Northern Illinois Huskies vs. Akron Zips

Mar 6, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NIU	27	28	55
AKR	47	47	94

Game Recap

Hardman scores 20 as Akron routs Northern Illinois 94-55 in MAC regular-season finale. Bowen Hardman's 20 points helped Akron defeat Northern Illinois 94-55 on Friday night in a Mid-American Conference regular-season finale to up the Zips' winning streak to seven.

Player Stats

NORTHERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
7Hassan Washington	27	2-4	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	1	4
25Dylan Ducommun	37	4-15	1-10	0-0	4	2	3	1	4	1	9
6Taj Walters	35	3-10	1-6	2-2	5	1	0	1	1	3	9
2Carlos Coronado	39	5-11	1-4	3-5	4	0	2	0	1	0	14
0Gianni Cobb	38	6-14	1-4	1-3	2	1	5	0	3	2	14
96Gustav Winther	14	1-3	0-0	0-2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
16Isaiah Stewart	10	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3






TOTAL	-	22-5837.9%	5-2619.2%	6-1250.0%	21	4	10	2	11	11	55

AKRON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0Amani Lyles	25	6-7	3-3	2-2	5	1	2	0	2	1	17
5Tavari Johnson	28	5-12	0-2	0-0	5	3	0	0	2	1	10
1Shammah Scott	24	3-7	2-5	0-0	3	7	0	0	2	1	8
12Evan Mahaffey	23	5-7	1-1	0-2	6	2	2	0	0	1	11
15Bowen Hardman	20	7-8	5-6	1-1	1	2	0	0	0	2	20
2Rich Brisco	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Chabi Barre	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	3	1	0
16Ognjen Stankovic	5	1-1	0-0	0-1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
11Conner Groce	3	1-2	1-1	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
4Eric Mahaffey	18	2-2	2-2	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	0	6
3Sharron Young	21	4-8	4-6	0-0	6	1	2	1	1	0	12
23Marvin Musiime-Kamali	10	0-0	0-0	2-2	2	1	1	0	0	3	2
21Zach Halligan	12	0-1	0-1	2-2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2
TOTAL	-	34-5759.6%	18-2766.7%	8-1266.7%	38	20	9	2	12	14	94

