Game Date: Apr 4th, 2044
Illinois 54 - Metro State Denver 64
Date: November 26th, 2043
Game: College [Conference] [#1035897] 
Arena: Auraria Event Center
Attendance: 7,500
Player Of The Game: Curt Bowers (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
| Metro State Denver Roadrunners | 25 | 39 | 64 | |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 14 | T. Powell sf | 31 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -14 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | J. Dean pf | 30 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 34 | T. Lawrence c | 32 | 7-12 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 7.7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | D. Johnson sg | 33 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -7 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | E. Zambrano pg | 29 | 2-7 | 1-6 | 5-6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -3 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | J. Greene sg | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | D. Best pf | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | A. Paige pg | 10 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | C. Lemon c | 8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 53 | J. Reed sf | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 18-51 | 4-17 | 14-19 | 54 | 8 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -50 | 8.6 | 22 | 2 | 21 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 35.3% | 23.5% | 73.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Metro State Denver Roadrunners | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 34 | C. Bowers sf | 31 | 6-10 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +16 | 16.8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 20 | L. Berry pf | 29 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | C. Croft c | 27 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +12 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | M. Martinez sg | 31 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +17 | 11.4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 42 | W. Edwards pg | 32 | 6-15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 13.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | D. Pierson pf | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 52 | T. Jean sf | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | C. Hopper sg | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | C. Kimmel c | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 45 | J. Clarke pg | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 24-53 | 6-14 | 10-16 | 64 | 6 | 35 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 21 | +50 | 10.6 | 24 | 4 | 12 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 45.3% | 42.9% | 62.5% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Metro State Denver: Curt Bowers
Head Coaches
Illinois: Anderson Hodge
Metro State Denver: Craig Leahy
Offensive Efficiencies
Illinois: At the rim (4/7 57.1%) Inside (7/19 36.8%) Mid-range (3/8 37.5%) Beyond the Arc (4/17 23.5%)
Metro State Denver: At the rim (8/13 61.5%) Inside (4/10 40.0%) Mid-range (6/16 37.5%) Beyond the Arc (6/14 42.9%)
Defensive Tactics
Illinois: Man-To-Man (17.8%) Zone (63.0%) Pressure (5.5%) 2nd Chance (5.5%) Transition (8.2%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Metro State Denver: Man-To-Man (41.8%) Zone (36.7%) Pressure (7.6%) 2nd Chance (7.6%) Transition (6.3%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Illinois: 132.5 / 133.5
Metro State Denver: 146.2 / 142.9
Injuries
Illinois: none
Metro State Denver: none
Overworked
Illinois: none
Metro State Denver: none
Game Information
Date: Thursday, November 26th, 2043
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Auraria Event Center
City: Denver, CO
Attendance: 7,500
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Sun Feb 23 2025 @ 9:12:25 am PST
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Illinois: PG-Zambrano (6' 2"), SG-Johnson (6' 4½"), SF-Powell (6' 4½"), PF-Dean (6' 9"), C-Lawrence (6' 8")
Metro State Denver: PG-Edwards (6' 4½"), SG-Martinez (6' 1½"), SF-Bowers (6' 3½"), PF-Berry (6' 7½"), C-Croft (6' 7½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Metro State Denver gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez attacks with the ball on the fast break. Martinez turns the ball over out of bounds.
19:49 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence drives to the basket. Foul! Martinez commits the foul on Lawrence.
19:17 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence. Edwards steals the pass from Lawrence.
19:09 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break with Edwards to the right. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
19:01 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
18:36 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots from the block. Offensive foul! Croft charged with the foul while taking the shot over Dean.
18:26 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center. Metro State Denver substitutes Martinez to Point Guard, Hopper to Shooting Guard and Kimmel to Center.
18:26 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the offensive rebound.
18:08 - Illinois: Lemon has the rebound. Lemon shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the rebound.
18:06 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Martinez passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
17:40 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
17:20 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the rebound.
16:53 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Zambrano to the right. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Martinez fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson missed the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 1 - 0.
16:48 - Game Event: Time out. Martinez must sit with 2 fouls. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Point Guard and Jean to Small Forward.
16:48 - Metro State Denver: Bowers brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bowers drives by Zambrano. Bowers attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Metro State Denver 2 - 1.
