DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Abdel Nader's go-ahead jumper with 2.2 seconds left sealed the deal for Northern Illinois which held off Kent State 67-65 on Wednesday night.
Northern Illinois (5-14, 3-4 MAC) led 63-54 with 2:28 remaining in the game but the Golden Flashes used an 11-2 run capped off by Devareaux Manley's 3-pointer to tie it at 65 with 31 seconds left.
After Nader's jumper, Kent State's Randal Holt got a look from beyond the arc to win it but just missed as the clock expired.
The Golden Flashes never led in the contest.
Nader scored 26 points including four 3-pointers and was 8 for 11 from the free-throw line. He led the Huskies with 11 rebounds.
Darren Goodson scored 18 points and pulled 10 rebounds for Kent State (11-10, 2-5). Kris Brewer had 14 points and was a perfect 10 for 10 from the line.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Kent State (11-10) | 27 | 38 | 65 |
| Northern Illinois (5-14) « | 34 | 33 | 67 |
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| Kent State Golden Flashes | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Evans, F | 30 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| D. Goodson, F | 28 | 7-11 | 4-8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| K. Spicer, F | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Brewer, G | 35 | 2-4 | 10-10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| R. Holt, G | 33 | 4-17 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Henniger | 27 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| B. Pope | 16 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Manley | 14 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| K. Thomas | 11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| M. Tabb | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-51 | 19-27 | 27 | 8 | 21 | 65 | |
| 39.2% | 70.4% | ||||||
| Northern Illinois Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Bolin, F | 31 | 2-4 | 4-6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| K. Gray, F | 27 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| D. Bowie, F | 24 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| A. Nader, G | 28 | 7-19 | 8-11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| D. Balls, G | 25 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Baker | 18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Gray | 15 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| A. Springs | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Christian | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Davis | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Cravatta | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-47 | 16-23 | 32 | 14 | 19 | 67 | |
| 46.8% | 69.6% | ||||||
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