DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - David Brown scored 13 points and Western Michigan held Northern Illinois to its lowest point total in 67 years, defeating the Broncos 71-34 Saturday night.
Northern Illinois (3-13, 1-3 Mid-American) shot just 20 percent from the floor - 13 percent in the second half - en route to its lowest point total since losing 61-31 to Southern Illinois in 1946. The Huskies were 4 of 22 on 3-point attempts and 8 of 16 from the free-throw line.
The Broncos (10-7, 2-2), on the other hand, shot 54 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Huskies 42-27. That helped them overcome 19 turnovers.
Shayne Whittington added nine points and 10 rebounds for Western Michigan.
Kevin Gray led Northern Illinois with 13 points thanks to 7 of 8 shooting from the free-throw line.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western Michigan (10-7) « | 31 | 40 | 71 |
| Northern Illinois (3-13) | 20 | 14 | 34 |
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| Western Michigan Broncos | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Hutcheson, F | 20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| D. Paul, F | 16 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| S. Whittington, C | 23 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| B. Pokley, G | 16 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Klein, G | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Richie | 26 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| C. Tava | 24 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Brown | 20 | 3-5 | 5-7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| T. Perry | 18 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| A. Avery | 17 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| T. Brennan | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| H. Hoerdemann | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-35 | 26-31 | 42 | 11 | 15 | 71 | |
| 54.3% | 83.9% | ||||||
| Northern Illinois Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Gray, F | 29 | 3-10 | 7-8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| D. Bowie, F | 26 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Nader, F | 25 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Baker, G | 18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Christian, G | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Cravatta | 23 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| A. Bolin | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Balls | 15 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Gray | 11 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| A. Springs | 9 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Davis | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Hayes | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11-55 | 8-16 | 27 | 6 | 22 | 34 | |
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