NIU (1-0) vs. Roosevelt (2-1)
Date / Time: Monday, November 14, 2016 • 7 p.m. CT
Site: NIU Convocation Center • DeKalb, Ill.
TV: none
Radio: WLBK 1360-AM, 98.9-FM (DeKalb) • TuneIn
Live Stats: NIUHuskies.com
All-time Series: NIU leads 2-0
Last Meeting: Dec. 22, 2015 • NIU 85-52

Huskie Quick Hits
• NIU's 80-78 season-opening, overtime win over Indiana State was the first opener to go to overtime for the Huskies since Nov. 19, 1997 when NIU claimed a 70-60 overtime win at Sacramento State.
• Marin Maric scored a career-high 25 points on Friday against Indiana State, including 11-of-14 shooting from the field.
• Jaylen Key recorded his second career double-double on Friday against the Sycamores with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
• Dontel Highsmith saw his first game action in 1,045 days when he started and played 21 minutes in the season opener against Indiana State.
• Under head coach Mark Montgomery, the Huskies are 7-3 overall in overtime games, with a 5-3 record in single overtimes and 2-0 in double overtime contests.
• NIU and Roosevelt have met on two previous occasions, with the Huskies winning both matchups. The Huskies beat the Lakers, 72-46, in DeKalb on Jan. 2, 2012 and on Dec. 22, 2015, 85-52, also in DeKalb.
• Aaric Armstead is also just 79 points shy of 1,000 in his career. There have been 29 Huskies that have reached the 1,000 career points plateau.
• With the win on Friday night, NIU improved to 34-6 at home since Feb. 12, 2014.

About Roosevelt
• The Lakers come to DeKalb with a 2-1 overall record, after defeating Wilberforce University, 54-51, on Friday night (Nov. 11). Korey Ryan scored a team-high 16 points to lead Roosevelt against Wilberforce.
• Ryan leads the way for Roosevelt, averaging 19.3 points per game early in the season; Jake Ludwig is adding 16.7 points per contest for the Lakers. • Last season, Roosevelt posted a 12-16 overall record, including an 8-12 mark in league play.
• Roosevelt head coach Joe Griffin is in his seventh season with the Lakers, Griffin worked as a graduate assistant at Michigan State during NIU head coach Mark Montgomery's time on the Spartan staff.

All-time Series with the Lakers
• NIU and Roosevelt have met on two previous occasions, with the Huskies winning both matchups. The Huskies beat the Lakers, 72-46, in DeKalb on Jan. 2, 2012 and on Dec. 22, 2015, 85-52, also in DeKalb.
• Marin Maric scored 22 points to lead all scorers in last season's meeting. Maric was one of five Huskies to score in double figures as he was joined by Travon Baker (14), Laytwan Porter (12), Andrew Zelis (12) and Chuks Iroegbu (11).
• Korey Ryan and Kevin Priebe each had 11 points to lead the way for Roosevelt.
• NIU shot 51.6 percent (33-of-64) from the field last season against the Lakers, including 50 percent (10-of-20) from three-point range.

Indiana State Recap
• Two free throws from Laytwan Porter with 4.3 seconds remaining helped lift NIU to an 80-78 overtime victory over Indiana State on Friday night (Nov. 11) in the season opener.
• NIU led by seven, 70-63, with less than 40 seconds to play in regulation but a triple from Indiana State's Brenton Scott with less than two seconds left helped the Sycamores force overtime.
• Marin Maric scored a career-high 25 points, including 11-of-14 shooting from the field.
• Jaylen Key recorded his second career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
• Freshmen Eugene German and Justin Thomas each made their collegiate debut in the contest for the Huskies.

Working Overtime
• NIU's 80-78 season-opening, overtime win over Indiana State was the first opener to go to overtime for the Huskies since Nov. 19, 1997 when NIU claimed a 70-60 overtime win at Sacramento State.
• Under head coach Mark Montgomery, the Huskies are 7-3 overall in overtime games, with a 5-3 record in single overtimes and 2-0 in double overtime contests.
• NIU played just one game that went beyond 40 minutes last season, a 78-75 double overtime win over Florida International (Dec. 19, 2015).
• The Huskies have won four-straight overtime games, last falling in an overtime contest on Dec. 19, 2014 at Dartmouth (58-55).