16:36 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Foul! Kimmel commits the foul on Lemon.
16:21 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Lemon on the perimeter. Lemon passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Berry steals the pass from Zambrano.
16:03 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Hopper leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hopper passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowers passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bowers. Metro State Denver 4 - 1.
15:37 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard, Paige to Small Forward and Lawrence to Center. Metro State Denver substitutes Clarke to Point Guard.
15:37 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Johnson. Foul! Hopper commits a foul away from the ball.
15:27 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Paige. Paige passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Metro State Denver 4 - 3.
15:06 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
15:06 - Metro State Denver: Clarke brings up the ball against a zone defense. Clarke passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
14:44 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Johnson to the right. Greene passes the ball to Johnson at the basket. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Hopper fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 5 - 4.
14:38 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lawrence to Center. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard.
14:38 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Berry at the basket. Berry lays it up. Offensive foul! Berry charged with the foul while taking the shot over Lawrence.
14:26 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Paige. Paige passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the rebound.
14:00 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry passes the ball to Hopper in the paint. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards. The shot clock winding down. Edwards shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
13:23 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Greene drives down the lane. Greene lays it up. The shot misses. Lawrence tips it in. Illinois 7 - 4.
13:06 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Kimmel outside. Johnson steals the pass from Kimmel.
12:49 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Greene passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 10 - 4.
12:33 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard, Reed to Small Forward and Best to Power Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Pierson to Power Forward.
12:33 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards turns the ball over to the other team.
12:24 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paige drives down the lane. Paige passes the ball to Lawrence at the basket. Lawrence lays it up. Offensive foul! Lawrence charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kimmel.
12:11 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the offensive rebound.
12:03 - Metro State Denver: Pierson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Paige steals the pass from Pierson.
11:59 - Illinois: Breakaway! Paige takes the ball the length of the court. Paige lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 12 - 4.
11:52 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Powell to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward and Croft to Center.
11:52 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
11:40 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Greene tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Greene with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Croft grabs the rebound.
11:24 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Hopper leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hopper passes the ball to Bowers. Bowers drives down the lane. Bowers passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bowers. Illinois 12 - 7.
11:04 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Reed to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward.
11:04 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paige drives by Pierson. Paige lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 14 - 7.
10:54 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard and Powell to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward.
10:54 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
10:41 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano drives down the lane. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence at the basket. Lawrence lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 16 - 7.
10:21 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard and Reed to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward.
10:21 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives to the basket. Foul! Reed commits the foul on Edwards.
10:10 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards drives by Reed. Edwards lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 16 - 9.
9:30 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard, Johnson to Shooting Guard and Powell to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward.
9:30 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Pierson! Hopper grabs the rebound.
9:19 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. Lawrence rotates over and blocks the shot! Zambrano grabs the rebound.
9:11 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Zambrano and Powell. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano at the basket. Zambrano lays it up. Foul! Hopper fouls Zambrano on the shot. Zambrano makes the first free throw. Zambrano missed the second free throw. Croft grabs the rebound. Illinois 17 - 9.
9:07 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Edwards shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Croft. Illinois 17 - 11.
8:31 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Martinez to Shooting Guard.
8:31 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Best in the paint. Bowers steals the pass from Best.
8:20 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Edwards commits the foul on the drive.
8:08 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard.
8:08 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the block. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
7:48 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards drives by Zambrano. Edwards passes the ball to Croft at the basket. Croft lays it up. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
7:37 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Greene on the perimeter. Greene passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Best grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:07 - Illinois: Best has the rebound and restarts the offense. Best passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Foul! Bowers commits the foul on Zambrano. In the double bonus, Zambrano is shooting two free throws. Zambrano makes the first free throw. Zambrano makes the second free throw. Illinois 19 - 11.
7:01 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
7:01 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
6:30 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Berry to Power Forward.
6:30 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 21 - 11.
6:21 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots from the low post. Foul! Dean fouls Berry on the shot. Berry missed the first free throw. Berry makes the second free throw. Illinois 21 - 12.
