Game Date: Jan 12th, 2045
Illinois 99 - Central State 94
Date: October 13th, 2044
Game: College [Exhibition] [#1052038] 
Arena: Beacom-Lewis Gym
Attendance: 2,584
Player Of The Game: Marc Pearson (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 58 | 41 | 99 | |
| Central State Marauders | 43 | 51 | 94 | |
| 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 | 2-11 | 1-8 | 2-2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +6 | 12.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | J. Dean pf | 30 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +7 | 6.4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | H. Murray c | 30 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -9 | 3.7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 20 | M. McDonald sg | 30 | 3-10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +8 | 23.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | D. Johnson pg | 32 | 9-16 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +1 | 15.3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | D. Best pf | 15 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | A. Paige pg | 9 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 21.7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | C. Lemon c | 12 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +12 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | J. Greene sg | 10 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 37-80 | 11-29 | 14-18 | 99 | 11 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +25 | 10.8 | 42 | 11 | 18 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 46.3% | 37.9% | 77.8% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Central State Marauders | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 15 | L. Bourne sf | 19 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +6 | 12.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | J. Brinkley pf | 19 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +2 | 6.6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | O. Gray c | 20 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +8 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | S. Tapia sg | 20 | 3-9 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -8 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | D. Knox pg | 22 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +11 | 10.2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 34 | M. Scott sf | 23 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -15 | 15.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 55 | M. Pearson c | 23 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 2.1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 4 | R. Sinclair pg | 33 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -9 | 9.0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | L. Scarborough pf | 21 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 5.5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 38-73 | 5-17 | 13-16 | 94 | 7 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -25 | 7.8 | 48 | 20 | 14 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 52.1% | 29.4% | 81.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Central State: Marc Pearson
Head Coaches
Illinois: Anderson Hodge
Central State: Lonnie Sewell
Offensive Efficiencies
Illinois: At the rim (4/8 50.0%) Inside (17/27 63.0%) Mid-range (5/16 31.3%) Beyond the Arc (11/29 37.9%)
Central State: At the rim (4/4 100.0%) Inside (20/37 54.1%) Mid-range (9/15 60.0%) Beyond the Arc (5/17 29.4%)
Defensive Tactics
Illinois: Man-To-Man (26.5%) Zone (44.9%) Pressure (6.1%) 2nd Chance (6.1%) Transition (16.3%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Central State: Man-To-Man (38.8%) Zone (44.7%) Pressure (0.0%) 2nd Chance (5.8%) Transition (8.7%) Int. Foul (1.9%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Illinois: 134.7 / 134.1
Central State: 111.4 / 136.9
Injuries
Illinois: none
Central State: none
Overworked
Illinois: none
Central State: none
Game Information
Date: Thursday, October 13th, 2044
Game Type: College [Exhibition]
Arena: Beacom-Lewis Gym
City: Wilberforce, OH
Attendance: 2,584
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Tue Apr 8 2025 @ 9:23:03 am PDT
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Illinois: PG-Johnson (6' 4½"), SG-McDonald (6' 2½"), SF-Powell (6' 4½"), PF-Dean (6' 9"), C-Murray (6' 8")
Central State: PG-Knox (6' ), SG-Tapia (6' ), SF-Bourne (6' 5"), PF-Brinkley (7' ), C-Gray (6' 11½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Central State gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Central State 2 - 0.
19:41 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McDonald shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 3 - 2.
19:37 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Tapia on the perimeter. Tapia shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Central State 5 - 3.
19:28 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox steals the pass from Johnson.
19:24 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break with Bourne to the right. Tapia passes the ball to Bourne on the perimeter. Bourne shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Dean grabs the long rebound.
19:17 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 5 - 5.
18:55 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center. Central State substitutes Sinclair to Point Guard and Pearson to Center.
18:55 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley. Brinkley passes the ball to Sinclair in the paint. Sinclair carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
18:44 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:30 - Illinois: Lemon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lemon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
18:26 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tapia passes the ball to Bourne in the paint. Bourne shoots from the low post. Lemon rotates over and blocks the shot! Lemon grabs the rebound.
18:12 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 7 - 5.
17:57 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Bourne. Bourne shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
17:47 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 9 - 5.
17:39 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Bourne. Bourne shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pearson. Illinois 9 - 7.
17:24 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson drives by Sinclair. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Pearson fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson missed the second free throw. Brinkley grabs the rebound. Illinois 10 - 7.
17:13 - Central State: Tapia brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tapia passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the block. The shot goes in! And Pearson is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Pearson makes the first free throw. Tied 10 - 10.
17:03 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
16:54 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tapia passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley outside. Brinkley shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Central State 13 - 10.
16:21 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson drives by Tapia. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Central State 13 - 12.
16:11 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Sinclair. Foul! Johnson commits the foul on Sinclair.
16:02 - Central State: The ball is inbounded to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Tapia in the paint. Tapia shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the rebound.
15:38 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 14 - 13.
15:21 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard and Best to Small Forward. Central State substitutes Scott to Small Forward.
