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FINAL
Nov 22, 2021

Game Recap

Flores' putback beats buzzer as W. Illinois tops N. Kentucky. JJ Flores scored the winning basket in the final second and Will Carius had 17 points as Western Illinois defeated Northern Kentucky 69-67 on Monday night.

Box Score

12T
WIU234669
NKU373067
Western Illinois Leathernecks logoWESTERN ILLINOISMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
25Will Carius366-145-90-020103417
44Luka Barisic237-172-90-032002316
2Tamell Pearson203-60-00-03110106
15Colton Sandage363-82-50-04531438
5Trenton Massner345-123-80-085105213
3Cameron Burrell122-60-03-41100107
22KJ Lee30-00-00-00000010
11Jadrian Flores91-20-10-02200132
13Braden Lamar20-00-00-01010100
24George Dixon250-30-00-27120110
TOTAL27-6839.7%12-3237.5%3-650.0%311791191769
Northern Kentucky Norse logoNORTHERN KENTUCKYMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
David Bohm305-103-41-251303314
4Adrian Nelson194-90-00-010000118
34Hubertas Pivorius307-104-72-210003020
2Sam Vinson294-120-13-363413211
22Trevon Faulkner261-31-20-01320033
14Seybian Sims40-00-00-02000000
21Chris Brandon212-30-01-44002335
24Jake Evans00-00-00-00000000
3Marques Warrick192-80-10-01010214
1Trey Robinson50-00-00-00000320
11Bryson Langdon171-30-00-02200312
TOTAL26-5844.8%8-1553.3%7-1163.6%329103211667