6:07 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Lawrence shoots from the block. Foul! Croft fouls Lawrence on the shot. Lawrence makes the first free throw. Lawrence makes the second free throw. Illinois 23 - 12.
5:33 - Game Event: Time out. Croft must sit with 2 fouls. Metro State Denver substitutes Kimmel to Center.
5:33 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 23 - 14.
5:10 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Dean. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bowers grabs the rebound.
4:46 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bowers grabs the offensive rebound.
4:36 - Metro State Denver: Bowers has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bowers passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers. Bowers with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 23 - 16.
4:20 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Croft to Center.
4:20 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 26 - 16.
4:09 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
3:55 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson in the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 28 - 16.
3:26 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the long rebound.
3:13 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence drives down the lane. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the long rebound.
2:56 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers drives down the lane. Bowers lays it up. Foul! Dean fouls Bowers on the shot. Bowers missed the first free throw. Bowers makes the second free throw. Illinois 28 - 17.
2:37 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Dean. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
2:20 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 28 - 19.
1:59 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Dean at the basket. Dean lays it up. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
1:38 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Martinez passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowers with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 28 - 21.
1:17 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell turns the ball over out of bounds.
0:58 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 28 - 23.
0:48 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Berry steals the pass from Zambrano.
0:43 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the offensive rebound.
0:30 - Metro State Denver: Edwards has the rebound and restarts the offense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowers passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 28 - 25.
0:30 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Metro State Denver!
0:13 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano shoots from deep. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
0:07 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Offensive foul! Bowers commits the foul away from the ball.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 28, Metro State Denver 25
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Dean must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes Best to Power Forward. Martinez must sit with 2 fouls. Bowers must sit with 2 fouls. Croft must sit with 2 fouls. Metro State Denver substitutes Hopper to Shooting Guard, Jean to Small Forward and Kimmel to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 30 - 25.
19:40 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Dean to Power Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Martinez to Shooting Guard, Bowers to Small Forward and Croft to Center.
19:40 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry passes the ball to Bowers. Bowers with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 30 - 27.
19:24 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson in the paint. Johnson shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Johnson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Martinez.
19:07 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
18:41 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Foul! Martinez commits a foul away from the ball.
18:38 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center. Metro State Denver substitutes Martinez to Point Guard, Hopper to Shooting Guard and Kimmel to Center.
18:38 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Johnson. Berry steals the pass from Johnson.
18:31 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Hopper leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hopper hands off the ball to Martinez. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Powell fouls Martinez on the shot. Martinez makes the first free throw. Martinez makes the second free throw. Illinois 30 - 29.
18:05 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 32 - 29.
17:44 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martinez. Illinois 32 - 31.
17:35 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the block. Foul! Berry fouls Dean on the shot. Dean makes the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. Illinois 34 - 31.
17:22 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez drives down the lane. Martinez passes the ball to Berry at the basket. Berry lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martinez. Illinois 34 - 33.
17:09 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Berry steals the pass from Zambrano.
17:05 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Hopper outside. Hopper passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez passes the ball to Berry. Berry tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Berry with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the rebound.
16:42 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon on the perimeter. Lemon passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the offensive rebound.
16:11 - Illinois: Lemon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lemon shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
16:07 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
15:46 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. And Lemon is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Lemon missed the first free throw. Berry grabs the rebound. Illinois 36 - 33.
15:26 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
15:11 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Zambrano to the right. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bowers grabs the long rebound.
15:05 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Lemon! Dean grabs the rebound.
14:38 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bowers steals the pass from Zambrano.
14:32 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Martinez passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Tied 36 - 36.
14:22 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard, Paige to Small Forward and Lawrence to Center. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard, Martinez to Shooting Guard and Jean to Small Forward.
14:22 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson shoots from deep. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the long rebound.
13:54 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Kimmel at the basket. Kimmel lays it up. Foul! Dean fouls Kimmel on the shot. Kimmel missed the first free throw. Kimmel makes the second free throw. Metro State Denver 37 - 36.
13:42 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Croft to Center.
13:42 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean outside. Dean hands off the ball to Paige. Paige drives down the lane. Paige lays it up. The shot misses. Dean grabs the offensive rebound.
13:19 - Illinois: Dean has the rebound and restarts the offense. Dean passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean drives to the basket. Foul! Berry commits the foul on Dean.
