Game Date: Jan 14th, 2045
Metro State Denver 55 - Illinois 68
Date: January 7th, 2045
Game: College [Conference] [#1060286] 
Arena: State Farm Center
Attendance: 5,851
Player Of The Game: Harry Murray (2)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Metro State Denver Roadrunners | 27 | 28 | 55 | |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 44 | 24 | 68 | |
| Metro State Denver Roadrunners | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 52 | T. Jean sf | 27 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -6 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | D. Pierson pf | 32 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | C. Croft c | 30 | 2-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -20 | 13.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | C. Hopper sg | 32 | 3-10 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 42 | W. Edwards pg | 33 | 7-14 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -6 | 16.3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | C. Kimmel c | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 40 | G. Conklin sf | 21 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -14 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | D. King pf | 8 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | B. Allred sg | 8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 21-50 | 6-12 | 7-12 | 55 | 5 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 15 | -65 | 12.7 | 16 | 2 | 16 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 42.0% | 50.0% | 58.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois Fighting Illini | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 21 | A. Paige sf | 28 | 2-9 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 10.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | J. Dean pf | 29 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 1.7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | H. Murray c | 30 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +20 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 20 | M. McDonald sg | 29 | 1-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | D. Johnson pg | 32 | 7-14 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +11 | 10.9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | D. Best pf | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +9 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | C. Lemon c | 11 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | T. Powell sf | 12 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | J. Greene sg | 18 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +10 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 27-63 | 4-25 | 10-16 | 68 | 13 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 16 | +65 | 6.0 | 40 | 14 | 15 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 42.9% | 16.0% | 62.5% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Illinois: Harry Murray
Head Coaches
Metro State Denver: Kelvin Coleman
Illinois: Anderson Hodge
Offensive Efficiencies
Metro State Denver: At the rim (6/12 50.0%) Inside (2/9 22.2%) Mid-range (7/17 41.2%) Beyond the Arc (6/12 50.0%)
Illinois: At the rim (8/10 80.0%) Inside (12/18 66.7%) Mid-range (3/10 30.0%) Beyond the Arc (4/25 16.0%)
Defensive Tactics
Metro State Denver: Man-To-Man (32.1%) Zone (36.9%) Pressure (4.8%) 2nd Chance (9.5%) Transition (16.7%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Illinois: Man-To-Man (30.9%) Zone (53.1%) Pressure (7.4%) 2nd Chance (6.2%) Transition (2.5%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Metro State Denver: 133.7 / 132.4
Illinois: 141.9 / 140.6
Injuries
Metro State Denver: pg-English
Illinois: none
Overworked
Metro State Denver: none
Illinois: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, January 7th, 2045
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: State Farm Center
City: Champaign, IL
Attendance: 5,851
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Sat May 3 2025 @ 9:11:54 am PDT
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Metro State Denver: PG-Edwards (6' 4½"), SG-Hopper (6' 4½"), SF-Jean (6' 7½"), PF-Pierson (6' 7"), C-Croft (6' 7½")
Illinois: PG-Johnson (6' 4½"), SG-McDonald (6' 2½"), SF-Paige (6' 4½"), PF-Dean (6' 9"), C-Murray (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Paige and McDonald. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the long offensive rebound.
19:52 - Illinois: McDonald has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hopper grabs the rebound.
19:43 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hopper passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Paige steals the pass from Edwards.
19:24 - Illinois: Breakaway! Paige takes the ball the length of the court. Paige lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 2 - 0.
19:19 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hopper. Tied 2 - 2.
19:04 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige in the paint. Paige tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paige shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Murray tips it in. Illinois 4 - 2.
18:47 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Conklin to Point Guard and Kimmel to Center. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
18:47 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hopper passes the ball to Jean. Jean drives down the lane. Jean passes the ball to Pierson at the basket. Pierson lays it up. The shot goes in! Tied 4 - 4.
18:33 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against pressure defense. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald outside. McDonald passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonald. Illinois 6 - 4.
18:16 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Conklin passes the ball to Jean in the paint. Jean passes the ball to Pierson on the perimeter. Pierson passes the ball to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 6 - 6.
17:46 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald outside. McDonald passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 8 - 6.
17:19 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Conklin passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 8 - 8.
