Central Michigan Chippewas @ Northern Illinois Huskies

71–66Final · Jan 18, 2025

CMU 71 NIU 66 Final

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CMU8-9	35	36	71
NIU4-13	29	37	66

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The scoring timeline.

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Jakobi Heady made Jumper. Assisted by Cayden Vasko.
2–0
Jakobi Heady made Dunk.
4–0
Ethan Butler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kailon Nicholls.
4–3
Quentin Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ethan Butler.
4–6
Anthony Pritchard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cayden Vasko.
7–6
Jakobi Heady made Jumper.
9–6
Quentin Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr..
9–9
Quentin Jones made Layup.
9–11
Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ethan Butler.
9–14
Anthony Pritchard made Layup.
11–14
James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
11–17
James Dent Jr. made Free Throw.
11–18
Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones.
11–21
Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tsvet Sotirov.
11–24
Kyler Vanderjagt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
14–24
Jayden Mott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr..
14–27
Bryan Ndjonga made Jumper. Assisted by Cayden Vasko.
16–27
Cayden Vasko made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
19–27
Kyler Vanderjagt made Jumper.
21–27
Cayden Vasko made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
24–27
Bryan Ndjonga made Layup.
26–27
Cayden Vasko made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
29–27
Quaran McPherson made Jumper.
29–29
Anthony Pritchard made Layup.
31–29
Anthony Pritchard made Layup.
33–29
Quentin Heady made Layup. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
35–29
Anthony Pritchard made Jumper. Assisted by Cayden Vasko.
37–29
Kailon Nicholls made Free Throw.
37–30
Kailon Nicholls made Layup.
37–32
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Layup. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
39–32
James Dent Jr. made Jumper.
39–34
Kyler Vanderjagt made Jumper. Assisted by Cayden Vasko.
41–34
Quaran McPherson made Layup. Assisted by Kailon Nicholls.
41–36
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Free Throw.
42–36
Ugnius Jarusevicius made Free Throw.
43–36
Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones.
43–39
Jakobi Heady made Layup. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
45–39
Quentin Jones made Layup.
45–41
Jakobi Heady made Jumper. Assisted by Damarion Bonds.
47–41
Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones.
47–44
Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw.
48–44
Jakobi Heady made Two Point Tip Shot.
50–44
Kailon Nicholls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones.
50–47
Kyler Vanderjagt made Jumper. Assisted by Jakobi Heady.
52–47
Kailon Nicholls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr..
52–50
Cayden Vasko made Free Throw.
53–50
Cayden Vasko made Free Throw.
54–50
Quaran McPherson made Layup.
54–52
Jakobi Heady made Layup.
56–52
Quaran McPherson made Free Throw.
56–53
Quentin Heady made Layup. Assisted by Kyler Vanderjagt.
58–53
Ethan Butler made Free Throw.
58–54
Ethan Butler made Free Throw.
58–55
Kyler Vanderjagt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
61–55
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
61–56
Quentin Jones made Free Throw.
61–57
Bryan Ndjonga made Layup. Assisted by Kyler Vanderjagt.
63–57
Cayden Vasko made Jumper.
65–57
James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kailon Nicholls.
65–60
Cayden Vasko made Layup.
67–60
Ethan Butler made Dunk.
67–62
Jakobi Heady made Layup. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard.
69–62
Kailon Nicholls made Jumper.
69–64
Anthony Pritchard made Free Throw.
70–64
Ethan Butler made Layup.
70–66

