12:03 pm
January 27

Northern Illinois @ Akron

Who will WIN this matchup?

Northern Illinois Huskies (6-6)

@ Akron Zips (4-7)

 

Current odds:

Northern Illinois Huskies: (-200)

Akron Zips: (+170)

 

• The spread for this game is Northern Illinois 4.5 points.

• NIU (6-6, 4-3 MAC) had its four-game winning streak snapped last Wednesday in a 67-62 loss at Toledo. The Huskies led 50-45 through three quarters but were held to 22.2 percent shooting from the field in the fourth quarter as the Rockets outscored NIU 22-2 to come away with the win.

• Sophomore guard Chelby Koker (Racine, Wis./Shoreland Lutheran) led all players with 20 points and nine rebounds in the game. It was her seventh 20-point effort of the season. She was a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line to move back atop the Mid-American Conference in free throw percentage at 92.1 percent. Koker is 16th in the nation in free throw percentage and 26th in scoring at 20.3 points per game.

• Redshirt-Junior guard Errin Hodges (Pontiac, Ill./Evansville Central [Ind.]) scored in double figures for the third time in four games with 10 points at Toledo. She also had seven rebounds. Hodges is averaging 11.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game over the last four, shooting 58.8 percent from the field.

• The Huskies remain one of the top three-point shooting teams in the nation. NIU is tied for fifth in the country with 10.2 three-point field goals per game and 12th in three-point field goal percentage at 38.6 percent. The Huskies have shot 40 percent or better from long range five times this season. Redshirt-Junior Janae Poisson (Matteson, Ill./Marian Catholic) leads the MAC in three-point percentage at 47.6 percent. She was 3-for-4 from the three-point arc at Toledo and scored 11 points.

• The Zips moved to 1-7 in Mid-American Conference play on
Saturday in a 92-69 loss to Central Michigan. The Chippewas jumped out to a 32-12
lead in the first quarter after shooting 65 percent from the field. Kendall Miller and
Rachel Martindale each had a team-high 12 points for Akron in the game. Senior
forward Jordyn Dawson leads Akron with 15.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.
Akron is third in the MAC in field goal percentage at 42.1 percent.

5/10
Confidence
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Northern Illinois Huskies
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