Feb 7, 2017 - Northern Illinois at Buffalo - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

2/7/2017 Buffalo v. Northern Illinois Game Preview

	Northern Illinois Huskies	(14-10, 5-5 away)
	Buffalo Bulls	(12-12, 7-4 home)

February 7, 2017 at 7:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Alumni Arena
Buffalo, New York

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2016-2017 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Northern Illinois	32	40.9	72.2	25.9	59.1	.438	5.0	16.1	.312	15.4	22.8	.677	12.1	24.8	36.8	10.8	7.1	2.5	13.4	19.3
Buffalo	32	40.2	77.7	27.4	60.8	.451	7.5	22.7	.330	15.4	22.2	.692	11.8	27.4	39.2	14.3	5.7	4.0	14.5	23.0
NIU Opponents	32	40.9	70.7	24.3	55.8	.435	8.0	23.1	.347	14.1	21.1	.668	9.4	24.1	33.5	13.8	5.9	3.2	14.5	20.6
BUFF Opponents	32	40.2	74.2	24.8	59.8	.415	7.3	21.0	.347	17.3	25.4	.682	11.3	23.7	35.0	12.7	6.4	3.3	12.7	19.7

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 2, 2016	Buffalo	Northern Illinois	90 - 78	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	NIU Convocation Center
Jan 14, 2015	Northern Illinois	Buffalo	63 - 82	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	Alumni Arena
Jan 25, 2014	Buffalo	Northern Illinois	75 - 67	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	NIU Convocation Center
Jan 8, 2014	Northern Illinois	Buffalo	46 - 67	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	Alumni Arena
Feb 9, 2013	Northern Illinois	Buffalo	54 - 59	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	Alumni Arena
Jan 28, 2012	Buffalo	Northern Illinois	74 - 59	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	NIU Convocation Center
Jan 29, 2011	Northern Illinois	Buffalo	52 - 63	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	Alumni Arena
Jan 30, 2010	Buffalo	Northern Illinois	95 - 83	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	NIU Convocation Center
Feb 7, 2009	Northern Illinois	Buffalo	46 - 68	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	Alumni Arena
Feb 5, 2008	Buffalo	Northern Illinois	89 - 81	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	NIU Convocation Center
Feb 3, 2007	Northern Illinois	Buffalo	74 - 80	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	Alumni Arena
Jan 7, 2006	Buffalo	Northern Illinois	82 - 84	Northern Illinois	Conference Regular Season	NIU Convocation Center
Mar 7, 2005	Northern Illinois	Buffalo	66 - 73	Buffalo	Conference Tournament	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 25, 2005	Northern Illinois	Buffalo	80 - 86	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	Alumni Arena
Mar 8, 2004	Northern Illinois	Buffalo	73 - 90	Buffalo	Conference Tournament	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 25, 2004	Buffalo	Northern Illinois	85 - 73	Buffalo	Conference Regular Season	NIU Convocation Center
Mar 10, 2003	Buffalo	Northern Illinois	64 - 81	Northern Illinois	Conference Tournament	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 6, 2003	Northern Illinois	Buffalo	70 - 61	Northern Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Alumni Arena

2016-2017 Northern Illinois Huskies Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	J. Thomas	D. Highsmith	A. Armstead	J. Key	M. Maric
Rotation	L. Porter	A. Pauga	L. Bradley
Rotation	E. German
Rotation	M. Wilson
Lim PT		J. Siu	S. Damaska	N. McCarty

2016-2017 Buffalo Bulls Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	C. Massinburg	W. Conner	B. Hamilton	D. Kadiri	N. Perkins
Rotation	D. Caruthers			Q. McKinzie	I. Smart
Rotation	D. Jordan
Lim PT	C. Pino	N. Rakicevic		R. Johnson
Lim PT		J. Jones

