3/2/2021 Northern Illinois v. Western Michigan Game Preview

March 2, 2021 at 7:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

NIU Convocation Center
DeKalb, Illinois

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2020-2021 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Western Michigan2140.063.123.854.9.4336.720.3.3308.913.9.6397.826.033.811.74.42.014.516.5
Northern Illinois1940.262.324.060.2.3995.516.9.3248.814.4.61512.522.935.410.75.83.413.718.0
WMY Opponents2140.072.026.761.5.4347.423.6.31511.215.4.7259.825.635.411.17.82.510.315.7
NIU Opponents1940.377.426.957.7.4669.323.9.39014.319.5.73510.326.236.515.86.13.111.515.8


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 2, 2021
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
0 - 0 - Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 29, 2020
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
69 - 72
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 25, 2020
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
52 - 58
Northern Illinois
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 26, 2019
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
65 - 70
Northern Illinois
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 12, 2019
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
74 - 76
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 17, 2018
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
67 - 75
Northern Illinois
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 27, 2018
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
72 - 79
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 28, 2017
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
70 - 56
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 11, 2017
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
67 - 76
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Mar 7, 2016
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
50 - 56
Northern Illinois
Conference Tournament NIU Convocation Center
Feb 27, 2016
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
67 - 76
Northern Illinois
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 16, 2016
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
69 - 83
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Mar 3, 2015
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
63 - 65
Northern Illinois
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 14, 2015
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
65 - 69
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Mar 4, 2014
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
56 - 61
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 9, 2014
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
74 - 71
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 16, 2013
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
58 - 66
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 19, 2013
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
71 - 34
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Mar 7, 2012
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
54 - 71
Western Michigan
Conference Tournament Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 15, 2012
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
78 - 53
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 11, 2012
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
68 - 77
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 15, 2011
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
77 - 65
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 22, 2011
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
80 - 82
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 17, 2010
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
81 - 90
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 13, 2010
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
77 - 87
Northern Illinois
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Feb 25, 2009
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
63 - 78
Northern Illinois
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 17, 2009
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
52 - 71
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 26, 2008
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
56 - 49
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 5, 2008
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
69 - 86
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Mar 7, 2007
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
62 - 67
Western Michigan
Conference Tournament Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 1, 2007
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
54 - 68
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 6, 2007
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
68 - 70
Northern Illinois
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Mar 4, 2006
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
74 - 59
Northern Illinois
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Feb 4, 2006
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
60 - 86
Northern Illinois
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Jan 19, 2005
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
60 - 67
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Jan 2, 2005
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
72 - 69
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center
Mar 6, 2004
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
61 - 93
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season University Arena (MI)
Mar 13, 2003
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
63 - 75
Northern Illinois
Conference Tournament Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 8, 2003
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
71 - 67
Western Michigan
Conference Regular Season NIU Convocation Center

2020-2021 Western Michigan Broncos Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters B. Artis-White A. Martin J. Whitens G. Lee T. Wright
Rotation R. Cruz, Jr. J. Freeman P. Emilien    
Rotation   W. Boyer-Richard      
Rotation   S. Wilkins      
Lim PT D. Hamilton   J. Holmes D. Kolp  
Lim PT L. Toliver     C. Barrs  

2020-2021 Northern Illinois Huskies Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Cochran T. Hankerson A. Crump C. Okanu N. Scott
Rotation K. Thornton   K. Cole Z. Kueth  
Rotation D. Beane        
Lim PT   Z. Mateen C. Johnson A. Makuoi  
Lim PT   D. Filippone   K. Battle  
Lim PT       J. Lee  

