Game Date: Jan 21st, 2045
Northern Illinois 99 - Mercyhurst 63
Date: December 8th, 2044
Game: College [Conference] [#1066378] 
Arena: Mercyhurst Athletic Center
Attendance: 1,460
Player Of The Game: Elvis Rayford (2)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Northern Illinois Huskies | 42 | 57 | 99 | |
| Mercyhurst Lakers | 31 | 32 | 63 | |
| Northern Illinois Huskies | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 34 | E. Rayford sf | 32 | 7-8 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +21 | 14.9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | L. Pryor pf | 21 | 9-11 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +26 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 30 | F. Nelson c | 32 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +30 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 | 4 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | M. Martin sg | 34 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +28 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | D. Tucker pg | 32 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +21 | 4.8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | C. Stephenson sg | 8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +14 | 3.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 55 | J. Trujillo pf | 22 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +13 | 10.8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | C. Graham sf | 8 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | 21.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 41 | E. Marshall c | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +12 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 40-61 | 8-14 | 11-20 | 99 | 9 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | +180 | 9.4 | 50 | 4 | 15 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 65.6% | 57.1% | 55.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mercyhurst Lakers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 1 | T. Wiggins sf | 33 | 9-15 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -25 | 5.9 | 16 | 2 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | S. Gustafsson pf | 31 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -31 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | T. Stapleton c | 23 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -26 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 20 | R. Loveless sg | 33 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -23 | 11.8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 25 | D. Root pg | 32 | 1-9 | 1-6 | 4-6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | B. Harris sf | 18 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -18 | 9.3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | I. Russo c | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | A. Lawrence sg | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -16 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 53 | H. McGuire sg | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | R. Doyle sf | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | E. Moody sg | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 23-59 | 4-20 | 13-22 | 63 | 7 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -180 | 8.3 | 32 | 4 | 15 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 39.0% | 20.0% | 59.1% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Northern Illinois: Elvis Rayford
Head Coaches
Northern Illinois: Demar Richardson
Mercyhurst: Demar Overton
Offensive Efficiencies
Northern Illinois: At the rim (6/8 75.0%) Inside (19/27 70.4%) Mid-range (7/12 58.3%) Beyond the Arc (8/14 57.1%)
Mercyhurst: At the rim (4/7 57.1%) Inside (12/19 63.2%) Mid-range (3/13 23.1%) Beyond the Arc (4/20 20.0%)
Defensive Tactics
Northern Illinois: Man-To-Man (42.5%) Zone (42.5%) Pressure (6.3%) 2nd Chance (3.8%) Transition (5.0%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Mercyhurst: Man-To-Man (22.9%) Zone (32.5%) Pressure (31.3%) 2nd Chance (7.2%) Transition (6.0%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Northern Illinois: 121.9 / 125.6
Mercyhurst: 118.4 / 116.0
Injuries
Northern Illinois: sg-Webster
Mercyhurst: none
Overworked
Northern Illinois: none
Mercyhurst: none
Game Information
Date: Thursday, December 8th, 2044
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Mercyhurst Athletic Center
City: Erie, PA
Attendance: 1,460
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Thu Apr 24 2025 @ 9:41:24 am PDT
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Starting Line-Ups
Northern Illinois: PG-Tucker (5' 10½"), SG-Martin (6' 5"), SF-Rayford (6' 6"), PF-Pryor (6' 6"), C-Nelson (7' )
Mercyhurst: PG-Root (6' 3"), SG-Loveless (6' 4"), SF-Wiggins (6' 6½"), PF-Gustafsson (6' 6½"), C-Stapleton (6' 7½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Mercyhurst gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker steals the pass from Root.
19:49 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tucker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford outside. Rayford passes the ball to Tucker in the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 2 - 0.
19:17 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Rayford steals the pass from Root.
19:13 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the low post. Foul! Stapleton fouls Nelson on the shot. Nelson missed the first free throw. Nelson makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 3 - 0.
19:02 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Martin grabs the rebound.
18:31 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the block. The shot misses. Loveless grabs the rebound.
18:18 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton drives down the lane. Stapleton lays it up. Foul! Pryor fouls Stapleton on the shot. Stapleton missed the first free throw. Stapleton missed the second free throw. Pryor grabs the rebound.
17:55 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford drives down the lane. Rayford passes the ball to Tucker at the basket. Tucker lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rayford. Northern Illinois 5 - 0.
17:30 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Marshall to Center. Mercyhurst substitutes Russo to Center.
17:30 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Russo charged with the foul while taking the shot over Marshall.
17:15 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker drives down the lane. Tucker passes the ball to Marshall at the basket. Marshall lays it up. Foul! Russo fouls Marshall on the shot. Marshall missed the first free throw. Marshall missed the second free throw. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
17:05 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Loveless passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. Foul! Pryor fouls Russo on the shot. Russo makes the first free throw. Russo makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 5 - 2.
16:54 - Game Event: Time out. Pryor must sit with 2 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Power Forward.
16:54 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Marshall in the paint. Marshall passes the ball to Tucker on the perimeter. Tucker passes the ball to Marshall. Marshall with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
16:34 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless attacks with the ball on the fast break. Loveless passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:30 - Mercyhurst: Wiggins has the rebound and restarts the offense. Wiggins drives down the lane. Wiggins lays it up. Foul! Marshall fouls Wiggins on the shot. Wiggins makes the first free throw. Wiggins makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 5 - 4.
16:20 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 7 - 4.
