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Johnson's 22 help Bowling Green down Northern Illinois 84-77

AP
Feb 04, 2025

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) Marcus Johnson scored 22 points as Bowling Green beat Northern Illinois 84-77 on Tuesday night to end its five-game losing streak.

Johnson also had 13 rebounds and three steals for the Falcons (8-14, 3-7 Mid-American Conference). Trey Thomas scored 17 points while shooting 4 for 13 (4 for 9 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds and five assists. Derrick Butler had 15 points and shot 5 for 10 (1 for 4 from 3-point range) and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line.

Quentin Jones finished with 19 points and five assists for the Huskies (5-17, 1-9). Northern Illinois also got 18 points and six rebounds from Quaran McPherson. James Dent Jr. also had 14 points, seven rebounds and two steals.

Bowling Green took the lead with 18:59 to go in the first half and did not relinquish it. The score was 38-31 at halftime, with Johnson racking up 15 points.

Both teams play again on Saturday. Bowling Green hosts Coastal Carolina and Northern Illinois hosts Louisiana.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
NIU
Huskies
31
BGSU
Falcons
38

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Ethan Butler vs. Marcus Johnson (Falcons gains possession)
19:45	+2	Marcus Johnson makes two point jump shot (DaJion Humphrey assists)	0-2
19:19	+2	Ethan Butler makes two point layup	2-2
18:59	+3	DaJion Humphrey makes three point jump shot (Javontae Campbell assists)	2-5
18:39		James Dent Jr. misses three point jump shot
18:37		Marcus Johnson defensive rebound
18:30		Jamai Felt misses two point layup
18:28		Quaran McPherson defensive rebound
18:21	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	4-5
18:04		Marcus Johnson misses two point jump shot
18:02		Jamai Felt offensive rebound
17:57		Marcus Johnson misses two point layup
17:55		Marcus Johnson offensive rebound
17:52	+2	Marcus Johnson makes two point layup	4-7
17:34		Quentin Jones turnover (out of bounds)
17:06		Trey Thomas misses two point layup
17:04		Trey Thomas offensive rebound
16:58	+3	Marcus Johnson makes three point jump shot (Trey Thomas assists)	4-10
16:43		James Dent Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Marcus Johnson steals)
16:36	+3	DaJion Humphrey makes three point jump shot (Trey Thomas assists)	4-13
16:17		Jamai Felt shooting foul (Quaran McPherson draws the foul)
16:17	+1	Quaran McPherson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-13
16:17	+1	Quaran McPherson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-13
15:49		Marcus Johnson misses three point jump shot
15:47		Wilguens Jr. Exacte offensive rebound
15:41	+2	Wilguens Jr. Exacte makes two point layup	6-15
15:31	+2	Ethan Butler makes two point layup (Nasir Muhammad assists)	8-15
15:31		TV timeout
15:03		Falcons turnover (shot clock violation)
14:47	+3	Quaran McPherson makes three point jump shot (Nasir Muhammad assists)	11-15
14:12		Trey Thomas misses two point jump shot
14:10		Wilguens Jr. Exacte offensive rebound
14:09		Quentin Jones personal foul (Wilguens Jr. Exacte draws the foul)
14:06		Jamai Felt misses two point layup
14:04		Joe Munden Jr. defensive rebound
13:56	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	13-15
13:31		James Dent Jr. personal foul
13:12	+2	Wilguens Jr. Exacte makes two point layup	13-17
13:06		Joe Munden Jr. misses three point jump shot
13:04		Trey Thomas defensive rebound
12:45		Jamai Felt offensive foul
12:45		Jamai Felt turnover (offensive foul)
12:30		Quentin Jones misses three point jump shot
12:28		Wilguens Jr. Exacte defensive rebound
12:16		Quentin Jones personal foul (Javontae Campbell draws the foul)
12:16	+1	Javontae Campbell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-18
12:16	+1	Javontae Campbell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-19
12:03		James Dent Jr. misses two point layup
12:01		Braelon Green defensive rebound
11:54		Wilguens Jr. Exacte misses three point jump shot
11:52		Marcus Johnson offensive rebound
11:48	+2	Marcus Johnson makes two point layup	13-21
11:41	+2	Kailon Nicholls makes two point jump shot (Ethan Butler assists)	15-21
11:12		Wilguens Jr. Exacte turnover (lost ball) (Joe Munden Jr. steals)
