Game Date: Apr 4th, 2044
North Carolina Central 98 - Illinois 107
Date: December 17th, 2043
Game: College [Conference] [#1035981] 
Arena: State Farm Center
Attendance: 5,633
Player Of The Game: Dirk Johnson (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| North Carolina Central Eagles | 47 | 51 | 98 | |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 42 | 65 | 107 | |
| North Carolina Central Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 23 | C. He sf | 30 | 3-8 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5.7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | A. Freeman pf | 26 | 6-8 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -17 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | D. Stuart c | 32 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 53 | I. Ballard sg | 32 | 9-19 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 15.7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | L. McDonnell pg | 11 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 4.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | B. Wilson sf | 14 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -21 | 10.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | C. Manning c | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | D. Hines pg | 33 | 6-9 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -9 | 14.5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | J. Shackleford pf | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +8 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 39-72 | 9-22 | 11-14 | 98 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 23 | -45 | 9.2 | 44 | 2 | 12 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 54.2% | 40.9% | 78.6% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 6-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +16 | 13.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | J. Dean pf | 30 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 34 | T. Lawrence c | 34 | 7-10 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +4 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | D. Johnson sg | 31 | 8-10 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +7 | 15.5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | E. Zambrano pg | 29 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +17 | 14.0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | J. Greene sg | 16 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 10.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | D. Best pf | 11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +7 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | A. Paige sf | 10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -8 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | C. Lemon c | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +5 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 53 | J. Reed sf | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 37-59 | 11-19 | 22-27 | 107 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 12 | +45 | 10.5 | 40 | 6 | 23 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 62.7% | 57.9% | 81.5% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Illinois: Dirk Johnson
Head Coaches
North Carolina Central: Sal Schrock
Illinois: Anderson Hodge
Offensive Efficiencies
North Carolina Central: At the rim (10/14 71.4%) Inside (12/22 54.5%) Mid-range (8/14 57.1%) Beyond the Arc (9/22 40.9%)
Illinois: At the rim (7/7 100.0%) Inside (13/17 76.5%) Mid-range (6/16 37.5%) Beyond the Arc (11/19 57.9%)
Defensive Tactics
North Carolina Central: Man-To-Man (59.6%) Zone (23.6%) Pressure (7.9%) 2nd Chance (1.1%) Transition (7.9%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Illinois: Man-To-Man (37.1%) Zone (51.7%) Pressure (3.4%) 2nd Chance (3.4%) Transition (4.5%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
North Carolina Central: 151.5 / 151.3
Illinois: 134.4 / 134.9
Injuries
North Carolina Central: none
Illinois: none
Overworked
North Carolina Central: none
Illinois: none
Game Information
Date: Thursday, December 17th, 2043
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: State Farm Center
City: Champaign, IL
Attendance: 5,633
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Sat Mar 1 2025 @ 9:15:22 am PST
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Starting Line-Ups
North Carolina Central: PG-McDonnell (6' 4"), SG-Ballard (6' ½"), SF-He (6' 3"), PF-Freeman (6' 9½"), C-Stuart (6' 9")
Illinois: PG-Zambrano (6' 2"), SG-Johnson (6' 4½"), SF-Powell (6' 4½"), PF-Dean (6' 9"), C-Lawrence (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 3 - 0.
19:44 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell drives by Zambrano. McDonnell passes the ball to Freeman at the basket. Freeman lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonnell. Illinois 3 - 2.
19:32 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Illinois 6 - 2.
18:58 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Hines to Shooting Guard and Manning to Center. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
18:58 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Lemon! Lemon grabs the rebound.
18:44 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the block. Offensive foul! Lemon charged with the foul while taking the shot over Manning.
18:31 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. McDonnell tips it in. Illinois 6 - 4.
18:12 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Dean. Illinois 8 - 4.
17:41 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano steals the pass from McDonnell.
17:37 - 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 Powell. Offensive foul! Powell commits the foul.
17:23 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell drives by Zambrano. McDonnell passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the long rebound.
17:13 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 10 - 4.
16:55 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lawrence to Center.
16:55 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonnell passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 10 - 6.
16:46 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
16:46 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Hines steals the pass from Lemon.
16:38 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell passes the ball to He in the paint. He passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by He. Illinois 10 - 9.
16:23 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the offensive rebound.
16:10 - Illinois: Zambrano has the rebound and restarts the offense. Zambrano shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Hines! Manning grabs the rebound.
16:04 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Hines. Hines passes the ball to He. He passes the ball to McDonnell on the perimeter. McDonnell drives by Zambrano. McDonnell lays it up. Lemon rotates over and blocks the shot! Dean grabs the rebound.
15:33 - 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 the corner. The shot misses. Foul! Johnson fouls Hines trying to grab the offensive rebound.
15:29 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Hines to Point Guard, Ballard to Shooting Guard, Shackleford to Power Forward and Stuart to Center. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard, Paige to Small Forward and Lawrence to Center.
15:29 - North Carolina Central: The ball is inbounded to Hines. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. North Carolina Central 12 - 10.