17:00 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Dean grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:45 - Illinois: Dean has the rebound and restarts the offense. Dean shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hopper grabs the long rebound.
16:39 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson steals the pass from Conklin.
16:35 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. Foul! Pierson fouls Dean on the shot. Dean missed the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. Illinois 9 - 8.
16:22 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Conklin passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Conklin on the perimeter. Conklin passes the ball to Hopper outside. The shot clock winding down. Hopper shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
15:47 - 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 beyond the arc. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the long rebound.
15:42 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Conklin passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Conklin. Conklin passes the ball to Jean. The shot clock winding down. Jean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
15:09 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Paige. Paige drives down the lane. Paige passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paige. Illinois 12 - 8.
14:45 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard and Conklin to Small Forward. Illinois substitutes Greene to Point Guard and Powell to Small Forward.
14:45 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Conklin. Conklin shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 12 - 10.
14:33 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Lemon charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kimmel.
14:22 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives to the basket. Foul! Greene commits the foul on Edwards.
14:07 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Offensive foul! Pierson commits the foul.
14:01 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the long rebound.
13:49 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Conklin on the perimeter. Conklin shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Metro State Denver 13 - 12.
13:38 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Croft to Center. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
13:38 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Dean grabs the offensive rebound.
13:28 - Illinois: Dean has the rebound. Dean shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Illinois 14 - 13.
13:26 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft. Dean steals the pass from Croft.
13:13 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Greene passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Murray grabs the offensive rebound.
13:04 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound. Murray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 16 - 13.
13:04 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Illinois!
13:02 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson on the perimeter. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards turns the ball over to the other team.
12:41 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene passes the ball to Dean on the perimeter. Dean hands off the ball to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to McDonald outside. McDonald shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 19 - 13.
12:15 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Allred to Shooting Guard and King to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Shooting Guard and Best to Power Forward.
12:15 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Greene grabs the rebound.
12:04 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene drives down the lane. Greene passes the ball to Lemon on the perimeter. Lemon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Best grabs the offensive rebound.
11:52 - Illinois: Best has the rebound and restarts the offense. Best shoots from the low post. Foul! Croft fouls Best on the shot. Best makes the first free throw. Best missed the second free throw. Best grabs the offensive rebound. Illinois 20 - 13.
11:46 - Illinois: Best has the rebound and restarts the offense. Best passes the ball to Lemon outside. Lemon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Croft grabs the rebound.
11:35 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Allred attacks with the ball on the fast break. Allred turns the ball over to the other team.
11:29 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Lemon leads the fast break with Greene to the right. Lemon passes the ball to Greene on the perimeter. Greene shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Conklin grabs the rebound.
11:25 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Allred leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Allred passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards drives by Powell. Edwards lays it up. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
11:03 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard and Greene to Shooting Guard.
10:57 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Allred on the perimeter. Allred drives down the lane. Allred passes the ball to King at the basket. King lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Allred. Illinois 20 - 15.
10:35 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Johnson commits the foul on the drive.
10:27 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Allred on the perimeter. Allred passes the ball to Conklin. Conklin passes the ball to King outside. King shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
9:56 - 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 the three point line. The shot misses. Allred grabs the long rebound.
9:50 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Allred on the perimeter. Allred shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
9:35 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Greene passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Best grabs the offensive rebound.
9:21 - Illinois: Best has the rebound. Best shoots from the low post. Foul! King fouls Best on the shot. Best makes the first free throw. Best makes the second free throw. Illinois 22 - 15.
9:19 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Allred. Allred passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Greene steals the pass from Edwards.
8:54 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Powell and Greene. Johnson passes the ball to Powell at the basket. Powell attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Johnson. And Powell is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Powell makes the first free throw. Illinois 25 - 15.
8:49 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Hopper to Shooting Guard, Jean to Small Forward and Pierson to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Paige to Small Forward.
8:49 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Johnson steals the pass from Jean.
8:26 - Illinois: Breakaway! Johnson takes the ball the length of the court. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Pierson fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson missed the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 26 - 15.
8:22 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Allred to Shooting Guard, Conklin to Small Forward and King to Power Forward.
8:22 - Metro State Denver: Allred brings up the ball against a zone defense. Allred passes the ball to King in the paint. King passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Conklin grabs the offensive rebound.
