Western Michigan 72, Northern Illinois 69

January 2, 2005

Conference Regular Season

NIU Convocation Center (DeKalb, Illinois)

Attendance: 2,201

Officials: Brett Wegenke, Tim Fogarty, Sam Lickliter

Team Rebounds: Western Michigan (6) Northern Illinois (0)

Technicals: Western Michigan (0) Northern Illinois (0)

  1 2 Final
WMY (9-3) 30 42 72
NIU (5-5) 32 37 69

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
WMY 61 118.2 113.3
NIU 61 113.3 118.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
WMY .509 0.181 0.467 0.315
NIU .519 0.213 0.471 0.288

Western Michigan Broncos

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Joe Reitz Starter C 19:00 2-5 0-0 2-4 1.0 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 6
- Levi Rost Starter PF 34:00 5-12 3-6 7-8 17.0 2 6 8 2 3 3 1 0 20
- Stane's Bufford Starter SF 24:00 2-6 0-0 1-2 -0.5 3 1 4 0 4 1 3 0 5
- Ben Reed Starter SG 37:00 8-16 3-8 7-12 13.8 2 3 5 1 2 1 1 0 26
- Rickey Willis Starter PG 35:00 4-7 0-2 0-0 8.8 2 2 4 5 1 0 2 0 8
- Silver Laku Bench PG 24:00 1-3 1-2 0-0 1.8 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3
- Andrew Hershberger Bench SF 07:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2.2 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0
- Jeff Bronson Bench SF 20:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 3.8 2 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 4
  Team                   6            
        200 24-54 7-18 17-26 43.2 14 16 36 9 19 7 11 0 72
          44.4% 38.9% 65.4%                    

Northern Illinois Huskies

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Johnathan Byrd Starter C 11:00 2-3 0-0 0-1 3.9 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 4
- Todd Peterson Starter PF 20:00 2-7 1-3 1-1 5.1 3 1 4 1 2 0 1 2 6
- Frank Clair Starter SF 08:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.8 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
- Mike McKinney Starter SG 35:00 6-15 2-3 5-6 17.0 8 2 10 5 2 1 3 0 19
- Cory Sims Starter PG 19:00 1-3 0-1 1-2 3.5 2 0 2 3 3 2 2 0 3
- Zach Pancratz Bench SG 23:00 2-5 2-4 0-0 1.5 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 6
- James Hughes Bench C 26:00 3-5 0-0 1-3 10.9 2 7 9 0 3 0 0 3 7
- Paige Paulsen Bench SF 20:00 5-7 3-5 3-3 10.6 1 2 3 1 3 1 2 0 16
- Bryson McKenzie Bench C 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
- Anthony Maestranzi Bench PG 36:00 2-7 0-4 4-4 7.2 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 0 8
  Team                                
        200 23-52 8-20 15-20 59.0 16 18 34 15 20 8 13 7 69
          44.2% 40.0% 75.0%                    

Western Michigan Broncos Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rickey Willis
5.7p, 1.3r, 4.9a		 Ben Reed
16.7p, 6.1r, 2.1a		 Stane's Bufford
7.5p, 5.2r, 0.3a		 Levi Rost
17.3p, 5.3r, 1.5a		 Joe Reitz
6.8p, 4.6r, 0.2a
Rotation Silver Laku
5.1p, 2r, 0.5a		  
 		 Jeff Bronson
3p, 2.4r, 0.3a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Andrew Hershberger
2p, 3.2r, 0.3a		  
 		  
 

Northern Illinois Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Cory Sims
7.8p, 3.6r, 4.5a		 Mike McKinney
11.2p, 6r, 2.1a		 Frank Clair
1p, 0.9r, 0.3a		 Todd Peterson
9.2p, 2.8r, 1a		 Johnathan Byrd
8.6p, 3.8r, 0.5a
Rotation Anthony Maestranzi
8.8p, 1.3r, 4a		 Zach Pancratz
6.3p, 2.4r, 1.9a		 Paige Paulsen
8.1p, 3.7r, 0.9a		  
 		 James Hughes
8.4p, 5.8r, 0.2a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Bryson McKenzie
0.7p, 0.5r, 0a

Today's Games

(4) North Carolina 105
William & Mary 66
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(25) Virginia 70
(5) Wake Forest 89
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(6) Duke 62
Clemson 54
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(10) Pittsburgh 66
Bucknell 69
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(13) Washington 76
Stanford 73
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(14) Arizona 97
Arizona State 79
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(15) Texas 89
UNLV 82
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(17) NC State 69
West Virginia 82
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(19) Louisville 98
Tennessee State 64
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