2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball
2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball
MAC West Division co-champions
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West Division
Record	18–13 (11–7 MAC)
Head coach	Mark Montgomery (9th season);
Associate head coach	Lamar Chapman
Assistant coaches	Brandon Watkins; Anthony Beane Sr.;
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represent Northern Illinois University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by 9th-year head coach Mark Montgomery, play their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.

2019–20 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Akron	14	–	4	.778	24	–	7	.774
Bowling Green	12	–	6	.667	21	–	10	.677
Buffalo	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Kent State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	12	.625
Ohio	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Miami (OH)	5	–	13	.278	13	–	19	.406
West
Ball State	11	–	7	.611	18	–	13	.581
Northern Illinois	11	–	7	.611	18	–	13	.581
Toledo	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Central Michigan	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Western Michigan	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406
Eastern Michigan	6	–	12	.333	16	–	16	.500
Note: The 2020 MAC tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2018–19 season 17–17 overall, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. As the No. 7 seed in the MAC tournament, they defeated Ohio in the first round,^[1] upset Toledo in the quarterfinals,^[2] before falling to Bowling Green in the semifinals.^[3]

Roster

2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Chris Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Thornton Fractional North South Suburban College	Chicago, Illinois
G	1	Trendon Hankerson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Novi	Novi, Michigan
G	2	Gairges Daow	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Victory Rock Academy	Melbourne, Australia
G/F	3	Justin Lee	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Collins Hill	Lawrenceville, Georgia
F	4	Lacey James	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	RS Sr	Wayland Union Rider	Grand Rapids, Michigan
G	5	Zaire Mateen	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	South Shore Laramie County CC	Queens, New York
G	10	Eugene German	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	21st Century Charter	Gary, Indiana
F	11	Noah McCarty	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Sterling Newman	Rock Falls, Illinois
G	21	Alize Travis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	Eastvale Roosevelt Pima CC	Victorville, California
G	22	Rod Henry-Hayes	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Zion-Benton Township	Zion, Illinois
G	23	Tyler Cochran	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Bolingbrook	Bolingbrook, Illinois
G	24	Darius Beane	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Carbondale Southern Illinois	Carbondale, Illinois
F	25	Nathan Scott	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Neuqua Valley Olney Central College	Naperville, Illinois
F	32	Keenon Cole	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Streamwood	Streamwood, Illinois
G	55	Daniel Filippone	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Antioch Community	Antioch, Illinois

Head coach

Mark Montgomery (Michigan State)

Assistant coach(es)

Lamar Chapman (Lane College)
Brandon Watkins (Penn State)
Anthony Beane Sr. (Kansas State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 19, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm		Roosevelt	W 85–50		Convocation Center (422) DeKalb, IL
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2019* 3:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Iowa	L 54–64	0–1	Convocation Center (1,003) DeKalb, IL
November 12, 2019* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.TV		at Iowa State	L 52–70	0–2	Hilton Coliseum (13,762) Ames, IA
November 15, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Coppin State Collegiate Hoops Roadshow	W 81–69	1–2	Convocation Center (695) DeKalb, IL
November 16, 2019* 3:00 pm		Rockford Collegiate Hoops Roadshow	W 96–48	2–2	Convocation Center (729) DeKalb, IL
November 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Longwood Collegiate Hoops Roadshow	W 65–48	3–2	Convocation Center (601) DeKalb, IL
November 20, 2019* 7:30 pm		at Western Illinois	W 86–81	4–2	Western Hall (684) Macomb, IL
November 23, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at SIU Edwardsville Collegiate Hoops Roadshow	W 68–64	5–2	Vadalabene Center (627) Edwardsville, IL
November 25, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Oakland	W 74–50	6–2	Convocation Center (730) DeKalb, IL
December 5, 2019* 9:00 pm, WCC Network		at Saint Mary's	L 49–61	6–3	University Credit Union Pavilion (2,816) Moraga, CA
December 7, 2019* 7:00 pm, BigWest.TV		at UC Davis	L 57–66	6–4	The Pavilion (949) Davis, CA
December 16, 2019* 6:00 pm, ACCN		at Pittsburgh	L 50–59	6–5	Petersen Events Center (7,015) Pittsburgh, PA
December 19, 2019* 7:30 pm, WAC DN		at Chicago State	W 75–60	7–5	Jones Convocation Center (255) Chicago, IL
December 21, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Green Bay	L 84–85	7–6	Convocation Center (1,123) DeKalb, IL
MAC regular season
January 4, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Buffalo	W 73–72	8–6 (1–0)	Alumni Arena (3,069) Buffalo, NY
January 7, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Central Michigan	L 67–68	8–7 (1–1)	McGuirk Arena (1,519) Mount Pleasant, MI
January 11, 2020 3:30 pm, ESPN3		Eastern Michigan	W 71–68	9–7 (2–1)	Convocation Center (1,074) DeKalb, IL
January 14, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Akron	L 49–72	9–8 (2–2)	Convocation Center (884) DeKalb, IL
January 18, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Bowling Green	L 64–66	9–9 (2–3)	Stroh Center (1,925) Bowling Green, OH
January 21, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Kent State	W 76–69	10–9 (3–3)	MAC Center (2,211) Kent, OH
January 25, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN3		Western Michigan	W 58–52	11–9 (4–3)	Convocation Center (1,030) DeKalb, IL
January 28, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Ohio	W 61–59	12–9 (5–3)	Convocation Center (783) DeKalb, IL
February 1, 2020 3:00 pm, CBSSN		Miami (OH)	W 70–55	13–9 (6–3)	Convocation Center (1,492) DeKalb, IL
February 4, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Toledo	W 66–61	14–9 (7–3)	Savage Arena (3,877) Toledo, OH
February 7, 2020 6:00 pm, CBSSN		Kent State	W 57–54	15–9 (8–3)	Convocation Center (1,385) DeKalb, IL
February 11, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Ball State	L 59–63	15–10 (8–4)	Worthen Arena (4,288) Muncie, IN
February 15, 2020 2:30 pm, ESPN3		at Miami (OH)	L 60–65	15–11 (8–5)	Millett Hall (3,831) Oxford, OH
February 22, 2020 3:30 pm, ESPN+		Central Michigan	W 82–81 ^OT	16–11 (9–5)	Convocation Center (3,016) DeKalb, IL
February 25, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Michigan	W 73–71	17–11 (10–5)	Convocation Center (1,378) Ypsilanti, MI
February 29, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Western Michigan	L 69–72	17–12 (10–6)	University Arena (2,488) Kalamazoo, MI
March 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Toledo	W 71–50	18–12 (11–6)	Convocation Center (1,019) DeKalb, IL
March 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Ball State	L 54–75	18–13 (11–7)	Convocation Center (1,749) DeKalb, IL
MAC tournament
March 12, 2020 1:30 pm, ESPN+	(4)	vs. (12) Miami (OH) Quarterfinals	MAC Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic		Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source^[4]

References

^ "Huskies March On To Cleveland". NIU Athletics. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ "No. 7 Northern Illinois Upsets No. 2 Toledo". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ "Northern Illinois bows out of MAC Tournament with 71-67 semifinal loss to Bowling Green". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". NIU Athletics. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[1] "Huskies March On To Cleveland". NIU Athletics. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[2] "No. 7 Northern Illinois Upsets No. 2 Toledo". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[3] "Northern Illinois bows out of MAC Tournament with 71-67 semifinal loss to Bowling Green". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[4] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". NIU Athletics. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

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