N Illinois 64
(3-24, 2-12 MAC)
Cent Michigan 74
(9-19, 4-10 MAC)
Coverage: ESPN3
2:00 PM ET, February 26, 2012
McGuirk Arena, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Top Performers
Northern Illinois: A. Nader 24 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Ast, 3 Stl
Central Michigan: D. Jackson 19 Pts, 3 Reb, 3 Ast
| Northern Illinois Huskies | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Aksel Bolin, G-F | 24 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Kevin Gray, F | 27 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Tony Nixon, G | 31 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Stian Berg, G | 27 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Abdel Nader, G-F | 34 | 8-13 | 3-6 | 5-5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Tyler Storm, F | 16 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Antone Christian, G | 15 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| DeMarcus Grady, G | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquavese Ford, G | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Keith Gray, F | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Jeremiah Jackson, F | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 20-55 | 6-13 | 18-28 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 64 | ||
| 36.4% | 46.2% | 64.3% | ||||||||||
| Central Michigan Chippewas | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Auston Barnes, F | 21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Andre Coimbra, F | 37 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Derek Jackson, G | 35 | 5-11 | 4-8 | 5-10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| Trey Zeigler, G-F | 22 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Austin McBroom, G | 31 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Zach Saylor, F | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Finis Craddock, G | 13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| John Morris, G | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jevon Harden, F | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Keel, G | 10 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Olivier Mbaigoto, F | 19 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Nick Jordan, G | 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 | |
| 21-46 | 7-17 | 25-40 | 12 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 74 | ||
| 45.7% | 41.2% | 62.5% | ||||||||||
Officials: Larry Scirotto, James Ferrari, Lamont Simpson
Attendance: 1,113
