Illini Lean On Seniors, Survive Last Second Michigan Prayer, 54-52
The Illini kept their tournament hopes alive by holding off Michigan in a nail biting 54-52 finish.
| Final - 2.16.2011 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Wolverines | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 32 | 22 | 54 |
Stories
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GameThreads
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| Illinois | 32 | 22 | 54 |
| Michigan | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Novak | 37 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 8-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Jordan Morgan | 25 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 12 |
| Stu Douglass | 36 | 2-11 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Darius Morris | 33 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 6-1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 11 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr | 36 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Matt Vogrich | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Jon Horford | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Evan Smotrycz | 17 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Colton Christian | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Josh Bartelstein | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jordan Dumars | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Corey Person | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Blake McLimans | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Eso Akunne | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Darrick Ervin II | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 22-59 | 2-18 | 6-10 | 32-7 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11-0 | 52 | |
| .373 | .111 | .600 | Team Reb: 1 | Total TO: 1 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Illinois | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Davis | 39 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 10-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Bill Cole | 18 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| D.J. Richardson | 28 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Brandon Paul | 21 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Demetri McCamey | 36 | 7-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Meyers Leonard | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jereme Richmond | 28 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Mike Tisdale | 27 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 8-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Joseph Bertrand | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Tyler Griffey | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jean Selus | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Kevin Berardini | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Crandall Head | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 23-52 | 4-18 | 4-9 | 38-8 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 12-0 | 54 | |
| .442 | .222 | .444 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Jim Burr, Terry Oglesby, Zelton Steed
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Officials: - Jim Burr, Terry Oglesby, Zelton Steed
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