The Mid American Conference plays the Sun Belt Conference on Saturday in Mobile, Alabama at the Mitchell Center when the Northern Illinois Huskies (8-14, 2-8 MAC) visit the South Alabama Jaguars (11-13, 4-8 Sun Belt). Northern Illinois defeated Miami (OH) 62-59 on Tuesday for their second consecutive victory. South Alabama defeated Georgia Southern 78-65 on Wednesday snapping a five-game losing streak. Northern Illinois and South Alabama do not have any players listed on their injury reports.
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Northern Illinois is scoring an average of 76.0 points per game which is 128th in the nation. The Huskies are shooting 45.2% overall which is 155th and 33.4% from 3 point land which is 210th. Northern Illinois is making 68.5% of its free throws which is 294th. The leading scorer for Northern Illinois is David Coit with an average of 19.2 points per game and Zarique Nutter is second with an average of 15.8 points per game. NIU has one other player averaging double figures in scoring. Coit is the dish leader with an average of 3.4 assists per game.
The Northern Illinois defense is allowing an average of 78.7 points per game which is 339th. The Huskies are allowing opponents to shoot 44.6% overall and 35.8% from 3 point land, which are 244th and 320th respectively. Northern Illinois avera ges 35.9 rebounds per game, led by Xavier Amos with an average of 5.8 boards per contest. Will Loving-Watts is the leader in steals with an average of 1.0 per game and Yanic Konan Niderhauser is the rim protector with an average of 2.1 blocked shots per game.
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