15:18 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Shooting Guard and Manning to Center.
15:18 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Johnson passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Paige in the paint. Paige shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 12 - 12.
14:56 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Ballard to Shooting Guard and Stuart to Center.
14:56 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Shackleford passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. North Carolina Central 14 - 12.
14:32 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Greene turns the ball over out of bounds.
14:25 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to He. He drives down the lane. He passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hines grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:12 - North Carolina Central: Hines has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hines passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He drives down the lane. He passes the ball to Hines at the basket. Hines lays it up. Foul! Johnson fouls Hines on the shot. Hines makes the first free throw. Hines missed the second free throw. Stuart grabs the offensive rebound. North Carolina Central 15 - 12.
13:57 - North Carolina Central: Stuart has the rebound and restarts the offense. Stuart passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 18 - 12.
13:47 - Game Event: Time out. Johnson must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard and Best to Small Forward.
13:47 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paige passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Foul! Stuart commits the foul on Lawrence.
13:38 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Paige. Ballard steals the pass from Paige.
13:33 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford. Shackleford passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 20 - 12.
13:05 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Paige passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Hines grabs the rebound.
12:54 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines drives down the lane. Hines lays it up. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 22 - 12.
12:42 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Small Forward. Illinois substitutes Reed to Small Forward and Best to Power Forward.
12:42 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Paige tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paige passes the ball to Reed. Reed with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 22 - 14.
12:32 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson. Wilson shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. North Carolina Central 24 - 14.
12:19 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Paige drives to the basket. Foul! Wilson commits the foul on Paige.
12:09 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Best charged with the foul while taking the shot over Shackleford.
11:58 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes McDonnell to Point Guard and Freeman to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Powell to Small Forward.
11:58 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to Wilson in the paint. Wilson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 26 - 14.
11:48 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Reed to Small Forward.
11:48 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paige turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:41 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Wilson in the paint. Wilson passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Greene grabs the rebound.
11:24 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Paige and Reed. Greene passes the ball to Paige at the basket. Paige attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! North Carolina Central 26 - 16.
11:17 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. Best rotates over and blocks the shot! Reed grabs the rebound.
11:08 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Paige passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paige. North Carolina Central 26 - 18.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard and Powell to Small Forward.
10:57 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonnell with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 28 - 18.
10:45 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard.
10:45 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Paige passes the ball to Best on the perimeter. Best shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. McDonnell grabs the rebound.
10:32 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Ballard leads the fast break with McDonnell and Wilson. Ballard attempts to dunk it. It's blocked by Greene! Stuart grabs the offensive rebound.
10:28 - North Carolina Central: Stuart has the rebound. Stuart shoots from the low post. Foul! Lawrence fouls Stuart on the shot. Stuart makes the first free throw. Stuart makes the second free throw. North Carolina Central 30 - 18.
10:26 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Paige passes the ball to Greene on the perimeter. Greene passes the ball to Paige. Paige passes the ball to Greene in the paint. Greene passes the ball to Paige outside. Paige shoots from well beyond the arc. Foul! McDonnell fouls Paige on the shot. Paige makes the first free throw. Paige makes the second free throw. Paige makes the third free throw. North Carolina Central 30 - 21.
9:59 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard.
9:59 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
9:48 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Greene shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Foul! McDonnell fouls Zambrano blocking out to get the rebound.
9:37 - Game Event: Time out. McDonnell must sit with 2 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Hines to Point Guard.
9:37 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Best. Best passes the ball to Greene. Greene shoots a jumper. Foul! Ballard fouls Greene on the shot. Greene makes the first free throw. Greene makes the second free throw. North Carolina Central 30 - 23.
9:22 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Greene grabs the long rebound.
9:09 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Greene drives down the lane. Greene passes the ball to Lawrence at the basket. Lawrence lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Greene. North Carolina Central 30 - 25.
8:58 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Powell steals the pass from Hines.
8:51 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Best. Best shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Ballard grabs the rebound.
8:31 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Ballard leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ballard passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ballard. North Carolina Central 32 - 25.
8:14 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Freeman grabs the rebound.
8:03 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
7:53 - 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 Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Freeman grabs the rebound.
7:25 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene steals the pass from Hines.
7:20 - 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 Best outside. Best passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Greene grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:59 - Illinois: Greene has the rebound and restarts the offense. Greene passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Best on the perimeter. Best shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lawrence. North Carolina Central 32 - 28.
6:47 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes He to Small Forward. Illinois substitutes Dean to Power Forward.
6:47 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Foul! Freeman fouls Dean trying to grab the offensive rebound.
6:35 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Foul! Freeman fouls Dean blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Dean is shooting one-and-one. Dean makes the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. North Carolina Central 32 - 30.
6:26 - Game Event: Time out. Freeman must sit with 2 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Shackleford to Power Forward.
6:26 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
6:15 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Tied 32 - 32.
6:06 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Shooting Guard.
