National Basketball Association
Washington 67, Northern Illinois 57
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 22, 2012
Where: Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington
Officials:
# Verne Harris, # Glenn Mayberry, # Deron White
Attendance:
7805
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Washington 67, Northern Illinois 57: C.J. Wilcox scored 22 points and Aziz N'Diaye added 13 points and 12 rebounds as the Huskies extended their winning streak to four games.
Washington (8-4) held on for the victory behind another strong effort by Wilcox, who hit four 3-pointers and reached 20 points for the seventh time in his last eight games.
Abdel Nader paced Northern Illinois (2-9) with 18 points and Kevin Gray added 10. Northern Illinois trailed by six with 1:43 remaining, but Washington hit four straight free throws to secure the win.
Washington was outscored in the paint 24-12 despite outrebounding Northern Illinois 41-23. Abdul Gaddy had 12 points and six assists for Washington, which shot just 31.6 percent, including 36 percent (9-of-25) from 3-point range.
Washington led by 11 at halftime and extended its lead to 52-37 when Wilcox drained a 3-pointer with 11:40 to play. Northern Illinois refused to go away and trailed by eight after Aksel Bolin's 3-pointer with 4:07 remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Washington and Northern Illinois are two of the four Division I schools
that have Huskies as their mascot. The others are Connecticut and
Northeastern. ...Northern Illinois has won just one road game in the past two seasons. … Washington improved to 82-9 in non-conference home games under coach Lorenzo Romar.
Top Game Performances
Northern Illinois |
|
Washington |
Abdel Nader 18 |
Scoring |
C.J. Wilcox 22 |
Travon Baker 4 |
Assists |
Abdul Gaddy 6 |
Keith Gray 5 |
Rebounds |
Aziz N'Diaye 12 |
Darrell Bowie 3 |
Free Throws Made |
C.J. Wilcox 8 |
Abdel Nader 2 |
Steals |
C.J. Wilcox 2 |
Abdel Nader 1 |
Blocks |
Andrew Andrews 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Northern Illinois
|
57 |
39.3 |
5-12 |
8-11 |
11 |
23 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
Washington
|
67 |
31.6 |
9-25 |
22-24 |
14 |
41 |
4 |
4 |
14 |