N Illinois (73) vs Akron (80) · Mar 2, 2024 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL

Mar 2, 2024

Game Recap

Akron rides Freeman's double-double to 80-73 win over Northern Illinois. Enrique Freeman finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds and Akron beat Northern Illinois 80-73 on Saturday night.

Box Score

	1	2	T
NIU	37	36	73
AKR	34	46	80

NORTHERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
14Yanic Konan Niederhauser	23	3-6	1-1	0-3	2	0	0	0	1	4	7
15Ethan Butler	27	4-7	2-3	1-3	6	0	0	0	2	5	11
1Will Lovings-Watts	40	4-9	2-5	4-6	2	2	1	0	0	4	14
11David Coit	40	12-28	5-17	6-8	7	3	3	1	4	2	35
10Zion Russell	33	1-3	0-2	2-3	2	3	1	0	2	4	4
23Harvin Ibarguen	31	1-1	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	1	0	2	2
4Oluwasegun Durosinmi	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22Steven Tipton	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0


TOTAL		25-5446.3%	10-2835.7%	13-2356.5%	27	9	5	2	9	24	73

AKRON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
25Enrique Freeman	36	6-8	0-2	10-12	11	0	0	3	2	4	22
11Sammy Hunter	22	2-7	2-6	2-4	3	3	0	0	0	2	8
24Ali Ali	34	7-12	1-4	2-2	6	4	0	0	2	2	17
3Kaleb Thornton	24	2-7	1-3	1-4	3	3	2	0	2	2	6
2Greg Tribble	33	0-5	0-2	4-4	5	3	1	0	1	5	4
10Ryan Prather Jr.	6	3-5	2-4	0-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	8
5Tavari Johnson	4	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1Shammah Scott	6	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
34Nate Johnson	14	1-6	1-3	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	4	5
22Mikal Dawson	21	2-5	1-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	1	5
TOTAL		24-5642.9%	9-2931.0%	23-3174.2%	35	15	3	3	8	20	80

