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Toledo Rockets at Northern Illinois Huskies

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Toledo Rockets
18-4, 5-3 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
69 - 55
Northern Illinois Huskies
12-10, 8-3 Home

Jackson leads Toledo past N. Illinois 69-55 in MAC West

Nate Navigato scored 14 with a trio of 3s and Chris Darrington scored 11, also making three from distance as the Rockets (18-5, 6-3) shot 13 of 30 from behind the 3-point arc.

Dante Thorpe scored 19 to lead Northern Illinois (12-10, 5-4) and Eugene German added 15. German pulled the Huskies to within 47-46 with 9:50 remaining but Toledo sprinted ahead on an 18-4 run over the next six-plus minutes to lead 65-48 with 3:27 to go.

Navigato scored 11 of his points in the run as the Rockets made 6 of 10 shots, holding NIU to 2 of 12, including 0 for 4 from distance.

The Rockets shot 52 percent in the second half and drained their first five 3s after the break.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 69 - 55
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 69 - 55
2nd 0:19 Jaelan Sanford Defensive Rebound. 69 - 55
2nd 0:19 Zaire Mateen missed Three Point Jumper. 69 - 55
2nd 0:22 Zaire Mateen Defensive Rebound. 69 - 55

Statistics

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23-57 FG 22-62
40 Field Goal % 35
13-30 3PT 4-18
43 Three Point % 22
10-13 FT 7-10
77 Free Throw % 70
44 Rebounds 34
10 Offensive Rebounds 9
34 Defensive Rebounds 25
15 Assists 8
1 Steals 7
2 Blocks 3
9 Turnovers 6
1 Team Turnovers 0
9 Total Turnovers 6
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
0 Points Off Turnovers 0
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
11 Fouls 11
17 Largest Lead 0

Game Information

Venue: NIU Convocation Center

Location: Dekalb, IL
Attendance: 1,348 | Capacity:

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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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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
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