
N Illinois 54
(5-26, 3-13 MAC)

W Michigan 71
(14-19, 6-10 MAC)
Coverage: ESPN3
7:00 PM ET, March 7, 2012
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
Top Performers
Northern Illinois: T. Nixon 11 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Stl
Western Michigan: M. Douglas 19 Pts, 5 Reb, 7 Ast, 3 Stl, 1 Blk
Complete Play-By-Play
1 | 2 | All1st Half Summary | |||
| TIME | NORTHERN ILLINOIS | SCORE | WESTERN MICHIGAN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19:42 | Kevin Gray made Jumper. Assisted by Marquavese Ford. | 2-0 | |
| 19:25 | 2-0 | Brandon Pokley Turnover. | |
| 19:23 | Marquavese Ford Steal. | 2-0 | |
| 19:17 | Marquavese Ford Turnover. | 2-0 | |
| 19:14 | 2-0 | Demetrius Ward Steal. | |
| 18:43 | 2-0 | Mike Douglas Turnover. | |
| 18:42 | Tony Nixon Steal. | 2-0 | |
| 18:37 | Abdel Nader made Jumper. Assisted by Marquavese Ford. | 4-0 | |
| 18:22 | 4-2 | Brandon Pokley made Jumper. Assisted by Mike Douglas. | |
| 17:55 | Abdel Nader missed Three Point Jumper. | 4-2 | |
| 17:55 | 4-2 | Matt Stainbrook Defensive Rebound. | |
| 17:41 | 4-2 | Mike Douglas missed Layup. | |
| 17:41 | Aksel Bolin Block. | 4-2 | |
| 17:41 | 4-2 | Western Michigan Offensive Rebou. | |
| 17:39 | 4-2 | Demetrius Ward missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 17:39 | Kevin Gray Defensive Rebound. | 4-2 | |
| 17:21 | Aksel Bolin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stian Berg. | 7-2 | |
| 17:07 | 7-2 | Mike Douglas missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 17:07 | Antone Christian Defensive Rebound. | 7-2 | |
| 17:01 | Antone Christian Turnover. | 7-2 | |
| 16:44 | 7-4 | Matt Stainbrook made Layup. Assisted by Demetrius Ward. | |
| 16:23 | Antone Christian missed Three Point Jumper. | 7-4 | |
| 16:23 | 7-4 | Matt Stainbrook Defensive Rebound. | |
| 16:12 | 7-4 | Flenard Whitfield missed Layup. | |
| 16:12 | 7-4 | Western Michigan Offensive Rebou. | |
| 16:02 | 7-4 | Matt Stainbrook missed Layup. | |
| 16:02 | 7-4 | Western Michigan Offensive Rebou. | |
| 15:58 | Foul on Keith Gray | 7-4 | |
| 15:58 | Official TV Timeout. | ||
| 15:49 | 7-4 | Brandon Pokley missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 15:49 | 7-4 | Matt Stainbrook Offensive Rebound. | |
| 15:38 | Foul on Stian Berg | 7-4 | |
| 15:27 | Foul on Abdel Nader | 7-4 | |
| 15:17 | 7-6 | Mike Douglas made Layup. | |
| 15:09 | Abdel Nader Turnover. | 7-6 | |
| 14:51 | Foul on Keith Gray | 7-6 | |
| 14:51 | 7-6 | Demetrius Ward missed Free Throw. | |
| 14:51 | 7-7 | Demetrius Ward made Free Throw. | |
| 14:30 | Kevin Gray Turnover. | 7-7 | |
| 14:28 | 7-7 | Mike Douglas Steal. | |
| 14:07 | 7-7 | Flenard Whitfield missed Layup. | |
| 14:07 | Abdel Nader Defensive Rebound. | 7-7 | |
| 14:02 | Marquavese Ford made Layup. | 9-7 | |
| 14:02 | 9-7 | Foul on Austin Richie | |
| 14:02 | Marquavese Ford missed Free Throw. | 9-7 | |
| 14:02 | 9-7 | Demetrius Ward Defensive Rebound. | |
| 13:52 | 9-9 | Demetrius Ward made Layup. | |
| 13:27 | 9-9 | Foul on Shayne Whittington | |
| 13:27 | Marquavese Ford made Free Throw. | 10-9 | |
| 13:27 | Marquavese Ford made Free Throw. | 11-9 | |
| 13:10 | 11-9 | Demetrius Ward missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 13:10 | Marquavese Ford Defensive Rebound. | 11-9 | |
