Northern Illinois 77, at Ohio 80

ATHENS, Ohio (Interstat) — In a game defined by its frantic final minute, Jackson Paveletzke scored 23 points and Aidan Hadaway added 18 points and six assists as Ohio survived a furious second-half rally from Northern Illinois to secure an 80-77 victory in a Mid-American Conference men’s basketball game Tuesday night at the Convocation Center. A crowd of 2,867 saw the Bobcats improve to 10-9 overall, while the Huskies fell to 6-12. The most critical sequence unfolded in the game’s closing seconds. With Ohio clinging to a 79-77 lead, Northern Illinois’ Dylan Ducommun saw a potential game-tying close-range jumper in… Read more...