Northern Illinois 66, Buffalo 73

March 7, 2005

Conference Tournament

Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio) - Neutral Site

Attendance: 6,108

Officials: D.J. Carstensen, Dan Fouser, Donnie Simpson

Team Rebounds: Northern Illinois (0) Buffalo (4)

Technicals: Northern Illinois (0) Buffalo (0)

  1 2 Final
NIU (11-17) 30 36 66
BUFF (20-8) 34 39 73

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NIU 65 101.8 112.6
BUFF 65 112.6 101.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NIU .484 0.262 0.500 0.115
BUFF .466 0.154 0.471 0.305

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 19:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 -0.2 2 1 3 0 4 0 2 0 4
- Todd Peterson Starter PF 33:00 2-9 2-3 3-3 8.4 7 3 10 1 4 1 2 0 9
- Shatone Powers Starter PG 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike McKinney Starter SF 33:00 6-12 0-2 3-4 11.2 3 5 8 3 2 0 3 1 15
- Cory Sims Starter SG 37:00 6-13 3-4 1-3 9.1 1 4 5 5 4 1 4 0 16
- Zach Pancratz Bench SG 17:00 2-4 1-3 0-0 3.8 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 5
- James Hughes Bench C 24:00 6-10 0-0 0-0 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 5 12
- Bryson McKenzie Bench C 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Anthony Maestranzi Bench PG 32:00 2-9 1-4 0-0 0.2 2 2 4 3 5 1 3 0 5
  Team                                
        200 26-61 7-16 7-10 42.5 18 18 36 13 21 3 17 6 66
          42.6% 43.8% 70.0%                    

Buffalo Bulls

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Daniel Gilbert Starter SF 30:00 5-7 2-3 3-4 14.5 5 3 8 0 4 3 2 0 15
- Parnell Smith Starter PF 19:00 1-4 0-1 2-2 3.0 2 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 4
- Yassin Idbihi Starter C 28:00 4-10 0-2 0-0 7.8 3 3 6 1 0 0 2 3 8
- Jason Bird Starter SG 15:00 2-6 0-2 0-0 3.0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
- Turner Battle Starter PG 30:00 4-12 1-6 4-6 4.8 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 13
- Wallace Hall Bench SG 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
- Calvin Cage Bench PG 19:00 3-7 1-5 0-0 2.8 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 7
- Roderick Middleton Bench SG 23:00 2-4 1-3 5-8 8.8 1 5 6 1 2 1 1 0 10
- Mario Jordan Bench SF 21:00 2-3 0-0 3-4 4.8 2 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 7
- Mark Bortz Bench C 12:00 2-6 0-0 1-1 6.1 3 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 5
  Team                   4            
        200 25-59 5-22 18-25 54.4 16 18 38 9 15 9 10 5 73
          42.4% 22.7% 72.0%                    

Northern Illinois Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Shatone Powers
0p, 0r, 0a		 Cory Sims
9.6p, 3r, 4.8a		 Mike McKinney
12.6p, 6.1r, 2.3a		 Todd Peterson
11.3p, 4.5r, 1.2a		 Johnathan Byrd
5.9p, 3.6r, 0.4a
Rotation Anthony Maestranzi
8p, 1.9r, 3.1a		 Zach Pancratz
5.1p, 2.3r, 1.5a		  
 		  
 		 James Hughes
9.4p, 4.9r, 0.3a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Bryson McKenzie
0.6p, 0.8r, 0.1a

Buffalo Bulls Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Turner Battle
15.4p, 4.4r, 4.5a		 Jason Bird
4.6p, 1.8r, 0.9a		 Daniel Gilbert
7.9p, 3.9r, 1.8a		 Parnell Smith
2.5p, 2.3r, 0.6a		 Yassin Idbihi
9.8p, 5.9r, 1.4a
Rotation Calvin Cage
9.7p, 1.9r, 1.4a		 Roderick Middleton
6.7p, 3.2r, 1.3a		 Mario Jordan
6.9p, 4.2r, 1.2a		  
 		 Mark Bortz
10.4p, 5.8r, 1.4a
Lim PT  
 		 Wallace Hall
0.8p, 1.2r, 0.3a		  
 		  
 		  
 

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