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st halfniuakr

(19:37) Yanic Konan Niederhauser missed Layup.
(19:34) Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(19:28) David Coit missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:24) Ali Ali Defensive Rebound.
(19:08) Sammy Hunter missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:03) Ethan Butler Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:44) Ethan Butler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zion Russell.
30
(18:16) Foul on Zion Russell.
+1 (18:16) Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
31
+1 (18:16) Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
32
(18:07) Foul on Zion Russell.
(18:07) Zion Russell Turnover.
(18:00) Sammy Hunter missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:57) Ali Ali Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:56) Ali Ali made Layup.
34
(17:38) Ethan Butler missed Layup.
(17:35) Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:30) Enrique Freeman made Dunk. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton.
36
+2 (17:16) Ethan Butler made Dunk.
56
(16:53) Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:49) Ali Ali Offensive Rebound.
(16:37) Kaleb Thornton missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:34) Zion Russell Defensive Rebound.
(16:33) Foul on Ali Ali.
(16:13) David Coit missed Layup.
(16:09) Mikal Dawson Defensive Rebound.
(16:05) Enrique Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:01) Harvin Ibarguen Defensive Rebound.
(15:41) Will Lovings-Watts missed Layup.
(15:38) Nate Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(15:34) Kaleb Thornton Turnover.
(15:34) Official TV Timeout
+3 (15:16) David Coit made Three Point Jumper.
86
(14:58) Enrique Freeman Turnover.
(14:58) David Coit Steal.
+3 (14:42) Will Lovings-Watts made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zion Russell.
116
(14:11) Greg Tribble missed Layup.
(14:06) Ali Ali Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:04) Ali Ali made Layup.
118
(13:37) David Coit missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:33) Will Lovings-Watts Offensive Rebound.
(13:32) Foul on Nate Johnson.
+1 (13:32) Will Lovings-Watts made Free Throw.
128
(13:32) Will Lovings-Watts missed Free Throw.
(13:32) Nate Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(13:03) Akron Turnover.
(12:52) Foul on Mikal Dawson.
+3 (12:46) David Coit made Three Point Jumper.
158
(12:26) Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:22) Will Lovings-Watts Defensive Rebound.
(12:14) Will Lovings-Watts missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:10) Ethan Butler Offensive Rebound.
(12:10) Foul on Ali Ali.
(12:10) Ethan Butler missed Free Throw.
(12:10) Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(12:10) Ethan Butler missed Free Throw.
(12:10) Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.
(11:45) Sammy Hunter missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:42) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
(11:42) Official TV Timeout
(11:20) Kaleb Thornton missed Jumper.
(11:16) Steven Tipton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:06) David Coit made Layup.
178
(10:42) Foul on Will Lovings-Watts.
+1 (10:42) Greg Tribble made Free Throw.
179
+1 (10:42) Greg Tribble made Free Throw.
1710
(10:17) David Coit missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:16) Akron Defensive Rebound.
(9:57) Ryan Prather Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:54) David Coit Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:20) Zion Russell made Layup.
1910
+2 (9:06) Ryan Prather Jr. made Layup.
1912
(9:06) Foul on Ethan Butler.
(9:06) Ryan Prather Jr. missed Free Throw.
(9:06) Mikal Dawson Offensive Rebound.
+3 (9:02) Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
1915
(8:37) David Coit missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:35) Ethan Butler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:35) Ethan Butler made Layup.
2115
(8:35) Foul on Enrique Freeman.
+1 (8:35) Ethan Butler made Free Throw.
2215
(8:20) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:18) Greg Tribble Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:12) Ryan Prather Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
2218
(7:55) David Coit missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:52) Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
(7:40) Foul on Yanic Konan Niederhauser.
(7:40) Official TV Timeout
(7:28) Greg Tribble missed Layup.
(7:25) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
(7:23) Ryan Prather Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:20) David Coit Defensive Rebound.
(7:06) Foul on Greg Tribble.
(7:06) David Coit missed Free Throw.
(7:06) Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
+1 (7:06) David Coit made Free Throw.
2318
+2 (6:49) Ali Ali made Layup. Assisted by Nate Johnson.
2320
(6:31) Yanic Konan Niederhauser missed Layup.
(6:27) Nate Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(6:22) Nate Johnson missed Jumper.
(6:20) Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
(6:20) Foul on Zion Russell.
+3 (6:16) Nate Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sammy Hunter.
2323
(5:56) Foul on Nate Johnson.
+1 (5:56) Will Lovings-Watts made Free Throw.
2523
+1 (5:56) Will Lovings-Watts made Free Throw.
2423
(5:56) Foul on Nate Johnson.
+1 (5:56) David Coit made Free Throw.
2623
+1 (5:56) David Coit made Free Throw.
2723
+2 (5:56) Enrique Freeman made Layup. Assisted by Sammy Hunter.
2725
(5:10) Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:10) Yanic Konan Niederhauser Defensive Rebound.
(5:10) Foul on Sammy Hunter.
(5:10) Yanic Konan Niederhauser missed Free Throw.
(5:10) Sammy Hunter Defensive Rebound.
(4:59) Greg Tribble missed Layup.
(4:55) Ethan Butler Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:49) Will Lovings-Watts made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by David Coit.
3025
(4:39) Greg Tribble Turnover.
+2 (4:14) Will Lovings-Watts made Layup.
3225
(3:44) Greg Tribble missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:43) Akron Offensive Rebound.
(3:43) Foul on Yanic Konan Niederhauser.
(3:43) Official TV Timeout
+1 (3:43) Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
3226
(3:43) Enrique Freeman missed Free Throw.
(3:43) Sammy Hunter Offensive Rebound.
+3 (3:36) Sammy Hunter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
3229
(3:12) Ethan Butler missed Layup.
(3:12) Enrique Freeman Block.
(3:12) Akron Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:11) Enrique Freeman made Dunk. Assisted by Sammy Hunter.
3231
(3:03) Northern Illinois Timeout
+3 (2:36) David Coit made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Will Lovings-Watts.
3531
(2:02) Enrique Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:58) Harvin Ibarguen Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:32) David Coit made Jumper.
3731
(1:17) Sammy Hunter missed Jumper.
(1:13) David Coit Defensive Rebound.
(1:03) David Coit missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:00) Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound.
(0:50) Mikal Dawson Turnover.
(0:50) Will Lovings-Watts Steal.
(0:36) Foul on Ethan Butler.
(0:36) Ethan Butler Turnover.
+3 (0:19) Tavari Johnson made Three Point Jumper.
3734
(0:09) David Coit missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:02) Akron Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) End of 1st half

2nd half

Team Stats

NIU

AKR

73Points80

25-54(46.3%)Field Goal(%)24-56(42.9%)

10-28(35.7%)3-Point(%)9-29(31%)

13-23(56.5%)Free Throw(%)23-31(74.2%)

31(8)Rebounds(Offensive)41(14)

9Assists15

5Steals3

2Blocks3

9Turnovers9

24(0)Fouls(Technical)20(1)

8Largest Lead13

Game Details

Saturday, March 2, 2024 · 6:00 PM

James A. Rhodes Arena · Akron, OH

attendance: 2,331 (42.4%)

spread: AKR -16.5

over/under: 140.5