Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns @ Northern Illinois Huskies

66–64Final · Feb 8, 2025

UL 66 NIU 64 Final

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UL8-17	28	38	66
NIU5-18	39	25	64

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The scoring timeline.

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James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones.
0–3
Kentrell Garnett made Jumper. Assisted by Mostapha El Moutaouakkil.
2–3
Ethan Butler made Two Point Tip Shot.
2–5
Quaran McPherson made Free Throw.
2–6
Quaran McPherson made Free Throw.
2–7
Quaran McPherson made Layup.
2–9
Brandon Hardy made Jumper.
4–9
Zeke Cook made Free Throw.
5–9
Zeke Cook made Free Throw.
6–9
Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones.
6–12
James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quaran McPherson.
6–15
Quentin Jones made Layup.
6–17
London Fields made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyran Ratliff.
9–17
Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones.
9–20
Quaran McPherson made Free Throw.
9–21
London Fields made Layup.
11–21
Kentrell Garnett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Thomas.
14–21
Michael Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kentrell Garnett.
17–21
Ethan Butler made Free Throw.
17–22
Michael Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Christian Wright.
20–22
Kailon Nicholls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nasir Muhammad.
20–25
Mostapha El Moutaouakkil made Layup.
22–25
James Dent Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones.
22–27
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
22–28
Nasir Muhammad made Layup.
22–30
Jayden Mott made Layup. Assisted by James Dent Jr..
22–32
Quaran McPherson made Free Throw.
22–33
Quaran McPherson made Free Throw.
22–34
Christian Wright made Free Throw.
23–34
Christian Wright made Free Throw.
24–34
Kentrell Garnett made Layup. Assisted by Jeremiah Evans.
26–34
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
26–35
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
26–36
Quentin Jones made Layup.
26–38
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
26–39
Jeremiah Evans made Layup. Assisted by Christian Wright.
28–39
Chancellor White made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyran Ratliff.
31–39
Christian Wright made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyran Ratliff.
34–39
Kyran Ratliff made Layup.
36–39
Chancellor White made Two Point Tip Shot.
38–39
Chancellor White made Free Throw.
39–39
Ethan Butler made Free Throw.
39–40
Kailon Nicholls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nasir Muhammad.
39–43
London Fields made Layup.
41–43
Ethan Butler made Layup.
41–45
Ethan Butler made Free Throw.
41–46
Christian Wright made Layup. Assisted by Kentrell Garnett.
43–46
Kentrell Garnett made Jumper.
45–46
Quaran McPherson made Layup.
45–48
Mostapha El Moutaouakkil made Layup.
47–48
Mostapha El Moutaouakkil made Layup.
49–48
Quentin Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr..
49–51
Brandon Hardy made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kentrell Garnett.
52–51
Kyran Ratliff made Jumper. Assisted by Michael Thomas.
54–51
Kyran Ratliff made Layup. Assisted by Michael Thomas.
56–51
Brandon Hardy made Layup.
58–51
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
58–52
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
58–53
Quaran McPherson made Jumper.
58–55
Brandon Hardy made Layup.
60–55
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
60–56
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
60–57
Kentrell Garnett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mostapha El Moutaouakkil.
63–57
James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
63–60
Quaran McPherson made Free Throw.
63–61
Quaran McPherson made Free Throw.
63–62
Mostapha El Moutaouakkil made Layup.
65–62
Christian Wright made Free Throw.
66–62
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
66–63
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
66–64

