Illinois Fighting Illini @ Ohio State Buckeyes

13-7, 2-5 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	T
Illinois ILL	25	30	55
Ohio State OSU	24	38	62

Ohio State BuckeyesOhio StateOSU

16-4, 3-4 Big Ten

Illinois Fighting Illini

starters
Nnanna EgwuN. Egwu#32
Jon EkeyJ. Ekey#33
Tracy AbramsT. Abrams#13
Rayvonte RiceR. Rice#24
Joseph BertrandJ. Bertrand#2
bench
Maverick MorganM. Morgan#22
Kendrick NunnK. Nunn#25
Malcolm HillM. Hill#21
Jaylon TateJ. Tate#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
33	10	5-9	0-0	0-0	9	1	2	0	2	3	6	5
32	11	4-9	3-6	0-0	5	0	0	3	0	2	3	3
28	9	2-8	0-2	5-7	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2
34	0	0-8	0-3	0-0	2	2	3	1	2	0	2	4
34	19	7-10	2-4	3-5	3	0	2	0	0	2	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
12	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
8	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
12	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1
	55	21-51	5-18	8-12	32	10	15	5	4	11	21	16
		41%	28%	67%

Ohio State Buckeyes

starters
LaQuinton RossL. Ross#10
Amir WilliamsA. Williams#23
Shannon ScottS. Scott#3
Lenzelle Smith Jr.L. Smith Jr.#32
Aaron CraftA. Craft#4
bench
Marc LovingM. Loving#2
Sam ThompsonS. Thompson#12
Trey McDonaldT. McDonald#55
Amedeo Della ValleA. Della Valle#33
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
30	18	6-11	2-5	4-7	4	0	1	2	0	0	4	1
31	7	2-6	0-0	3-4	9	0	4	0	3	4	5	4
30	6	3-8	0-1	0-0	1	4	2	2	0	1	0	2
35	16	5-11	4-8	2-2	5	1	0	3	0	1	4	1
36	11	3-8	1-2	4-4	6	5	2	2	0	1	5	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
10	1	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
17	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	62	20-48	8-19	14-19	31	11	12	10	3	10	21	13
		42%	42%	74%

Game Information

Columbus, OH

Referee:Glenn Mayborg

Referee:Brian Dorsey

Referee:Mike Eades

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

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