Northern Illinois Huskies at Toledo Rockets
· MAC TOURNAMENT PRES. BY VISIT MYRTLE BEACH - QUARTERFINAL
80 - 76
Northern Illinois upends Toledo 80-76 in MAC quarterfinals
The No. 7 seeded Huskies (17-16) will play the Ball State-Bowling Green winner in Friday's second semifinal. Top-seeded and No. 18 Buffalo and Central Michigan will meet in the other semi.
With the scored tied 68-all, German dropped his fifth 3-pointer with 2:22 left to give Northern Illinois the lead for good.
The Rockets (25-7) kept coming and got a 3-pointer from Marreon Jackson and 23.2 seconds left. Jackson split a pair of free throws with 6.5 seconds left to make it 78-76 before Thorpe knocked down his free throws to close it out.
Jackson scored 17 and Luke Knapke 16 for Toledo, which beat Northern Illinois twice during the regular season.
The Rockets never led during a tightly contested second half when Northern Illinois coach Mark Montgomery split his pants down the back while arguing a call.
Thorpe finished with 18 points, Levi Bradley made two free throws with 9.3 seconds to go and finished with 13 points for the Huskies.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 80 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Levi Bradley Defensive Rebound. | 80 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Chris Darrington missed Three Point Jumper. | 80 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:04 | Dante Thorpe made Free Throw. | 80 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:04 | Dante Thorpe made Free Throw. | 79 - 76 |
Statistics
 NIU |
 TOL |
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|---|---|---|
| 31-55 | FG | 26-57 |
| 56 | Field Goal % | 46 |
| 10-17 | 3PT | 14-31 |
| 59 | Three Point % | 45 |
| 8-11 | FT | 10-14 |
| 73 | Free Throw % | 71 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 6 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 20 |
| 5 | Assists | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 8 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 16 | Points Off Turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
| 38 | Points in Paint | 22 |
| 16 | Fouls | 12 |
| 10 | Largest Lead | 4 |
Game Information
Location: Cleveland, OH
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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 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 |