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Eastern Michigan Eagles (9-12, 2-7 MAC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (6-14, 0-8 MAC)
DeKalb, Illinois; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois hosts the Eastern Michigan Eagles after Xavier Amos scored 25 points in Northern Illinois’ 84-77 overtime loss to the Central Michigan Chippewas.
The Huskies have gone 3-6 at home. Northern Illinois averages 12.3 turnovers per game and is 2-3 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents.
The Eagles are 2-7 against MAC opponents. Eastern Michigan has a 4-2 record in one-possession games.
Northern Illinois scores 76.8 points per game, 2.3 more points than the 74.5 Eastern Michigan gives up. Eastern Michigan has shot at a 43.5% clip from the field this season, 1.7 percentage points less than the 45.2% shooting opponents of Northern Illinois have averaged.
The Huskies and Eagles face off Saturday for the first time in MAC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: David Coit is averaging 19.6 points and 3.5 assists for the Huskies. Amos is averaging 14.1 points and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 47.7% over the past 10 games for Northern Illinois.
Julius Ellerbe is averaging 5.1 points for the Eagles. Arne Osojnik is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Eastern Michigan.
LAST 10 GAMES: Huskies: 0-10, averaging 71.3 points, 32.0 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 4.2 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.5 points per game.
Eagles: 3-7, averaging 65.2 points, 34.2 rebounds, 10.2 assists, 5.9 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 41.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.2 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.