Western Carolina 71, Northern Illinois 67

November 29, 2008

Non-Conference Tournament

Great Alaska Shootout

Sullivan Arena (Anchorage, Alaska) - Neutral Site

Attendance: 5,486

Officials: Bill McNew, Rick Batsell, Mike Giarratano

Team Rebounds: Western Carolina (4) Northern Illinois (6)

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

  1 2 Final
WCU (3-2) 34 37 71
NIU (3-4) 27 40 67

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
WCU 76 92.9 87.7
NIU 76 87.7 92.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
WCU .492 0.223 0.361 0.220
NIU .464 0.249 0.241 0.291

Western Carolina Catamounts

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Brigham Waginger Starter PG 28:00 1-5 1-3 0-2 1.0 0 2 2 3 2 1 2 0 3
- Adrian Gailliard Starter PF 19:00 1-3 0-0 1-2 1.0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 3
- Harouna Mutombo Starter SG 30:00 10-17 1-4 1-2 18.2 3 7 10 3 3 1 1 0 22
- Jake Robinson Starter C 31:00 3-10 2-7 7-11 10.4 1 6 7 2 1 2 2 0 15
- Brandon Giles Starter SF 27:00 5-10 1-2 2-4 5.2 1 1 2 3 3 1 4 1 13
- Joey Parker Bench PG 11:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 0.8 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 2
- Richie Gordon Bench PF 07:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 4.0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 2
- Keaton Cole Bench PG 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
- Greg Avery Bench SG 20:00 3-7 1-2 0-0 4.8 2 4 6 0 0 1 3 0 7
- Kendall Russell Bench SF 09:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.8 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 0
- Blake Gallagher Bench PF 15:00 2-2 0-0 0-2 1.5 2 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 4
  Team                   4            
        200 26-59 6-18 13-25 46.6 13 23 40 13 24 9 17 6 71
          44.1% 33.3% 52.0%                    

Northern Illinois Huskies

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Sean Kowal Starter C 27:00 6-7 0-0 2-5 12.6 2 5 7 1 4 0 1 2 14
- Bryan Hall Starter SG 13:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 -1.5 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 2
- Najul Ervin Starter PF 30:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 8.0 2 3 5 3 1 2 4 1 6
- Mike DiNunno Starter PG 24:00 0-8 0-4 2-4 -3.5 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2
- Jake Anderson Starter SF 29:00 3-14 1-3 8-10 2.2 0 4 4 5 5 1 5 0 15
- Tyler Storm Bench SF 09:00 1-2 1-2 0-0 1.8 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3
- Jeremy Landers Bench PG 07:00 0-2 0-2 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
- Michael Patton Bench PG 15:00 2-5 2-4 0-0 4.0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 6
- Ante Dzepina Bench PF 09:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 3.0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 1 2
- Sean Smith Bench SF 32:00 5-8 3-4 0-0 10.5 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 0 13
- Lee Fisher Bench SG 05:00 1-2 0-0 2-2 3.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
  Team                   6            
        200 22-55 7-19 16-23 39.1 7 22 35 15 23 9 19 5 67
          40.0% 36.8% 69.6%                    

Western Carolina Catamounts Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Brigham Waginger
6.4p, 3.2r, 4a		 Harouna Mutombo
14.8p, 5.2r, 1.8a		 Brandon Giles
14p, 3r, 1.2a		 Adrian Gailliard
6.4p, 3r, 0a		 Jake Robinson
12.8p, 4.4r, 1.4a
Rotation Joey Parker
0.8p, 1r, 2a		 Greg Avery
8.4p, 4r, 1a		  
 		 Blake Gallagher
2.2p, 3.4r, 0.8a		  
 
Lim PT Keaton Cole
3.3p, 0.5r, 0.5a		  
 		 Kendall Russell
1.4p, 3r, 0.4a		 Richie Gordon
4.5p, 4.5r, 1a		  
 

Northern Illinois Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mike DiNunno
15p, 3r, 2.4a		 Bryan Hall
1.5p, 1.7r, 2a		 Jake Anderson
17.3p, 5.6r, 2.6a		 Najul Ervin
4.1p, 5.6r, 1.7a		 Sean Kowal
10.7p, 4.3r, 0.9a
Rotation Michael Patton
2.1p, 0.9r, 0.6a		  
 		 Sean Smith
8.2p, 2.8r, 0.7a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Jeremy Landers
2.7p, 1r, 1.1a		 Lee Fisher
1.4p, 1.7r, 0.4a		 Tyler Storm
3p, 1.4r, 0.7a		 Ante Dzepina
4.4p, 4.1r, 0.4a		  
 

Today's Games

(2) UConn 88
Bryant 58
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(4) Pittsburgh 57
Washington State 43
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(13) UCLA 89
Florida International 54
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(14) Arizona State 78
Baylor 87
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Dayton 89
(15) Marquette 75
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(16) Xavier 60
Miami (OH) 53
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(20) Villanova 78
Rhode Island 65
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(22) Miami (FL) 79
Stetson 65
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(25) Wisconsin 67
Milwaukee 46
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