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FINAL
Feb 8, 2022

Game Recap

Freeman scores 21 to carry Akron over N. Illinois 70-64. Enrique Freeman had 21 points and 13 rebounds as Akron beat Northern Illinois 70-64 on Tuesday night.

Box Score

12T
AKR353570
NIU333164
Akron Zips logoAKRONMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
25Enrique Freeman327-110-07-8130113121
24Ali Ali351-50-24-62500616
2Greg Tribble285-51-12-213200113
13Xavier Castaneda333-71-25-601102112
4Bryan Trimble Jr.181-40-30-01100142
21Aziz Bandaogo80-00-02-21001112
0Michael Wynn70-00-02-23000012
22Mikal Dawson242-52-40-03100126
11Garvin Clarke152-32-30-01120016
TOTAL21-4052.5%6-1540.0%22-2684.6%251262141370
Northern Illinois Huskies logoNORTHERN ILLINOISMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
50Anthony Crump343-41-14-451001211
13Adong Makuoi112-30-00-22000054
2Kaleb Thornton342-71-33-33120348
0Keshawn Williams387-151-54-421201019
1Trendon Hankerson395-104-80-055002114
12Zool Kueth130-10-12-21010152
11Chinedu Kingsley Okanu212-50-00-03100434
10Zion Russell51-10-00-00100002
24Darweshi Hunter50-00-00-00000000
TOTAL22-4647.8%7-1838.9%13-1586.7%211050122064

