Northern Illinois Huskies at Eastern Michigan Eagles: Recap and Play-by-Play

Sat, Jan 4, 2:00 PM ETGervin GameAbove Center · at E Michigan · Conference game

Final

#188EMUE Michigan75▲ winner

Closing lineEMU -6.5✓ NIU covered by 2.5

Closing total146.5Under by 0.5

Season records: N Illinois and E Michigan
NIU	2024-25	EMU
3-25	Record	15-16
14-14	ATS	15-16
11-17	O/U	19-12

ATS = covered-didn’t-push · O/U = overs-unders

2024-25 season, regular season

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Box score

Score by half

	1H	2H	T
NIU	37	34	71
EMU	33	42	75

Team stats

NIU		EMU
21-53 40%	Field goals	27-60 45%
10-23 43%	3-pointers	5-23 22%
19-21 90%	Free throws	16-22 73%
30 4 off	Rebounds	39 10 off
12	Assists	14
4	Steals	5
2	Blocks	1
13	Turnovers	11
20	Fouls	15
20	Points in paint	38
3	Fast-break points	16

Players

NIU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3P
James Dent Jr. G	36	15	8	4	3-8	2-5
Kailon Nicholls G	36	8	2	1	3-10	2-6
Ethan Butler F	35	14	6	3	6-8	0-1
Quentin Jones G	33	10	3	3	4-11	1-3
Jayden Mott F	8	0	1	0	0-3	0-0
Bench
Joe Munden Jr. NA	25	6	3	1	2-6	2-4
Quaran McPherson G	14	12	2	0	1-5	1-2
Tsvet Sotirov F	13	6	3	0	2-2	2-2

Did not play: Terry Copeland Jr., Dominic Gooden, David Mack, Leo Amari IV, Nasir Muhammad, Steven Tipton, Peyton Ackerman, Mo Sall, Oluwasegun Durosinmi

EMU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3P
Christian Henry G	39	13	5	9	5-10	1-4
Jalen Terry G	38	8	5	1	3-13	2-9
Da'Sean Nelson F	34	32	9	2	12-20	0-1
Jalin Billingsley F	32	15	5	0	5-7	1-1
Arne Osojnik F	20	2	3	0	0-3	0-3
Bench
Dillon Tingler G	18	5	1	0	2-3	1-2
Godslove Nwabude F	7	0	3	1	0-0	0-0
Yusuf Jihad F	7	0	1	0	0-2	0-1
Trey Pettigrew F	5	0	2	1	0-2	0-2

Did not play: Cooper Smith, Mario Brunetto, Mbaye N'Diaye, Julian Lewis, Micah Schnyders, John Shanu II