DE KALB, Ill. (AP) - James Haarsma had a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds as Wisconsin-Milwaukee repelled Northern Illinois 59-57 on Monday night.
Ja'Rob McCallum scored 12 points and Kyle Kelm and Ryan Allen had 10 apiece for the Panthers (2-0). Kaylon Williams added eight points and six assists.
Tim Toler led the Huskies (0-2) with 11 points. Ten players scored for Northern Illinois, which played its home opener.
Ryan Haggerty's 3-pointer with 9 seconds left in the half gave the Panthers their largest lead at 35-21.
But the Huskies clawed back, and Toler put Northern Illinois ahead 40-39 with a jumper with 11:01 to go.
But seven straight points by Kelm made it 46-42 with 9:22 to play.
Neither team shot well. Northern Illinois was 20 of 54 (37 percent) and Wisconsin-Milwaukee 20 of 55 (36.4). The Huskies committed 23 turnovers and the Panthers 15.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2-0) « | 35 | 24 | 59 |
| Northern Illinois (0-2) | 23 | 34 | 57 |
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| Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Haarsma, F | 36 | 5-7 | 4-6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| K. Kelm, F | 25 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| K. Williams, G | 36 | 3-11 | 1-3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| J. McCallum, G | 33 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| R. Allen, G | 32 | 2-6 | 6-10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Gulley | 10 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Haggerty | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Harris | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| E. Richard | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Boga | 5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-55 | 13-25 | 37 | 10 | 19 | 59 | |
| 36.4% | 52% | ||||||
| Northern Illinois Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Toler, F | 31 | 5-13 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| A. Bolin, F | 26 | 2-3 | 4-6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| A. Christian, G | 29 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Nader, G | 25 | 2-14 | 2-3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| M. Ford, G | 13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Miller | 25 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| T. Storm | 17 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Gray | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| K. Gray | 10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| S. Berg | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Barnette | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-54 | 15-18 | 41 | 7 | 25 | 57 | |
| 37% | 83.3% | ||||||
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