Northern Illinois Huskies @ Central Michigan Chippewas

6-25, 2-16 MAC

Final/2OT

	1	2	OT	T
N Illinois NIU	30	38	15	83
C Michigan CMU	25	43	13	81

Central Michigan ChippewasC MichiganCMU

14-17, 7-11 MAC

Dent, Northern Illinois beat Central Michigan 83-81 in double OT

— James Dent Jr. led Northern Illinois with 36 points, including the game-winning jump shot with one second remaining in double overtime, and the Huskies took down Central Michigan 83-81 in the season finale on Friday.

Mar 7, 2025, 11:44 pm - Data Skrive

100%

--NIU

--CMU

According to ESPN Analytics

Jakobi Heady missed Dunk.
James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Joe Munden Jr. missed Jumper.
Quentin Jones missed Free Throw.
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Kailon Nicholls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr..
Jakobi Heady missed Jumper.
James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kailon Nicholls.
Quentin Heady missed Jumper.
Joe Munden Jr. missed Free Throw.
Joe Munden Jr. made Free Throw.
Anthony Pritchard missed Layup.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Two Point Tip Shot.
Joe Munden Jr. made Layup.
Joe Munden Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
Anthony Pritchard made Three Point Jumper.
Steven Tipton made Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr..
Cayden Vasko made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ugnius Jarusevicius.
Jayden Mott missed Layup.
Joe Munden Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Steven Tipton missed Layup.
Anthony Pritchard missed Three Point Jumper.
Kailon Nicholls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayden Mott.
Ugnius Jarusevicius missed Jumper.
Decorion Temple missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Anthony Pritchard missed Layup.
Joe Munden Jr. made Jumper.
Kyler Vanderjagt missed Jumper.
Joe Munden Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Jumper.
Kailon Nicholls missed Three Point Jumper.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Jumper.
James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Mo Sall missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Steven Tipton made Jumper. Assisted by Kailon Nicholls.
Anthony Pritchard missed Three Point Jumper.
Mo Sall made Layup. Assisted by Steven Tipton.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw.
Jayden Mott missed Free Throw.
Jayden Mott made Free Throw.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Jakobi Heady missed Layup.
Jakobi Heady missed Jumper.
Jakobi Heady missed Layup.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. missed Layup.
Joe Munden Jr. missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Joe Munden Jr. missed Layup.
Mo Sall missed Layup.
Steven Tipton made Jumper.
Kyler Vanderjagt missed Jumper.
James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Kyler Vanderjagt missed Three Point Jumper.
Joe Munden Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Layup.
James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Kyler Vanderjagt missed Three Point Jumper.
Steven Tipton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr..
Quentin Heady missed Jumper.
Jakobi Heady missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Jakobi Heady missed Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Anthony Pritchard made Dunk. Assisted by Quentin Heady.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady missed Free Throw.
Anthony Pritchard made Layup. Assisted by Cayden Vasko.
Anthony Pritchard made Free Throw.
Kailon Nicholls missed Layup.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Kailon Nicholls missed Three Point Jumper.
James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steven Tipton.
Jakobi Heady missed Layup.
Cayden Vasko made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
Joe Munden Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Steven Tipton.
Anthony Pritchard missed Jumper.
Jakobi Heady made Jumper. Assisted by Ugnius Jarusevicius.
James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
Jakobi Heady missed Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Layup. Assisted by Jakobi Heady.
James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Ugnius Jarusevicius missed Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady missed Jumper.
Cayden Vasko made Two Point Tip Shot.
Jayden Mott missed Layup.
Jakobi Heady missed Dunk.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. missed Free Throw.
Anthony Pritchard missed Layup.
Ugnius Jarusevicius missed Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. missed Free Throw.
Kailon Nicholls missed Jumper.
Cayden Vasko made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Heady.
James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
Kyler Vanderjagt missed Jumper.
Quentin Heady missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Kailon Nicholls made Layup.
Cayden Vasko made Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. missed Free Throw.
Anthony Pritchard missed Jumper.
Joe Munden Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Joe Munden Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Jayden Mott.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Layup.
Joe Munden Jr. missed Jumper.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw.
Kailon Nicholls missed Three Point Jumper.
Jayden Mott made Free Throw.
Jayden Mott made Free Throw.
Ugnius Jarusevicius missed Free Throw.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Jumper.
Kailon Nicholls missed Three Point Jumper.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Layup. Assisted by Cayden Vasko.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Layup. Assisted by Jakobi Heady.
Joe Munden Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayden Mott.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Free Throw.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Free Throw.
Kailon Nicholls missed Jumper.
Jakobi Heady missed Layup.
Quentin Heady made Two Point Tip Shot.
Tsvet Sotirov missed Three Point Jumper.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Layup.
James Dent Jr. missed Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
Ugnius Jarusevicius missed Free Throw.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. missed Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Free Throw.
Ugnius Jarusevicius missed Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. made Dunk.
Kyler Vanderjagt missed Free Throw.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. made Jumper.
Jakobi Heady missed Jumper.
James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Steven Tipton missed Layup.
Kailon Nicholls missed Three Point Jumper.
David Mack made Layup.
Jakobi Heady missed Layup.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw.
Decorion Temple missed Free Throw.
Decorion Temple missed Free Throw.
Decorion Temple missed Free Throw.
Decorion Temple missed Free Throw.
Kailon Nicholls made Layup.
Decorion Temple made Layup. Assisted by Kyler Vanderjagt.
David Mack missed Jumper.
James Dent Jr. missed Jumper.
Mo Sall missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Anthony Pritchard missed Free Throw.
Anthony Pritchard missed Free Throw.
David Mack missed Layup.
Mo Sall made Two Point Tip Shot.
Jakobi Heady missed Layup.
Jakobi Heady missed Free Throw.
Jakobi Heady made Free Throw.
Kyler Vanderjagt made Jumper.
David Mack made Three Point Jumper.
Kyler Vanderjagt missed Three Point Jumper.
David Mack made Layup.
Jakobi Heady missed Layup.
Jakobi Heady made Two Point Tip Shot.
Steven Tipton missed Layup.
Anthony Pritchard made Jumper. Assisted by Jakobi Heady.
James Dent Jr. made Jumper.

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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

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Dent, Northern Illinois beat Central Michigan 83-81 in double OT

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