Central Michigan Chippewas at Northern Illinois Huskies: Recap and Play-by-Play

Sat, Jan 18, 2:00 PM ETNIU Convocation Center · at N Illinois · Conference game

#270CMUC Michigan71▲ winner

Final

Closing lineCMU -9.5✓ NIU covered by 4.5

Closing total142.5Under by 5.5

Season records: C Michigan and N Illinois
CMU	2024-25	NIU
10-17	Record	3-25
14-13	ATS	14-14
16-11	O/U	11-17

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
CMU	35	36	71
NIU	29	37	66

Team stats

CMU		NIU
29-60 48%	Field goals	23-54 43%
6-14 43%	3-pointers	13-27 48%
7-11 64%	Free throws	7-15 47%
44 16 off	Rebounds	26 8 off
18	Assists	13
7	Steals	6
2	Blocks	2
14	Turnovers	10
16	Fouls	12
32	Points in paint	14
12	Fast-break points	2

Players

CMU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3P
Jakobi Heady G	39	16	9	1	8-16	0-3
Anthony Pritchard G	38	13	6	9	5-14	1-1
Cayden Vasko G	32	15	4	5	5-7	3-3
Quentin Heady F	18	4	4	0	2-4	0-0
Ugnius Jarusevicius F	14	4	3	0	1-3	0-0
Bench
Kyler Vanderjagt G	26	13	1	2	5-9	2-4
Bryan Ndjonga F	15	6	3	0	3-3	0-0
Damarion Bonds G	11	0	3	1	0-2	0-1
Shaedon Simpson G	7	0	2	0	0-2	0-2

Did not play: Decorion Temple, Gus Salem, Trey Phillips, Ryan Hatcher, Mohammad Habhab, Drew Barbee, Hunter Harding, Armani Mighty

NIU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3P
James Dent Jr. G	40	9	7	3	3-11	2-5
Quentin Jones G	38	12	2	4	4-12	2-5
Ethan Butler F	35	9	7	2	3-5	1-2
Kailon Nicholls G	28	11	3	3	4-9	2-3
Tsvet Sotirov F	23	0	0	1	0-4	0-4
Bench
Quaran McPherson G	32	22	4	0	8-12	5-7
Jayden Mott F	4	3	0	0	1-1	1-1

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