6:06 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford on the perimeter. Shackleford passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He drives down the lane. He passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by He. North Carolina Central 35 - 32.
5:44 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Ballard to Shooting Guard.
5:44 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. 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 Greene on the perimeter. Greene shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Tied 35 - 35.
5:21 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart passes the ball to He. He drives down the lane. He lays it up. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 37 - 35.
4:57 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes McDonnell to Point Guard and Freeman to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Shooting Guard.
4:57 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. He steals the pass from Lawrence.
4:47 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonnell passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
4:33 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Freeman steals the pass from Zambrano.
4:19 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! McDonnell leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonnell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonnell passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonnell. North Carolina Central 39 - 35.
3:59 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Stuart grabs the rebound.
3:45 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonnell passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 41 - 35.
3:33 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. McDonnell grabs the rebound.
3:21 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 43 - 35.
3:10 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell. Powell with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Ballard grabs the rebound.
2:49 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Ballard leads the fast break with McDonnell and He. Ballard lays it up. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
2:43 - 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 Dean outside. Dean hands off the ball to Zambrano. Freeman steals the pass from Zambrano.
2:21 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He shoots from the corner. The shot misses. McDonnell tips it in. North Carolina Central 45 - 35.
2:02 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Stuart grabs the rebound.
1:50 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell drives by Zambrano. McDonnell attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! North Carolina Central 47 - 35.
1:50 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to North Carolina Central!
1:36 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 47 - 37.
1:25 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell drives by Zambrano. McDonnell lays it up. Offensive foul! McDonnell charged with the foul while taking the shot over Zambrano.
1:16 - Game Event: Time out. McDonnell must sit with 3 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Hines to Point Guard.
1:16 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 47 - 39.
0:55 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Freeman. Johnson steals the pass from Freeman.
0:44 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! And Lawrence is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Lawrence makes the first free throw. North Carolina Central 47 - 42.
0:22 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to Freeman outside. Freeman passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines passes the ball to Stuart. Stuart shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Ballard grabs the offensive rebound.
0:01 - North Carolina Central: Ballard has the rebound. Ballard shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
North Carolina Central 47, Illinois 42
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Freeman must sit with 2 fouls. Stuart must sit with 2 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Shackleford to Power Forward and Manning to Center. Johnson must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors North Carolina Central. They receive the ball...
19:55 - North Carolina Central: The ball is inbounded to Ballard. Ballard passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Shackleford shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 49 - 42.
19:44 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes McDonnell to Point Guard, Freeman to Power Forward and Stuart to Center. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Shooting Guard.
19:44 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 49 - 45.
19:40 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against pressure defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
19:28 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break. Foul! McDonnell commits the foul on Johnson.
19:21 - Game Event: Time out. McDonnell must sit with 4 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Hines to Point Guard.
19:21 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Johnson. Johnson shoots from deep. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 49 - 48.
19:18 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
19:08 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 51 - 49.
18:54 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Shooting Guard and Manning to Center. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
18:54 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Freeman outside. Freeman passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning drives down the lane. Manning lays it up. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the rebound.
18:29 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 53 - 49.
18:19 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the rebound.
18:09 - 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 Powell. Powell shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 55 - 49.
17:55 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the low post. Foul! Dean fouls Freeman on the shot. Freeman makes the first free throw. Freeman makes the second free throw. Illinois 55 - 51.
17:46 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. And Lemon is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Lemon makes the first free throw. Illinois 58 - 51.
17:36 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Wilson passes the ball to He in the paint. He shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! He charged with the foul while taking the shot over Powell.
17:21 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Foul! He commits the foul on Johnson.
17:16 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Dean. Illinois 60 - 51.
16:56 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lawrence to Center.
16:56 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Freeman on the perimeter. Freeman shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 60 - 54.
16:42 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Zambrano. And Dean is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Dean makes the first free throw. Illinois 63 - 54.
16:32 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
16:32 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the rebound.
16:19 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano drives down the lane. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell at the basket. Powell lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 65 - 54.
16:06 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson. Wilson passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 65 - 57.
15:41 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Ballard to Shooting Guard, Shackleford to Power Forward and Stuart to Center. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard, Paige to Small Forward and Lawrence to Center.
15:41 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 67 - 57.
15:32 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Manning to Center.
15:32 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard passes the ball to Shackleford on the perimeter. Shackleford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Shackleford passes the ball to Hines. Hines with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Greene fouls Ballard blocking out to get the rebound.
15:06 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Shooting Guard.
15:06 - North Carolina Central: The ball is inbounded to Hines. Paige steals the pass from Hines.
15:00 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Paige to the right. Greene lays it up. Foul! Hines fouls Greene on the shot. Greene makes the first free throw. Greene makes the second free throw. Illinois 69 - 57.
14:55 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Ballard to Shooting Guard and Stuart to Center.
14:55 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 69 - 59.
14:44 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Shackleford steals the pass from Greene.
14:37 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 69 - 61.
14:23 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence turns the ball over out of bounds.
