Northern Illinois 46, Buffalo 68

February 7, 2009

Conference Regular Season

Alumni Arena (Buffalo, New York)

Attendance: 3,412

Officials: D.J. Carstensen, Gene Steratore, Bart Wegenke

Team Rebounds: Northern Illinois (3) Buffalo (3)

Technicals: Northern Illinois (0) Buffalo (0)

  1 2 Final
NIU (6-15) 24 22 46
BUFF (16-5) 31 37 68

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NIU 67 68.8 101.7
BUFF 67 101.7 68.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NIU .417 0.299 0.280 0.125
BUFF .421 0.179 0.415 0.238

Northern Illinois Huskies

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Tyler Storm Starter PF 21:00 0-3 0-2 0-0 -1.0 1 3 4 0 2 0 2 1 0
- Najul Ervin Starter SF 09:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.8 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
- Mike DiNunno Starter PG 31:00 4-10 2-5 0-0 2.8 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 10
- Jake Anderson Starter SG 31:00 7-16 1-4 1-1 2.9 0 3 3 0 4 1 2 0 16
- Michael Fakuade Starter C 28:00 2-4 0-0 5-6 6.2 4 4 8 1 5 0 4 1 9
- Ante Dzepina Bench PF 05:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Sean Kowal Bench C 24:00 2-7 0-0 0-2 1.2 0 3 3 2 2 0 2 2 4
- Lee Fisher Bench SG 07:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0
- Sean Smith Bench SF 09:00 2-2 1-1 0-2 3.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5
- Bryan Hall Bench PG 13:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.0 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 2
- Michael Patton Bench PG 22:00 0-3 0-3 0-0 -0.8 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0
  Team                   3            
        200 18-48 4-15 6-11 16.9 7 18 28 8 19 6 20 6 46
          37.5% 26.7% 54.5%                    

Buffalo Bulls

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Mitchell Watt Starter C 11:00 0-1 0-0 2-2 -1.5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
- Rodney Pierce Starter PG 24:00 6-13 2-5 1-2 7.2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 15
- Greg Gamble Starter SF 22:00 2-4 0-0 1-2 8.0 2 5 7 4 0 0 3 0 5
- Calvin Betts Starter SG 28:00 2-8 1-3 0-0 4.2 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 5
- Titus Robinson Starter PF 15:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 -0.5 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 4
- Jawaan Alston Bench PF 20:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 4.0 2 3 5 0 2 2 2 1 2
- Vadim Fedotov Bench PF 16:00 3-6 0-0 4-4 6.2 3 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 10
- John Boyer Bench PG 18:00 0-2 0-2 3-3 4.9 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 3
- Andy Robinson Bench PG 22:00 4-7 2-3 2-5 13.6 2 5 7 1 0 1 0 1 12
- Max Boudreau Bench PF 12:00 4-9 0-0 0-0 2.2 3 2 5 0 3 0 2 0 8
- Sean Smiley Bench PG 12:00 1-7 0-3 0-0 0.2 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2
  Team                   3            
        200 24-63 5-16 15-20 48.8 17 24 44 10 15 6 12 4 68
          38.1% 31.3% 75.0%                    

Northern Illinois Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mike DiNunno
12.4p, 2r, 2.7a
Jake Anderson
16.3p, 5.4r, 2.2a
Najul Ervin
3.5p, 4.3r, 1.1a
Tyler Storm
3.4p, 1.6r, 0.7a
Michael Fakuade
1.4p, 1.5r, 0.2a
Rotation Michael Patton
3.7p, 0.8r, 0.7a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sean Kowal
9.9p, 4.7r, 0.9a
Rotation Bryan Hall
1.5p, 1.4r, 1.7a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Lee Fisher
2p, 2.6r, 0.4a
Sean Smith
7.5p, 3r, 1.6a
Ante Dzepina
3.8p, 3.2r, 0.1a
 
 

Buffalo Bulls Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rodney Pierce
14.5p, 3.6r, 2.2a
Calvin Betts
10.7p, 6.4r, 1.1a
Greg Gamble
9p, 5.2r, 3.8a
Titus Robinson
3.7p, 1.3r, 0.2a
Mitchell Watt
2.6p, 2r, 0.5a
Rotation Andy Robinson
8.4p, 3.1r, 1.3a
 
 
 
 
Jawaan Alston
2.9p, 3.1r, 0.6a
 
 
Rotation John Boyer
2.7p, 2.6r, 1.5a
 
 
 
 
Vadim Fedotov
5p, 2.5r, 0.7a
 
 
Rotation Sean Smiley
4p, 1.8r, 0.3a
 
 
 
 
Max Boudreau
5.1p, 3r, 0.5a
 
 

Today's Games

(1) UConn 69
Michigan 61

(2) Oklahoma 77
Colorado 72

(3) North Carolina 76
Virginia 61

(4) Duke 78
Miami (FL) 75

DePaul 69
(6) Pittsburgh 92

Duquesne 72
(9) Xavier 68

(10) Clemson 61
Florida State 65

Wright State 51
(11) Butler 69

(13) Michigan State 75
Indiana 47

(18) Gonzaga 50
(14) Memphis 68

(15) UCLA 89
Notre Dame 63

Nebraska 58
(16) Texas 55

(17) Villanova 102
(20) Syracuse 85

Ohio State 64
(19) Minnesota 58

(21) Kansas 78
Oklahoma State 67

Oregon State 38
(24) Arizona State 49

(25) Utah State 60
Louisiana Tech 52