Northern Illinois Huskies Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
23	Aaric Armstead	G	32	30.4	8.7	2.9	8.7	.333	0.9	2.9	.298	2.0	3.0	.667	1.9	3.8	5.8	1.6	1.5	0.6	1.6	2.0
42	Levi Bradley	SF	32	22.5	8.8	3.2	7.9	.411	0.5	1.9	.250	1.8	2.3	.770	1.0	3.2	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.5
21	Sean Damaska	C	7	2.6	1.4	0.6	0.9	.667	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4
10	Eugene German	PG	31	17.1	9.0	3.5	7.5	.472	0.5	1.8	.281	1.5	2.4	.616	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.9	0.3	0.1	1.5	1.3
3	Dontel Highsmith	G	32	24.1	6.9	2.2	5.5	.406	0.6	1.9	.311	1.9	2.6	.723	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.7	1.0	0.1	1.7	1.8
15	Jaylen Key	PF	32	21.8	8.0	3.1	6.4	.488	0.4	0.9	.464	1.4	2.1	.667	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.7	0.4	0.4	1.3	2.4
34	Marin Maric	C	32	28.5	14.3	5.3	9.4	.566	0.2	0.7	.227	3.5	5.2	.667	3.2	5.2	8.4	0.8	0.7	0.5	2.3	2.8
11	Noah McCarty	PF	29	7.2	1.2	0.4	1.1	.375	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.769	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.8
31	Austin Pauga	SG	30	13.3	3.2	1.1	2.9	.372	0.9	2.6	.359	0.1	0.1	.750	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.8
2	Laytwan Porter	PG	27	19.1	6.5	2.0	5.2	.393	0.9	2.3	.403	1.5	2.1	.714	0.3	1.9	2.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.2	2.5
20	Jon Siu	G	4	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.5	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5	Justin Thomas	G	32	17.0	4.1	1.5	3.2	.475	0.0	0.5	.059	1.1	1.8	.576	0.1	1.6	1.8	1.2	1.1	0.1	0.8	1.4
30	Nick Wagner	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0	Marshawn Wilson	PG	18	14.4	4.9	1.6	4.4	.354	0.6	1.9	.294	1.2	1.8	.667	0.6	1.4	2.1	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.0
32	Andrew Zelis	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Buffalo Bulls Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
41	Brock Bertram	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	Dontay Caruthers	G	32	22.1	5.1	1.6	3.7	.444	0.5	1.7	.283	1.4	1.9	.721	0.6	1.7	2.2	2.3	1.8	0.1	1.4	3.1
2	Willie Conner	F	32	31.2	13.0	3.9	9.6	.409	2.1	5.7	.370	3.0	4.0	.756	0.8	2.0	2.8	1.1	0.5	0.3	1.8	2.5
10	Graham Dolan	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0	Blake Hamilton	F	32	30.4	17.5	5.9	13.7	.432	1.8	5.0	.369	3.8	4.9	.777	0.8	5.3	6.2	4.4	1.0	0.5	3.5	2.9
31	Raheem Johnson	F	26	9.7	3.3	1.5	2.3	.644	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.4	.818	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.7	1.9
11	James Jones	SG	14	5.9	2.0	0.7	1.9	.385	0.4	1.1	.333	0.2	0.4	.600	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6
4	Davonta Jordan	PG	31	14.5	2.5	1.0	2.8	.368	0.1	0.5	.118	0.3	1.0	.333	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.6	0.7	0.1	1.5	1.9
4	David Kadiri	FC	31	16.2	5.7	2.6	4.1	.625	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.2	.500	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.5	2.7
5	C.J. Massinburg	SG	24	32.4	14.5	4.5	11.0	.411	2.0	5.9	.331	3.5	4.7	.750	1.3	4.2	5.6	2.8	0.6	0.1	2.0	1.7
24	Quate McKinzie	PF	17	15.3	4.2	1.6	2.6	.636	0.5	1.0	.529	0.4	0.6	.636	1.1	3.1	4.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.5	2.6
33	Nick Perkins	PF	32	25.8	12.4	4.6	10.9	.424	1.0	3.7	.271	2.1	3.4	.630	1.8	4.9	6.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.3	2.9
23	Christian Pino	G	7	2.7	1.1	0.3	1.6	.182	0.0	0.7	.000	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.7
42	Nikola Rakicevic	G	21	8.6	2.6	1.0	2.5	.423	0.2	0.9	.222	0.3	0.8	.412	0.7	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6
34	Ikenna Smart	F	31	12.8	3.4	1.4	2.1	.656	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.625	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	2.3

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