Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Northern Illinois 78, Miami 70
The Associated Press
DEKALB, Ill. — P.J. Smith scored 22 points Tuesday night in leading Northern Illinois to a 78-70 win over Miami Tuesday night. It was the RedHawks' second straight loss.
The Huskies (6-9, 2-4 Mid-American Conference) were up 30-25 at the half despite shooting just 39.7 percent from the field. They were better from 3-point range, shooting 50 percent (8-of-16).
The only other Husky to score in double digits was Leon Rodgers, who had 16 points and also had 13 rebounds. Northern Illinois scored 16 points off turnovers.
Juby Johnson paced the RedHawks with 25 points. Doug Davis scored 20 points and Eugene Seals added 12 for Miami (7-11, 4-3).
The RedHawks shot 40.4 percent from the field, 22.2 percent from 3-point range.
MIAMI (70)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Johnson 39 7-12 10-14 2-12 1 4 25
Seals 40 5-10 2-4 5-16 0 2 12
Shorts 12 1-4 2-2 0-0 0 5 4
Mason 22 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 5 4
Davis 39 4-12 12-15 0-2 3 3 20
Jameson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Drake 13 2-5 0-0 0-1 0 4 5
Helmers 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Reed 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Edwards 13 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 2 0
Horace 11 0-5 0-0 2-2 0 2 0
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TOTALS 200 21-52 26-35 9-34 6 28 70
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Percentages: FG-.404, FT-.743. 3-Point Goals:
2-9, .222 (Johnson 1-2, Seals 0-1, Davis 0-2,
Drake 1-4). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 5
(Seals 3, Shorts, Davis). Turnovers: 13 (Mason 5,
Davis 4, Johnson 3). Steals: 3 (Horace 2,
Johnson).
NORTHERN ILL (78)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Staten 18 1-7 2-2 2-6 1 1 4
Rodgers 30 7-16 2-4 8-13 1 2 16
Nelson 11 0-2 5-6 1-1 0 2 5
Bates 31 1-6 6-10 2-6 4 2 8
Smith 25 6-8 5-6 0-3 2 2 22
Thompson 9 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 0 0
Smallwood 31 3-9 3-5 0-2 2 4 9
Mcelroy 13 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 3 2
Ezell 9 1-3 1-3 0-1 0 3 3
Sewasciuk 16 3-5 0-0 0-2 0 2 9
Morrison 7 0-1 0-2 1-1 1 2 0
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TOTALS 200 23-58 24-38 15-38 12 23 78
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Percentages: FG-.397, FT-.632. 3-Point Goals:
8-16, .500 (Staten 0-2, Rodgers 0-2, Smith 5-7,
Sewasciuk 3-5). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots:
10 (Smallwood 7, Nelson 2, Mcelroy). Turnovers: 7
(Rodgers 2, Bates, Mcelroy, Nelson, Smallwood,
Thompson). Steals: 8 (Bates 2, Ezell 2, Thompson
2, Mcelroy, Staten).
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Miami 25 45 - 70
Northern Ill 30 48 - 78
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Technical fouls: None. A: 2,003. Officials:
Eugene Crawford, Frank Spencer, L Memminger.
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Northern Illinois 78, Miami 70
