DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Aksel Bolin scored 15 points to lead Northern Illinois to a 65-54 win over SIU-Edwardsville on Wednesday night.
Bolin was 7 of 10 from the field. Sam Mader scored 11 points, and Travon Baker had 10. Keith Gray had five rebounds for the Huskies (3-5).
SIU-Edwardsville had a brief lead early in the first half. Sam Nader scored on a jumper at the 12:12 mark, putting the Huskies up by one, and they would never trail again. At halftime, they were up 36-25. The Huskies made 22 points off turnovers. They shot 52 percent from the field for the game, while the Cougars shot 39.5 percent.
Jerome Jones led the Cougars (2-4) with 19 points. Kris Davis added 16. Derian Shaffer had seven rebounds.
The win broke a three-game losing streak for Northern Illinois.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| SIU-Edwardsville (2-4) | 25 | 29 | 54 |
| Northern Illinois (2-5) « | 36 | 29 | 65 |
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| SIU-Edwardsville Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jones, F | 33 | 7-13 | 1-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| D. Shaffer, F | 25 | 1-5 | 2-7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| K. Davis, G | 39 | 4-10 | 5-5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| M. Messer, G | 30 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| M. Wiltz, G | 30 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Johnson | 16 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Lester | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Reed | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-43 | 11-20 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 54 | |
| 39.5% | 55% | ||||||
| Northern Illinois Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Bolin, F | 29 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| S. Mader, F | 29 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| K. Gray, F | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| T. Baker, G | 21 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| A. Springs, G | 17 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Balls | 22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Bowie | 18 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Cravatta | 16 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| K. Gray | 14 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| M. Davis | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| T. Nixon | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Hayes | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-50 | 8-11 | 33 | 13 | 18 | 65 | |
| 52% | 72.7% | ||||||
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