| 12:55 | Aksel Bolin Turnover. | 11-9 | |
| 12:31 | Foul on Tony Nixon | 11-9 | |
| 12:31 | 11-10 | Nate Hutcheson made Free Throw. | |
| 12:31 | 11-10 | Nate Hutcheson missed Free Throw. | |
| 12:31 | 11-10 | Dan Loney Offensive Rebound. | |
| 12:06 | 11-10 | Austin Richie missed Layup. | |
| 12:06 | Tyler Storm Defensive Rebound. | 11-10 | |
| 12:04 | 11-10 | Foul on Shayne Whittington | |
| 11:49 | Official TV Timeout. | ||
| 11:42 | Tony Nixon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marquavese Ford. | 14-10 | |
| 11:07 | Foul on Marquavese Ford | 14-10 | |
| 10:56 | 14-10 | Brandon Pokley missed Layup. | |
| 10:56 | Jeremiah Jackson Block. | 14-10 | |
| 10:54 | Tony Nixon Defensive Rebound. | 14-10 | |
| 10:45 | Tony Nixon missed Layup. | 14-10 | |
| 10:45 | 14-10 | Matt Stainbrook Defensive Rebound. | |
| 10:36 | 14-13 | Brandon Pokley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike Douglas. | |
| 10:17 | Marquavese Ford made Layup. | 16-13 | |
| 9:54 | 16-16 | Brandon Pokley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Stainbrook. | |
| 9:31 | Jeremiah Jackson missed Jumper. | 16-16 | |
| 9:31 | 16-16 | Brandon Pokley Defensive Rebound. | |
| 9:23 | 16-16 | Nate Hutcheson missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 9:23 | Tyler Storm Defensive Rebound. | 16-16 | |
| 9:08 | 16-16 | Foul on Mike Douglas | |
| 8:49 | Abdel Nader missed Layup. | 16-16 | |
| 8:49 | Kevin Gray Offensive Rebound. | 16-16 | |
| 8:47 | Kevin Gray missed Layup. | 16-16 | |
| 8:47 | 16-16 | Matt Stainbrook Defensive Rebound. | |
| 8:10 | 16-16 | Mike Douglas missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 8:10 | Abdel Nader Defensive Rebound. | 16-16 | |
| 7:46 | 16-16 | Foul on Flenard Whitfield | |
| 7:46 | Official TV Timeout. | ||
| 7:46 | Aksel Bolin made Free Throw. | 17-16 | |
| 7:46 | Aksel Bolin made Free Throw. | 18-16 | |
| 7:21 | Foul on Aksel Bolin | 18-16 | |
| 7:21 | 18-17 | Matt Stainbrook made Free Throw. | |
| 7:21 | 18-18 | Matt Stainbrook made Free Throw. | |
| 7:14 | Stian Berg Turnover. | 18-18 | |
| 7:14 | 18-18 | Mike Douglas Steal. | |
| 7:11 | 18-21 | Demetrius Ward made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike Douglas. | |
| 6:44 | Antone Christian made Layup. | 20-21 | |
| 6:18 | 20-21 | Mike Douglas missed Layup. | |
| 6:18 | Keith Gray Defensive Rebound. | 20-21 | |
| 6:05 | Keith Gray made Layup. Assisted by Kevin Gray. | 22-21 | |
| 5:47 | Foul on Keith Gray | 22-21 | |
| 5:47 | 22-22 | Brandon Pokley made Free Throw. | |
| 5:47 | 22-22 | Brandon Pokley missed Free Throw. | |
| 5:47 | 22-22 | Demetrius Ward Offensive Rebound. | |
| 5:42 | 22-22 | Demetrius Ward missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 5:42 | Tyler Storm Defensive Rebound. | 22-22 | |
| 5:30 | Marquavese Ford missed Layup. | 22-22 | |
| 5:30 | 22-22 | Flenard Whitfield Defensive Rebound. | |
| 5:29 | Foul on Tyler Storm | 22-22 | |
| 5:29 | 22-23 | Flenard Whitfield made Free Throw. | |
| 5:29 | 22-24 | Flenard Whitfield made Free Throw. | |
| 5:11 | 22-24 | Foul on Brandon Pokley | |
| 4:59 | Kevin Gray missed Jumper. | 22-24 | |
| 4:59 | 22-24 | Demetrius Ward Defensive Rebound. | |
| 4:52 | 22-24 | Demetrius Ward missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 4:52 | Aksel Bolin Defensive Rebound. | 22-24 | |
