NOV. 23 Did not play ELON NOV. 25 Did not play UIC NOV. 26 Did not play at Indiana State Nov. 30 Did not play at Minnesota Dec. 11 Did not play OLIVET NAZARENE DEC. 14 Did not play at FIU Dec. 17 Did not play at South Florida Dec. 20 Did not play ILL.-SPRINGFIELD DEC. 31 Did not play at Miami (Ohio)* Jan. 3 Did not play CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 7 Did not play at Kent State* Jan. 10 Did not play at Bowling Green* Jan. 14 1 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 MIAMI (OHIO)* JAN. 17 Did not play OHIO* JAN. 21 Did not play KENT STATE* JAN. 24 Did not play at Toledo* Jan. 28 Did not play AKRON* JAN. 31 Did not play EASTERN MICH.* FEB. 4 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 at Buff alo* Feb. 7 2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 at Western Mich.* Feb. 11 Did not play BALL STATE* FEB. 14 Did not play TOLEDO* FEB. 18 Did not play at Central Mich.* Feb. 21 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 at Eastern Mich.* Feb. 25 Did not play WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 28 Did not play at Ball State* March 3 Did not play Eastern Michigan March 6 Did not play

Totals 0 5 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.8

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2016-17: Appeared in all 32 games, making 17 starts … Averaged 1.3 steals per game in conference play, tied for 12th in the MAC and second among league freshmen … Averaged 4.0 points and 1.7 rebounds per contest … Shot 47 percent from5 the fi eld (47-of-100) … Recorded 37 assists and 34 steals … Averaged 17.0 minutes per game … Had 11 multi-steal games … Led NIU in steals 12 times … Scored in double fi gures twice, including a season-high 12 points at Indiana State (Nov. 30) … Recorded a season-high six rebounds at Minnesota (Dec. 11) … Registered a season-high fi ve assists against Olivet Nazarene (Dec. 14) … Played a season-high 28 minutes in his fi rst career start at Minnesota (Dec. 11).

High School: Attended Pike High School in Indianapolis, Ind. … Averaged 15.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.6 steals per game as a senior at Pike in 2015- 16 … Earned Indiana Associated Press High Honorable Mention recognition … Named to the 2016 Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Senior Large School All-State team … Helped lead Pike to 50 wins in three seasons, including a pair of sectional titles, and fi nished his prep career with 960 points.

Personal: Born on December 27, 1997 ... Majoring in communications.

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 32 17 543 17.0 47 100 .470 1 17 .059 34 59 .576 3 52 55 1.7 45 0 37 1.2 27 0.8 2 0.1 34 1.1 129 4.0 Career 32 17 543 17.0 47 100 .470 1 17 .059 34 59 .576 3 52 55 1.7 45 0 37 1.2 27 0.8 2 0.1 34 1.1 129 4.0

2016-17 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 INDIANA STATE NOV. 11 7 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 ROOSEVELT NOV. 14 16 4 4 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 4.0 IDAHO NOV. 16 18 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3.7 at CSUN Nov. 19 12 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.8 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3.3 CAL POLY NOV. 23 6 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 ELON NOV. 25 21 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 UIC NOV. 26 5 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0.4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.4 at Indiana State Nov. 30 21 4 8 .500 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 0.9 0 0 1 1 0 2 12 3.6 at Minnesota Dec. 11 * 28 3 7 .429 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 6 6 1.4 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 4.0 OLIVET NAZARENE DEC. 14 * 18 5 7 .714 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 3 3 1.6 0 0 5 1 0 1 11 4.7 at FIU Dec. 17 * 27 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 6 6 1.000 0 2 2 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 5.0 at South Florida Dec. 20 * 24 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 1 4 5 1.9 3 0 2 0 1 3 5 5.0 ILL.-SPRINGFIELD DEC. 31 * 22 3 4 .750 0 1 .000 1 4 .250 0 1 1 1.8 1 0 2 0 0 2 7 5.2 at Miami (Ohio)* Jan. 3 * 15 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.8 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 4.9 CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 7 * 24 2 9 .222 0 3 .000 3 4 .750 0 1 1 1.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 5.1 at Kent State* Jan. 10 * 17 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 0 2 2 1.8 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 5.1 at Bowling Green* Jan. 14 * 15 2 3 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 1.9 3 0 1 5 0 2 4 5.0 MIAMI (OHIO)* JAN. 17 * 20 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 1.8 2 0 1 2 0 2 3 4.9 OHIO* JAN. 21 * 16 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.8 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4.7 KENT STATE* JAN. 24 * 27 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 0 1 1 1.8 2 0 1 2 0 3 7 4.9 at Toledo* Jan. 28 * 22 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 1 1.7 2 0 1 4 0 3 2 4.7 AKRON* JAN. 31 * 23 2 7 .286 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 3 4 1.8 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 4.7 EASTERN MICH.* FEB. 4 * 6 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.5 at Buff alo* Feb. 7 * 17 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 3 .000 0 1 1 1.7 2 0 2 4 0 2 0 4.3 at Western Mich.* Feb. 11 * 3 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 BALL STATE* FEB. 14 18 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 0 3 .000 0 4 4 1.8 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 4.2 TOLEDO* FEB. 18 10 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1.7 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 4.1 at Central Mich.* Feb. 21 17 1 4 .250 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 1.7 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 4.1 at Eastern Mich.* Feb. 25 14 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 4.0 WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 28 22 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 2 1.7 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 4.1 at Ball State* March 3 23 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 4 5 .800 0 3 3 1.7 4 0 2 0 1 0 6 4.2 Eastern Michigan March 6 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.7 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 4.0

Totals 17 543 47 100 .470 1 17 .059 34 59 .576 3 52 55 1.7 45 0 37 27 2 34 129 4.0

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2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 25 NIU BASKETBALL | 2017-18 Season Andrew ZELIS 7-0 | 255 | 5th Senior | Center Wheaton, Ill. | Kaskaskia College 2016-17: Tore an ACL in the preseason and did not see action. 32 2015-16: Appeared in 27 games … Averaged 2.0 points and 2.2 rebounds per game … Shot 53.3 percent from the fi eld (24-of-45) … Recorded 12 blocks … Aver- aged 7.3 minutes per game … Scored a season-high 12 points and grabbed a season-best seven rebounds against Roosevelt (Dec. 22) … Played a season-high 24 minutes in the MAC Tournament First Round against Western Michigan (March 7).

Prior to NIU: Came to NIU after spending one season at Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Ill., where he averaged 4.0 points and 2.8 rebounds per game … Rated a three star prospect by 247 Sports, the No. 2 junior college player in the State of Illinois and the No. 2 junior college center nationally … Attended Stetson University in 2013-14 where he redshirted … Named the 2013-14 Atlantic Sun Preseason Freshman of the Year by College Sports Madness while at Stetson … Attended Wheaton North High School, leading his team to the Class 4A Regional Quarterfi nals in 2012 and 2013 while twice earning all-conference honors … One of 13 players in the State of Illinois nominated for the 2013 McDonald’s All-American Game.

Personal: Born on February 6, 1995 ... Majoring in economics.

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 27 0 198 7.3 24 45 .533 0 0 .000 6 17 .353 14 45 59 2.2 40 0 2 0.1 8 0.3 12 0.4 2 0.1 54 2.0 2016-17 Did not see game action Career 27 0 198 7.3 24 45 .533 0 0 .000 6 17 .353 14 45 59 2.2 40 0 2 0.1 8 0.3 12 0.4 2 0.1 54 2.0

2015-16 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 CSUN NOV. 13 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 SOUTH DAKOTA NOV. 14 8 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 WRIGHT STATE NOV. 15 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 EUREKA NOV. 21 16 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 5 6 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.3 INDIANA UNIV. NW NOV. 25 9 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 6 6 2.8 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.8 at Idaho Nov 28 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.5 CHICAGO STATE DEC. 2 5 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 3 2.4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.9 at Missouri Dec. 4 Did not play at Ohio State Dec. 16 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 2.5 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.6 FLA. INTERNATIONAL DEC. 19 3 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 ROOSEVELT DEC. 22 12 6 7 .857 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 3 4 7 2.8 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 2.5 at UIC Dec. 29 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 JUDSON JAN. 2 20 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 2 3 5 2.8 1 0 1 2 1 0 6 2.6 OHIO* JAN. 6 7 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 EASTERN MICH.* JAN. 9 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 at Toledo* Jan. 12 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2.1 at Western Michigan* Jan. 16 Did not play CENTRAL MICH.* JAN. 19 Did not play TOLEDO* JAN. 22 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 2.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.9 at Akron* Jan. 26 9 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 2.3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.8 at Miami* Jan. 30 Did not play BUFFALO* FEB. 2 Did not play at Ohio* Feb. 6 Did not play at Kent State* Feb. 9 7 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1.8 AKRON* FEB. 13 7 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 1 1 2 2.2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.9 BOWLING GREEN* FEB. 16 5 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.0 at Ball State* Feb. 19 5 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 at Central Michigan* Feb. 23 2 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 WESTERN MICH.* FEB. 27 9 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.0 at Eastern Michigan* Mar. 1 7 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 0 3 3 2.0 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 2.1 BALL STATE* MAR. 4 12 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 WESTERN MICH. MAR. 7 24 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 2.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.1 vs. Ohio Mar. 10 2 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 vs. UC Santa Barbara Mar. 28 Did not play

Totals 0 198 24 45 .533 0 0 .000 6 17 .353 14 45 59 2.2 40 0 2 8 12 2 54 2.0

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Prior to NIU: Played one postgraduate year at DME Academy in Daytona Beach, Fla. … Averaged 15.3 points, 9.1 rebounds per game, shot 59 percent, including 46 percent from three 3 High School: Four-year starter at Southfi eld Christian … Finished his four seasons at Southfi eld Christian with 1,221 points and 1,074 rebounds, the fi fth-most rebounds in state history … Averaged 16 points, 12 rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks as a senior in 2015-16 … Associated Press Class C All-State honors as a senior in 2016 … 2016 Detroit News Class C All-State First Team … 2016 Detroit Free Press Class C All-State Second Team … Averaged 20 points, 15 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 4.1 steals and 3.2 blocks per game as a junior at Southfi eld Christian in 2014-15 … Helped Southfi eld Christian win the Michigan State Class D Championship during his freshman and sophomore seasons in 2013 and 2014.

Personal: Born on April 1, 1997 in Detroit, Mich. … Plans to major in Engineering.

Brandon DANOWSKI 5-11 | 180 | Freshman | Guard Wimette, Ill. | Loyola Academy Prior to NIU: Spent the 2016-17 season at Gateway Sports Academy in 55Granite City, Ill., averaging 17 points, four assists and two steals per game. High School: Earned Chicago Catholic League North Division All-Conference as a senior at Loyola Academy in 2015-16 and DailyNorthShore.com All-Area Second Team … Also earned all-conference honors as a junior in 2014-15 while averaging 14.0 points per game.

Personal: Born on September 4, 1997 in Park Ridge, Ill. … Majoring in business administration.

Prior to NIU: Averaged 12.7 points, 4.2 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game as a senior at Victory Rock Prep … Helped Victory Rock Prep to a 27-8 record in 2016-17, fi nishing as Sunshine Independent Athletic Association State Runner-Up and ranked 2eighth in the state … Averaged 4.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game as a junior in 2015-16 … Victory Rock won the Grind Session National Championship.

Personal: Born on February 28, 1998 in South Sudan … Majoring in corporate communications.

Anastasios DEMOGERONTAS 6-7 | 210 | Junior | Wing Orland, Park, Ill. | Moraine Valley CC

Prior to NIU: Averaged 17.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game as a sophomore in 2016-17 at Moraine Valley … Shot 47.9 percent from the fi eld and 36.9 percent from three … Shot 72.7 percent from the free-throw line … Named12 to the 2017 NJCAA All-Region IV First Team … Named to the All-Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference First Team … Averaged 13.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game as a freshman at Moraine Valley in 2015-16 … Named to the First Team All-Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference First Team.

High School: Earned All-Southwest Suburban Conferece Blue honor as a senior at Sandburg High School, averaging 13 points and four rebounds per game … Named a 2015 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association 3A/4A All-State Honorable Mention selection.

Personal: Born on February 17, 1997 in Orland Park, Ill. … Majoring in fi nance.

High School: Led Prescott High School to a 24-4 record and a runner-up fi nish in Wisconsin Division 3 as a senior in 2016-17 … Averaged 25.1 points. 12.3 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game … 2017 Wisconsin Basketball Coaches33 Association Division 3 All-State … Named the Player of the Year in the Middle Border Conference … Averaged 15.4 points and 10.0 rebounds per game as a junior at Prescott in 2015-16 … Named First Team All-Middle Border Conference as a junior … Earned First Team All-State in Division 3 by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association.

Personal: Born on October 13, 1998 in Prescott, Wis. … Major is undecided.

Rod HENRY-HAYES 6-4 | 180 | Freshman | Guard Zion, Ill. | Zion-Benton Township

High School: Averaged 21.3 points, 6.0 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game as a senior in 2016-17 at Zion-Benton Township … Named to the IBCA 3A/4A All-State Fourth Team … Named to the Lake County News-Sun Second Team All-Area22 … Helped lead the Zee-Bees to a 20-10 record and a second-place fi nish in the North Suburban Conference.

Personal: Born on August 30, 1999 in Evanston, Ill. … Major in undecided.

Prior to NIU: Finished his two seasons at Triton with 1,040 points, the seventh leading scorer in school history … Averaged 20.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game as a sophomore at Triton College in 2016-17, starting 29 of 30 games … Shot0 56.6 percent from the fi eld, including 45.2 percent from three, and 78.1 percent from the free-throw line … Named a 2017 First Team NJCAA Division II All-American … Named North Central Community College Conference Player of the Year … Helped Triton to a 30-3 overall record in 2016-17 … Averaged 11.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game as a freshman at Triton College in 2015-16 … Helped Triton to a 34-3 overall record in 2015-16.

Personal: Born on July 27, 1994 in Washington, D.C. … Major is general studies.

Brennen WOODS 6-4 | 200 | Freshman | Forward Carpentersville, Ill. | Harvest Christian Academy

High School: Averaged 19.7 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.3 steals per game as a senior at Harvest Christian Academy in 2016-17 … Named to the 2017 Fox Valley All-Area Team by the Daily Herald … Named a 2017 Illinois AP 25All-State Class 1A Honorable Mention selection … Averaged 12.6 points per game as a junior at Hampshire High School in 2015-16.

Personal: Born on September 15, 1998 in Arlington Heights, Ill. … Majoring in business administration.

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2016-17: RESULTS Record Overall Home Away Neutral All Games 15-17 9-8 6-9 Conference Games 7-11 3-6 4-5 Non-Conference Games 8-6 6-2 2-4

Date Opponent Result Attendance Top Scorer Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Nov. 11 Indiana State W, 80-78 (ot) 1,565 Maric (25) Key (10) Porter (4) Highsmith (2) Armstead (2) Porter (2) Nov. 14 Roosevelt W, 99-55 756 Key (17) Key (6) Porter (4) Armstead (2) Maric (2) Wilson (4) Wilson (2) Nov. 16 Idaho W, 63-49 1,430 Porter (12) Key (6) Wilson (2) Highsmith (3) Key (1) Nov. 19 at Cal State Northridge L, 84-82 886 Porter (19) Key (8) Armstead (4) Porter (3) four tied at (1) Nov. 23 Cal Poly L, 68-64 844 Maric (14) Armstead (6) Porter (4) Armstead (2) Armstead (1) Nov. 25 Elon L, 85-80 (2ot) 712 Armstead (24) Armstead (16) Porter (4) Armstead (2) McCarty (1) Bradley (2) Porter (1) Nov. 26 UIC W, 92-81 1,398 Armstead (21) Armstead (7) Porter (4) Pauga (2) Maric (2) Nov. 30 at Indiana State L, 62-53 3,730 Thomas (12) Maric (8) Maric (2) Highsmith (2) Armstead (3) Thomas (2) Dec. 11 at Minnesota L, 77-57 8,625 Wilson (19) Thomas (6) Armstead (2) Maric (3) Maric (3) Wilson (2) Dec. 14 Olivet Nazarene W, 95-69 523 Maric (22) Maric (9) Thomas (5) three tied at (2) three tied at (1) Dec. 17 at Florida International W, 60-53 810 Highsmith (23) Armstead (7) Armstead (3) Armstead (2) Maric (2) Bradley (7) Maric (2) Dec. 20 at South Florida W, 59-48 2,129 Bradley (13) Maric (11) three tied at (2) Thomas (3) Wilson (2) Dec. 31 Illinois-Springfi eld W, 77-62 1,083 Maric (14) Maric (7) Armstead (4) Porter (2) Bradley (2) Thomas (2) Jan. 3 at Miami (Ohio)* L, 69-67 1,151 Armstead (13) Bradley (14) Key (2) Armstead (3) Armstead (2) German (13) Thomas (2) Key (2) Jan. 7 Central Michigan* W, 87-83 1,717 Maric (17) Key (11) Porter (4) fi ve tied at (1) Armstead (1) German (1) Jan. 10 at Kent State* W, 74-70 (ot) 2,033 Maric (19) Armstead (12) Armstead (3) Thomas (3) Armstead (1) Jan. 14 at Bowling Green* W, 69-52 2,234 Bradley (12) Maric (10) Porter (4) Armstead (4) none Key (12) Jan. 17 Miami (Ohio)* W, 62-58 1,053 German (12) Maric (12) Armstead (3) Armstead (3) four tied at (1) Highsmith (3) Jan. 21 Ohio* L, 78-69 2,167 Maric (16) Maric (11) Highsmith (4) Highsmith (2) Bradley (1) Key (1) Jan. 24 Kent State* L, 73-66 868 Bradley (12) Bradley (7) Bradley (4) Thomas (3) Highsmith (1) McCarty (1) Jan. 28 at Toledo* W, 74-72 4,864 Maric (15) Maric (9) Highsmith (4) Thomas (3) Armstead (1) Jan. 31 Akron* L, 76-73 1,042 Maric (23) Maric (10) three tied at (3) Armstead (3) Porter (1) Feb. 4 Eastern Michigan* W, 81-69 2,443 Armstead (21) Maric (11) Porter (4) Porter (4) none Feb. 7 at Buff alo* L, 65-45 3,212 Armstead (12) Armstead (10) three tied at (2) three tied at (2) Armstead (1) Maric (1) Feb. 11 at Western Michigan* L, 76-67 3,140 German (20) Maric (12) Porter (3) three tied at (1) Highsmith (1) Feb. 14 Ball State* L, 81-72 (ot) 759 German (20) three tied at (5) three tied at (2) three tied at (2) three tied at (1) Feb. 18 Toledo* L, 88-80 (ot) 2,007 German (27) Maric (10) Armstead (3) Armstead (3) Key (1) German (3) Porter (3) Feb. 21 at Central Michigan* W, 89-66 2,531 Bradley (18) Maric (10) Porter (4) six tied at (1) Key (1) Pauga (1) Feb. 25 at Eastern Michigan* L, 84-68 1,115 German (23) Maric (12) Bradley (3) fi ve tied at (1) none Porter (3) Feb. 28 Western Michigan* L, 70-56 862 Maric (18) Maric (12) Armstead (3) Highsmith (2) Armstead (1) Thomas (2) Mar. 3 at Ball State* L, 87-82 4,457 German (17) Maric (10) German (4) Maric (2) Key (1) Thomas (1) Mar. 6 at Eastern Michigan (#) L, 72-69 981 Maric (24) Maric (16) Highsmith (6) four tied at (1) Armstead (2)

* denotes Mid-American Conference games # denotes MAC Tournament First Round

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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

N11 NIU W 80 26-64 .406 4-18 .222 24-37 .649 14-34 48 17/0 10 12 5 6 36 36 8 - 80 Indiana State 78 25-72 .347 10-36 .278 18-22 .818 13-30 43 28/0 14 10 4 7 29 43 6 - 78 N14 NIU W 99 40-66 .606 11-27 .407 8-16 .500 11-28 39 12/0 20 8 4 10 55 44 - - 99 Roosevelt 55 21-52 .404 10-29 .345 3-5 .600 5-23 28 19/0 12 21 1 3 26 29 - - 55 N16 NIU W 63 17-43 .395 4-14 .286 25-35 .714 8-29 37 24/0 7 17 1 6 21 42 - - 63 Idaho 49 18-57 .316 4-26 .154 9-22 .409 16-25 41 31/2 7 17 0 4 21 28 - - 49 N19 NIU L 82 28-82 .341 7-23 .304 19-24 .792 23-24 47 21/0 14 8 4 6 36 46 - - 82 at Cal State Northridge 84 28-54 .519 5-13 .385 23-28 .821 5-34 39 21/0 20 15 5 3 34 50 - - 84 N23 NIU L 64 21-50 .420 4-13 .308 18-23 .783 12-21 33 15/0 12 16 1 5 21 43 - - 64 Cal Poly 68 24-47 .511 11-22 .500 9-12 .750 9-19 22 20/1 14 16 1 5 31 37 - - 68 N25 NIU L 80 31-73 .425 5-19 .263 13-21 .619 20-29 49 16/0 13 14 2 6 33 29 8 10 80 Elon 85 32-67 .478 14-38 .368 7-17 .412 12-27 49 20/0 16 18 2 6 24 38 8 15 85 N26 NIU W 92 34-62 .548 4-8 .500 20-24 .833 14-17 31 26/0 11 16 4 5 42 50 - - 92 UIC 81 23-51 .451 6-17 .353 29-37 .784 13-16 29 24/0 7 18 2 7 38 43 - - 81 N30 NIU L 52 18-52 .346 3-16 .188 13-21 .619 10-29 39 20/0 6 20 6 8 26 26 - - 52 at Indiana State 63 25-56 .446 4-20 .200 9-18 .500 9-29 38 20/0 15 16 3 7 24 39 - - 63 D11 NIU L 57 22-59 .373 2-11 .182 11-15 .733 7-21 28 23/1 10 12 3 10 23 34 - - 57 at Minnesota 77 24-58 .414 4-15 .267 25-30 .833 16-32 48 16/0 17 14 4 9 29 48 - - 77 D14 NIU W 95 40-68 .588 8-23 .348 7-10 .700 14-23 37 19/1 19 16 3 9 47 48 - - 95 Olivet Nazarene 69 28-56 .500 5-19 .263 8-13 .615 8-16 24 14/0 17 21 0 7 35 34 - - 69 D17 NIU W 60 18-46 .391 3-12 .250 21-30 .700 9-27 36 16/1 8 11 5 6 29 31 - - 60 at Florida International 53 19-54 .352 5-21 .238 10-16 .625 9-27 36 24/1 12 12 4 4 30 23 - - 53 D20 NIU W 59 20-53 .377 6-13 .462 13-24 .542 11-27 38 19/0 7 13 6 8 24 35 - - 59 at South Florida 48 17-54 .315 3-13 .231 11-21 .524 17-27 44 20/1 11 21 6 3 26 22 - - 48 D31 NIU W 77 29-61 .475 6-21 .286 13-19 .684 8-30 38 12/0 9 6 4 8 34 43 - - 77 Illinois-Springfield 62 24-64 .375 8-22 .364 6-15 .400 14-27 41 16/0 13 14 1 4 31 31 - - 62 J3 NIU L 67 23-53 .435 4-17 .235 15-22 .682 13-28 41 23/0 8 15 5 7 24 43 - - 67 at Miami (Ohio)* 69 24-50 .480 11-24 .458 10-24 .417 8-20 28 19/0 18 11 4 7 32 37 - - 69 J7 NIU W 87 28-73 .384 4-20 .200 27-38 .711 23-30 53 31/2 10 12 2 5 35 52 - - 87 Central Michigan* 83 20-57 .351 13-34 .382 30-44 .682 13-29 42 28/2 11 14 2 8 28 55 - - 83 J10 NIU W 74 25-67 .373 3-14 .214 21-31 .677 21-23 44 20/0 9 18 1 11 24 40 10 - 74 at Kent State* 70 24-60 .400 10-23 .435 12-13 .923 10-25 35 25/0 15 23 6 7 36 28 6 - 70 J14 NIU W 69 25-59 .424 4-16 .250 15-18 .833 9-31 40 18/0 12 18 0 14 31 38 - - 69 at Bowling Green* 52 20-51 .392 6-21 .286 6-13 .462 5-26 31 19/1 12 22 2 5 25 27 - - 52 J17 NIU W 62 20-48 .417 5-17 .294 17-23 .739 13-25 38 16/1 10 22 4 10 31 31 - - 62 Miami (Ohio)* 58 22-57 .386 5-20 .250 9-11 .818 12-17 29 21/0 8 17 1 12 24 34 - - 58 J21 NIU L 69 27-61 .443 4-12 .333 11-21 .524 14-25 39 16/0 9 12 2 4 32 37 - - 69 Ohio* 78 30-61 .492 10-25 .400 8-12 .667 8-27 35 19/0 13 11 3 5 39 39 - - 78 J24 NIU L 66 24-52 .462 5-15 .333 13-21 .619 7-25 32 19/0 10 12 2 4 37 29 - - 66 Kent State* 73 25-56 .446 9-21 .429 14-22 .636 11-26 37 20/0 12 13 6 5 35 38 - - 73 J28 NIU W 74 28-58 .483 7-14 .500 11-19 .579 12-24 36 20/0 16 16 1 10 40 34 - - 74 at Toledo* 72 26-49 .531 8-21 .381 12-20 .600 2-25 27 17/1 17 16 3 5 37 35 - - 72 J31 NIU L 73 28-53 .528 8-12 .667 9-13 .692 6-28 34 19/1 13 16 1 5 47 26 - - 73 Akron* 76 26-57 .456 11-28 .393 13-20 .650 7-21 28 16/0 13 9 3 11 33 43 - - 76 F4 NIU W 81 25-55 .455 7-17 .412 24-29 .828 13-22 35 19/0 14 11 0 11 40 41 - - 81 Eastern Michigan* 69 25-55 .455 7-19 .368 12-20 .600 12-18 30 24/1 13 14 4 2 33 36 - - 68 F7 NIU L 45 18-56 .321 1-13 .077 8-18 .444 11-20 31 20/0 7 15 2 7 25 20 - - 45 at Buffalo* 65 22-49 .449 4-20 .200 17-24 .708 11-34 45 22/1 14 18 3 5 25 40 - - 65 F11 NIU L 67 22-56 .393 5-19 .263 18-27 .667 14-25 39 25/0 9 12 1 3 22 45 - - 67 at Western Michigan* 76 22-51 .431 6-18 .333 26-35 .743 9-24 33 23/0 10 8 4 7 32 44 - - 76 F14 NIU L 72 28-67 .418 6-13 .462 10-15 .667 12-25 37 13/1 8 17 3 10 39 22 11 - 72 Ball State* 81 28-63 .444 14-36 .389 11-11 1.00 10-30 40 17/0 22 21 2 9 31 30 20 - 81 F18 NIU L 80 30-66 .455 4-18 .222 16-24 .667 12-15 27 20/1 9 2 1 7 32 39 9 - 80 Toledo* 88 30-55 .545 9-20 .450 19-28 .679 13-26 39 20/2 14 13 5 1 38 33 17 - 88 F21 NIU W 89 38-68 .559 8-21 .381 5-7 .714 10-31 41 19/0 15 8 2 6 46 43 - - 89 at Central Micigan* 66 19-53 .358 7-29 .241 21-28 .750 7-22 29 11/0 8 10 4 5 30 36 - - 66 F25 NIU L 68 24-49 .490 4-13 .308 16-24 .667 10-22 32 21/0 12 13 0 5 35 33 - - 68 at Eastern Michigan* 84 27-55 .491 9-24 .375 21-28 .750 11-19 30 20/0 19 7 3 10 44 40 - - 84 F28 NIU L 56 23-59 .390 4-18 .222 6-12 .500 9-22 31 13/0 10 13 1 6 29 27 - - 56 Western Michigan* 70 26-56 .464 9-20 .450 9-10 .900 9-29 38 11/0 19 17 3 4 39 31 - - 70 M3 NIU L 82 26-61 .426 7-20 .350 23-29 .793 13-26 39 28/2 10 13 2 4 32 50 - - 82 at Ball State* 87 26-55 .473 13-30 .433 22-32 .688 5-25 30 26/2 19 9 5 4 36 51 - - 87 M6 NIU L 69 21-51 .412 4-9 .444 23-38 .605 17-24 41 19/1 10 15 2 4 29 40 - - 69 at Eastern Michigan 72 27-54 .500 6-14 .429 12-24 .500 9-23 32 27/3 11 12 6 8 33 39 - - 72

