Northern Illinois Huskies @ Ohio State Buckeyes

7-2, 1-2 Away

Final

	1	2	T
N Illinois NIU	31	23	54
Ohio State OSU	33	34	67

Ohio State BuckeyesOhio StateOSU

5-5, 5-3 Home

Northern Illinois Huskies

starters
Jaylen KeyJ. Key#15
Marin MaricM. Maric#34
Aaric ArmsteadA. Armstead#23
Travon BakerT. Baker#5
Michael OrrisM. Orris#24
bench
Levi BradleyL. Bradley#42
Andrew ZelisA. Zelis#32
Marshawn WilsonM. Wilson#0
Laytwan PorterL. Porter#2
Chuks IroegbuC. Iroegbu#11
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
20	1	0-6	0-0	1-2	6	0	2	0	0	2	4	4
32	17	4-12	0-0	9-10	9	3	1	1	2	4	5	3
23	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	3
30	4	1-8	1-4	1-2	1	5	2	1	0	0	1	2
27	4	2-8	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
13	9	3-4	1-1	2-3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	2
28	16	4-11	3-8	5-5	4	2	5	0	0	1	3	3
12	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
10	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	54	15-56	5-18	19-24	36	13	14	4	4	12	24	25
		27%	28%	79%

Ohio State Buckeyes

starters
Keita Bates-DiopK. Bates-Diop#33
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#1
Marc LovingM. Loving#2
Trevor ThompsonT. Thompson#32
JaQuan LyleJ. Lyle#13
bench
Daniel GiddensD. Giddens#4
David BellD. Bell#10
A.J. HarrisA.J. Harris#12
Austin GrandstaffA. Grandstaff#3
Kam WilliamsK. Williams#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
35	14	4-7	3-4	3-6	10	1	2	0	2	2	8	2
33	17	6-13	1-4	4-5	10	2	2	3	0	0	10	3
34	8	3-12	1-6	1-2	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2
27	10	2-7	0-0	6-7	8	0	0	0	3	5	3	3
29	9	3-6	2-3	1-2	5	3	4	1	1	0	5	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
6	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5
7	3	0-0	0-0	3-6	4	0	0	0	1	3	1	0
11	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	6	2-3	1-1	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	67	20-51	8-20	19-30	44	10	14	5	7	12	32	19
		39%	40%	63%

Game Information

Columbus, OH

Referee:John Higgins

Referee:Paul Szelc

Referee:Donnie Eppley

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	14	9-21

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

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