Tip-off: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, NIU Convocation Center
Media: Video: ESPN3; Radio: 1360AM/98.9 FM
Records: Huskies 8-6 overall, 0-1 in MAC West; Chippewas 10-4 overall, 0-1 in MAC West
Last game: The Huskies lost, 69-67, at Miami (Ohio). ... the Chippewas lost, 85-63, at Eastern Michigan
Leading scorer: (NIU) Marin Maric, 13.2 ppg; (CMU) Marcus Keene, 30.1 ppg
Leading rebounder: (NIU) Marin Maric, 6.3 rpg; (CMU) Cecil Williams, 6.0 rpg
Also: (NIU) Dontel Highsmith, 10.3 ppg in last seven games; (CMU) Braylon Rayson, 17.