7:57 - Metro State Denver: Conklin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Conklin shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Conklin charged with the foul while taking the shot over Paige.
7:51 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Hopper to Shooting Guard, Jean to Small Forward and Pierson to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
7:51 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Murray grabs the offensive rebound.
7:37 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound and restarts the offense. Murray passes the ball to Paige in the paint. Paige passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald with a fadeaway jumper. Offensive foul! McDonald charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hopper.
7:15 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard and Best to Power Forward.
7:15 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
7:02 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Johnson and Paige. Greene passes the ball to Johnson at the basket. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Greene. Illinois 28 - 15.
6:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
6:57 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Croft. Croft shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
6:32 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Murray. Illinois 30 - 15.
6:32 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
6:10 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard and Best to Power Forward.
6:10 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards drives to the basket. Foul! Paige commits the foul on Edwards.
5:49 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
5:49 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Jean. Jean drives down the lane. Jean lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 30 - 17.
5:35 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 33 - 17.
5:25 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Jean. Jean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
5:11 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald outside. McDonald passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 35 - 17.
4:41 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 35 - 19.
4:29 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Murray. Illinois 38 - 19.
4:14 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hopper. Illinois 38 - 22.
3:43 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
3:31 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Dean steals the pass from Edwards.
3:24 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Paige and McDonald. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 40 - 22.
3:19 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean passes the ball to Croft on the perimeter. Croft shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 40 - 25.
3:02 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Paige in the paint. Foul! Pierson commits the foul on Paige. In the bonus, Paige is shooting one-and-one. Paige missed the first free throw. Pierson grabs the rebound.
2:44 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
2:34 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:14 - Illinois: Johnson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Johnson passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
2:00 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 40 - 27.
1:47 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Edwards fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 42 - 27.
1:36 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards drives to the basket. Foul! Paige commits the foul on Edwards.
1:24 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper passes the ball to Jean in the paint. Jean shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Jean charged with the foul while taking the shot over McDonald.
1:11 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
1:02 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Jean outside. Jean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the rebound.
0:30 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonald. Illinois 44 - 27.
0:30 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Illinois!
0:13 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives by McDonald. Edwards passes the ball to Croft at the basket. Croft lays it up. It's blocked by Murray! Dean grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Metro State Denver 27, Illinois 44
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Edwards must sit with 2 fouls. Metro State Denver substitutes Conklin to Point Guard. Paige must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes Powell to Small Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Metro State Denver. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Pierson. Pierson passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft turns the ball over to the other team.
19:49 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 46 - 27.
19:33 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard. Illinois substitutes Paige to Small Forward.
19:33 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hopper passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean drives by McDonald. Jean lays it up. It's blocked by Murray! Murray grabs the rebound.
19:02 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Paige and Johnson. McDonald passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Croft grabs the rebound.
18:55 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Hopper leads the fast break with Edwards and Jean. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards at the basket. Edwards lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hopper. Illinois 46 - 29.
18:48 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Conklin to Point Guard and Kimmel to Center. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
18:48 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald in the paint. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 48 - 29.
18:29 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hopper drives by McDonald. Hopper lays it up. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
18:14 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 50 - 29.
18:01 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Conklin passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Pierson on the perimeter. Pierson passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
17:31 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Johnson and Paige. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the long rebound.
17:24 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Conklin passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Lemon steals the pass from Pierson.
17:14 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. Foul! Hopper commits the foul on McDonald.
17:10 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lemon. Illinois 52 - 29.
16:57 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard.
16:57 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Jean at the basket. Jean lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 52 - 31.
16:46 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson lays it up. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
16:37 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 52 - 33.
16:18 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Conklin to Point Guard.
16:18 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Jean grabs the rebound.
16:08 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Conklin turns the ball over out of bounds.
16:02 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige. Kimmel steals the pass from Paige.
15:51 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Conklin passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 52 - 36.
15:31 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard and Conklin to Small Forward. Illinois substitutes Greene to Point Guard and Powell to Small Forward.
15:31 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Greene passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the rebound.
15:21 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson shoots from the inside. Foul! Lemon fouls Pierson on the shot. Pierson missed the first free throw. Pierson makes the second free throw. Illinois 52 - 37.
