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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

Final (OT)
HomeDayton76
Saturday, November 7, 2026UD ArenaAll Storrs sports
FinalFinal/OTESPN+Play by play
12OTT
NIU40271481
DAY2938976
Final

Northern Illinois beats Dayton 81-76 in overtime

Northern Illinois Huskies beat Dayton Flyers 81-76 in overtime on Saturday at UD Arena.

The first half made the difference: Northern Illinois outscored Dayton 40-29.

Northern Illinois shot 40% to 45% and won the boards 43-29.

For Northern Illinois, David Douglas Jr. (G): 27. For Dayton, Aiden Derkack (G): 20.

Northern Illinois improves to 1-2. Dayton falls to 1-1.

Attendance: 13,407.

Full recap at ESPN: Douglas and Northern Illinois win 81-76 in OT against Dayton

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#15
NIU · PointsDavid Douglas Jr. G27
#6
NIU · AssistsMax Weisbrod G8
#15
NIU · ReboundsDavid Douglas Jr. G6
#4
DAY · PointsAiden Derkack G20
#4
DAY · AssistsAiden Derkack G2
#4
DAY · ReboundsAiden Derkack G10
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
M. Ivanauskas F1942-30-00-021111115
T. Polite G2400-10-10-040110135
M. Weisbrod G36194-94-77-968310154
N. Carter-Smith G2293-73-50-011110105
D. Douglas Jr. G34277-143-810-1360410243
B. Gross F2752-40-01-162100242
J. Daugherty F900-40-30-010000010
A. McBirney-Griffin F100-00-00-000000001
K. Hanson G982-31-23-340200222
C. Hardrick G1900-20-10-020301112
U. Buntyn G300-10-00-110000010
B. Basich G2292-71-34-431200034
Team8122-5512-3025-3143132052133033

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