Northern Illinois Huskies @ Minnesota Golden Gophers

1-6, 0-4 Away

Final

	1	2	T
N Illinois NIU	23	25	48
Minnesota MINN	44	45	89

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Northern Illinois Huskies

starters
Najul ErvinN. Ervin
Sean KowalS. Kowal
Mike DiNunnoM. DiNunno
Darion 'Jake' AndersonD. Anderson
Xavier SilasX. Silas
bench
Tyler StormT. Storm
Lee FisherL. Fisher
Michael FakuadeM. Fakuade
Ante DzepinaA. Dzepina
Tony NixonT. Nixon
Bryan HallB. Hall
Michael PattonM. Patton
Jeremy LandersJ. Landers
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
15	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1
26	9	4-8	0-0	1-1	2	0	2	2	1	0	2	1
28	7	3-11	1-7	0-0	3	2	2	2	0	1	2	0
22	7	3-6	0-2	1-2	4	4	2	1	0	1	3	3
22	9	4-15	1-3	0-0	4	1	3	1	0	1	3	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
9	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	1	0-0	0-0	1-4	3	0	0	2	0	1	2	0
9	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	2
14	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	0
17	4	2-8	0-5	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	2	2	1
15	6	2-3	0-0	2-2	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	2
7	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
6	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
	48	19-60	2-20	8-13	36	9	21	12	3	16	20	13
		32%	10%	62%

Minnesota Golden Gophers

starters
Damian JohnsonD. Johnson
Ralph Sampson IIIR. Sampson III
Al NolenA. Nolen
Blake HoffarberB. Hoffarber
Lawrence WestbrookL. Westbrook
bench
Paul CarterP. Carter
Colton IversonC. Iverson
Justin CobbsJ. Cobbs
Devoe JosephD. Joseph
Devron BostickD. Bostick
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
25	6	2-4	0-0	2-2	3	3	1	1	2	1	2	1
23	14	7-10	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	1	3	2	2	2
24	3	1-4	1-2	0-0	4	6	1	2	0	1	3	0
22	26	9-11	8-10	0-0	6	4	1	1	0	1	5	0
23	15	6-9	1-4	2-4	2	3	2	1	0	0	2	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
18	8	2-5	0-0	4-4	5	0	3	1	1	3	2	3
17	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	1	1	0	5	2
16	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
17	7	2-6	1-3	2-2	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	0
15	4	2-6	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	2	0	0	3	2
	89	34-61	11-20	10-12	36	24	14	11	7	9	27	14
		56%	55%	83%

Game Information

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

Men's College Basketball News

Detroit Mercy coach Mark Montgomery gets extension through 2031

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Connecticut Senate passes amendment naming Sue Bird, Jordan Hawkins state birds

In addition to having avian-friendly names, both Hawkins and Bird have provided major contributions to UConn men's and women's basketball in the hoops-crazed state.

Transfers, recruits and roster moves for key men's NCAA basketball teams

We're tracking all the player movement across key programs during the offseason ahead of 2026-27.

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