10:58	+3	Kailon Nicholls makes three point jump shot (James Dent Jr. assists)	18-21
10:28	+2	Marcus Johnson makes two point jump shot (Javontae Campbell assists)	18-23
10:07		Ethan Butler offensive foul
10:07		Ethan Butler turnover (offensive foul)
10:07		TV timeout
9:58		Marcus Johnson misses three point jump shot
9:56		James Dent Jr. defensive rebound
9:44		Kailon Nicholls turnover (lost ball) (Javontae Campbell steals)
9:32	+3	Trey Thomas makes three point jump shot (DaJion Humphrey assists)	18-26
8:57		Kailon Nicholls misses three point jump shot
8:55		Derrick Butler defensive rebound
8:40		Trey Thomas misses three point jump shot
8:38		Quaran McPherson defensive rebound
8:25		Kailon Nicholls misses three point jump shot
8:23		Marcus Johnson defensive rebound
8:16		Ethan Butler blocks Marcus Johnson's three point jump shot
8:14		Quaran McPherson defensive rebound
8:04		Javontae Campbell personal foul (James Dent Jr. draws the foul)
7:55	+2	Nasir Muhammad makes two point layup	20-26
7:32		DaJion Humphrey misses three point jump shot
7:30		Kailon Nicholls defensive rebound
7:25	+3	Nasir Muhammad makes three point jump shot (Kailon Nicholls assists)	23-26
7:23		Falcons 30 second timeout
7:23		TV timeout
6:56		Derrick Butler misses three point jump shot
6:54		Quentin Jones defensive rebound
6:36		Quaran McPherson misses three point jump shot
6:34		Braelon Green defensive rebound
6:12	+2	Braelon Green makes two point layup (Trey Thomas assists)	23-28
5:45		Quaran McPherson misses two point layup
5:43		Wilguens Jr. Exacte defensive rebound
5:23		Trey Thomas misses two point layup
5:21		James Dent Jr. defensive rebound
5:12		Quaran McPherson turnover (bad pass) (Marcus Johnson steals)
5:05		Quaran McPherson shooting foul (Marcus Johnson draws the foul)
5:05	+1	Marcus Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-29
5:05	+1	Marcus Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-30
4:55		Wilguens Jr. Exacte personal foul
4:51		Ethan Butler misses two point jump shot
4:49		Trey Thomas defensive rebound
4:34		Ethan Butler blocks DaJion Humphrey's two point layup
4:34		Kailon Nicholls defensive rebound
4:34		James Dent Jr. misses three point jump shot
4:32		Marcus Johnson defensive rebound
4:23		Marcus Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Kailon Nicholls steals)
4:21		Marcus Johnson personal foul (Nasir Muhammad draws the foul)
4:21	+1	Nasir Muhammad makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-30
4:21		Nasir Muhammad misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:21		Javontae Campbell defensive rebound
4:05		Derrick Butler misses three point jump shot
4:03		James Dent Jr. defensive rebound
3:56		James Dent Jr. turnover (bad pass)
3:56		TV timeout
3:27		Marcus Johnson misses two point jump shot
3:25		Nasir Muhammad defensive rebound
3:17		Nasir Muhammad misses two point jump shot
3:15		Ethan Butler offensive rebound
3:12		Derrick Butler personal foul (James Dent Jr. draws the foul)
3:01		Quentin Jones turnover (lost ball) (Javontae Campbell steals)
2:46		Wilguens Jr. Exacte misses three point jump shot
2:44		Marcus Johnson offensive rebound
2:41	+2	Marcus Johnson makes two point layup	24-32
2:33	+3	James Dent Jr. makes three point jump shot (Kailon Nicholls assists)	27-32
2:06		Quaran McPherson personal foul (Wilguens Jr. Exacte draws the foul)
1:58	+3	Trey Thomas makes three point jump shot (Javontae Campbell assists)	27-35
1:38	+2	James Dent Jr. makes two point jump shot	29-35
1:19		Derrick Butler misses two point layup
1:17		James Dent Jr. defensive rebound
1:12		James Dent Jr. misses three point jump shot
1:10		Trey Thomas defensive rebound
1:03		Trey Thomas turnover (lost ball) (James Dent Jr. steals)
0:54		Quentin Jones misses three point jump shot
0:52		Ethan Butler offensive rebound
0:49		Trey Thomas shooting foul (Ethan Butler draws the foul)
0:49	+1	Ethan Butler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-35
0:49	+1	Ethan Butler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-35
0:22		Trey Thomas misses three point jump shot
0:20		Marcus Johnson offensive rebound
0:01	+3	DaJion Humphrey makes three point jump shot (Javontae Campbell assists)	31-38
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
NIU
Huskies
46
BGSU
Falcons
46

