Northern Illinois Huskies at Akron Zips

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Northern Illinois Huskies

8-16, 6-9 Away

Final
66 - 63

Akron Zips

16-9, 10-3 Home

Williams, Thornton lead Northern Illinois past Akron 66-63

Kaleb Thornton added 12 points for the Huskies (8-16, 5-9 Mid-American Conference). Chinedu Kingsley Okanu chipped in 11 and Trendon Hankerson and Zool Kueth each had 10.

Ali Ali had 20 points for the Zips (16-9, 9-6 Mid-American Conference). Greg Tribble added 10 points and Enrique Freeman had 11 rebounds.

The Huskies leveled the season series against the Zips. Akron defeated Northern Illinois 70-64 on Feb. 8.

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Akron: 94.3%

Northern Illinois: 5.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:14	Kaleb Thornton made Free Throw.	66 - 63
2nd 0:14	Foul on Mikal Dawson.	65 - 63
2nd 0:16	Greg Tribble made Layup.	65 - 63
2nd 0:26	Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.	65 - 61
2nd 0:26	Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.	64 - 61

Statistics

NIU		AKR
25-53	FG	20-44
47.2	Field Goal %	45.5
4-13	3PT	5-19
30.8	Three Point %	26.3
12-16	FT	18-27
75.0	Free Throw %	66.7
29	Rebounds	29
9	Offensive Rebounds	8
20	Defensive Rebounds	21
11	Assists	8
2	Steals	5
0	Blocks	4
8	Turnovers	12
0	Team Turnovers	2
8	Total Turnovers	12
0	Technical Fouls	1
0	Total Technical Fouls	1
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
13	Points Off Turnovers	9
0	Fast Break Points	0
0	Points in Paint	0
23	Fouls	21
4	Largest Lead	8

Game Information

James A. Rhodes Arena

Location: Akron, OH
Attendance: 2,076 | Capacity:

2024-25 Mid-American Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Akron	13-1	-	21-6
Miami (OH)	11-3	2	20-7
Toledo	9-5	4	16-11
Ohio	9-5	4	15-12
Kent State	8-6	5	18-9
Ball State	7-7	6	14-13
Eastern Michigan	7-7	6	14-13
Western Michigan	6-8	7	9-18
Central Michigan	5-9	8	12-15
Bowling Green	5-9	8	11-16
Buffalo	3-11	10	8-19
Northern Illinois	1-13	12	5-22

Full Standings