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Northern Kentucky Norse at Eastern Illinois Panthers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Northern Kentucky Norse
1-5, 0-4 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
73 - 79
Eastern Illinois Panthers
2-4, 2-2 Home

Johnston leads E. Illinois over N. Kentucky 79-73 in OT

Trae Anderson added 19 points for Eastern Illinois (2-4). Lavone Holland II had 17 points, 12 rebounds with seven assists and four steals to lead Northern Kentucky (1-5).

Jake Giesler made a pair of free throws to give Northern Kentucky a 62-60 lead before Johnston made the fade-away, 15-foot jump shot to tie it. Tyler White missed a jumper, and Giesler ran out of time for the put-back to force overtime.

Johnston made two 3-pointers and a jumper in the extra period to seal it.

Marshawn Blackmon and Trae Anderson scored back-to-back dunks to tie it at 40-all with 12:43 left in regulation, and then neither team had more than a three-point lead until the two-minute mark of overtime.

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Recent Plays

3rd 0:00 End of Game 73 - 79
3rd 0:03 A.J. Riley Defensive Rebound. 73 - 79
3rd 0:03 Lavone Holland II missed Three Point Jumper. 73 - 79
3rd 0:06 Cornell Johnston made Free Throw. 73 - 79
3rd 0:06 Cornell Johnston made Free Throw. 73 - 78

Statistics

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28-67 FG 28-56
42 Field Goal % 50
5-26 3PT 7-18
19 Three Point % 39
12-18 FT 16-27
67 Free Throw % 59
45 Rebounds 34
14 Offensive Rebounds 5
31 Defensive Rebounds 29
15 Assists 15
5 Steals 8
2 Blocks 3
19 Turnovers 15
2 Team Turnovers 1
19 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
17 Points Off Turnovers 17
14 Fast Break Points 8
44 Points in Paint 38
24 Fouls 19
4 Largest Lead 8

Game Information

Venue: Groniger Arena

Location: Charleston, IL
Attendance: 1,021 | Capacity:

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