15:21 - Central State: Tapia brings up the ball against pressure defense. Dean steals the pass from Tapia.
15:16 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Paige leads the fast break. Foul! Sinclair commits the foul on Paige.
15:10 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Dean. Dean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Dean passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Dean. Illinois 16 - 13.
15:02 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson on the perimeter. Pearson passes the ball to Tapia on the perimeter. Tapia shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pearson. Tied 16 - 16.
14:47 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 19 - 16.
14:36 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley. Brinkley with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
14:25 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to McDonald in the paint. McDonald shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
14:14 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair attacks with the ball on the fast break. Sinclair turns the ball over out of bounds.
14:09 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 21 - 16.
13:51 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
13:51 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
13:37 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Murray grabs the offensive rebound.
13:26 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound. Murray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 23 - 16.
13:24 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the inside. Foul! Murray fouls Brinkley on the shot. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley makes the second free throw. Illinois 23 - 18.
13:11 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McDonald drives to the basket. Foul! Tapia commits the foul on McDonald.
12:58 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Shooting Guard, Greene to Small Forward and Best to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Knox to Shooting Guard and Scarborough to Power Forward.
12:58 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Greene. Greene drives down the lane. Greene lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 25 - 18.
12:46 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair outside. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott hands off the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
12:16 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to Best. Best with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Scarborough grabs the rebound.
12:01 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break with Sinclair to the right. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair at the basket. Sinclair lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Illinois 25 - 20.
11:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard and Paige to Small Forward.
11:57 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Greene drives to the basket. Foul! Knox commits the foul on Greene.
11:47 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Paige. Paige tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paige with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Scarborough grabs the rebound.
11:38 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair leads the fast break with Knox and Scott. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox. Knox shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sinclair. Illinois 25 - 22.
11:34 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 27 - 22.
11:15 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox in the paint. Knox tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Knox shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 27 - 24.
10:59 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Powell to Small Forward. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard, Sinclair to Shooting Guard and Gray to Center.
10:59 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Greene passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Best grabs the offensive rebound.
10:44 - Illinois: Best has the rebound. Best shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 29 - 24.
10:42 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Knox grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:26 - Central State: Knox has the rebound and restarts the offense. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair in the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott in the paint. Scott passes the ball to Knox. Knox shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Scott. Illinois 29 - 26.
10:06 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from deep. The shot misses. Scott grabs the rebound.
9:59 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Powell steals the pass from Knox.
9:54 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 31 - 26.
9:43 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Scott in the paint. Scott passes the ball to Knox in the paint. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Illinois 31 - 28.
9:17 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Murray grabs the offensive rebound.
9:07 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound and restarts the offense. Murray shoots from the block. Gray rotates over and blocks the shot! Scott grabs the rebound.
9:01 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough. Scarborough shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
8:49 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Greene passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Greene. Illinois 33 - 28.
8:39 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
8:39 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Gray charged with the foul while taking the shot over Murray.
8:28 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard and Best to Power Forward.
8:28 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best shoots from the inside. Foul! Scarborough fouls Best on the shot. Best makes the first free throw. Best makes the second free throw. Illinois 35 - 28.
8:18 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against pressure defense. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough. Scarborough passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Sinclair grabs the offensive rebound.
8:05 - Central State: Sinclair has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sinclair shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
8:01 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Greene and Powell. Johnson passes the ball to Greene on the perimeter. Greene shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Scott grabs the rebound.
7:55 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott passes the ball to Knox in the paint. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
7:34 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Greene passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Offensive foul! Murray commits the foul.
7:28 - Game Event: Time out. Murray must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard, Dean to Power Forward and Lemon to Center. Central State substitutes Bourne to Small Forward.
7:28 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 35 - 30.
7:15 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald outside. McDonald passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Johnson in the paint. Johnson drives by Gray. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Gray fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 37 - 30.
6:42 - Game Event: Time out. Gray must sit with 2 fouls. Central State substitutes Pearson to Center.
6:42 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the offensive rebound.
6:30 - Central State: Pearson has the rebound. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 37 - 32.
6:30 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Central State!
6:28 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Scarborough grabs the rebound.
6:15 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Bourne on the perimeter. Bourne shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
5:54 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the long rebound.
5:42 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the block. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
5:31 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:17 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Sinclair to Point Guard, Knox to Shooting Guard and Scott to Small Forward.
5:17 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough goes for the dunk. Lemon rotates over and blocks the shot! Powell grabs the rebound.
5:07 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Powell. Powell with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Scott fouls Powell on the shot. Powell makes the first free throw. Powell makes the second free throw. Illinois 39 - 32.
4:53 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
4:53 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox on the perimeter. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Scarborough charged with the foul while taking the shot over Murray.
4:37 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox steals the pass from Johnson.
4:32 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Knox passes the ball to Scott. Scott shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 39 - 34.
4:16 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Johnson and Powell. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson at the basket. Johnson attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by McDonald. Illinois 41 - 34.
