Northern Illinois 73-71 Eastern Michigan (26 Feb, 2020) Play-by-Play

Northern Illinois Huskies

17-11, 10-5 Conference

	1	2	T
NIU	37	36	73
EMU	37	34	71

Eastern Michigan Eagles

15-13, 5-10 Conference

TIME		NIU	EMU
19:40	Boubacar Toure made Layup.	0	2
19:16	Noah McCarty Turnover.	0	2
19:15	Boubacar Toure Steal.	0	2
18:22	Darion Spottsville missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:22	Darius Beane Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:07	Darius Beane Turnover.	0	2
18:06	Yeikson Montero Steal.	0	2
17:54	Thomas Binelli missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
17:54	Boubacar Toure Offensive Rebound.	0	2
17:48	Foul on Lacey James.	0	2
17:48	Yeikson Montero made Free Throw.	0	3
17:48	Yeikson Montero made Free Throw.	0	4
17:40	Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.	0	4
17:40	Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.	0	4
17:28	Lacey James missed Layup.	0	4
17:28	Boubacar Toure Block.	0	4
17:26	Yeikson Montero Defensive Rebound.	0	4
17:15	Darion Spottsville made Layup. Assisted by Boubacar Toure.	0	6
17:13	Trendon Hankerson Turnover.	0	6
17:12	Yeikson Montero Steal.	0	6
17:11	Foul on Trendon Hankerson.	0	6
17:10	Yeikson Montero made Free Throw.	0	7
17:10	Yeikson Montero made Free Throw.	0	8
16:56	Eugene German made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah McCarty.	3	8
16:36	Ty Groce missed Jumper.	3	8
16:36	Trendon Hankerson Defensive Rebound.	3	8
16:30	Darius Beane missed Three Point Jumper.	3	8
16:30	Thomas Binelli Defensive Rebound.	3	8
16:21	Thomas Binelli missed Three Point Jumper.	3	8
16:21	Darius Beane Defensive Rebound.	3	8
16:13	Trendon Hankerson missed Jumper.	3	8
16:13	Darius Beane Offensive Rebound.	3	8
15:56	Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.	3	8
15:56	Eastern Michigan Defensive Rebound.	3	8
15:52	Official TV Timeout	3	8
15:36	Ty Groce missed Jumper.	3	8
15:36	Tyler Cochran Defensive Rebound.	3	8
15:10	Zaire Mateen missed Three Point Jumper.	3	8
15:10	Boubacar Toure Defensive Rebound.	3	8
14:57	Yeikson Montero missed Three Point Jumper.	3	8
14:57	Boubacar Toure Offensive Rebound.	3	8
14:41	Yeikson Montero made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darion Spottsville.	3	11
14:17	Tyler Cochran made Layup.	5	11
13:53	Thomas Binelli missed Jumper.	5	11
13:53	Lacey James Defensive Rebound.	5	11
13:48	Lacey James Turnover.	5	11
13:47	Ty Groce Steal.	5	11
13:44	Thomas Binelli made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Groce.	5	14
13:12	Lacey James missed Jumper.	5	14
13:12	Boubacar Toure Block.	5	14
13:11	Boubacar Toure Defensive Rebound.	5	14
13:10	Foul on Lacey James.	5	14
12:51	Thomas Binelli made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Groce.	5	17
12:35	Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.	5	17
12:35	Tyler Cochran Offensive Rebound.	5	17
12:31	Foul on Darion Spottsville.	5	17
12:10	Northern Illinois Turnover.	5	17
11:59	Foul on Trendon Hankerson.	5	17
11:59	Official TV Timeout	5	17
11:58	Thomas Binelli made Free Throw.	5	18
11:58	Thomas Binelli made Free Throw.	5	19
11:58	Thomas Binelli made Free Throw.	5	20
11:43	Gairges Daow Turnover.	5	20
11:42	Chris James Steal.	5	20
11:25	Foul on Gairges Daow.	5	20
11:12	Ty Groce made Jumper.	5	22
10:49	Zaire Mateen missed Three Point Jumper.	5	22
10:49	Noah Morgan Defensive Rebound.	5	22
10:41	Chris James missed Three Point Jumper.	5	22
10:41	Eastern Michigan Offensive Rebound.	5	22
10:34	Ty Groce missed Three Point Jumper.	5	22
10:34	Noah McCarty Defensive Rebound.	5	22
10:10	Foul on Jalen King.	5	22
10:10	Eugene German made Free Throw.	6	22
10:10	Eugene German made Free Throw.	7	22
9:59	Foul on Lacey James.	7	22
9:47	Foul on Tyler Cochran.	7	22
9:47	Ty Groce missed Free Throw.	7	22
9:47	Eastern Michigan Deadball Team Rebound.	7	22
9:47	Ty Groce made Free Throw.	7	23
9:33	Noah McCarty missed Dunk.	7	23
9:33	Ty Groce Block.	7	23
9:32	Tyler Cochran Offensive Rebound.	7	23
9:27	Tyler Cochran made Layup.	9	23
9:19	Ty Groce missed Three Point Jumper.	9	23
9:19	Chris James Offensive Rebound.	9	23
9:13	Yeikson Montero Turnover.	9	23
9:11	Noah McCarty Steal.	9	23