Play-by-Play

1st halfakrniu
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (19:50) Foul on Adong Makuoi.
  • Akron Zips logo
    +2 (19:42) Greg Tribble made Jumper.
    20
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +3 (19:13) Anthony Crump made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson.
    23
  • Akron Zips logo
    (18:46) Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (18:43) Kaleb Thornton Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (18:32) Trendon Hankerson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (18:29) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (18:29) Foul on Adong Makuoi.
  • Akron Zips logo
    +2 (18:05) Enrique Freeman made Dunk. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
    43
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (17:51) Kaleb Thornton missed Jumper.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (17:50) Akron Defensive Rebound.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (17:27) Xavier Castaneda missed Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (17:22) Anthony Crump Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (17:01) Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Turnover.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (17:01) Greg Tribble Steal.
  • Akron Zips logo
    +2 (16:55) Enrique Freeman made Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
    63
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (16:35) Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Layup. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson.
    65
  • Akron Zips logo
    +2 (16:12) Greg Tribble made Layup. Assisted by Ali Ali.
    85
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (15:58) Keshawn Williams missed Jumper.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (15:55) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (15:45) Ali Ali Turnover.
  • (15:45) Official TV Timeout
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (15:14) Kaleb Thornton missed Layup.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (15:14) Enrique Freeman Block.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (15:10) Garvin Clarke Defensive Rebound.
  • Akron Zips logo
    +2 (14:54) Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Ali Ali.
    105
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (14:38) Zion Russell made Jumper. Assisted by Keshawn Williams.
    107
  • Akron Zips logo
    (14:16) Ali Ali missed Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (14:13) Trendon Hankerson Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (14:09) Trendon Hankerson made Layup.
    109
  • Akron Zips logo
    +2 (13:45) Ali Ali made Layup.
    129
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (13:19) Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Turnover.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (13:19) Garvin Clarke Steal.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (13:13) Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (13:10) Keshawn Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (13:06) Keshawn Williams made Layup.
    1211
  • Akron Zips logo
    +3 (12:37) Garvin Clarke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bryan Trimble Jr..
    1511
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (12:10) Chinedu Kingsley Okanu missed Jumper.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (12:07) Aziz Bandaogo Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (11:45) Foul on Chinedu Kingsley Okanu.
  • (11:45) Official TV Timeout
  • Akron Zips logo
    +1 (11:45) Aziz Bandaogo made Free Throw.
    1611
  • Akron Zips logo
    +1 (11:45) Aziz Bandaogo made Free Throw.
    1711
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (11:14) Northern Illinois Turnover.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (10:41) Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (10:38) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
  • Akron Zips logo
    +2 (10:38) Enrique Freeman made Layup.
    1911
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +3 (10:16) Trendon Hankerson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zion Russell.
    1914
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (9:46) Foul on Zool Kueth.
  • Akron Zips logo
    +1 (9:46) Michael Wynn made Free Throw.
    2014
  • Akron Zips logo
    +1 (9:46) Michael Wynn made Free Throw.
    2114
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +3 (9:21) Keshawn Williams made Three Point Jumper.
    2117
  • Akron Zips logo
    (9:05) Foul on Mikal Dawson.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (9:05) Mikal Dawson Turnover.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (8:50) Foul on Michael Wynn.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +1 (8:50) Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
    2118
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +1 (8:50) Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
    2119
  • Akron Zips logo
    (8:37) Enrique Freeman Turnover.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (8:25) Zool Kueth missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (8:22) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (8:14) Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (8:10) Keshawn Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (8:03) Kaleb Thornton Turnover.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (8:03) Greg Tribble Steal.
  • (7:59) Official TV Timeout
  • Akron Zips logo
    +2 (7:44) Bryan Trimble Jr. made Jumper.
    2319
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (7:14) Anthony Crump made Dunk.
    2321
  • Akron Zips logo
    +2 (6:52) Xavier Castaneda made Jumper.
    2521
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (6:45) Foul on Kaleb Thornton.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (6:45) Kaleb Thornton Turnover.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (6:25) Aziz Bandaogo Turnover.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (6:25) Zool Kueth Steal.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (6:17) Keshawn Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (6:13) Bryan Trimble Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (6:02) Ali Ali Turnover.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (6:02) Kaleb Thornton Steal.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (5:58) Foul on Bryan Trimble Jr..
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +1 (5:58) Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
    2522
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +1 (5:58) Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
    2523
  • Akron Zips logo
    (5:49) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (5:46) Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (5:40) Trendon Hankerson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (5:37) Mikal Dawson Defensive Rebound.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (5:13) Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (5:13) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (5:13) Foul on Chinedu Kingsley Okanu.
  • Akron Zips logo
    +1 (5:13) Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
    2623
  • Akron Zips logo
    +1 (5:13) Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
    2723
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (4:54) Trendon Hankerson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (4:52) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
  • Akron Zips logo
    +3 (4:37) Xavier Castaneda made Three Point Jumper.
    3023
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (4:35) Northern Illinois Timeout
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (4:07) Kaleb Thornton missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (4:01) Zool Kueth Offensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (4:01) Zool Kueth Turnover.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (3:33) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (3:29) Trendon Hankerson Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +3 (3:21) Kaleb Thornton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson.
    3026
  • Akron Zips logo
    +3 (3:01) Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper.
    3326
  • Akron Zips logo
    (2:39) Foul on Xavier Castaneda.
  • (2:39) Official TV Timeout
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (2:29) Kaleb Thornton missed Layup.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (2:27) Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Offensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +3 (2:19) Trendon Hankerson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chinedu Kingsley Okanu.
    3329
  • Akron Zips logo
    (1:51) Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (1:48) Anthony Crump Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (1:39) Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Turnover.
  • Akron Zips logo
    (1:23) Bryan Trimble Jr. Turnover.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (1:06) Keshawn Williams made Jumper.
    3331
  • Akron Zips logo
    +2 (0:46) Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
    3531
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    +2 (0:29) Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Layup. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson.
    3533
  • Akron Zips logo
    (0:21) Akron Timeout
  • Akron Zips logo
    (0:03) Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Illinois Huskies logo
    (0:03) Anthony Crump Defensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

70Points64
21-40(52.5%)Field Goal(%)22-46(47.8%)
6-15(40%)3-Point(%)7-18(38.9%)
22-26(84.6%)Free Throw(%)13-15(86.7%)
26(5)Rebounds(Offensive)21(4)
12Assists10
6Steals5
2Blocks0
15Turnovers13
13(0)Fouls(Technical)20(0)
8Largest Lead1

Game Details

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 · 8:00 PM
NIU Convocation Center · Dekalb, IL
attendance: 653 (6.5%)
spread: AKR -8
over/under: 127.5