4:10 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 41 - 36.
3:55 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Tapia to Shooting Guard.
3:55 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 43 - 36.
3:38 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Knox to Shooting Guard.
3:38 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Murray steals the pass from Sinclair.
3:34 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald in the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 45 - 36.
3:17 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Dean fouls Scarborough blocking out to get the rebound.
2:59 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Tapia to Shooting Guard.
2:59 - Central State: The ball is inbounded to Scott. Scott hands off the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson. Pearson drives down the lane. Pearson passes the ball to Scarborough at the basket. Scarborough lays it up. Foul! Dean fouls Scarborough on the shot. Scarborough missed the first free throw. Scarborough makes the second free throw. Illinois 45 - 37.
2:39 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Illinois 48 - 37.
2:32 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Tapia. Tapia shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
2:19 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Johnson in the paint. Johnson drives by Sinclair. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald at the basket. McDonald lays it up. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
1:52 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair turns the ball over out of bounds.
1:48 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Scarborough grabs the rebound.
1:35 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break with Scott and Sinclair. Tapia passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the offensive rebound.
1:32 - Central State: Pearson has the rebound. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 48 - 39.
1:30 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 50 - 39.
1:21 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
1:13 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Powell grabs the offensive rebound.
0:56 - Illinois: Powell has the rebound. Powell goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 52 - 39.
0:54 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott in the paint. Scott shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
0:43 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Powell and Johnson. McDonald passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Sinclair grabs the long rebound.
0:38 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break with Sinclair and Scott. Tapia lays it up. Foul! Johnson fouls Tapia on the shot. Tapia makes the first free throw. Tapia makes the second free throw. Illinois 52 - 41.
0:34 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McDonald shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 55 - 41.
0:29 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Tapia on the perimeter. Tapia shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
0:18 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Powell and McDonald. Johnson passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 58 - 41.
0:14 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Knox to Shooting Guard.
0:14 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 58 - 43.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 58, Central State 43
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Johnson must sit with 2 fouls. Dean must sit with 2 fouls. Murray must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard, Best to Power Forward and Lemon to Center. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard, Tapia to Shooting Guard, Bourne to Small Forward and Brinkley to Power Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Best on the perimeter. Best shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Powell. Illinois 61 - 43.
19:41 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Dean to Power Forward and Murray to Center. Central State substitutes Sinclair to Point Guard, Knox to Shooting Guard, Scott to Small Forward and Scarborough to Power Forward.
19:41 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Scott. Scott carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
19:30 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean drives down the lane. Dean lays it up. The shot misses. Sinclair grabs the rebound.
19:17 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break with Sinclair to the right. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
19:13 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean on the perimeter. Dean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Dean passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
18:56 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Knox drives by McDonald. Knox passes the ball to Pearson at the basket. Pearson lays it up. Foul! Murray fouls Pearson on the shot. Pearson makes the first free throw. Pearson makes the second free throw. Illinois 61 - 45.
18:40 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center. Central State substitutes Bourne to Shooting Guard.
18:40 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 63 - 45.
18:29 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Scarborough shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 63 - 47.
18:13 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Scarborough steals the pass from Johnson.
18:08 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Bourne leads the fast break with Sinclair to the right. Bourne lays it up. The shot goes in! And Bourne is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Bourne makes the first free throw. Illinois 63 - 50.
18:02 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Powell grabs the offensive rebound.
17:50 - Illinois: Powell has the rebound. Powell shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Bourne grabs the rebound.
17:48 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Bourne leads the fast break with Sinclair and Scott. Bourne passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
17:42 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Johnson and Powell. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonald. Illinois 66 - 50.
17:38 - Central State: Bourne brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bourne passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Dean! Dean grabs the rebound.
17:26 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 69 - 50.
17:19 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Offensive foul! Sinclair commits the foul away from the ball.
17:12 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McDonald hands off the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. Foul! Bourne commits the foul on McDonald.
17:00 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 72 - 50.
16:32 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
16:32 - Central State: Bourne brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bourne passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Sinclair outside. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Sinclair grabs the offensive rebound.
16:09 - Central State: Sinclair has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott in the paint. Scott passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Sinclair in the paint. Sinclair shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Pearson tips it in. Illinois 72 - 52.
15:49 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard and Best to Small Forward. Central State substitutes Tapia to Shooting Guard and Brinkley to Power Forward.
15:49 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 75 - 52.
15:29 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 75 - 54.
15:20 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paige with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Tapia fouls Paige on the shot. Paige missed the first free throw. Paige missed the second free throw. Pearson grabs the rebound.
14:58 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 75 - 56.
14:49 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Gray to Center.
14:49 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Best. Illinois 77 - 56.
14:23 - Central State: Tapia brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Tapia shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Best grabs the long rebound.
14:16 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Paige to the right. McDonald passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonald. Illinois 80 - 56.
14:12 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 80 - 58.
14:03 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Pearson to Center.