12:58 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard, Reed to Small Forward and Best to Power Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Pierson to Power Forward.
12:58 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 38 - 37.
12:48 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez passes the ball to Pierson on the perimeter. Pierson passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Metro State Denver 40 - 38.
12:20 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paige passes the ball to Reed. Reed passes the ball to Paige. Paige passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Reed in the paint. Reed shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Croft! Croft grabs the rebound.
11:53 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Jean. Jean shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
11:42 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Paige leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Paige passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Reed outside. Reed passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Martinez grabs the long rebound.
11:13 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break with Edwards and Jean. Martinez lays it up. The shot goes in! Metro State Denver 42 - 38.
11:13 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Metro State Denver!
11:07 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paige tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paige passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paige. Metro State Denver 42 - 40.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard and Powell to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward.
10:57 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards drives by Lawrence. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson at the basket. Pierson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Metro State Denver 44 - 40.
10:36 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard and Reed to Small Forward.
10:36 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paige passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best shoots from the block. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
10:23 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Metro State Denver 47 - 40.
10:03 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward.
10:03 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige passes the ball to Reed. Jean steals the pass from Reed.
9:46 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break with Edwards to the right. Martinez attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Metro State Denver 49 - 40.
9:41 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard, Johnson to Shooting Guard and Powell to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward.
9:41 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bowers grabs the rebound.
9:27 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
9:09 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Metro State Denver 49 - 42.
9:00 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard and Greene to Shooting Guard. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward.
9:00 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Jean in the paint. Jean shoots from the inside. Best rotates over and blocks the shot! Croft grabs the offensive rebound.
8:45 - Metro State Denver: Croft has the rebound and restarts the offense. Croft passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Croft. Metro State Denver 52 - 42.
8:35 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard, Johnson to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward.
8:35 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano shoots a jumper. Foul! Edwards fouls Zambrano on the shot. Zambrano makes the first free throw. Zambrano makes the second free throw. Metro State Denver 52 - 44.
8:13 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard and Greene to Shooting Guard.
8:13 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez outside. Martinez drives down the lane. Martinez lays it up. Foul! Greene fouls Martinez on the shot. Martinez makes the first free throw. Martinez missed the second free throw. Dean grabs the rebound. Metro State Denver 53 - 44.
8:00 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
7:56 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. The shot misses. Croft tips it in. Metro State Denver 55 - 44.
7:44 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard and Johnson to Shooting Guard. Metro State Denver substitutes Berry to Power Forward.
7:44 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
7:36 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Martinez outside. Martinez shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Berry grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:04 - Metro State Denver: Berry has the rebound and restarts the offense. Berry passes the ball to Bowers in the paint. Bowers passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Martinez shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the rebound.
6:37 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
6:15 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers. Bowers shoots a jumper from the base line. Foul! Lawrence fouls Bowers on the shot. Bowers makes the first free throw. Bowers missed the second free throw. Dean grabs the rebound. Metro State Denver 56 - 44.
6:04 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bowers steals the pass from Zambrano.
5:58 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Edwards leads the fast break with Martinez and Bowers. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez at the basket. Martinez lays it up. It's blocked by Johnson! Zambrano grabs the rebound.
5:54 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the block. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
5:27 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Bowers in the paint. Bowers passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers. Bowers passes the ball to Edwards. And the shot clock expires!
4:56 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Foul! Berry commits the foul on Lawrence.
4:52 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the offensive rebound.
4:30 - Illinois: Lawrence has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lawrence passes the ball to Powell. Foul! Martinez commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Johnson is shooting one-and-one. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson missed the second free throw. Berry grabs the rebound. Metro State Denver 56 - 45.
4:26 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez drives down the lane. Martinez passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
4:11 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Dean outside. Dean shoots from deep. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the offensive rebound.
3:39 - Illinois: Lawrence has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lawrence shoots from the low post. Foul! Croft fouls Lawrence on the shot. Lawrence makes the first free throw. Lawrence missed the second free throw. Berry grabs the rebound. Metro State Denver 56 - 46.