Play-by-play

P1 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil missed Jumper.
P1 Ethan Butler Block.
P1 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil missed Layup.
P1 Ethan Butler Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Kentrell Garnett.
P1 Ethan Butler missed Layup.
P1 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil Block.
P1 Louisiana Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brandon Hardy missed Jumper.
P1 Quaran McPherson Defensive Rebound.
P1 James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones. 0–3
P1 Kentrell Garnett made Jumper. Assisted by Mostapha El Moutaouakkil. 2–3
P1 Foul on Mostapha El Moutaouakkil.
P1 Quaran McPherson missed Jumper.
P1 Ethan Butler Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ethan Butler made Two Point Tip Shot. 2–5
P1 Christian Wright missed Jumper.
P1 Ethan Butler Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Brandon Hardy.
P1 Quaran McPherson made Free Throw. 2–6
P1 Quaran McPherson made Free Throw. 2–7
P1 Quaran McPherson missed Free Throw.
P1 Quentin Jones Offensive Rebound.
P1 Quaran McPherson made Layup. 2–9
P1 Kentrell Garnett missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Quentin Jones Block.
P1 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 James Dent Jr. Turnover.
P1 Christian Wright Steal.
P1 Brandon Hardy made Jumper. 4–9
P1 Quaran McPherson Turnover.
P1 Kentrell Garnett missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Louisiana Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Quentin Jones.
P1 Zeke Cook made Free Throw. 5–9
P1 Zeke Cook made Free Throw. 6–9
P1 Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones. 6–12
P1 Zeke Cook missed Jumper.
P1 Quaran McPherson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Zeke Cook Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kyran Ratliff missed Layup.
P1 Ethan Butler Block.
P1 Nasir Muhammad Defensive Rebound.
P1 James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quaran McPherson. 6–15
P1 Foul on Zeke Cook.
P1 Zeke Cook Turnover.
P1 Quentin Jones made Layup. 6–17
P1 London Fields made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyran Ratliff. 9–17
P1 James Dent Jr. Turnover.
P1 Michael Thomas Steal.
P1 London Fields missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Quentin Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones. 9–20
P1 Foul on Michael Thomas.
P1 Quaran McPherson made Free Throw. 9–21
P1 Kentrell Garnett missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Quentin Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quentin Jones Turnover.
P1 London Fields Steal.
P1 London Fields made Layup. 11–21
P1 Quentin Jones Turnover.
P1 Christian Wright Steal.
P1 Kentrell Garnett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Thomas. 14–21
P1 Northern Illinois Timeout
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 James Dent Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Chancellor White Defensive Rebound.
P1 London Fields missed Jumper.
P1 Kyran Ratliff Offensive Rebound.
P1 London Fields missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Kyran Ratliff Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kyran Ratliff Turnover.
P1 Nasir Muhammad Steal.
P1 Quaran McPherson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 London Fields Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chancellor White missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nasir Muhammad missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 London Fields Defensive Rebound.
P1 Michael Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kentrell Garnett. 17–21
P1 Foul on Kyran Ratliff.
P1 Ethan Butler missed Free Throw.
P1 Northern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Ethan Butler made Free Throw. 17–22
P1 Jeremiah Evans missed
P1 Quaran McPherson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kailon Nicholls Turnover.
P1 Foul on Ethan Butler.
P1 Jeremiah Evans missed Free Throw.
P1 Louisiana Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Jeremiah Evans missed Free Throw.
P1 Nasir Muhammad Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quentin Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Louisiana Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ethan Butler.
P1 Michael Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Christian Wright. 20–22
P1 Kailon Nicholls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nasir Muhammad. 20–25
P1 Chancellor White missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quentin Jones missed Jumper.
P1 Jeremiah Evans Block.
P1 Brandon Hardy Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ethan Butler.
P1 Brandon Hardy missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Quentin Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quentin Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Zeke Cook Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brandon Hardy Turnover.
P1 Kailon Nicholls Steal.
P1 Kailon Nicholls missed Layup.
P1 Louisiana Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil made Layup. 22–25
P1 James Dent Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones. 22–27
P1 Foul on London Fields.
P1 James Dent Jr. made Free Throw. 22–28
P1 Foul on Jayden Mott.
P1 Zeke Cook missed Free Throw.
P1 Louisiana Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Zeke Cook missed Free Throw.
P1 Quentin Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nasir Muhammad made Layup. 22–30
P1 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil missed Layup.
P1 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jayden Mott made Layup. Assisted by James Dent Jr.. 22–32
P1 Foul on Nasir Muhammad.
P1 Christian Wright Turnover.
P1 Jayden Mott Steal.
P1 Foul on Kyran Ratliff.
P1 Quaran McPherson made Free Throw. 22–33
P1 Quaran McPherson made Free Throw. 22–34
P1 Michael Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Quentin Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quaran McPherson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Zeke Cook Defensive Rebound.
P1 Michael Thomas Turnover.
P1 Quentin Jones Steal.
P1 Quentin Jones missed Layup.
P1 Christian Wright Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jayden Mott.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Christian Wright made Free Throw. 23–34
P1 Christian Wright made Free Throw. 24–34
P1 Nasir Muhammad missed Layup.
P1 Jeremiah Evans Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kentrell Garnett made Layup. Assisted by Jeremiah Evans. 26–34
P1 Foul on London Fields.
P1 Quentin Jones made Free Throw. 26–35
P1 Quentin Jones made Free Throw. 26–36
P1 Michael Thomas Turnover.
P1 Quentin Jones Steal.
P1 Tsvet Sotirov missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 London Fields Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tsvet Sotirov.
P1 Jeremiah Evans missed Free Throw.
P1 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 James Dent Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Jeremiah Evans Block.
