Toledo (2-12, 0-0) @ Northern Illinois (4-8, 0-0) Preview/Gamethread

by Mike Breese on Jan 9, 2009 10:07 AM CST

Toledo Rockets at Northern Illinois Huskies, Jan 10, 2009 2:00 PM CST

Conference play starts off today in the brutal MAC conference. What, you say? Actually the MAC West in particular isn't having the greatest season. At 4-8, we have the second best overall record in the West behind the 5-7 Ball St Cardinals.

We don't play any defense and neither does the Rockets so this should be an entertaining one to say the least. As long as we force enough turnovers, we should be able to beat Toledo as they are 338th in turnover %. Both teams are towards the bottom in the nation when it comes to free throw % (337th and 330th respectively), so lets hope this game doesn't come down to the line. Toledo tried to run with URI recently and should do the same with us once we push the tempo offensively.

NIU Team Leaders

Stat	Player	AVG
Scoring	Darion Anderson	18.0
Rebounds	Darion Anderson	5.4
Assists	Mike DiNunno	2.6
FG%	Sean Kowal	60.0
FT%	Tyler Storm	80.0
3PT%	Sean Smith	60.0
Blocks	Sean Kowal	1.3
Steals	Darion Anderson	1.8

Toledo Team Leaders

Stat	Player	AVG
Scoring	Tyrone Kent	14.0
Rebounds	Justin Anyijong	5.2
Assists	Jonathan Amos	3.2
FG%	Zac Taylor	100.0
FT%	Ridley Johnson	70.0
3PT%	Justin Anyijong	50.0
Blocks	Justin Anyijong	0.9
Steals	Jonathan Amos	1.7

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As bad as the MAC is

(and I’m basing this on checking the scores almost every night and seeing the entire conference getting it’s ass kicked by other conferences regularly)

the Huskies might actually have a chance to compete this year.

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by Tackle Box on Jan 10, 2009 6:41 PM CST reply actions