The greatest Illini comeback ever. Illini upset Clemson 76-74
The Illini make a comeback for the ages and set their season right back where it should be, on track for another trip to the NCAA tournament.
Fighting Illini (76) @ Tigers (74)
Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009, 7:15 PM EST
Big Ten/ACC Challenge - Littlejohn Coliseum
| Final - 12.2.2009 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 27 | 49 | 76 |
| Clemson Tigers | 47 | 27 | 74 |
Stories
Hail to the Orange Podcast: Special postgame edition
A special victory edition of the Logo night Podcast
Second half collapse dooms Tigers
WTF CLEMSON? We dominated them in the first half. All despite not shooting that well (35.9pct) and missing a ton of easy baskets inside, but we rebounded so well early on the offensive glass (14...
Illinois at Clemson:No pressure guys, right?
Game preview of the toughest opponent the Illini will have faced thus far this season, and to break a losing streak no less.
The ACC Big Ten Challenge, and why I set myself up for disappointment.
My meditation on the Big Ten ACC Challenge, what it means and why I still can't help caring.
GameThreads
Tigers Fans GameThread on Shakin The Southland
Fighting Illini Fans GameThread on The Champaign Room
Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 27 | 49 | 76 |
| Clemson | 47 | 27 | 74 |
| Illinois | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Davis | 34 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 9-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 22 |
| Mike Tisdale | 31 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 8-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2-0 | 12 |
| D.J. Richardson | 34 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 14 |
| Brandon Paul | 32 | 6-12 | 3-7 | 5-8 | 5-1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 20 |
| Demetri McCamey | 22 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Jeff Jordan | 19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Dominique Keller | 11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Bill Cole | 12 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Alex Legion | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Richard Semrau | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Tyler Griffey | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Bubba Chisholm | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Stan Simpson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Joseph Bertrand | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28-54 | 6-14 | 14-22 | 36-14 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 21-0 | 76 | |
| .519 | .429 | .636 | Team Reb: 1 | Total TO: 1 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Clemson | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Potter | 27 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Trevor Booker | 34 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 10-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Jerai Grant | 18 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Demontez Stitt | 35 | 4-11 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 2-1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Tanner Smith | 20 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 9 |
| Noel Johnson | 10 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Andre Young | 28 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Bryan Narcisse | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Milton Jennings | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Devin Booker | 8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Donte Hill | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jonah Baize | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Zavier Anderson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Karolis Petrukonis | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Catalin Baciu | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 24-61 | 8-22 | 18-25 | 37-20 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 22-0 | 74 | |
| .393 | .364 | .720 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Jamie Luckie, Bryan Kersey, Sean Hull
Duration:
Officials: - Jamie Luckie, Bryan Kersey, Sean Hull
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