No. 5 Marquette 92, N. Illinois 70
N. ILLINOIS (0-1)
Amos 4-8 0-0 8, Konan Niederhauser 4-6 1-2 9, Coit 3-13 6-6 14, Gebrewhit 4-14 0-3 11, Nutter 4-14 0-0 9, Ibarguen 2-2 1-2 5, Lovings-Watts 3-8 2-2 9, Russell 2-5 1-1 5. Totals 26-70 11-16 70.
MARQUETTE (1-0)
Ighodaro 5-8 3-6 13, Joplin 2-7 2-2 7, K.Jones 6-9 5-6 20, Kolek 5-8 1-2 14, Mitchell 3-7 0-0 6, Ross 5-6 0-1 12, S.Jones 2-7 1-2 5, Gold 4-8 1-2 9, Lowery 1-2 0-0 2, Norman 1-4 0-0 2, Amadou 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 35-67 13-21 92.
Halftime_Marquette 50-28. 3-Point Goals_N. Illinois 7-26 (Gebrewhit 3-5, Coit 2-10, Lovings-Watts 1-3, Nutter 1-4, Russell 0-1, Amos 0-3), Marquette 9-25 (Kolek 3-4, K.Jones 3-5, Ross 2-2, Joplin 1-5, Norman 0-1, Mitchell 0-2, Gold 0-3, S.Jones 0-3). Rebounds_N. Illinois 38 (Konan Niederhauser 11), Marquette 37 (Ighodaro, Gold 7). Assists_N. Illinois 10 (Amos, Russell 3), Marquette 20 (K.Jones, Kolek 4). Total Fouls_N. Illinois 13, Marquette 15. A_16,352 (17,500).