14:03 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige drives by Tapia. Paige lays it up. Pearson rotates over and blocks the shot! Brinkley grabs the rebound.
13:49 - Central State: Tapia brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tapia passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 80 - 60.
13:40 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Gray to Center.
13:40 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Best on the perimeter. Best shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:28 - Illinois: McDonald has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald passes the ball to Paige. Paige with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
13:14 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break with Scott and Sinclair. Tapia passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tapia. Illinois 80 - 63.
13:14 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Central State!
13:09 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige shoots from downtown. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:05 - Illinois: McDonald has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 82 - 63.
12:53 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard, Paige to Small Forward and Best to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Pearson to Shooting Guard and Scarborough to Power Forward.
12:53 - Central State: Pearson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Murray! Paige grabs the rebound.
12:40 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Best. Best passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Best. Illinois 84 - 63.
12:22 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Pearson leads the fast break with Sinclair to the right. Pearson passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pearson. Illinois 84 - 65.
12:16 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Johnson commits the foul on the drive.
12:04 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard, Lemon to Shooting Guard and Greene to Small Forward.
12:04 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Best grabs the long rebound.
11:54 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Lemon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lemon passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray turns the ball over to the other team.
11:45 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson on the perimeter. Pearson passes the ball to Sinclair. The shot clock winding down. Sinclair shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pearson. Illinois 84 - 67.
11:12 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard and Powell to Small Forward.
11:12 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
11:08 - Central State: Pearson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pearson passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
10:58 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Best. Best passes the ball to Greene in the paint. Greene passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Murray. Illinois 86 - 67.
10:28 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard, Sinclair to Shooting Guard and Bourne to Small Forward.
10:28 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair in the paint. Best steals the pass from Sinclair.
10:16 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Powell and Greene. Johnson passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
10:09 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair leads the fast break with Bourne and Knox. Sinclair passes the ball to Bourne on the perimeter. Bourne shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sinclair. Illinois 86 - 70.
10:05 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Scott to Small Forward.
10:05 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Powell grabs the long offensive rebound.
9:48 - Illinois: Powell has the rebound and restarts the offense. Powell drives by Sinclair. Powell passes the ball to Murray at the basket. Murray lays it up. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
9:36 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Scott in the paint. Scott passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. Foul! Best fouls Gray on the shot. Gray makes the first free throw. Gray makes the second free throw. Illinois 86 - 72.
9:06 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Bourne to Small Forward and Brinkley to Power Forward.
9:06 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Greene tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Greene with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
8:54 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Knox on the perimeter. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 86 - 74.
8:30 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
8:30 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Murray at the basket. Murray lays it up. Foul! Gray fouls Murray on the shot. Murray makes the first free throw. Murray missed the second free throw. Dean grabs the offensive rebound. Illinois 87 - 74.
8:19 - Illinois: Dean has the rebound and restarts the offense. Dean shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Gray! Brinkley grabs the rebound.
8:15 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair leads the fast break with Knox to the right. Sinclair lays it up. Foul! McDonald fouls Sinclair on the shot. Sinclair missed the first free throw. Sinclair makes the second free throw. Illinois 87 - 75.
8:08 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard.
8:08 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean drives down the lane. Dean lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 89 - 75.
7:54 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard.
7:54 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox in the paint. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
7:37 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. Bourne steals the pass from McDonald.
7:17 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair leads the fast break with Knox and Bourne. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox. Knox shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sinclair. Illinois 89 - 77.
7:12 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
7:02 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Foul! Powell commits a foul away from the ball.
6:51 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Tapia to Shooting Guard.
6:51 - Central State: The ball is inbounded to Gray. Gray passes the ball to Bourne outside. Bourne shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
6:40 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald in the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Powell. Powell shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
6:14 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Illinois 89 - 79.
6:14 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
6:03 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Sinclair to Shooting Guard.
6:03 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Knox fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 91 - 79.
5:50 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Tapia to Shooting Guard.
5:50 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Tapia on the perimeter. Tapia shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
5:40 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Brinkley steals the pass from Dean.
5:30 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tapia shoots from well beyond the arc. Air ball! Powell grabs the rebound.
5:18 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bourne steals the pass from McDonald.
5:09 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break with Knox and Bourne. Tapia passes the ball to Knox. Knox shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tapia. Illinois 91 - 81.
5:04 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
4:54 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Tapia. Tapia with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 91 - 83.
4:43 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
4:32 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley. Brinkley with a fadeaway jumper. Offensive foul! Brinkley charged with the foul while taking the shot over Powell.
4:18 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
4:08 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox drives by McDonald. Knox lays it up. Offensive foul! Knox charged with the foul while taking the shot over Dean.
3:57 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Tapia grabs the rebound.
3:38 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Tapia in the paint. Tapia passes the ball to Bourne in the paint. Bourne passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley turns the ball over to the other team.
3:10 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 93 - 83.
2:58 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against pressure defense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Foul! Dean commits the foul on Brinkley. In the bonus, Brinkley is shooting one-and-one. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley missed the second free throw. Gray grabs the offensive rebound. Illinois 93 - 84.
