2017-18 NIU Men's Basketball Northern Illinois Combined Team Statistics (As of Nov 14, 2017) All Games
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2017-18 NIU Men’s Basketball 2017-18 SCHEDULE St. Francis (Ill.) (1-1) at Day Date Opponent Time/Result Tues. Nov. 14 Green Bay (ESPN3) W, 85-65 NIU (1-0) Thurs. Nov. 16 St. Francis (Ill.) 7 p.m. Date / Time: Thursday, November 16, 2017 • 7 p.m. CT Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.) Site: NIU Convocation Center • DeKalb, Ill. TV: none Mon Nov. 20 Penn 4 p.m. Radio: WLBK 1360-AM, 98.9-FM (DeKalb) Tues. Nov. 21 Florida Atlantic or Towson 12:30 or 6:30 p.m. Live Stats: NIUHuskies.com Wed. Nov. 22 TBD TBD All-time Series: fi rst meeting HUSKIE QUICK HITS Sun. Nov. 26 Rockford 3:30 p.m. • NIU opened the season with an 85-65 victory over Green Bay on Tuesday night at the NIU Wed. Nov. 29 Milwaukee (ESPN3) 8:30 p.m. Convocation Center. The win snapped a 12-game losing streak for the Huskies against the Sat. Dec. 2 at Chicago State 2 p.m. Phoenix. Mon. Dec. 4 at Iowa State (ESPNU) 8 p.m. • Levi Bradley poured in a career-best 28 points on 10-of-14 shooting and 7-of-7 from the Sat. Dec. 9 Central Connecticut State (ESPN3) 12 p.m. free-throw line. The last Huskie to score more than 28 points in a game was Xavier Silas on Mon. Dec. 18 at Marquette (FS1) 6 p.m. Feb. 12, 2011, as he scored 34 against Kent State. Thurs. Dec. 21 UIC (ESPN3) 7 p.m. • After sitting out last season following his transfer from Rider, Lacey James recorded his fi rst Fri. Dec. 29 at Iowa (BTN Plus) 7 p.m. collegiate double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds against Green Bay. Tues. Jan. 2 Kent State* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. • Eugene German added 21 points and a career-high nine rebounds against Green Bay. It Sat. Jan. 6 at Ohio* 2:30 p.m. was German’s fi fth 20-point game in the last nine contests, dating back to last season. Tues. Jan. 9 at Bowling Green* (ESPN3) 6 p.m. • NIU has now won its season opener in four consecutive seasons. Sat. Jan. 13 Eastern Michigan* (ESPN3) 3:30 p.m. • NIU is 43-14 at home since Feb. 12, 2014. • St. Francis is led by fi fth-year head coach Ryan Marks, who spent six seasons as an assistant Tues. Jan. 16 at Buff alo* 6 p.m. coach at NIU from 1995-2001. Sat. Jan. 20 at Akron* (ESPN3) 1 p.m. • Thursday’s contest is the fi rst all-time regular season meeting between the Huskies and Tues. Jan. 23 Bowling Green* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. the Fighting Saints. Sat. Jan. 27 at Western Michigan* 6 p.m. • NIU’s 88 percent GSR ranks third in the MAC and is 10 points above the national average for Tues. Jan. 30 at Central Michigan* (ESPN3) 6 p.m. Division I men’s basketball programs. Sat. Feb. 3 Miami (Ohio) (ESPN3) 3:30 p.m. • On Thursday (Nov. 9), NIU announced the signing of Justin Lee to a National Letter of Tues. Feb. 6 at Toledo* 6 p.m. Intent to join the Huskie men’s basketball program for the 2018-19 season. Sat. Feb. 10 Buff alo* (ESPN3) 3:30 p.m. Tues. Feb. 13 Central Michigan* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. NIU PROBABLE STARTERS Sat. Feb. 17 Western Michigan* (ESPN3) 3:30 p.m. Tues. Feb. 20 at Ball State* (ESPN3) 6 p.m. Sat. Feb. 24 at Eastern Michigan* (ESPN3) 11 a.m. Tues. Feb. 27 Toledo* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Fri. March 2 Ball State* (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Mid-American Conference Tournament Mon. March 5 First Round (campus sites) Thurs. March 8 Quarterfi nals (Cleveland, Ohio) G • 0 • JR G • 4 • JR G • 5 • SO G • 10 • SO W • 42 • JR Fri. March 9 Semifi nals (Cleveland, Ohio) Dante Lacey Justin Eugene Levi Sat. March 11 Final (Cleveland, Ohio) Thorpe James Thomas German Bradley Home games in bold, all times central PPG .............14.0 PPG .............10.0 PPG ............... 8.0 PPG .............21.0 PPG .............28.0 * - denotes Mid-American Conference game RPG ............... 4.0 RPG .............13.0 RPG ............... 5.0 RPG ............... 9.0 RPG ............... 8.0 FG% .............714 FT% .......... 1.000 APG ............... 