Northern Illinois men’s basketball player pulls off a nifty move in second half of their win Central Michigan on Tuesday night.
Caleb Thornton scored two of his 16 points with one shoe. Thornton went for the layup with less than 2 minutes to play and thought he was fouled as he hit the floor. He was looking for a foul call as a shoe came off his foot.
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Northern Illinois Huskies guard Caleb Thornton, center and forward Chris Johnson, #0, and guard Tyler Cochran, #23, and Iowa Hawkeyes forward Jack Nunz, #2, and center Luca Garza, #55, and forward Patrick McCaffery, #22 Iowa In action at Carver-Hockey Arena in City, Iowa, December 13, 2020.
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Northern Illinois The Chippewas would force a turnover as soon as they crossed half-court. Thornton would be under the basket with his sneaker in one hand. He caught a pass with his left hand and made a layup to give the Huskies a 71–54 lead with 1:37 left to play in the game.
Thornton was 5-of-9 from the field, including 2-of-3 from three-point range.
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David Coit led the way for Northern Illinois with 23 points. He also had three steals. Zarigue Nutter had 22 points as he went 7-of-10 from the field.
Brian Taylor led Central Michigan with 15 points and 11 rebounds and two steals. Marcus Harding added 11 points. Carrington McCaskill had eight points.
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Northern Illinois improved to 5–11 overall with the win and are now 1–2 in Mid-American Conference play. Central Michigan is 6-10 and 1-2 in conference.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.