Northern Illinois Huskies @ Akron Zips

66–63Final · Feb 17, 2022

NIU 66 AKR 63 Final

	1	2	T
NIU8-16	22	44	66
AKR16-9	25	38	63

· Line: AKR -12 (O/U 127.5)

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The scoring timeline.

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Enrique Freeman made Layup.
0–2
Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble.
0–5
Kaleb Thornton made Jumper.
2–5
Greg Tribble made Layup.
2–7
Adong Makuoi made Layup.
4–7
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Free Throw.
4–8
Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Layup. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton.
6–8
Garvin Clarke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aziz Bandaogo.
6–11
Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
7–11
Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
8–11
Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
8–14
Mikal Dawson made Layup. Assisted by Ali Ali.
8–16
Adong Makuoi made Layup. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson.
10–16
Trendon Hankerson made Three Point Jumper.
13–16
Ali Ali made Jumper.
13–18
Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
13–19
Aziz Bandaogo made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
13–21
Darweshi Hunter made Jumper.
15–21
Enrique Freeman made Layup.
15–23
Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Layup. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson.
17–23
Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Free Throw.
18–23
Keshawn Williams made Layup. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton.
20–23
Ali Ali made Free Throw.
20–24
Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Jumper. Assisted by Keshawn Williams.
22–24
Ali Ali made Free Throw.
22–25
Ali Ali made Layup.
22–27
Zool Kueth made Layup.
24–27
Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw.
24–28
Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw.
24–29
Keshawn Williams made Dunk. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton.
26–29
Garvin Clarke made Free Throw.
26–30
Trendon Hankerson made Free Throw.
27–30
Trendon Hankerson made Free Throw.
28–30
Ali Ali made Free Throw.
28–31
Keshawn Williams made Layup.
30–31
Ali Ali made Layup.
30–33
Keshawn Williams made Jumper.
32–33
Zool Kueth made Dunk. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton.
34–33
Greg Tribble made Free Throw.
34–34
Greg Tribble made Free Throw.
34–35
Kaleb Thornton made Jumper.
36–35
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman.
36–38
Kaleb Thornton made Jumper.
38–38
Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
38–39
Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
38–40
Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Jumper.
40–40
Ali Ali made Jumper.
40–42
Ali Ali made Free Throw.
40–43
Kaleb Thornton made Layup.
42–43
Xavier Castaneda made Layup.
42–45
Zool Kueth made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson.
45–45
Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman.
45–48
Kaleb Thornton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson.
48–48
Mikal Dawson made Free Throw.
48–49
Mikal Dawson made Free Throw.
48–50
Zool Kueth made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Keshawn Williams.
51–50
Bryan Trimble Jr. made Layup.
51–52
Aziz Bandaogo made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda.
51–54
Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Dunk. Assisted by Keshawn Williams.
53–54
Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
54–54
Greg Tribble made Free Throw.
54–55
Greg Tribble made Free Throw.
54–56
Greg Tribble made Layup.
54–58
Trendon Hankerson made Layup.
56–58
Trendon Hankerson made Layup.
58–58
Trendon Hankerson made Free Throw.
59–58
Enrique Freeman made Free Throw.
59–59
Anthony Crump made Layup.
61–59
Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
62–59
Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
63–59
Ali Ali made Layup.
63–61
Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
64–61
Keshawn Williams made Free Throw.
65–61
Greg Tribble made Layup.
65–63
Kaleb Thornton made Free Throw.
66–63