14:56 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Croft to Center. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
14:56 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Greene. Greene shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 54 - 37.
14:56 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Illinois!
14:40 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Kimmel to Center. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
14:40 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives by Powell. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson at the basket. Pierson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 54 - 39.
14:26 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Hopper grabs the rebound.
14:15 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Conklin on the perimeter. Conklin passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the offensive rebound.
13:48 - Metro State Denver: Kimmel has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kimmel shoots from the low post. Foul! Lemon fouls Kimmel on the shot. Kimmel missed the first free throw. Kimmel missed the second free throw. McDonald grabs the rebound.
13:42 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Greene. Offensive foul! Greene commits the foul.
13:32 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Croft to Center. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
13:32 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper drives by Powell. Hopper lays it up. Foul! Murray fouls Hopper on the shot. Hopper makes the first free throw. Hopper makes the second free throw. Illinois 54 - 41.
13:15 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Greene. Illinois 56 - 41.
13:03 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper hands off the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Hopper shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Croft grabs the offensive rebound.
12:29 - Metro State Denver: Croft has the rebound and restarts the offense. Croft passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Croft. Croft with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
12:12 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene attacks with the ball on the fast break. Greene passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Murray grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:06 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound and restarts the offense. Murray passes the ball to McDonald in the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Powell grabs the offensive rebound.
11:49 - Illinois: Powell has the rebound. Powell shoots from the block. Croft rotates over and blocks the shot! Pierson grabs the rebound.
11:47 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hopper passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Hopper. Foul! McDonald commits the foul on Hopper.
11:35 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Allred to Shooting Guard and King to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard and Best to Power Forward.
11:35 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Croft. Croft passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Foul! Best commits a foul away from the ball.
11:31 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Allred. Allred passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards passes the ball to Conklin in the paint. Conklin passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. Offensive foul! Edwards charged with the foul while taking the shot over Greene.
10:58 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Allred grabs the long rebound.
10:50 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Allred leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Allred passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to King in the paint. King passes the ball to Croft. Croft tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Croft passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
10:13 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Powell to the right. Greene lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 58 - 41.
10:07 - Metro State Denver: Allred brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Allred hands off the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Allred. Allred passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Murray steals the pass from Croft.
9:42 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene attacks with the ball on the fast break. Greene passes the ball to Powell at the basket. Powell lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Greene. Illinois 60 - 41.
9:42 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
9:38 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward. Illinois substitutes Paige to Small Forward.
9:38 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. Foul! Johnson fouls Edwards on the shot. Edwards missed the first free throw. Edwards makes the second free throw. Illinois 60 - 42.
9:26 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Conklin to Small Forward.
9:26 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Greene in the paint. Greene carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
9:22 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Allred on the perimeter. Allred passes the ball to Croft. Croft passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft goes for the dunk. Best rotates over and blocks the shot! Murray grabs the rebound.
8:55 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Paige and Greene. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. King grabs the rebound.
8:50 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Allred in the paint. Allred passes the ball to King on the perimeter. King hands off the ball to Edwards. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 60 - 44.
8:19 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward.
8:19 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
8:06 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. Foul! Best fouls Edwards on the shot. Edwards makes the first free throw. Edwards missed the second free throw. Murray grabs the rebound. Illinois 60 - 45.
7:56 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige turns the ball over out of bounds.
7:45 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Hopper to Shooting Guard and Pierson to Power Forward.
7:45 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Jean outside. Jean passes the ball to Hopper in the paint. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
7:17 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Greene to the right. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 62 - 45.
7:11 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
6:57 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jean steals the pass from Johnson.
6:52 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
6:39 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige drives down the lane. Paige lays it up. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
6:21 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Jean in the paint. Jean shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
6:09 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson passes the ball to Greene on the perimeter. Greene shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Croft grabs the rebound.
5:54 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards passes the ball to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:27 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
5:27 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Murray grabs the offensive rebound.
5:16 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound. Murray shoots from the low post. Foul! Croft fouls Murray on the shot. Murray missed the first free throw. Murray makes the second free throw. Illinois 63 - 45.
5:14 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives by McDonald. Edwards lays it up. It's blocked by Dean! Dean grabs the rebound.
