Tip-off: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Media: Video: ESPN3; Radio: 98.9 FM/1360AM
Records: Huskies 14-13 overall, 6-8 MAC West; Chippewas 16-11 overall, 6-8 in MAC West
Last game: The Huskies lost, 88-80, in overtime to Toledo; the Chippewas lost, 109-100, in overtime to Ball State
Leading scorer: (NIU) Marin Maric, 13.6 ppg; (CMU) Marcus Keene, 30.2 ppg
Leading rebounder: (NIU) Marin Maric, 7.7 rpg; (CMU) Cecil Williams, 6.2 rpg
Also: (NIU) Eugene German, 22.3 ppg last three games; (CMU) Braylon Rayson, 21.