3:33 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots from the low post. Foul! Lawrence fouls Croft on the shot. Croft makes the first free throw. Croft makes the second free throw. Metro State Denver 58 - 46.
3:19 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Metro State Denver 58 - 49.
2:57 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the rebound.
2:40 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break. Offensive foul! Johnson commits the foul on the break.
2:36 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards drives by Zambrano. Edwards attempts to dunk it. Offensive foul! Edwards charged with the foul while taking the shot over Zambrano.
2:25 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Powell grabs the offensive rebound.
1:55 - Illinois: Powell has the rebound and restarts the offense. Powell passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Dean. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lawrence. Metro State Denver 58 - 51.
1:38 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against pressure defense. Martinez drives down the lane. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martinez. Metro State Denver 61 - 51.
1:29 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano drives down the lane. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Metro State Denver 61 - 54.
1:18 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots in the paint. Foul! Dean fouls Berry on the shot. Berry missed the first free throw. Berry makes the second free throw. Metro State Denver 62 - 54.
1:05 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
0:35 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers drives down the lane. Bowers passes the ball to Berry at the basket. Berry lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bowers. Metro State Denver 64 - 54.
0:18 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
0:01 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez attacks with the ball on the fast break. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 54, Metro State Denver 64
Starting Line-Ups
Illinois: PG-Zambrano (6' 2"), SG-Johnson (6' 4½"), SF-Powell (6' 4½"), PF-Dean (6' 9"), C-Lawrence (6' 8")
Metro State Denver: PG-Edwards (6' 4½"), SG-Martinez (6' 1½"), SF-Bowers (6' 3½"), PF-Berry (6' 7½"), C-Croft (6' 7½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Metro State Denver gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez attacks with the ball on the fast break. Martinez turns the ball over out of bounds.
19:49 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence drives to the basket. Foul! Martinez commits the foul on Lawrence.
19:17 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence. Edwards steals the pass from Lawrence.
19:09 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break with Edwards to the right. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
19:01 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
18:36 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots from the block. Offensive foul! Croft charged with the foul while taking the shot over Dean.
18:26 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center. Metro State Denver substitutes Martinez to Point Guard, Hopper to Shooting Guard and Kimmel to Center.
18:26 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the offensive rebound.
18:08 - Illinois: Lemon has the rebound. Lemon shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the rebound.
18:06 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Martinez passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
17:40 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
17:20 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the rebound.
16:53 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Zambrano to the right. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Martinez fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson missed the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 1 - 0.
16:48 - Game Event: Time out. Martinez must sit with 2 fouls. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Point Guard and Jean to Small Forward.
16:48 - Metro State Denver: Bowers brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bowers drives by Zambrano. Bowers attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Metro State Denver 2 - 1.
16:36 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Foul! Kimmel commits the foul on Lemon.
16:21 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Lemon on the perimeter. Lemon passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Berry steals the pass from Zambrano.
16:03 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Hopper leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hopper passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowers passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bowers. Metro State Denver 4 - 1.
15:37 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard, Paige to Small Forward and Lawrence to Center. Metro State Denver substitutes Clarke to Point Guard.
15:37 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Johnson. Foul! Hopper commits a foul away from the ball.
15:27 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Paige. Paige passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Metro State Denver 4 - 3.
15:06 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
15:06 - Metro State Denver: Clarke brings up the ball against a zone defense. Clarke passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
14:44 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Johnson to the right. Greene passes the ball to Johnson at the basket. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Hopper fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 5 - 4.
14:38 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lawrence to Center. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard.
14:38 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Berry at the basket. Berry lays it up. Offensive foul! Berry charged with the foul while taking the shot over Lawrence.
14:26 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Paige. Paige passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the rebound.
14:00 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry passes the ball to Hopper in the paint. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards. The shot clock winding down. Edwards shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
13:23 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Greene drives down the lane. Greene lays it up. The shot misses. Lawrence tips it in. Illinois 7 - 4.
13:06 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Kimmel outside. Johnson steals the pass from Kimmel.
12:49 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Greene passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 10 - 4.
12:33 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard, Reed to Small Forward and Best to Power Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Pierson to Power Forward.
12:33 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards turns the ball over to the other team.