P1 Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tsvet Sotirov missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Kentrell Garnett Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kentrell Garnett missed Layup.
P1 Quaran McPherson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quentin Jones made Layup. 26–38
P1 Foul on Jeremiah Evans.
P1 Quentin Jones made Free Throw. 26–39
P1 Louisiana Timeout
P1 Christian Wright missed Layup.
P1 Jayden Mott Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Michael Thomas.
P1 Jayden Mott missed Free Throw.
P1 Northern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Jayden Mott missed Free Throw.
P1 Jeremiah Evans Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jeremiah Evans made Layup. Assisted by Christian Wright. 28–39
P2 London Fields missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P2 Quaran McPherson missed Jumper.
P2 Chancellor White Defensive Rebound.
P2 Chancellor White made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyran Ratliff. 31–39
P2 Quaran McPherson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kentrell Garnett Defensive Rebound.
P2 Christian Wright made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyran Ratliff. 34–39
P2 Northern Illinois Turnover.
P2 Kyran Ratliff missed Jumper.
P2 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 James Dent Jr. Turnover.
P2 Kyran Ratliff made Layup. 36–39
P2 Quentin Jones Turnover.
P2 Kentrell Garnett missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Chancellor White Offensive Rebound.
P2 Chancellor White made Two Point Tip Shot. 38–39
P2 Foul on Quaran McPherson.
P2 Chancellor White made Free Throw. 39–39
P2 Foul on Michael Thomas.
P2 Foul on Kyran Ratliff.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Ethan Butler made Free Throw. 39–40
P2 Ethan Butler missed Free Throw.
P2 Zeke Cook Defensive Rebound.
P2 London Fields missed Layup.
P2 Zeke Cook Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on James Dent Jr..
P2 Foul on Kailon Nicholls.
P2 Chancellor White missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Nasir Muhammad Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kailon Nicholls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nasir Muhammad. 39–43
P2 London Fields made Layup. 41–43
P2 Nasir Muhammad missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ethan Butler Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ethan Butler made Layup. 41–45
P2 Foul on Zeke Cook.
P2 Ethan Butler made Free Throw. 41–46
P2 London Fields missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P2 Quentin Jones Turnover.
P2 Kentrell Garnett Steal.
P2 Christian Wright made Layup. Assisted by Kentrell Garnett. 43–46
P2 Quentin Jones missed Layup.
P2 Foul on Brandon Hardy.
P2 Ethan Butler Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kailon Nicholls missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Zeke Cook Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Quaran McPherson.
P2 Kentrell Garnett made Jumper. 45–46
P2 Quaran McPherson made Layup. 45–48
P2 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil made Layup. 47–48
P2 Nasir Muhammad missed Layup.
P2 Christian Wright Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kentrell Garnett missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Zeke Cook.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Christian Wright Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil made Layup. 49–48
P2 Ethan Butler missed Dunk.
P2 Brandon Hardy Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Kailon Nicholls.
P2 Kentrell Garnett Turnover.
P2 Foul on Quentin Jones.
P2 Quentin Jones Turnover.
P2 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil missed Layup.
P2 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kailon Nicholls missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kentrell Garnett missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Quaran McPherson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Quentin Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr.. 49–51
P2 Brandon Hardy made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kentrell Garnett. 52–51
P2 Louisiana Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Nasir Muhammad missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brandon Hardy Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil missed Layup.
P2 Quentin Jones Defensive Rebound.
P2 Quentin Jones missed Jumper.
P2 Kyran Ratliff Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kyran Ratliff made Jumper. Assisted by Michael Thomas. 54–51
P2 Foul on Mostapha El Moutaouakkil.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Quentin Jones Turnover.
P2 Kyran Ratliff Steal.
P2 Brandon Hardy missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Michael Thomas Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kyran Ratliff made Layup. Assisted by Michael Thomas. 56–51
P2 Nasir Muhammad Turnover.
P2 Brandon Hardy Steal.
P2 Brandon Hardy made Layup. 58–51
P2 Northern Illinois Timeout
P2 Nasir Muhammad missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kyran Ratliff Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brandon Hardy missed Layup.
P2 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Mostapha El Moutaouakkil.
P2 Quentin Jones made Free Throw. 58–52
P2 Quentin Jones made Free Throw. 58–53
P2 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil Turnover.
P2 Quaran McPherson made Jumper. 58–55
P2 Brandon Hardy Turnover.
P2 Quaran McPherson Steal.
P2 Quaran McPherson Turnover.
P2 Brandon Hardy Steal.
P2 Brandon Hardy made Layup. 60–55
P2 Ethan Butler missed Layup.
P2 Kyran Ratliff Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Nasir Muhammad missed Jumper.
P2 Louisiana Defensive Rebound.
P2 Michael Thomas Turnover.
P2 Foul on Kyran Ratliff.
P2 James Dent Jr. made Free Throw. 60–56
P2 James Dent Jr. made Free Throw. 60–57
P2 Brandon Hardy missed Layup.
P2 Ethan Butler Defensive Rebound.
P2 Quaran McPherson missed Layup.
P2 Kentrell Garnett Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kentrell Garnett made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mostapha El Moutaouakkil. 63–57
P2 Northern Illinois Timeout
P2 James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper. 63–60
P2 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil missed Layup.
P2 Quaran McPherson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Mostapha El Moutaouakkil.
P2 Quaran McPherson made Free Throw. 63–61
P2 Quaran McPherson made Free Throw. 63–62
P2 Louisiana Timeout
P2 Mostapha El Moutaouakkil made Layup. 65–62
P2 Quentin Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Christian Wright Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Kailon Nicholls.
P2 Northern Illinois Timeout
P2 Christian Wright made Free Throw. 66–62
P2 Christian Wright missed Free Throw.
P2 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Kentrell Garnett.
P2 Quentin Jones made Free Throw. 66–63
P2 Quentin Jones made Free Throw. 66–64
P2 Foul on Quaran McPherson.
P2 Brandon Hardy missed Free Throw.
P2 Quentin Jones Defensive Rebound.
P2 James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Louisiana Defensive Rebound.