16:11 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Loveless passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Loveless. Northern Illinois 7 - 6.
15:43 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Point Guard, Graham to Small Forward and Stephenson to Power Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard and Harris to Small Forward.
15:43 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Stephenson. Stephenson passes the ball to Marshall in the paint. Marshall passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marshall. Northern Illinois 10 - 6.
15:16 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Loveless drives down the lane. Loveless lays it up. Marshall rotates over and blocks the shot! Martin grabs the rebound.
15:04 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham drives to the basket. Foul! Harris commits the foul on Graham.
14:42 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Stephenson. Stephenson passes the ball to Graham. Graham passes the ball to Trujillo on the perimeter. Trujillo passes the ball to Martin. Martin drives by Lawrence. Martin passes the ball to Trujillo on the perimeter. Trujillo shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the long rebound.
14:17 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Lawrence leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lawrence passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Lawrence. Trujillo steals the pass from Lawrence.
13:56 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Stephenson. Stephenson passes the ball to Trujillo outside. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 13 - 6.
13:56 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Northern Illinois!
13:31 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Marshall to Power Forward and Nelson to Center.
13:31 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Loveless passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Foul! Martin commits a foul away from the ball.
13:27 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gustafsson. Northern Illinois 13 - 8.
13:04 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham outside. Graham shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marshall grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:55 - Northern Illinois: Marshall has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marshall passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo passes the ball to Marshall in the paint. Marshall passes the ball to Trujillo outside. Trujillo shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 16 - 8.
12:31 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Stephenson to Shooting Guard. Mercyhurst substitutes Wiggins to Point Guard, McGuire to Shooting Guard and Lawrence to Power Forward.
12:31 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McGuire passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins passes the ball to Harris. Harris with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
12:09 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Stephenson leads the fast break with Trujillo and Graham. Stephenson lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 18 - 8.
12:05 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Point Guard and Doyle to Shooting Guard.
12:05 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against a zone defense. McGuire passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Offensive foul! Russo commits the foul.
11:57 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Tucker to Point Guard, Rayford to Small Forward and Trujillo to Power Forward. Russo must sit with 3 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard, McGuire to Shooting Guard and Wiggins to Center.
11:57 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 21 - 8.
11:38 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McGuire passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
11:25 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford outside. Rayford passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Trujillo shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Trujillo charged with the foul while taking the shot over Wiggins.
11:04 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Point Guard, Graham to Small Forward and Marshall to Power Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Point Guard, Moody to Shooting Guard, Doyle to Small Forward and Harris to Center.
11:04 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against a zone defense. McGuire passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Moody. Moody passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence passes the ball to Moody outside. Moody shoots from well beyond the arc. It's blocked by Stephenson! Nelson grabs the rebound.
10:35 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against pressure defense. Trujillo drives down the lane. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Trujillo. Northern Illinois 24 - 8.
10:24 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Tucker to Point Guard, Rayford to Small Forward and Trujillo to Power Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward, Wiggins to Power Forward and Stapleton to Center.
10:24 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Harris. Harris shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Northern Illinois 24 - 10.
10:14 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Stephenson outside. Stephenson passes the ball to Tucker in the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Stephenson in the paint. Stephenson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 26 - 10.
9:49 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Martin to Shooting Guard. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward.
9:49 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Wiggins. Northern Illinois 26 - 13.
9:35 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard and Harris to Small Forward.
9:35 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the rebound.
9:27 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 26 - 15.
9:16 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo on the perimeter. Trujillo passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the block. Foul! Stapleton fouls Nelson on the shot. Nelson makes the first free throw. Nelson makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 28 - 15.
8:56 - Game Event: Time out. Stapleton must sit with 2 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward, Gustafsson to Power Forward and Loveless to Center.
8:56 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the offensive rebound.
8:44 - Mercyhurst: Gustafsson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gustafsson passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Trujillo grabs the rebound.
8:27 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Tucker on the perimeter. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Tucker outside. And the shot clock expires!
7:57 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Northern Illinois 28 - 17.
7:46 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward and Wiggins to Power Forward.
7:46 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lawrence steals the pass from Tucker.
7:42 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Lawrence attacks with the ball on the fast break. Lawrence passes the ball to Root at the basket. Root lays it up. Foul! Tucker fouls Root on the shot. Root makes the first free throw. Root missed the second free throw. Nelson grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 28 - 18.
7:38 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 31 - 18.
7:25 - Mercyhurst: Lawrence brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lawrence passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots from the inside. Foul! Rayford fouls Harris on the shot. Harris missed the first free throw. Harris makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 31 - 19.
7:16 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo. Foul! Wiggins commits the foul on Trujillo. In the bonus, Trujillo is shooting one-and-one. Trujillo makes the first free throw. Trujillo missed the second free throw. Wiggins grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 32 - 19.
7:11 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless drives down the lane. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins at the basket. Wiggins lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Loveless. Northern Illinois 32 - 21.
6:48 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward.
6:48 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Harris steals the pass from Tucker.
6:44 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Harris leads the fast break with Wiggins and Root. Harris lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 32 - 23.
6:38 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Trujillo passes the ball to Martin. Martin with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Trujillo. Northern Illinois 34 - 23.
6:19 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Trujillo grabs the rebound.
5:57 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo passes the ball to Tucker in the paint. Tucker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 36 - 23.
5:33 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins passes the ball to Root outside. Root passes the ball to Harris. Harris turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:09 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Stephenson to Shooting Guard.