12:24 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paige drives down the lane. Paige passes the ball to Lawrence at the basket. Lawrence lays it up. Offensive foul! Lawrence charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kimmel.
12:11 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the offensive rebound.
12:03 - Metro State Denver: Pierson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Paige steals the pass from Pierson.
11:59 - Illinois: Breakaway! Paige takes the ball the length of the court. Paige lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 12 - 4.
11:52 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Powell to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward and Croft to Center.
11:52 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
11:40 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Greene tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Greene with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Croft grabs the rebound.
11:24 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Hopper leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hopper passes the ball to Bowers. Bowers drives down the lane. Bowers passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bowers. Illinois 12 - 7.
11:04 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Reed to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward.
11:04 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paige drives by Pierson. Paige lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 14 - 7.
10:54 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard and Powell to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward.
10:54 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
10:41 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano drives down the lane. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence at the basket. Lawrence lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 16 - 7.
10:21 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard and Reed to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward.
10:21 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives to the basket. Foul! Reed commits the foul on Edwards.
10:10 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards drives by Reed. Edwards lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 16 - 9.
9:30 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard, Johnson to Shooting Guard and Powell to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward.
9:30 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Pierson! Hopper grabs the rebound.
9:19 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. Lawrence rotates over and blocks the shot! Zambrano grabs the rebound.
9:11 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Zambrano and Powell. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano at the basket. Zambrano lays it up. Foul! Hopper fouls Zambrano on the shot. Zambrano makes the first free throw. Zambrano missed the second free throw. Croft grabs the rebound. Illinois 17 - 9.
9:07 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Edwards shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Croft. Illinois 17 - 11.
8:31 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Martinez to Shooting Guard.
8:31 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Best in the paint. Bowers steals the pass from Best.
8:20 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Edwards commits the foul on the drive.
8:08 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard.
8:08 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the block. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
7:48 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards drives by Zambrano. Edwards passes the ball to Croft at the basket. Croft lays it up. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
7:37 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Greene on the perimeter. Greene passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Best grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:07 - Illinois: Best has the rebound and restarts the offense. Best passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Foul! Bowers commits the foul on Zambrano. In the double bonus, Zambrano is shooting two free throws. Zambrano makes the first free throw. Zambrano makes the second free throw. Illinois 19 - 11.
7:01 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
7:01 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
6:30 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Berry to Power Forward.
6:30 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 21 - 11.
6:21 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots from the low post. Foul! Dean fouls Berry on the shot. Berry missed the first free throw. Berry makes the second free throw. Illinois 21 - 12.
6:07 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Lawrence shoots from the block. Foul! Croft fouls Lawrence on the shot. Lawrence makes the first free throw. Lawrence makes the second free throw. Illinois 23 - 12.
5:33 - Game Event: Time out. Croft must sit with 2 fouls. Metro State Denver substitutes Kimmel to Center.
5:33 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 23 - 14.
5:10 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Dean. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bowers grabs the rebound.
4:46 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bowers grabs the offensive rebound.
4:36 - Metro State Denver: Bowers has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bowers passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers. Bowers with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 23 - 16.
4:20 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Croft to Center.
4:20 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 26 - 16.
4:09 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
3:55 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson in the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 28 - 16.
3:26 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the long rebound.
3:13 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence drives down the lane. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the long rebound.
2:56 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers drives down the lane. Bowers lays it up. Foul! Dean fouls Bowers on the shot. Bowers missed the first free throw. Bowers makes the second free throw. Illinois 28 - 17.
2:37 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Dean. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
2:20 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 28 - 19.
1:59 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Dean at the basket. Dean lays it up. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
1:38 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Martinez passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowers with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 28 - 21.
1:17 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell turns the ball over out of bounds.
0:58 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 28 - 23.
0:48 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Berry steals the pass from Zambrano.
0:43 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the offensive rebound.
0:30 - Metro State Denver: Edwards has the rebound and restarts the offense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowers passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 28 - 25.
0:30 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Metro State Denver!
