Hankerson leads Northern Illinois past Cent. Michigan 79-74

<p>MT. PLEASANT, Mich. &mdash; Trendon Hankerson had a career-high 27 points as Northern Illinois snapped its seven-game losing streak, edging past Central Michigan 79-74 on Friday.</p>
<p>Hankerson shot 4 for 6 from deep. He added eight rebounds.</p>
<p>Darius Beane had 16 points for Northern Illinois (3-16, 2-12 Mid-American Conference). Nathan Scott added 13 points and Tyler Cochran had eight rebounds.</p>
<p>Meikkel Murray scored a season-high 30 points and had 10 rebounds for the Chippewas (7-16, 3-13). PJ Mitchell added 14 points and six rebounds, and Caleb Huffman had 11 points.</p>
<hr />
<p>For more AP college basketball coverage: <a href="https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball">https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/AP_Top25">http://twitter.com/AP_Top25</a></p>
<hr />
<p>This was generated by Automated Insights, <a href="http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap">http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap</a>, using data from STATS LLC, <a href="https://www.stats.com">https://www.stats.com</a></p>