34 2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL Preseason Prospectus | NIU BASKETBALL

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

0 • WILSON 2 • PORTER 3 • HIGHSMITH 4 • JAMES 5 • THOMAS 10 • GERMAN 11 • McCARTY 15 • KEY

N11 INDIANA STATE 6-4-1 7-5-4 5-1-1 DNP 0-1-1 2-1-1 DNP 13-10-1 N14 ROOSEVELT 3-3-4 12-3-4 4-2-3 DNP 8-1-1 14-1-0 DNP 17-6-1 N16 IDAHO 2-2-2 12-2-1 9-3-1 DNP 3-1-1 0-3-0 5-2-1 6-6-0 N19 at Cal State Northridge 2-3-2 19-6-3 16-5-3 DNP 2-0-1 0-0-1 0-6-0 14-8-0 N23 CAL POLY DNP 9-2-4 5-4-1 DNP 0-0-0 2-2-0 6-5-1 7-5-1 N25 ELON DNP 8-3-4 0-3-2 DNP 0-0-1 0-0-0 6-5-0 15-6-2 N26 UIC 0-0-1 7-2-4 5-1-0 DNP 4-0-0 17-4-0 0-2-0 12-5-2 N30 at Indiana State 0-2-0 8-1-0 7-1-1 DNP 12-4-1 2-0-0 2-5-0 5-6-1 D11 at Minnesota 19-2-2 1-2-1 10-1-1 DNP 7-6-0 DNP 0-0-1 6-3-0 D14 OLIVET NAZARENE 0-0-0 DNP 10-0-2 DNP 11-3-5 10-4-4 2-0-3 4-4-0 D17 at Florida International 4-1-1 DNP 23-4-1 DNP 8-2-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 2-3-0 D20 at South Florida 11-1-0 DNP 6-1-0 DNP 5-5-2 3-0-2 0-1-0 3-0-1 D31 ILLINOIS-SPRINGFIELD 11-3-0 5-0-1 6-3-1 DNP 7-1-2 6-0-0 0-4-0 10-5-1 J3 at Miami (Ohio)* 3-2-1 2-1-0 10-2-0 DNP 2-1-2 13-1-1 2-2-0 1-4-2 J7 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* DNP 16-5-4 16-6-2 DNP 7-1-0 4-1-0 0-4-0 16-11-0 J10 at Kent State* DNP 12-1-1 5-3-1 DNP 5-2-0 12-1-1 0-0-1 11-3-1 J14 at Bowling Green* 6-2-3 5-3-4 9-1-1 DNP 4-4-1 2-0-0 1-1-0 12-6-1 J17 MIAMI (OHIO)* 5-2-0 5-1-2 10-3-3 DNP 3-1-1 12-0-0 2-3-0 10-6-0 J21 OHIO* 0-1-0 2-1-0 8-1-4 DNP 2-1-1 15-1-1 0-1-0 11-2-1 J24 KENT STATE* 9-5-1 0-1-0 2-2-3 DNP 7-1-1 7-1-0 0-0-0 11-5-0 J28 at Toledo* 2-1-1 12-3-1 11-2-4 DNP 2-1-1 2-0-1 0-1-0 6-1-1 J31 AKRON* 5-3-3 10-1-3 4-4-2 DNP 4-4-3 2-0-0 2-1-0 3-2-1 F4 EASTERN MICHIGAN* DNP 7-4-4 5-4-2 DNP 0-0-0 5-2-3 4-0-1 8-5-1 F7 at Buff alo* DNP 1-0-0 0-4-0 DNP 0-1-2 10-0-2 0-0-0 6-2-1 F11 at Western Michigan* DNP 3-3-3 1-1-2 DNP 0-1-0 20-2-0 0-0-0 2-0-1 F14 BALL STATE* -- 0-1-2 2-2-0 DNP 6-4-2 20-3-1 2-1-0 8-5-0 F18 TOLEDO* -- 6-1-2 0-0-1 DNP 2-0-0 27-3-3 0-0-0 0-1-0 F21 at Central Michigan* -- 4-6-4 10-3-1 DNP 4-2-2 16-5-2 0-1-0 12-4-0 F25 at Eastern Michigan* -- 2-1-3 2-4-2 DNP 2-1-1 23-2-0 0-0-0 0-2-1 F28 WESTERN MICHIGAN* -- 0-0-1 11-2-2 DNP 6-2-2 3-1-0 0-0-0 8-2-0 M3 at Ball State* -- DNP 9-3-1 DNP 6-3-2 17-1-4 0-1-1 12-4-1 M6 at Eastern Michigan -- DNP 0-3-6 DNP 0-1-1 10-2-0 DNP 6-5-1

21 • DAMASKA 23 • ARMSTEAD 30 • WAGNER 31 • PAUGA 32 • ZELIS 33 • SIU 34 • MARIC 42 • BRADLEY

N11 INDIANA STATE DNP 8-3-1 DNP 0-3-0 DNP DNP 25-7-0 14-7-0 N14 ROOSEVELT 7-4-1 8-4-0 DNP 9-4-3 DNP DNP 10-1-3 7-5-0 N16 IDAHO DNP 4-5-1 DNP 1-1-0 DNP DNP 11-4-0 10-1-0 N19 at Cal State Northridge DNP 7-7-4 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 14-7-0 8-1-0 N23 CAL POLY DNP 11-6-3 DNP 6-0-1 DNP DNP 14-3-0 4-1-1 N25 ELON DNP 24-16-1 DNP 2-3-1 DNP DNP 23-10-1 2-1-1 N26 UIC 0-0-0 21-7-1 DNP 2-0-1 DNP DNP 16-4-2 8-1-0 N30 at Indiana State 1-1-0 9-6-1 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 4-8-2 2-2-0 D11 at Minnesota DNP 3-4-2 DNP 0-0-1 DNP DNP 9-5-1 2-2-1 D14 OLIVET NAZARENE 2-3-0 16-5-3 DNP 6-2-0 DNP DNP 22-9-1 12-6-1 D17 at Florida International DNP 9-7-3 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 6-5-2 5-7-1 D20 at South Florida DNP 11-3-0 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 7-11-0 13-10-2 D31 ILLINOIS-SPRINGFIELD DNP 8-5-4 DNP 5-2-0 DNP DNP 14-7-0 5-5-0 J3 at Miami (Ohio)* DNP 13-6-0 DNP 0-0-1 DNP DNP 10-7-1 11-14-0 J7 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* DNP 7-3-1 DNP 3-0-0 DNP DNP 17-9-3 1-4-0 J10 at Kent State* DNP 3-12-3 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP 19-11-0 7-5-1 J14 at Bowling Green* 0-0-0 6-6-1 DNP 2-1-0 DNP 3-0-0 7-10-0 12-3-1 J17 MIAMI (OHIO)* DNP 0-2-3 DNP 0-0-1 DNP DNP 11-12-0 4-3-0 J21 OHIO* DNP 4-8-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP 16-11-0 11-4-1 J24 KENT STATE* DNP 6-2-1 DNP 6-0-0 DNP DNP 6-3-0 12-7-4 J28 at Toledo* DNP 11-8-3 DNP 3-1-0 DNP DNP 15-9-3 10-5-1 J31 AKRON* DNP 13-5-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP 23-10-0 7-2-0 F4 EASTERN MICHIGAN* 0-0-0 21-4-1 DNP 3-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 14-11-0 14-3-2 F7 at Buff alo* DNP 12-10-2 DNP 3-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 7-7-0 6-4-0 F11 at Western Michigan* DNP 5-5-0 DNP 6-2-1 DNP DNP 14-12-2 16-9-0 F14 BALL STATE* DNP 9-5-2 DNP 3-0-0 DNP DNP 9-5-1 13-3-0 F18 TOLEDO* DNP 8-6-3 DNP 12-1-0 DNP DNP 24-10-0 1-1-0 F21 at Central Michigan* 0-0-0 6-5-1 DNP 3-0-1 DNP 0-1-0 16-10-2 18-1-2 F25 at Eastern Michigan* DNP 5-5-0 DNP 3-2-2 DNP DNP 20-12-0 11-2-3 F28 WESTERN MICHIGAN* DNP 3-5-3 DNP 0-3-0 DNP DNP 18-12-0 7-2-2 M3 at Ball State* DNP 1-4-0 DNP 11-2-0 DNP DNP 16-10-1 10-9-0 M6 at Eastern Michigan DNP 6-6-1 DNP 6-0-0 DNP DNP 24-16-0 17-4-1

2017-18 NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL 35 NIU BASKETBALL | 2017-18 Season

2016-17: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 1 (OVERTIME)(OVERTIME) GGAMEAME 2 GGAMEAME 3 NIU: 80 NIU: 99 NIU: 63 Indiana State: 78 Roosevelt: 55 Idaho: 49 November 11, 2016 • NIU Convocation Center November 14, 2016 • NIU Convocation Center November 16, 2016 • NIU Convocation Center DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill.

DEKALB, Ill. – With the game tied and just 4.3 seconds on the DEKALB, Ill. – Sophomore Jaylen Key scored a career-high 17 DEKALB, Ill. – After being tied at the half, the Northern Illinois clock in overtime, sophomore Laytwan Porter stepped to the points as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team University men’s basketball team shot 58.8 percent (10-of-17) free-throw line and calmly made a pair of free throws to give the took care of Roosevelt University, 99-55, on Monday night at the from the fi eld in the second half to pull out a 63-49 victory over Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team an 80-78 vic- NIU Convocation Center. Idaho on Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. tory over Indiana State on Friday night at the NIU Convocation Key led four Huskies in double fi gures as freshman Eugene Ger- Sophomore Laytwan Porter scored a team-high 12 points, se- Center. man recorded his fi rst career double-fi gure game with 14 points, nior Marin Maric added 11 and sophomore Levi Bradley chipped Senior Marin Maric fi nished with a career-best 25 on 11-of-14 sophomore Laytwan Porter added 12 points and senior Marin in 10 points as the Huskies moved to 3-0 on the season. shooting with seven rebounds. Maric added 10 points. NIU held Idaho to just 31.6 percent (18-of-57) shooting in the NIU led by as much as seven, 70-63, in the fi nal minute of regu- The Huskies recorded 20 assists on 40 made fi eld goals with contest, including 15.4 percent (4-of-26) from the three-point lation, but the Huskies went just 2-of-6 from the free-throw line fi ve diff erent players recording at least three assists (Dontel line. NIU and Idaho combined for 55 fouls and 57 free throw at- in the fi nal 20 seconds of the contest as Indiana State cut into Highsmith, Maric, Austin Pauga, Porter and Marshawn Wilson). tempts, both teams committed 17 turnovers in the contest. the NIU lead. With the lead at a pair, 71-69, NIU split a pair of free NIU shot 60.6 percent (40-of-66) from the fi eld in the contest, in- The Huskies and Vandals were even at 21 at the intermission throws with seven seconds left to push the advantage to three. cluding 40.7 percent (11-of-27) from three-point range. and Idaho took a one-point lead, 27-26, in the fi rst two minutes Brenton Scott raced the length of the fl oor and buried a triple NIU held a 49-16 advantage in the paint in the contest and also of the second half before the Huskies surged in front. for the Sycamores with 1.6 seconds to play, tying the game at 72 outscored Roosevelt off turnovers, 25-6. Senior Dontel Highsmith opened the burst with a free throw to and sending it to overtime. Key got the Huskies started off ensively, scoring seven of NIU’s bring the Huskies even, Porter added a triple, his second of the Scott knocked down a triple on the opening possession of fi rst nine points as NIU opened the game with a quick 11-2 lead in half, to push NIU in front, 30-27, with 17:17 left. Maric then added the overtime, but it was the only fi eld goal Indiana State would the opening three-and-a-half minutes of the contest. a basket and Porter knocked down his third trifecta of the half score in the extra session. Trailing by a pair, 78-76, with less than With NIU leading 20-11, the Huskies used an 11-0 burst to push as NIU’s run reached 9-0. Idaho got a basket from Ty Egbert but a minute left, senior Aaric Armstead threw down a thunderous the lead to 20. Sophomore Marshawn Wilson opened the run Maric responed with the next four as the Huskie run was 13-2 and dunk off an off ensive rebound to pull the Huskies even with 46 with a basket, Germany added a triple, Key made a jumper, soph- NIU led 39-29 with 12:39 to play. seconds to play. omore Levi Bradley had an old-fashioned three-point play and A triple from Brayon Blake trimmed the NIU advantage to 45- Out of a timeout, Jordan Barnes went baseline for Indiana State German fi nished the run with a free throw as the Huskies took a 38 with just under eight minutes left, but that was as close as but Porter came up with a block and the Huskies grabbed the 31-11 lead with just under nine minutes to play in the opening the Vandals would get as the Huskies shot 58.8 percent (10-of- rebound. NIU came up the fl oor and let the fi nal seconds play half. 17) from the fi eld in the second half, and 79.2 percent (19-of-24) out, with Porter getting a step and driving to the basket, where The NIU lead ballooned to 29 at the intermission, 55-26, as the from the free-throw line, to prevent Idaho from making a run to he was fouled. Huskies shot 67.6 percent (23-of-34) from the fi eld, including 42.9 get back in the contest. After the sophomore from Rockford, Ill., sank his two free percent (6-of-14) from three, in the opening 20 minutes. Highsmith fi nished with nine points, including 7-of-8 from the throws, Indiana State raced up the fl oor looking for another buzz- After the break, the Huskie advantage grew to as much as 48 charity stripe, sophomore Jaylen Key added six points and a er-beater, but they couldn’t get a shot off in time as the Huskies just before the midway point of the half, 80-32, as the Huskies team-high six rebounds. hung on to win the opener. continued to keep the pressure on Roosevelt. Both teams struggled off ensively in the fi rst half as NIU was just In the fi rst half, NIU built a lead as big as a dozen, 29-17, but All 11 players that saw action for the Huskies scored, including 7-of-26 (26.9 percent) from the fi eld in the opening 20 minutes Indiana State stayed close and cut the Huskie advantage to just seven points in just nine minutes from graduate student Sean while Idaho was just 7-of-28 (25 percent). seven, 36-29, at the intermission. Damaska. The Huskies led by as much as fi ve in the opening stanza but Indiana State scored the fi rst six points out of the intermission Kyle Bumbalough led Roosevelt in scoring with 11 points; Zack Idaho came back to take a three-point lead, 20-17, with just un- to cut the NIU lead to just one, 36-35. The Sycamores took their Harris added 10 for the Lakers. der three minutes to play before halftime. Freshman Noah Mc- fi rst lead since the opening fi ve minutes of the game on a layup No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Carty, seeing his fi rst collegiate action after missing the fi rst two by Scott with 13:50 to play in the second half, 41-40. 15 Key, J. 7-7 0-0 3-3 1-5 6 1 17 1 2 0 1 18 games due to injury, made a pair of free throws to cut into the Trailing by three, Maric knocked down a triple just past the mid- 34 Maric, M. 5-8 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 1 10 3 1 2 0 18 Vandal lead and Bradley closed the half with a jumper to pull the way point of the second half to pull the Huskies back even, 47-47. 2 Porter, L. 4-6 4-6 0-0 1-2 3 1 12 4 1 0 1 17 Huskies even at the break. The trifecta sparked a 7-0 run by Maric as the Huskies took a 51- 3 Highsmith, D. 2-4 0-1 0-1 2-0 2 2 4 3 0 0 1 18 Blake led all scorers with 17 points for Idaho, he just missed a 47 lead with 7:19 to play in regulation. double-double with nine rebounds, Victor Sanders added 14 23 Armstead, A. 3-9 2-6 0-0 1-3 4 0 8 0 2 1 2 22 A triple by Van Scoyc cut the NIU lead back to just one, 53-52, points for the Vandals. but the Huskies answered with a 7-2 burst to take a 60-54 lead 0 Wilson, M. 1-2 0-1 1-3 1-2 3 1 3 4 1 0 2 22 with 4:25 left in the half. 5 Thomas, J. 4-4 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 16 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 10 German, E. 5-7 2-3 2-5 0-1 1 1 14 0 0 0 1 19 15 Key, J. 2-5 0-0 2-4 2-4 6 3 6 0 3 1 0 25 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 21 Damaska, S. 3-4 0-0 1-1 1-3 4 2 7 1 0 0 0 9 34 Maric, M. 4-4 1-1 2-2 1-3 4 3 11 0 3 0 0 22 15 Key, J. 3-9 0-0 7-10 4-6 10 1 13 1 0 1 0 22 31 Pauga, A. 3-8 3-7 0-0 1-3 4 0 9 3 0 0 1 20 2 Porter, L. 3-6 3-4 3-4 0-2 2 4 12 1 6 0 1 19 34 Maric, M. 11-14 2-4 1-2 2-5 7 4 25 0 3 1 0 35 42 Bradley, L. 3-7 0-3 1-1 2-3 5 2 7 0 1 1 1 21 3 Highsmith, D. 1-5 0-1 7-8 0-3 3 4 9 1 2 0 3 24 2 Porter, L. 2-9 0-2 3-4 0-5 5 3 7 4 1 1 2 31 TEAM 1-4 5 23 Armstead, A. 0-1 0-1 4-6 1-4 5 4 4 1 0 0 1 22 3 Highsmith, D. 1-5 0-1 3-8 1-0 1 2 5 1 2 0 2 21 TOTALS 40-66 11-27 8-16 11-28 39 12 99 20 8 4 10 200 0 Wilson, M. 1-4 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 22 23 Armstead, A. 3-10 0-1 2-4 1-2 3 3 8 1 0 2 0 37 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 23-34 .676 2nd: 17-32 .531 Game: 40-66 .606 5 Thomas, J. 0-1 0-1 3-4 0-1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 18 0 Wilson, M. 2-5 0-3 2-3 0-4 4 1 6 1 3 0 1 19 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-14 .429 2nd: 5-13 .385 Game: 11-27 .407 10 German, E. 0-3 0-2 0-2 0-3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 Thomas, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 FT%: 1st: 3-5 .600 2nd: 5-11 .455 Game: 8-16 .500 11 McCarty, N. 1-3 0-0 3-3 0-2 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 7 10 German, E. 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 8 31 Pauga, A. 0-3 0-2 1-2 1-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 31 Pauga, A. 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 No. Roosevelt FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 42 Bradley, L. 5-8 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 10 0 0 0 1 24 42 Bradley, L. 3-7 2-4 6-6 2-5 7 1 14 0 1 0 1 32 22 Dillingham, J. 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-3 3 4 0 1 3 0 0 14 TEAM 2-5 7 TEAM 3-3 6 30 Harris, Z. 4-9 2-4 0-0 0-2 2 2 10 0 1 0 0 19 TOTALS 17-43 4-14 25-35 8-29 37 24 63 7 17 1 6 200 TOTALS 26-64 4-18 24-37 14-34 48 17 80 10 12 5 6 225 2 Ryan, K. 3-7 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 1 8 3 1 0 0 21 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 7-26 .269 2nd: 10-17 .588 Game: 17-43 .395 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-33 .424 2nd: 10-26 .385 OT: 2-5 .400 Game: 26-64 .406 4 Ludwig, J. 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 1 4 0 2 17 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-8 .125 2nd: 3-6 .500 Game: 4-14 .286 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-10 .100 2nd: 3-6 .500 OT: 0-2 .000 Game: 4-18 .222 13 Bumbalough, K. 4-7 2-4 1-1 0-1 1 1 11 1 1 0 0 25 FT%: 1st: 6-11 .545 2nd: 19-24 .792 Game: 25-35 .714 FT%: 1st: 7-11 .636 2nd: 13-20 .650 OT: 4-6 .667 Game: 24-37 .649 1 Markus, J. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 14 3 Day, K. 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-2 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 14 No. Idaho FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Indiana State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 11 Hughes, C. 4-8 1-3 0-1 2-2 4 1 9 2 2 0 0 13 4 Blake, B. 8-14 1-3 0-2 5-4 9 3 17 0 5 0 1 22 30 Van Scyoc, M. 5-9 4-7 0-0 1-2 3 2 14 0 1 0 0 33 12 Catchings, P. 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 12 23 Sherwood, N. 2-6 0-1 1-2 2-1 3 5 5 1 5 0 1 27 34 Murphy, B. 1-5 0-0 4-4 3-3 6 4 6 1 1 3 0 25 21 Raiford Jr., A. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 12 44 Scott, J. 0-4 0-1 3-6 3-6 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 20 0 Clemons, E. 1-4 0-0 3-6 3-6 9 2 5 4 1 0 2 37 23 Cutts, T. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 Callandret, P. 1-10 0-6 0-0 0-4 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 35 4 Scott, B. 10-25 3-14 5-6 1-5 6 4 28 4 2 1 2 34 24 Alexander, A. 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 18 11 Sanders, V. 5-9 2-5 2-5 0-1 1 5 14 0 0 0 0 15 32 Paige, L. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 15 33 Asquini, J. 1-5 1-5 2-2 0-0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 11 0 Blair, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Barnes, J. 3-9 2-6 6-6 1-4 5 4 14 1 0 0 1 30 35 Zalewski, D. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 13 Ingram, P. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 17 5 Kessinger, B. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 1-2 3 1 14 Sherwood, C. 0-2 0-2 0-0 2-0 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 14 12 Bunschoten, N. 2-8 1-6 0-0 0-5 5 3 5 2 1 0 0 17 TOTALS 21-52 10-29 3-5 5-23 28 19 55 12 21 1 3 200 21 Mkrtychyan, A. 0-1 0-1 3-6 1-4 5 2 3 0 2 0 0 19 13 Franklin, D. 0-6 0-2 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 14 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-26 .385 2nd: 11-26 .423 Game: 21-52 .404 24 Brimhall, T. 0-5 0-4 0-1 1-1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 13 41 Rickman, E. 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-15 .400 2nd: 4-14 .286 Game: 10-29 .345 25 Allen, T. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 42 Bell, T.J. 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 11 FT%: 1st: 0-0 .000 2nd: 3-5 .600 Game: 3-5 .600 41 Egbert, T. 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 TEAM 2-3 5 1 TEAM 1-1 2 TOTALS 25-72 10-36 18-22 13-30 43 28 78 14 10 4 7 225 Technical Fouls: none TOTALS 18-57 4-26 9-22 16-25 41 31 49 7 17 0 4 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-35 .314 2nd: 13-32 .406 OT: 1-5 .200 Game: 25-72 .347 Officials: Dan Dorian, Dave Cronin, Tyler Kumpf TOTAL FG%: 1st: 7-28 .250 2nd: 11-29 .379 Game: 18-57 .316 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-16 .250 2nd: 5-17 .294 OT: 1-3 .333 Game: 10-36 .278 Attendance: 756 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-12 .083 2nd: 3-14 .214 Game: 4-26 .154 FT%: 1st: 3-4 .750 2nd: 12-14 .857 OT: 3-4 .750 Game: 18-22 .818 Score by Half FT%: 1st: 6-14 .429 2nd: 3-8 .375 Game: 9-22 .409 Roosevelt ...... 26-29 55 Technical Fouls: none NIU ...... 55-44 99 Technical Fouls: Idaho - Callandret, Mkrtychyan; NIU - Porter (2) Officials: Tim Stewart, Bryan Anslinger, Brian McAnally Officials: Chris Beaver, Steve Honacki, Brooks Wells Attendance: 1,565 Attendance: 1,430 Score by Half Score by Half Indiana State ...... 29-43-6 78 Idaho ...... 21-28 49 NIU ...... 36-36-8 80 NIU ...... 21-42 63

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GGAMEAME 4 GGAMEAME 5 GGAMEAME 6 (DOUBLE(DOUBLE OOVERTIME)VERTIME) NIU: 82 NIU: 64 NIU: 80 Cal State Northridge: 84 Cal Poly: 68 Elon: 85 November 19, 2016 • The Matadome November 23, 2016 • NIU Convocation Center November 25, 2016 • NIU Convocation Center Northridge, Calif. DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill.