5:09 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Stephenson on the perimeter. Stephenson passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Rayford passes the ball to Trujillo. Trujillo with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
4:44 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
4:32 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Stephenson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Stephenson turns the ball over to the other team.
4:26 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins outside. Wiggins passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Loveless shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Northern Illinois 36 - 25.
3:53 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Martin to Shooting Guard and Pryor to Power Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard and Russo to Center.
3:53 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Wiggins steals the pass from Tucker.
3:49 - Mercyhurst: Breakaway! Wiggins takes the ball the length of the court. Wiggins lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 36 - 27.
3:42 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Foul! Loveless commits the foul on Martin. In the bonus, Martin is shooting one-and-one. Martin missed the first free throw. Russo grabs the rebound.
3:38 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
3:26 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 38 - 27.
3:11 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins drives by Tucker. Wiggins passes the ball to Root at the basket. Root lays it up. Foul! Pryor fouls Root on the shot. Root makes the first free throw. Root makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 38 - 29.
2:56 - Game Event: Time out. Pryor must sit with 3 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Power Forward.
2:56 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker drives down the lane. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Rayford grabs the offensive rebound.
2:45 - Northern Illinois: Rayford has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rayford shoots from the low post. Foul! Loveless fouls Rayford on the shot. Rayford makes the first free throw. Rayford makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 40 - 29.
2:39 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from beyond the arc. It's blocked by Martin! Trujillo grabs the rebound.
2:28 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin passes the ball to Tucker. Tucker passes the ball to Martin outside. Martin passes the ball to Tucker. Tucker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
1:57 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Trujillo grabs the rebound.
1:42 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin. Martin passes the ball to Tucker. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo. Trujillo passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
1:17 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Wiggins with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
0:57 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martin drives to the basket. Foul! Loveless commits the foul on Martin. In the double bonus, Martin is shooting two free throws. Martin missed the first free throw. Martin missed the second free throw. Wiggins grabs the rebound.
0:46 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 40 - 31.
0:36 - Game Event: Time out. Loveless must sit with 3 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard.
0:36 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin hands off the ball to Tucker. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 42 - 31.
0:09 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Tucker grabs the rebound.
0:04 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the long rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Northern Illinois 42, Mercyhurst 31
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Russo must sit with 3 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward, Wiggins to Power Forward and Gustafsson to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Northern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Martin. Martin passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin drives by Lawrence. Martin attempts to dunk it. It's blocked by Lawrence! Nelson grabs the offensive rebound.
19:35 - Northern Illinois: Nelson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nelson shoots from the block. Foul! Wiggins fouls Nelson on the shot. Nelson makes the first free throw. Nelson missed the second free throw. Wiggins grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 43 - 31.
19:31 - Mercyhurst: Lawrence brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lawrence passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Root. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
19:09 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Martin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Trujillo. Foul! Gustafsson commits the foul on Trujillo.
18:56 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Pryor to Power Forward and Marshall to Center. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward, Gustafsson to Power Forward and Stapleton to Center.
18:56 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Martin. Martin passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Loveless steals the pass from Pryor.
18:44 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Loveless tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Loveless with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rayford grabs the rebound.
18:25 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Pryor on the perimeter. Pryor shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Marshall grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:15 - Northern Illinois: Marshall has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marshall passes the ball to Tucker. Wiggins steals the pass from Tucker.
18:05 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Loveless grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:49 - Mercyhurst: Loveless has the rebound and restarts the offense. Loveless shoots from well beyond the arc. Foul! Rayford fouls Loveless on the shot. Loveless missed the first free throw. Loveless makes the second free throw. Loveless missed the third free throw. Pryor grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 43 - 32.
17:43 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against pressure defense. Martin tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martin with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rayford tips it in. Northern Illinois 45 - 32.
17:33 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
17:17 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Rayford passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin passes the ball to Tucker. Tucker shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martin. Northern Illinois 47 - 32.
16:56 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Loveless with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Northern Illinois 47 - 34.
16:41 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin. Martin passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martin. Northern Illinois 49 - 34.
16:21 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton passes the ball to Loveless. Loveless with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Marshall grabs the rebound.
15:48 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Marshall in the paint. Marshall shoots from the low post. Gustafsson rotates over and blocks the shot! Rayford grabs the offensive rebound.
15:36 - Northern Illinois: Rayford has the rebound. Rayford shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 51 - 34.
15:34 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Point Guard, Graham to Small Forward and Nelson to Center. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Point Guard, Russo to Shooting Guard and Harris to Small Forward.
15:34 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton turns the ball over out of bounds.
15:24 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Marshall to Center.
15:24 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against pressure defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Martin. Martin drives by Russo. Martin passes the ball to Graham at the basket. Graham lays it up. Foul! Harris fouls Graham on the shot. Graham makes the first free throw. Graham missed the second free throw. Stapleton grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 52 - 34.
15:05 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Loveless passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson passes the ball to Harris. Harris drives down the lane. Harris lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 52 - 36.
14:47 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Nelson to Center.
14:47 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against pressure defense. Trujillo tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Trujillo passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
14:35 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton outside. Stapleton passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Martin grabs the long rebound.
14:05 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Trujillo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Trujillo passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Martin in the paint. Martin passes the ball to Pryor. Pryor tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pryor shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martin. Northern Illinois 54 - 36.
