Northern Illinois 54, 
Ball State 60
7:00 PM ET, January 13, 2009
John E. Worthen Arena
Muncie, IN
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS HUSKIES | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Najul Ervin, F | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sean Smith, F | 30 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Sean Kowal, C | 31 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Mike DiNunno, G | 33 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Darion (Jake) Anderson, G | 33 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Bryan Hall, G | 19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ante Dzepina, C | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremy Landers, G | 13 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Lee Fisher, F | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Storm, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 21-44 | 4-11 | 8-20 | 10 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 54 | ||
| 47.7% | 36.4% | 40.0% | ||||||||||
| BALL STATE CARDINALS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Malik Perry, F | 24 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Rob Giles, G | 25 | 4-9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Jarrod Jones, F | 30 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Randy Davis, G | 16 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pierre Sneed, G | 20 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Brandon Lampley, G | 29 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Brawley Chisholm, G | 6 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Laron Frazier, G | 24 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| M Hubbard | 26 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 22-57 | 7-18 | 9-17 | 11 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 60 | ||
| 38.6% | 38.9% | 52.9% | ||||||||||
Officials: Mike Sanzere ,Terry Anderson ,J.D. Collins
Attendance: 3,001
Men's Basketball Scores
Other Scores:
Tuesday, January 13th
| Buffalo | 63 | Final |
| Akron | 61 |
| Northern Illinois | 54 | Final |
| Ball State | 60 |
| Central Michigan | 77 | Final |
| Eastern Michigan | 84 | 2OT |