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – Sophomore Laytwan Porter scored a ca- DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball DEKALB, Ill. – Senior Aaric Armstead scored a career-high 24 reer-high 19 points but a late run by Cal State Northridge gave team erased a 10-point halftime defi cit before falling to Cal Poly, points and grabbed a career-best 16 rebounds but the North- the Matadors an 84-82 victory over the Huskies on Saturday 68-64, on Wednesday night in the NIU Thanksgiving Classic at the ern Illinois University men’s basketball team fell to Elon, 85-80, night at the Matadome. NIU led by fi ve with just over fi ve min- NIU Convocation Center. Senior Marin Maric scored a team-high in double overtime on Friday afternoon in the NIU Thanksgiving utes to play until a 10-0 run gave the hosts a lead that the Huskies 14 points to pace the Huskies. Classic at the NIU Convocation Center. could not overcome. NIU shot 60.9 percent (14-of-23) from the fi eld in the second Senior Marin Maric recorded his 15th career double-double Senior Dontel Highsmith scored 16 points while sophomore half after shooting just 25.9 percent (7-of-27) in the fi rst half. with 23 points and 10 rebounds while sophomore Jaylen Key Jaylen Key and senior Marin Maric added 14 points. Senior Aaric Armstead was the second Huskie in double fi gures added 15 points. A layup on the break from senior Aaric Armstead gave NIU a with 11 points and a team-high six rebounds. Elon led by four with just over two minutes to play in regulation 70-65 lead with 5:24 to play, but on the next possession Reggie After Cal Poly took a 31-21 lead into the intermission, NIU raced when a basket by Key cut the Phoenix lead to just a pair. After the Theus Jr. hit a jumper to spark a 10-0 run for CSUN, that gave the out of the gates in the second half, using a 15-5 run to pull even Huskie defense forced a shot clock violation, NIU pulled even on Matadors a 75-70 lead with 3:15 left. with just over 13 minutes to play. Maric, who played just seven a layup from Armstead with just under a minute to play. After the teams traded baskets, Marin converted an old-fash- minutes in the fi rst half due to foul trouble, scored eight during The NIU defense got another stop to get the ball back with the ioned three-point play with just under two minutes left to pull the burst as the Huskies tied the contest, 36-36. shot clock off , but the Huskies couldn’t convert and the game NIU within a pair, 77-75. Still tied just past the midway point of the second half, sopho- went to overtime. Following a pair of free throws by CSUN, Porter knocked down more Levi Bradley made a basket to give the Huskies their fi rst In the fi rst extra session, Elon led by a pair before a triple from a triple for the Huskies to trim the lead to just one with 1:19 left. leadoff the second half, 42-40, and following a turnover by the sophomore Laytwan Porter pushed the Huskies in front, 68-67, The Matadors made four-straight free throws as the lead grew Mustangs, a triple by Armstead pushed the NIU advantage to fi ve with 1:36 left. The Phoenix answered on their next possession back to fi ve, 83-78, with just under 20 seconds to play. CSUN fi n- with 8:46 left. with a trifecta of their own to retake the lead by two. ished the night 23-of-28 (82.1 percent) from the foul line. The NIU lead grew to as much as six on a triple from sophomore With just under a minute to play in overtime, Armstead made a NIU didn’t fold as Porter knocked down another triple to bring Austin Pauga, but Cal Poly quickly answered with six-straight pair of free throws to even the contest again, 70-70. Following a the Huskies back within two. The Matadors then split a pair at the points to tie the game, 51-51, with 6:48 remaining. defense stop by NIU, the Huskies looked to hold for one shot but line before sophomore Levi Bradley split a pair for the Huskies. Cal Poly led by one with just over a minute left when Josh Mish- were called for an off ensive foul, giving the ball back to Elon with The Huskies had one last, unlikely chance as CSUN turned the ler buried a triple to push the Mustang lead to four, 64-60. NIU less than 25 second to play in the overtime. Elon held for one ball over to NIU after the Bradley free throw but Highsmith’s des- answered with a layup from Maric to trim the lead to just a pair shot but it wouldn’t fall as the game went to a second overtime. peration triple try came up empty as the Matadors escaped with and, following a defensive stop, the Huskies had the ball with a Elon scored the fi rst four points of the second overtime before a the victory. chance to tie or take the lead with less than 20 seconds to go, but layup from Maric cut the lead in half. The Phoenix scored the next Key scored seven in the fi rst four minutes of the contest as NIU NIU turned the ball over. fi ve, including a triple from Tyler Seibring, to take a 79-72 lead raced out to an 11-4 lead. Maric added a pair and Highsmith The Mustangs went 4-of-4 from the free-throw line in the fi nal with 2:28 to play in the second overtime. NIU would cut the Elon made a layup as the Huskies took a seven-point lead with 16:03 seconds to seal the victory. lead back to fi ve, but was unable to get any closer as the Phoenix to play in the opening half. Four players scored in double fi gures for the Mustangs, led by won their second game of the weekend. CSUN trimmed the NIU lead to just three, 19-16, before a basket 19 points off the bench from Victor Joseph; Ridge Shipley add- NIU led by as much as nine in the opening 20 minutes. A layup by Key and a corner triple from Porter pushed the NIU advantage ed 15 points, Kyle Toth chipped in 12 and Mishler added 10 as from Dawkins just before the midway point of the half brought back to eight, 24-16, with just under eight minutes to play in the Cal Poly fi nished the night shooting 51.1 percent (24-of-47) as a Elon within one, but the Huskies responded with an 8-0 run to opening half. team, including 50 percent (11-of-22) from three. take a 25-16 lead with just under six minutes to play before the A 9-0 run from CSUN put the Matadors in front with just over NIU led by as much as four in the early going as a layup by break. Armstead made the fi rst two baskets to open the run, 90 seconds left before the half but a basket from Bradley and a freshman Eugene German gave the Huskies a 12-8 lead. Cal Poly Noah McCarty added a layup and Levi Bradley fi nished the run tip-in from Highsmith pushed NIU back in front at the half, 36-34. responded with an 8-2 burst to move in front. with a layup to give the Huskies a nine-point lead. Highsmith fueled the Huskie off ense early in the second half, The Mustangs led by one, 20-19, after a free throw from Arm- Elon trimmed the lead back to three, but a layup from KEY, sand- scoring nine points in the opening eight minutes of the half as stead with 3:12 left before halftime, but Cal Poly then used a 9-0 wiched around a pair of baskets by Armstead, helped the Huskies NIU held a fi ve-point advantage, 56-51. run to take a 10-point lead in the fi nal minute of the opening push the lead back to nine, 33-24, heading into halftime. CSUN clawed back to pull even, 65-65, on a pair of free throws stanza. Armstead ended the run with a pair of free throws but The Phoenix made four triples in just over three minutes to from Smith with 6:47 to play. NIU responded with the next fi ve Joseph closed the half with a jumper to push the Mustang lead open the second half as they evened the contest, 38-38, early before the 10-0 burst that gave the Matadors the lead for good. back to 10 at the break, 31-21. in the second half. NIU was able to go back in front by as much 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 six, 46-40, but Elon made eight triples in the second half, and 15 Key, J. 5-10 1-3 3-4 3-5 8 3 14 0 2 1 0 29 15 Key, J. 3-9 0-1 1-2 1-4 5 0 7 1 3 0 0 23 shot 53.6 percent from the fi eld, as they continued to answer 34 Maric, M. 5-13 0-2 4-5 6-1 7 4 14 0 3 1 1 24 34 Maric, M. 5-8 0-0 4-4 0-3 3 4 14 0 4 0 0 24 each burst by NIU. 2 Porter, L. 6-10 3-3 4-4 3-3 6 3 19 3 0 1 3 27 2 Porter, L. 3-4 1-1 2-3 0-2 2 4 9 4 2 0 1 35 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3 Highsmith, D. 6-19 1-6 3-5 2-3 5 0 16 3 0 0 2 28 3 Highsmith, D. 0-3 0-2 5-6 1-3 4 0 5 1 0 0 1 26 15 Key, J. 7-13 1-2 0-0 3-3 6 2 15 2 2 0 0 37 23 Armstead, A. 2-15 1-6 2-2 2-5 7 2 7 4 1 0 0 32 23 Armstead, A. 2-5 1-1 6-8 4-2 6 2 11 3 3 1 2 30 34 Maric, M. 8-13 0-1 7-14 3-7 10 3 23 1 3 0 0 36 0 Wilson, M. 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 14 5 Thomas, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 Porter, L. 3-12 2-5 0-0 0-3 3 5 8 4 4 1 1 40 5 Thomas, J. 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 12 10 German, E. 1-6 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 3 Highsmith, D. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 2 3 0 1 21 10 German, E. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 11 McCarty, N. 3-5 0-1 0-0 2-3 5 0 6 1 3 0 0 16 23 Armstead, A. 8-19 2-7 6-6 8-8 16 1 24 1 2 0 2 43 11 McCarty, N. 0-1 0-0 0-0 4-2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 31 Pauga, A. 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 20 5 Thomas, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 31 Pauga, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 42 Bradley, L. 2-6 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 12 10 German, E. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 42 Bradley, L. 2-5 1-1 3-4 1-0 1 3 8 0 0 1 0 19 TEAM 2-3 5 11 McCarty, N. 3-5 0-0 0-1 2-3 5 3 6 0 0 1 0 13 TEAM 2-2 4 TOTALS 21-50 4-13 18-23 12-21 33 15 64 12 16 1 5 200 31 Pauga, A. 1-2 0-1 0-0 2-1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 19 TOTALS 26-64 4-18 24-37 14-34 48 17 80 10 12 5 6 225 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 7-27 .259 2nd: 14-23 .609 Game: 21-50 .420 42 Bradley, L. 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 14 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-37 .351 2nd: 15-45 .333 Game: 28-82 .341 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-8 .125 2nd: 3-5 .600 Game: 4-13 .308 TEAM 2-0 2 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-12 .250 2nd: 4-11 .364 Game: 7-23 .304 FT%: 1st: 6-8 .750 2nd: 12-15 .800 Game: 18-23 .783 TOTALS 31-73 5-19 13-21 20-29 49 16 80 13 14 2 6 250 FT%: 1st: 7-9 .778 2nd: 12-15 .800 Game: 19-24 .792 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 15-35 .429 2nd: 11-23 .478 OT: 5-15 .333 Game: 31-73 .425 No. Cal Poly FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-9 .333 2nd: 1-3 .333 OT: 1-7 .143 Game: 5-19 .263 No. CSUN FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 15 Martin, J. 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 11 FT%: 1st: 0-0 .000 2nd: 6-11 .545 OT: 7-10 .700 Game: 13-21 .619 2 Lubin, R. 3-7 0-0 4-6 0-4 4 4 10 1 5 1 1 19 21 Meikle, L. 2-9 0-2 2-2 0-4 4 2 6 1 3 0 0 22 45 Johns, D. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 4 Shead, J. 1-4 0-2 2-4 0-4 4 1 4 6 3 0 2 29 No. Elon FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 0 Smith, K. 2-8 0-4 11-12 0-5 5 3 15 8 3 1 0 34 10 Shipley, R. 6-9 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 15 2 1 0 1 24 00 Dawkins, B. 6-8 3-4 0-0 1-4 5 4 15 1 2 0 0 33 3 Johnson, D. 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-4 4 1 2 1 3 0 0 28 13 Toth, K. 4-7 4-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 20 41 Seibring, T. 6-12 2-7 1-2 1-5 6 3 15 3 4 1 1 43 22 Parks, A. 10-13 1-3 1-1 0-8 8 4 22 4 0 0 0 37 1 Abrams, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 Eddy, L. 3-6 2-2 2-4 0-2 2 3 10 5 0 0 0 28 1 Warren, M. 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 11 3 Fields, D. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9 2 Thompson, D. 3-4 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 0 6 2 3 0 1 22 4 Dawson, T. 6-8 2-2 7-7 2-5 7 4 21 1 1 1 1 35 20 Joseph, V. 6-8 2-3 5-6 0-1 1 5 19 1 2 0 1 29 22 Santa Ana, S. 6-14 5-12 3-4 1-6 7 3 20 1 1 0 1 34 5 Kaba-Camara, M. 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 25 Mishler, J. 4-5 2-3 0-0 0-1 1 3 10 1 1 0 0 22 10 Kundrotas, K. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 23 Wilbut, J. 1-3 1-1 0-2 1-1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 5 44 Gordon, Z. 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 4 2 1 0 1 1 27 12 Hairston, C. 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 4 6 1 3 0 0 18 24 Theus Jr., R. 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 13 TEAM 1-3 4 3 13 Swoope, D. 1-9 1-9 1-4 2-5 7 1 4 1 1 0 0 35 TEAM 1-5 6 2 TOTALS 24-47 11-22 9-12 3-19 22 20 68 14 16 1 5 200 20 Eberhardt, S. 4-9 1-5 0-2 2-1 3 1 9 2 2 1 3 30 TOTALS 28-54 5-13 23-28 5-34 39 21 84 20 15 5 3 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-26 .462 2nd: 12-21 .571 Game: 24-47 .511 TEAM 3-0 3 2 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-29 .483 2nd: 14-25 .560 Game: 28-54 .519 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-13 .462 2nd: 5-9 .556 Game: 11-22 .500 TOTALS 32-67 14-38 7-17 12-27 39 20 85 16 18 2 6 250 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-7 .429 2nd: 2-6 .333 Game: 5-13 .385 FT%: 1st: 1-4 .250 2nd: 8-8 1.00 Game: 9-12 .750 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-25 .400 2nd: 15-28 .536 OT: 7-14 .500 Game: 32-67 .478 FT%: 1st: 3-6 .500 2nd: 20-22 .909 Game: 23-28 .821 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-13 .231 2nd: 8-18 .444 OT: 3-7 .429 Game: 14-38 .368 Technical Fouls: none FT%: 1st: 1-2 .500 2nd: 0-3 .000 OT: 6-12 .500 Game: 7-17 .412 Technical Fouls: NIU - Armstead; CSUN - Wilbut Officials: Bart Wegenke, Scott Siville, Jabir Walker Officials: Michael Irving, Marin Cichocki, Donn Berdahl Attendance: 844 Technical Fouls: none Attendance: 886 Score by Half Officials: Kyle Ingram, Gerald Williams, Matt Morales Score by Half Cal Poly ...... 31-37 68 Attendance: 712 NIU ...... 36-46 82 NIU ...... 21-43 64 Score by Half Cal State Northridge ...... 34-50 84 Elon ...... 24-38-8-15 85 NIU ...... 33-29-8-10 80

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GGAMEAME 7 GGAMEAME 8 GGAMEAME 9 NIU: 92 NIU: 52 NIU: 57 UIC: 81 Indiana State: 63 Minnesota: 77 November 26, 2016 • NIU Convocation Center November 30, 2016 • Hulman Center December 11, 2016 • Williams Arena DeKalb, Ill. Terre Haute, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn.

DEKALB, Ill. – Four players scored in double fi gures, led by 21 TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State shot 57.7 percent (15-of-26) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Northern Illinois University men’s points from senior Aaric Armstead, as the Northern Illinois Uni- in the second half as the Sycamores erased a two-point halftime basketball team trailed by just eight with 12 minutes to play be- versity men’s basketball team claimed a 92-81 victory over UIC defi cit to down the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball fore Minnesota closed the game on a 31-19 run as the Gophers on Saturday afternoon in the fi nal game of the NIU Thanksgiving team, 63-52, on Wednesday night at the Hulman Center. defeated the Huskies, 77-57, on Sunday afternoon at Williams Classic at the NIU Convocation Center. Freshman Justin Thomas scored a career-high 12 points, but he Arena. NIU shot 54.8 percent (34-of-62) from the fi eld; freshman Eu- was the only Huskie in double fi gures in the contest. Sophomore Marshawn Wilson scored a game-high 19 points gene German scored a career-best 17 points, senior Marin Maric Indiana State led 14-6, before a 12-0 run from the Huskies while senior Dontel Highsmith added 10 points for NIU. added 16 points and sophomore Jaylen Key added 12 points. pushed NIU in front by four. A pair of free throws from senior Early in the contest, a layup from sophomore Levi Bradley Early in the contest, NIU used a 10-2 run to take an eight-point Marin Maric opened the run, senior Dontel Highsmith knocked trimmed the Minnesota lead to one with just under 11 minutes lead, 14-6, less than six minutes into the contest. Senior Dontel down a corner triple and Thomas had a steal and coast-to-coast to play in the opening half before the Golden Gophers answered Highsmith opened the run with a layup, Armstead and sopho- layup to force a Sycamore timeout with six minutes to play in the with the next six to take a 15-8 advantage. more Levi Bradley added baskets before sophomore Laytwan half. The Minnesota lead grew to eight until a 7-2 burst for the Hus- Porter and German each scored as the Huskies built an early lead. Following the timeout, Highsmith made another basket and kies pulled NIU within three, 20-17, with 4:32 to play in the half. After UIC trimmed the gap to three, NIU scored the next six to senior Aaric Armstead connected on a trio of free throws as NIU Wilson opened the spurt with a layup, senior Marin Maric added push the lead to nine, 22-13, with just over 11 minutes to play in took an 18-14 lead with just over four minutes to play in the half. a basket, sophomore Jaylen Key hit a short jumper and sopho- the half. Bradley opened the burst with a jumper, Maric and Key The Sycamores answered back to regain the lead, 24-22, but the more Laytwan Porter chipped in a free throw. also added layups during the spurt. Huskies closed the half with a jumper in the paint from Thomas Maric closed the contest with nine points, fi ve rebounds, three NIU led by eight when a 7-0 run for UIC cut the Huskie lead to and a coast-to-coast layup just before the halftime horn by Arm- blocks and three steals. just one, 34-33, with 2:21 to play in the half. The Huskies led by a stead as the Huskies took a 26-24 lead into the intermission. Minnesota’s lead grew back to seven before back-to-back bas- pair in the fi nal second when sophomore Austin Pauga rebound- The layup just before the buzzer pushed Armstead over the kets from Wilson brought the Huskies back within three, 24-21, ed a miss by Bradley and just beat the buzzer with a short jumper 1,000-point plateau, making him the 30th player in NIU history with just under two minutes to play before the break. Minnesota to give the Huskies a 42-38 lead at the intermission. to reach the century mark. Armstead fi nished with nine points. scored the next fi ve and a basket from Highsmith trimmed the The Huskie shot 50 percent (17-of-34) from the fi eld in the NIU shot 40 percent (10-of-25) from the fi eld in the fi rst half Gopher lead to a half-dozen, 29-23, at the half. opening 20 minutes and went 8-of-8 from the free-throw line. while holding Indiana State to just 33.3 percent (10-of-30) shoot- NIU held Minnesota to just 30 percent shooting (9-of-30) in After not connecting of its two three-point tries in the fi rst half, ing. the opening 20 minutes as the Gophers held the six-point lead NIU opened the second stanza with a back-to-back triples from Indiana State raced out of halftime with the fi rst seven points thanks to their 9-1 edge at the free-throw line. Porter and Maric as the NIU lead grew to 48-40. to take a fi ve-point lead, 31-26, in the opening three minutes of Highsmith scored the fi rst four out of the locker room as the Six-straight points from Dikembe Dixson helped UIC cut the NIU the second half. Huskies pulled within a pair, 29-27. lead back to just two, 55-53, but the Huskies answered again with The Sycamores led by six before a triple from sophomore Lay- Still leading by two, Minnesota used a 9-3 burst to push their an 8-0 run. twan Porter and a short jumper from freshman Noah McCarty cut lead to eight, 40-32, with just under 16 minutes remaining. The German got the Huskies started with a layup, Bradley added a the Indiana State lead to just one, 35-34. Gopher lead grew to 11 until an old-fashioned three-point play dunk before layups from German and Armstead gave NIU a 63- A 10-0 run helped push the Sycamores lead to 45-34 just be- from Maric brought the Huskies back within eight, 46-38, with 53 advantage with 13 minutes to play. The lead grew to 14 on a fore the midway point of the second half. Indiana State’s lead 12:10 left. jumper from Key with just over nine minutes remaining before grew to as much as 13, but the Huskies cut the lead back to just a Shortly after the three-point play, Maric picked up his third and eight-straight from the Flames cut the lead to just 73-67 with half-dozen with just under three minutes to play. fourth fouls of the afternoon as the Gophers used a 13-3 run to 7:17 left. Thomas scored six points in under 45 seconds, four from the push the lead to 59-41, putting the contest out of reach. With under six minutes to go and the Huskies still leading by a free-throw line and two off a steal of an inbounds pass, as the Minnesota shot 53.6 percent (15-of-28) from the fi eld in the sec- half-dozen, Maric made a pair of free throws and, following a miss Huskies cut the Indiana State lead to just 56-50 with 2:46 remain- ond half as fi ve Gophers reached double fi gures. Reggie Lynch by UIC, Armstead connected on a corner triple as the lead grew ing. Indiana State responded by scoring seven of the next eight scored a team-high 18 points, Jordan Murphy added 12, Nate back to double fi gures, allowing the Huskies to coast home in the as the Sycamores closed out the victory. Mason chipped in 11 while Dupree McBrayer and Akeem Springs fi nal fi ve minutes. T.J. Bell led all scorers with 17 points for Indiana State, Brenton each scored 10 points. Dixson led all scorers with 31 points on 7-of-12 shooting and Scott added 14 points and Everett Clemons chipped in 12 for the No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 14-of-20 from the free-throw line for UIC. Sycamores. 23 Armstead, A. 0-5 0-1 3-4 2-2 4 3 3 2 1 0 1 23 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 15 Key, J. 3-10 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 2 6 0 1 0 0 23 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 2 Porter, L. 3-11 2-6 0-0 0-1 1 4 8 0 6 1 1 23 34 Maric, M. 4-9 0-1 1-1 1-4 5 5 9 1 3 3 3 27 15 Key, J. 6-9 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 3 12 2 0 1 0 26 3 Highsmith, D. 3-5 1-2 0-2 0-1 1 1 7 1 1 0 2 27 3 Highsmith, D. 4-7 0-1 2-2 1-0 1 1 10 1 1 0 1 28 34 Maric, M. 4-12 1-2 7-8 2-2 4 3 16 2 3 2 0 23 15 Key, J. 2-5 0-1 1-2 3-3 6 3 5 1 3 0 1 16 5 Thomas, J. 3-7 0-1 1-2 0-6 6 3 7 0 1 0 1 28 2 Porter, L. 3-3 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 4 7 4 5 0 1 25 23 Armstead, A. 2-6 0-2 5-6 0-6 6 2 9 1 3 3 1 32 0 Wilson, M. 7-13 2-4 3-4 0-2 2 3 19 2 2 0 0 21 3 Highsmith, D. 2-3 0-0 1-2 1-0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 20 33 Maric, M. 1-7 0-1 2-3 1-7 8 2 4 2 2 1 1 30 2 Porter, L. 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 23 Armstead, A. 7-11 2-3 5-6 3-4 7 3 21 1 3 1 0 37 0 Wilson, M. 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 11 McCarty, N. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 10 0 Wilson, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 Thomas, J. 4-8 0-1 4-4 0-4 4 0 12 1 1 0 2 21 31 Pauga, A. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 16 5 Thomas, J. 1-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 10 German, E. 1-3 0-1 0-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 42 Bradley, L. 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 17 10 German, E. 7-10 0-1 3-4 0-4 4 3 17 0 3 0 1 19 11 McCarty, N. 1-2 0-1 0-0 2-3 5 3 2 0 1 1 0 11 TEAM 2-1 3 11 McCarty, N. 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 21 Damaska, S. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 TOTALS 22-59 2-11 11-15 7-21 28 23 57 10 12 3 10 200 21 Damaska, S. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 Pauga, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-30 .367 2nd: 11-29 .379 Game: 22-59 .373 31 Pauga, A. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 11 42 Bradley, L. 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 17 3-PT FG%: 1st: 0-3 .000 2nd: 2-8 .250 Game: 2-11 .182 42 Bradley, L. 3-10 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 2 8 0 2 0 0 22 TEAM 3-0 3 FT%: 1st: 1-3 .333 2nd: 10-12 .833 Game: 11-15 .733 TEAM 4-1 5 TOTALS 18-52 3-16 13-21 10-29 39 20 52 6 20 6 8 200 TOTALS 34-62 4-8 20-24 14-17 31 26 92 11 16 4 5 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-25 .400 2nd: 8-27 .296 Game: 18-52 .346 No. Minnesota FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-26 .385 2nd: 11-26 .423 Game: 21-52 .404 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-7 .143 2nd: 2-9 .222 Game: 3-16 .188 5 Coffey, A. 2-7 0-2 2-2 1-2 3 4 6 4 3 0 3 26 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-15 .400 2nd: 4-14 .286 Game: 10-29 .345 FT%: 1st: 5-9 .556 2nd: 8-12 .667 Game: 13-21 .619 3 Murphy, J. 5-10 0-1 2-2 5-5 10 3 12 0 1 0 0 23 FT%: 1st: 0-0 .000 2nd: 3-5 .600 Game: 3-5 .600 22 Lynch, R. 5-9 0-0 8-10 4-7 11 2 18 1 1 3 0 28 No. Indiana State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 1 McBrayer, D. 3-5 1-1 3-4 0-4 4 0 10 2 4 0 1 28 No. UIC FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 0 Clemons, E. 6-7 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 3 12 4 1 0 3 29 2 Mason, N. 2-9 0-3 7-8 1-1 2 2 11 6 0 0 0 30 2 Santos, K.J. 1-4 0-1 0-0 2-1 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 22 4 Scott, B. 4-11 2-5 4-6 0-6 6 1 14 2 2 0 2 30 21 Konate, B. 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 12 10 Dixson, D. 7-12 3-5 14-20 2-3 5 1 31 0 3 1 1 36 30 Van Scyoc, M. 1-6 1-6 1-3 0-1 1 3 4 0 1 1 0 20 0 Springs, A. 3-8 2-5 2-2 0-3 3 1 10 1 3 0 4 22 21 Odiase, T. 3-4 0-0 1-2 2-3 5 4 7 0 1 1 0 24 32 Paige, L. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4 2 3 2 0 1 23 42 Hurt, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 5 Ferguson, T. 3-6 1-3 4-4 1-3 4 4 11 1 6 0 2 21 42 Bell, T.J. 8-11 0-0 1-1 1-3 4 3 17 0 3 1 0 20 24 Curry, E. 2-6 0-1 1-2 1-2 3 0 5 1 2 1 0 17 23 Ottey, M. 4-11 1-2 7-7 0-1 1 1 16 1 3 0 1 28 2 Barnes, J. 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-4 4 1 3 3 3 0 0 20 32 Gilbert, A. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 Matthews, D. 0-3 0-1 0-0 2-0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 14 5 Kessinger, B. 1-5 0-0 0-0 4-3 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 20 TEAM 3-3 6 1 Kolawole, M. 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 12 Bunschoten, N. 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 TOTALS 24-58 4-15 25-30 16-32 48 16 77 17 14 4 9 200 15 Boahen, G. 2-4 0-1 2-2 1-1 2 4 6 1 4 0 2 17 13 Franklin, D. 1-4 0-2 1-2 0-1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 17 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-30 .300 2nd: 15-28 .536 Game: 24-58 .414 22 Guice, K. 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 18 34 Murphy, B. 1-1 0-0 2-5 0-1 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 9 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-9 .222 2nd: 2-6 .333 Game: 4-15 .267 32 Robinson, C. 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 15 41 Rickman, E. 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 FT%: 1st: 9-12 .750 2nd: 16-18 .889 Game: 25-30 .833 TEAM 0-2 2 TEAM 2-1 3 TOTALS 23-51 6-17 29-37 13-16 29 24 81 7 18 2 7 200 TOTALS 25-56 4-20 9-18 9-29 38 20 63 15 16 3 7 200 Technical Fouls: NIU - Wilson TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-29 .414 2nd: 11-22 .500 Game: 23-51 .451 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-30 .333 2nd: 15-26 .577 Game: 25-56 .446 Officials: John Higgins, Rob Kueneman, Edwin Young 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-7 .429 2nd: 3-10 .300 Game: 6-17 .353 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-14 .143 2nd: 2-6 .333 Game: 4-20 .200 Attendance: 8,625 FT%: 1st: 11-14 .786 2nd: 18-23 .783 Game: 29-37 .784 FT%: 1st: 2-6 .333 2nd: 7-12 .583 Game: 9-18 .500 Score by Half NIU ...... 23-34 57 Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: none Minnesota ...... 29-48 77 Officials: Lewis Garrison, Tim Stewart, Owen Shortt Officials: Ed Crenshaw, Gene Grimshaw, Jeb Hartness Attendance: 1,398 Attendance: 3,730 Score by Half Score by Half UIC...... 38-43 81 NIU ...... 26-26 52 NIU ...... 42-50 92 Indiana State ...... 24-39 63