13:32 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton. Stapleton passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Stapleton. Martin steals the pass from Stapleton.
13:05 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against pressure defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Graham passes the ball to Trujillo. Trujillo with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Graham. Northern Illinois 56 - 36.
13:05 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Northern Illinois!
12:50 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Tucker to Point Guard, Stephenson to Shooting Guard and Rayford to Small Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard and Wiggins to Power Forward.
12:50 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Russo at the basket. Russo lays it up. Foul! Stephenson fouls Russo on the shot. Russo makes the first free throw. Russo makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 56 - 38.
12:38 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Point Guard and Graham to Small Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Wiggins to Point Guard and Lawrence to Power Forward.
12:38 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Pryor. Pryor passes the ball to Trujillo. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Nelson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pryor. Northern Illinois 58 - 38.
12:04 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Point Guard.
12:04 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McGuire passes the ball to Russo. Russo with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by McGuire. Northern Illinois 58 - 40.
11:52 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Tucker to Point Guard and Rayford to Small Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard and Wiggins to Power Forward.
11:52 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Stephenson outside. Stephenson passes the ball to Tucker in the paint. Tucker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Tucker shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stephenson. Northern Illinois 60 - 40.
11:27 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 60 - 43.
11:16 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 63 - 43.
11:03 - Mercyhurst: Russo brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Russo passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
10:53 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Stephenson leads the fast break with Tucker to the right. Stephenson passes the ball to Tucker at the basket. Tucker lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 65 - 43.
10:49 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Martin to Shooting Guard. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Small Forward.
10:49 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless drives down the lane. Loveless lays it up. Foul! Pryor fouls Loveless on the shot. Loveless missed the first free throw. Loveless makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 65 - 44.
10:34 - Game Event: Time out. Pryor must sit with 4 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Power Forward.
10:34 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo passes the ball to Tucker on the perimeter. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
10:11 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Russo leads the fast break with Root to the right. Russo passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Russo grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:04 - Mercyhurst: Russo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Russo passes the ball to Root outside. Root passes the ball to Russo outside. Russo passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:48 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Tucker. Tucker passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin passes the ball to Rayford. Rayford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 67 - 44.
9:19 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 67 - 46.
9:10 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 69 - 46.
9:00 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Northern Illinois 69 - 49.
8:49 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Pryor to Power Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward.
8:49 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Stapleton steals the pass from Rayford.
8:37 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stapleton. Northern Illinois 69 - 52.
8:22 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Rayford passes the ball to Martin in the paint. Martin passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Rayford passes the ball to Martin outside. Martin passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martin. Northern Illinois 71 - 52.
7:52 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
7:39 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Martin leads the fast break with Tucker and Rayford. Martin lays it up. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the offensive rebound.
7:34 - Northern Illinois: Pryor has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pryor passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Pryor. Pryor passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Pryor tips it in. Northern Illinois 73 - 52.
7:14 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Russo to Shooting Guard, Loveless to Small Forward and Wiggins to Power Forward.
7:14 - Mercyhurst: Russo brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Russo drives down the lane. Russo lays it up. The shot misses. Loveless grabs the offensive rebound.
7:03 - Mercyhurst: Loveless has the rebound. Loveless shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the offensive rebound.
7:01 - Mercyhurst: Wiggins has the rebound. Wiggins shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 73 - 54.
6:59 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward.
6:59 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson. Nelson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
6:48 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Loveless passes the ball to Root outside. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gustafsson passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 73 - 56.
6:27 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Martin in the paint. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 75 - 56.
6:04 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Russo to Shooting Guard, Loveless to Small Forward and Wiggins to Power Forward.
6:04 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Tucker grabs the rebound.
5:56 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 77 - 56.
5:46 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward.
5:46 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
5:36 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin passes the ball to Pryor on the perimeter. Pryor shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 80 - 56.
5:20 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
5:13 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Martin passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Rayford drives by Stapleton. Rayford lays it up. Foul! Gustafsson fouls Rayford on the shot. Rayford makes the first free throw. Rayford makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 82 - 56.
4:54 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins. Foul! Martin commits a foul away from the ball.
4:48 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Loveless. Loveless shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
4:43 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson. Nelson passes the ball to Tucker on the perimeter. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson drives down the lane. Nelson lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 84 - 56.
4:21 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 84 - 58.
4:10 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Offensive foul! Nelson commits the foul.
3:59 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Root outside. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. And Wiggins is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Wiggins missed the first free throw. Nelson grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 84 - 60.
3:36 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Martin in the paint. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 86 - 60.
3:19 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Wiggins passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Wiggins. Northern Illinois 86 - 62.
3:03 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 88 - 62.
2:53 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gustafsson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
2:38 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Martin leads the fast break with Tucker and Rayford. Martin passes the ball to Tucker on the perimeter. Tucker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Stapleton grabs the rebound.
2:32 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Root leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Foul! Tucker fouls Root blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Root is shooting one-and-one. Root makes the first free throw. Root missed the second free throw. Nelson grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 88 - 63.
2:16 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pryor shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 90 - 63.
1:52 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root drives down the lane. Root lays it up. Nelson rotates over and blocks the shot! Nelson grabs the rebound.
1:41 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Martin tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martin passes the ball to Rayford. Rayford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martin. Northern Illinois 92 - 63.
1:31 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
1:19 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson. Nelson shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 94 - 63.
1:07 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless turns the ball over out of bounds.