2:52 - Central State: Gray has the rebound. Gray shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Illinois 93 - 86.
2:50 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Sinclair to Point Guard.
2:50 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
2:22 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Sinclair in the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sinclair. Illinois 93 - 88.
1:58 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard.
1:58 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 95 - 88.
1:46 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Powell steals the pass from Brinkley.
1:35 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Powell to the right. McDonald passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
1:30 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break with Tapia and Bourne. Knox lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 95 - 90.
1:25 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:16 - Illinois: McDonald has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bourne grabs the rebound.
1:01 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Knox on the perimeter. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots in the paint. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the rebound.
0:42 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Foul! Brinkley commits the intentional foul on Dean. In the bonus, Dean is shooting one-and-one. Dean makes the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. Illinois 97 - 90.
0:36 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Illinois 97 - 92.
0:26 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Foul! Bourne commits the intentional foul on Dean. In the bonus, Dean is shooting one-and-one. Dean makes the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. Illinois 99 - 92.
0:20 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Bourne in the paint. Bourne passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 99 - 94.
0:05 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Tapia grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 99, Central State 94
Starting Line-Ups
Illinois: PG-Johnson (6' 4½"), SG-McDonald (6' 2½"), SF-Powell (6' 4½"), PF-Dean (6' 9"), C-Murray (6' 8")
Central State: PG-Knox (6' ), SG-Tapia (6' ), SF-Bourne (6' 5"), PF-Brinkley (7' ), C-Gray (6' 11½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Central State gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Central State 2 - 0.
19:41 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McDonald shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 3 - 2.
19:37 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Tapia on the perimeter. Tapia shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Central State 5 - 3.
19:28 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox steals the pass from Johnson.
19:24 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break with Bourne to the right. Tapia passes the ball to Bourne on the perimeter. Bourne shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Dean grabs the long rebound.
19:17 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 5 - 5.
18:55 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center. Central State substitutes Sinclair to Point Guard and Pearson to Center.
18:55 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley. Brinkley passes the ball to Sinclair in the paint. Sinclair carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
18:44 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:30 - Illinois: Lemon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lemon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
18:26 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tapia passes the ball to Bourne in the paint. Bourne shoots from the low post. Lemon rotates over and blocks the shot! Lemon grabs the rebound.
18:12 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 7 - 5.
17:57 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Bourne. Bourne shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
17:47 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 9 - 5.
17:39 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Bourne. Bourne shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pearson. Illinois 9 - 7.
17:24 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson drives by Sinclair. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Pearson fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson missed the second free throw. Brinkley grabs the rebound. Illinois 10 - 7.
17:13 - Central State: Tapia brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tapia passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the block. The shot goes in! And Pearson is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Pearson makes the first free throw. Tied 10 - 10.
17:03 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
16:54 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tapia passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley outside. Brinkley shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Central State 13 - 10.
16:21 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson drives by Tapia. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Central State 13 - 12.
16:11 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Sinclair. Foul! Johnson commits the foul on Sinclair.
16:02 - Central State: The ball is inbounded to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Tapia in the paint. Tapia shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the rebound.
15:38 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 14 - 13.
15:21 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard and Best to Small Forward. Central State substitutes Scott to Small Forward.
15:21 - Central State: Tapia brings up the ball against pressure defense. Dean steals the pass from Tapia.
15:16 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Paige leads the fast break. Foul! Sinclair commits the foul on Paige.
15:10 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Dean. Dean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Dean passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Dean. Illinois 16 - 13.
15:02 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson on the perimeter. Pearson passes the ball to Tapia on the perimeter. Tapia shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pearson. Tied 16 - 16.
14:47 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 19 - 16.
14:36 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley. Brinkley with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
14:25 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to McDonald in the paint. McDonald shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
14:14 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair attacks with the ball on the fast break. Sinclair turns the ball over out of bounds.
14:09 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 21 - 16.
13:51 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
13:51 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
13:37 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Murray grabs the offensive rebound.
13:26 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound. Murray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 23 - 16.
13:24 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the inside. Foul! Murray fouls Brinkley on the shot. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley makes the second free throw. Illinois 23 - 18.
13:11 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McDonald drives to the basket. Foul! Tapia commits the foul on McDonald.
12:58 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Shooting Guard, Greene to Small Forward and Best to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Knox to Shooting Guard and Scarborough to Power Forward.
12:58 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Greene. Greene drives down the lane. Greene lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 25 - 18.
12:46 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair outside. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott hands off the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
12:16 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to Best. Best with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Scarborough grabs the rebound.
12:01 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break with Sinclair to the right. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair at the basket. Sinclair lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Illinois 25 - 20.
11:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard and Paige to Small Forward.
11:57 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Greene drives to the basket. Foul! Knox commits the foul on Greene.
11:47 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Paige. Paige tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paige with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Scarborough grabs the rebound.