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2016-17: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 1100 GGAMEAME 1111 GGAMEAME 1212 NIU: 95 NIU: 60 NIU: 59 Olivet Nazarene: 69 Florida International: 53 South Florida: 48 December 14, 2016 • NIU Convocation Center December 17, 2016 • FIU Arena December 20, 2016 • Sun Dome DeKalb, Ill. Miami, Fla. Tampa, Fla.

DEKALB, Ill. – Six players scored in double fi gures as the North- MIAMI, Fla. – Senior Dontel Highsmith scored a game-high 23 TAMPA, Fla. – For the second consecutive game, the Northern Il- ern Illinois University men’s basketball team overcame a slow points and the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team linois University men’s basketball team used its defense to spear- start to defeat Olivet Nazarene, 95-69, on Wednesday night at the held Florida International to just 24.1 percent (7-of-29) shooting head a road win, as the Huskies held South Florida to just 31.5 NIU Convocation Center. Senior Marin Maric led the way with 22 in the second half as the Huskies downed the Panthers, 60-53, on percent (17-of-54) shooting as they downed the Bulls, 59-48, on points and nine rebounds. Saturday night at FIU Arena. Tuesday night at the Sun Dome. NIU shot 58.8 percent (40-of-68) from the fi eld in the contest, NIU shot 44.1 percent (8-of-18) in the second half, and 73.7 per- Sophomore Levi Bradley led the way for the Huskies with 13 the Huskies had a 58-30 advantage in points in the paint and a cent (14-of-19) from the free-throw line, as the Huskies overcame points and 11 rebounds, his third career double-double. Senior 31-12 edge in points off turnovers. Senior Aaric Armstead scored a one-point halftime defi cit to earn the victory. Aaric Armstead added 11 points, all in the second half, and soph- 16 points with fi ve rebounds and three assists. Florida International led by one at the half and held a two-point omore Marshawn Wilson also chipped in 11 points. Olivet Nazarene jumped out to an early lead as a basket from advantage, 40-38, until a 9-0 run pushed the Huskies in front. USF had a three-point lead before a triple from Wilson evened Tyler Crater with 11:40 to play in the opening half gave the Tigers Senior Aaric Armstead opened the run with a basket and then the game, 10-10, early in the contest. USF answered with the next a seven-point advantage, 20-13. added a pair of free throws, Highsmith made a pair of free throws four before a turnaround jumper in the lane from senior Marin Sophomore Levi Bradley started a 9-2 burst for the Huskies with and then a bucket before freshman Eugene German capped the Maric trimmed the Bulls lead to just a pair with 8:48 remaining a jumper just past the midway point of the opening half. Arm- burst with a free throw as the Huskies took a 47-40 lead with just in the opening half. stead added the next fi ve points during the spurt for the Huskies over nine minutes to play. Maric fi nished with seven points and a game-high 11 rebounds. and senior Dontel Highsmith made a pair of free throws to pull Armstead fi nished with nine points, a game-high tying seven Still leading by a pair, USF used a 6-0 burst to take an eight- the Huskies even, 24-24, with 8:27 left in the fi rst half. rebounds and a team-high three assists. point lead, 22-14, with just under six minutes left in the half. NIU Bradley scored 12 points with six rebounds while Highsmith FIU responded with seven of the next eight to pull within one, answered with the next fi ve on an old-fashioned three-point play scored 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting from the fi eld with a pair of 48-47, before NIU answered with the next seven. Freshman Justin from freshman Eugene German and a short jumper from Bradley assists. Thomas and Highsmith both connected on short jumpers in the as the Huskies cut the USF lead back to just three. The Tigers reclaimed the lead by three, 30-27, before a basket lane and the Huskies added three free throws, one from senior Following a free throw from the Bulls, Wilson answered with a by freshman Justin Thomas with 5:46 to play in the half ignited a Marin Maric and two from Thomas, as NIU pushed its lead to 55- trifecta, his second of the half, to bring the Huskies within one, 20-5 run to close the opening 20 minutes. Five diff erent players 47 with 3:11 to play. 23-22. Michael Bibby came back with a triple for USF and sopho- scoring during the run, including a pair of triples from sopho- Thomas fi nished with eight points, including 6-of-6 from the more Jaylen Key closed the scoring for the half with a bucket for more Austin Pauga, the second coming from the corner with 20 free-throw line. the Huskies as USF took a 26-24 lead into the intermission. seconds to play before the intermission as NIU took a 47-35 lead The Panthers closed the gap to as little as four but NIU went An old-fashioned three-point play from freshman Justin Thom- into the break. 5-of-6 from the free-throw line in the fi nal 30 seconds to close out as pushed the Huskies in front, 32-31, just over three minutes into Thomas led NIU with nine points in the opening 20 minutes; its fi rst road win of the season. the second stanza. Crater scored 10 for Olivet Nazarene to lead all scorers. NIU shot In the opening half, FIU held a slim 10-9 lead before a 10-0 run After USF regained the lead, NIU went on a 10-0 run, ignited by 60 percent (18-of-30) in the opening half while Olivet Nazarene pushed the Huskies in front by nine with just over eight minutes baskets from Bradley and senior Dontel Highsmith and capped shot 57.1 percent (16-of-28) in the fi rst half. to play in the fi rst half. German opened the burst with a layup, by a pair of triples from Armstead, as the Huskies took a 43-34 After Olivet Nazarene scored the opening two points of the sec- Highsmith added a triple, Armstead knocked down a jumper and advantage with 13:18 to play. ond half, NIU used a 10-0 run to push the lead to 20. Armstead Highsmith added another trifecta as the Huskies took a 19-10 The Bulls trimmed the Huskie advantage back to fi ve with the opened the burst with a triple, sophomore Jaylen Key and Maric lead. next four points, but Thomas made a driving layup before Key each added a pair and Highsmith fi nished the run with a trifecta Highsmith’s 23 points came on 8-of-12 shooting, including 3-of- and Wilson each added free throws to push the NIU lead back as the Huskies took a 57-37 lead with 17:20 remaining as the Hus- 5 from three and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line. to nine, 47-38. kies pulled away from the Tigers. With the Huskies still leading by nine, FIU used a 7-2 burst to NIU led by just a pair after the Bulls scored the next seven, but Thomas fi nished the night with 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting trim the NIU lead back to just four, 23-19, with 4:52 to play in the the Huskies got back-to-back jumpers from Wilson and Armstead with a game-high fi ve assists, fellow freshman Eugene German half. as the lead grew back to a half-dozen, 51-45, with under fi ve min- added 10 points, four rebounds and four assists. NIU led by three with just under two minutes to play in the utes to play. Crater led Olivet Nazarene with 12 points, Josiah Blan added 11 opening half before an old-fashioned three-point play from Mc- USF cut the lead back to four, but the Huskie defense continued and Nic Reed chipped in 10 points. Gill brought the Panthers even. A layup off an off ensive rebound to dominate, holding the Bulls without a fi eld goal in the fi nal No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN by sophomore Levi Bradley helped the Huskies regain the lead 6:34 of the contest as NIU pulled off the sweep of the State of 15 Key, J. 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-4 4 4 4 0 3 0 2 18 until a triple from Anthony Boswell with one second left in the Florida. 34 Maric, M. 11-12 0-0 0-1 5-4 9 2 22 1 2 1 1 24 half gave FIU a 30-29 lead at the intermission. NIU held USF to just 26.9 percent (7-of-26) shooting in the sec- 3 Highsmith, D. 3-5 1-3 3-5 0-0 0 1 10 2 0 0 0 20 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN ond half while shooting 45.8 percent (11-of-24) in the second 20 5 Thomas, J. 5-7 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 0 11 5 1 0 1 18 15 Key, J. 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 24 minutes. Bo Zeigler and Bibby each scored 10 points to pace the 23 Armstead, A. 6-9 4-5 0-0 1-4 5 1 16 3 2 0 2 25 34 Maric, M. 2-7 0-1 2-4 0-5 5 3 6 2 2 2 2 30 Bulls. 0 Wilson, M. 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 3 Highsmith, D. 8-12 3-5 4-5 1-3 4 3 23 1 1 1 1 31 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 10 German, E. 5-8 0-1 0-0 2-2 4 1 10 4 2 1 2 22 5 Thomas, J. 1-5 0-0 6-6 0-2 2 0 8 0 0 0 1 27 15 Key, J. 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 21 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 8 23 Armstead, A. 3-9 0-2 3-4 4-3 7 0 9 3 1 1 2 32 34 Maric, M. 2-6 0-0 3-5 3-8 11 3 7 0 2 1 0 27 21 Damaska, S. 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 Wilson, M. 0-4 0-2 4-6 1-0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 9 3 Highsmith, D. 2-5 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 3 6 0 3 0 1 27 31 Pauga, A. 2-9 2-9 0-0 1-1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 20 10 German, E. 1-2 0-0 1-3 0-1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 12 5 Thomas, J. 2-3 0-0 1-3 1-4 5 3 5 2 0 1 3 24 42 Bradley, L. 5-8 0-1 2-2 2-4 6 4 12 1 4 0 0 25 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 23 Armstead, A. 4-12 3-3 0-2 1-2 3 1 11 0 1 0 2 30 TEAM 1-0 1 31 Pauga, A. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 Wilson, M. 3-5 2-3 3-5 0-1 1 0 11 0 1 2 1 19 TOTALS 40-68 8-23 7-10 14-23 37 19 95 19 16 3 9 200 42 Bradley, L. 2-3 0-1 1-2 0-7 7 5 5 1 2 0 0 21 10 German, E. 1-5 0-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 16 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 18-30 .600 2nd: 22-38 .579 Game: 40-68 .588 TEAM 2-4 6 2 11 McCarty, N. 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-9 .444 2nd: 4-14 .286 Game: 8-23 .348 TOTALS 18-46 3-12 21-30 9-27 36 16 60 8 11 5 6 200 31 Pauga, A. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 FT%: 1st: 7-10 .700 2nd: 0-0 .000 Game: 7-10 .700 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-28 .357 2nd: 8-18 .444 Game: 18-46 .391 42 Bradley, L. 5-12 1-3 2-4 1-9 10 4 13 2 0 0 0 27 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-10 .200 2nd: 1-2 .500 Game: 3-12 .250 TEAM 4-2 6 1 No. Olivet Nazarene FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN FT%: 1st: 7-11 .636 2nd: 14-19 .737 Game: 21-30 .700 TOTALS 20-53 6-13 13-24 11-27 38 19 59 7 13 6 8 200 5 Blan, J. 5-9 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 3 11 1 2 0 1 19 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-29 .310 2nd: 11-24 .458 Game: 20-53 .377 32 Reed, N. 3-4 0-1 4-6 1-2 3 3 10 4 3 0 0 20 No. FIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-6 .500 2nd: 3-7 .429 Game: 6-13 .462 3 Schlafley, D. 3-5 0-2 0-0 2-3 5 1 6 3 3 0 0 20 0 Kessens, M. 4-10 0-1 0-0 1-4 5 5 8 1 3 2 0 21 FT%: 1st: 3-3 1.00 2nd: 10-21 .476 Game: 13-24 .542 12 Bennington, D. 1-5 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 14 24 Smith, C. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 2 2 0 3 1 0 15 42 Crater, T. 6-11 0-2 0-0 2-0 2 2 12 0 1 0 0 20 2 McGill, D. 6-15 2-5 6-7 3-1 4 3 20 0 1 0 0 30 No. USF FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 10 Swindle, T. 3-4 0-0 3-4 0-1 1 1 9 3 5 0 3 19 4 Williams, K. 0-6 0-3 0-0 0-8 8 4 0 7 2 0 0 31 24 Fitts, M. 3-11 1-4 0-0 1-7 8 4 7 0 1 1 0 26 13 Tate, S. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 Lockett, E. 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-1 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 20 35 Zeigler, B. 4-6 0-0 2-2 2-6 8 5 10 2 1 1 2 25 14 Barwegen, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Stephen, E. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 33 Guerrero, R. 1-4 0-0 1-4 1-2 3 1 3 2 3 2 0 21 22 Green, C. 3-4 3-4 0-0 0-2 2 1 9 2 3 0 1 22 10 Hussein, H. 3-4 0-1 0-2 1-2 3 3 6 0 1 0 1 15 10 Bibby, M. 3-6 1-4 3-3 0-6 6 4 10 4 3 0 1 37 23 Tuttle, L. 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 11 Boswell, A. 2-4 1-2 4-4 0-0 0 1 9 2 0 0 2 24 13 Thorpe, G. 3-13 1-5 0-1 1-0 1 2 7 2 1 0 0 34 30 Thornton, S. 3-6 1-3 0-0 2-0 2 1 7 2 1 0 0 19 12 Nottage, E. 3-9 2-5 0-0 0-2 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 19 10 Bodway, J. 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 12 34 Tuxhorn, Z. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 23 Whitaker, R. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 Da Silva, T. 3-10 0-0 3-9 5-3 8 0 9 1 6 0 0 30 52 Carl, R. 1-3 0-0 1-3 1-2 3 2 3 0 2 0 0 11 31 Douglas, M. 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 14 42 Santos, L. 0-3 0-0 2-2 2-2 4 1 2 0 3 2 0 15 TEAM 0-2 2 1 TEAM 3-4 7 TEAM 4-1 5 2 TOTALS 28-56 5-19 8-13 8-16 24 14 69 17 21 0 7 200 TOTALS 19-54 5-21 10-16 9-27 36 24 53 12 12 4 4 200 TOTALS 17-54 3-13 11-21 17-27 44 20 48 11 21 6 3 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 16-28 .571 2nd: 12-28 .429 Game: 28-56 .500 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-25 .480 2nd: 7-29 .241 Game: 19-54 .352 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-28 .357 2nd: 7-26 .269 Game: 17-54 .315 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-9 .333 2nd: 2-10 .200 Game: 5-19 .263 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-10 .400 2nd: 1-11 .091 Game: 5-21 .238 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-5 .200 2nd: 2-8 .250 Game: 3-13 .231 FT%: 1st: 0-1 .000 2nd: 8-12 .667 Game: 8-13 .615 FT%: 1st: 2-5 .400 2nd: 8-11 .727 Game: 10-16 .625 FT%: 1st: 5-12 .417 2nd: 6-9 .667 Game: 11-21 .524

Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: NIU - Highsmith Technical Fouls: none Officials: Kyle Ingram, Bobby Daw, Scott Gooden Officials: Tyler Kumpf, Zelton Steed, Jason Page Officials: Doug Shows, Alfred Smith, Lamar Simpson Attendance: 523 Attendance: 810 Attendance: 2,129 Score by Half Score by Half Score by Half Olivet Nazarene ...... 35-34 69 NIU ...... 29-31 60 NIU ...... 24-35 59 NIU ...... 47-48 95 Florida International ...... 30-23 53 South Florida ...... 26-22 48

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2016-17: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 1133 GGAMEAME 1414 GGAMEAME 1515 NIU: 77 NIU: 67 NIU: 87 Illinois Springfield: 62 Miami: 69 Central Michigan: 83 December 31, 2016 • NIU Convocation Center January 3, 2017 • Millett Hall January 7, 2017 • NIU Convocation Center DeKalb, Ill. Oxford, Ohio DeKalb, Ill.

DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball OXFORD, Ohio – Five players scored in double fi gures but the DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team shot 53.3 percent (16-of-30) in the second half as they Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team dropped a team led by 17 with three minutes to play but had to survive a closed the 2016 calendar year with a 77-62 victory over Illinois one-possession game at Miami (Ohio), 69-67, on Tuesday night late rally from Central Michigan to earn an 87-83 victory over the Springfi eld on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Cen- at Millett Hall in the Mid-American Conference opener for both Chippewas on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Cen- ter. teams. ter. Sophomore Jaylen Key recorded his third career double-dou- The Huskies built on their three-point halftime lead with a 10-0 Senior Aaric Armstead and freshman Eugene German each ble with 16 points and 11 rebounds. run to open the second stanza en route to the 15-point victory scored 13 points, sophomore Levi Bradley scored 11 points with Senior Marin Maric just missed a double-double with a team- in the fi nal non-conference game of the season. Senior Marin a career-best 14 rebounds while senior Marin Maric and senior high 17 points and nine rebounds. Senior Dontel Highsmith Maric scored a team-high 14 points with seven rebounds, sopho- Dontel Highsmith each chipped in 10 points. scored 16 points and sophomore Laytwan Porter also had 16 more Marshawn Wilson added 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting and Trailing by eight at the break, NIU scored the fi rst fi ve out of the points to go along with a team-high four assists. sophomore Jaylen Key chipped in 10 points on a perfect 5-of-5 half as Armstead converted an old-fashioned three-point play NIU held Central Michigan, the nation’s seventh-highest scor- shooting. and freshman Justin Thomas added a layup to cut the Miami lead ing team, to just 30 percent percent shooting in the opening 20 NIU went into the intermission with a 34-31 lead but quickly back to just three, 32-29. The RedHawks pushed their lead back minutes to take a seven-point lead, 35-28, into the intermission. pushed its advantage to double digits with a 10-0 burst to open to a half-dozen before fi ve-straight from Highsmith brought the The Huskies scored the fi rst seven points to open the second the second half. Senior Dontel Highsmith scored four of the fi rst Huskies within one, 40-39, forcing a Miami timeout. half as Maric opened the half with a short jumper, Highsmith six, sandwiched around a basket from Maric, to force an early The RedHawk lead went back to fi ve until an 8-2 burst pushed added a corner triple and Key added a basket as the Huskie ad- timeout from UIS. the Huskies in front, 49-48, with just over 12 minutes to play. vantage ballooned to 42-38 just over two minutes into the sec- Following the timeout, freshman Justin Thomas added a bucket NIU and Miami traded the lead into the fi nal four minutes when ond stanza. and Key ended the run with a layup as the Huskies took a 44-31 a tip-in from Armstead evened the contest, 61-61. NIU still led by 14 when a layup from freshman Eugene German lead less than three minutes into the second half. Miami scored the next fi ve as the RedHawks took a 66-61 lead pushed the Huskie advantage to 16, 52-36, with 13:40 to play. Illinois Springfi eld trimmed the lead back to a dozen until a into the fi nal 70 seconds. Bradley split a pair of free throws to trim Central Michigan split a pair of free throws before German went layup from freshman Eugene German and a jumper from Thom- the Miami lead to four and Armstead buried a corner triple to get 2-of-2 from the charity stripe as the lead grew to 17. as pushed the lead to 51-35 with just under 13 minutes to play. the Huskies within one with 21 seconds to play. The Huskies shot 51.6 percent (16-of-31) from the fi eld in the NIU’s advantage grew to as much as 17 when a jumper from Key The two teams then traded free throws as Miami’s lead stayed second half. gave the Huskies a 55-38 lead with 10:59 left. at one, 68-67, with 12 seconds left. After Miami split a pair of Central Michigan cut the NIU advantage back to just 11 with The Prairie Stars then cut the NIU lead back to nine with a 15-7 free throws, the Huskies came up empty on a triple try and were 7:05 left, but four-straight points from MARIC pushed the Huskie run, capped by a layup from Vince Walker with 6:23 remaining as forced to foul again. The RedHawks then missed two more free lead to 70-55 with a little over six minutes to play. the Huskie advantage shrank to 62-53. NIU answered with the throws, giving NIU a chance to race the length of the fl oor with The lead was cut to 11 again before a layup from Highsmith, a next fi ve, including a jumper from sophomore Laytwan Porter four seconds left, but the Huskie buzzer-beater was no good as tip-in from Highsmith and a jumper from Key extended the NIU and a layup by senior Aaric Armstead as the Huskies ended any the RedHawks took the conference opener. lead to 77-60 with 3:18 left before the Chippewas began their chance of a surprise comeback. Abdoulaye Harouna scored a game-high 18 points to lead Mi- furious rally. David DiLeo hit back-to-back triples, sandwiched Armstead fi nished with eight points and a game-high four as- ami; Rod Mills added 15, Logan McLane chipped in 14 points and around a Huskie turnover, to cut the lead to 11 with 2:38 to play. sists. Michael Weathers had 11 points for the RedHawks. An old-fashioned three-point play with 1:49 left trimmed the Eddie Longmeyer scored a game-high 16 points to lead Illi- Already leading by one, Miami used a fi ve-point burst to take NIU lead to single-digits, 79-70, until Porter pushed the lead back nois Springfi eld; Paxton Harmon added 11 points and seven re- a 10-4 lead six minutes into the contest. Miami’s advantage to 10 with a free throw. Braylon Rayson answered with a triple for bounds for the Prairie Stars. ballooned to seven on a triple with 9:16 to play in the half until Central Michigan to cut the NIU lead to just seven. UIS got off to a good start to open the contest, leading by as back-to-back layups from German and a pair of free throws from The Huskies led by eight when Rayson went to the line and much as four in the early going. A pair of triples from Wilson Highsmith pulled the Huskies back within one, 19-18, with 7:45 made a pair with 25 seconds to play, trimmed the NIU lead to helped push the Huskies in front by four, 20-16, with 11:34 to to play in the half. 84-78. play in the opening half. A tip-in by Bradley with 5:23 left in the opening half brought Two more free throws brought Central Michigan within four, NIU’s led grew to eight, its largest of the opening 20 minutes, on the Huskies even, 21-21, but Miami responded with the next fi ve. but freshman Justin Thomas then made a pair from the line as Wilson’s third triple with just over 90 second to play before the A turnaround jumper from Bradley cut the Miami advantage the lead went back to a half-dozen with 24 seconds left. intermission, but UIS scored the fi nal fi ve of the half to cut the back to three but the RedHawks closed the half on a 6-1 run, tak- Rayson cut that lead in half with a triple with fi ve seconds to Huskie lead to just 34-31 at the break. ing a 32-24 lead into the intermission. play, but sophomore Levi Bradley sealed the win with a free 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 throw with 0.9 seconds left as the Huskies earned the victory in 15 Key, J. 5-5 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 3 10 1 0 1 0 18 15 Key, J. 0-4 0-0 1-4 2-2 4 3 1 2 1 2 0 20 their conference home opener. 34 Maric, M. 4-6 0-0 2-3 3-4 7 4 10 1 3 0 2 30 34 Maric, M. 5-9 0-1 4-5 2-5 7 1 14 0 1 0 1 24 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3 Highsmith, D. 3-6 2-4 2-2 1-1 2 2 10 0 1 0 0 26 3 Highsmith, D. 3-9 0-3 0-0 0-3 3 2 6 1 0 0 0 19 15 Key, J. 6-12 0-0 4-6 4-7 11 5 16 0 1 0 0 27 5 Thomas, J. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 15 5 Thomas, J. 3-4 0-1 1-4 0-1 1 1 7 2 0 0 2 22 34 Maric, M. 7-13 0-1 3-5 4-5 9 5 17 3 2 0 1 28 23 Armstead, A. 4-9 1-3 4-5 1-5 6 1 13 0 1 2 3 31 23 Armstead, A. 2-12 1-4 3-4 1-4 5 0 8 4 0 1 1 29 3 Highsmith, D. 6-10 3-5 1-2 4-2 6 4 16 2 4 0 1 22 0 Wilson, M. 1-6 0-4 1-2 1-1 2 2 3 1 1 0 2 10 0 Wilson, M. 4-5 3-3 0-0 0-3 3 1 11 0 1 0 0 11 5 Thomas, J. 2-9 0-3 3-4 0-1 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 24 2 Porter, L. 0-2 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 2 Porter, L. 2-3 0-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 5 1 1 0 2 5 23 Armstead, A. 1-6 0-4 5-6 1-2 3 3 7 1 3 1 1 33 10 German, E. 5-7 1-2 2-2 0-1 1 2 13 1 3 0 0 17 10 German, E. 3-5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 13 2 Porter, L. 4-9 0-2 8-11 1-4 5 4 16 4 0 0 1 23 11 McCarty, N. 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 4 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 German, E. 1-6 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 12 31 Pauga, A. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 31 Pauga, A. 1-5 1-5 2-2 1-1 2 2 5 0 0 0 1 22 11 McCarty, N. 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 9 42 Bradley, L. 5-10 0-2 1-2 4-10 14 2 11 0 2 0 0 25 42 Bradley, L. 1-4 1-2 2-2 0-5 5 2 5 0 3 2 0 24 31 Pauga, A. 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 TEAM 0-1 1 TEAM 1-2 3 42 Bradley, L. 0-3 0-1 1-2 1-3 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 11 TOTALS 24-53 4-17 15-22 13-28 41 23 67 8 15 5 7 200 TOTALS 29-61 6-21 13-19 8-30 38 12 77 9 6 4 8 200 TEAM 6-3 9 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 7-20 .350 2nd: 17-33 .515 Game: 24-53 .453 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-31 .419 2nd: 16-30 .533 Game: 29-61 .475 TOTALS 28-73 4-20 27-38 23-30 53 31 87 10 12 2 5 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 0-6 .000 2nd: 4-11 .364 Game: 4-17 .235 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-13 .385 2nd: 1-8 .125 Game: 6-21 .286 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-42 .286 2nd: 16-31 .516 Game: 28-73 .384 FT%: 1st: 10-12 .833 2nd: 5-10 .500 Game: 15-22 .682 FT%: 1st: 3-7 .429 2nd: 10-12 .833 Game: 13-19 .684 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-13 .154 2nd: 2-7 .286 Game: 4-20 .200 FT%: 1st: 9-13 .692 2nd: 18-25 .720 Game: 27-38 .711 No. UIS FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Miami FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 2 Mills, R. 5-10 5-9 0-0 0-7 7 2 15 1 2 1 2 32 24 Days, K. 2-9 1-1 0-0 3-3 6 2 5 1 2 1 0 27 No. Central Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 11 McLane, L. 7-11 0-1 0-7 3-6 9 2 14 2 2 1 1 32 30 Harmon, P. 4-8 2-4 1-2 0-7 7 4 11 3 0 0 2 34 21 Williams, C. 1-4 0-1 3-4 4-4 8 3 5 0 4 0 0 28 20 Wade, D. 1-5 0-2 0-0 3-3 6 0 2 2 2 0 1 23 21 Steinberg, Z. 4-12 1-2 0-0 4-2 6 1 9 0 0 0 0 29 24 Meyer, L. 0-2 0-1 4-4 1-2 3 5 4 0 1 1 0 12 24 Weathers, M. 4-8 0-1 3-4 1-2 3 4 11 6 0 1 2 22 1 Donnelly, L. 2-8 0-3 0-3 1-4 5 2 4 3 4 0 1 26 2 Rayson, B. 6-18 4-11 13-17 1-3 4 2 29 5 2 0 0 38 30 Harouna, A. 5-9 5-7 3-4 0-1 1 3 18 4 1 1 1 37 10 Walker, V. 3-6 2-4 1-3 0-2 2 4 9 1 3 0 1 29 3 Keene, M. 4-11 2-6 4-10 1-1 2 4 14 4 6 0 0 34 0 Harper, D. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Longmeyer, E. 7-15 2-6 0-1 0-3 3 2 16 2 4 0 0 31 12 Kozinski, J. 2-5 2-4 0-0 1-5 6 2 6 1 0 0 5 30 13 Wright, J. 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 Smith, W. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 DiLeo, D. 6-14 5-11 5-8 2-4 6 4 22 1 0 0 2 31 15 Jovic, M. 1-3 0-1 0-3 0-1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 11 12 Ngwe, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 Smith, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 Bischoff, J. 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 32 Van Sant, B. 2-6 0-2 4-6 2-2 4 1 8 3 1 0 0 22 20 McKay, K. 1-2 0-0 1-1 1-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 22 Weathers, M. 1-1 1-1 4-5 1-0 1 3 7 0 2 0 0 16 TEAM 4-4 8 23 Scott, D. 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-6 7 5 0 0 1 1 0 16 TEAM 0-0 0 1 TOTALS 24-64 8-22 6-15 14-27 41 16 62 13 14 1 4 200 32 Hibbitts, B. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 TOTALS 24-50 11-24 10-24 8-20 28 19 69 18 11 4 7 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-34 .353 2nd: 12-30 .400 Game: 24-64 .375 TEAM 1-4 5 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 10-22 .455 2nd: 14-28 .500 Game: 24-50 .480 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-14 .357 2nd: 3-8 .375 Game: 8-22 .364 TOTALS 20-57 13-34 30-44 13-29 42 28 83 11 14 2 8 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-12 .417 2nd: 6-12 .500 Game: 11-24 .458 FT%: 1st: 2-7 .286 2nd: 4-8 .500 Game: 6-15 .400 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 6-20 .300 2nd: 14-37 .378 Game: 20-57 .351 FT%: 1st: 7-12 .583 2nd: 3-12 .250 Game: 10-24 .417 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-13 .385 2nd: 8-21 .381 Game: 13-34 .382 Technical Fouls: none FT%: 1st: 11-16 .688 2nd: 19-28 .679 Game: 30-44 .682 Officials: Larry Scirotto, Dan Dorian, Bobby Daw Technical Fouls: none Officials: Bo Boroski, Glenn Mayborg, Kyle Ingram Attendance: 1,083 Technical Fouls: none Attendance: 1,151 Score by Half Officials: Frank Spencer, Dave Cronin, Steve Honacki Score by Half Illinois Springfield ...... 31-31 62 Attendance: 1,717 NIU ...... 24-43 67 NIU ...... 34-43 77 Score by Half Miami ...... 32-37 69 Central Michigan ...... 28-55 83 NIU ...... 35-52 87

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2016-17: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 1616 (OVERTIME)(OVERTIME) GGAMEAME 1717 GGAMEAME 1818 NIU: 74 NIU: 69 NIU: 62 Kent State: 70 Bowling Green: 52 Miami: 58 January 10, 2017 • M.A.C. Center January 14, 2017 • Stroh Center January 17, 2017 • NIU Convocation Center Kent, Ohio Bowling Green, Ohio DeKalb, Ill.

KENT, Ohio – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Sophomore Levi Bradley scored DEKALB, Ill. – Four players scored in double fi gures as the trailed by as much as 13 in the second half, but rallied to claim all 12 of his points in the second half and ignited a 17-0 run as Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team earned its a 74-70 road win at Kent State on Tuesday night at the M.A.C. the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team defeated fourth-straight win, 62-58, over Miami (Ohio) on Tuesday night at Center. Senior Marin Maric scored a team-high 19 points and Bowling Green, 69-52, on Saturday afternoon at the Stroh Center. the NIU Convocation Center. Freshman Eugene German scored grabbed 11 rebounds, leading four Huskies in double fi gures in The Huskies led by just a pair before the 17-0 burst moved NIU a team-high 12 points and senior Marin Maric posted his 17th the contest. comfortably in front for good. career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Sophomore Laytwan Porter and freshman Eugene German Sophomore Jaylen Key also added 12 points as the Huskies Senior Dontel Highsmith and sophomore Jaylen Key each add- each came off the bench to add 12 points while sophomore won back-to-back road games to improve to 11-6 overall, 3-1 in ed 10 points. Jaylen Key added 11 points. Mid-American Conference play. Miami led by three until an 8-0 burst gave NIU a 14-9 lead just Kent State led 36-24 at the half and the lead grew to as much as NIU scored the fi rst fi ve to open the contest, but Bowling Green past the midway point of the opening half. Sophomore Mar- 13, 44-31, until a 12-2 run for the Huskies cut the Golden Flashes answered with the next half-dozen to take its fi rst lead of the af- shawn Wilson opened the run with a free throw, Key and Maric advantage to just 46-43 with 12:24 to play. ternoon with 13:45 to play in the fi rst half. each added layups and Highsmith capped the burst with a triple Senior Aaric Armstead started the burst with a free throw. Key With the game tied, 8-8, NIU used an 8-0 run to take a 16-8 lead as the Huskies took a fi ve-point lead. added a corner trifecta before Armstead added a basket. with 8:42 left before the break. Key ignited the run with the fi rst The RedHawks responded with the next six to take a 15-14 ad- Following a Kent State score, German made a layup, Porter add- two baskets, freshman Justin Thomas added a layup off glass and vantage with 6:58 to play before the break, but NIU answered ed a free throw and German knocked in a triple as the Huskies cut sophomore Austin Pauga chipped in a layup as the Huskies took with the next 10. Sophomore Levi Bradley opened the run for the the Kent State lead to three. an eight-point lead. Huskies, freshman Justin Thomas added a fastbreak layup, Wilson Kent State had pushed its lead back to eight before a reverse Bowling Green responded with 11 of the next 15 as the Falcons made a pair of free throws and German made a pair of driving layup from Porter and an old-fashioned three-point play by Ger- cut the NIU lead to just one, 20-19, with fi ve minutes left in the layups as the Huskies took a 24-15 lead with four minutes to play man brought the Huskies within three again, 53-50. half. in the opening stanza. Once again the Golden Flashes had an answer as the lead went The Huskies came back with a 9-2 run as sophomore Marshawn A triple from Highsmith pushed the Huskie advantage to nine, back to eight with just under seven minutes left, but NIU closed Wilson knocked in a triple, Key made two more baskets and its largest of the fi rst half, before Miami closed the scoring with regulation with a 14-6 run to force overtime. Thomas got a friendly bounce as NIU led 29-21. a layup as the Huskies took a 31-24 lead into the intermission. With Kent State leading 62-56, three-straight buckets, two from After Bowling Green climbed back within four, senior Marin Highsmith led NIU with eight points in the opening 20 minutes; Porter and one from senior Dontel Highsmith, pulled NIU even at Maric and Wilson each split a pair of free throws as the Huskies Michael Weathers led all scorers with 10 at the break. 62 with less than two minutes to play in regulation. The Golden took a 31-25 lead into the intermission. NIU led by nine until a fi ve-point burst from the RedHawks cut Flashes went back in front with a pair of free throws but Porter Maric fi nished with seven points and a team-high 10 rebounds. the Huskie advantage to just 37-33 a little less than fi ve minutes delivered again with a layup to tie the game with 1:16 to go. Key led all scorers with eight points in the opening 20 minutes; into the second half. The Huskies got a defensive stop, but then missed a pair of free Ismail Ali had seven to pace the Falcons. With the Huskies leading still leading by four, Maric and fresh- throws, giving the ball back to Kent State with 21 seconds left NIU opened the second half with a basket from freshman Eu- man Noah McCarty connected on a back-to-back baskets as the and a chance to win. Out of a timeout, NIU switched to a 1-3-1 gene German, but Bowling Green hit back-to-back corner threes Huskies doubled their advantage to 51-43 with just over eight zone that bothered the Golden Flashes enough to force a tough to close the gap to a pair, 33-31. minutes to play. shot that was missed and the game went to overtime. The Huskie lead was still a pair when a bucket from Bradley A free throw from Key pushed the NIU lead up to nine with 3:26 NIU took its fi rst lead of the night on a pair of free throws from opened a 17-0 NIU run. Key added a layup off glass, senior Dontel left, but Miami answered with the next fi ve to trim the Huskie sophomore Levi Bradley to start the overtime. Tied at 68, Maric Highsmith converted an old-fashioned three-point play, Bradley lead to just 57-53 with 2:15 to play. made a free throw to put the Huskies up by one with 1:26 left added a three-point play and a corner triple as the Huskies led NIU made four of six free throws over the next two minutes as in the extra session. Following a turnover by the Golden Flashes, 52-37. The run continued as Bradley knocked down a pair from the Huskies increased their lead to fi ve; Miami then made a pair Porter went off glass to give the Huskies a three-point lead with the line and Key added another basket to give NIU a 19-point from the line with 14 seconds to play, pulling the RedHawks with- less than a minute to play. lead with 7:39 left. in a possession, but Maric sealed the victory with a free throw A tip-in with under 30 seconds left brought Kent State back Bowling Green cut the NIU advantage back to 11, but the Fal- with 7.7 seconds left as NIU earned its fourth consecutive victory, within one but Bradley went to the free-throw line and made a cons got no closer as the Huskies cruised home to the road vic- and its eighth in the last nine games. pair to seal the comeback win for the Huskies. With the win, NIU tory. Michael Weathers fi nished with 18 points for Miami to lead all improved to 8-4 all-time in overtime games under Montgomery. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN scorers; Logan McLane added 12 points and Abdoulaye Harouna Jaylin Walker scored 22 points to lead the way for Kent State; 15 Key, J. 6-9 0-0 0-0 2-4 6 3 12 1 0 0 2 23 chipped in 10 points. Deon Edwin added 18 points. 34 Maric, M. 2-6 0-0 3-4 3-7 10 2 7 0 4 0 1 28 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 3 Highsmith, D. 2-6 0-3 5-5 0-1 1 0 9 1 1 0 0 26 15 Key, J. 3-4 1-1 3-4 2-4 6 1 10 0 3 0 2 27 15 Key, J. 3-3 1-1 4-5 1-2 3 4 11 1 2 0 0 22 5 Thomas, J. 2-3 0-1 0-0 1-3 4 3 4 1 5 0 2 15 34 Maric, M. 3-6 0-1 5-8 2-10 12 3 11 0 3 1 1 25 34 Maric, M. 7-15 0-1 5-8 6-5 11 0 19 0 1 0 1 41 23 Armstead, A. 3-8 0-1 0-0 1-5 6 2 6 1 0 0 4 28 3 Highsmith, D. 3-7 2-3 2-2 2-1 3 1 10 3 1 1 0 27 3 Highsmith, D. 2-8 1-4 0-0 3-0 3 4 5 1 5 0 1 33 0 Wilson, M. 2-9 1-3 1-2 1-1 2 1 6 3 1 0 2 20 5 Thomas, J. 1-3 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 20 5 Thomas, J. 1-3 0-0 3-4 0-2 2 0 5 0 1 0 3 17 2 Porter, L. 1-4 1-3 2-2 0-3 3 3 5 4 3 0 2 18 23 Armstead, A. 0-8 0-4 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 3 5 0 3 23 23 Armstead, A. 1-11 0-3 1-3 5-7 12 2 3 3 1 1 2 34 10 German, E. 1-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 12 0 Wilson, M. 1-2 0-1 3-4 2-0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 12 2 Porter, L. 5-9 0-2 2-4 0-1 1 2 12 1 3 0 2 27 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 Porter, L. 1-5 1-4 2-2 1-0 1 5 5 2 4 1 2 19 10 German, E. 5-12 1-2 1-1 0-1 1 2 12 1 4 0 1 19 21 Damaska, S. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 German, E. 5-6 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 12 0 2 0 0 18 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 31 Pauga, A. 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 11 McCarty, N. 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 3 2 0 2 1 0 9 31 Pauga, A. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 33 Siu, J. 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 31 Pauga, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 42 Bradley, L. 1-5 0-0 5-6 2-3 5 4 7 1 1 0 1 23 42 Bradley, L. 4-6 1-2 3-3 0-3 3 2 12 1 2 0 1 21 42 Bradley, L. 2-6 0-2 0-0 0-3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 18 TEAM 4-2 6 TEAM 1-2 3 1 TEAM 2-3 5 TOTALS 25-67 3-14 21-31 21-23 44 20 74 9 18 1 11 225 TOTALS 25-59 4-16 15-18 9-31 40 18 69 12 18 0 14 200 TOTALS 20-48 5-17 17-23 13-25 38 16 62 10 22 4 10 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 7-29 .241 2nd: 16-34 .471 OT: 2-4 .500 Game: 25-67 .373 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-32 .375 2nd: 13-27 .481 Game: 25-59 .424 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-28 .429 2nd: 8-20 .400 Game: 20-48 .417 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-6 .167 2nd: 2-7 .286 OT: 0-1 .000 Game: 3-14 .214 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-8 .250 2nd: 2-8 .250 Game: 4-16 .250 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-9 .222 2nd: 3-8 .375 Game: 5-17 .294 FT%: 1st: 9-13 .692 2nd: 6-10 .600 OT: 6-8 .750 Game: 21-31 .677 FT%: 1st: 5-8 .625 2nd: 10-10 1.00 Game: 15-18 .833 FT%: 1st: 5-7 .714 2nd: 12-16 .750 Game: 17-23 .739

No. Kent State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Bowling Green FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Miami FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 1 De La Rosa, A. 4-8 0-0 1-1 4-2 6 4 9 0 5 3 0 23 1 Wiggins, D. 2-7 0-0 1-4 1-2 3 3 5 2 4 0 1 24 2 Mills, R. 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 22 23 Walker, J. 6-15 6-10 4-4 0-5 5 3 22 2 5 0 2 41 14 Alcegaire, W. 1-5 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 5 2 1 4 0 0 22 11 McLane, L. 5-10 0-0 2-3 1-3 4 3 12 0 1 1 4 33 3 Edwin, D. 7-12 2-4 2-3 2-3 5 3 18 4 1 1 1 42 4 Denny, Z. 3-8 1-4 0-1 1-10 11 3 7 1 3 0 0 31 22 Weathers, Ma. 2-6 0-1 4-5 2-3 5 4 8 0 2 0 3 26 32 Ridenour, D. 4-12 0-4 0-0 3-4 7 3 8 4 1 0 1 34 11 Lillard, A. 0-3 0-2 2-2 0-2 2 1 2 0 5 0 1 16 24 Weathers, Mi. 7-13 3-5 1-1 0-3 3 3 18 6 6 0 2 35 55 Zabo, K. 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 3 0 0 14 20 Ali, I. 7-11 1-1 1-1 1-2 3 2 16 6 2 1 2 36 30 Harouna, A. 3-14 2-8 2-2 1-4 5 3 10 1 4 0 1 38 0 Avery, J. 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 19 2 Hluchoweckyj, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 Harper, D. 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 5 Pippen, D. 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 8 3 Caldwell, R. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 13 Wright, J. 1-6 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 20 13 Peterson, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Frye, D. 5-8 3-4 0-0 1-1 2 1 13 1 1 0 0 28 15 Jovic, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 Walker, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 10 24 Fox, M. 1-7 1-7 0-0 1-1 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 18 20 Wade, D. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 11 33 Edwards, L. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 32 Worrell, R. 1-2 0-0 2-4 0-3 3 2 4 0 0 1 0 15 21 Bischoff, J. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 35 Hall, J. 1-6 0-0 5-5 1-4 5 4 7 1 4 0 1 31 TEAM 0-4 4 TEAM 8-1 9 1 TEAM 0-4 4 TOTALS 20-51 6-21 6-13 5-26 31 19 52 12 22 2 5 200 TOTALS 22-57 5-20 9-11 12-17 29 21 58 8 17 1 12 200 TOTALS 24-60 10-23 12-13 10-25 35 25 70 15 23 6 7 225 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-22 .409 2nd: 11-29 .379 Game: 20-51 .392 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-28 .321 2nd: 13-29 .448 Game: 22-57 .386 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-32 .406 2nd: 9-17 .529 OT: 2-11 .182 Game: 24-60 .400 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-7 .286 2nd: 4-14 .286 Game: 6-21 .286 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-9 .222 2nd: 3-11 .273 Game: 5-20 .250 3-PT FG%: 1st: 7-15 .467 2nd: 3-5 .600 OT: 0-3 .000 Game: 10-23 .435 FT%: 1st: 5-10 .500 2nd: 1-3 .333 Game: 6-13 .462 FT%: 1st: 4-4 1.00 2nd: 5-7 .714 Game: 9-11 .818 FT%: 1st: 3-3 1.00 2nd: 7-8 .875 OT: 2-2 1.00 Game: 12-13 .923 Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: none Officials: Darryl Smith, Geoff Vejsicky, Edwin Young Officials: Todd Von Sossan, Greg Langsdorf, Luke Schumer Officials: Jim Schipper, Chris Beaver, Tim Stewart Attendance: 2,234 Attendance: 1,053 Attendance: 2,033 Score by Half Score by Half Score by Half NIU ...... 31-38 69 Miami ...... 24-34 58 NIU ...... 24-40-10 74 Bowling Green ...... 25-27 52 NIU ...... 31-31 62 Kent State ...... 36-28-6 70

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GGAMEAME 1199 GGAMEAME 2020 GGAMEAME 2121 NIU: 69 NIU: 66 NIU: 74 Ohio: 78 Kent State: 73 Toledo: 72 January 21, 2017 • NIU Convocation Center January 24, 2017 • NIU Convocation Center January 28, 2017 • Savage Arena DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill. Toledo, Ohio

