Northern Illinois vs Kent State Final

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Northern Illinois

5-11

MAC

73 - 77

Final

Kent State

13-4

MAC

Saturday, January 03, 2026

06:00 PM EST

M.A.C. Center

Pre-Game Analysis Game Recap

Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Northern Illinois	26	47	73
Kent State	47	30	77

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Game Analysis

Northern Illinois

Points

Kent State

43.0%

Northern Illinois

Field Goal %

40.0%

Kent State

Northern Illinois

Total Rebounds

Kent State

Northern Illinois

Assists

Kent State

39.0%

Northern Illinois

Three Point %

17.0%

Kent State

60.0%

Northern Illinois

Free Throw %

77.0%

Kent State

Northern Illinois

Turnovers

Kent State

Statistic	NIU	KENT
SCORING
Total Points	73	77
FIELD GOALS
Field Goals Made-Attempted	22-51	21-53
Field Goal Percentage	43.0%	40.0%
Two Point FG Made-Attempted	11-23	17-29
Two Point FG Percentage	47.8%	58.6%
Three Point FG Made-Attempted	11-28	4-24
Three Point FG Percentage	39.0%	17.0%
Effective Field Goal Percentage	53.9%	43.4%
True Shooting Percentage	56.9%	54.5%
FREE THROWS
Free Throws Made-Attempted	18-30	31-40
Free Throw Percentage	60.0%	77.0%
Free Throw Rate	58.8%	75.5%
REBOUNDING
Total Rebounds	38	34
Offensive Rebounds	14	13
Defensive Rebounds	24	21
Offensive Rebound Percentage	36.8%	38.2%
BALL HANDLING & ASSISTS
Assists	9	8
Turnovers	22	14
Turnover Ratio	30.1%	19.2%
DEFENSE
Steals	9	9
Blocks	1	2
FOULS
Total Fouls	27	23
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
ADVANCED ANALYTICS
Possessions	73	73
Points Per Possession	1.00	1.05
Team Rating	100.0	105.5
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Fast Break Points	7	12
Points Off Turnovers	12	23
Points in Paint	20	32
GAME FLOW
Largest Lead	0	21

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
Makhai Valentine #1 • Guard	38	27	3	0	0	0	9-17	4-5	5-12	4-4	0	0	1	2	52.9	80.0	41.7	100.0	67.6	72.0	-	23.5	33.3	22.9	166.6	115.1	+51.5	20.0
Dylan Ducommun #25 • Guard	37	13	4	4	1	0	3-7	1-2	2-5	5-8	5	5	2	2	42.9	50.0	40.0	62.5	57.1	61.8	0.8	114.3	50.0	19.5	103.3	111.4	-8.1	6.9
Taj Walters #6 • Guard	35	13	11	0	3	1	4-9	1-5	3-4	2-2	3	2	4	7	44.4	20.0	75.0	100.0	61.1	65.8	0.0	22.2	36.4	17.1	113.7	96.0	+17.7	13.1
Gustav Winther #96 • Forward	21	2	3	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-1	2-4	1	5	1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	21.0	1.0	133.3	33.3	12.7	60.2	112.0	-51.8	-1.9
Daemar Kelly #3 • Guard	17	0	4	0	1	0	0-3	0-1	0-2	0-1	4	5	0	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	0.0	20.3	0.0	97.6	-97.6	-6.3
Gianni Cobb Guard	24	13	1	3	2	0	5-8	4-6	1-2	2-5	4	4	1	0	62.5	66.7	50.0	40.0	68.8	63.7	0.8	62.5	100.0	27.5	104.5	107.5	-3.0	7.4
Hassan Washington #7 • Forward	13	1	4	0	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	5	2	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	-	56.8	0.0	-	50.0	6.7	-	90.5	-	1.6
Carlos Coronado #2 • Guard	8	2	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-2	2-2	1	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	34.7	0.0	100.0	0.0	22.5	65.0	111.3	-46.3	-0.1
Jaylen Wharton #23 • Forward	7	2	3	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	0-2	0	1	1	2	50.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	34.7	-	100.0	33.3	-	-	-	-	1.8

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
Morgan Safford #8 • Guard	34	7	7	0	2	0	2-10	1-5	1-5	2-2	3	1	3	4	20.0	20.0	20.0	100.0	25.0	32.2	0.0	20.0	42.9	19.3	64.4	97.8	-33.4	2.7
Delrecco Gillespie #23 • Forward	32	28	9	0	2	1	8-13	8-10	0-3	12-14	3	2	3	6	61.5	80.0	0.0	85.7	61.5	73.1	0.0	107.7	33.3	32.7	136.6	91.7	+44.9	24.1
Jahari Williamson #25 • Guard	31	5	2	1	1	0	1-7	0-3	1-4	2-2	1	3	1	1	14.3	0.0	25.0	100.0	21.4	31.7	1.0	28.6	50.0	13.5	78.4	105.4	-27.0	1.0
Rob Whaley Jr. #2 • Forward	29	18	1	2	2	0	6-8	6-8	0-0	6-11	3	3	0	1	75.0	75.0	0.0	54.5	75.0	70.1	0.7	137.5	0.0	25.8	118.2	100.6	+17.6	12.3
Cian Medley #1 • Guard	22	2	1	2	0	0	0-4	0-0	0-4	2-2	0	4	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	20.5	-	50.0	0.0	10.5	77.0	107.7	-30.7	-0.7
Quinn Woidke #6 • Guard	16	10	2	0	2	0	2-5	1-2	1-3	5-7	1	3	0	2	40.0	50.0	33.3	71.4	50.0	61.9	0.0	140.0	0.0	26.8	122.9	87.5	+35.4	6.9
Rayvon Griffith Guard	11	5	0	1	0	0	2-5	1-1	1-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	40.0	100.0	25.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	1.0	0.0	-	25.8	98.8	111.3	-12.5	1.6
Omer Hamama #54 • Guard	11	0	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	8.6	24.9	105.1	-80.2	-1.5
Magnus Entenmann #14 • Forward	8	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	-	113.6	-	-	-	5.2	-	109.7	-	1.2
Dezmon Briscoe #11 • Forward	6	0	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	-	100.0	-	-	-	-	0.3

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