Northern Illinois vs. Toledo: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Northern Illinois 46

(5-23, 2-12 away)

Toledo 70

(14-13, 9-4 home)

Venue: Savage Hall

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, March 05, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Northern Illinois	20	26	46
Toledo	34	36	70

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Northern Illinois	A Bolin 14	D Balls 7	A Christian 1
Toledo	M Smith 16	R Wonnell 7	J Brown 6

Northern Illinois shot just 29.8 percent from the field and lost big against Toledo 70-46 in conference play on Tuesday, Mar. 5. With the loss, the Huskies stay winless against Toledo this season at 0-2. The Huskies got a team-high 14 points and three rebounds from Aksel Bolin. Mike Davis had eight points and added seven rebounds. For the Rockets, Matt Smith got a game-high 16 points and three rebounds. Next up for Northern Illinois (4-23, 2-12 MAC) is Ball State (14-14, 7-8 MAC) on Saturday, Mar. 9 on the road.

Northern Illinois Game Notes

This game was statistically over in the 2nd half with 5:40 left to go.
Northern Illinois has lost 100 percent of the time this season (0-9) after recording 46 or fewer total points.
The Huskies have lost 100 percent of the time this season (0-8) after having a field goal percentage of 29.8 percent or worse.
Northern Illinois has lost 78 percent of the time this season (2-7) after committing 17 or more turnovers.
When the opposition records 14 or more assists this season, Northern Illinois has lost 100 percent of the time (0-8).
When the opposition records 11 or more steals this season, Northern Illinois has lost 100 percent of the time (0-4).
When the opposition records seven or more blocks this season, Northern Illinois has lost 100 percent of the time (0-6).
NIU set a season low for assists (three).
The Huskies have turned the ball over more than their opponents in the past eight games.
Northern Illinois has been outshot by their opponents in field goal percentage for the past six games.
Aksel Bolin accounted for 30.4 percent of the team's points.
The top two rebounders (Mike Davis and Daveon Balls) accounted for 41.1 percent of the rebounds.
Aksel Bolin has led the team in scoring in six out of 28 games this season.
Aksel Bolin had a career high with a 100 percent three-point percentage.

Toledo Game Notes

Matt Smith recorded a team season high in blocks with five.
The top two scorers (Matt Smith and Dominique Buckley) accounted for 41.4 percent of the points.
Matt Smith has led the team in scoring three times in 27 games this season.
Rian Pearson has 13 straight double-digit point games.
Matt Smith set a career high with five blocks.

NIU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B	Aksel Bolin	28	14	3	1	1	0	1
B	Mike Davis	27	8	7	1	1	0	0
C+	Kevin Gray	15	6	1	0	0	1	0
C	Darrell Bowie	26	7	5	0	1	0	3
C-	Daveon Balls	23	2	7	0	0	0	2
C-	Sam Mader	17	2	4	0	0	0	2
D+	Keith Gray	21	5	2	0	0	0	3
D+	A. Christian	11	2	0	1	0	0	1
D-	Travon Baker	27	0	3	0	1	0	4
-	J.J. Cravatta	5	0	0	0	0	0	1

TOL Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Matt Smith	27	16	3	0	1	5	0
A	Nathan Boothe	13	8	5	1	0	1	1
A	D. Buckley	29	13	2	3	2	0	0
B	Richard Wonnell	24	6	7	1	0	1	1
B	Julius Brown	29	6	6	6	1	0	4
B-	Rian Pearson	28	10	4	0	3	0	2
B-	Reese Holliday	23	7	5	0	0	0	0
C	Josh Lemons	22	0	1	3	4	0	2
-	B. Schwiebert	3	3	0	0	0	0	0