Play-by-Play

1st halfwiunku
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:50) Colton Sandage missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (19:46) Sam Vinson Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +2 (19:32) Hubertas Pivorius made Jumper.
    02
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:17) Will Carius missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (19:14) David Bohm Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:10) Foul on Trenton Massner.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +2 (19:01) Adrian Nelson made Jumper.
    04
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (18:42) Colton Sandage Turnover.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (18:42) David Bohm Steal.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +3 (18:36) Hubertas Pivorius made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trevon Faulkner.
    07
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (18:13) Tamell Pearson missed Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (18:10) Adrian Nelson Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +3 (18:05) Trevon Faulkner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by David Bohm.
    010
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (18:03) Western Illinois Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (17:45) Luka Barisic made Jumper. Assisted by Trenton Massner.
    210
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (17:27) Sam Vinson missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (17:21) Tamell Pearson Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (17:21) Colton Sandage Turnover.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (17:21) Trevon Faulkner Steal.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (17:16) Hubertas Pivorius missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (17:14) Trenton Massner Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (16:59) Luka Barisic missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (16:56) Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (16:43) Luka Barisic made Layup. Assisted by Tamell Pearson.
    410
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (16:34) David Bohm missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (16:34) Adrian Nelson Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (16:34) Foul on Luka Barisic.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +3 (16:29) David Bohm made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Vinson.
    413
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (16:10) Will Carius Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (15:51) Foul on Colton Sandage.
  • (15:51) Official TV Timeout
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +1 (15:51) Hubertas Pivorius made Free Throw.
    414
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +1 (15:51) Hubertas Pivorius made Free Throw.
    415
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (15:27) Colton Sandage missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (15:23) George Dixon Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (15:22) Trenton Massner Turnover.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (15:22) Marques Warrick Steal.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +2 (15:19) Marques Warrick made Layup.
    417
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (15:04) Will Carius missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (14:58) Bryson Langdon Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (14:34) Chris Brandon missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (14:31) Trenton Massner Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (14:31) Trenton Massner Turnover.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +2 (14:22) Bryson Langdon made Jumper.
    419
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (14:10) Cameron Burrell made Jumper.
    619
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (14:01) Foul on JJ Flores.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (13:59) Foul on Marques Warrick.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (13:59) Marques Warrick Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (13:58) Cameron Burrell Turnover.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (13:41) Bryson Langdon Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (13:22) Cameron Burrell missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (13:16) JJ Flores Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +3 (13:11) Will Carius made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by JJ Flores.
    919
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (12:37) Bryson Langdon Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:37) Will Carius Steal.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:27) Colton Sandage missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:25) Cameron Burrell Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:24) Cameron Burrell missed Layup.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (12:24) Northern Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (12:08) Trey Robinson Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:08) George Dixon Steal.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (11:48) Will Carius Turnover.
  • (11:48) Official TV Timeout
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (11:36) Adrian Nelson missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (11:33) George Dixon Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (11:23) JJ Flores missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (11:19) George Dixon Offensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (11:12) Foul on Trevon Faulkner.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:59) Colton Sandage missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (10:55) Trevon Faulkner Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:50) Foul on JJ Flores.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (10:40) David Bohm missed Layup.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (10:38) Adrian Nelson Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:35) Foul on Luka Barisic.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (10:35) David Bohm missed Free Throw.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (10:35) Northern Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +1 (10:35) David Bohm made Free Throw.
    920
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (10:23) Foul on Adrian Nelson.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:23) George Dixon missed Free Throw.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:23) Western Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:19) George Dixon missed Free Throw.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (10:18) David Bohm Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (9:55) David Bohm missed Layup.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (9:55) Northern Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (9:55) Northern Kentucky Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:47) Trenton Massner Turnover.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (9:47) David Bohm Steal.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +3 (9:36) David Bohm made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trevon Faulkner.
    923
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +3 (9:05) Will Carius made Three Point Jumper.
    1223
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (8:39) Sam Vinson missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (8:37) Will Carius Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (8:28) Will Carius missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (8:27) Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (8:24) Trenton Massner missed Layup.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (8:21) Bryson Langdon Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +2 (8:18) Adrian Nelson made Layup. Assisted by Sam Vinson.
    1225
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (7:51) Colton Sandage missed Layup.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (7:49) Sam Vinson Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +3 (7:46) Hubertas Pivorius made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bryson Langdon.
    1228
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (7:31) George Dixon missed Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (7:28) Adrian Nelson Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (7:20) Foul on Trey Robinson.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (7:20) Trey Robinson Turnover.
  • (7:20) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (7:12) Will Carius missed Layup.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (7:09) Hubertas Pivorius Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (6:54) Foul on Trey Robinson.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (6:54) Trey Robinson Turnover.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (6:37) Foul on Bryson Langdon.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (6:29) Tamell Pearson missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (6:26) Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (6:23) Cameron Burrell missed Layup.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (6:20) Sam Vinson Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +2 (6:09) Sam Vinson made Layup.
    1230
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (6:09) Foul on KJ Lee.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +1 (6:09) Sam Vinson made Free Throw.
    1231
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (6:01) Will Carius missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (5:57) Braden Lamar Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (5:55) Braden Lamar Turnover.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (5:55) David Bohm Steal.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (5:43) Chris Brandon Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (5:43) Braden Lamar Steal.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (5:21) Tamell Pearson missed Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (5:19) Sam Vinson Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (5:01) Foul on Will Carius.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (5:01) Chris Brandon missed Free Throw.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (5:01) Northern Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (4:59) Chris Brandon missed Free Throw.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (4:58) Colton Sandage Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +3 (4:40) Trenton Massner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Colton Sandage.
    1531
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (4:25) Foul on Chris Brandon.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (4:25) Chris Brandon Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +3 (4:01) Colton Sandage made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trenton Massner.
    1831
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +2 (3:49) Chris Brandon made Dunk.
    1833
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (3:25) Foul on Chris Brandon.
  • (3:25) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (3:25) Cameron Burrell missed Free Throw.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (3:25) Western Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +1 (3:25) Cameron Burrell made Free Throw.
    1933
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (3:12) Marques Warrick missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (3:09) Trenton Massner Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (3:01) Tamell Pearson made Layup. Assisted by Cameron Burrell.
    2133
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (2:45) Trevon Faulkner missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (2:42) Adrian Nelson Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (2:38) Tamell Pearson Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (2:25) Foul on David Bohm.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +1 (2:25) Cameron Burrell made Free Throw.
    2233
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +1 (2:25) Cameron Burrell made Free Throw.
    2333
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (2:13) Adrian Nelson missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (2:10) Colton Sandage Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (2:05) Cameron Burrell missed Layup.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (2:04) Northern Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (1:53) Sam Vinson missed Layup.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (1:49) Adrian Nelson Offensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +2 (1:49) Adrian Nelson made Layup.
    2335
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (1:27) Will Carius missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (1:24) Adrian Nelson Defensive Rebound.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (1:16) Foul on David Bohm.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (1:16) David Bohm Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (1:00) Trenton Massner missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (0:54) Sam Vinson Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:53) Foul on Trenton Massner.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +1 (0:53) Sam Vinson made Free Throw.
    2336
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    +1 (0:53) Sam Vinson made Free Throw.
    2337
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:31) Tamell Pearson Turnover.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (0:31) Trevon Faulkner Steal.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (0:06) Hubertas Pivorius missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:04) George Dixon Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:01) Colton Sandage Turnover.
  • Northern Kentucky Norse logo
    (0:01) Sam Vinson Steal.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

69Points67
27-68(39.7%)Field Goal(%)26-58(44.8%)
12-32(37.5%)3-Point(%)8-15(53.3%)
3-6(50%)Free Throw(%)7-11(63.6%)
38(16)Rebounds(Offensive)36(10)
17Assists9
9Steals10
1Blocks3
19Turnovers22
17(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)
3Largest Lead19

Game Details

Monday, November 22, 2021 · 7:00 PM
Truist Arena · Highland Heights, KY
attendance: 2,065 (22.0%)
spread: NKU -6.5
over/under: 146.5