Play-by-play

P1 Anthony Crump missed Layup.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Block.
P1 Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
P1 Enrique Freeman made Layup. 0–2
P1 Kaleb Thornton Turnover.
P1 Mikal Dawson Steal.
P1 Enrique Freeman Turnover.
P1 Adong Makuoi Steal.
P1 Keshawn Williams missed Layup.
P1 Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Adong Makuoi.
P1 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Mikal Dawson.
P1 Adong Makuoi missed Layup.
P1 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P1 Mikal Dawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Greg Tribble. 0–5
P1 Kaleb Thornton made Jumper. 2–5
P1 Greg Tribble made Layup. 2–7
P1 Anthony Crump missed Layup.
P1 Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Keshawn Williams missed Jumper.
P1 Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Trendon Hankerson missed Jumper.
P1 Garvin Clarke Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Trendon Hankerson.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Enrique Freeman Turnover.
P1 Trendon Hankerson missed Layup.
P1 Adong Makuoi Offensive Rebound.
P1 Adong Makuoi made Layup. 4–7
P1 Foul on Kaleb Thornton.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Free Throw.
P1 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Free Throw. 4–8
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu missed Jumper.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ali Ali.
P1 Ali Ali Turnover.
P1 Anthony Crump missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kaleb Thornton missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Garvin Clarke Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Darweshi Hunter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Layup. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton. 6–8
P1 Garvin Clarke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aziz Bandaogo. 6–11
P1 Foul on Garvin Clarke.
P1 Foul on Enrique Freeman.
P1 Keshawn Williams made Free Throw. 7–11
P1 Keshawn Williams made Free Throw. 8–11
P1 Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda. 8–14
P1 Kaleb Thornton Turnover.
P1 Mikal Dawson Steal.
P1 Foul on Darweshi Hunter.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ali Ali Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mikal Dawson made Layup. Assisted by Ali Ali. 8–16
P1 Keshawn Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Akron Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ali Ali missed Layup.
P1 Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
P1 Akron Turnover.
P1 Adong Makuoi made Layup. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson. 10–16
P1 Mikal Dawson Turnover.
P1 Trendon Hankerson Steal.
P1 Foul on Mikal Dawson.
P1 Trendon Hankerson made Three Point Jumper. 13–16
P1 Ali Ali made Jumper. 13–18
P1 Foul on Adong Makuoi.
P1 Greg Tribble missed Jumper.
P1 Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Trendon Hankerson.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Enrique Freeman missed Free Throw.
P1 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P1 Enrique Freeman made Free Throw. 13–19
P1 Trendon Hankerson missed Layup.
P1 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P1 Garvin Clarke Turnover.
P1 Kaleb Thornton missed Layup.
P1 Kaleb Thornton Offensive Rebound.
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu missed Layup.
P1 Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Anthony Crump missed Layup.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Block.
P1 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda. 13–21
P1 Foul on Chinedu Kingsley Okanu.
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Turnover.
P1 Akron Turnover.
P1 Darweshi Hunter made Jumper. 15–21
P1 Ali Ali missed Layup.
P1 Keshawn Williams Defensive Rebound.
P1 Keshawn Williams missed Layup.
P1 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P1 Enrique Freeman made Layup. 15–23
P1 Anthony Crump missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Anthony Crump.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Enrique Freeman missed Free Throw.
P1 Darweshi Hunter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Xavier Castaneda.
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Layup. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson. 17–23
P1 Foul on Enrique Freeman.
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Free Throw. 18–23
P1 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu missed Layup.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Aziz Bandaogo.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Turnover.
P1 Keshawn Williams made Layup. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton. 20–23
P1 Foul on Greg Tribble.
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu missed Free Throw.
P1 Aziz Bandaogo Defensive Rebound.
P1 Greg Tribble Turnover.
P1 Anthony Crump missed Layup.
P1 Garvin Clarke Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Darweshi Hunter.
P1 Ali Ali made Free Throw. 20–24
P1 Ali Ali missed Free Throw.
P1 Keshawn Williams Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Jumper. Assisted by Keshawn Williams. 22–24
P1 Foul on Anthony Crump.
P1 Ali Ali made Free Throw. 22–25
P1 Ali Ali missed Free Throw.
P1 Darweshi Hunter Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Anthony Crump.
P2 Ali Ali missed Jumper.
P2 Kaleb Thornton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Keshawn Williams missed Jumper.
P2 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ali Ali made Layup. 22–27
P2 Foul on Xavier Castaneda.
P2 Zool Kueth missed Layup.
P2 Zool Kueth Offensive Rebound.
P2 Zool Kueth made Layup. 24–27
P2 Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Xavier Castaneda Offensive Rebound.
P2 Xavier Castaneda missed Jumper.
P2 Adong Makuoi Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Adong Makuoi.
P2 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Enrique Freeman Offensive Rebound.
