A men’s basketball player from northern Illinois made a nifty move in the second half of their win over central Michigan on Tuesday night.
Kaleb Thornton scored two of his 16 points with a shoe. Thornton went for a layup with less than 2 minutes to go and thought he was fouled when he fell to the ground. He was looking for a foul because a shoe was off his foot.
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Northern Illinois Huskies guard Kaleb Thornton, center, and forward Chris Johnson, #0, and guard Tyler Cochran, #23, and Iowa Hawkeyes forward Jack Nunge, #2, and center Luka Garza, #55, and forward Patrick McCaffery, #22 , in action at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on December 13, 2020.
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Northern Illinois would force a turnover just as Chippe was crossing half court. Thornton would be by the basket with his shoe in one hand. He caught a left-handed pass and made the layup to give the Huskies a 71-54 lead with 1:37 left in the game.
Thornton was 5-for-9 from the field, including 2-for-3 from three-point range.
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David Coit led the way for Northern Illinois with 23 points. He also had three steals. Zarigue Nutter scored 22 points and made 7 of 10 shots from the field.
Brian Taylor led Central Michigan with 15 points and 11 rebounds and two steals. Markus Harding added 11 points. Carrington McCaskill had eight points.
A general view of the Northern Illinois Huskies logo on the coachcomm.com trunk prior to the college football game between the Northern Illinois Huskies and the Western Michigan Broncos on November 9, 2022 at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Northern Illinois improved to 5-11 overall with the win and is now 1-2 in the Mid-American Conference. Central Michigan is 6-10 and 1-2 in the conference.
Associated Press contributed to this report.