Northern Illinois 73, Buffalo 90

March 8, 2004

Conference Tournament

Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio) - Neutral Site

Attendance: 8,971

Officials: Mike Roberts, D.J. Carstensen, Mike Foote

Team Rebounds: Northern Illinois (0) Buffalo (0)

Technicals: Northern Illinois (0) Buffalo (0)

  1 2 Final
NIU (10-20) 38 35 73
BUFF (17-11) 43 47 90

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NIU 63 116.0 143.1
BUFF 63 143.1 116.0

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NIU .681 0.254 0.304 0.191
BUFF .600 0.079 0.481 0.185

Northern Illinois Huskies

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Mike McKinney Starter SF 32:00 3-5 0-0 1-2 9.2 4 5 9 5 4 0 4 0 7
- Anthony Maestranzi Starter PG 30:00 2-4 2-4 0-0 6.5 0 2 2 4 0 0 2 0 6
- P.J. Smith Starter SG 37:00 9-17 3-9 7-8 13.2 0 2 2 3 1 1 4 0 28
- Marcus Smallwood Starter PF 30:00 7-11 0-0 1-3 9.9 2 5 7 3 5 0 3 1 15
- Rome Sanders Starter C 35:00 4-5 0-0 0-0 6.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 8
- Walter Thompson Bench PG 06:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Al Sewasciuk Bench SG 06:00 1-1 1-1 0-0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
- Todd Peterson Bench PF 06:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
- Paige Paulsen Bench SF 10:00 2-3 2-3 0-0 2.0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 6
- James Hughes Bench C 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Johnathan Byrd Bench PF 06:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
  Team                                
        200 28-47 8-18 9-13 46.4 7 16 23 16 17 1 16 2 73
          59.6% 44.4% 69.2%                    

Buffalo Bulls

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Yassin Idbihi Starter C 31:00 9-15 0-2 5-6 17.5 4 4 8 1 2 1 0 0 23
- Mario Jordan Starter SF 08:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -2.2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
- Daniel Gilbert Starter PF 35:00 4-6 1-2 0-0 16.0 6 2 8 1 2 3 0 1 9
- Turner Battle Starter PG 34:00 6-11 2-5 2-2 9.5 0 0 0 4 3 2 2 0 16
- Roderick Middleton Starter SG 20:00 2-4 0-1 0-0 5.0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 4
- Darwin Young Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Brian Andre Bench PF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mark Bortz Bench C 27:00 4-9 0-0 2-2 7.2 1 3 4 2 1 0 3 3 10
- Calvin Cage Bench PG 22:00 5-9 2-5 3-4 8.2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15
- Jason Bird Bench SG 21:00 5-9 3-5 0-0 11.8 2 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 13
  Team                                
        200 35-65 8-20 12-14 73.0 13 14 27 14 15 8 5 4 90
          53.8% 40.0% 85.7%                    

Northern Illinois Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Anthony Maestranzi
6.9p, 1.7r, 3.8a
P.J. Smith
14.5p, 4r, 1.5a
Mike McKinney
4.6p, 3.8r, 1.7a
Marcus Smallwood
14.3p, 9.6r, 1.9a
Rome Sanders
5.9p, 4.8r, 1.1a
Rotation  
 
 
 
Paige Paulsen
3.8p, 1.7r, 0.4a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT Walter Thompson
2.8p, 1r, 1.2a
Al Sewasciuk
3p, 1.1r, 0.3a
 
 
Johnathan Byrd
1p, 1.6r, 0.2a
James Hughes
4.9p, 3.5r, 0.3a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Todd Peterson
7.4p, 2.5r, 0.8a
 
 

Buffalo Bulls Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Turner Battle
14.2p, 5r, 4.1a
Roderick Middleton
5.3p, 2.9r, 1.6a
Mario Jordan
10.1p, 4.2r, 1.1a
Daniel Gilbert
8.9p, 4.3r, 1.2a
Yassin Idbihi
10.3p, 6r, 1.3a
Rotation Calvin Cage
7.8p, 1.7r, 0.7a
Jason Bird
7.8p, 1.9r, 1.3a
 
 
 
 
Mark Bortz
9.1p, 5.8r, 1.5a
Lim PT Darwin Young
0.5p, 0.2r, 0a
 
 
 
 
Brian Andre
1.3p, 0.7r, 0.3a
 
 

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