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Iowa Hosts Northern Illinois Tonight on KJAN

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November 17th, 2011 by Jim Field

N Illinois-Iowa Capsule
By The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Northern Illinois (0-2) at Iowa (2-0);
Thursday, 7 p.m.; Carver-Hawkeye Arena
On The Air: No TV, KJAN Radio

Northern Illinois-Iowa Probable Starters:

Iowa Hawkeyes:
G- Bryce Cartwright: 7 ppg., 5 apg.
G- Matt Gatens: 17 ppg., 3.5 rpg.
F- Eric May: 16 ppg. 5 rpg.
F- Melsahn Basabe: 14.5 ppg. 7.5 rpg.
C- Devon Archie: 2 ppg. 4 rpg.

Northern Illinois Huskies
G- Antone Christian: 2 ppg., 4.5 rpg.
G- Marquavese Ford: 1 ppg., 1 rpg.
G/F – Aksel Bolin: 7.5 ppg., 6 rpg.
G/F – Abdel Nader: 7.5 ppg., 5 rpg.
F- Tim Toler: 11 ppg., 4.5 rpg.

Notes:
Iowa looks to move to 3-0 when it hosts Northern Illinois on
Thursday night. The Hawkeyes pounded North Carolina A&T 95-79 on
Monday night…Northern Illinois is 0-2 under first-year coach Mark
Montgomery. The Huskies lost to Purdue 96-34 in their opener and
59-57 to UW-Milwaukee…Melsahn Basabe, Eric May and Zach McCabe
have scored in double figures in both games for the Hawkeyes so
far.