11:38 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair leads the fast break with Knox and Scott. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox. Knox shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sinclair. Illinois 25 - 22.
11:34 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 27 - 22.
11:15 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox in the paint. Knox tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Knox shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 27 - 24.
10:59 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Powell to Small Forward. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard, Sinclair to Shooting Guard and Gray to Center.
10:59 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Greene passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Best grabs the offensive rebound.
10:44 - Illinois: Best has the rebound. Best shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 29 - 24.
10:42 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Knox grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:26 - Central State: Knox has the rebound and restarts the offense. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair in the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott in the paint. Scott passes the ball to Knox. Knox shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Scott. Illinois 29 - 26.
10:06 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from deep. The shot misses. Scott grabs the rebound.
9:59 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Powell steals the pass from Knox.
9:54 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 31 - 26.
9:43 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Scott in the paint. Scott passes the ball to Knox in the paint. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Illinois 31 - 28.
9:17 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Murray grabs the offensive rebound.
9:07 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound and restarts the offense. Murray shoots from the block. Gray rotates over and blocks the shot! Scott grabs the rebound.
9:01 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough. Scarborough shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
8:49 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Greene passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Greene. Illinois 33 - 28.
8:39 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
8:39 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Gray charged with the foul while taking the shot over Murray.
8:28 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard and Best to Power Forward.
8:28 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best shoots from the inside. Foul! Scarborough fouls Best on the shot. Best makes the first free throw. Best makes the second free throw. Illinois 35 - 28.
8:18 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against pressure defense. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough. Scarborough passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Sinclair grabs the offensive rebound.
8:05 - Central State: Sinclair has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sinclair shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
8:01 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Greene and Powell. Johnson passes the ball to Greene on the perimeter. Greene shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Scott grabs the rebound.
7:55 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott passes the ball to Knox in the paint. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
7:34 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Greene passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Offensive foul! Murray commits the foul.
7:28 - Game Event: Time out. Murray must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard, Dean to Power Forward and Lemon to Center. Central State substitutes Bourne to Small Forward.
7:28 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 35 - 30.
7:15 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald outside. McDonald passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Johnson in the paint. Johnson drives by Gray. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Gray fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 37 - 30.
6:42 - Game Event: Time out. Gray must sit with 2 fouls. Central State substitutes Pearson to Center.
6:42 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the offensive rebound.
6:30 - Central State: Pearson has the rebound. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 37 - 32.
6:30 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Central State!
6:28 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Scarborough grabs the rebound.
6:15 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Bourne on the perimeter. Bourne shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
5:54 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the long rebound.
5:42 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the block. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
5:31 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:17 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Sinclair to Point Guard, Knox to Shooting Guard and Scott to Small Forward.
5:17 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough goes for the dunk. Lemon rotates over and blocks the shot! Powell grabs the rebound.
5:07 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Powell. Powell with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Scott fouls Powell on the shot. Powell makes the first free throw. Powell makes the second free throw. Illinois 39 - 32.
4:53 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
4:53 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox on the perimeter. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Scarborough charged with the foul while taking the shot over Murray.
4:37 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox steals the pass from Johnson.
4:32 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Knox passes the ball to Scott. Scott shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 39 - 34.
4:16 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Johnson and Powell. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson at the basket. Johnson attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by McDonald. Illinois 41 - 34.
4:10 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 41 - 36.
3:55 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Tapia to Shooting Guard.
3:55 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Dean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 43 - 36.
3:38 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Knox to Shooting Guard.
3:38 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Murray steals the pass from Sinclair.
3:34 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald in the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 45 - 36.
3:17 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Dean fouls Scarborough blocking out to get the rebound.
2:59 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Tapia to Shooting Guard.
2:59 - Central State: The ball is inbounded to Scott. Scott hands off the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson. Pearson drives down the lane. Pearson passes the ball to Scarborough at the basket. Scarborough lays it up. Foul! Dean fouls Scarborough on the shot. Scarborough missed the first free throw. Scarborough makes the second free throw. Illinois 45 - 37.
2:39 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Illinois 48 - 37.
2:32 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Tapia. Tapia shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
2:19 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Johnson in the paint. Johnson drives by Sinclair. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald at the basket. McDonald lays it up. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
1:52 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair turns the ball over out of bounds.
1:48 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Scarborough grabs the rebound.
1:35 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break with Scott and Sinclair. Tapia passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the offensive rebound.
1:32 - Central State: Pearson has the rebound. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 48 - 39.
1:30 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 50 - 39.
1:21 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
1:13 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Powell grabs the offensive rebound.
0:56 - Illinois: Powell has the rebound. Powell goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 52 - 39.
0:54 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott in the paint. Scott shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
0:43 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Powell and Johnson. McDonald passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Sinclair grabs the long rebound.
0:38 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break with Sinclair and Scott. Tapia lays it up. Foul! Johnson fouls Tapia on the shot. Tapia makes the first free throw. Tapia makes the second free throw. Illinois 52 - 41.
