E Illinois 72
(6-4, 1-4 away)
Northwestern 87
(10-1, 6-1 home)
Coverage: BTN
6:00 PM ET, December 18, 2011
Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, IL
Top Performers
Eastern Illinois: J. Granger 22 Pts, 1 Reb, 6 Ast, 2 Stl
Northwestern: J. Shurna 32 Pts, 4 Reb, 5 Ast, 2 Blk
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Zavier Sanders, F | 32 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Alfonzo McKinnie, F | 27 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Jeremy Granger, G | 35 | 8-16 | 2-4 | 4-6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| L.C. Doss, G | 21 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Joey Miller, G | 30 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Nick McFarlin, F | 11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Taylor Jones, G | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alex Lubsey, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malcolm Herron, G | 19 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Morris Woods, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Akers, G | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jonathan Miller, G | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Piper, F | 10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 28-58 | 6-13 | 10-12 | 8 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 72 | ||
| 48.3% | 46.2% | 83.3% | ||||||||||
| Northwestern Wildcats | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| John Shurna, F | 38 | 11-16 | 9-12 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| Drew Crawford, G-F | 35 | 5-14 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Luka Mirkovic, C | 29 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 4-7 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| Reggie Hearn, G | 24 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Sobolewski, G | 34 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Davide Curletti, F | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Nick Fruendt, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JerShon Cobb, G | 25 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| James Montgomery, NA | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omar Jimenez, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 32-59 | 12-23 | 11-18 | 10 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 87 | ||
| 54.2% | 52.2% | 61.1% | ||||||||||
Officials: Mike Sanzere, Mike Kitts, Steve Mcjunkins
Attendance: 5,071