P2 Enrique Freeman missed Layup.
P2 Zool Kueth Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Adong Makuoi.
P2 Adong Makuoi Turnover.
P2 Foul on Northern Illinois.
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw. 24–28
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Free Throw. 24–29
P2 Enrique Freeman Turnover.
P2 Kaleb Thornton Turnover.
P2 Xavier Castaneda Steal.
P2 Foul on Ali Ali.
P2 Ali Ali Turnover.
P2 Trendon Hankerson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound.
P2 Greg Tribble missed Layup.
P2 Zool Kueth Defensive Rebound.
P2 Keshawn Williams made Dunk. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton. 26–29
P2 Enrique Freeman missed Jumper.
P2 Keshawn Williams Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Greg Tribble.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Trendon Hankerson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Aziz Bandaogo Defensive Rebound.
P2 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Zool Kueth Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Xavier Castaneda.
P2 Kaleb Thornton Turnover.
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. Steal.
P2 Foul on Trendon Hankerson.
P2 Garvin Clarke missed Free Throw.
P2 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P2 Garvin Clarke made Free Throw. 26–30
P2 Trendon Hankerson missed Layup.
P2 Trendon Hankerson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Aziz Bandaogo.
P2 Trendon Hankerson made Free Throw. 27–30
P2 Trendon Hankerson made Free Throw. 28–30
P2 Foul on Zool Kueth.
P2 Ali Ali missed Free Throw.
P2 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ali Ali made Free Throw. 28–31
P2 Keshawn Williams made Layup. 30–31
P2 Ali Ali made Layup. 30–33
P2 Keshawn Williams made Jumper. 32–33
P2 Ali Ali missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kaleb Thornton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zool Kueth made Dunk. Assisted by Kaleb Thornton. 34–33
P2 Foul on Chinedu Kingsley Okanu.
P2 Greg Tribble made Free Throw. 34–34
P2 Greg Tribble made Free Throw. 34–35
P2 Anthony Crump missed Layup.
P2 Enrique Freeman Defensive Rebound.
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ali Ali Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ali Ali missed Jumper.
P2 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kaleb Thornton made Jumper. 36–35
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman. 36–38
P2 Kaleb Thornton made Jumper. 38–38
P2 Foul on Chinedu Kingsley Okanu.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Enrique Freeman made Free Throw. 38–39
P2 Enrique Freeman made Free Throw. 38–40
P2 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Jumper. 40–40
P2 Ali Ali made Jumper. 40–42
P2 Foul on Anthony Crump.
P2 Ali Ali made Free Throw. 40–43
P2 Kaleb Thornton made Layup. 42–43
P2 Xavier Castaneda made Layup. 42–45
P2 Zool Kueth made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson. 45–45
P2 Ali Ali made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Enrique Freeman. 45–48
P2 Kaleb Thornton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trendon Hankerson. 48–48
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kaleb Thornton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ali Ali.
P2 Foul on Ali Ali.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Kaleb Thornton missed Free Throw.
P2 Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kaleb Thornton missed Free Throw.
P2 Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kaleb Thornton Turnover.
P2 Mikal Dawson Steal.
P2 Foul on Kaleb Thornton.
P2 Mikal Dawson made Free Throw. 48–49
P2 Mikal Dawson made Free Throw. 48–50
P2 Trendon Hankerson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Keshawn Williams Offensive Rebound.
P2 Keshawn Williams missed Jumper.
P2 Greg Tribble Block.
P2 Greg Tribble Defensive Rebound.
P2 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Northern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zool Kueth made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Keshawn Williams. 51–50
P2 Bryan Trimble Jr. made Layup. 51–52
P2 Kaleb Thornton missed Layup.
P2 Aziz Bandaogo Block.
P2 Xavier Castaneda Defensive Rebound.
P2 Aziz Bandaogo made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Castaneda. 51–54
P2 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu made Dunk. Assisted by Keshawn Williams. 53–54
P2 Mikal Dawson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Trendon Hankerson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Enrique Freeman.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Keshawn Williams missed Free Throw.
P2 Northern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Keshawn Williams made Free Throw. 54–54
P2 Foul on Trendon Hankerson.
P2 Greg Tribble made Free Throw. 54–55
P2 Greg Tribble made Free Throw. 54–56
P2 Foul on Chinedu Kingsley Okanu.
P2 Chinedu Kingsley Okanu Turnover.
P2 Greg Tribble made Layup. 54–58
P2 Foul on Kaleb Thornton.
P2 Greg Tribble missed Free Throw.
P2 Trendon Hankerson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Greg Tribble.
P2 Trendon Hankerson made Layup. 56–58
P2 Greg Tribble missed Layup.
P2 Zool Kueth Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trendon Hankerson made Layup. 58–58
P2 Trendon Hankerson made Free Throw. 59–58
P2 Xavier Castaneda missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Chinedu Kingsley Okanu.
P2 Enrique Freeman missed Free Throw.
P2 Akron Offensive Rebound.
P2 Enrique Freeman made Free Throw. 59–59
P2 Anthony Crump made Layup. 61–59
P2 Xavier Castaneda Turnover.
P2 Northern Illinois Turnover.
P2 Foul on Xavier Castaneda.
P2 Keshawn Williams made Free Throw. 62–59
P2 Keshawn Williams made Free Throw. 63–59
P2 Ali Ali made Layup. 63–61
P2 Foul on Xavier Castaneda.
P2 Keshawn Williams made Free Throw. 64–61
P2 Keshawn Williams made Free Throw. 65–61
P2 Greg Tribble made Layup. 65–63
P2 Foul on Mikal Dawson.
P2 Kaleb Thornton made Free Throw. 66–63