DEKALB, Ill. -- The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball DEKALB, Ill. – Kent State outscored the Northern Illinois Uni- TOLEDO, Ohio – Five players scored in double fi gures, led by 15 team trailed by just three with three minutes to play, but a 9-0 versity men’s basketball team 8-2 over the fi nal three minutes as from senior Marin Maric, as the Northern Illinois University men’s Ohio run helped the Bobcats claim a 78-69 road victory over the the Golden Flashes earned a 73-66 victory over the Huskies on basketball team claimed a 74-72 road win over Toledo on Satur- Huskies on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Convocation Center. Tuesday night at the NIU Convocation Center. Sophomore Levi day afternoon at Savage Arena. Senior Marin Maric led four Huskies in double fi gures with 16 Bradley scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Sophomore Laytwan Porter added 12 points, seniors Dontel points and 11 rebounds. the Huskies, sophomore Jaylen Key added 11 points and fi ve re- Highsmith and Aaric Armstead each had 11 points and sopho- Freshman Eugene German added 15 points while sophomores bounds. more Levi Bradley chipped in 10. Levi Bradley and Jaylen Key each chipped in 11 points. The Golden Flashes outrebounded the Huskies, 37-32, in a A bucket by Highsmith gave the Huskies an early three-point After trailing by as much as nine early in the second half, NIU game that featured seven ties and 15 lead changes. lead but Toledo answered with an 11-2 burst as the Rockets took rallied to take its fi rst lead of the second half, 59-57, on a put- A Kent State triple ignited a 7-1 run for the Golden Flashes with a 14-8 lead with just over 13 minutes to play in the opening half. back from Maric with 6:21 to play. The basket capped a 7-0 Hus- 12:47 to play in the fi rst half. The two teams each split a pair of Toledo’s lead grew to as much as 11 until an old-fashioned kie burst that was fueled by fi ve points from German. free throws before Kent State made another triple to take a 22- three-point play from Maric sparked a 7-2 burst for the Huskies Ohio answered with a triple to move back in front and, after a 15 lead. that cut the Rocket lead back to a half-dozen just past the mid- free throw by senior Dontel Highsmith tied the game at 60, the NIU responded with the next eight as the Huskies took a one- way point of the half. Highsmith and freshman Justin Thomas Bobcats scored the next fi ve to take a fi ve-point lead with 4:21 point lead, 23-22. Senior Marin Maric opened the burst for NIU each added baskets during the run as NIU trimmed the Toledo left. with a layup off a feed from senior Dontel Highsmith before lead to 24-18. Highsmith fi nished with eight points and a team-high four as- sophomore Austin Pauga canned back-to-back trifectas to push Toledo led 28-20 until eight-straight from the Huskies pulled sists. NIU in front with 9:15 to play. NIU even. Maric opened the burst with a basket and back-to-back NIU cut the Ohio advantage back to three on a basket by Key With the game tied, 30-30, Bradley knocked down a triple from trifectas from Porter and sophomore Austin Pauga evened the with 3:14 remaining, but the Bobcats went on a 9-0 to lead 76-64 the wing to push the Huskies back in front. Kent State answered contest with fi ve minutes left before the intermission. and put the game out of reach. with a triple of its own to even the game again with 2:37 left be- After Toledo reclaimed the lead by a pair, Porter canned a cor- Jaaron Simmons led all scorers with 21 points for Ohio; Jason fore the intermission. ner triple, followed by a bucket from Maric as the Huskies took Carter added 17 points and a game-high 12 rebounds while Jor- A pair of free throws from sophomore Marshawn Wilson in the a 37-34 lead. The NIU advantage grew to as much as fi ve before dan Dartis and Mike Laster each scored 14 points. fi nal minute of the half gave NIU a 37-35 lead at the break. Toledo closed the half with a layup as the Huskies took a 40-37 Ohio scored the fi rst four points of the contest and NIU an- Senior Aaric Armstead scored the fi rst two points to begin the lead into the break. swered with a 10-2 run to take a four-point lead of its own, but second half as NIU took a four-point lead but Kent State an- Toledo made a free throw to open the scoring in the second half then neither lead led by more than three in the fi rst half until swered with 11 of the next 13 as the Golden Flashes moved in but a triple from Armstead and an old-fashioned three-point play back-to-back triples pushed the Bobcats in front by six. front, 46-41, with just over 15 minutes to play. from Highsmith extended the NIU lead to eight, 46-38. A jumper from senior Aaric Armstead tied the game, 23-23, with Two Kent State triples, sandwiched around a basket from Key, NIU’s lead grew to as much as nine, but the Rockets trimmed the 5:31 to play before the intermission before Carter and Dartis gave helped the Golden Flashed push their lead to seven with 12:41 Huskie advantage back to just four, 56-52. Ohio a six-point lead with those consecutive triples. remaining. The lead was still seven when Key went on a personal The Huskies responded with the next fi ve as Maric made a free Baskets from German and Key trimmed the Ohio advantage 7-2 burst, capping the run with a corner triple, to bring the Hus- throw and Highsmith made a pair of baskets as the NIU lead grew back to just a pair, but the Bobcats outscored the Huskies 10-5 kies back within a pair, 58-56, with just under nine minutes left. back to 61-52 with just under eight to play. in the fi nal three minutes of the half to take a 39-32 lead into the Kent State led by fi ve before back-to-back baskets from Maric After Toledo trimmed the NIU lead back to just fi ve, Armstead intermission. cut the Golden Flashes lead back to just one, 63-62, with 5:03 left. made a pair of jumpers as the Huskie lead climbed back to nine, Ohio shot 55.2 percent (16-of-29) from the fi eld in the open- The lead was still one following a jumper from Armstead with 70-61, with just under three minutes to play. ing 20 minutes; including 50 percent (5-of-10) from three-point 3:41 to play, but Kent State answered on the next possession with Toledo once again had an answer, scoring the next eight to cut range. a triple from Jalen Avery to push the advantage back to four with the NIU lead to just one with 41 seconds to play. With Ohio still leading by seven, 49-42, in the second half, a pair three minutes left. Porter knocked down a triple as the NIU lead grew to 73-69, but of free throws from Highsmith started a 6-0 burst that pulled the Empty possessions for both team kept the Golden Flashes in Toledo answered right back with a triple of its own to cut the lead Huskies within one with just over 11 minutes left. Freshman Jus- front by four heading into the fi nal minute but NIU was unable back to one with under 20 seconds to play. tin Thomas made a driving layup and Bradley knocked down a to get any closer as Kent State earned its third consecutive win After the Huskies split a pair of free throws to go back up by a baseline jumper as the Huskies trimmed the Bobcat lead to 49- in DeKalb. pair. Maric was whistled for a foul fi ve seconds left but the Rock- 48. ets missed both free throws and NIU grabbed the rebound. The A free throw from Gavin Block and a bucket from Simmons gave No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN Huskies missed the front end of a one-and-one but Toledo, trying Ohio a fi ve-point lead, 57-52, before the 7-0 burst that pushed 15 Key, J. 5-6 1-2 0-0 1-4 5 2 11 0 0 0 0 19 to race the ball up the fl oor, stepped out of bounds as the Huskies the Huskies in front for the fi rst time in the second half. 34 Maric, M. 3-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 3 6 0 1 0 0 25 survived for a 74-72 victory. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3 Highsmith, D. 1-5 0-2 0-1 0-2 2 3 2 3 3 1 0 26 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 15 Key, J. 5-7 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 11 1 2 1 1 25 5 Thomas, J. 2-5 0-0 3-6 0-1 1 2 7 1 2 0 3 27 15 Key, J. 3-8 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 6 1 1 0 2 13 34 Maric, M. 6-13 0-0 4-7 7-4 11 3 16 0 3 0 0 25 23 Armstead, A. 2-7 0-2 2-2 2-0 2 2 6 1 2 0 1 20 34 Maric, M. 5-13 0-1 5-8 5-4 9 3 15 3 1 0 1 34 3 Highsmith, D. 2-5 1-2 3-5 0-1 1 1 8 4 2 0 2 29 0 Wilson, M. 3-8 1-2 2-2 2-3 5 3 9 1 1 0 0 20 3 Highsmith, D. 5-7 0-1 1-1 1-1 2 2 11 4 1 0 1 27 5 Thomas, J. 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 16 2 Porter, L. 0-3 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 Thomas, J. 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 2 2 1 4 0 3 22 23 Armstead, A. 2-8 0-2 0-0 2-6 8 3 4 1 2 0 0 36 10 German, E. 1-4 0-1 5-7 0-1 1 1 7 0 2 0 0 11 23 Armstead, A. 4-6 2-2 1-3 1-7 8 1 11 3 4 1 2 30 0 Wilson, M. 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 McCarty, N. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 Wilson, M. 0-4 0-2 2-2 0-1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 10 2 Porter, L. 1-2 0-1 0-2 0-1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 11 31 Pauga, A. 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 11 2 Porter, L. 4-6 3-4 1-2 1-2 3 2 12 1 2 0 1 22 10 German, E. 5-11 1-4 4-7 0-1 1 2 15 1 1 0 0 23 42 Bradley, L. 5-7 1-3 1-2 1-6 7 0 12 4 0 0 0 23 10 German, E. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 7 11 McCarty, N. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 TEAM 0-5 5 1 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 42 Bradley, L. 5-10 1-1 0-0 1-3 4 2 11 1 0 1 0 22 TOTALS 24-52 5-15 13-21 7-25 32 19 66 10 12 2 4 200 31 Pauga, A. 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 TEAM 3-5 8 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-22 .500 2nd: 13-30 .433 Game: 24-52 .462 42 Bradley, L. 4-10 1-3 1-2 1-4 5 2 10 1 0 0 0 24 TOTALS 27-61 4-12 11-21 14-25 39 16 69 9 12 2 4 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-6 .667 2nd: 1-9 .111 Game: 5-15 .333 TEAM 2-2 4 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-27 .444 2nd: 15-34 .441 Game: 27-61 .443 FT%: 1st: 11-18 .611 2nd: 2-3 .667 Game: 13-21 .619 TOTALS 28-58 7-14 11-19 12-24 36 20 74 16 16 1 10 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-5 .200 2nd: 3-7 .429 Game: 4-12 .333 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 15-31 .484 2nd: 13-27 .481 Game: 28-58 .483 FT%: 1st: 7-13 .538 2nd: 4-8 .500 Game: 11-21 .524 No. Kent State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-7 .429 2nd: 4-7 .571 Game: 7-14 .500 5 Pippen, D. 0-3 0-1 3-4 2-1 3 4 3 0 2 0 1 11 FT%: 1st: 7-10 .700 2nd: 4-9 .444 Game: 11-19 .579 No. Ohio FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 35 Hall, J. 8-12 0-0 2-4 4-9 13 2 18 1 3 2 0 39 1 Carter, J. 7-13 1-4 2-4 3-9 12 2 17 1 3 2 2 25 0 Avery, J. 5-9 3-4 3-4 0-5 5 1 16 2 1 0 2 24 No. Toledo FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 13 Kaminski, K. 2-9 1-5 0-0 0-7 7 3 5 0 1 0 0 34 13 Peterson, M. 2-7 1-4 0-0 2-3 5 1 5 1 1 1 1 30 23 Taylor Jr., S. 3-5 0-0 1-4 2-15 17 3 7 9 4 2 1 33 22 Block, G. 1-5 0-2 1-2 1-1 2 3 3 3 1 0 0 16 30 Edwin, D. 4-10 2-4 1-4 2-1 3 2 11 3 1 2 0 31 35 Navigato, N. 3-8 2-5 0-0 0-3 3 1 8 0 1 0 1 37 2 Simmons, J. 8-14 1-2 4-4 1-3 4 2 21 5 4 0 2 37 1 De La Rosa, A. 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-6 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 17 1 Williams, J. 8-15 1-5 4-6 0-1 1 1 21 2 4 1 0 37 35 Dartis, J. 5-8 4-6 0-0 0-1 1 1 14 0 0 0 1 38 14 Walker, A. 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 13 Sanford, J. 9-14 4-7 7-10 0-1 1 2 29 3 5 0 1 38 23 Culver, R. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 32 Ridenour, D. 0-1 0-1 2-2 0-0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 15 25 Lauf, J. 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 5 4 0 1 0 1 29 24 Laster, M. 5-9 3-6 1-2 1-1 2 3 14 1 1 0 0 30 33 Edwards, L. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 2 Adway, T. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45 Taylor, D. 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 3 4 2 1 1 0 14 55 Zabo, K. 6-12 3-7 1-2 0-0 0 4 16 2 2 0 1 21 5 Roberts, J. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 5 TEAM 1-2 3 TEAM 0-0 0 30 Knape, L. 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-3 3 4 0 2 1 0 0 20 TOTALS 30-61 10-25 8-12 8-27 35 19 78 13 11 3 5 200 TOTALS 25-56 9-21 14-22 11-26 37 20 73 12 13 6 5 200 TEAM 0-1 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 16-29 .552 2nd: 14-32 .438 Game: 30-61 .492 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-31 .355 2nd: 14-25 .560 Game: 25-56 .446 TOTALS 26-49 8-21 12-20 2-25 27 17 72 17 16 3 5 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-10 .500 2nd: 5-15 .333 Game: 10-25 .400 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-12 .417 2nd: 4-9 .444 Game: 9-21 .429 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-25 .560 2nd: 12-24 .500 Game: 26-49 .531 FT%: 1st: 2-5 .400 2nd: 6-7 .857 Game: 8-12 .667 FT%: 1st: 8-10 .800 2nd: 6-12 .500 Game: 14-22 .636 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-9 .556 2nd: 3-12 .250 Game: 8-21 .381 FT%: 1st: 4-5 .800 2nd: 8-15 .533 Game: 12-20 .600 Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: none Officials: Brad Clauss, Bryan Anslinger, Jabir Walker Officials: Rob Riley, D.J. Carstensen, Kelly Pfeifer Technical Fouls: none Attendance: 2,167 Attendance: 868 Officials: John Yorkovich, Dave Cronin, Greg Langsdorf Score by Half Score by Half Attendance: 4,864 Ohio ...... 39-39 78 Kent State ...... 35-38 73 Score by Half NIU ...... 32-37 69 NIU ...... 37-29 66 NIU ...... 40-34 74 Toledo ...... 37-35 72

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GGAMEAME 2222 GGAMEAME 2233 GGAMEAME 2244 NIU: 73 NIU: 81 NIU: 45 Akron: 76 Eastern Michigan: 69 Buffalo: 65 January 31, 2017 • NIU Convocation Center February 4, 2017 • NIU Convocation Center February 7, 2017 • Alumni Arena DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill. Buffalo, N.Y.

DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball DEKALB, Ill. – Senior Aaric Armstead scored a game-high 21 BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basket- team led by three with under fi ve minutes to play but a late points while senior Marin Maric and sophomore Levi Bradley ball team saw its three-game road losing streak end on Tuesday run help lift Akron past the Huskies, 76-73, on Tuesday night at each added 14 as the Northern Illinois University men’s basket- night as the Huskies fell at Buff alo, 65-45, in Alumni Arena. Senior the NIU Convocation Center. Senior Marin Maric led NIU with a ball team eased past Eastern Michigan, 81-69, on Saturday after- Aaric Armstead led NIU with 12 points and 10 rebounds for his game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds. noon at the NIU Convocation Center. seventh career double-double. Senior Aaric Armstead added 13 points and sophomore Lay- Eastern Michigan jumped out to a seven-point lead early in the Buff alo held the Huskies to just 32.1 percent (18-of-56) shooting twan Porter chipped in 10 points for the Huskies. contest as back-to-back baskets by Ty Toney pushed the Eagles in while the Bulls shot 44.9 percent (22-of-49) in the contest, includ- A pair of free throws by Porter gave NIU a 65-62 lead with 4:59 front 14-7 just over fi ve minutes into the game. ing 55.6 percent (15-of-27), in the second half. to play in the contest, but Akron scored the next eight to take a Still trailing by seven, NIU used an 8-0 burst to takes its fi rst lead Freshman Eugene German was the second Huskie in double 70-75 lead inside the fi nal two minutes. Isaiah Johnson scored of the day, 17-16, just before the midway point of the opening fi gures with 10 points. the fi rst six points of the run and Noah Robotham recorded the half. Sophomore Laytwan Porter opened the burst with a triple, Buff alo raced out to a 14-4 lead to open the contest; NIU an- fi nal two as the Zips took a fi ve-point lead. freshman Eugene German added an old-fashioned three-point swered with the next six to trim the Buff alo lead to just four. Senior Dontel Highsmith cut the Akron lead to three with a pair play and Bradley canned as jumper as the Huskies moved in front Sophomore Jaylen Key opened the run for the Huskies with a of free throws with 1:28 left and, after an Akron turnover, Maric by one. basket, German then made a layup and was fouled, the Huskie made a free throw that trimmed the Zips lead to 70-68 with 55 The Eagles answered right back to take a fi ve-point lead, 26-21, freshman missed the free throw but Armstead dunked home the seconds to play. just NIU responded with the next 13. off ensive rebound to cut the Bulls lead to 14-10. NIU got the stop it needed on the next possession, but quickly Armstead started the NIU spurt with a layup, senior Dontel The UB lead was a half-dozen until a layup from sophomore Levi turned the ball back over to the Zips with 23 seconds left. Akron Highsmith added a pair of free throws and Armstead buried a Bradley and a corner triple from sophomore Austin Pauga pulled went 6-of-6 from the free-throw line in the closing seconds to triple to move NIU in front. Three-straight baskets from Maric the Huskies within one, 18-17, with just over four minutes to play hold off the Huskies, 76-73. followed as the Huskies took a 34-26 lead with less than three in the opening half. Antino Jackson scored 22 points to lead Akron, Johnson added minutes to play before the intermission. Buff alo’s lead grew back to three before German fi nished three- 21 points and Robotham chipped in 10. Kwan Cheatham Jr., just A pair of free throws from freshman Noah McCarty helped the straight dribble-drive layups as NIU took a 23-20 lead with just missed a double-double with nine points and a game-high 11 Huskie lead reach nine, but the Eagles made two free throws of under two minutes to play in the opening half. rebounds for the Zips. their own to close the fi rst half as NIU took a 40-33 lead into the The Bulls outscored NIU 5-2 to close the half as NIU and Buff alo NIU raced out to an 8-2 lead early in the contest as Maric scored locker room. went into the intermission tied, 25-25. NIU’s fi rst six points to push the Huskies in front early. Eastern Michigan scored the fi rst four point of the second stan- Buff alo opened the second half with a 14-2 run as the Bulls took Akron trailed by four with just under eight minutes to play in za to trim the Huskie lead to three, but NIU had an answer, scor- a 39-27 lead in the fi rst seven minutes of the second half. the fi rst half before Armstead knocked down back-to-back triples ing the next half-dozen. NIU scored the next fi ve as the Huskies trimmed the Buff alo lead to extend the NIU lead to 27-27. After the Zips cut the lead back A dunk from Bradley, followed by two jumpers from Armstead, to seven. Armstead opened the burst with a baskets, sophomore to six, a 7-0 Huskie burst, started by a basket from Maric, capped helped the NIU lead grow back to nine, 46-37, with 15:15 to play. Laytwan Porter added a free throw and Key made a pair from the by a bucket from sophomore Levi Bradley sandwiched around The Huskies led by seven before a 14-4 run expanded the NIU stripe as Buff alo led 39-32 with just under 12 minutes to play. another Armstead trifecta, pushed the NIU lead to 34-21 with advantage to 17 with just over fi ve minutes left. A triple from With the Bulls still leading by seven, Buff alo used a 9-0 run to 4:35 to play before the intermission. sophomore Austin Pauga ignited the Huskie run and, following a take a 50-34 lead. NIU answered with the next eight as Armstead The NIU lead with 12 entering the fi nal possession of the fi rst basket by the Eagles, Armstead added a trifecta of his own as the scored a half-dozen and senior Marin Maric added a pair of free half when sophomore Marshawn Wilson found Maric under- lead hit 11. Another two-pointer from Eastern Michigan trimmed throws to cut the Buff alo lead to 50-42 with just over six minutes neath for a layup to give the Huskies a 47-33 lead at the break. the lead back under double-digits but then Bradley and Maric left, but that was as close as the Huskies would get as Buff alo A triple by sophomore Jaylen Key gave NIU a 15-point advan- each added four more points as NIU took a 70-53 lead. used a 13-2 run to put the game out of reach. tage, 52-37, with 17:25 to play in the contest, but Akron quickly Another triple from Bradley helped the NIU lead grow to 19, its C.J. Massinburg led all scorers with 17 for Buff alo, 15 of which answered with the next eight to cut the Huskie lead in half. largest of the night, and though Eastern Michigan used a late run came in the second half, Nick Perkins added 11 points and 12 re- Porter scored fi ve of NIU’s next seven points as a 7-2 burst for to cut the Huskie advantage to a dozen, the result was never in bounds for the Bulls. the Huskies pushed the lead back to a dozen, 59-47, with 12:33 doubt. No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN remaining. Akron answered however, using a 13-2 run to cut the No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 15 Key, J. 2-10 0-2 2-4 1-1 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 23 NIU lead to just one with a little under six minutes to play. 15 Key, J. 1-4 0-0 6-8 2-3 5 3 8 1 1 0 0 23 34 Maric, M. 2-5 0-0 3-4 4-3 7 0 7 0 1 1 1 29 The two teams then traded baskets before Porter went to the 34 Maric, M. 7-13 0-0 0-1 5-6 11 3 14 0 1 0 1 29 3 Highsmith, D. 0-3 0-1 0-0 2-2 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 14 line and made two free throws, just before the 8-0 Akron run that 3 Highsmith, D. 0-4 0-0 5-6 3-1 4 2 5 2 1 0 2 28 5 Thomas, J. 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-1 1 2 0 2 4 0 2 17 gave the Zips the lead for good. 5 Thomas, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 23 Armstead, A. 6-13 0-1 0-1 2-8 10 2 12 2 1 1 2 34 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 23 Armstead, A. 7-13 3-8 4-4 1-3 4 3 21 1 0 0 2 34 2 Porter, L. 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 15 15 Key, J. 1-4 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 2 3 1 1 0 1 23 2 Porter, L. 2-6 2-4 1-2 1-3 4 3 7 4 2 0 4 24 10 German, E. 4-9 0-2 2-4 0-0 0 1 10 2 3 0 0 21 34 Maric, M. 9-15 0-0 5-6 3-7 10 4 23 0 3 0 0 33 10 German, E. 2-5 0-2 1-1 0-2 2 1 5 3 3 0 0 21 11 McCarty, N. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 Highsmith, D. 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-3 4 0 4 2 3 0 0 25 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 4-4 0-0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 6 31 Pauga, A. 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 20 5 Thomas, J. 2-7 0-0 0-1 1-3 4 1 4 3 0 0 1 23 21 Damaska, S. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 Siu, J. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 Armstead, A. 5-7 3-4 0-2 0-5 5 1 13 1 2 0 3 32 31 Pauga, A. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 42 Bradley, L. 3-8 0-2 0-0 1-3 4 3 6 0 1 0 0 21 0 Wilson, M. 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-3 3 0 5 3 0 0 0 16 33 Siu, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 1-2 3 2 Porter, L. 3-5 2-3 2-2 0-1 1 4 10 3 4 1 0 18 42 Bradley, L. 5-8 1-1 3-3 1-2 3 3 14 2 0 0 2 20 TOTALS 18-56 1-13 8-18 11-20 31 20 45 7 15 2 7 200 10 German, E. 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 7 TEAM 0-2 2 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-27 .407 2nd: 7-29 .241 Game: 18-56 .321 11 McCarty, N. 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 TOTALS 25-55 7-17 24-29 13-22 35 19 81 14 11 0 11 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-4 .250 2nd: 0-9 .000 Game: 1-13 .077 42 Bradley, L. 3-6 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 5 7 0 1 0 0 20 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-24 .458 2nd: 14-31 .452 Game: 25-55 .455 FT%: 1st: 2-8 .250 2nd: 6-10 .600 Game: 8-18 .444 TEAM 0-2 2 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-8 .250 2nd: 5-9 .556 Game: 7-17 .412 TOTALS 28-53 8-12 9-13 6-28 34 19 73 13 16 1 5 200 FT%: 1st: 16-18 .889 2nd: 8-11 .727 Game: 24-29 .828 No. Buffalo FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN TOTAL FG%: 1st: 19-32 .594 2nd: 9-21 .429 Game: 28-53 .528 0 Hamilton, B. 1-7 0-5 3-4 1-7 8 3 5 4 7 1 2 28 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-7 .714 2nd: 3-5 .600 Game: 8-12 .667 No. Eastern Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 4 Kadiri, D. 4-5 0-0 0-1 2-5 7 5 8 0 3 0 0 18 FT%: 1st: 4-4 1.00 2nd: 5-9 .556 Game: 9-13 .692 2 Thompson, J. 5-13 0-0 2-5 3-4 7 4 12 3 3 1 0 36 2 Conner, W. 3-7 0-3 2-2 0-2 2 1 8 0 1 1 0 25 40 Steele, B. 2-5 0-0 0-0 3-6 9 4 4 0 1 0 0 20 5 Massinburg, C.J. 5-10 3-7 4-5 0-2 2 2 17 3 2 0 0 31 No. Akron FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 1 Bond, T. 1-7 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 31 22 Caruthers, D. 1-2 1-2 4-4 1-2 3 2 7 2 3 1 2 30 2 Cheatham, K. 3-8 3-7 0-0 0-11 11 2 9 2 1 2 1 33 10 Mangum, W. 5-13 4-10 3-3 0-2 2 1 17 4 1 0 0 35 1 Jones, J. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 Johnson, I. 9-16 0-0 3-8 2-5 7 2 21 3 3 0 0 32 32 Toney, T. 5-6 0-0 2-6 0-2 2 1 12 2 3 1 0 28 3 Jordan, D. 1-3 0-0 0-2 0-1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 16 0 Ivey, J. 3-5 0-0 0-0 2-4 6 1 6 2 1 0 3 29 0 Lee, R. 1-5 0-4 3-4 1-0 1 1 5 2 1 0 1 11 31 Johnson, R. 1-1 0-0 0-0 2-3 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 7 14 Robotham, N. 3-8 2-6 2-2 0-0 0 3 10 3 0 0 0 35 12 Brown, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 33 Perkins, N. 4-10 0-2 3-4 3-9 12 2 11 1 1 0 1 29 55 Jackson, A. 6-11 4-8 6-6 1-1 2 4 22 1 1 0 5 32 15 Nobles, J. 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 5 0 1 1 0 5 34 Smart, I. 2-3 0-0 1-2 2-2 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 12 1 Williams, J. 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 18 20 Brown, B. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 42 Rakicevic, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Utomi, D. 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1 8 21 Jones, Q. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 TEAM 0-1 1 10 Jackson, A. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 Wofford-Humphrey3-3 1-1 0-0 2-2 4 3 7 0 1 1 0 16 TOTALS 22-49 4-20 17-24 11-34 45 22 65 14 18 3 5 200 11 Dunn-Martin, T. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 35 Madray, N. 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 13 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 7-22 .318 2nd: 15-27 .556 Game: 22-49 .449 22 Olojakpoke, E. 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 TEAM 2-0 2 1 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-13 .007 2nd: 3-7 .429 Game: 4-20 .200 TEAM 2-0 2 1 TOTALS 25-55 7-19 12-20 12-18 30 24 69 13 14 4 2 200 FT%: 1st: 10-14 .714 2nd: 7-10 .700 Game: 17-24 .708 TOTALS 26-57 11-28 13-20 7-21 28 16 76 13 9 3 11 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-24 .500 2nd: 13-21 .419 Game: 25-55 .455 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-25 .440 2nd: 15-32 .469 Game: 26-57 .456 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-7 .571 2nd: 3-12 .250 Game: 7-19 .368 Technical Fouls: none 3-PT FG%: 1st: 7-14 .500 2nd: 4-14 .286 Game: 11-28 .393 FT%: 1st: 5-5 1.00 2nd: 7-15 .467 Game: 12-20 .600 Officials: Dave Cronin, Kelly Pfeifer, Lewis Garrison FT%: 1st: 4-8 .500 2nd: 9-12 .750 Game: 13-20 .650 Attendance: 3,212 Technical Fouls: EMU - Thompson; NIU - Key Score by Half Technical Fouls: none Officials: Greg Langsdorf, Dan Dorian, Keith Lewis NIU ...... 25-20 45 Officials: Darryl Smith, Rob Kueneman, John Floyd Attendance: 2,443 Buffalo ...... 25-40 65 Attendance: 1,042 Score by Half Score by Half Eastern Michigan ...... 33-36 69 Akron ...... 33-43 76 NIU ...... 40-41 81 NIU ...... 47-26 73