Play-by-play

P1 Jakobi Heady made Jumper. Assisted by Cayden Vasko. 2–0
P1 Kailon Nicholls Turnover.
P1 Jakobi Heady Steal.
P1 Jakobi Heady made Dunk. 4–0
P1 Ethan Butler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kailon Nicholls. 4–3
P1 Ugnius Jarusevicius missed Layup.
P1 Ethan Butler Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quentin Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ethan Butler. 4–6
P1 Ugnius Jarusevicius missed Layup.
P1 Anthony Pritchard Offensive Rebound.
P1 Anthony Pritchard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cayden Vasko. 7–6
P1 Tsvet Sotirov missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Cayden Vasko Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jakobi Heady made Jumper. 9–6
P1 Kailon Nicholls missed Jumper.
P1 Jakobi Heady Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jakobi Heady Turnover.
P1 Kailon Nicholls Steal.
P1 Quentin Jones missed Layup.
P1 Cayden Vasko Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jakobi Heady missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Anthony Pritchard Offensive Rebound.
P1 Anthony Pritchard Turnover.
P1 James Dent Jr. Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Cayden Vasko Turnover.
P1 Quentin Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr.. 9–9
P1 Anthony Pritchard Turnover.
P1 Quentin Jones made Layup. 9–11
P1 Jakobi Heady missed Jumper.
P1 Ethan Butler Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ethan Butler. 9–14
P1 Anthony Pritchard missed Layup.
P1 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 James Dent Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Ugnius Jarusevicius Defensive Rebound.
P1 Damarion Bonds missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ethan Butler Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ethan Butler Turnover.
P1 Anthony Pritchard Steal.
P1 Anthony Pritchard made Layup. 11–14
P1 Tsvet Sotirov missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Central Michigan Defensive Rebound.
P1 Shaedon Simpson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper. 11–17
P1 Foul on Shaedon Simpson.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 James Dent Jr. made Free Throw. 11–18
P1 Kyler Vanderjagt missed Jumper.
P1 Quentin Jones Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones. 11–21
P1 Cayden Vasko missed Layup.
P1 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tsvet Sotirov. 11–24
P1 Central Michigan Timeout
P1 Anthony Pritchard missed Layup.
P1 Anthony Pritchard Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kyler Vanderjagt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard. 14–24
P1 Tsvet Sotirov missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kyler Vanderjagt missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ugnius Jarusevicius Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kyler Vanderjagt Turnover.
P1 Foul on Ugnius Jarusevicius.
P1 Foul on Ugnius Jarusevicius.
P1 Jayden Mott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr.. 14–27
P1 Bryan Ndjonga made Jumper. Assisted by Cayden Vasko. 16–27
P1 Quentin Jones Turnover.
P1 Cayden Vasko made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard. 19–27
P1 Quaran McPherson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Cayden Vasko Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Kailon Nicholls.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Jakobi Heady missed Layup.
P1 Bryan Ndjonga Offensive Rebound.
P1 Anthony Pritchard missed Layup.
P1 Ethan Butler Defensive Rebound.
P1 James Dent Jr. missed Dunk.
P1 Bryan Ndjonga Block.
P1 James Dent Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P1 Quaran McPherson missed Jumper.
P1 Bryan Ndjonga Defensive Rebound.
P1 Shaedon Simpson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Central Michigan Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tsvet Sotirov.
P1 Kyler Vanderjagt made Jumper. 21–27
P1 Kailon Nicholls Turnover.
P1 Cayden Vasko Steal.
P1 Cayden Vasko missed Layup.
P1 Anthony Pritchard Offensive Rebound.
P1 Anthony Pritchard missed Two Point Tip Shot.
P1 Kailon Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quentin Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Central Michigan Defensive Rebound.
P1 Cayden Vasko made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard. 24–27
P1 Tsvet Sotirov missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jakobi Heady Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bryan Ndjonga made Layup. 26–27
P1 James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Anthony Pritchard Defensive Rebound.
P1 Cayden Vasko made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard. 29–27
P1 Quaran McPherson made Jumper. 29–29
P1 Anthony Pritchard made Layup. 31–29
P1 Quentin Jones Turnover.
P1 Quentin Heady Steal.
P1 Jakobi Heady missed Layup.
P1 Ethan Butler Block.
P1 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quentin Jones missed Layup.
P1 Cayden Vasko Block.
P1 Jakobi Heady Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jakobi Heady missed Layup.
P1 Ethan Butler Defensive Rebound.
P1 James Dent Jr. Turnover.
P1 Anthony Pritchard Steal.
P1 Anthony Pritchard made Layup. 33–29
P1 Northern Illinois Timeout
P1 Foul on Shaedon Simpson.
P1 Ethan Butler missed Layup.
P1 Ethan Butler Offensive Rebound.
P1 James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Damarion Bonds Defensive Rebound.
P1 Cayden Vasko Turnover.
P1 James Dent Jr. Steal.
P1 James Dent Jr. missed Layup.
P1 Quentin Heady Defensive Rebound.
P1 Central Michigan Timeout
P1 Quentin Heady made Layup. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard. 35–29
P1 James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Central Michigan Defensive Rebound.
P1 Anthony Pritchard missed Jumper.
P1 Damarion Bonds Offensive Rebound.
P1 Damarion Bonds missed Layup.
P1 Quentin Heady Offensive Rebound.
P1 Quentin Heady missed Layup.
P1 Central Michigan Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jakobi Heady missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kailon Nicholls missed Jumper.
P2 Jakobi Heady Defensive Rebound.
P2 Anthony Pritchard Turnover.
P2 Quentin Jones Steal.
P2 James Dent Jr. missed Jumper.
P2 Quentin Heady Defensive Rebound.
P2 Quentin Heady missed Layup.
P2 James Dent Jr. Block.
P2 Central Michigan Offensive Rebound.