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNIUAKR

(20:00) Start game.
(19:57) Jump Ball won by Northern Illinois.
(19:57) Jump Ball lost by Akron.
(19:46) Gianni Cobb bad pass turnover.
(19:46) Amani Lyles Steal.
+3 (19:22) Amani Lyles makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tavari Johnson assists).
03
+2 (18:58) Gianni Cobb makes driving layup.
23
+2 (18:25) Bowen Hardman makes driving layup (Amani Lyles assists).
25
(18:14) Gianni Cobb bad pass turnover.
(18:14) Evan Mahaffey Steal.
(18:08) Shammah Scott misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:05) Dylan Ducommun Defensive Rebound.
(17:55) Hassan Washington misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(17:50) Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(17:45) Tavari Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:42) Dylan Ducommun Defensive Rebound.
(17:10) Taj Walters misses 35-foot three point jumper.
(17:04) Shammah Scott Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:00) Bowen Hardman makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shammah Scott assists).
28
+2 (16:37) Gianni Cobb makes driving layup.
48
(16:25) Tavari Johnson bad pass turnover.
(16:25) Gianni Cobb Steal.
+2 (16:20) Gianni Cobb makes layup.
68
+2 (15:59) Evan Mahaffey makes 5-foot pullup jump shot (Bowen Hardman assists).
610
(15:48) Taj Walters bad pass turnover.
(15:48) Evan Mahaffey Steal.
(15:39) Sharron Young bad pass turnover.
(15:39) Gianni Cobb Steal.
(15:36) Gianni Cobb misses layup.
(15:36) Sharron Young Block.
(15:30) Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(15:25) Tavari Johnson bad pass turnover.
(15:25) Dylan Ducommun Steal.
+2 (15:20) Dylan Ducommun makes 1-foot dunk.
810
+2 (14:45) Tavari Johnson makes driving layup.
812
(14:39) Dylan Ducommun misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:32) Sharron Young Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:27) Sharron Young makes 26-foot three point jumper (Zach Halligan assists).
815
(14:12) Dylan Ducommun misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:09) Zach Halligan Defensive Rebound.
(13:59) Zach Halligan misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(13:55) Carlos Coronado Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:40) Carlos Coronado makes driving layup.
1015
+2 (13:30) Tavari Johnson makes 10-foot floating jump shot.
1017
(13:06) Carlos Coronado misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(13:02) Sharron Young Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:52) Tavari Johnson makes driving layup.
1019
+3 (12:41) Dylan Ducommun makes 25-foot three pointer (Taj Walters assists).
1319
(12:26) Tavari Johnson misses 9-foot pullup jump shot.
(12:21) Hassan Washington Defensive Rebound.
(12:09) Dylan Ducommun bad pass turnover.
(12:09) Amani Lyles Steal.
+2 (12:05) Amani Lyles makes 0-foot dunk.
1321
(11:53) Foul on Zach Halligan.
+2 (11:42) Carlos Coronado makes 12-foot pullup jump shot.
1521
(11:22) Sharron Young misses 13-foot jumper.
(11:22) Taj Walters Block.
(11:15) Dylan Ducommun Defensive Rebound.
(11:11) Gustav Winther misses layup.
(11:07) Marvin Musiime-Kamali Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:00) Eric Mahaffey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shammah Scott assists).
1524
(10:41) Foul on Marvin Musiime-Kamali.
(10:41) Gustav Winther misses free throw 1 of 2.
(10:41) Northern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(10:41) Gustav Winther misses free throw 2 of 2.
(10:40) Taj Walters Offensive Rebound.
(10:37) Taj Walters misses dunk.
(10:37) Gustav Winther Offensive Rebound.
(10:37) Eric Mahaffey Block.
+2 (10:31) Gustav Winther makes 7-foot jumper.
1724
+2 (10:18) Evan Mahaffey makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
1726
(9:56) Dylan Ducommun misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
(9:51) Evan Mahaffey Defensive Rebound.
(9:43) Shammah Scott misses layup.
(9:43) Taj Walters Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:43) Gianni Cobb makes driving layup.
1926
(9:06) Bowen Hardman misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(9:04) Taj Walters Defensive Rebound.
(9:00) Taj Walters misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:57) Akron Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:55) Shammah Scott makes 26-foot three point jumper.
1929
(8:28) Gustav Winther bad pass turnover.
(7:54) Shammah Scott misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(7:50) Hassan Washington Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:43) Hassan Washington makes layup (Dylan Ducommun assists).
2129
+3 (7:17) Amani Lyles makes 24-foot three point jumper (Evan Mahaffey assists).
2132
+2 (6:56) Hassan Washington makes 2-foot dunk (Gianni Cobb assists).
2332
(6:43) Evan Mahaffey misses layup.
(6:40) Taj Walters Defensive Rebound.
(6:34) Foul on Bowen Hardman.
(6:23) Gianni Cobb misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:18) Amani Lyles Defensive Rebound.
(5:58) Foul on Hassan Washington.
+2 (5:58) Tavari Johnson makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot.
2334
(5:32) Foul on Tavari Johnson.
+1 (5:32) Carlos Coronado makes free throw 1 of 2.
2434
+1 (5:32) Carlos Coronado makes free throw 2 of 2.
2534
(5:11) Tavari Johnson misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(5:08) Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
(4:55) Gianni Cobb bad pass turnover.
(4:55) Eric Mahaffey Steal.
+3 (4:45) Sharron Young makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tavari Johnson assists).
2537
(4:23) Carlos Coronado misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(4:20) Sharron Young Defensive Rebound.
(4:13) Tavari Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:10) Gianni Cobb Defensive Rebound.
(3:55) Gianni Cobb misses 20-foot pullup jump shot.
(3:51) Tavari Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(3:36) Sharron Young misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(3:31) Carlos Coronado Defensive Rebound.
(3:24) Dylan Ducommun misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:21) Eric Mahaffey Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:13) Bowen Hardman makes driving layup.
2539
(2:44) Foul on Amani Lyles.
+1 (2:44) Taj Walters makes free throw 1 of 2.
2639
+1 (2:44) Taj Walters makes free throw 2 of 2.
2739
(2:30) Foul on Gustav Winther.
(2:30) Evan Mahaffey misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:30) Akron Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:30) Evan Mahaffey misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:30) Dylan Ducommun Defensive Rebound.
(2:28) Foul on Evan Mahaffey.
(2:05) Dylan Ducommun 3 second turnover.
+2 (1:38) Shammah Scott makes driving layup.
2741
(1:20) Dylan Ducommun misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(1:16) Sharron Young Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:05) Amani Lyles makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sharron Young assists).
2744
(0:39) Gianni Cobb misses layup.
(0:35) Carlos Coronado Offensive Rebound.
(0:33) Carlos Coronado misses layup.
(0:30) Eric Mahaffey Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:27) Shammah Scott makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eric Mahaffey assists).
2747
(0:27) Dylan Ducommun misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(0:27) Akron Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

NIU

AKR

55Points94

22-58(37.9%)Field Goal(%)34-57(59.6%)

5-26(19.2%)3-Point(%)18-27(66.7%)

6-12(50.0%)Free Throw(%)8-12(66.7%)

23(5)Rebounds(Offensive)41(7)

4Assists20

10Steals9

2Blocks2

12Turnovers12

11(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

0Largest Lead45

Game Details

Friday, March 6, 2026 · 6:00 PM

James A. Rhodes Arena · Akron, OH

attendance: 2,768 (50.3%)

tv: CBSSN

spread: AKR -23.5

over/under: 155.5