Box score

NIU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Anthony CrumpF	23	2	1-8	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Adong MakuoiC	12	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	4
Kaleb ThorntonG	38	12	5-8	1-2	1-4	4	4	5	0	0	1	3	3
Keshawn WilliamsG	35	15	4-10	0-1	7-8	4	3	0	0	0	1	3	0
Trendon HankersonG	29	10	3-10	1-4	3-3	3	4	0	1	0	1	2	4
Zool KuethF	19	10	4-5	2-2	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Chinedu Kingsley OkanuF	27	11	5-8	0-0	1-2	3	0	2	0	0	1	2	5
Darweshi HunterG	17	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Drew WiemersF
Montavious MyrickF
Chris OstenF
Edward ManuelG
Zion RussellG
Noah KonG

AKR

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Aziz BandaogoF	16	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	3	0	3	2
Enrique FreemanF	29	8	2-4	0-0	4-7	11	2	3	0	0	4	7	3
Mikal DawsonG	22	7	2-5	1-4	2-2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3
Greg TribbleG	29	10	3-6	0-0	4-5	4	1	1	0	1	0	4	3
Xavier CastanedaG	32	4	1-8	0-6	2-2	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	5
Ali AliG	33	20	7-12	2-3	4-7	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	4
Garvin ClarkeG	12	4	1-1	1-1	1-2	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
Bryan Trimble Jr.G	27	6	2-6	1-5	1-2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Brandon FordF
Sekou KalleF
Michael WynnF
Nate JohnsonG
Evan WilsonG
Pat MayfieldG
Kobe MitchellG
K.J. WaltonG

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