14:13 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to He. He drives down the lane. He passes the ball to Ballard at the basket. Ballard attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by He. Illinois 69 - 63.
13:57 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Freeman to Power Forward.
13:57 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Stuart grabs the rebound.
13:47 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots in the paint. Foul! Dean fouls Freeman on the shot. Freeman makes the first free throw. Freeman makes the second free throw. Illinois 69 - 65.
13:29 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Shackleford to Power Forward.
13:29 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige. Paige passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the block. Shackleford rotates over and blocks the shot! Stuart grabs the rebound.
13:08 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Dean! Dean grabs the rebound.
12:56 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Johnson to the right. Greene lays it up. The shot goes in! And Greene is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Greene makes the first free throw. Illinois 72 - 65.
12:56 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Illinois!
12:49 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Small Forward and Freeman to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Best to Power Forward.
12:49 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Freeman. Freeman passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Freeman. Illinois 72 - 67.
12:34 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. Foul! Freeman fouls Lawrence on the shot. Lawrence makes the first free throw. Lawrence makes the second free throw. Illinois 74 - 67.
12:19 - Game Event: Time out. Freeman must sit with 4 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Shackleford to Power Forward.
12:19 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford. Shackleford passes the ball to Hines. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Shackleford passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
11:52 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 77 - 67.
11:41 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Powell to Small Forward.
11:41 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Best steals the pass from Shackleford.
11:28 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Shackleford grabs the rebound.
11:24 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Powell steals the pass from Wilson.
11:13 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 80 - 67.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard and Johnson to Shooting Guard.
10:57 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Shackleford passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard passes the ball to Shackleford. Shackleford shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
10:26 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Zambrano and Powell. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 82 - 67.
10:21 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard and Paige to Small Forward.
10:21 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart passes the ball to Hines. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ballard with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 82 - 69.
9:47 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard, Johnson to Shooting Guard and Powell to Small Forward.
9:47 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano drives down the lane. Zambrano lays it up. Foul! Hines fouls Zambrano on the shot. Zambrano makes the first free throw. Zambrano makes the second free throw. Illinois 84 - 69.
9:37 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard drives down the lane. Ballard passes the ball to Shackleford at the basket. Shackleford lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 84 - 71.
9:21 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 86 - 71.
9:12 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard and Greene to Shooting Guard.
9:12 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ballard. Illinois 86 - 74.
8:57 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes McDonnell to Point Guard, He to Small Forward and Freeman to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard, Johnson to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
8:57 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. Foul! McDonnell fouls Lawrence on the shot. McDonnell fouls out. Hines replaces McDonnell at point guard. Lawrence makes the first free throw. Lawrence missed the second free throw. Stuart grabs the rebound. Illinois 87 - 74.
8:42 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart passes the ball to Hines. Hines tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
8:20 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence turns the ball over out of bounds.
7:59 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to He outside. He drives down the lane. He lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 87 - 76.
7:38 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 89 - 76.
7:29 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ballard passes the ball to Freeman outside. Freeman passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 89 - 78.
7:13 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 91 - 78.
6:53 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Ballard passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Powell grabs the long rebound.
6:39 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Johnson turns the ball over to the other team.
6:34 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 91 - 81.
6:23 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. He steals the pass from Zambrano.
6:18 - North Carolina Central: Breakaway! He takes the ball the length of the court. He attempts to dunk it. Foul! Dean fouls He on the shot. He makes the first free throw. He makes the second free throw. Illinois 91 - 83.
6:11 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Shooting Guard.
6:11 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 94 - 83.
5:49 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Ballard to Shooting Guard.
5:49 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines passes the ball to He. He with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the rebound.
5:33 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Freeman grabs the rebound.
5:17 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Ballard leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ballard passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 94 - 85.
4:54 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell. Powell shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Stuart grabs the rebound.
4:42 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Freeman outside. Freeman passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 94 - 88.
4:24 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Hines fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 96 - 88.
4:16 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 96 - 90.
3:53 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean outside. Dean passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Dean. Illinois 99 - 90.
3:41 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to He. He with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 99 - 92.
3:30 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 101 - 92.
3:09 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the block. Foul! Dean fouls Freeman on the shot. Freeman makes the first free throw. Freeman missed the second free throw. Johnson grabs the rebound. Illinois 101 - 93.
2:57 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Johnson drives by Hines. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence at the basket. Lawrence lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 103 - 93.
2:46 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ballard with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
2:32 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. Foul! Freeman fouls Lawrence on the shot. Freeman fouls out. Shackleford replaces Freeman at power forward. Lawrence makes the first free throw. Lawrence missed the second free throw. Stuart grabs the rebound. Illinois 104 - 93.
2:21 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart passes the ball to Ballard outside. Ballard tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ballard with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
1:56 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano at the basket. Zambrano lays it up. Foul! Ballard fouls Zambrano on the shot. Zambrano missed the first free throw. Zambrano missed the second free throw. Stuart grabs the rebound.