0:55 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Gustafsson! Pryor grabs the offensive rebound.
0:37 - Northern Illinois: Pryor has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pryor shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! And Pryor is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Pryor makes the first free throw. Northern Illinois 97 - 63.
0:32 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton shoots from the inside. Pryor rotates over and blocks the shot! Martin grabs the rebound.
0:19 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 99 - 63.
0:19 - Game Event: The home crowd has gone silent as the visiting team has seized the momentum!
0:03 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Root shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Northern Illinois 99, Mercyhurst 63
Starting Line-Ups
Northern Illinois: PG-Tucker (5' 10½"), SG-Martin (6' 5"), SF-Rayford (6' 6"), PF-Pryor (6' 6"), C-Nelson (7' )
Mercyhurst: PG-Root (6' 3"), SG-Loveless (6' 4"), SF-Wiggins (6' 6½"), PF-Gustafsson (6' 6½"), C-Stapleton (6' 7½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Mercyhurst gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker steals the pass from Root.
19:49 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tucker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford outside. Rayford passes the ball to Tucker in the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 2 - 0.
19:17 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Rayford steals the pass from Root.
19:13 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the low post. Foul! Stapleton fouls Nelson on the shot. Nelson missed the first free throw. Nelson makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 3 - 0.
19:02 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Martin grabs the rebound.
18:31 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the block. The shot misses. Loveless grabs the rebound.
18:18 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton drives down the lane. Stapleton lays it up. Foul! Pryor fouls Stapleton on the shot. Stapleton missed the first free throw. Stapleton missed the second free throw. Pryor grabs the rebound.
17:55 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford drives down the lane. Rayford passes the ball to Tucker at the basket. Tucker lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rayford. Northern Illinois 5 - 0.
17:30 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Marshall to Center. Mercyhurst substitutes Russo to Center.
17:30 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Russo charged with the foul while taking the shot over Marshall.
17:15 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker drives down the lane. Tucker passes the ball to Marshall at the basket. Marshall lays it up. Foul! Russo fouls Marshall on the shot. Marshall missed the first free throw. Marshall missed the second free throw. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
17:05 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Loveless passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. Foul! Pryor fouls Russo on the shot. Russo makes the first free throw. Russo makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 5 - 2.
16:54 - Game Event: Time out. Pryor must sit with 2 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Power Forward.
16:54 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Marshall in the paint. Marshall passes the ball to Tucker on the perimeter. Tucker passes the ball to Marshall. Marshall with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
16:34 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless attacks with the ball on the fast break. Loveless passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:30 - Mercyhurst: Wiggins has the rebound and restarts the offense. Wiggins drives down the lane. Wiggins lays it up. Foul! Marshall fouls Wiggins on the shot. Wiggins makes the first free throw. Wiggins makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 5 - 4.
16:20 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 7 - 4.
16:11 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Loveless passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Loveless. Northern Illinois 7 - 6.
15:43 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Point Guard, Graham to Small Forward and Stephenson to Power Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard and Harris to Small Forward.
15:43 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Stephenson. Stephenson passes the ball to Marshall in the paint. Marshall passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marshall. Northern Illinois 10 - 6.
15:16 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Loveless drives down the lane. Loveless lays it up. Marshall rotates over and blocks the shot! Martin grabs the rebound.
15:04 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham drives to the basket. Foul! Harris commits the foul on Graham.
14:42 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Stephenson. Stephenson passes the ball to Graham. Graham passes the ball to Trujillo on the perimeter. Trujillo passes the ball to Martin. Martin drives by Lawrence. Martin passes the ball to Trujillo on the perimeter. Trujillo shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the long rebound.
14:17 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Lawrence leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lawrence passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Lawrence. Trujillo steals the pass from Lawrence.
13:56 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Stephenson. Stephenson passes the ball to Trujillo outside. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 13 - 6.
13:56 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Northern Illinois!
13:31 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Marshall to Power Forward and Nelson to Center.
13:31 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Loveless passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Foul! Martin commits a foul away from the ball.
13:27 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gustafsson. Northern Illinois 13 - 8.
13:04 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham outside. Graham shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marshall grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:55 - Northern Illinois: Marshall has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marshall passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo passes the ball to Marshall in the paint. Marshall passes the ball to Trujillo outside. Trujillo shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 16 - 8.
12:31 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Stephenson to Shooting Guard. Mercyhurst substitutes Wiggins to Point Guard, McGuire to Shooting Guard and Lawrence to Power Forward.
12:31 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McGuire passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins passes the ball to Harris. Harris with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
12:09 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Stephenson leads the fast break with Trujillo and Graham. Stephenson lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 18 - 8.
12:05 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Point Guard and Doyle to Shooting Guard.
12:05 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against a zone defense. McGuire passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Offensive foul! Russo commits the foul.
11:57 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Tucker to Point Guard, Rayford to Small Forward and Trujillo to Power Forward. Russo must sit with 3 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard, McGuire to Shooting Guard and Wiggins to Center.
11:57 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 21 - 8.
11:38 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McGuire passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
11:25 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford outside. Rayford passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Trujillo shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Trujillo charged with the foul while taking the shot over Wiggins.
11:04 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Point Guard, Graham to Small Forward and Marshall to Power Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Point Guard, Moody to Shooting Guard, Doyle to Small Forward and Harris to Center.
11:04 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against a zone defense. McGuire passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Moody. Moody passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence passes the ball to Moody outside. Moody shoots from well beyond the arc. It's blocked by Stephenson! Nelson grabs the rebound.