0:13 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano shoots from deep. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
0:07 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Offensive foul! Bowers commits the foul away from the ball.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 28, Metro State Denver 25
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Dean must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes Best to Power Forward. Martinez must sit with 2 fouls. Bowers must sit with 2 fouls. Croft must sit with 2 fouls. Metro State Denver substitutes Hopper to Shooting Guard, Jean to Small Forward and Kimmel to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 30 - 25.
19:40 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Dean to Power Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Martinez to Shooting Guard, Bowers to Small Forward and Croft to Center.
19:40 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry passes the ball to Bowers. Bowers with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 30 - 27.
19:24 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson in the paint. Johnson shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Johnson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Martinez.
19:07 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
18:41 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Foul! Martinez commits a foul away from the ball.
18:38 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center. Metro State Denver substitutes Martinez to Point Guard, Hopper to Shooting Guard and Kimmel to Center.
18:38 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Johnson. Berry steals the pass from Johnson.
18:31 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Hopper leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hopper hands off the ball to Martinez. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Powell fouls Martinez on the shot. Martinez makes the first free throw. Martinez makes the second free throw. Illinois 30 - 29.
18:05 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 32 - 29.
17:44 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martinez. Illinois 32 - 31.
17:35 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the block. Foul! Berry fouls Dean on the shot. Dean makes the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. Illinois 34 - 31.
17:22 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez drives down the lane. Martinez passes the ball to Berry at the basket. Berry lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martinez. Illinois 34 - 33.
17:09 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Berry steals the pass from Zambrano.
17:05 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Hopper outside. Hopper passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez passes the ball to Berry. Berry tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Berry with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the rebound.
16:42 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon on the perimeter. Lemon passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the offensive rebound.
16:11 - Illinois: Lemon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lemon shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
16:07 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
15:46 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. And Lemon is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Lemon missed the first free throw. Berry grabs the rebound. Illinois 36 - 33.
15:26 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
15:11 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Zambrano to the right. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bowers grabs the long rebound.
15:05 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Lemon! Dean grabs the rebound.
14:38 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bowers steals the pass from Zambrano.
14:32 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Martinez passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Tied 36 - 36.
14:22 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard, Paige to Small Forward and Lawrence to Center. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard, Martinez to Shooting Guard and Jean to Small Forward.
14:22 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson shoots from deep. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the long rebound.
13:54 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Kimmel at the basket. Kimmel lays it up. Foul! Dean fouls Kimmel on the shot. Kimmel missed the first free throw. Kimmel makes the second free throw. Metro State Denver 37 - 36.
13:42 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Croft to Center.
13:42 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean outside. Dean hands off the ball to Paige. Paige drives down the lane. Paige lays it up. The shot misses. Dean grabs the offensive rebound.
13:19 - Illinois: Dean has the rebound and restarts the offense. Dean passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean drives to the basket. Foul! Berry commits the foul on Dean.
12:58 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard, Reed to Small Forward and Best to Power Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Pierson to Power Forward.
12:58 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 38 - 37.
12:48 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez passes the ball to Pierson on the perimeter. Pierson passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Metro State Denver 40 - 38.
12:20 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paige passes the ball to Reed. Reed passes the ball to Paige. Paige passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Reed in the paint. Reed shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Croft! Croft grabs the rebound.
11:53 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Jean. Jean shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
11:42 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Paige leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Paige passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Reed outside. Reed passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Martinez grabs the long rebound.
11:13 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break with Edwards and Jean. Martinez lays it up. The shot goes in! Metro State Denver 42 - 38.
11:13 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Metro State Denver!
11:07 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paige tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paige passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paige. Metro State Denver 42 - 40.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard and Powell to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward.
10:57 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards drives by Lawrence. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson at the basket. Pierson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Metro State Denver 44 - 40.
10:36 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard and Reed to Small Forward.
10:36 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paige passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best shoots from the block. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
10:23 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Metro State Denver 47 - 40.
10:03 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward.
10:03 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige passes the ball to Reed. Jean steals the pass from Reed.
9:46 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break with Edwards to the right. Martinez attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Metro State Denver 49 - 40.
9:41 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard, Johnson to Shooting Guard and Powell to Small Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward.
9:41 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bowers grabs the rebound.
9:27 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Martinez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
9:09 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Metro State Denver 49 - 42.
9:00 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard and Greene to Shooting Guard. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward.
