Northern Illinois 61, Kent State 64

March 10, 2009

Conference Tournament

Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio) - Neutral Site

Attendance: N/A

Officials: Mike Eades, Frankie Bordeaux, Darryl Smith

Team Rebounds: Northern Illinois (3) Kent State (5)

Technicals: Northern Illinois (0) Kent State (0)

  1 2 Final
NIU (10-20) 37 24 61
KENT (19-13) 37 27 64

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NIU 70 87.5 91.8
KENT 70 91.8 87.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NIU .482 0.244 0.257 0.105
KENT .475 0.172 0.313 0.098

Northern Illinois Huskies

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Najul Ervin Starter SF 20:00 2-6 0-0 1-4 3.2 3 3 6 1 2 0 1 0 5
- Michael Fakuade Starter C 21:00 4-5 0-0 0-0 16.2 3 8 11 1 4 1 1 4 8
- Sean Smith Starter PF 34:00 2-9 1-3 1-1 3.6 1 3 4 3 1 0 1 0 6
- Mike DiNunno Starter PG 35:00 5-10 3-5 0-0 7.5 0 2 2 3 1 1 3 0 13
- Jake Anderson Starter SG 38:00 7-17 3-5 2-2 7.0 2 4 6 1 1 2 6 0 19
- Sean Kowal Bench C 20:00 1-6 0-0 1-2 -3.0 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 3
- Lee Fisher Bench SG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
- Ante Dzepina Bench PF 06:00 0-1 0-0 1-3 -0.6 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 1
- Jeremy Landers Bench PG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Bryan Hall Bench PG 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Michael Patton Bench PG 20:00 2-3 2-3 0-0 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 6
  Team                   3            
        200 23-57 9-16 6-12 34.8 9 26 38 10 17 4 17 4 61
          40.4% 56.3% 50.0%                    

Kent State Golden Flashes

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Jordan Mincy Starter PG 32:00 1-6 1-1 2-2 5.0 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 5
- Al Fisher Starter SG 39:00 10-24 3-7 2-3 12.4 0 4 4 5 1 2 3 0 25
- Tyree Evans Starter SF 27:00 4-7 1-4 0-1 7.1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 9
- Julian Sullinger Starter PF 24:00 3-8 0-0 2-2 1.5 2 3 5 0 4 1 3 0 8
- Anthony Simpson Starter C 17:00 0-3 0-0 0-2 5.8 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 4 0
- Justin Greene Bench PF 13:00 1-1 0-0 0-2 0.8 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
- Frank Henry-Ala Bench SG 12:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2.0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
- Mike McKee Bench SG 18:00 3-7 3-6 0-0 5.5 1 3 4 0 3 1 1 0 9
- Brandon Parks Bench C 18:00 3-4 0-0 0-0 4.8 3 1 4 0 4 0 1 1 6
  Team                   5            
        200 25-61 8-18 6-12 40.8 10 22 37 8 17 7 12 6 64
          41.0% 44.4% 50.0%                    

Northern Illinois Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mike DiNunno
11.9p, 2.2r, 2.6a
Jake Anderson
16.9p, 5.4r, 2.4a
Najul Ervin
3.4p, 4.5r, 1a
Sean Smith
8.3p, 3.3r, 1.7a
Michael Fakuade
3.1p, 3r, 0.5a
Rotation Michael Patton
4.4p, 0.8r, 0.8a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sean Kowal
9.4p, 5.2r, 0.8a
Lim PT Bryan Hall
1.4p, 1.2r, 1.6a
Lee Fisher
1.8p, 2.2r, 0.3a
 
 
Ante Dzepina
3.4p, 2.7r, 0.1a
 
 
Lim PT Jeremy Landers
1.8p, 1r, 0.7a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kent State Golden Flashes Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jordan Mincy
5.3p, 1.8r, 2.7a
Al Fisher
15.4p, 3.2r, 3.5a
Tyree Evans
11.7p, 2.1r, 0.5a
Julian Sullinger
6.8p, 5r, 1.2a
Anthony Simpson
6.6p, 6r, 0.4a
Rotation  
 
Mike McKee
3.9p, 1.8r, 1.2a
 
 
Justin Greene
2.1p, 1.9r, 0.1a
Brandon Parks
6.3p, 4.9r, 0.3a
Rotation  
 
Frank Henry-Ala
1.4p, 1.3r, 0.1a
 
 
 
 
 
 

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