| 4:24 | Abdel Nader Turnover. | 22-24 | |
| 3:51 | 22-24 | Mike Douglas missed Layup. | |
| 3:51 | Abdel Nader Block. | 22-24 | |
| 3:49 | 22-24 | Mike Douglas Offensive Rebound. | |
| 3:47 | 22-26 | Mike Douglas made Layup. | |
| 3:17 | 22-26 | Foul on Flenard Whitfield | |
| 3:17 | Official TV Timeout. | ||
| 3:17 | Abdel Nader missed Free Throw. | 22-26 | |
| 3:17 | 22-26 | Dan Loney Defensive Rebound. | |
| 2:48 | 22-26 | Mike Douglas missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 2:48 | Stian Berg Defensive Rebound. | 22-26 | |
| 2:31 | Tony Nixon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stian Berg. | 25-26 | |
| 2:13 | 25-28 | Nate Hutcheson made Layup. Assisted by Mike Douglas. | |
| 1:56 | Abdel Nader missed Jumper. | 25-28 | |
| 1:56 | 25-28 | Western Michigan Defensive Rebou. | |
| 1:22 | 25-28 | Mike Douglas missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 1:22 | 25-28 | Western Michigan Offensive Rebou. | |
| 1:19 | Western Michigan Full Timeout. | ||
| 1:19 | Western Michigan Full Timeout. | ||
| 1:00 | 25-31 | Brandon Pokley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Stainbrook. | |
| 0:51 | Northern Illinois Full Timeout. | ||
| 0:47 | Abdel Nader missed Three Point Jumper. | 25-31 | |
| 0:47 | 25-31 | Western Michigan Defensive Rebou. | |
| 0:11 | 25-31 | Austin Richie missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 0:11 | 25-31 | Matt Stainbrook Offensive Rebound. | |
| 0:03 | 25-31 | Matt Stainbrook Turnover. | |
| 0:02 | Antone Christian Steal. | 25-31 | |
| 0:00 | Tony Nixon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antone Christian. | 28-31 | |
| 0:00 | End of the 1st Half. | ||
2nd Half Summary | |||
| TIME | NORTHERN ILLINOIS | SCORE | WESTERN MICHIGAN |
| 19:49 | Foul on Kevin Gray | 28-31 | |
| 19:49 | 28-32 | Flenard Whitfield made Free Throw. | |
| 19:49 | 28-32 | Flenard Whitfield missed Free Throw. | |
| 19:49 | Aksel Bolin Defensive Rebound. | 28-32 | |
| 19:26 | Abdel Nader made Layup. | 30-32 | |
| 19:12 | 30-34 | Flenard Whitfield made Layup. Assisted by Mike Douglas. | |
| 19:02 | Abdel Nader missed Layup. | 30-34 | |
| 19:02 | 30-34 | Mike Douglas Block. | |
| 19:00 | 30-34 | Flenard Whitfield Defensive Rebound. | |
| 18:58 | 30-34 | Flenard Whitfield Turnover. | |
| 18:57 | Tony Nixon Steal. | 30-34 | |
| 18:32 | Tony Nixon missed Three Point Jumper. | 30-34 | |
| 18:32 | Aksel Bolin Offensive Rebound. | 30-34 | |
| 18:22 | Kevin Gray missed Jumper. | 30-34 | |
| 18:22 | 30-34 | Matt Stainbrook Defensive Rebound. | |
| 18:12 | 30-34 | Demetrius Ward Turnover. | |
| 18:12 | 30-34 | Foul on Demetrius Ward | |
| 17:56 | Kevin Gray Turnover. | 30-34 | |
| 17:55 | 30-34 | Mike Douglas Steal. | |
| 17:48 | 30-34 | Flenard Whitfield Turnover. | |
| 17:46 | Antone Christian Steal. | 30-34 | |
| 17:44 | 30-34 | Foul on Flenard Whitfield | |
| 17:44 | Marquavese Ford made Free Throw. | 31-34 | |
| 17:44 | Marquavese Ford made Free Throw. | 32-34 | |
| 17:21 | 32-36 | Mike Douglas made Jumper. Assisted by Matt Stainbrook. | |
| 16:56 | Tyler Storm made Jumper. | 34-36 | |
| 16:42 | 34-36 | Mike Douglas missed Jumper. | |
| 16:42 | 34-36 | Matt Stainbrook Offensive Rebound. | |
| 16:40 | 34-38 | Matt Stainbrook made Layup. | |
| 16:40 | Foul on Tyler Storm | 34-38 | |