10:35 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against pressure defense. Trujillo drives down the lane. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Trujillo. Northern Illinois 24 - 8.
10:24 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Tucker to Point Guard, Rayford to Small Forward and Trujillo to Power Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard, Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward, Wiggins to Power Forward and Stapleton to Center.
10:24 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Harris. Harris shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Northern Illinois 24 - 10.
10:14 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Stephenson outside. Stephenson passes the ball to Tucker in the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Stephenson in the paint. Stephenson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 26 - 10.
9:49 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Martin to Shooting Guard. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard and Loveless to Small Forward.
9:49 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Wiggins. Northern Illinois 26 - 13.
9:35 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard and Harris to Small Forward.
9:35 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the rebound.
9:27 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 26 - 15.
9:16 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo on the perimeter. Trujillo passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the block. Foul! Stapleton fouls Nelson on the shot. Nelson makes the first free throw. Nelson makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 28 - 15.
8:56 - Game Event: Time out. Stapleton must sit with 2 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward, Gustafsson to Power Forward and Loveless to Center.
8:56 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the offensive rebound.
8:44 - Mercyhurst: Gustafsson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gustafsson passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Trujillo grabs the rebound.
8:27 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Tucker on the perimeter. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Tucker outside. And the shot clock expires!
7:57 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Northern Illinois 28 - 17.
7:46 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward and Wiggins to Power Forward.
7:46 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lawrence steals the pass from Tucker.
7:42 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Lawrence attacks with the ball on the fast break. Lawrence passes the ball to Root at the basket. Root lays it up. Foul! Tucker fouls Root on the shot. Root makes the first free throw. Root missed the second free throw. Nelson grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 28 - 18.
7:38 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 31 - 18.
7:25 - Mercyhurst: Lawrence brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lawrence passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots from the inside. Foul! Rayford fouls Harris on the shot. Harris missed the first free throw. Harris makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 31 - 19.
7:16 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo. Foul! Wiggins commits the foul on Trujillo. In the bonus, Trujillo is shooting one-and-one. Trujillo makes the first free throw. Trujillo missed the second free throw. Wiggins grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 32 - 19.
7:11 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Lawrence outside. Lawrence passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless drives down the lane. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins at the basket. Wiggins lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Loveless. Northern Illinois 32 - 21.
6:48 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward.
6:48 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Harris steals the pass from Tucker.
6:44 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Harris leads the fast break with Wiggins and Root. Harris lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 32 - 23.
6:38 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Trujillo passes the ball to Martin. Martin with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Trujillo. Northern Illinois 34 - 23.
6:19 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Trujillo grabs the rebound.
5:57 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo passes the ball to Tucker in the paint. Tucker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 36 - 23.
5:33 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins passes the ball to Root outside. Root passes the ball to Harris. Harris turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:09 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Stephenson to Shooting Guard.
5:09 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Stephenson on the perimeter. Stephenson passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Rayford passes the ball to Trujillo. Trujillo with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
4:44 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against pressure defense. Root passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
4:32 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Stephenson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Stephenson turns the ball over to the other team.
4:26 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins outside. Wiggins passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Loveless shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Northern Illinois 36 - 25.
3:53 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Martin to Shooting Guard and Pryor to Power Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard and Russo to Center.
3:53 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Wiggins steals the pass from Tucker.
3:49 - Mercyhurst: Breakaway! Wiggins takes the ball the length of the court. Wiggins lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 36 - 27.
3:42 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Foul! Loveless commits the foul on Martin. In the bonus, Martin is shooting one-and-one. Martin missed the first free throw. Russo grabs the rebound.
3:38 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
3:26 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 38 - 27.
3:11 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins drives by Tucker. Wiggins passes the ball to Root at the basket. Root lays it up. Foul! Pryor fouls Root on the shot. Root makes the first free throw. Root makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 38 - 29.
2:56 - Game Event: Time out. Pryor must sit with 3 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Power Forward.
2:56 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker drives down the lane. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Rayford grabs the offensive rebound.
2:45 - Northern Illinois: Rayford has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rayford shoots from the low post. Foul! Loveless fouls Rayford on the shot. Rayford makes the first free throw. Rayford makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 40 - 29.
2:39 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from beyond the arc. It's blocked by Martin! Trujillo grabs the rebound.
2:28 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin passes the ball to Tucker. Tucker passes the ball to Martin outside. Martin passes the ball to Tucker. Tucker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
1:57 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Russo in the paint. Russo shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Trujillo grabs the rebound.
1:42 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin. Martin passes the ball to Tucker. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo. Trujillo passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
1:17 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Wiggins with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
0:57 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martin drives to the basket. Foul! Loveless commits the foul on Martin. In the double bonus, Martin is shooting two free throws. Martin missed the first free throw. Martin missed the second free throw. Wiggins grabs the rebound.
0:46 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless in the paint. Loveless shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 40 - 31.
0:36 - Game Event: Time out. Loveless must sit with 3 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Harris to Shooting Guard.
0:36 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin hands off the ball to Tucker. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 42 - 31.
0:09 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Tucker grabs the rebound.
0:04 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the long rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Northern Illinois 42, Mercyhurst 31
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Russo must sit with 3 fouls. Mercyhurst substitutes Lawrence to Shooting Guard, Harris to Small Forward, Wiggins to Power Forward and Gustafsson to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Northern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Martin. Martin passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin drives by Lawrence. Martin attempts to dunk it. It's blocked by Lawrence! Nelson grabs the offensive rebound.