Time		Play	Score
19:51	+2	James Dent Jr. makes two point layup (Quaran McPherson assists)	33-38
19:36	+3	Trey Thomas makes three point jump shot (Marcus Johnson assists)	33-41
19:20		DaJion Humphrey personal foul
19:14		Jamai Felt blocks Ethan Butler's two point layup
19:12		Huskies offensive rebound
19:11		DaJion Humphrey shooting foul (James Dent Jr. draws the foul)
19:11	+1	James Dent Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-41
19:11	+1	James Dent Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-41
18:51		Marcus Johnson turnover (bad pass)
18:37		Javontae Campbell blocks Quentin Jones's two point layup
18:35		Javontae Campbell defensive rebound
18:27		Quentin Jones blocks DaJion Humphrey's three point jump shot
18:25		Marcus Johnson offensive rebound
18:15		James Dent Jr. personal foul
18:03	+3	Derrick Butler makes three point jump shot (Trey Thomas assists)	35-44
17:43		Quaran McPherson misses three point jump shot
17:41		Marcus Johnson defensive rebound
17:28		Derrick Butler turnover (bad pass) (Ethan Butler steals)
17:13	+3	Quaran McPherson makes three point jump shot (Quentin Jones assists)	38-44
16:39		Ethan Butler blocks Trey Thomas's two point layup
16:37		Kailon Nicholls defensive rebound
16:37		Kailon Nicholls turnover (lost ball) (Javontae Campbell steals)
16:34		Javontae Campbell turnover (out of bounds)
16:22		Nasir Muhammad turnover (bad pass) (Marcus Johnson steals)
16:16	+2	Javontae Campbell makes two point layup (Marcus Johnson assists)	38-46
16:04	+2	Ethan Butler makes two point layup (Quentin Jones assists)	40-46
15:42	+2	Derrick Butler makes two point layup	40-48
15:24		Wilguens Jr. Exacte personal foul
15:24		TV timeout
15:19	+2	Ethan Butler makes two point dunk (Quentin Jones assists)	42-48
14:58		Marcus Johnson misses three point jump shot
14:56		James Dent Jr. defensive rebound
14:50	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	44-48
14:40	+2	Wilguens Jr. Exacte makes two point layup	44-50
14:32		Jump ball. Quentin Jones vs. Trey Thomas (Trey Thomas gains possession)
14:32		Quentin Jones turnover (lost ball) (Trey Thomas steals)
14:18		Ethan Butler shooting foul (Jamai Felt draws the foul)
14:18		Jamai Felt misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:18	+1	Jamai Felt makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-51
14:05		James Dent Jr. misses three point jump shot
14:03		Trey Thomas defensive rebound
13:52	+2	Derrick Butler makes two point layup	44-53
13:32		Nasir Muhammad turnover (bad pass)
13:07		Ethan Butler shooting foul (Derrick Butler draws the foul)
13:07	+1	Derrick Butler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-54
13:07	+1	Derrick Butler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-55
12:55		Braelon Green shooting foul (Quentin Jones draws the foul)
12:55	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-55
12:55	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-55
12:37		Javontae Campbell turnover (lost ball) (Ethan Butler steals)
12:24	+3	Quaran McPherson makes three point jump shot (Quentin Jones assists)	49-55
12:01		Derrick Butler misses three point jump shot
11:59		Quaran McPherson defensive rebound
11:59		Javontae Campbell personal foul (Quaran McPherson draws the foul)
11:59		TV timeout
11:39	+2	Quaran McPherson makes two point jump shot	51-55
11:16		Trey Thomas misses three point jump shot
11:14		Kailon Nicholls defensive rebound
11:06	+3	Quaran McPherson makes three point jump shot (Kailon Nicholls assists)	54-55
10:35	+2	DaJion Humphrey makes two point layup	54-57
10:35		Ethan Butler shooting foul (DaJion Humphrey draws the foul)
10:35		DaJion Humphrey misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:35		Wilguens Jr. Exacte offensive rebound
10:34		Quaran McPherson personal foul (Wilguens Jr. Exacte draws the foul)
10:30		Tsvet Sotirov shooting foul (Marcus Johnson draws the foul)
10:30	+1	Marcus Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-58
10:30	+1	Marcus Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-59
10:13	+3	Tsvet Sotirov makes three point jump shot (Kailon Nicholls assists)	57-59
9:47		Marcus Johnson misses three point jump shot
9:45		James Dent Jr. defensive rebound
9:36		Trey Thomas personal foul (James Dent Jr. draws the foul)
9:21		Quaran McPherson misses three point jump shot
9:19		Marcus Johnson defensive rebound
8:58	+2	Marcus Johnson makes two point layup	57-61
8:41		Tsvet Sotirov misses three point jump shot
8:39		Braelon Green defensive rebound
8:24		Marcus Johnson misses three point jump shot
8:22		Quaran McPherson defensive rebound
7:52		James Dent Jr. misses three point jump shot
7:50		Braelon Green defensive rebound
7:43		Trey Thomas misses three point jump shot
7:42		James Dent Jr. defensive rebound
7:40		Jump ball. James Dent Jr. vs. Jamai Felt (James Dent Jr. gains possession)
7:40		TV timeout