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GGAMEAME 2255 GGAMEAME 2266 (OVERTIME)(OVERTIME) GGAMEAME 2277 (OVERTIME)(OVERTIME) NIU: 67 NIU: 72 NIU: 80 Western Michigan: 76 Ball State: 81 Toledo: 88 February 11, 2017 • University Arena February 14, 2017 • NIU Convocation Center February 18, 2017 • NIU Convocation Center Kalamazoo, Mich. DeKalb, Ill. DeKalb, Ill.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Freshman Eugene German scored a ca- DEKALB, Ill. -- Ball State scored the fi rst 11 points to begin DEKALB, Ill. -- The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball reer-high 20 points but the Northern Illinois University men’s bas- overtime as they defeated the Northern Illinois University men’s team rallied from a 15-point second half defi cit before falling in ketball team fell at Western Michigan, 76-67, on Saturday night at basketball team, 81-72, on Tuesday night at the NIU Convocation overtime to Toledo, 88-80, on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Con- University Arena. Center. The Cardinals made 14 triples in the contest, including vocation Center. Senior Marin Maric recorded 14 points and 12 rebounds while going 3-of-3 from beyond the arc in the extra session. Senior Marin Maric posted his 22nd career double-double with sophomore Levi Bradley just missed a double-double with 16 Freshman Eugene German recorded his second-straight 24 points and 10 rebounds; freshman Eugene German scored a points and nine rebounds. 20-point game to pace the Huskies; sophomore Levi Bradley career-high 27 points while sophomore Austin Pauga added a Western Michigan scored the fi rst eight points of the contest as added 13 points. season-best 12 points off the bench. the Broncos took the early lead. Maric fi nished with nine points and fi ve rebounds in just 21 Leading by a half-dozen at the intermission, Toledo used a quick Trailing by a dozen, NIU used a 10-2 run to trim the Bronco lead minutes of action, fouling out on the second possession of over- start to the second half to take a 59-44 lead with 11:31 to play in to just four. German opened the burst with an old-fashioned time. regulation. three-point play, Maric added a basket, sophomore Jaylen Key Trailing by fi ve with just under 90 seconds to play, Ball State got Maric answered for the Huskies as he scored the next seven to banked a runner off the glass and Bradley knocked down a triple a layup to cut the NIU lead to 61-68. A defensive stop for the Car- cut the Rocket lead nearly in half, 59-51, with 9:25 left. After a as the Huskies cut the Western Michigan lead to 20-16 with just dinals led to a triple from Ryan Weber with 12 seconds remaining pair of free throws by Toledo, Maric scored two more with a pair under eight minutes to play in the opening half. to bring the Cardinals even. of free throws of his own as the Rocket lead remained eight with The Broncos scored the next four to push their lead back to Following a timeout, NIU drove to the basket with German but just under nine minutes to play. eight. After a free throw from Bradley, another Western Michigan the Huskie freshman was unable to convert at the game went After a Toledo free throw pushed the lead to nine, Maric basket helped the Bronco lead grow to nine. German knocked to overtime. knocked down two more from the charity stripe to pull the Hus- down a triple to cut the WMU lead back to a half-dozen with just After winning the tip in the extra session, the Cardinals quickly kies within seven. With just under seven minutes to play, Pauga over four minutes to play, but the Broncos closed the half with a raced to an 11-0 run to force a Huskie timeout. NIU rallied with canned a trifecta to cut the Toledo lead to just 62-58. 6-2 burst to take a 32-22 lead into the intermission. the next seven points, one from senior Aaric Armstead (Chicago, Another free throw from Toledo extended the lead back to fi ve A layup by Bradley and a triple from senior Aaric Armstead Ill./La Jolla Prep), two from Bradley and four from German, to cut before four-straight points from German brought the Huskies quickly cut the Western Michigan lead in half inside the fi rst min- the Ball State lead to 72-68 with a little over a minute to play, but within just one, 62-63, with just under fi ve minutes to play. ute of the second half. Following a free throw by the Broncos, NIU Weber knocked down a corner triple on the next possession to Toledo split two more free throws to increase its lead to a pair scored the next fi ve on a basket by Maric, a layup from German put the game away. before German knocked down two from the line to even the and a free throw by Bradley to bring the Huskies within one, 33- NIU jumped out to a quick start in the contest, scoring the fi rst game, 64-64, with 3:54 left in regulation. 32. seven point to take an early lead. After the two teams traded triples, Marin made a free throw to The Western Michigan lead grew back to four until buckets from Ball State cut the Huskie advantage back to just three, 25-22, give NIU a 68-67 lead with two-and-a-half minutes to play. The Bradley and Maric pulled the Huskies even and a corner triple with just over fi ve minutes to play in the opening half, but NIU Huskie lead increased to four with Pauga knocked in another tri- from sophomore Austin Pauga pushed NIU in front, 39-36. answered with the next six on a pair of free throws from Bradley fecta with less than two minutes left. The Broncos answered with the next nine to move back in front, and a pair of baskets from German as the Huskie lead grew to A pair of free throws with 80 seconds to play in regulation cut 45-39. nine with 2:44 left before the intermission. the NIU lead in half and, following a defensive stop, Toledo made A pair of free throws by Maric and a basket from Armstead A pair of triples from sophomore Jaylen Key helped NIU take an a jumper to even the game, 71-71. NIU came up empty on the brought the Huskies back within a pair, 49-47, just past the mid- 11-point lead with just over 10 seconds to play before halftime, fi nal possession of regulation and the game went to overtime. way point of the second half. The Western Michigan lead was still but the Cardinals knocked down a triple just before time expired In the extra period, Maric drew fi rst blood to push the Huskies two until a four-point burst pushed the Western Michigan lead to trim the Huskie lead to 39-31 at the break. in front by a pair before Toledo answered with a triple to move back to a half-dozen, 58-52. Trailing by nine, three minutes into the second stanza, Ball State in front by one. NIU trailed by eight before an old-fashioned three-point play used a quick 5-0 burst to pull back within four, 46-42. The lead NIU had pulled back even before three consecutive free throws from Maric and a free throw each from sophomore Laytwan Por- continued to hover around four until a pair of free throws and a gave the Rockets a 79-76 lead with just over two minutes to play ter and German cut the Western Michigan lead to 63-60 with just layup by German pushed the lead to 59-51 with just over eight in the extra period. under four minutes remaining, but the Broncos scored the next minutes left. Marin knocked down two free throws to bring NIU back within fi ve to push the lead back to eight. The Cardinals and Huskies traded a pair of points before Weber one, but Toledo answered with a triple with 90 seconds to play Western Michigan went 10-of-12 from the free-throw line in the knocked in a triple to close the gap to fi ve, 61-56, with 3:39 re- in overtime as the Rockets took an 82-78 lead. The Huskies came fi nal three minutes to hold off any attempts of a Huskie come- maining in regulation. up empty on their next possession and Toledo increased its lead back. Both teams were then held scoreless until the fi nal 90 seconds from the free-throw line as the Rockets pulled out the road vic- No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN when Ball State made its late push to force overtime. tory. 3 Highsmith, D. 0-4 0-2 1-2 0-1 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 20 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 5 Thomas, J. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 42 Bradley, L. 4-13 1-3 4-4 1-2 3 1 13 0 4 0 1 31 42 Bradley, L. 0-8 0-3 1-2 0-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 24 15 Key, J. 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 13 34 Maric, M. 4-8 1-1 0-1 3-2 5 5 9 1 3 1 1 21 34 Maric, M. 7-14 0-2 10-13 5-5 10 2 24 0 0 0 0 33 23 Armstead, A. 2-7 1-4 0-0 1-4 5 4 5 0 0 0 1 33 3 Highsmith, D. 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 22 3 Highsmith, D. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 34 Maric, M. 4-8 0-0 6-7 5-7 12 2 14 2 3 0 0 34 10 German, E. 7-16 1-1 5-5 0-3 3 3 20 1 3 1 2 30 10 German, E. 11-14 0-2 5-7 1-2 3 2 27 3 0 0 0 33 2 Porter, L. 0-4 0-3 3-4 1-2 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 24 23 Armstead, A. 4-12 0-3 1-2 1-4 5 1 9 2 2 1 2 36 23 Armstead, A. 4-9 0-1 0-2 3-3 6 3 8 3 2 0 3 40 10 German, E. 7-12 1-2 5-8 0-2 2 4 20 0 0 0 0 26 2 Porter, L. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 11 2 Porter, L. 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 6 2 0 0 3 19 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 Thomas, J. 3-3 0-0 0-3 0-4 4 0 6 2 0 0 2 18 5 Thomas, J. 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 10 31 Pauga, A. 2-3 2-3 0-0 2-0 2 2 6 1 2 0 0 15 11 McCarty, N. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 42 Bradley, L. 6-14 1-4 3-6 4-5 9 2 16 0 1 0 1 30 15 Key, J. 3-8 2-2 0-0 1-4 5 2 8 0 1 0 1 27 15 Key, J. 0-4 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 24 TEAM 1-3 4 31 Pauga, A. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 19 31 Pauga, A. 4-8 4-7 0-0 0-1 1 3 12 0 0 0 0 24 TOTALS 22-56 5-19 18-27 14-25 39 25 67 9 12 1 3 200 TEAM 5-3 8 TEAM 3-1 4 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 9-27 .333 2nd: 13-29 .448 Game: 22-56 .393 TOTALS 28-67 6-13 10-15 12-25 37 13 72 8 17 3 10 200 TOTALS 30-66 4-18 16-24 12-15 27 20 80 9 2 1 7 225 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-8 .250 2nd: 3-11 .273 Game: 5-19 .263 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 17-30 .567 2nd: 8-27 .296 OT: 3-10 .300 Game: 28-67 .418 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-34 .412 2nd: 14-26 .538 OT: 2-6 .333 Game: 30-66 .455 FT%: 1st: 2-3 .667 2nd: 16-24 .667 Game: 18-27 .667 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-5 .600 2nd: 2-5 .400 OT: 1-3 .333 Game: 6-13 .462 3-PT FG%: 1st: 1-8 .125 2nd: 3-8 .375 OT: 0-2 .000 Game: 4-18 .222 FT%: 1st: 2-3 .667 2nd: 4-7 .571 OT: 4-5 .800 Game: 10-15 .667 FT%: 1st: 3-6 .500 2nd: 8-10 .800 OT: 5-8 .625 Game: 16-24 .667 No. Western Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 1 Haymond, T. 4-9 2-3 6-11 2-5 7 4 16 3 1 0 0 29 No. Ball State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Toledo FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 10 Wilder, T. 3-13 0-3 11-11 2-3 5 3 17 5 1 0 1 33 15 House, F. 3-10 0-2 3-3 1-6 7 3 9 2 2 1 1 35 23 Taylor Jr., S. 7-14 0-0 0-1 2-8 10 5 14 2 5 2 0 30 35 Johnson, B. 4-7 1-2 1-2 1-2 3 3 10 1 1 2 3 17 33 Weber, R. 8-12 7-11 0-0 1-3 4 1 23 2 2 0 1 37 30 Knapke, L. 3-6 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 5 6 2 2 1 0 29 50 Dugan, S. 4-7 0-0 5-7 3-3 6 4 13 0 1 1 0 31 41 Moses, T. 4-6 0-0 2-2 3-9 12 3 10 3 5 1 3 37 1 Williams, J. 5-11 2-6 9-12 0-3 3 1 21 5 3 0 0 42 52 Moore, B. 1-5 1-4 0-0 0-4 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 29 2 Persons, T. 2-5 1-2 4-4 0-5 5 1 9 13 4 0 1 37 13 Sanford, J. 4-7 3-5 1-2 0-3 3 2 12 3 1 0 0 42 3 Davis, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 34 Sellers, S. 2-10 1-9 0-0 0-3 3 1 5 0 0 0 1 26 25 Lauf, J. 3-6 0-1 1-2 5-4 9 3 7 0 1 0 0 36 4 Printy, J. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Kiapway, F. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 Adway, T. 1-1 0-0 2-4 0-3 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 6 12 Randall, J. 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 7 14 Mallers, K. 2-5 1-4 0-0 1-0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 10 5 Roberts, J. 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 23 Jones, R. 5-8 2-5 1-2 0-4 4 1 13 0 1 1 2 31 22 Tyler, J. 7-12 4-6 0-0 1-1 2 2 18 1 3 0 2 31 35 Navigato, N. 6-9 3-5 6-6 3-2 5 2 21 2 0 1 1 34 24 Ikongshul, A. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 Teague, T. 0-2 0-2 2-2 1-2 3 4 2 0 3 0 0 8 TEAM 2-1 3 1 42 LaMont, D. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 9 TEAM 2-0 2 1 TOTALS 30-55 9-20 19-28 13-26 39 20 88 14 13 5 1 225 TEAM 1-1 2 2 TOTALS 28-63 14-36 11-11 10-30 40 17 81 22 21 2 9 225 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-24 .583 2nd: 11-24 .458 OT: 5-7 .714 Game: 30-55 .545 TOTALS 22-51 6-18 26-35 9-24 33 23 76 10 8 4 7 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-29 .379 2nd: 12-26 .462 OT: 5-8 .625 Game: 28-63 .444 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-8 .375 2nd: 4-9 .444 OT: 2-3 .667 Game: 9-20 .450 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 12-30 .400 2nd: 10-21 .476 Game: 22-51 .431 3-PT FG%: 1st: 7-19 .368 2nd: 4-14 .286 OT: 3-3 1.00 Game: 14-36 .389 FT%: 1st: 7-8 .875 2nd: 7-12 .583 OT: 5-8 .625 Game: 19-28 .679 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-10 .300 2nd: 3-8 .375 Game: 6-18 .333 FT%: 1st: 2-2 1.00 2nd: 2-2 1.00 OT: 7-7 1.00 Game: 11-11 1.00 FT%: 1st: 5-7 .714 2nd: 21-28 .750 Game: 26-35 .743 Technical Fouls: none Technical Fouls: none Officials: Todd Von Sossan, Dan Dorian, Bobby Daw Technical Fouls: none Officials: Glenn Mayborg, Geoff Vejsicky, Chris Beaver Attendance: 2,007 Officials: Tim Stewart, Courtney Green, Ray Perone Attendance: 759 Score by Half Attendance: 3,140 Score by Half Toledo ...... 38-33-17 88 Score by Half Ball State ...... 31-30-20 81 NIU ...... 32-39-9 80 NIU ...... 22-45 67 NIU ...... 39-22-11 72 Western Michigan ...... 32-44 76

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GGAMEAME 2288 GGAMEAME 2299 GGAMEAME 3300 NIU: 89 NIU: 68 NIU: 56 Central Michigan: 66 Eastern Michigan: 84 Western Michigan: 70 February 21, 2017 • McGuirk Arena February 25, 2017 • Convocation Center February 28, 2017 • NIU Convocation Center DeKalb, Ill. Ypsilanti, Mich. DeKalb, Ill.

DEKALB, Ill. – Five players scored in double fi gures, led by a YPSILANTI, Mich. -- An early 20-2 run helped Eastern Michigan DEKALB, Ill. -- Senior Marin Maric recorded his 25th career dou- season-high 18 points from sophomore Levi Bradley and a dou- claim an 84-68 victory over the Northern Illinois University men’s ble-double but the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball ble-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds from senior Marin basketball team on Saturday afternoon at the EMU Convocation team fell to Western Michigan, 70-56, on Senior Night at the NIU Maric, as the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team Center. Freshman Eugene German scored a team-high 23 points Convocation Center. downed Central Michigan, 89-66 on Tuesday night at McGuirk to lead NIU; senior Marin Maric recorded his 24th career dou- Maric scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed a game-best Arena. ble-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds. 12 rebounds, senior Dontel Highsmith also reached double fi g- Freshman Eugene German added 16 points, sophomore Jaylen Sophomore Levi Bradley was the third Huskie in double fi gures ures with 11 points. Key added 12 points and senior Dontel Highsmith had 10 points with 11 points. Eastern Michigan forced 13 NIU turnovers, while Trailing by four in the early going, NIU used a fi ve-point burst to as the Huskies shot 55.9 percent from the fi eld to complete the making just seven miscues, and held a 22-3 advantage in points move in front, 10-9. Maric opened the burst with a layup, sopho- season sweep of the Chippewas. off turnovers in the contest. more Levi Bradley added a dunk and freshman Eugene German NIU raced out to a quick 10-point lead in the opening fi ve-and- Six-straight points gave the Huskies an early 10-5 lead, a turn- made a free throw to give NIU the lead with just over 14 minutes a-half minutes of the contest. German scored the game’s fi rst around jumper from Bradley and back-to-back layups from Maric to play in the opening half. four points, Central Michigan answered with the next four but and German helped the Huskies take the early fi ve-point advan- Western Michigan answered with nine of the next 11 as the the Huskies then scored the next 10 to lead 14-4. Maric scored a tage. Broncos moved in front by a half-dozen, 18-12. pair, Bradley had the next four, Highsmith knocked down a base- Eastern Michigan answered with a 20-2 run to take a 25-12 lead A triple from sophomore Jaylen Key and a put-back by Maric line jumper and Maric fi nished the run with a bucket as NIU took with 10:45 to play before the intermission. ignited a 7-0 Huskie run. Highsmith fi nished the run with a pair of the early lead. An 11-4 burst for the Huskies helped cut the Eastern Michigan free throws as NIU moved in front, 19-18, with 7:47 to play before Central Michigan cut the NIU advantage to just a half-dozen lead back to just seven. Maric opened the spurt with a pair of free the intermission. until a wing triple from German pushed the Huskie advantage to throws, Bradley added a free throw before four points from Maric The Broncos had taken a fi ve-point lead before a triple from Key 18-9 with 11:22 to play in the opening half. and four points from German trimmed the Eagles lead to 38-31 trimmed the Western Michigan lead to a pair. Western Michigan Leading by seven, NIU used a 13-2 run to take a 34-16 lead with with three minutes to play before halftime. then closed the half on a 13-4 run as it took a 39-29 lead into just under fi ve minutes to play before halftime. Maric opened the Eastern Michigan still led by seven until a pair of free throws halftime. run with a bucket before German added a triple. After a pair from in the fi nal seconds of the half gave the Eagles a 44-35 lead at NIU and Western Michigan traded baskets to open the second Central Michigan, Key scored the next six, followed by a bucket the half. half before the Huskies used an 8-0 run to pull within a pair, 41- from sophomore Laytwan Porter (Rockford, Ill./Auburn), as the NIU shot 56 percent (14-of-25) from the fi eld in the opening 39. Bradley, Highsmith, Maric and freshman Justin Thomas each Huskies took an 18-point lead. half, but just 2-of-8 from three-point range, while Eastern Mich- had a pair during the run for the Huskies. NIU’s lead grew to as much as 20 in the fi nal minute of the open- igan was 50 percent (14-of-28) from the fi eld, including 40 per- Western Michigan responded with eight of its own, including a ing stanza before Central Michigan fi nished the half with the fi nal cent (6-of-15) from three. pair of triples, as the Broncos saw their lead grow back to 10 with four points as the Huskies took a 46-30 lead into the break. The Eagles sprinted out to a 12-2 to start the second half, taking just over 12 minutes left. Central Michigan trimmed the NIU advantage to 14 until a a 56-37 lead just over four minutes into the second half. The Bronco led had grown to 11 until a triple by Bradley and a layup by Porter and a corner triple from sophomore Austin Pauga NIU responded with an 11-3 burst to cut the Eastern Michigan fastbreak layup from Thomas trimmed the lead almost in half, 57- pushed the NIU lead to 59-40 with 15:29 to play. The Chippewas lead back to 59-48 with a little over 13 minutes left. Maric, soph- 51, with 7:24 remaining. Western Michigan had the answer again answered with the next six, cutting the Huskie lead back to 13. omore Laytwan Porter and freshman Justin Thomas each had however, as the Broncos scored the next seven to push the lead With the NIU advantage still 13, Maric and a layup, followed by a a pair to open the run before senior Aaric Armstead scored the to 13 en route to a road victory. trifecta from Highsmith on a drive and kick, as NIU led 66-48 with fi nal fi ve to bring the Huskies within 11. Tucker Haymond led Western Michigan with 15 points, Thomas just over 11 minutes to play. An 11-4 run by the Eagles pushed their lead out to 73-53 with Wilder added 13 and Reggie Jones chipped in 12 for the Broncos. Back-to-back triples from Central Michigan trimmed the Hus- just over seven minutes left and the Huskies were unable to Western Michigan shot 46.4 percent (26-of-56) from the fi eld in kie lead to 14, but a layup from Maric and a basket from Bradley make a run to close the defi cit. the contest, including 45 percent (9-of-20) from three. quickly pushed the NIU up to 18, 78-60, with 6:42 remaining. 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 The Chippewas would trim the gap to 17 with 4:25 left, but the 42 Bradley, L. 4-10 0-1 3-5 1-1 2 3 11 3 1 0 0 27 42 Bradley, L. 3-11 1-3 0-0 2-0 2 3 7 2 0 0 1 24 Huskies scored the next nine to put the game away. 34 Maric, M. 7-8 0-0 6-8 4-8 12 2 20 0 0 0 0 31 34 Maric, M. 8-9 0-1 2-4 2-10 12 2 18 0 3 0 0 29 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3 Highsmith, D. 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 2 2 2 2 0 1 14 3 Highsmith, D. 4-5 1-2 2-2 1-1 2 2 11 2 4 0 2 27 3 Highsmith, D. 4-7 2-2 0-0 1-2 3 2 10 1 0 0 1 24 10 German, E. 9-16 2-5 3-6 1-1 2 3 23 0 1 0 1 31 10 German, E. 1-7 0-3 1-2 1-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 19 10 German, E. 7-13 2-5 0-0 0-5 5 1 16 2 1 0 0 23 23 Armstead, A. 1-5 1-2 2-3 2-3 5 3 5 0 1 0 0 21 23 Armstead, A. 1-9 0-2 1-2 2-3 5 1 3 3 3 1 1 34 23 Armstead, A. 2-6 1-3 1-2 1-4 5 3 6 1 0 0 1 23 2 Porter, L. 0-2 0-2 2-2 0-1 1 2 2 3 5 0 1 16 2 Porter, L. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 34 Maric, M. 8-8 0-0 0-0 4-6 10 3 16 2 1 0 1 25 5 Thomas, J. 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 14 5 Thomas, J. 3-5 0-0 0-2 0-2 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 22 42 Bradley, L. 8-14 1-2 1-1 0-1 1 3 18 2 0 0 1 30 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 11 McCarty, N. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Porter, L. 2-7 0-2 0-0 0-6 6 1 4 4 3 0 1 16 15 Key, J. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 15 Key, J. 3-9 2-5 0-0 0-2 2 1 8 0 2 0 0 22 5 Thomas, J. 1-4 0-2 2-2 0-2 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 17 31 Pauga, A. 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 23 31 Pauga, A. 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 McCarty, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 TEAM 0-1 1 TEAM 1-1 2 15 Key, J. 5-6 1-2 1-2 1-3 4 1 12 0 1 1 0 20 TOTALS 24-49 4-13 16-24 10-22 32 21 68 12 13 0 5 200 TOTALS 23-59 4-18 6-12 9-22 31 13 56 10 13 1 6 200 21 Damaska, S. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-25 .560 2nd: 10-24 .417 Game: 24-49 .490 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-33 .333 2nd: 12-26 .462 Game: 23-59 .390 31 Pauga, A. 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 15 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-8 .250 2nd: 2-5 .400 Game: 4-13 .308 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-11 .273 2nd: 1-7 .143 Game: 4-18 .222 33 Siu, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT%: 1st: 5-9 .556 2nd: 11-15 .733 Game: 16-24 .667 FT%: 1st: 4-6 .667 2nd: 2-6 .333 Game: 6-12 .500 TEAM 2-1 3 TOTALS 38-68 8-21 5-7 10-31 41 19 89 15 8 2 6 200 No. Eastern Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN No. Western Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN TOTAL FG%: 1st: 20-38 .526 2nd: 18-30 .600 Game: 38-68 .559 2 Thompson, J. 4-6 0-0 9-11 3-9 12 2 17 1 0 2 1 36 35 Johnson, B. 4-6 1-1 0-0 2-3 5 2 9 0 7 1 0 20 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-10 .400 2nd: 4-11 .364 Game: 8-21 .381 35 Madray, N. 1-1 0-0 4-4 3-0 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 21 50 Dugan, S. 3-6 0-0 1-1 0-2 2 1 7 1 1 0 1 24 FT%: 1st: 2-3 .667 2nd: 3-4 .750 Game: 5-7 .714 0 Lee, R. 7-11 3-5 4-6 1-2 3 0 21 3 2 0 2 27 0 Moore, B. 2-6 1-4 0-0 1-4 5 0 5 3 1 0 1 30 1 Bond, T. 4-9 1-5 2-2 0-2 2 0 11 9 0 1 3 36 1 Haymond, T. 5-11 1-4 4-5 1-5 6 0 15 3 2 0 1 33 No. Central Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 32 Toney, T. 2-6 0-1 1-2 0-2 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 20 10 Wilder, T. 5-10 1-4 2-2 0-4 4 2 13 5 3 1 1 33 2 Rayson, B. 2-8 2-7 4-5 0-1 1 1 10 5 2 0 1 35 10 Mangum, W. 8-17 5-12 1-2 0-1 1 3 22 4 1 0 1 27 3 Davis, J. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 Keene, M. 4-16 1-7 9-10 0-4 4 3 18 2 5 0 1 39 12 Brown, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Printy, J. 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 Kozinski, J. 0-7 0-7 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 15 Nobles, J. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 Randall, J. 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 7 21 Williams, C. 4-6 1-2 6-10 2-5 7 2 15 1 2 0 0 30 20 Brown, B. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 Jones, R. 4-7 4-5 0-0 1-2 3 2 12 2 1 1 0 23 24 Meyer, L. 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 11 21 Jones, Q. 1-3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 24 Ikongshul, A. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 Joubert, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 Wofford-Humphrey 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 42 LaMont, D. 2-4 0-0 2-2 4-3 7 0 6 3 1 0 0 16 14 DiLeo, D. 2-5 2-4 0-0 2-4 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 23 40 Steele, B. 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 4 0 0 3 0 1 17 TEAM 0-4 4 1 15 Smith, M. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 1-2 3 TOTALS 26-56 9-20 9-10 9-29 38 11 70 19 17 3 4 200 20 McKay, K. 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 TOTALS 27-55 9-24 21-28 11-19 30 20 84 19 7 3 10 200 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 15-31 .484 2nd: 11-25 .440 Game: 26-56 .464 23 Scott, D. 3-5 0-0 1-2 2-3 5 1 7 0 0 3 2 23 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-28 .500 2nd: 13-27 .481 Game: 27-55 .491 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-8 .500 2nd: 5-12 .417 Game: 9-20 .450 32 Hibbitts, B. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 3-PT FG%: 1st: 6-15 .400 2nd: 3-9 .333 Game: 9-24 .375 FT%: 1st: 5-5 1.00 2nd: 4-5. .800 Game: 9-10 .900 35 McCarty, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT%: 1st: 10-12 .833 2nd: 11-16 .688 Game: 21-28 .750 55 Israelson, C. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Technical Fouls: none TEAM 0-2 2 Technical Fouls: none Officials: Gene Steratore, D.J. Carstensen, Darryl Smith TOTALS 19-53 7-29 21-28 7-22 29 11 66 8 10 4 5 200 Officials: Chris Beaver, Kyle Ingram, Courtney Green Attendance: 862 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 8-30 .267 2nd: 11-23 .478 Game: 10-53 .358 Attendance: 3,212 Score by Half 3-PT FG%: 1st: 4-17 .235 2nd: 3-12 .250 Game: 7-29 .241 Score by Half Western Michigan ...... 39-31 70 FT%: 1st: 10-12 .833 2nd: 11-16 .688 Game: 21-28 .750 NIU ...... 35-33 68 NIU ...... 29-27 56 Eastern Michigan ...... 44-40 84 Technical Fouls: none Officials: Steve McJunkins, Bret Wegenke, Greg Langsdorf Attendance: 2,531 Score by Half NIU ...... 46-43 89 Central Michigan ...... 30-36 66