19:35 - Northern Illinois: Nelson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nelson shoots from the block. Foul! Wiggins fouls Nelson on the shot. Nelson makes the first free throw. Nelson missed the second free throw. Wiggins grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 43 - 31.
19:31 - Mercyhurst: Lawrence brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lawrence passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Root. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
19:09 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Martin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Trujillo. Foul! Gustafsson commits the foul on Trujillo.
18:56 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Pryor to Power Forward and Marshall to Center. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward, Gustafsson to Power Forward and Stapleton to Center.
18:56 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Martin. Martin passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Loveless steals the pass from Pryor.
18:44 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Loveless tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Loveless with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rayford grabs the rebound.
18:25 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Pryor on the perimeter. Pryor shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Marshall grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:15 - Northern Illinois: Marshall has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marshall passes the ball to Tucker. Wiggins steals the pass from Tucker.
18:05 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Loveless grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:49 - Mercyhurst: Loveless has the rebound and restarts the offense. Loveless shoots from well beyond the arc. Foul! Rayford fouls Loveless on the shot. Loveless missed the first free throw. Loveless makes the second free throw. Loveless missed the third free throw. Pryor grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 43 - 32.
17:43 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against pressure defense. Martin tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martin with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rayford tips it in. Northern Illinois 45 - 32.
17:33 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
17:17 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Rayford passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin passes the ball to Tucker. Tucker shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martin. Northern Illinois 47 - 32.
16:56 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Loveless with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Northern Illinois 47 - 34.
16:41 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin. Martin passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martin. Northern Illinois 49 - 34.
16:21 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton passes the ball to Loveless. Loveless with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Marshall grabs the rebound.
15:48 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Marshall in the paint. Marshall shoots from the low post. Gustafsson rotates over and blocks the shot! Rayford grabs the offensive rebound.
15:36 - Northern Illinois: Rayford has the rebound. Rayford shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 51 - 34.
15:34 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Point Guard, Graham to Small Forward and Nelson to Center. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Point Guard, Russo to Shooting Guard and Harris to Small Forward.
15:34 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton turns the ball over out of bounds.
15:24 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Marshall to Center.
15:24 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against pressure defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Martin. Martin drives by Russo. Martin passes the ball to Graham at the basket. Graham lays it up. Foul! Harris fouls Graham on the shot. Graham makes the first free throw. Graham missed the second free throw. Stapleton grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 52 - 34.
15:05 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Loveless passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson passes the ball to Harris. Harris drives down the lane. Harris lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 52 - 36.
14:47 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Nelson to Center.
14:47 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against pressure defense. Trujillo tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Trujillo passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
14:35 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton outside. Stapleton passes the ball to Harris on the perimeter. Harris passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Martin grabs the long rebound.
14:05 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Trujillo leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Trujillo passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Martin in the paint. Martin passes the ball to Pryor. Pryor tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pryor shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martin. Northern Illinois 54 - 36.
13:32 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton. Stapleton passes the ball to Gustafsson in the paint. Gustafsson passes the ball to Stapleton. Martin steals the pass from Stapleton.
13:05 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against pressure defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Graham passes the ball to Trujillo. Trujillo with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Graham. Northern Illinois 56 - 36.
13:05 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Northern Illinois!
12:50 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Tucker to Point Guard, Stephenson to Shooting Guard and Rayford to Small Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard and Wiggins to Power Forward.
12:50 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Russo at the basket. Russo lays it up. Foul! Stephenson fouls Russo on the shot. Russo makes the first free throw. Russo makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 56 - 38.
12:38 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Point Guard and Graham to Small Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Wiggins to Point Guard and Lawrence to Power Forward.
12:38 - Northern Illinois: Trujillo brings up the ball against a zone defense. Trujillo passes the ball to Pryor. Pryor passes the ball to Trujillo. Trujillo passes the ball to Graham on the perimeter. Graham passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Nelson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pryor. Northern Illinois 58 - 38.
12:04 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes McGuire to Point Guard.
12:04 - Mercyhurst: McGuire brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McGuire passes the ball to Russo. Russo with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by McGuire. Northern Illinois 58 - 40.
11:52 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Tucker to Point Guard and Rayford to Small Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Root to Point Guard and Wiggins to Power Forward.
11:52 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Stephenson outside. Stephenson passes the ball to Tucker in the paint. Tucker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Tucker shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stephenson. Northern Illinois 60 - 40.
11:27 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Harris outside. Harris shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 60 - 43.
11:16 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 63 - 43.
11:03 - Mercyhurst: Russo brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Russo passes the ball to Harris in the paint. Harris shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
10:53 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Stephenson leads the fast break with Tucker to the right. Stephenson passes the ball to Tucker at the basket. Tucker lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 65 - 43.
10:49 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Martin to Shooting Guard. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Small Forward.
10:49 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless drives down the lane. Loveless lays it up. Foul! Pryor fouls Loveless on the shot. Loveless missed the first free throw. Loveless makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 65 - 44.
10:34 - Game Event: Time out. Pryor must sit with 4 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Trujillo to Power Forward.
10:34 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo passes the ball to Tucker on the perimeter. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Russo grabs the rebound.