P2 Anthony Pritchard made Jumper. Assisted by Cayden Vasko. 37–29
P2 Foul on Quentin Heady.
P2 Kailon Nicholls missed Free Throw.
P2 Northern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Kailon Nicholls made Free Throw. 37–30
P2 Anthony Pritchard Turnover.
P2 Kailon Nicholls Steal.
P2 Kailon Nicholls made Layup. 37–32
P2 Foul on Tsvet Sotirov.
P2 Ugnius Jarusevicius made Layup. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard. 39–32
P2 Foul on Quentin Heady.
P2 Kailon Nicholls missed Layup.
P2 Kailon Nicholls Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ethan Butler missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ugnius Jarusevicius Defensive Rebound.
P2 Anthony Pritchard Turnover.
P2 James Dent Jr. Steal.
P2 James Dent Jr. made Jumper. 39–34
P2 Foul on Jakobi Heady.
P2 James Dent Jr. missed Free Throw.
P2 Damarion Bonds Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ethan Butler.
P2 Foul on Quaran McPherson.
P2 Kyler Vanderjagt made Jumper. Assisted by Cayden Vasko. 41–34
P2 Quaran McPherson made Layup. Assisted by Kailon Nicholls. 41–36
P2 Foul on Ethan Butler.
P2 Ugnius Jarusevicius made Free Throw. 42–36
P2 Ugnius Jarusevicius made Free Throw. 43–36
P2 Foul on Damarion Bonds.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Quentin Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Bryan Ndjonga Defensive Rebound.
P2 Bryan Ndjonga Turnover.
P2 Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones. 43–39
P2 Jakobi Heady made Layup. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard. 45–39
P2 Quaran McPherson missed Jumper.
P2 Quaran McPherson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Bryan Ndjonga.
P2 Quentin Jones made Layup. 45–41
P2 Jakobi Heady made Jumper. Assisted by Damarion Bonds. 47–41
P2 Quaran McPherson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones. 47–44
P2 Cayden Vasko Turnover.
P2 Quaran McPherson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Shaedon Simpson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Anthony Pritchard missed Jumper.
P2 James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kailon Nicholls missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Quentin Jones Turnover.
P2 Jakobi Heady Steal.
P2 Foul on Kailon Nicholls.
P2 Foul on Ethan Butler.
P2 Kyler Vanderjagt missed Free Throw.
P2 Central Michigan Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Kyler Vanderjagt made Free Throw. 48–44
P2 Northern Illinois Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Kyler Vanderjagt missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Quaran McPherson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kailon Nicholls missed Jumper.
P2 Shaedon Simpson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Anthony Pritchard missed Layup.
P2 Jakobi Heady Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jakobi Heady made Two Point Tip Shot. 50–44
P2 Kailon Nicholls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Jones. 50–47
P2 Kyler Vanderjagt made Jumper. Assisted by Jakobi Heady. 52–47
P2 Kailon Nicholls made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by James Dent Jr.. 52–50
P2 Anthony Pritchard missed Layup.
P2 Central Michigan Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jakobi Heady missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Cayden Vasko Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Quaran McPherson.
P2 Cayden Vasko made Free Throw. 53–50
P2 Cayden Vasko made Free Throw. 54–50
P2 Quaran McPherson made Layup. 54–52
P2 Jakobi Heady made Layup. 56–52
P2 Foul on Cayden Vasko.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on Anthony Pritchard.
P2 Quaran McPherson made Free Throw. 56–53
P2 Quaran McPherson missed Free Throw.
P2 Jakobi Heady Defensive Rebound.
P2 Anthony Pritchard Turnover.
P2 Quentin Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Quentin Heady Defensive Rebound.
P2 Quentin Heady made Layup. Assisted by Kyler Vanderjagt. 58–53
P2 Quentin Jones missed Layup.
P2 Ethan Butler Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Quentin Heady.
P2 Ethan Butler made Free Throw. 58–54
P2 Ethan Butler made Free Throw. 58–55
P2 Kyler Vanderjagt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard. 61–55
P2 Foul on Quentin Heady.
P2 Quentin Jones made Free Throw. 61–56
P2 Quentin Jones made Free Throw. 61–57
P2 Bryan Ndjonga made Layup. Assisted by Kyler Vanderjagt. 63–57
P2 Foul on Quentin Jones.
P2 Bryan Ndjonga missed Free Throw.
P2 Jakobi Heady Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jakobi Heady missed Jumper.
P2 Central Michigan Offensive Rebound.
P2 Cayden Vasko made Jumper. 65–57
P2 James Dent Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kailon Nicholls. 65–60
P2 Northern Illinois Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Cayden Vasko made Layup. 67–60
P2 Ethan Butler made Dunk. 67–62
P2 Foul on Anthony Pritchard.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Ethan Butler missed Free Throw.
P2 Jakobi Heady Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jakobi Heady Turnover.
P2 James Dent Jr. Turnover.
P2 Anthony Pritchard Steal.
P2 Cayden Vasko Turnover.
P2 Kailon Nicholls Steal.
P2 Quentin Jones missed Layup.
P2 Central Michigan Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jakobi Heady made Layup. Assisted by Anthony Pritchard. 69–62
P2 Northern Illinois Timeout
P2 James Dent Jr. missed Layup.
P2 James Dent Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Cayden Vasko.
P2 James Dent Jr. missed Free Throw.
P2 Northern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 James Dent Jr. missed Free Throw.
P2 Jakobi Heady Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kyler Vanderjagt missed Layup.
P2 Quaran McPherson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kailon Nicholls made Jumper. 69–64
P2 Anthony Pritchard missed Jumper.
P2 Kailon Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Kyler Vanderjagt.
P2 Quaran McPherson missed Free Throw.
P2 Northern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Quaran McPherson missed Free Throw.
P2 Anthony Pritchard Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Quentin Jones.
P2 Anthony Pritchard made Free Throw. 70–64
P2 Anthony Pritchard missed Free Throw.
P2 Quaran McPherson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ethan Butler made Layup. 70–66
P2 Foul on Quentin Jones.