9:05	Tyler Cochran made Jumper. Assisted by Darius Beane.	11	23
8:48	Foul on Zaire Mateen.	11	23
8:48	Chris James made Free Throw.	11	24
8:48	Chris James missed Free Throw.	11	24
8:48	Chris Johnson Defensive Rebound.	11	24
8:36	Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.	11	24
8:36	Boubacar Toure Defensive Rebound.	11	24
8:26	Chris James missed Layup.	11	24
8:26	Eugene German Block.	11	24
8:24	Tyler Cochran Defensive Rebound.	11	24
8:15	Darius Beane made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zaire Mateen.	14	24
8:09	Eastern Michigan Timeout	14	24
8:07	Boubacar Toure made Layup. Assisted by Darion Spottsville.	14	26
7:32	Northern Illinois Turnover.	14	26
7:06	Foul on Darius Beane.	14	26
7:06	Darion Spottsville missed Free Throw.	14	26
7:06	Tyler Cochran Defensive Rebound.	14	26
6:47	Noah McCarty missed Jumper.	14	26
6:47	Tyler Cochran Offensive Rebound.	14	26
6:42	Tyler Cochran made Layup.	16	26
6:30	Thomas Binelli made Jumper.	16	28
6:12	Tyler Cochran made Layup. Assisted by Noah McCarty.	18	28
5:48	Noah Morgan Turnover.	18	28
5:46	Noah McCarty Steal.	18	28
5:32	Eugene German made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Darius Beane.	21	28
5:09	Boubacar Toure missed Layup.	21	28
5:09	Boubacar Toure Offensive Rebound.	21	28
5:05	Boubacar Toure made Dunk.	21	30
4:56	Eugene German made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson.	24	30
4:34	Foul on Noah McCarty.	24	30
4:34	Boubacar Toure missed Free Throw.	24	30
4:34	Eastern Michigan Deadball Team Rebound.	24	30
4:34	Boubacar Toure made Free Throw.	24	31
4:14	Tyler Cochran missed Layup.	24	31
4:14	Noah McCarty Offensive Rebound.	24	31
4:04	Trendon Hankerson missed Three Point Jumper.	24	31
4:04	Noah McCarty Offensive Rebound.	24	31
3:39	Eugene German missed Three Point Jumper.	24	31
3:39	Darius Beane Offensive Rebound.	24	31
3:34	Foul on Jalen King.	24	31
3:34	Official TV Timeout	24	31
3:19	Foul on Jalen King.	24	31
3:19	Tyler Cochran missed Free Throw.	24	31
3:19	Northern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	24	31
3:19	Tyler Cochran made Free Throw.	25	31
3:02	Foul on Darius Beane.	25	31
3:02	Chris James made Free Throw.	25	32
3:02	Chris James made Free Throw.	25	33
2:44	Noah McCarty missed Layup.	25	33
2:44	Boubacar Toure Block.	25	33
2:43	Noah McCarty Offensive Rebound.	25	33
2:41	Zaire Mateen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah McCarty.	28	33
2:27	Thomas Binelli missed Three Point Jumper.	28	33
2:27	Boubacar Toure Offensive Rebound.	28	33
2:19	Boubacar Toure Turnover.	28	33
2:19	Foul on Boubacar Toure.	28	33
2:09	Zaire Mateen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eugene German.	31	33
1:53	Darion Spottsville made Layup.	31	35
1:35	Nathan Scott missed Jumper.	31	35
1:35	Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.	31	35
1:16	Zaire Mateen made Three Point Jumper.	34	35
1:11	Northern Illinois Timeout	34	35
1:03	Yeikson Montero Turnover.	34	35
1:03	Technical Foul on Northern Illinois.	34	35
1:03	Thomas Binelli missed Free Throw.	34	35
1:03	Eastern Michigan Deadball Team Rebound.	34	35
1:03	Thomas Binelli missed Free Throw.	34	35
1:03	Eastern Michigan Deadball Team Rebound.	34	35
0:51	Zaire Mateen Turnover.	34	35
0:50	Thomas Binelli Steal.	34	35
0:37	Foul on Nathan Scott.	34	35
0:37	Ty Groce made Free Throw.	34	36
0:37	Ty Groce made Free Throw.	34	37
0:23	Eugene German made Three Point Jumper.	37	37
0:12	Ty Groce missed Layup.	37	37
0:12	Nathan Scott Block.	37	37
0:12	Eastern Michigan Offensive Rebound.	37	37
0:02	Ty Groce missed Jumper.	37	37
0:02	Yeikson Montero Offensive Rebound.	37	37
0:00	End of 1st half	37	37

Gervin GameAbove Center

12:00 AM, 26 February 2020

Ypsilanti, MI

Attendance: 1,378

Referees:
Lamont Simpson
Donnie Eppley
Lewis Garrison

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Kent State	0-0	-	8-3
Akron	0-0	-	7-4
Miami (OH)	0-0	-	7-4
Eastern Michigan	0-0	-	6-5
Toledo	0-0	-	6-5
Ball State	0-0	-	5-6
Buffalo	0-0	-	5-6
Central Michigan	0-0	-	5-6
Ohio	0-0	-	5-6
Bowling Green	0-0	-	4-7
Northern Illinois	0-0	-	3-8
Western Michigan	0-0	-	3-8

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