| 16:40 | 34-39 | Matt Stainbrook made Free Throw. | |
| 16:24 | Antone Christian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Miller. | 37-39 | |
| 16:08 | 37-41 | Mike Douglas made Layup. Assisted by Matt Stainbrook. | |
| 15:48 | Tyler Storm missed Three Point Jumper. | 37-41 | |
| 15:48 | 37-41 | Mike Douglas Defensive Rebound. | |
| 15:41 | 37-41 | Demetrius Ward missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 15:41 | 37-41 | Mike Douglas Offensive Rebound. | |
| 15:37 | Foul on Abdel Nader | 37-41 | |
| 15:37 | Official TV Timeout. | ||
| 15:37 | 37-42 | Mike Douglas made Free Throw. | |
| 15:37 | 37-43 | Mike Douglas made Free Throw. | |
| 15:24 | Tyler Storm Turnover. | 37-43 | |
| 15:24 | 37-43 | Demetrius Ward Steal. | |
| 15:24 | Foul on Abdel Nader | 37-43 | |
| 15:07 | 37-45 | Demetrius Ward made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Pokley. | |
| 15:03 | Northern Illinois Full Timeout. | ||
| 14:42 | 37-45 | Foul on Matt Stainbrook | |
| 14:42 | Tyler Storm missed Free Throw. | 37-45 | |
| 14:42 | Tyler Storm made Free Throw. | 38-45 | |
| 14:21 | 38-47 | Demetrius Ward made Layup. | |
| 13:54 | Antone Christian missed Three Point Jumper. | 38-47 | |
| 13:54 | 38-47 | Mike Douglas Defensive Rebound. | |
| 13:39 | 38-47 | Demetrius Ward missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 13:39 | Tony Nixon Defensive Rebound. | 38-47 | |
| 13:23 | Tony Nixon missed Layup. | 38-47 | |
| 13:23 | 38-47 | Matt Stainbrook Defensive Rebound. | |
| 12:58 | 38-50 | Mike Douglas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Demetrius Ward. | |
| 12:52 | Northern Illinois Full Timeout. | ||
| 12:36 | Aksel Bolin missed Three Point Jumper. | 38-50 | |
| 12:36 | 38-50 | Shayne Whittington Defensive Rebound. | |
| 12:18 | 38-50 | Shayne Whittington missed Layup. | |
| 12:18 | Aksel Bolin Defensive Rebound. | 38-50 | |
| 12:17 | Aksel Bolin Turnover. | 38-50 | |
| 11:44 | Foul on Keith Gray | 38-50 | |
| 11:44 | Official TV Timeout. | ||
| 11:44 | 38-51 | Mike Douglas made Free Throw. | |
| 11:44 | 38-52 | Mike Douglas made Free Throw. | |
| 11:29 | Stian Berg missed Three Point Jumper. | 38-52 | |
| 11:29 | Aksel Bolin Offensive Rebound. | 38-52 | |
| 11:24 | Abdel Nader missed Three Point Jumper. | 38-52 | |
| 11:24 | Northern Illinois Offensive Rebo. | 38-52 | |
| 11:08 | Abdel Nader missed Three Point Jumper. | 38-52 | |
| 11:08 | 38-52 | Shayne Whittington Defensive Rebound. | |
| 10:40 | 38-54 | Mike Douglas made Jumper. | |
| 10:14 | Tyler Storm missed Jumper. | 38-54 | |
| 10:14 | 38-54 | Shayne Whittington Defensive Rebound. | |
| 10:06 | 38-56 | Austin Richie made Layup. Assisted by Mike Douglas. | |
| 10:01 | Northern Illinois Full Timeout. | ||
| 9:50 | 38-56 | Foul on Austin Richie | |
| 9:48 | Abdel Nader made Layup. Assisted by Marquavese Ford. | 40-56 | |
| 9:48 | 40-56 | Foul on Nate Hutcheson | |
| 9:48 | Abdel Nader made Free Throw. | 41-56 | |
| 9:25 | 41-56 | Shayne Whittington missed Jumper. | |
| 9:25 | 41-56 | Muhammed Conteh Offensive Rebound. | |
| 9:22 | 41-58 | Muhammed Conteh made Layup. | |
| 9:11 | Kevin Gray made Jumper. Assisted by Marquavese Ford. | 43-58 | |
| 8:36 | 43-58 | Nate Hutcheson Turnover. | |
| 8:10 | Keith Gray missed Dunk. | 43-58 | |
| 8:10 | 43-58 | Austin Richie Defensive Rebound. | |
