Northern Illinois 59, 
Ohio 89
7:00 PM ET, February 5, 2009
Convocation Center
Athens, OH
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS HUSKIES | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Najul Ervin, F | 24 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Sean Smith, F | 22 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Sean Kowal, C | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tyler Storm, F | 18 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike DiNunno, G | 29 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Bryan Hall, G | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Patton, G | 16 | 3-9 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Keith Smith, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ante Dzepina, C | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| M Peaster | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Landers, G | 11 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Lee Fisher, F | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Darion (Jake) Anderson, G | 23 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| Michael Fakuade, C | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 22-58 | 5-17 | 10-12 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 59 | ||
| 37.9% | 29.4% | 83.3% | ||||||||||
| OHIO BOBCATS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Tommy Freeman, F | 22 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Jerome Tillman, F | 23 | 7-10 | 1-2 | 9-10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| Adetunji Adedipe, F | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Steven Coleman, G | 32 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Michael Allen, G | 25 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| DeVaughn Washington, F | 20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Kenneth van Kempen, C | 21 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Stacey Waters, G | 6 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Frankie Dobbs, G | 13 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Justin Orr, F | 22 | 4-8 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Zach Nagtzaam, C | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 23-47 | 8-17 | 35-40 | 10 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 89 | ||
| 48.9% | 47.1% | 87.5% | ||||||||||
Officials: Mike Eades ,James Haney ,Mike Foote
Attendance: 3,016