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Northern Illinois visits Habhab and Eastern Michigan
By The Associated Press
Northern Illinois Huskies (5-10, 1-3 MAC) at Eastern Michigan Eagles (8-9, 2-3
MAC)
Ypsilanti, Michigan; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Michigan takes on Northern Illinois after Mohammad Habhab
scored 20 points in Eastern Michigan's 79-62 loss to the Western Michigan
Broncos.
The Eagles are 5-2 on their home court. Eastern Michigan ranks sixth in the MAC
with 9.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Godslove Nwabude averaging 2.1.
The Huskies are 1-3 in conference games. Northern Illinois is seventh in the
MAC with 32.8 rebounds per game led by Makhai Valentine averaging 5.7.
Eastern Michigan scores 71.2 points per game, 7.0 fewer points than the 78.2
Northern Illinois gives up. Northern Illinois averages 8.7 made 3-pointers per
game this season, 2.1 more made shots on average than the 6.6 per game Eastern
Michigan allows.
The Eagles and Huskies meet Tuesday for the first time in conference play this
season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Habhab is scoring 14.3 points per game and averaging 7.8
rebounds for the Eagles. Mak Manciel is averaging 1.2 made 3-pointers over the
last 10 games.
Dylan Ducommun averages 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Huskies, scoring
13.5 points while shooting 33.8% from beyond the arc. Valentine is averaging
14.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Eagles: 4-6, averaging 71.1 points, 31.0 rebounds, 13.4 assists,
5.8 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 45.7% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 70.3 points per game.
Huskies: 3-7, averaging 72.0 points, 34.7 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 6.9 steals
and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 40.8% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 77.4 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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