Northern Illinois Huskies @ Illinois State Redbirds

2-2, 2-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
N Illinois NIU	10	13	15	28	66
Illinois St ILST	21	7	14	27	69

Illinois State RedbirdsIllinois StILST

3-1, 2-0 Home

Northern Illinois Huskies

starters
Riley BlackwellR. Blackwell#12
Abby WoollacottA. Woollacott#32
Gabby NikitinaiteG. Nikitinaite#3
Myia StarksM. Starks#23
Courtney WoodsC. Woods#4
bench
A'Jah DavisA. Davis#25
Mikayla BrandonM. Brandon#14
Grace HunterG. Hunter#15
Chelby KokerC. Koker#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
25	6	1-4	0-1	4-6	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	4
30	6	3-8	0-0	0-0	5	1	6	1	0	2	3	3
34	4	2-8	0-6	0-0	2	1	5	2	0	1	1	3
35	12	6-11	0-1	0-4	5	2	2	1	0	0	5	2
32	26	8-19	3-8	7-7	5	5	5	2	0	0	5	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
7	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	1
18	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	7	0	2	1	0	2	5	3
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	6	2-5	2-4	0-0	5	3	0	0	0	0	5	3
	66	25-62	5-23	11-17	40	14	24	8	0	9	31	19
		40%	22%	65%

Illinois State Redbirds

starters
Lexi WallenL. Wallen#25
Megan TalbotM. Talbot#24
TeTe MaggettT. Maggett#11
Paige SaylorP. Saylor#14
bench
Hannah KelleH. Kelle#33
Lexy KoudelkaL. Koudelka#5
Juliunn RedmondJ. Redmond#23
McKenna SimsM. Sims#1
Kayel NewlandK. Newland#13
Mary CromptonM. Crompton#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
30	18	7-9	0-0	4-6	5	0	1	0	1	1	4	2
20	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	5	0	2	0	0	1	4	2
37	17	5-14	2-8	5-6	11	6	7	3	0	1	10	3
30	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	1	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	7	3-4	0-0	1-2	3	0	3	0	2	1	2	1
28	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	3	4	2	4	1	1	2	2
9	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
13	7	2-6	2-5	1-2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
20	9	3-9	2-7	1-2	4	0	4	2	0	0	4	3
	69	25-59	7-26	12-18	39	15	22	10	4	7	32	17
		42%	27%	67%

Game Information

Normal, IL

Referee:Barb Smith

Referee:Molly Caldwell

Referee:Kalei Enterline

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	16-2	-	28-7
Ball State	16-2	-	26-7
Massachusetts	15-3	1	23-7
Central Michigan	12-6	4	18-12
Ohio	11-7	5	18-14
Bowling Green	9-9	7	17-14
Toledo	9-9	7	17-15
Kent State	9-9	7	15-16
Eastern Michigan	6-12	10	13-16
Western Michigan	5-13	11	9-20
Northern Illinois	4-14	12	7-23
Akron	4-14	12	7-24
Buffalo	1-17	15	3-27

NCAA Division I

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Murray State	19-1	-	31-4
Belmont	16-4	3	20-12
Illinois State	13-7	6	24-14
Bradley	13-7	6	20-13
Northern Iowa	13-7	6	18-14
Drake	10-10	9	12-20
UIC	9-11	10	14-18
Southern Illinois	7-13	12	10-20
Indiana State	5-15	14	10-22
Evansville	5-15	14	10-25
Valparaiso	0-20	19	0-32

Women's College Basketball News

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Here's why expanding the fields to 76 teams benefits power conferences -- and which teams would make the cut.

Attorney: Ex-Nebraska assistant admitted having sex with player

Former Nebraska women's basketball assistant Chuck Love acknowledged he had sex with former player Ashley Scoggin before she was dismissed from the team in 2022, according to court documents.

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NCAA tourneys set to expand to 76 teams

The NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments to 76 teams.

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