10:11 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Russo leads the fast break with Root to the right. Russo passes the ball to Root on the perimeter. Root shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Russo grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:04 - Mercyhurst: Russo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Russo passes the ball to Root outside. Root passes the ball to Russo outside. Russo passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:48 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Tucker. Tucker passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin passes the ball to Rayford. Rayford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 67 - 44.
9:19 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 67 - 46.
9:10 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Trujillo in the paint. Trujillo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 69 - 46.
9:00 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Loveless on the perimeter. Loveless shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. Northern Illinois 69 - 49.
8:49 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Pryor to Power Forward. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward.
8:49 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Stapleton steals the pass from Rayford.
8:37 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stapleton. Northern Illinois 69 - 52.
8:22 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Rayford passes the ball to Martin in the paint. Martin passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Rayford passes the ball to Martin outside. Martin passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martin. Northern Illinois 71 - 52.
7:52 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
7:39 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Martin leads the fast break with Tucker and Rayford. Martin lays it up. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the offensive rebound.
7:34 - Northern Illinois: Pryor has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pryor passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Pryor. Pryor passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Pryor tips it in. Northern Illinois 73 - 52.
7:14 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Russo to Shooting Guard, Loveless to Small Forward and Wiggins to Power Forward.
7:14 - Mercyhurst: Russo brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Russo drives down the lane. Russo lays it up. The shot misses. Loveless grabs the offensive rebound.
7:03 - Mercyhurst: Loveless has the rebound. Loveless shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Wiggins grabs the offensive rebound.
7:01 - Mercyhurst: Wiggins has the rebound. Wiggins shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 73 - 54.
6:59 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward.
6:59 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson. Nelson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the rebound.
6:48 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Loveless leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Loveless passes the ball to Root outside. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gustafsson passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 73 - 56.
6:27 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Martin in the paint. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 75 - 56.
6:04 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Russo to Shooting Guard, Loveless to Small Forward and Wiggins to Power Forward.
6:04 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Tucker grabs the rebound.
5:56 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 77 - 56.
5:46 - Game Event: Time out. Mercyhurst substitutes Loveless to Shooting Guard, Wiggins to Small Forward and Gustafsson to Power Forward.
5:46 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson. Gustafsson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
5:36 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin on the perimeter. Martin passes the ball to Pryor on the perimeter. Pryor shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 80 - 56.
5:20 - Mercyhurst: Loveless brings up the ball against a zone defense. Loveless shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
5:13 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Martin passes the ball to Rayford in the paint. Rayford drives by Stapleton. Rayford lays it up. Foul! Gustafsson fouls Rayford on the shot. Rayford makes the first free throw. Rayford makes the second free throw. Northern Illinois 82 - 56.
4:54 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins. Foul! Martin commits a foul away from the ball.
4:48 - Mercyhurst: The ball is inbounded to Loveless. Loveless shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
4:43 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson. Nelson passes the ball to Tucker on the perimeter. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson drives down the lane. Nelson lays it up. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 84 - 56.
4:21 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 84 - 58.
4:10 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Martin. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Offensive foul! Nelson commits the foul.
3:59 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins passes the ball to Root outside. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root passes the ball to Wiggins in the paint. Wiggins shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Root. And Wiggins is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Wiggins missed the first free throw. Nelson grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 84 - 60.
3:36 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Martin in the paint. Martin passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 86 - 60.
3:19 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Wiggins. Wiggins tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Wiggins passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Wiggins. Northern Illinois 86 - 62.
3:03 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 88 - 62.
2:53 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Gustafsson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pryor grabs the rebound.
2:38 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Martin leads the fast break with Tucker and Rayford. Martin passes the ball to Tucker on the perimeter. Tucker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Stapleton grabs the rebound.
2:32 - Mercyhurst: Fast break opportunity! Root leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Root drives down the lane. Root passes the ball to Wiggins on the perimeter. Wiggins shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Foul! Tucker fouls Root blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Root is shooting one-and-one. Root makes the first free throw. Root missed the second free throw. Nelson grabs the rebound. Northern Illinois 88 - 63.
2:16 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Pryor shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 90 - 63.
1:52 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root drives down the lane. Root lays it up. Nelson rotates over and blocks the shot! Nelson grabs the rebound.
1:41 - Northern Illinois: Martin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Martin tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martin passes the ball to Rayford. Rayford with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martin. Northern Illinois 92 - 63.
1:31 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton passes the ball to Gustafsson on the perimeter. Gustafsson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nelson grabs the rebound.
1:19 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson. Nelson shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tucker. Northern Illinois 94 - 63.
1:07 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Root passes the ball to Loveless outside. Loveless turns the ball over out of bounds.
0:55 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Rayford on the perimeter. Rayford passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Gustafsson! Pryor grabs the offensive rebound.
0:37 - Northern Illinois: Pryor has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pryor shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! And Pryor is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Pryor makes the first free throw. Northern Illinois 97 - 63.
0:32 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Root tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Root passes the ball to Stapleton in the paint. Stapleton shoots from the inside. Pryor rotates over and blocks the shot! Martin grabs the rebound.
0:19 - Northern Illinois: Tucker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tucker passes the ball to Nelson in the paint. Nelson passes the ball to Pryor in the paint. Pryor shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Northern Illinois 99 - 63.
0:19 - Game Event: The home crowd has gone silent as the visiting team has seized the momentum!
0:03 - Mercyhurst: Root brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Root shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gustafsson grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Northern Illinois 99, Mercyhurst 63
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