2.0 FG% .............500 FG% .............714 Follow NIU Athletics and NIU Men’s Up Next: THE HUSKIE BENCH Basketball on Social Media NO. NAME POS HT. CL. PPG RPG OTHER @GoHuskiesMBB 2 Gairges Daow G 6-4 Fr. 2.0 0.0 .333 FG% @NIUAthletics 3 Marlo Brown G 6-5 Fr. n/a n/a n/a @NIUscores 11 Noah McCarty F 6-7 So. 2.0 0.0 1.000 FG% 12 Anastasios Demogerontas W 6-7 Jr. 0.0 2.0 2.0 Stl/Gm “Like” NIU Huskies 15 Jaylen Key F 6-8 Jr. n/a n/a n/a Mon., Nov. 20, 2017 20 Jon Siu G 6-5 Jr. n/a n/a n/a vs. Penn YouTube.com/NIUHuskiesdotcom 22 Rod Henry-Hayes G 6-4 Fr. 0.0 1.0 1.0 Ast/Gm Estero, Fla. 25 Brennan Woods F 6-4 Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 p.m. (CT) 32 Andrew Zelis C 7-0 5th Sr. n/a n/a n/a Instagram.com/NIUHuskies FloHoops.com 33 Owen Hamilton C 7-0 Fr. 0.0 0.0 1.0 Blk/Gm 55 Brandon Danowski G 5-11 Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 Game 2: vs. St. Francis (Ill.) 2017-18 NIU Men’s Basketball NIU Huskies (0-0, 0-0 MAC) Head Coach: Mark Montgomery, Seventh Season (76-114) Dante Thorpe PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Scored 14 pts in his D1 debut v. Green Bay ... 6-4 • 195 • G • Junior 14.0 4.0 1.0 .714 .333 .750 2017 First Team NJCAA Div. II All-American at Triton 0 Washington, D.C. Career Highs Pts: 14 (11/14/17) College ... Averaged 20.1 pts, 4.5 reb and 2.6 asts last Triton College Reb: 4 (11/14/17) Ast: 1 (11/14/17) season at Triton ... Scored 1,040 pts in 2 seasons at Triton. Gairges Daow PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Averaged 12.7 pts, 4.2 asts and 3.8 rebs per game 6-4 • 190 • G • Freshman 2.0 0.0 0.0 .333 .000 .000 last season at Victory Rock Prep in Bradenton, Fla. ... 2 Melbourne, Australia Career Highs Pts: 2 (11/14/17) Helped Victory Rock to a 27-8 record last season ... Born Victory Rock Academy Reb: n/a Ast: n/a in South Sudan. Marlo Brown PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Spent one postgraduate year at DME Academy in 6-5 • 200 • G • Freshman n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Daytona Beach, averaging 15.3 pts and 9.1 reb per game 3 Southfi eld, Mich. Career Highs Pts: n/a ... Four-year letterwinner at Southfi eld (Mich.) Christian DME Academy Reb: n/a Ast: n/a where he had 1,074 reb., fi fth-most in MI history. Lacey James PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Had a double-double in his NIU debut v. Green 6-9 • 235 • F • Junior 10.0 13.0 1.0 .333 .000 1.000 Bay (10 pts, 13 reb) ... Sat out last season following trans- 4 Grand Rapids, Mich. Career Highs Pts: 10 (11/14/17) fer from Rider ... Appeared in 12 games as a freshman at Rider Reb: 13 (11/14/17) Ast: 1 (11/14/17) Rider, avg. 1.0 pts and 1.1 rebounds per game. Justin Thomas PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Appeared in all 32 games last season, including 17 5-11 • 180 • G • Sophomore 8.0 5.0 2.0 .333 .500 .429 starts ... Tied for 12th in conference play last season with 5 Indianapolis, Ind. Career Highs Pts: 12 (11/30/16) 1.3 steals per game ... Had 11 multi-steal games and led Pike Reb: 6 (12/11/16) Ast: 5 (12/14/16) NIU in steals 12 times last season. Eugene German PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: Preseason All-MAC West honoree ... Averaged 9.0 6-0 • 175 • G • Sophomore 21.0 9.0 1.0 .500 .000 .636 points per game last season, including 11.7 ppg in league 10 Gary, Ind. Career Highs Pts: 27 (2/18/17) play ... A 2016-17 MAC All-Freshman Team honoree ... 21st Century Charter Reb: 5 (2/21/17) Ast: 4 (twice) Avg. 16.2 ppg over the last nine games last season. Noah McCarty PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: 6-7 • 240 • F • Sophomore 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 Appeared in 29 games last season ... Averaged 7.2 11 Rock Falls, Ill. Career Highs Pts: 6 (11/25/16) minutes per game ... Averaged 18.2 pts, 10.2 reb per game Sterling Newman Reb: 6 (11/19/16) Ast: 3 (12/14/16) at Sterling Newman HS in 2015-16. Anastasios Demogerontas PPG RPG APG FG% 3-PT% FT% Notes: 6-7 • 210 • W • Junior 0.0 2.0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 Averaged 17.3 pts, 6.8 reb and 3.2 ast per game as a 12 Orland Park, Ill. Career Highs Pts: n/a sophomore last season at Moraine Valley CC ..