| 7:51 | 43-58 | Nate Hutcheson missed Layup. | |
| 7:51 | Abdel Nader Block. | 43-58 | |
| 7:51 | 43-58 | Western Michigan Offensive Rebou. | |
| 7:51 | Official TV Timeout. | ||
| 7:37 | 43-58 | Hayden Hoerdemann missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 7:37 | Northern Illinois Defensive Rebo. | 43-58 | |
| 7:26 | Abdel Nader missed Three Point Jumper. | 43-58 | |
| 7:26 | 43-58 | Western Michigan Defensive Rebou. | |
| 6:57 | 43-58 | Matt Stainbrook missed Three Point Jumper. | |
| 6:57 | Northern Illinois Defensive Rebo. | 43-58 | |
| 6:28 | Marquavese Ford missed Jumper. | 43-58 | |
| 6:28 | 43-58 | Matt Stainbrook Block. | |
| 6:27 | 43-58 | Demetrius Ward Defensive Rebound. | |
| 6:04 | 43-61 | Demetrius Ward made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike Douglas. | |
| 5:43 | Tony Nixon made Layup. | 45-61 | |
| 5:43 | Foul on Tony Nixon | 45-61 | |
| 5:43 | Foul on Zach Miller | 45-61 | |
| 5:43 | 45-62 | Mike Douglas made Free Throw. | |
| 5:43 | 45-63 | Mike Douglas made Free Throw. | |
| 5:43 | Western Michigan Full Timeout. | ||
| 5:31 | Tyler Storm Turnover. | 45-63 | |
| 5:30 | 45-63 | Flenard Whitfield Steal. | |
| 5:08 | Foul on Tyler Storm | 45-63 | |
| 5:08 | 45-63 | Flenard Whitfield missed Free Throw. | |
| 5:08 | Tony Nixon Defensive Rebound. | 45-63 | |
| 4:55 | Tyler Storm missed Three Point Jumper. | 45-63 | |
| 4:55 | Antone Christian Offensive Rebound. | 45-63 | |
| 4:51 | Antone Christian made Layup. | 47-63 | |
| 4:20 | 47-63 | Mike Douglas missed Jumper. | |
| 4:20 | Antone Christian Defensive Rebound. | 47-63 | |
| 4:16 | Foul on Tyler Storm | 47-63 | |
| 4:16 | 47-63 | Foul on Flenard Whitfield | |
| 4:08 | Aksel Bolin missed Three Point Jumper. | 47-63 | |
| 4:08 | 47-63 | Brandon Pokley Defensive Rebound. | |
| 3:44 | 47-63 | Matt Stainbrook Turnover. | |
| 3:44 | Official TV Timeout. | ||
| 3:32 | Abdel Nader missed Jumper. | 47-63 | |
| 3:32 | 47-63 | Western Michigan Defensive Rebou. | |
| 3:05 | Foul on Keith Gray | 47-63 | |
| 3:05 | 47-64 | Matt Stainbrook made Free Throw. | |
| 3:05 | 47-65 | Matt Stainbrook made Free Throw. | |
| 2:49 | Antone Christian missed Jumper. | 47-65 | |
| 2:49 | 47-65 | Muhammed Conteh Block. | |
| 2:47 | Aksel Bolin Offensive Rebound. | 47-65 | |
| 2:45 | 47-65 | Foul on Dan Loney | |
| 2:45 | Tyler Storm made Free Throw. | 48-65 | |
| 2:45 | Tyler Storm made Free Throw. | 49-65 | |
| 2:12 | 49-65 | Mike Douglas missed Layup. | |
| 2:12 | 49-65 | Mike Douglas Offensive Rebound. | |
| 2:01 | Western Michigan Full Timeout. | ||
| 1:42 | 49-67 | Muhammed Conteh made Jumper. Assisted by Austin Richie. | |
| 1:27 | 49-67 | Foul on Austin Richie | |
| 1:27 | Antone Christian missed Free Throw. | 49-67 | |
| 1:27 | 49-67 | Hayden Hoerdemann Defensive Rebound. | |
| 1:09 | 49-69 | Caleb Dean made Jumper. Assisted by Nate Hutcheson. | |
| 0:56 | Jeremiah Jackson missed Jumper. | 49-69 | |
| 0:56 | Kevin Gray Offensive Rebound. | 49-69 | |
| 0:51 | Antone Christian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Gray. | 52-69 | |
| 0:17 | 52-71 | Caleb Dean made Layup. Assisted by Austin Richie. | |
| 0:08 | 52-71 | Foul on Muhammed Conteh | |
| 0:08 | Jeremiah Jackson made Free Throw. | 53-71 | |
| 0:08 | Jeremiah Jackson made Free Throw. | 54-71 | |
| 0:00 | End Game | ||