1:51 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
1:41 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 106 - 93.
1:32 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines drives down the lane. Hines lays it up. Foul! Zambrano fouls Hines on the shot. Hines makes the first free throw. Hines missed the second free throw. Lawrence grabs the rebound. Illinois 106 - 94.
1:22 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Shackleford grabs the rebound.
1:07 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Ballard leads the fast break with Hines and He. Ballard passes the ball to Hines at the basket. Hines lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ballard. Illinois 106 - 96.
0:59 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. He steals the pass from Zambrano.
0:52 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Hines leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Shackleford passes the ball to Ballard outside. Zambrano steals the pass from Ballard.
0:31 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson drives by Hines. Johnson lays it up. Foul! He fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson missed the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 107 - 96.
0:16 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 107 - 98.
0:02 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. The shot clock winding down. Zambrano shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. He grabs the long rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
North Carolina Central 98, Illinois 107
Starting Line-Ups
North Carolina Central: PG-McDonnell (6' 4"), SG-Ballard (6' ½"), SF-He (6' 3"), PF-Freeman (6' 9½"), C-Stuart (6' 9")
Illinois: PG-Zambrano (6' 2"), SG-Johnson (6' 4½"), SF-Powell (6' 4½"), PF-Dean (6' 9"), C-Lawrence (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 3 - 0.
19:44 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell drives by Zambrano. McDonnell passes the ball to Freeman at the basket. Freeman lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonnell. Illinois 3 - 2.
19:32 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Illinois 6 - 2.
18:58 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Hines to Shooting Guard and Manning to Center. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
18:58 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Lemon! Lemon grabs the rebound.
18:44 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the block. Offensive foul! Lemon charged with the foul while taking the shot over Manning.
18:31 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. McDonnell tips it in. Illinois 6 - 4.
18:12 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Dean. Illinois 8 - 4.
17:41 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano steals the pass from McDonnell.
17:37 - 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 Powell. Offensive foul! Powell commits the foul.
17:23 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell drives by Zambrano. McDonnell passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the long rebound.
17:13 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 10 - 4.
16:55 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lawrence to Center.
16:55 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonnell passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 10 - 6.
16:46 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
16:46 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Hines steals the pass from Lemon.
16:38 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell passes the ball to He in the paint. He passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by He. Illinois 10 - 9.
16:23 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the offensive rebound.
16:10 - Illinois: Zambrano has the rebound and restarts the offense. Zambrano shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Hines! Manning grabs the rebound.
16:04 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Hines. Hines passes the ball to He. He passes the ball to McDonnell on the perimeter. McDonnell drives by Zambrano. McDonnell lays it up. Lemon rotates over and blocks the shot! Dean grabs the rebound.
15:33 - 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 the corner. The shot misses. Foul! Johnson fouls Hines trying to grab the offensive rebound.
15:29 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Hines to Point Guard, Ballard to Shooting Guard, Shackleford to Power Forward and Stuart to Center. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard, Paige to Small Forward and Lawrence to Center.
15:29 - North Carolina Central: The ball is inbounded to Hines. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. North Carolina Central 12 - 10.
15:18 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Shooting Guard and Manning to Center.
15:18 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Johnson passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Paige in the paint. Paige shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 12 - 12.
14:56 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Ballard to Shooting Guard and Stuart to Center.
14:56 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Shackleford passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. North Carolina Central 14 - 12.
14:32 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Greene turns the ball over out of bounds.
14:25 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to He. He drives down the lane. He passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hines grabs the long offensive rebound.
14:12 - North Carolina Central: Hines has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hines passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He drives down the lane. He passes the ball to Hines at the basket. Hines lays it up. Foul! Johnson fouls Hines on the shot. Hines makes the first free throw. Hines missed the second free throw. Stuart grabs the offensive rebound. North Carolina Central 15 - 12.
13:57 - North Carolina Central: Stuart has the rebound and restarts the offense. Stuart passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 18 - 12.
13:47 - Game Event: Time out. Johnson must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard and Best to Small Forward.
13:47 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paige passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Foul! Stuart commits the foul on Lawrence.
13:38 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Paige. Ballard steals the pass from Paige.
13:33 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford. Shackleford passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 20 - 12.
13:05 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Paige passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Hines grabs the rebound.
12:54 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines drives down the lane. Hines lays it up. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 22 - 12.
12:42 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Small Forward. Illinois substitutes Reed to Small Forward and Best to Power Forward.
12:42 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Paige tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paige passes the ball to Reed. Reed with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 22 - 14.
12:32 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson. Wilson shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. North Carolina Central 24 - 14.
12:19 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Paige drives to the basket. Foul! Wilson commits the foul on Paige.
12:09 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Best charged with the foul while taking the shot over Shackleford.
11:58 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes McDonnell to Point Guard and Freeman to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Powell to Small Forward.
11:58 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to Wilson in the paint. Wilson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 26 - 14.
11:48 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Reed to Small Forward.
