Match summary — NCAA 2024-2025
EASTERN ILLINOIS defeated NORTHERN ILLINOIS 72-59 on in the NCAA 2024-2025. EASTERN ILLINOIS won by a 13-point margin. Nakyel Shelton led all scorers with 26 points. EASTERN ILLINOIS shot 44.8% from the field while NORTHERN ILLINOIS managed 29.6%. EASTERN ILLINOIS collected 41 rebounds and NORTHERN ILLINOIS grabbed 24. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2024-2025 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
EASTERN ILLINOIS
72 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Kooper Jacobi | 38:00 | 19 | 7/12 | 6/9 | 1/3 | 4/4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
| * Nakyel Shelton | 37:00 | 26 | 7/15 | 6/13 | 1/2 | 11/14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| * Zion Fruster | 34:00 | 11 | 5/10 | 4/7 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| * Malik Olafioye | 32:00 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| * Rodolfo Bolis | 10:00 | 6 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Carson Prost | 20:00 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Blake Goodman | 14:00 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lazar Grbovic | 10:00 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sekou Sada Kalle | 05:00 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 72 | 26/58 | 23/45 | 3/13 | 17/22 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 89 |
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
59 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * James Dent Jr. | 40:00 | 20 | 6/18 | 1/4 | 5/14 | 3/3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| * Quentin Jones | 38:00 | 11 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 9/10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| * Tsvet Sotirov | 30:00 | 9 | 3/8 | 0/1 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| * Quaran Mcpherson | 26:00 | 8 | 2/9 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 4/4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| * Joe Munden Jr | 14:00 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Nasir Muhammad | 27:00 | 8 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kailon Nicholls | 20:00 | 3 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dj Gooden | 03:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Tipton | 01:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Mott | 01:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 59 | 16/54 | 5/17 | 11/37 | 16/17 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 58 |