Buffalo vs Northern Illinois Final

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Buffalo

13-4

MAC

81 - 67

Final

Northern Illinois

5-11

MAC

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

06:00 PM EST

NIU Convocation Center

Pre-Game Analysis Game Recap

Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Buffalo	43	38	81
Northern Illinois	29	38	67

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Game Analysis

Buffalo

Points

Northern Illinois

49.0%

Buffalo

Field Goal %

41.0%

Northern Illinois

Buffalo

Total Rebounds

Northern Illinois

Buffalo

Assists

Northern Illinois

42.0%

Buffalo

Three Point %

22.0%

Northern Illinois

70.0%

Buffalo

Free Throw %

88.0%

Northern Illinois

Buffalo

Turnovers

Northern Illinois

Statistic	BUF	NIU
SCORING
Total Points	81	67
FIELD GOALS
Field Goals Made-Attempted	27-55	23-56
Field Goal Percentage	49.0%	41.0%
Two Point FG Made-Attempted	16-29	16-24
Two Point FG Percentage	55.2%	66.7%
Three Point FG Made-Attempted	11-26	7-32
Three Point FG Percentage	42.0%	22.0%
Effective Field Goal Percentage	59.1%	47.3%
True Shooting Percentage	62.2%	53.1%
FREE THROWS
Free Throws Made-Attempted	16-23	14-16
Free Throw Percentage	70.0%	88.0%
Free Throw Rate	41.8%	28.6%
REBOUNDING
Total Rebounds	34	31
Offensive Rebounds	11	10
Defensive Rebounds	23	21
Offensive Rebound Percentage	32.4%	32.3%
BALL HANDLING & ASSISTS
Assists	15	12
Turnovers	14	14
Turnover Ratio	21.2%	20.9%
DEFENSE
Steals	10	5
Blocks	3	2
FOULS
Total Fouls	16	18
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
ADVANCED ANALYTICS
Possessions	66	67
Points Per Possession	1.23	1.00
Team Rating	122.7	100.0
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Fast Break Points	8	12
Points Off Turnovers	17	18
Points in Paint	30	32
GAME FLOW
Largest Lead	16	4

Player Statistics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Ryan Sabol #2 • Guard	37	14	4	4	2	0	4-13	2-5	2-8	4-4	2	1	1	3	30.8	40.0	25.0	100.0	38.5	47.4	2.0	30.8	25.0	22.9	111.0	103.7	+7.3	10.5
Daniel Freitag #5 • Guard	37	33	5	3	2	1	11-17	7-9	4-8	7-10	0	1	1	4	64.7	77.8	50.0	70.0	76.5	77.1	-	58.8	20.0	29.2	168.3	100.7	+67.6	30.6
Noah Batchelor #1 • Forward	29	3	4	0	2	0	1-4	0-0	1-4	0-0	4	3	1	3	25.0	0.0	25.0	0.0	37.5	37.5	0.0	0.0	25.0	13.9	41.5	100.4	-58.9	-1.0
Tim Oboh #33 • Center	19	3	4	1	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	3-4	3	2	2	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	75.0	0.0	39.9	0.3	200.0	50.0	18.0	67.6	106.8	-39.2	0.8
Angelo Brizzi #14 • Guard	18	10	1	2	1	0	4-6	3-5	1-1	1-2	2	4	0	1	66.7	60.0	100.0	50.0	75.0	72.7	1.0	33.3	0.0	24.9	117.7	104.7	+13.0	6.1
Derrick Talton Jr. #10 • Guard	26	4	4	2	2	0	2-5	2-4	0-1	0-2	0	2	2	2	40.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	40.0	34.0	-	40.0	50.0	11.4	104.3	100.7	+3.6	5.1
Ezra McKenna #13 • Forward	20	11	5	3	0	0	4-6	1-2	3-4	0-0	3	0	2	3	66.7	50.0	75.0	0.0	91.7	91.7	1.0	0.0	40.0	22.8	127.4	107.5	+19.9	9.8
Mikhail Pocknett #3 • Forward	14	3	2	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	1-1	0	3	1	1	50.0	50.0	0.0	100.0	50.0	61.5	-	50.0	50.0	8.8	147.7	97.5	+50.2	3.5

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Dylan Ducommun #25 • Guard	37	19	3	4	1	1	7-19	4-7	3-12	2-2	5	1	0	3	36.8	57.1	25.0	100.0	44.7	47.8	0.8	10.5	0.0	34.9	88.6	119.8	-31.2	8.5
Makhai Valentine #1 • Guard	33	11	6	3	1	0	4-12	2-4	2-8	1-1	2	2	3	3	33.3	50.0	25.0	100.0	41.7	44.2	1.5	8.3	50.0	22.7	97.5	120.2	-22.7	7.5
Taj Walters #6 • Guard	30	13	3	0	0	1	3-5	2-3	1-2	6-6	0	2	1	2	60.0	66.7	50.0	100.0	70.0	85.1	-	120.0	33.3	13.2	186.5	123.6	+62.9	11.9
Gustav Winther #96 • Forward	26	8	5	1	1	0	3-4	3-4	0-0	2-2	4	4	2	3	75.0	75.0	0.0	100.0	75.0	82.0	0.3	50.0	40.0	17.7	92.1	117.3	-25.2	4.8
Daemar Kelly #3 • Guard	14	3	2	0	0	0	1-3	1-1	0-2	1-3	1	2	1	1	33.3	100.0	0.0	33.3	33.3	34.7	0.0	100.0	50.0	19.7	66.0	124.7	-58.7	-0.3
Gianni Cobb Guard	25	4	2	2	1	0	2-5	2-3	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	2	40.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	40.0	40.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	12.5	85.7	119.3	-33.6	2.5
Jao Ituka #10 • Guard	17	3	2	1	1	0	1-5	0-0	1-5	0-0	0	1	0	2	20.0	0.0	20.0	0.0	30.0	30.0	-	0.0	0.0	15.3	82.0	115.0	-33.0	1.8
Hassan Washington #7 • Forward	10	2	2	1	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	2	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	-	0.0	0.0	5.2	207.3	117.5	+89.8	1.8
Ladji Kante #8 • Forward	8	4	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-1	2-2	1	1	1	0	50.0	100.0	0.0	100.0	50.0	69.4	0.0	100.0	100.0	25.2	112.8	128.3	-15.5	2.3
Isaiah Washington #11 • Guard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0

Column Legend

MIN: Minutes Played

PTS: Points

REB: Total Rebounds

AST: Assists

STL: Steals

BLK: Blocks

FG: Field Goals Made-Attempted

2PT: Two-Point Field Goals

3PT: Three-Point Field Goals

FT: Free Throws Made-Attempted

TO: Turnovers

PF: Personal Fouls

OREB: Offensive Rebounds

DREB: Defensive Rebounds

FG%: Field Goal Percentage

2PT%: Two-Point Percentage

3PT%: Three-Point Percentage

FT%: Free Throw Percentage

eFG%: Effective Field Goal %

TS%: True Shooting Percentage

A/TO: Assist-to-Turnover Ratio

FTR: Free Throw Rate

OREB%: Offensive Rebound Rate

USG%: Usage Rate

ORTG: Offensive Rating

DRTG: Defensive Rating

NET: Net Rating (ORTG - DRTG)

GmSc: Game Score