11:48 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paige turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:41 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Wilson in the paint. Wilson passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Greene grabs the rebound.
11:24 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Paige and Reed. Greene passes the ball to Paige at the basket. Paige attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! North Carolina Central 26 - 16.
11:17 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. Best rotates over and blocks the shot! Reed grabs the rebound.
11:08 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Paige passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paige. North Carolina Central 26 - 18.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard and Powell to Small Forward.
10:57 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonnell with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 28 - 18.
10:45 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard.
10:45 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Paige passes the ball to Best on the perimeter. Best shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. McDonnell grabs the rebound.
10:32 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Ballard leads the fast break with McDonnell and Wilson. Ballard attempts to dunk it. It's blocked by Greene! Stuart grabs the offensive rebound.
10:28 - North Carolina Central: Stuart has the rebound. Stuart shoots from the low post. Foul! Lawrence fouls Stuart on the shot. Stuart makes the first free throw. Stuart makes the second free throw. North Carolina Central 30 - 18.
10:26 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Paige passes the ball to Greene on the perimeter. Greene passes the ball to Paige. Paige passes the ball to Greene in the paint. Greene passes the ball to Paige outside. Paige shoots from well beyond the arc. Foul! McDonnell fouls Paige on the shot. Paige makes the first free throw. Paige makes the second free throw. Paige makes the third free throw. North Carolina Central 30 - 21.
9:59 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard.
9:59 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
9:48 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Greene shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Foul! McDonnell fouls Zambrano blocking out to get the rebound.
9:37 - Game Event: Time out. McDonnell must sit with 2 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Hines to Point Guard.
9:37 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Lawrence. Lawrence passes the ball to Best. Best passes the ball to Greene. Greene shoots a jumper. Foul! Ballard fouls Greene on the shot. Greene makes the first free throw. Greene makes the second free throw. North Carolina Central 30 - 23.
9:22 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Greene grabs the long rebound.
9:09 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Greene drives down the lane. Greene passes the ball to Lawrence at the basket. Lawrence lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Greene. North Carolina Central 30 - 25.
8:58 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Powell steals the pass from Hines.
8:51 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Best. Best shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Ballard grabs the rebound.
8:31 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Ballard leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ballard passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ballard. North Carolina Central 32 - 25.
8:14 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Freeman grabs the rebound.
8:03 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
7:53 - 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 Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Freeman grabs the rebound.
7:25 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene steals the pass from Hines.
7:20 - 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 Best outside. Best passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Greene grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:59 - Illinois: Greene has the rebound and restarts the offense. Greene passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Best on the perimeter. Best shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lawrence. North Carolina Central 32 - 28.
6:47 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes He to Small Forward. Illinois substitutes Dean to Power Forward.
6:47 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Foul! Freeman fouls Dean trying to grab the offensive rebound.
6:35 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Foul! Freeman fouls Dean blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Dean is shooting one-and-one. Dean makes the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. North Carolina Central 32 - 30.
6:26 - Game Event: Time out. Freeman must sit with 2 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Shackleford to Power Forward.
6:26 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
6:15 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Tied 32 - 32.
6:06 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Shooting Guard.
6:06 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford on the perimeter. Shackleford passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He drives down the lane. He passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by He. North Carolina Central 35 - 32.
5:44 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Ballard to Shooting Guard.
5:44 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. 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 Greene on the perimeter. Greene shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Tied 35 - 35.
5:21 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart passes the ball to He. He drives down the lane. He lays it up. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 37 - 35.
4:57 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes McDonnell to Point Guard and Freeman to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Shooting Guard.
4:57 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. He steals the pass from Lawrence.
4:47 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonnell passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
4:33 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Freeman steals the pass from Zambrano.
4:19 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! McDonnell leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonnell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonnell passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonnell. North Carolina Central 39 - 35.
3:59 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Stuart grabs the rebound.
3:45 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonnell passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 41 - 35.
3:33 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. McDonnell grabs the rebound.
3:21 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 43 - 35.
3:10 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell. Powell with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Ballard grabs the rebound.
2:49 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Ballard leads the fast break with McDonnell and He. Ballard lays it up. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
2:43 - 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 Dean outside. Dean hands off the ball to Zambrano. Freeman steals the pass from Zambrano.
2:21 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against a zone defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He shoots from the corner. The shot misses. McDonnell tips it in. North Carolina Central 45 - 35.
2:02 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Stuart grabs the rebound.
1:50 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell drives by Zambrano. McDonnell attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! North Carolina Central 47 - 35.
1:50 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to North Carolina Central!
1:36 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 47 - 37.
1:25 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McDonnell drives by Zambrano. McDonnell lays it up. Offensive foul! McDonnell charged with the foul while taking the shot over Zambrano.
1:16 - Game Event: Time out. McDonnell must sit with 3 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Hines to Point Guard.
1:16 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 47 - 39.
0:55 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Freeman. Johnson steals the pass from Freeman.
0:44 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! And Lawrence is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Lawrence makes the first free throw. North Carolina Central 47 - 42.
