National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
DePaul 69, Northern Illinois 64
When: 5:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 16, 2012
Where: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
Officials: # Chris Beaver, # Ed Corbett, # Mike Roberts
Attendance: 7155

DePaul 69, Northern Illinois 64: Brandon Young scored 15 points and Jamee Crockett had a season-high 14 as the Blue Demons held off the visiting Huskies.

DePaul (8-3) went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line in the final 2:47 to secure their first six-game winning streak since the 2003-04 season. Young scored four points from the line in the closing minutes, while Worrel Clahar scored four of his eight and Cleveland Melvin scored two of his 12.

Abdel Nader was in his second game back for Northern Illinois (2-7) after sitting out the first seven for violating teams rules. Nader scored 20 points and Akeem Springs had 11, including a pair of 3-pointers in the final 30 seconds that kept the score close.

Nader hit a 3-pointer to give the Huskies a 56-54 lead with 4:20 left, but Crockett answered with a 3-pointer on the other end to put DePaul back up by a point with 4:05 left. DePaul would make just one other field goal in the final minutes, a dunk by Melvin that pushed the lead to 63-58 with 1:08 left.

DePaul went nine minutes without a field goal before Young made two in the final 17 seconds of the first half to give the Blue Demons a two-point lead.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Durrell McDonald sank a 3-pointer with 15:09 remaining in the game, extending DePaul’s streak of at least one 3-pointer to 590 games. … Freshmen accounted for 17 of the 22 turnovers by Northern Illinois. …Northern Illinois junior G Antone Christian returned after missing the last six games with a foot injury. The team’s third returning scorer from last season finished with zero points in four minutes
Top Game Performances
 
Northern Illinois   DePaul
Abdel Nader 20 Scoring Brandon Young 15
Aksel Bolin 5 Assists Brandon Young 5
Kevin Gray 6 Rebounds Worrel Clahar 6
Mike Davis 3 Free Throws Made Worrel Clahar 4
Mike Davis 4 Steals Cleveland Melvin 2
Aksel Bolin 1 Blocks Donnavan Kirk 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Northern Illinois 64 40.0 5-15 7-8 13 33 3 13 22
DePaul 69 46.8 4-14 21-25 15 23 8 7 20