9:00 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Jean in the paint. Jean shoots from the inside. Best rotates over and blocks the shot! Croft grabs the offensive rebound.
8:45 - Metro State Denver: Croft has the rebound and restarts the offense. Croft passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Croft. Metro State Denver 52 - 42.
8:35 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard, Johnson to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward. Metro State Denver substitutes Bowers to Small Forward.
8:35 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano shoots a jumper. Foul! Edwards fouls Zambrano on the shot. Zambrano makes the first free throw. Zambrano makes the second free throw. Metro State Denver 52 - 44.
8:13 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard and Greene to Shooting Guard.
8:13 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez outside. Martinez drives down the lane. Martinez lays it up. Foul! Greene fouls Martinez on the shot. Martinez makes the first free throw. Martinez missed the second free throw. Dean grabs the rebound. Metro State Denver 53 - 44.
8:00 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
7:56 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. The shot misses. Croft tips it in. Metro State Denver 55 - 44.
7:44 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard and Johnson to Shooting Guard. Metro State Denver substitutes Berry to Power Forward.
7:44 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
7:36 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Martinez outside. Martinez shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Berry grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:04 - Metro State Denver: Berry has the rebound and restarts the offense. Berry passes the ball to Bowers in the paint. Bowers passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Martinez shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the rebound.
6:37 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
6:15 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers. Bowers shoots a jumper from the base line. Foul! Lawrence fouls Bowers on the shot. Bowers makes the first free throw. Bowers missed the second free throw. Dean grabs the rebound. Metro State Denver 56 - 44.
6:04 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bowers steals the pass from Zambrano.
5:58 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Edwards leads the fast break with Martinez and Bowers. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez at the basket. Martinez lays it up. It's blocked by Johnson! Zambrano grabs the rebound.
5:54 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the block. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
5:27 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Martinez passes the ball to Bowers in the paint. Bowers passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers. Bowers passes the ball to Edwards. And the shot clock expires!
4:56 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Foul! Berry commits the foul on Lawrence.
4:52 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the offensive rebound.
4:30 - Illinois: Lawrence has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lawrence passes the ball to Powell. Foul! Martinez commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Johnson is shooting one-and-one. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson missed the second free throw. Berry grabs the rebound. Metro State Denver 56 - 45.
4:26 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Martinez. Martinez drives down the lane. Martinez passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
4:11 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Dean outside. Dean shoots from deep. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the offensive rebound.
3:39 - Illinois: Lawrence has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lawrence shoots from the low post. Foul! Croft fouls Lawrence on the shot. Lawrence makes the first free throw. Lawrence missed the second free throw. Berry grabs the rebound. Metro State Denver 56 - 46.
3:33 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots from the low post. Foul! Lawrence fouls Croft on the shot. Croft makes the first free throw. Croft makes the second free throw. Metro State Denver 58 - 46.
3:19 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Metro State Denver 58 - 49.
2:57 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry passes the ball to Martinez on the perimeter. Martinez shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the rebound.
2:40 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break. Offensive foul! Johnson commits the foul on the break.
2:36 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards drives by Zambrano. Edwards attempts to dunk it. Offensive foul! Edwards charged with the foul while taking the shot over Zambrano.
2:25 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Powell grabs the offensive rebound.
1:55 - Illinois: Powell has the rebound and restarts the offense. Powell passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Dean. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lawrence. Metro State Denver 58 - 51.
1:38 - Metro State Denver: Martinez brings up the ball against pressure defense. Martinez drives down the lane. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Martinez. Metro State Denver 61 - 51.
1:29 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano drives down the lane. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Metro State Denver 61 - 54.
1:18 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Berry in the paint. Berry shoots in the paint. Foul! Dean fouls Berry on the shot. Berry missed the first free throw. Berry makes the second free throw. Metro State Denver 62 - 54.
1:05 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
0:35 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Bowers on the perimeter. Bowers drives down the lane. Bowers passes the ball to Berry at the basket. Berry lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bowers. Metro State Denver 64 - 54.
0:18 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Berry grabs the rebound.
0:01 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Martinez attacks with the ball on the fast break. Martinez passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 54, Metro State Denver 64
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