NIU (15-14, 7-9 MAC) vs. Western Michigan (13-15, 9-7 MAC)
Date / Time: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 • 7 p.m. CT 
Site: NIU Convocation Center • DeKalb, Ill. 
TV: ESPN3
Radio: WLBK 1360-AM, 98.9-FM (DeKalb) • WYLL 1160-AM (Chicago) • TuneIn
Live Stats: NIUHuskies.com 
All-time Series: Western Michigan leads 58-32
Last Meeting: Feb. 11, 2017 • WMU 76-67

Huskie Quick Hits
• Aaric Armstead is one of just five active players in the country with 1,000 career points, 600 career rebounds and 150 career steals. The rest of the list includes: Tim Coleman (NJIT), Josh Hart (Villanova), QJ Peterson (VMI) and Sindarius Thornwell (South Carolina). Armstead ranks 16th in NIU history with 1,181 points and third with 150 steals. 
• Maric has recorded a double-double in each of the last three games, dating back to the Toledo game on Feb. 18. Over the last three games, Maric is averaging 20 points and 10.7 rebounds per contest, shooting 73.3 percent (22-of-30) from the field and 76.2 percent (16-of-21) from the free-throw line. Maric has 24 career double-doubles, tied for 23rd among active players in the country.
• Over the last five games, Eugene German is averaging 21.2 points per game, shooting 57.7 percent (41-of-71) from the field and 40 percent (6-of-15) from three. In conference play, German is averaging 11.9 points per game, third-best among MAC freshmen. 
• In conference play, Austin Pauga is tied for fifth in the MAC, shooting 45.5 percent (15-of-33) from three-point range. 
• NIU has 65 wins over the last four seasons going back to the beginning of the 2013-14 campaign, the second-best four-year stretch in program history. 
• NIU is 42-13 at home since Feb. 12, 2014 with a 9-7 home mark this season. 
• The Huskies are the third-least experienced team in the MAC according to KenPom (1.37 years of experience per minute played). That mark is 280th in the country. Western Michigan is 298th at 1.28 and Miami is 324th at 1.10. 

About Western Michigan
• The Broncos are the hottest team in the Mid-American Conference, having won six consecutive games, and come to DeKalb with a 13-15 overall record, 9-7 in league play, tied for first in the MAC West Division.
• Thomas Wilder leads the way for the Broncos, averaging 19.2 points per game, fourth-best in the MAC; Tucker Haymond adds 14.7 points per contest.
• Western Michigan is 11-2 at home this season, but just 2-13 away from Kalamazoo, including 2-10 in true road games, but the Broncos did win their last road contest, 61-56 in overtime, at Toledo (Feb. 21).

All-time Series with the Broncos
• Western Michigan leads the all-time series, 58-32, but the Huskies hold a 21-18 edge all-time in DeKalb. 
• NIU has won the last three home meetings with the Broncos, including a pair of victories last season as the Huskies defeated the Broncos in the regular season at home, 76-67, on Feb. 27, 2016, and again in the MAC Tournament First Round, 56-50, on March 7, 2016.
• Aaric Armstead has scored in double figures in five of his eight career games against the Broncos, averaging 10.5 points per contest. 
• Marin Maric has reached double figures in three consecutive games against Western Michigan, Maric missed last season's meeting in the MAC Tournament due to injury.