Western Michigan Broncos Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
3 B. Artis-White G 19 31.1 14.3 4.8 10.9 .444 2.8 6.8 .419 1.8 2.3 .791 0.5 3.4 3.8 2.4 0.9 0.2 2.5 2.2
1 Chase Barrs F 15 7.3 0.7 0.3 0.7 .400 0.0 0.1 .000 0.1 0.4 .333 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.7
20 William Boyer-Richard G 19 14.1 2.0 0.6 2.5 .250 0.4 1.7 .212 0.4 0.5 .700 0.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.9 1.3
11 Rafael Cruz, Jr. G 16 20.8 6.0 2.2 6.1 .367 0.6 2.4 .263 0.9 1.4 .636 0.3 3.1 3.4 1.6 0.7 0.0 1.7 1.6
15 Patrick Emilien F 15 19.5 5.2 1.9 4.7 .414 0.9 2.9 .326 0.4 0.7 .600 0.6 2.9 3.5 1.3 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.2
12 JoJo Freeman SG 20 18.8 5.0 1.6 4.2 .388 1.1 2.8 .418 0.6 0.8 .688 0.3 1.2 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.6
4 Daylan Hamilton G 15 10.5 3.0 1.1 3.5 .327 0.5 1.1 .412 0.3 0.6 .444 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.1 1.3 2.1
24 Jaylon Holmes F 7 9.7 1.6 0.6 1.7 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 1.0 .429 0.4 1.1 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.4
34 Danny Kolp F 11 9.0 2.2 0.8 1.6 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 1.1 .500 0.8 0.9 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.4 1.0
23 Greg Lee SG 21 27.0 13.0 5.5 11.0 .504 0.4 1.8 .243 1.5 2.2 .660 1.5 5.8 7.2 2.4 0.3 0.2 2.5 2.0
2 Adrian Martin G 20 15.9 3.7 1.2 3.8 .333 0.6 1.9 .282 0.7 0.8 .812 0.2 1.0 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.1
10 Luke Toliver PG 7 8.3 2.4 1.0 2.3 .438 0.3 1.3 .222 0.1 0.3 .500 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3
30 Jason Whitens G 19 23.5 5.4 2.2 4.7 .472 0.1 0.9 .118 0.8 0.9 .889 1.1 2.5 3.5 1.3 0.4 0.1 1.2 1.2
0 Squeaky Wilkins G 10 11.6 2.9 1.2 3.5 .343 0.2 0.7 .286 0.3 0.5 .600 0.5 1.7 2.2 0.6 0.7 0.0 1.1 1.2
22 Titus Wright FC 18 22.4 8.7 3.4 6.0 .565 0.0 0.1 .000 1.9 3.8 .515 2.1 3.3 5.4 0.6 0.3 0.6 1.8 2.3

Northern Illinois Huskies Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
55 Kamron Battle PF 2 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
24 Darius Beane PG 17 29.8 9.7 3.7 10.6 .348 0.4 1.8 .226 1.9 2.9 .653 1.6 2.9 4.5 2.2 1.3 0.4 1.9 2.5
23 Tyler Cochran G 12 32.3 15.5 6.4 14.2 .453 0.3 1.5 .222 2.3 3.8 .622 3.2 4.2 7.3 2.0 1.7 0.2 1.7 2.3
32 Keenon Cole F 9 7.7 0.6 0.2 2.3 .095 0.0 0.6 .000 0.1 0.3 .333 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.9
50 Anthony Crump G 17 22.5 4.4 1.8 5.3 .344 0.3 0.9 .312 0.5 1.4 .348 0.9 2.9 3.8 0.9 0.5 0.1 2.2 1.8
20 Daniel Filippone G 4 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 Trendon Hankerson G 19 33.8 13.9 5.2 13.2 .396 2.5 6.8 .369 0.9 1.4 .692 0.5 3.9 4.4 2.2 1.2 0.4 2.8 2.8
0 Chris Johnson F 3 8.7 1.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .750 1.0 1.7 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
4 Tavon Jones SG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 Zool Kueth PF 18 21.7 6.7 2.6 5.7 .451 1.2 3.3 .373 0.4 0.6 .700 1.2 1.7 2.9 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.7 1.6
3 Justin Lee PF 7 11.7 3.3 1.1 2.6 .444 0.1 0.7 .200 0.9 1.4 .600 1.1 1.9 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.9 1.6
13 Adong Makuoi PF 17 17.9 4.8 1.9 3.5 .550 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.5 .640 1.6 1.5 3.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 2.8
5 Zaire Mateen G 1 17.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.0 2.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
11 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu C 19 17.5 4.8 1.7 4.3 .402 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.1 .667 1.8 1.7 3.5 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.9 2.4
25 Nate Scott F 14 17.8 5.4 2.0 5.2 .384 0.6 2.1 .310 0.7 1.3 .556 1.3 2.6 3.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.2
3 Kaleb Thornton G 17 24.5 5.4 2.1 5.2 .398 0.5 1.5 .308 0.8 1.2 .619 0.5 2.4 2.9 2.9 1.0 0.1 2.7 1.6

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