0:34 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McDonald shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 55 - 41.
0:29 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Tapia on the perimeter. Tapia shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
0:18 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Powell and McDonald. Johnson passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 58 - 41.
0:14 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Knox to Shooting Guard.
0:14 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 58 - 43.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 58, Central State 43
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Johnson must sit with 2 fouls. Dean must sit with 2 fouls. Murray must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard, Best to Power Forward and Lemon to Center. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard, Tapia to Shooting Guard, Bourne to Small Forward and Brinkley to Power Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Powell. Powell passes the ball to Best on the perimeter. Best shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Powell. Illinois 61 - 43.
19:41 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Dean to Power Forward and Murray to Center. Central State substitutes Sinclair to Point Guard, Knox to Shooting Guard, Scott to Small Forward and Scarborough to Power Forward.
19:41 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Scott. Scott carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
19:30 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean drives down the lane. Dean lays it up. The shot misses. Sinclair grabs the rebound.
19:17 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break with Sinclair to the right. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
19:13 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean on the perimeter. Dean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Dean passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
18:56 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Knox drives by McDonald. Knox passes the ball to Pearson at the basket. Pearson lays it up. Foul! Murray fouls Pearson on the shot. Pearson makes the first free throw. Pearson makes the second free throw. Illinois 61 - 45.
18:40 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center. Central State substitutes Bourne to Shooting Guard.
18:40 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 63 - 45.
18:29 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Scarborough shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 63 - 47.
18:13 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Scarborough steals the pass from Johnson.
18:08 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Bourne leads the fast break with Sinclair to the right. Bourne lays it up. The shot goes in! And Bourne is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Bourne makes the first free throw. Illinois 63 - 50.
18:02 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Powell grabs the offensive rebound.
17:50 - Illinois: Powell has the rebound. Powell shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Bourne grabs the rebound.
17:48 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Bourne leads the fast break with Sinclair and Scott. Bourne passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
17:42 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Johnson and Powell. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonald. Illinois 66 - 50.
17:38 - Central State: Bourne brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bourne passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Dean! Dean grabs the rebound.
17:26 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 69 - 50.
17:19 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Offensive foul! Sinclair commits the foul away from the ball.
17:12 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McDonald hands off the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. Foul! Bourne commits the foul on McDonald.
17:00 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 72 - 50.
16:32 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
16:32 - Central State: Bourne brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bourne passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Sinclair outside. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Sinclair grabs the offensive rebound.
16:09 - Central State: Sinclair has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott in the paint. Scott passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Sinclair in the paint. Sinclair shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Pearson tips it in. Illinois 72 - 52.
15:49 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard and Best to Small Forward. Central State substitutes Tapia to Shooting Guard and Brinkley to Power Forward.
15:49 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 75 - 52.
15:29 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 75 - 54.
15:20 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paige with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Tapia fouls Paige on the shot. Paige missed the first free throw. Paige missed the second free throw. Pearson grabs the rebound.
14:58 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 75 - 56.
14:49 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Gray to Center.
14:49 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Best. Illinois 77 - 56.
14:23 - Central State: Tapia brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Tapia shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Best grabs the long rebound.
14:16 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Paige to the right. McDonald passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonald. Illinois 80 - 56.
14:12 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 80 - 58.
14:03 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Pearson to Center.
14:03 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige drives by Tapia. Paige lays it up. Pearson rotates over and blocks the shot! Brinkley grabs the rebound.
13:49 - Central State: Tapia brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tapia passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 80 - 60.
13:40 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Gray to Center.
13:40 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige passes the ball to Best on the perimeter. Best shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:28 - Illinois: McDonald has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald passes the ball to Paige. Paige with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
13:14 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break with Scott and Sinclair. Tapia passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tapia. Illinois 80 - 63.
13:14 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Central State!
13:09 - Illinois: Paige brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paige shoots from downtown. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:05 - Illinois: McDonald has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 82 - 63.
12:53 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard, Paige to Small Forward and Best to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Pearson to Shooting Guard and Scarborough to Power Forward.
12:53 - Central State: Pearson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Murray! Paige grabs the rebound.
12:40 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Best. Best passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Best. Illinois 84 - 63.
12:22 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Pearson leads the fast break with Sinclair to the right. Pearson passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pearson. Illinois 84 - 65.
12:16 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Johnson commits the foul on the drive.
12:04 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Paige to Point Guard, Lemon to Shooting Guard and Greene to Small Forward.
12:04 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Best grabs the long rebound.
11:54 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Lemon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lemon passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray turns the ball over to the other team.
11:45 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Pearson on the perimeter. Pearson passes the ball to Sinclair. The shot clock winding down. Sinclair shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pearson. Illinois 84 - 67.
11:12 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard and Powell to Small Forward.
11:12 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
11:08 - Central State: Pearson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pearson passes the ball to Scott on the perimeter. Scott shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
10:58 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Best. Best passes the ball to Greene in the paint. Greene passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Murray. Illinois 86 - 67.
