Northern Illinois Huskies @ South Alabama Jaguars

MAC-SBC Challenge

8-15, 3-9 Away

Final

	1	2	T
N Illinois NIU	31	35	66
South Alabama USA	36	39	75

South Alabama JaguarsSouth AlabamaUSA

12-13, 8-5 Home

Northern Illinois Huskies

starters
Yanic Konan NiederhauserY. Konan Niederhauser#14
Xavier AmosX. Amos#13
Zarique NutterZ. Nutter#2
Will Lovings-WattsW. Lovings-Watts#1
Zion RussellZ. Russell#10
bench
Harvin IbarguenH. Ibarguen#23
Ethan ButlerE. Butler#15
Oluwasegun DurosinmiO. Durosinmi#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
29	12	4-4	1-1	3-6	7	0	3	0	5	3	4	0
37	16	7-18	1-8	1-2	5	2	6	1	0	1	4	3
40	15	6-14	1-4	2-2	10	4	3	0	0	1	9	3
40	8	3-9	1-7	1-2	1	4	1	0	1	0	1	1
39	13	4-9	3-6	2-2	8	2	1	1	0	1	7	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
2	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	66	24-54	7-26	11-16	38	12	15	2	6	12	26	10
		44%	27%	69%

South Alabama Jaguars

starters
Julian MargraveJ. Margrave#12
Elijah OrmistonE. Ormiston#3
Samuel TabeS. Tabe#45
Marcus MillenderM. Millender#4
Tyrell JonesT. Jones#0
bench
Marshall KearingM. Kearing#20
Thomas HowellT. Howell#13
Judah BrownJ. Brown#25
Isiah GaiterI. Gaiter#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
32	12	4-9	4-8	0-0	6	0	2	2	0	0	6	2
22	10	4-7	1-2	1-2	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	5
18	6	3-6	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
38	5	1-6	1-2	2-2	6	8	1	2	0	0	6	0
37	23	8-13	5-7	2-2	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
12	8	4-9	0-1	0-1	6	1	0	0	0	4	2	2
10	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	3
20	6	2-6	1-3	1-2	4	2	0	0	0	1	3	2
11	3	1-3	1-3	0-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	75	28-62	13-27	6-11	31	17	7	10	2	11	20	14
		45%	48%	55%

Game Information

Mobile, AL

ESPN+

Referee:Glenn Tuitt

Referee:Luke Chittum

Referee:John Johnson

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

Sun Belt Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Troy	12-6	-	22-12
South Alabama	11-7	1	21-12
Arkansas State	11-7	1	20-12
Texas State	11-7	1	19-13
Marshall	11-7	1	19-13
Coastal Carolina	11-7	1	19-13
App State	11-7	1	19-13
James Madison	9-9	3	18-15
Southern Miss	9-9	3	19-16
Georgia Southern	8-10	4	21-16
Old Dominion	7-11	5	12-21
Louisiana	7-11	5	11-22
Georgia State	7-11	5	10-22
UL Monroe	1-17	11	4-28

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