7:17		Nasir Muhammad misses three point jump shot
7:15		Huskies offensive rebound
7:01		James Dent Jr. misses two point jump shot
6:59		Trey Thomas defensive rebound
6:49	+2	Derrick Butler makes two point layup	57-63
6:32		Nasir Muhammad misses two point jump shot
6:30		Jamai Felt defensive rebound
6:24		Nasir Muhammad personal foul (Derrick Butler draws the foul)
6:24		Derrick Butler misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:24		Javontae Campbell offensive rebound
6:20		Javontae Campbell misses two point layup
6:18		Ethan Butler defensive rebound
5:54	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	59-63
5:46	+3	Marcus Johnson makes three point jump shot (Trey Thomas assists)	59-66
5:25	+2	Quaran McPherson makes two point jump shot	61-66
5:02		Marcus Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Nasir Muhammad steals)
4:57	+2	Nasir Muhammad makes two point layup	63-66
4:26	+3	Trey Thomas makes three point jump shot (Marcus Johnson assists)	63-69
4:08		Nasir Muhammad misses three point jump shot
4:06		Derrick Butler defensive rebound
3:43		Javontae Campbell misses three point jump shot
3:41		Quentin Jones defensive rebound
3:33		Quentin Jones turnover (bad pass) (Javontae Campbell steals)
3:28		Derrick Butler misses two point layup
3:28		Javontae Campbell offensive rebound
3:28		Javontae Campbell misses two point layup
3:28		Javontae Campbell offensive rebound
3:28		Ethan Butler shooting foul (Javontae Campbell draws the foul)
3:28		TV timeout
3:28		Javontae Campbell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:28	+1	Javontae Campbell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-70
3:08		Tsvet Sotirov misses three point jump shot
3:06		Derrick Butler defensive rebound
2:59	+2	Derrick Butler makes two point layup	63-72
2:37		Kailon Nicholls misses two point jump shot
2:35		Javontae Campbell defensive rebound
2:13		Trey Thomas misses three point jump shot
2:11		Huskies defensive rebound
1:55		Quentin Jones misses three point jump shot
1:53		Marcus Johnson defensive rebound
1:22		Quaran McPherson personal foul (Javontae Campbell draws the foul)
1:22	+1	Javontae Campbell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-73
1:22	+1	Javontae Campbell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-74
1:10	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point jump shot	65-74
1:05		Huskies 60 second timeout
1:00		TV timeout
1:08		Nasir Muhammad personal foul (Derrick Butler draws the foul)
1:08	+1	Derrick Butler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-75
1:08	+1	Derrick Butler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-76
1:04	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point jump shot	67-76
1:04		Derrick Butler shooting foul (Quentin Jones draws the foul)
1:04		Quentin Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:04		Marcus Johnson defensive rebound
0:56	+2	Javontae Campbell makes two point layup (Marcus Johnson assists)	67-78
0:47		Javontae Campbell blocks James Dent Jr.'s two point layup
0:45		Quaran McPherson offensive rebound
0:40		Quaran McPherson misses three point jump shot
0:40		Marcus Johnson defensive rebound
0:40		Quentin Jones personal foul (Trey Thomas draws the foul)
0:40	+1	Trey Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-79
0:40	+1	Trey Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-80
0:32	+2	Quentin Jones makes two point layup	69-80
0:23		Falcons 30 second timeout
0:24		Marcus Johnson turnover (bad pass) (James Dent Jr. steals)
0:24	+2	James Dent Jr. makes two point dunk	71-80
0:22		James Dent Jr. personal foul (Javontae Campbell draws the foul)
0:22	+1	Javontae Campbell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-81
0:22		Javontae Campbell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:22		Quentin Jones defensive rebound
0:12		DaJion Humphrey personal foul (Quentin Jones draws the foul)
0:12		Quentin Jones misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:12	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-81
0:12		Quaran McPherson personal foul (Trey Thomas draws the foul)
0:12	+1	Trey Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-82
0:12	+1	Trey Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-83
0:09		Javontae Campbell personal foul (Quentin Jones draws the foul)
0:09	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-83
0:09	+1	Quentin Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-83
0:07		Quentin Jones personal foul (Trey Thomas draws the foul)
0:07		Trey Thomas misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:07	+1	Trey Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-84
0:03	+3	James Dent Jr. makes three point jump shot (Quentin Jones assists)	77-84
0:00		End of period

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James Dent Jr. makes three point jump shot (Quentin Jones assists)