Northern Illinois beat Dayton 81-76

By Hardwood Bricks staff · Sat, Nov 7, 2026

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Northern Illinois beat Dayton 81-76 on the road in Dayton.

Park Forest, Illinois, native David Douglas Jr. led Northern Illinois with 27 points. Aiden Derkack had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Dayton, a game high on the boards.

Northern Illinois had 12 3-pointers to Dayton's 2. Northern Illinois covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 33.8 points.

Scoring · Northern Illinois: David Douglas Jr. 27, Max Weisbrod 19, Nino Carter-Smith 9, Bennett Basich 9, Keller Hanson 8, Brayden Gross 5, Mykolas Ivanauskas 4. Dayton: Aiden Derkack 20, Landen Joseph 19, Amal L'Etang 16, Grant Randall 7, Tristian Ford 5, Jalen Haynes 5, Malcolm Thomas 4.

DeKalb, home of Northern Illinois, is also a seed corn name, as the DeKalb Agricultural Association began producing seed in 1934 under a flying ear of corn logo.

What the model said

Projected that morning with only earlier games

NIU 63, DAY 92model score

-28.8model spread (home)

155.0model total

33.8points off the final margin

FavoriteDAY -19.59.3 Lost Over 148.56.5 Won

OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.

Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.

Line and result

	Spread (home)	Total	ML home	ML away	Source
Close	-19.5	148.5	-4000	1600	DraftKings via ESPN

Margin -5 (home) ATS NIU covered Total 157 → over

Travel and rest coming in

Team	Rest days	Miles in	Road streak	Time zone
NIU	1	838	1	+1 h
DAY	non-MAC team, not tracked

Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).

Team stats

Stat	NIU	DAY
FG	22-55	22-49
FG%	40	45
3PT	12-30	2-17
3P%	40	12
FT	25-31	30-41
FT%	81	73
Rebounds	43	29
Offensive rebounds	13	6
Defensive rebounds	30	23
Assists	13	8
Steals	5	8
Blocks	2	4
Turnovers	20	13
Points off turnovers	7	15
Fast break points	0	12
Points in paint	20	40
Fouls	33	23
Largest lead	17	5
Possessions (est.)	76.7	75.5
Points per 100 possessions	105.6	100.7

Possessions = FGA − OREB + TO + 0.475 × FTA.

Northern Illinois Huskies

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Max Weisbrod G	36	19	4-9	4-7	7-9	1	6	8	3	1	0	4
David Douglas Jr. G	34	27	7-14	3-8	10-13	2	6	0	4	1	0	3
Trevor Polite G	24	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	4	0	1	1	0	5
Nino Carter-Smith G	22	9	3-7	3-5	0-0	1	1	1	1	1	0	5
Mykolas Ivanauskas F	19	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	2	1	1	1	1	5
Brayden Gross	27	5	2-4	0-0	1-1	2	6	2	1	0	0	2
Bennett Basich	22	9	2-7	1-3	4-4	0	3	1	2	0	0	4
Colin Hardrick	19	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	3	0	1	2
Jack Daugherty	9	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keller Hanson	9	8	2-3	1-2	3-3	2	4	0	2	0	0	2
Uzziah Buntyn	3	0	0-1	0-0	0-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Akiva McBirney-Griffin	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tolu Samuels	DNP
Nathan Ramus	DNP
Izaya Larthridge	DNP
Cal Klesmit	DNP

Dayton Flyers

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Aiden Derkack G	40	20	5-8	0-2	10-14	1	10	2	3	1	0	4
Tristian Ford G	38	5	0-8	0-4	5-6	0	0	2	0	1	0	2
Grant Randall F	35	7	3-6	0-2	1-1	2	5	0	1	1	1	1
Amal L'Etang F	27	16	5-6	0-0	6-10	1	6	2	2	2	1	4
Travis Perry G	13	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Landen Joseph	32	19	7-15	2-8	3-4	1	2	0	2	3	0	4
Jaiun Simon	16	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2
Malcolm Thomas	14	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
Jalen Haynes	6	5	1-1	0-0	3-4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Jaron McKie	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Damon Friery	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Cody Peck	DNP
Julian Washington	DNP
Makai Grant	DNP
Will Maxwell	DNP
Evan Dickey	DNP
Zaide Lowery	DNP