Central Michigan Chippewas @ Northern Illinois Huskies

4-8, 0-1 MAC

Final

	1	2	T
C Michigan CMU	44	29	73
N Illinois NIU	27	47	74

Northern Illinois HuskiesN IllinoisNIU

5-7, 1-0 MAC

Central Michigan Chippewas

starters
Nick MullenN. Mullen#21
Nathan ClaerbautN. Claerbaut#32
Tamario AdleyT. Adley#5
Jaxson WhitakerJ. Whitaker#3
Phat Phat BrooksP. Brooks#10
bench
Keenan GarnerK. Garner#13
Jalen KampenJ. Kampen#2
Will AshfordW. Ashford#22
Logan McIntireL. McIntire#33
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
28	18	7-12	2-6	2-2	7	3	0	1	1	3	4	2
32	18	8-14	0-0	2-3	7	0	4	1	1	0	7	0
22	6	3-6	0-2	0-0	2	2	2	4	0	2	0	5
23	0	0-4	0-4	0-1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
29	9	3-6	0-0	3-4	1	7	2	0	1	0	1	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
19	8	4-5	0-1	0-3	7	1	2	0	0	5	2	3
14	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
27	14	5-10	4-7	0-0	2	3	0	2	1	1	1	4
	73	30-60	6-21	7-13	30	20	13	8	4	13	17	23
		50%	29%	54%

Northern Illinois Huskies

starters
Gustav WintherG. Winther#96
Hassan WashingtonH. Washington#7
Dylan DucommunD. Ducommun#25
Makhai ValentineM. Valentine#1
Daemar KellyD. Kelly#3
bench
Ladji KanteL. Kante#8
Jaylen WhartonJ. Wharton#23
Taj WaltersT. Walters#6
Gianni CobbG. Cobb#0
Jao ItukaJ. Ituka#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
34	14	3-7	0-1	8-10	11	0	1	0	0	5	6	3
9	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	1	0	0	2	3
32	18	4-7	2-4	8-10	2	4	4	2	0	1	1	3
36	10	3-8	1-6	3-5	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
21	6	1-4	1-3	3-5	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
7	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	13	5-8	1-2	2-2	5	1	1	0	0	3	2	2
28	7	3-8	0-2	1-2	3	4	4	2	0	1	2	4
4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	74	22-46	5-19	25-34	31	12	16	7	0	12	19	17
		48%	26%	74%

Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Northern Illinois Huskies: Game Highlights

1:14

Taj Walters drills basket vs. Central Michigan Chippewas

0:42

Makhai Valentine gets up for the beautiful flush

0:15

Game Information

Dekalb, IL

Referee:Mike O'Neill

Referee:Chris Fuller

Referee:Kevin Raher

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	14	9-21

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