10:28 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard, Sinclair to Shooting Guard and Bourne to Small Forward.
10:28 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair in the paint. Best steals the pass from Sinclair.
10:16 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Powell and Greene. Johnson passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
10:09 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair leads the fast break with Bourne and Knox. Sinclair passes the ball to Bourne on the perimeter. Bourne shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sinclair. Illinois 86 - 70.
10:05 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Scott to Small Forward.
10:05 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Best in the paint. Best passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Powell grabs the long offensive rebound.
9:48 - Illinois: Powell has the rebound and restarts the offense. Powell drives by Sinclair. Powell passes the ball to Murray at the basket. Murray lays it up. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
9:36 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Scarborough in the paint. Scarborough passes the ball to Scott in the paint. Scott passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. Foul! Best fouls Gray on the shot. Gray makes the first free throw. Gray makes the second free throw. Illinois 86 - 72.
9:06 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Bourne to Small Forward and Brinkley to Power Forward.
9:06 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Greene tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Greene with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
8:54 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Knox on the perimeter. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 86 - 74.
8:30 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
8:30 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Murray at the basket. Murray lays it up. Foul! Gray fouls Murray on the shot. Murray makes the first free throw. Murray missed the second free throw. Dean grabs the offensive rebound. Illinois 87 - 74.
8:19 - Illinois: Dean has the rebound and restarts the offense. Dean shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Gray! Brinkley grabs the rebound.
8:15 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair leads the fast break with Knox to the right. Sinclair lays it up. Foul! McDonald fouls Sinclair on the shot. Sinclair missed the first free throw. Sinclair makes the second free throw. Illinois 87 - 75.
8:08 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard.
8:08 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean drives down the lane. Dean lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 89 - 75.
7:54 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard.
7:54 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox in the paint. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
7:37 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. Bourne steals the pass from McDonald.
7:17 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Sinclair leads the fast break with Knox and Bourne. Sinclair passes the ball to Knox. Knox shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sinclair. Illinois 89 - 77.
7:12 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
7:02 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Sinclair. Sinclair passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Foul! Powell commits a foul away from the ball.
6:51 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Tapia to Shooting Guard.
6:51 - Central State: The ball is inbounded to Gray. Gray passes the ball to Bourne outside. Bourne shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Powell grabs the rebound.
6:40 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald in the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Powell. Powell shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
6:14 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Illinois 89 - 79.
6:14 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
6:03 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Sinclair to Shooting Guard.
6:03 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Knox fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 91 - 79.
5:50 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Tapia to Shooting Guard.
5:50 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Tapia on the perimeter. Tapia shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
5:40 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Brinkley steals the pass from Dean.
5:30 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tapia shoots from well beyond the arc. Air ball! Powell grabs the rebound.
5:18 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bourne steals the pass from McDonald.
5:09 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Tapia leads the fast break with Knox and Bourne. Tapia passes the ball to Knox. Knox shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tapia. Illinois 91 - 81.
5:04 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
4:54 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Tapia. Tapia with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 91 - 83.
4:43 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
4:32 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley. Brinkley with a fadeaway jumper. Offensive foul! Brinkley charged with the foul while taking the shot over Powell.
4:18 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
4:08 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox drives by McDonald. Knox lays it up. Offensive foul! Knox charged with the foul while taking the shot over Dean.
3:57 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Tapia grabs the rebound.
3:38 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Tapia in the paint. Tapia passes the ball to Bourne in the paint. Bourne passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley turns the ball over to the other team.
3:10 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 93 - 83.
2:58 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against pressure defense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Foul! Dean commits the foul on Brinkley. In the bonus, Brinkley is shooting one-and-one. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley missed the second free throw. Gray grabs the offensive rebound. Illinois 93 - 84.
2:52 - Central State: Gray has the rebound. Gray shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Illinois 93 - 86.
2:50 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Sinclair to Point Guard.
2:50 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Powell outside. Powell passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Powell in the paint. Powell passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
2:22 - Central State: Sinclair brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Sinclair in the paint. Sinclair passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sinclair. Illinois 93 - 88.
1:58 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard.
1:58 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 95 - 88.
1:46 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Powell steals the pass from Brinkley.
1:35 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Powell to the right. McDonald passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
1:30 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break with Tapia and Bourne. Knox lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 95 - 90.
1:25 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:16 - Illinois: McDonald has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bourne grabs the rebound.
1:01 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Knox on the perimeter. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots in the paint. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the rebound.
0:42 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Foul! Brinkley commits the intentional foul on Dean. In the bonus, Dean is shooting one-and-one. Dean makes the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. Illinois 97 - 90.
0:36 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Illinois 97 - 92.
0:26 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Foul! Bourne commits the intentional foul on Dean. In the bonus, Dean is shooting one-and-one. Dean makes the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. Illinois 99 - 92.
0:20 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Knox passes the ball to Bourne in the paint. Bourne passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 99 - 94.
0:05 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Tapia grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 99, Central State 94
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