0:22 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to Freeman outside. Freeman passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines passes the ball to Stuart. Stuart shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Ballard grabs the offensive rebound.
0:01 - North Carolina Central: Ballard has the rebound. Ballard shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
North Carolina Central 47, Illinois 42
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Freeman must sit with 2 fouls. Stuart must sit with 2 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Shackleford to Power Forward and Manning to Center. Johnson must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors North Carolina Central. They receive the ball...
19:55 - North Carolina Central: The ball is inbounded to Ballard. Ballard passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Shackleford shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 49 - 42.
19:44 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes McDonnell to Point Guard, Freeman to Power Forward and Stuart to Center. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Shooting Guard.
19:44 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 49 - 45.
19:40 - North Carolina Central: McDonnell brings up the ball against pressure defense. McDonnell passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
19:28 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break. Foul! McDonnell commits the foul on Johnson.
19:21 - Game Event: Time out. McDonnell must sit with 4 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Hines to Point Guard.
19:21 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Johnson. Johnson shoots from deep. The shot goes in! North Carolina Central 49 - 48.
19:18 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
19:08 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 51 - 49.
18:54 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Shooting Guard and Manning to Center. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
18:54 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Freeman outside. Freeman passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning drives down the lane. Manning lays it up. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the rebound.
18:29 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 53 - 49.
18:19 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the rebound.
18:09 - 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 Powell. Powell shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 55 - 49.
17:55 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the low post. Foul! Dean fouls Freeman on the shot. Freeman makes the first free throw. Freeman makes the second free throw. Illinois 55 - 51.
17:46 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. And Lemon is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Lemon makes the first free throw. Illinois 58 - 51.
17:36 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Wilson passes the ball to He in the paint. He shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! He charged with the foul while taking the shot over Powell.
17:21 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Foul! He commits the foul on Johnson.
17:16 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Dean. Illinois 60 - 51.
16:56 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lawrence to Center.
16:56 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Freeman on the perimeter. Freeman shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 60 - 54.
16:42 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Zambrano. And Dean is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Dean makes the first free throw. Illinois 63 - 54.
16:32 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
16:32 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Manning in the paint. Manning passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the rebound.
16:19 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano drives down the lane. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell at the basket. Powell lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 65 - 54.
16:06 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson. Wilson passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 65 - 57.
15:41 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Ballard to Shooting Guard, Shackleford to Power Forward and Stuart to Center. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard, Paige to Small Forward and Lawrence to Center.
15:41 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 67 - 57.
15:32 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Manning to Center.
15:32 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard passes the ball to Shackleford on the perimeter. Shackleford tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Shackleford passes the ball to Hines. Hines with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Greene fouls Ballard blocking out to get the rebound.
15:06 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Shooting Guard.
15:06 - North Carolina Central: The ball is inbounded to Hines. Paige steals the pass from Hines.
15:00 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Paige to the right. Greene lays it up. Foul! Hines fouls Greene on the shot. Greene makes the first free throw. Greene makes the second free throw. Illinois 69 - 57.
14:55 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Ballard to Shooting Guard and Stuart to Center.
14:55 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 69 - 59.
14:44 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Shackleford steals the pass from Greene.
14:37 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 69 - 61.
14:23 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence turns the ball over out of bounds.
14:13 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to He. He drives down the lane. He passes the ball to Ballard at the basket. Ballard attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by He. Illinois 69 - 63.
13:57 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Freeman to Power Forward.
13:57 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Stuart grabs the rebound.
13:47 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots in the paint. Foul! Dean fouls Freeman on the shot. Freeman makes the first free throw. Freeman makes the second free throw. Illinois 69 - 65.
13:29 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Shackleford to Power Forward.
13:29 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige. Paige passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the block. Shackleford rotates over and blocks the shot! Stuart grabs the rebound.
13:08 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Dean! Dean grabs the rebound.
12:56 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Johnson to the right. Greene lays it up. The shot goes in! And Greene is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Greene makes the first free throw. Illinois 72 - 65.
12:56 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Illinois!
12:49 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Small Forward and Freeman to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Best to Power Forward.
12:49 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Freeman. Freeman passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Freeman. Illinois 72 - 67.
12:34 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. Foul! Freeman fouls Lawrence on the shot. Lawrence makes the first free throw. Lawrence makes the second free throw. Illinois 74 - 67.
12:19 - Game Event: Time out. Freeman must sit with 4 fouls. North Carolina Central substitutes Shackleford to Power Forward.
12:19 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford. Shackleford passes the ball to Hines. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Shackleford passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
11:52 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 77 - 67.
11:41 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Powell to Small Forward.
11:41 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Best steals the pass from Shackleford.
11:28 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Shackleford grabs the rebound.
11:24 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Powell steals the pass from Wilson.
11:13 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 80 - 67.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard and Johnson to Shooting Guard.
10:57 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Shackleford passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard passes the ball to Shackleford. Shackleford shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
10:26 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Zambrano and Powell. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 82 - 67.
