NIU (10-6, 2-1 MAC) at Bowling Green (7-9, 1-2 MAC)
Date / Time: Saturday, January 13, 2017 • 11 a.m. CT (12 p.m. ET)
Site: Stroh Center • Bowling Green, Ohio
TV: ESPN3
Radio: WLBK 1360-AM, 98.9-FM (DeKalb) • TuneIn
Live Stats: BGSUFalcons.com 
All-time Series: Bowling Green leads 32-28
Last Meeting: Feb. 16, 2016 • NIU 71-60

Huskie Quick Hits
• NIU has had at least four players score in double figures in each of its first three conference games, with seven different players reaching double figures in league play. 
• Over the last four games, Marin Maric is averaging 15.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per contest. 
• Armstead also has 1,075 career points, becoming the 30th player in school history to reach the century mark. The senior from Chicago is currently ranked 23rd in school history in scoring, five points behind Chris Coleman (1994-97) for 22nd on NIU's scoring list. Armstead is the only player in the Mid-American Conference to rank in the top-20 in rebounding as well as the top-15 in both steals and blocks. 
• In conference play, the four-man tandem of Jaylen Key and Levi Bradley is averaging a combined 15.7 points and 13.7 rebounds per contest. 
• NIU ranks in the top-50 nationally in turnovers forced (28th, 16.3 per game) which has helped the Huskies to a +5.9 margin in points off turnovers this season (18.0-12.1).  
• In 12 career road games, Dontel Highsmith is averaging 13.0 points per game, shooting 52.3 percent (57-of-109) from the field, including 37.5 percent (15-of-40) from behind the three-point line. 
• The Huskies have consistently held an advantage in the paint over their opponents this season, scoring an average of 34.9 points in the paint per game while allowing just 26.3, a +8.6 points per game edge. 

About Bowling Green
• The Falcons come into Saturday's contest with a 7-9 overall record, 1-2 in Mid-American Conference play. Bowling Green is 6-3 at home and is coming off an 81-53 loss to Eastern Michigan on Tuesday (Jan. 10).
• Three players are scoring in double figures for Bowling Green, led by 12.6 points per game from Zack Denny. Wes Alcegaire adds 12.3 points and Demajeo Wiggins chips in 10.7 points per game. 
• In conference play, Demajeo Wiggins is averaging 16.3 points per contest, tied for eighth-best in the MAC, while Zack Denny is scoring 15.0 points per game, tied for 18th in the conference. 
• Michael Huger is in his second season guiding the Falcons after spending eight years as an assistant to Jim Larranaga at both Miami (Fla.) and George Mason. Huger played collegiately at Bowling Green from 1989-93. 

All-time Series with the Falcons
• Bowling Green leads the all-time series against NIU, 32-28, and holds a 21-11 edge all-time in Bowling Green. NIU won last season's lone meeting, 71-60, in DeKalb. (Feb. 16, 2016). 
• Aaric Armstead scored a team-high 14 points in last season's victory over the Falcons. Marshawn Wilson added 12 points and Marin Maric posted a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. NIU shot 47.4 percent (9-of-19) from three-point range in the contest. 
• NIU will be making its fourth appearance in Bowling Green's six-year old home, the Stroh Center. The Huskies are 1-2 against the Falcons in the building, with the victory coming on Jan. 12, 2014 (45-36). NIU fell, 56-46, in its last visit to Bowling Green (Jan. 27, 2015). 

Slowing the League's Best
• The NIU defense has done a good job holding opponent's leading scorer in check during conference play. 
• In the conference opener, Miami's Michael Weathers was averaging 19.2 points per game, but was held to just 11 points.
• Against Central Michigan and the nation's leading scorer, Marcus Keene, who came in averaging 30.1 points per contest; NIU held Keene to just 14 points on 4-of-11 shooting with six turnovers. 
• Kent State's Jimmy Hall came into the contest against the Huskies averaging 17.4 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, but was held to just four points and five rebounds, with four turnovers, by the NIU defense.