Akron 79, 
Northern Illinois 83
3:00 PM ET, February 15, 2009
Convocation Center
DeKalb, IL
| AKRON ZIPS | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Nikola Cvetinovic, F | 18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Anthony (Humpty) Hitchens, G | 24 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Nate Linhart, F | 34 | 8-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| Chris McKnight, F | 28 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Darryl Roberts, G | 27 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Steve McNees, G | 16 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Brett McClanahan, G | 13 | 1-7 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Brett McKnight, F | 27 | 10-20 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| Jimmy Conyers, F | 6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Bardo, C | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 29-69 | 7-22 | 14-16 | 11 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 30 | 79 | ||
| 42.0% | 31.8% | 87.5% | ||||||||||
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS HUSKIES | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Tyler Storm, F | 19 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Darion (Jake) Anderson, G | 38 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 11-15 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| Michael Fakuade, C | 21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sean Kowal, C | 29 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Mike DiNunno, G | 25 | 2-10 | 2-6 | 3-5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Bryan Hall, G | 17 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Najul Ervin, F | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Patton, G | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Sean Smith, F | 20 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Ante Dzepina, C | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Fisher, F | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 23-48 | 6-15 | 31-47 | 12 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 83 | ||
| 47.9% | 40.0% | 66.0% | ||||||||||
Officials: Mike Sanzere ,Tom O'Neil ,Eugene Crawford Jr.
Attendance: 1,881
Men's Basketball Scores
Other Scores:
Sunday, February 15th
| Buffalo | 51 | Final |
| Ball State | 53 |
| Akron | 79 | Final |
| Northern Illinois | 83 |
| Eastern Michigan | 65 | Final |
| Bowling Green | 57 |