10:21 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard and Paige to Small Forward.
10:21 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart passes the ball to Hines. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ballard with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 82 - 69.
9:47 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard, Johnson to Shooting Guard and Powell to Small Forward.
9:47 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano drives down the lane. Zambrano lays it up. Foul! Hines fouls Zambrano on the shot. Zambrano makes the first free throw. Zambrano makes the second free throw. Illinois 84 - 69.
9:37 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard drives down the lane. Ballard passes the ball to Shackleford at the basket. Shackleford lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 84 - 71.
9:21 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 86 - 71.
9:12 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard and Greene to Shooting Guard.
9:12 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hines passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard passes the ball to Wilson on the perimeter. Wilson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ballard. Illinois 86 - 74.
8:57 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes McDonnell to Point Guard, He to Small Forward and Freeman to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Point Guard, Johnson to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
8:57 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. Foul! McDonnell fouls Lawrence on the shot. McDonnell fouls out. Hines replaces McDonnell at point guard. Lawrence makes the first free throw. Lawrence missed the second free throw. Stuart grabs the rebound. Illinois 87 - 74.
8:42 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart passes the ball to Hines. Hines tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
8:20 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence. Lawrence turns the ball over out of bounds.
7:59 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to He outside. He drives down the lane. He lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 87 - 76.
7:38 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 89 - 76.
7:29 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ballard passes the ball to Freeman outside. Freeman passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 89 - 78.
7:13 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 91 - 78.
6:53 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Ballard passes the ball to He on the perimeter. He shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Powell grabs the long rebound.
6:39 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Johnson turns the ball over to the other team.
6:34 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 91 - 81.
6:23 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. He steals the pass from Zambrano.
6:18 - North Carolina Central: Breakaway! He takes the ball the length of the court. He attempts to dunk it. Foul! Dean fouls He on the shot. He makes the first free throw. He makes the second free throw. Illinois 91 - 83.
6:11 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Wilson to Shooting Guard.
6:11 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 94 - 83.
5:49 - Game Event: Time out. North Carolina Central substitutes Ballard to Shooting Guard.
5:49 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard passes the ball to Hines outside. Hines passes the ball to He. He with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the rebound.
5:33 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Freeman grabs the rebound.
5:17 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Ballard leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ballard passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 94 - 85.
4:54 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Powell. Powell shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Stuart grabs the rebound.
4:42 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Freeman outside. Freeman passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 94 - 88.
4:24 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Hines fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 96 - 88.
4:16 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman passes the ball to Hines on the perimeter. Hines tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 96 - 90.
3:53 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean outside. Dean passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Dean. Illinois 99 - 90.
3:41 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to He. He with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 99 - 92.
3:30 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 101 - 92.
3:09 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Freeman in the paint. Freeman shoots from the block. Foul! Dean fouls Freeman on the shot. Freeman makes the first free throw. Freeman missed the second free throw. Johnson grabs the rebound. Illinois 101 - 93.
2:57 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Johnson drives by Hines. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence at the basket. Lawrence lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 103 - 93.
2:46 - North Carolina Central: Ballard brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ballard tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ballard with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
2:32 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against pressure defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. Foul! Freeman fouls Lawrence on the shot. Freeman fouls out. Shackleford replaces Freeman at power forward. Lawrence makes the first free throw. Lawrence missed the second free throw. Stuart grabs the rebound. Illinois 104 - 93.
2:21 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Stuart in the paint. Stuart passes the ball to Ballard outside. Ballard tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ballard with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
1:56 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson attacks with the ball on the fast break. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano at the basket. Zambrano lays it up. Foul! Ballard fouls Zambrano on the shot. Zambrano missed the first free throw. Zambrano missed the second free throw. Stuart grabs the rebound.
1:51 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard on the perimeter. Ballard shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Lawrence grabs the rebound.
1:41 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 106 - 93.
1:32 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines drives down the lane. Hines lays it up. Foul! Zambrano fouls Hines on the shot. Hines makes the first free throw. Hines missed the second free throw. Lawrence grabs the rebound. Illinois 106 - 94.
1:22 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Zambrano tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zambrano with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Shackleford grabs the rebound.
1:07 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Ballard leads the fast break with Hines and He. Ballard passes the ball to Hines at the basket. Hines lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ballard. Illinois 106 - 96.
0:59 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. He steals the pass from Zambrano.
0:52 - North Carolina Central: Fast break opportunity! Hines leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hines passes the ball to Shackleford in the paint. Shackleford passes the ball to Ballard outside. Zambrano steals the pass from Ballard.
0:31 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson drives by Hines. Johnson lays it up. Foul! He fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson missed the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 107 - 96.
0:16 - North Carolina Central: Hines brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hines passes the ball to Ballard. Ballard shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hines. Illinois 107 - 98.
0:02 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. The shot clock winding down. Zambrano shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. He grabs the long rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
North Carolina Central 98, Illinois 107
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