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Northern Illinois Huskies at Akron Zips

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Northern Illinois Huskies
11-13, 5-6 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
54 - 62
Akron Zips
17-8, 10-1 Home

Treadwell leads Akron past Northern Illinois 62-54

Akron (17-8, 9-3 Mid-American) came into the game tied with Buffalo (14-8, 8-4), who lost to Ohio, 73-70, earlier in the day.

Jordan Threloff made four straight free throw to pull Northern Illinois (11-13, 5-7) within four with about 7 1/2 minutes left before the Zips used a 6-0 run to extend their lead to 55-45 with 3:18 to play.

NIU's Darrell Bowie hit 1 of 2 from the stripe to make it 60-54 with 69 seconds left, but the Huskies wouldn't score again.

Threloff paced Northern Illinois, which shot 35 percent and made just 12 of 21 free throws, with 14 points. Aaric Armstead added 13 and Travon Baker 10.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 54 - 62
2nd 0:25 Kwan Cheatham Defensive Rebound. 54 - 62
2nd 0:25 Aksel Bolin missed Jumper. 54 - 62
2nd 0:38 Jake Kretzer made Free Throw. 54 - 62
2nd 0:38 Jake Kretzer made Free Throw. 54 - 61

Statistics

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19-53 FG 21-46
36 Field Goal % 46
4-13 3PT 4-18
31 Three Point % 22
12-21 FT 16-24
57 Free Throw % 67
33 Rebounds 36
13 Offensive Rebounds 10
20 Defensive Rebounds 26
8 Assists 12
8 Steals 5
1 Blocks 4
13 Turnovers 17
0 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 17
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
15 Points Off Turnovers 22
4 Fast Break Points 6
24 Points in Paint 28
21 Fouls 19

Game Information

James A. Rhodes Arena

Location: Akron, OH
Attendance: 3,642 | Capacity:

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Wright State 15-5 - 23-12
Robert Morris 13-7 2 22-11
Green Bay 12-8 3 18-15
Detroit Mercy 12-8 3 17-15
Oakland 12-8 3 16-16
Purdue Fort Wayne 11-9 4 17-15
Northern Kentucky 10-10 5 20-14
Youngstown State 8-12 7 15-17
Milwaukee 8-12 7 12-20
Cleveland State 6-14 9 11-22
IU Indianapolis 3-17 12 7-25

2025-26 Mid-American Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Miami (OH) 18-0 - 32-2
Akron 17-1 1 29-6
Kent State 14-4 4 24-10
Toledo 11-7 7 19-15
Bowling Green 9-9 9 18-14
Ohio 9-9 9 15-17
Buffalo 7-11 11 17-15
Massachusetts 7-11 11 17-16
Ball State 7-11 11 12-19
Central Michigan 6-12 12 10-21
Western Michigan 4-14 14 10-21
Eastern Michigan 4-14 14 10-21
Northern Illinois 4-14 10 9-21
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