Box score

CMU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Quentin HeadyF	18	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	1	3	4
Ugnius JaruseviciusF	14	4	1-3	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
Jakobi HeadyG	39	16	8-16	0-3	0-0	9	1	2	2	0	2	7	1
Cayden VaskoG	32	15	5-7	3-3	2-2	4	5	4	1	1	1	3	2
Anthony PritchardG	38	13	5-14	1-1	2-4	6	9	6	3	0	4	2	2
Bryan NdjongaF	15	6	3-3	0-0	0-1	3	0	1	0	1	1	2	1
Shaedon SimpsonG	7	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Damarion BondsG	11	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	1
Kyler VanderjagtG	26	13	5-9	2-4	1-2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1
Decorion TempleF
Trey PhillipsF
Mohammad HabhabF
Drew BarbeeF
Hunter HardingC
Armani MightyC
Gus SalemG
Ryan HatcherG

NIU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Tsvet SotirovF	23	0	0-4	0-4	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ethan ButlerF	35	9	3-5	1-2	2-3	7	2	1	0	1	2	5	3
James Dent Jr.G	40	9	3-11	2-5	1-4	7	3	3	2	1	2	5	0
Quentin JonesG	38	12	4-12	2-5	2-2	2	4	3	1	0	0	2	3
Kailon NichollsG	28	11	4-9	2-3	1-2	3	3	2	3	0	1	2	2
Jayden MottF	4	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quaran McPhersonG	32	22	8-12	5-7	1-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
Terry Copeland Jr.F
Oluwasegun DurosinmiF
David MackG
Dominic GoodenG
Leo Amari IVG
Nas MuhammadG
Steven TiptonG
Peyton AckermanG
Mo SallG
Joe Munden Jr.NA

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