Box score

UL

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Zeke CookF	18	2	0-1	0-0	2-4	6	0	1	0	0	1	5	3
Mostapha El MoutaouakkilG	21	8	4-10	0-0	0-0	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	4
Brandon HardyG	22	9	4-9	1-3	0-1	3	0	2	2	0	0	3	2
Christian WrightG	29	8	2-4	1-1	3-4	4	2	1	2	0	0	4	0
Kentrell GarnettG	38	12	5-12	2-8	0-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	3	2
Kyran RatliffF	18	6	3-5	0-0	0-0	5	3	1	1	0	2	3	4
Jeremiah EvansF	6	2	1-2	0-0	0-3	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	1
London FieldsG	17	7	3-9	1-5	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	2
Chancellor WhiteG	10	6	2-5	1-4	1-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Michael ThomasG	21	6	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	3	3	1	0	1	0	3
Hosana KitengeF
Michael MoutonG
Christian LandryG
Koron DavisG
Isaiah CrawfordG
Kyndall DavisG

NIU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Ethan ButlerF	27	7	2-5	0-0	3-5	6	0	0	0	2	3	3	3
James Dent Jr.G	35	14	4-9	3-6	3-3	7	2	3	0	0	0	7	1
Nas MuhammadG	32	2	1-8	0-4	0-0	3	2	1	1	0	0	3	1
Quentin JonesG	35	14	3-10	1-4	7-7	8	4	6	2	1	1	7	2
Quaran McPhersonG	37	19	5-11	2-5	7-8	6	1	2	1	0	0	6	3
Jayden MottF	10	2	1-1	0-0	0-2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Tsvet SotirovF	3	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Kailon NichollsG	21	6	2-5	2-4	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
Terry Copeland Jr.F
Oluwasegun DurosinmiF
David MackG
Dominic GoodenG
Leo Amari IVG
Steven TiptonG
Peyton AckermanG
Mo SallG
Joe Munden Jr.NA

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