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2016-17: BOX SCORES

GGAMEAME 3311 MMACAC TTOURNAMENTOURNAMENT FIRSTFIRST ROUNDROUND NIU: 82 NIU: 69 Ball State: 87 Eastern Michigan: 72 March 3, 2017 • Worthen Arena March 6, 2017 • EMU Convocation Center Muncie, Ind. Ypsilanti, Mich.

DEKALB, Ill. -- The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball YPSILANTI, Mich. -- The Northern Illinois University men’s bas- team made a late rally but was unable to complete the come- ketball team trailed by eight with less than four minutes to play back as the Huskies fell to MAC West Division co-champion Ball but had a chance to tie the game on the fi nal possession, falling State, 87-82, on Friday night at Worthen Arena. Freshman Eugene just short, 72-69, at Eastern Michigan on Monday night in the German scored a team-high 17 points while senior Marin Maric First Round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. posted his fi fth consecutive double-double with 16 points and Senior Marin Maric fell just one point shy of a career-high with 10 rebounds. 24 points and grabbed a career-best 16 rebounds, recording Sophomore Jaylen Key added 12 points, sophomore Austin his sixth consecutive double-double. Sophomore Levi Bradley Pauga chipped in 11 points and sophomore Levi Bradley was the scored 17 points, including 15 in the second half. fi fth Huskie in double fi gures with 10 points. Trailing by eight with 3:12 left, sophomore Jaylen Key made a Tied at 11 in the early going, Pauga knocked down a triple from pair of free throws to cut the gap to a half-dozen. Free throws the wing and Key converted a layup as the Huskies took a fi ve- from senior Aaric Armstead and Bradley brought the Huskies point lead with 13:47 to play before the intermission. within four, 71-67, with just 42 seconds to play. Ball State responded with an 11-0 run as the Cardinals took a After Eastern Michigan missed a pair of free throws, Maric was 22-16 lead with 8:37 remaining before halftime before Maric end- fouled with 26 seconds to go and converted two from the line, ed the Ball State run with a pair of free throws. cutting the Eagle lead to just a pair. Following empty possessions Five points from freshman Justin Thomas, including an old-fash- from both teams, Eastern Michigan split another pair with just 6.5 ioned three-point play, and a layup from Maric helped bring the seconds to go, giving NIU a chance, down three. Huskies within four, 30-26. Ball State had extended its lead back Without a timeout, NIU raced up the fl oor but couldn’t get a to seven until Maric converted an old-fashioned three-point play clean look as Eastern Michigan hung on for the three-point win. of his own to cut the Cardinal lead to 36-32 at the intermission. Maric sparked the Huskies in the early going, scoring NIU’s fi rst Ball State scored the fi rst six points to open the second half, tak- 10 points as the Huskies took an early 10-8 lead. ing a 42-32 lead. The Cardinal lead grew to a dozen until layups Tied at a dozen, NIU used a 7-0 burst to take a 19-12 lead just be- from Maric and German cut the Ball State lead to 51-43 with just fore the midway point of the opening half. Maric opened the run over 13 minutes to play. with a basket, Key added a short jumper and sophomore Austin The Cardinals pushed the lead to 13 before Key scored eight- Pauga knocked down a trifecta from the wing to give the Huskies straight to trim the Ball State lead back to 56-51. Key opened his seven-point advantage. personal run with a three-point play, added a basket and then A layup from freshman Eugene German gave the Huskies a 23- knocked down a triple to bring the Huskies within fi ve just before 16 lead, but Eastern Michigan responded with the next seven to the midway point of the second half. Key fouled out of the con- pull back even with 4:40 to play before the intermission. test with 6:26 remaining. NIU led by one heading into the fi nal second of the opening NIU was still within fi ve with just over six minutes to play until half, but Eastern Michigan scored then stole the inbounds pass an 8-1 Ball State run gave the Cardinals a 69-57 lead with 4:20 left. with less than fi ve seconds to play and hit a triple to give the Ea- Ball State’s lead was 11 until a triple from Pauga with 29 seconds gles a 33-29 lead at the break. remaining trimmed the Cardinal lead to 83-75. After Ball State Bradley scored the fi rst four points of the second half to bring missed a pair of free throws, Highsmith was fouled shooting a the Huskies even, 33-33. Eastern Michigan answered with six of three, making all three from the charity stripe to bring NIU within the next seven points to take a fi ve-point lead, 39-34. fi ve. A triple from German brought the Huskies within three until A Ball State turnover led to a layup by Bradley with 13 ticks re- Eastern Michigan scored the next six, taking a 50-41 lead with maining as NIU cut the lead to 83-80. The Cardinals then made a just over 14 minutes left. pair of free throws and NIU came up empty on its next possession A putback from Armstead and a layup from German brought as the late Huskie rally fell short. NIU back within three, 58-55, with eight minutes to play in the Franko House scored a game-high 22 points to lead Ball State; contest. Tayler Persons added 14 points while Trey Moses and Ryan Weber Eastern Michigan led by eight when German connected on a each scored 12 for the Cardinals. deep triple to bring the Huskies back within fi ve, 68-63, with 3:54 to go. Lee came right back with a three-point play for the Eagles, No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN their fi nal fi eld goal of the game, to push the lead to 71-63 before 42 Bradley, L. 3-12 0-3 4-4 2-7 9 4 10 0 0 0 0 28 the late NIU run that came up just short. 34 Maric, M. 5-7 0-0 6-8 3-7 10 5 16 1 4 0 2 32 No. NIU FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 3 Highsmith, D. 1-6 1-3 6-7 1-2 3 4 9 1 1 0 1 26 42 Bradley, L. 5-10 0-0 7-9 1-3 4 4 17 1 2 0 0 24 10 German, E. 7-15 2-4 1-1 1-0 1 3 17 4 1 0 0 32 34 Maric, M. 7-11 0-0 10-18 6-10 16 0 24 0 3 0 1 35 23 Armstead, A. 0-4 0-2 1-2 1-3 4 2 1 0 3 0 1 24 3 Highsmith, D. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 2 0 6 5 0 1 30 5 Thomas, J. 1-2 0-0 4-5 0-3 3 4 6 2 0 1 0 23 10 German, E. 4-13 2-5 0-1 1-1 2 2 10 0 2 0 0 30 11 McCarty, N. 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 23 Armstead, A. 2-8 0-1 2-5 5-1 6 3 6 1 0 2 1 34 15 Key, J. 5-5 1-1 1-1 2-2 4 5 12 1 3 1 0 11 5 Thomas, J. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 9 31 Pauga, A. 4-8 3-7 0-0 2-0 2 1 11 0 0 0 0 18 15 Key, J. 1-4 0-0 4-5 2-3 5 3 6 1 2 0 0 21 TEAM 1-1 2 1 31 Pauga, A. 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 17 TOTALS 26-61 7-20 23-29 13-26 39 28 82 10 13 2 4 200 TEAM 2-2 4 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-28 .393 2nd: 15-33 .455 Game: 26-61 .426 TOTALS 21-51 4-9 23-38 17-24 41 19 69 10 15 2 4 200 3-PT FG%: 1st: 3-7 .429 2nd: 4-13 .308 Game: 7-20 .350 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 11-22 .500 2nd: 10-29 .345 Game: 21-51 .412 FT%: 1st: 7-9 .778 2nd: 16-20 .800 Game: 23-29 .793 3-PT FG%: 1st: 2-4 .500 2nd: 2-5 .400 Game: 4-9 .444 FT%: 1st: 5-10 .500 2nd: 18-28 .643 Game: 23-38 .605 No. Ball State FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 15 House, F. 7-13 2-5 6-8 2-3 5 4 22 1 4 1 0 30 No. Eastern Mich. FG 3FG FT O-D TOT F TP A TO B S MIN 33 Weber, R. 2-6 2-6 6-7 1-2 3 0 12 3 1 1 2 30 2 Thompson, J. 8-13 0-0 5-10 3-8 11 4 21 0 1 2 0 37 41 Moses, T. 5-6 0-0 2-5 1-5 6 5 12 1 1 2 1 21 35 Madray, M. 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 Kiapway, F. 3-8 3-7 0-0 0-2 2 3 9 2 0 0 0 27 0 Lee, R. 7-16 3-8 3-3 0-1 1 2 20 3 6 0 2 35 2 Persons, T. 3-10 1-3 7-8 0-2 2 3 14 8 2 0 0 31 1 Bond, T. 3-4 1-1 0-0 2-2 4 3 7 4 3 1 0 28 14 Mallers, K. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 10 32 Toney, T. 5-9 0-0 3-8 0-1 1 0 13 1 0 1 1 30 22 Tyler, J. 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 10 Mangum, W. 2-5 1-4 0-1 0-2 2 0 5 3 2 0 3 15 25 Teague, T. 2-5 1-2 0-0 1-6 7 5 5 1 1 0 1 18 15 Nobles, J. 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 18 34 Sellers, S. 3-5 3-5 0-2 0-2 2 4 9 1 0 1 0 22 20 Brown, B. 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-2 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 TEAM 0-1 1 21 Jones, Q. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ TOTALS 26-55 13-30 22-32 5-25 30 26 87 19 9 5 4 200 40 Steele, B. 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 5 2 0 0 1 1 22 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 14-27 .519 2nd: 12-28 .429 Game: 26-55 .473 TEAM 2-3 5 3-PT FG%: 1st: 7-14 .500 2nd: 6-16 .375 Game: 13-30 .433 TOTALS 27-54 6-14 12-24 9-23 32 27 72 11 12 6 8 200 FT%: 1st: 1-2 .500 2nd: 21-30 .700 Game: 22-32 .688 TOTAL FG%: 1st: 13-29 .448 2nd: 14-25 .560 Game: 27-54 .500 3-PT FG%: 1st: 5-10 .500 2nd: 1-4 .250 Game: 6-14 .429 Technical Fouls: NIU - Maric; Ball State - Kiapway FT%: 1st: 2-5 .400 2nd: 10-19 .526 Game: 12-24 .500 Officials: Rob Kueneman, Edwin Young, Frank Spencer Attendance: 4,457 Technical Fouls: NIU - Bradley Score by Half Officials: Bill Ek, Tim Stewart, Jim Schipper NIU ...... 32-50 82 Attendance: 981 Ball State ...... 36-51 87 Score by Half NIU ...... 29-40 69 Eastern Michigan ...... 33-39 72

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2016-17 NIU Men's Basketball Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (FINAL) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 15-17 9-8 6-9 0-0 CONFERENCE 7-11 3-6 4-5 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 8-6 6-2 2-4 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 34 MARIC, Marin 32-32 911 28.5 172-303 . 5 6 8 5-22 . 2 2 7 112-168 . 6 6 7 101 167 268 8.4 89 4 25 72 17 23 461 14.4 10 GERMAN, Eugene 31-7 530 17.1 109-231 . 4 7 2 16-57 . 2 8 1 45-73 . 6 1 6 8 34 42 1.4 41 0 27 45 3 10 279 9.0 42 BRADLEY, Levi 32-7 721 22.5 104-253 . 4 1 1 15-60 . 2 5 0 57-74 . 7 7 0 32 102 134 4.2 80 2 25 33 5 13 280 8.8 23 ARMSTEAD, Aaric 32-32 974 30.4 93-279 . 3 3 3 28-94 . 2 9 8 64-96 . 6 6 7 62 123 185 5.8 63 0 51 51 20 49 278 8.7 15 KEY, Jaylen 32-25 698 21.8 100-205 . 4 8 8 13-28 . 4 6 4 44-66 . 6 6 7 44 93 137 4.3 76 2 23 43 12 13 257 8.0 03 HIGHSMITH, Dontel 32-32 769 24.0 71-175 . 4 0 6 19-61 . 3 1 1 60-83 . 7 2 3 31 48 79 2.5 59 0 54 53 4 31 221 6.9 02 x-PORTER, Laytwan 27-8 515 19.1 55-140 . 3 9 3 25-62 . 4 0 3 40-56 . 7 1 4 9 50 59 2.2 68 3 60 60 6 32 175 6.5 00 x-WILSON, Marshawn 18-0 259 14.4 28-79 . 3 5 4 10-34 . 2 9 4 22-33 . 6 6 7 11 26 37 2.1 18 0 22 16 3 8 88 4.9 05 THOMAS, Justin 32-17 543 17.0 47-100 . 4 7 0 1-17 . 0 5 9 34-59 . 5 7 6 3 52 55 1.7 45 0 37 27 2 34 129 4.0 31 PAUGA, Austin 30-0 399 13.3 32-86 . 3 7 2 28-78 . 3 5 9 3-4 . 7 5 0 12 15 27 0.9 25 0 13 5 1 10 95 3.2 21 DAMASKA, Sean 7-0 18 2.6 4-6 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 73581.1301100101.4 11 McCARTY, Noah 29-0 208 7.2 12-32 . 3 7 5 0-2 . 0 0 0 10-13 . 7 6 9 20 26 46 1.6 52 1 9 17 7 3 34 1.2 33 S I U , J o n 4 - 0 5 1 . 3 1 - 2 . 5 0 0 1 - 1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 01010.300000030.8 Team 63 69 132 6 Total...... 32 6550 828-1891 . 4 3 8 161-516 . 3 1 2 493-728 . 6 7 7 400 810 1210 37.8 619 12 347 429 80 226 2310 72.2 Opponents...... 32 6550 777-1786 . 4 3 5 256-738 . 3 4 7 451-675 . 6 6 8 312 798 1110 34.7 659 - 443 478 102 189 2261 70.7 x-Inactive player

TEAM STATISTICS NIU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2310 2261 11/11/16 INDIANA STATE Wot 80-78 1565 Points per game 72.2 70.7 ! 11/14/16 ROOSEVELT W 99-55 756 Scoring margin +1.5 - 11/16/16 IDAHO W 63-49 1430 FIELD GOALS-ATT 828-1891 777-1786 11/19/16 at Cal State Northridge L 82-84 886 Field goal pct . 4 3 8 . 4 3 5 # 11/23/16 CAL POLY L 64-68 844 3 POINT FG-ATT 161-516 256-738 # 11/25/16 ELON L o 2 80-85 712 3-point FG pct . 3 1 2 . 3 4 7 # 11/26/16 UIC W 92-81 1398 3-pt FG made per game 5.0 8.0 11/30/16 at Indiana State L 52-63 3730 FREE THROWS-ATT 493-728 451-675 12/11/16 at Minnesota L 57-77 8625 F r e e t h r o w p c t . 6 7 7 . 6 6 8 12/14/16 OLIVET NAZARENE W 95-69 523 F-Throws made per game 15.4 14.1 12/17/16 at FIU W 60-53 810 REBOUNDS 1210 1110 12/20/16 at USF W 59-48 2129 Rebounds per game 37.8 34.7 12/31/16 ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD W 77-62 1083 Rebounding margin +3.1 - * 01/03/17 at Miami L 67-69 1151 ASSISTS 347 443 * 01/07/17 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W 87-83 1717 Assists per game 10.8 13.8 * 01/10/17 at Kent State Wot 74-70 2033 TURNOVERS 429 478 * 01/14/17 at Bowling Green W 69-52 2234 Turnovers per game 13.4 14.9 * 01/17/17 MIAMI W 62-58 1053 Turnover margin +1.5 - * 01/21/17 OHIO L 69-78 2167 Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.9 * 01/24/17 KENT STATE L 66-73 868 STEALS 226 189 * 01/28/17 at Toledo W 74-72 4864 Steals per game 7.1 5.9 * 01/31/17 AKRON L 73-76 1042 BLOCKS 80 102 * 02/04/17 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 81-69 2443 Blocks per game 2.5 3.2 * 02/07/17 at Buffalo L 45-65 3212 ATTENDANCE 21229 41898 * 02/11/17 at Western Michigan L 67-76 3140 Home games-Avg/Game 17-1249 15-2793 * 02/14/17 BALL STATE L o t 72-81 759 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0 * 02/18/17 TOLEDO L o t 80-88 2007 * 02/21/17 at Central Michigan W 89-66 2531 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals * 02/25/17 at Eastern Michigan L 68-84 1115 Northern Illinois 1057 1197 46 10 2310 * 02/28/17 WESTERN MICHIGAN L 56-70 862 Opponents 1008 1181 57 15 2261 * 03/03/17 at Ball State L 82-87 4457 ^ 03/06/17 at Eastern Michigan L 69-72 981

* = Conference game ! = NIU Thanksgiving Classic Prelim Game # = NIU Thanksgiving Classic ^ = MAC Tournament First Round (Ypsilanti, Mich.)

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2016-17 NIU Men's Basketball Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (FINAL) Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 7-11 3-6 4-5 0-0 CONFERENCE 7-11 3-6 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 34 MARIC, Marin 18-18 532 29.6 98-170 . 5 7 6 1-8 . 1 2 5 65-95 . 6 8 4 69 102 171 9.5 51 3 13 37 3 13 262 14.6 10 GERMAN, Eugene 18-6 362 20.1 80-162 . 4 9 4 12-38 . 3 1 6 38-54 . 7 0 4 4 20 24 1.3 31 0 19 31 2 4 210 11.7 42 BRADLEY, Levi 18-6 422 23.4 65-161 . 4 0 4 10-38 . 2 6 3 31-42 . 7 3 8 22 59 81 4.5 44 1 17 14 1 8 171 9.5 15 KEY, Jaylen 18-12 377 20.9 52-108 . 4 8 1 11-20 . 5 5 0 22-34 . 6 4 7 19 46 65 3.6 44 2 12 21 6 9 137 7.6 23 ARMSTEAD, Aaric 18-18 546 30.3 49-148 . 3 3 1 12-51 . 2 3 5 23-39 . 5 9 0 28 73 101 5.6 38 0 26 32 8 32 133 7.4 03 HIGHSMITH, Dontel 18-18 429 23.8 36-89 . 4 0 4 13-35 . 3 7 1 30-37 . 8 1 1 22 25 47 2.6 36 0 31 35 3 14 115 6.4 02 x-PORTER, Laytwan 17-0 286 16.8 26-74 . 3 5 1 9-33 . 2 7 3 26-38 . 6 8 4 5 28 33 1.9 39 1 34 33 2 18 87 5.1 00 x-WILSON, Marshawn 7-0 94 13.4 9-33 . 2 7 3 3-13 . 2 3 1 9-12 . 7 5 0 7 9 16 2.3 8 0 9 3 0 4 30 4.3 31 PAUGA, Austin 16-0 209 13.1 20-46 . 4 3 5 18-42 . 4 2 9 0-0 . 0 0 0 5 7 12 0.8 14 0 6 3 1 3 58 3.6 05 THOMAS, Justin 18-12 309 17.2 23-56 . 4 1 1 0-10 . 0 0 0 16-33 . 4 8 5 2 28 30 1.7 28 0 21 24 1 23 62 3.4 33 S I U , J o n 4 - 0 5 1 . 3 1 - 2 . 5 0 0 1 - 1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 01010.300000030.8 11 McCARTY, Noah 18-0 101 5.6 4-12 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 6 10 16 0.9 26 0 3 8 3 1 13 0.7 21 DAMASKA, Sean 3-0 3 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 00000.010010000.0 Team 32 40 72 3 Total...... 18 3675 463-1061 . 4 3 6 90-289 . 3 1 1 265-391 . 6 7 8 222 447 669 37.2 360 7 191 245 30 129 1281 71.2 Opponents...... 18 3675 442-990 . 4 4 6 161-433 . 3 7 2 272-395 . 6 8 9 163 443 606 33.7 359 - 257 253 63 112 1317 73.2 x-Inactive player

TEAM STATISTICS NIU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 1281 1317 * 01/03/17 at Miami L 67-69 1151 Points per game 71.2 73.2 * 01/07/17 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W 87-83 1717 Scoring margin -2.0 - * 01/10/17 at Kent State Wot 74-70 2033 FIELD GOALS-ATT 463-1061 442-990 * 01/14/17 at Bowling Green W 69-52 2234 Field goal pct . 4 3 6 . 4 4 6 * 01/17/17 MIAMI W 62-58 1053 3 POINT FG-ATT 90-289 161-433 * 01/21/17 OHIO L 69-78 2167 3-point FG pct . 3 1 1 . 3 7 2 * 01/24/17 KENT STATE L 66-73 868 3-pt FG made per game 5.0 8.9 * 01/28/17 at Toledo W 74-72 4864 FREE THROWS-ATT 265-391 272-395 * 01/31/17 AKRON L 73-76 1042 F r e e t h r o w p c t . 6 7 8 . 6 8 9 * 02/04/17 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 81-69 2443 F-Throws made per game 14.7 15.1 * 02/07/17 at Buffalo L 45-65 3212 REBOUNDS 669 606 * 02/11/17 at Western Michigan L 67-76 3140 Rebounds per game 37.2 33.7 * 02/14/17 BALL STATE L o t 72-81 759 Rebounding margin +3.5 - * 02/18/17 TOLEDO L o t 80-88 2007 ASSISTS 191 257 * 02/21/17 at Central Michigan W 89-66 2531 Assists per game 10.6 14.3 * 02/25/17 at Eastern Michigan L 68-84 1115 TURNOVERS 245 253 * 02/28/17 WESTERN MICHIGAN L 56-70 862 Turnovers per game 13.6 14.1 * 03/03/17 at Ball State L 82-87 4457 Turnover margin +0.4 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 1.0 * = Conference game STEALS 129 112 ! = NIU Thanksgiving Classic Prelim Game Steals per game 7.2 6.2 # = NIU Thanksgiving Classic BLOCKS 30 63 ^ = MAC Tournament First Round (Ypsilanti, Mich.) Blocks per game 1.7 3.5 ATTENDANCE 12918 24737 Home games-Avg/Game 9-1435 9-2749 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Northern Illinois 601 650 30 1281 Opponents 597 677 43 1317

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