Northern Illinois down 18-4 at the half!!!

[Bravesfan]

I just posted this in the "Ugly game of the night" thread. But this game deserves a thread of it's own.

In what is possibly the worst half of college basketball ever played, NIU is down 18-4 (!) to Eastern Michigan at the half!!! I know Mark Montgomery is in his second year as coach over there, but that is hideous! It looks like a large tree limb off the Tom Izzo coaching tree just fell off!

[Bravesfan]

This is getting even better now. EMU up 20-4 with 16:28 to go in the game! EMU should be up 40 by now, so they haven't played well either!

NIU went 0 for 17 at three point range in the first half. Hmmm, maybe that's not working and they should try to get inside for some looks!

[Bravesfan]

NIU now a "hot" 1 for 37 (!!!) shooting, for a grand total of 2.5%!

What a shame considering how great their football program is.

EDIT: HEY! NIU now up to 9 points, now down 25-9 with 11:56 left. They just surpassed their first half total!

[tornado]

UNI scored only 5 points in the first 26 minutes of the game and are 0-24 from 3-pt range!!

..now with 12 min left - they still have only 3 FG's (3-42) a FG accuracy of about 8%
Oddly - in a game this ugly you'd expect way more turnovers, fouls and 2nd chance points - but that's not the case..
Abdel Nader made the very first shot he took, then proceeded to miss the next ten, but then so did everyone else..

[Bravesfan]

UNI scored only 5 points in the first 26 minutes of the game and are 0-24 from 3-pt range!!

..now with 12 min left - they still have only 3 FG's (3-42) a FG accuracy of about 8%
Oddly - in a game this ugly you'd expect way more turnovers, fouls and 2nd chance points - but that's not the case..
Abdel Nader made the very first shot he took, then proceeded to miss the next ten, but then so did everyone else..

Agreed with everything, but don't give NIU this much credit. NIU is no UNI!

[Bravesfan]

Wow. NIU may actually hit 20 points now! 28-13 EMU with 8:07 left.

[LittleBrave]

Game on tv?

[Bravesfan]

Game on tv?

Gee, I hope not! NIU stuck on a number, down 33-13 with 4 and change left. They may not make 20 points!

[LittleBrave]

Having 33 points at that point in the game, unless you're playing a Top 25 team is crazy...13 points simply unbelievable!

[LittleBrave]

And NIU is giving 10+ guys full athletic scholarships!

[Bravesfan]

NIU just barely avoids breaking the record for the lowest point total of 21 points set by Princeton against Monmouth in 2005 in a 41-21 loss. To clarify, this was the lowest combined total and total for one team since the three point shot and shot clock were established. NIU did however set the record today for the fewest points in one half with 4. EMU wins 42-25. A good chunk of NIU's 25 points were scored in "garbage" time, with under 5 minutes to go.

Hard to believe there were two games from 1970 onward where the final scores were less than some baseball games!

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_lowest_final_score_of_a_college_basketball_game

[Da Coach]

NIU was 1-33 from three. Nice to know there's someone worse than us.

[JMM28]

The record low is actually 20 set by the Billikens of Saint Louis in 07 I think. Was hoping that NIU could take that record.

[Bravesfan]

NIU was 1-33 from three. Nice to know there's someone worse than us.

Oh, as bad as we are some nights from the three point line, you know that there are at least a few teams that are far worse!

[Bravesfan]

The record low is actually 20 set by the Billikens of Saint Louis in 07 I think. Was hoping that NIU could take that record.

Yeah, I just saw this on an ESPN article. I think I vaguely remember that score, and that was during the first year Rick Majerus was coaching that team. The game in question was a 49-20 loss to George Washington on January 11, 2008. And that was during the first year Rick Majerus was coaching that team. I guess it can happen to the best of them, but it looks like Mark Montgomery is still struggling big time at NIU. He was 5-26 last year, but already is 4-14 this year, so they may have a couple of more wins than last year and show a little improvement.