5:02 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean on the perimeter. Dean passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Murray on the perimeter. Murray hands off the ball to Johnson. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Dean fouls Pierson trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the bonus, Pierson is shooting one-and-one. Pierson makes the first free throw. Pierson makes the second free throw. Illinois 63 - 47.
4:31 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 65 - 47.
4:19 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 65 - 49.
4:08 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Paige at the basket. Paige lays it up. Foul! Croft fouls Paige on the shot. Paige makes the first free throw. Paige missed the second free throw. Croft grabs the rebound. Illinois 66 - 49.
3:54 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards outside. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Pierson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the offensive rebound.
3:22 - Metro State Denver: Pierson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pierson passes the ball to Jean outside. Jean turns the ball over to the other team.
3:15 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald turns the ball over out of bounds.
3:03 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards drives by Dean. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 66 - 52.
2:35 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige outside. Paige passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Jean grabs the rebound.
2:12 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Edwards leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Pierson outside. Pierson passes the ball to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
1:41 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hopper steals the pass from Johnson.
1:34 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots in the paint. Dean rotates over and blocks the shot! Hopper grabs the offensive rebound.
1:05 - Metro State Denver: Hopper has the rebound. Hopper shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the rebound.
1:03 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson drives to the basket. Foul! Hopper commits the foul on Johnson.
0:50 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to McDonald. McDonald hands off the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Paige. Paige drives down the lane. Paige lays it up. Offensive foul! Paige charged with the foul while taking the shot over Jean.
0:22 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards turns the ball over out of bounds.
0:16 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 68 - 52.
0:16 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Illinois!
0:03 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Illinois 68 - 55.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Metro State Denver 55, Illinois 68
Starting Line-Ups
Metro State Denver: PG-Edwards (6' 4½"), SG-Hopper (6' 4½"), SF-Jean (6' 7½"), PF-Pierson (6' 7"), C-Croft (6' 7½")
Illinois: PG-Johnson (6' 4½"), SG-McDonald (6' 2½"), SF-Paige (6' 4½"), PF-Dean (6' 9"), C-Murray (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Paige and McDonald. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the long offensive rebound.
19:52 - Illinois: McDonald has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hopper grabs the rebound.
19:43 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hopper passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Paige steals the pass from Edwards.
19:24 - Illinois: Breakaway! Paige takes the ball the length of the court. Paige lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 2 - 0.
19:19 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hopper. Tied 2 - 2.
19:04 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige in the paint. Paige tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paige shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Murray tips it in. Illinois 4 - 2.
18:47 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Conklin to Point Guard and Kimmel to Center. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
18:47 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hopper passes the ball to Jean. Jean drives down the lane. Jean passes the ball to Pierson at the basket. Pierson lays it up. The shot goes in! Tied 4 - 4.
18:33 - Illinois: McDonald brings up the ball against pressure defense. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald outside. McDonald passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonald. Illinois 6 - 4.
18:16 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Conklin passes the ball to Jean in the paint. Jean passes the ball to Pierson on the perimeter. Pierson passes the ball to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 6 - 6.
17:46 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald outside. McDonald passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 8 - 6.
17:19 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Conklin passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 8 - 8.
17:00 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Dean grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:45 - Illinois: Dean has the rebound and restarts the offense. Dean shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hopper grabs the long rebound.
16:39 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson steals the pass from Conklin.
16:35 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. Foul! Pierson fouls Dean on the shot. Dean missed the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. Illinois 9 - 8.
16:22 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Conklin passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Conklin on the perimeter. Conklin passes the ball to Hopper outside. The shot clock winding down. Hopper shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
15:47 - 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 beyond the arc. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the long rebound.
15:42 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Conklin passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Conklin. Conklin passes the ball to Jean. The shot clock winding down. Jean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
15:09 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Paige. Paige drives down the lane. Paige passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paige. Illinois 12 - 8.
14:45 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard and Conklin to Small Forward. Illinois substitutes Greene to Point Guard and Powell to Small Forward.
14:45 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Conklin. Conklin shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 12 - 10.
14:33 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Lemon charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kimmel.
14:22 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives to the basket. Foul! Greene commits the foul on Edwards.
14:07 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Offensive foul! Pierson commits the foul.
14:01 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the long rebound.
13:49 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Conklin on the perimeter. Conklin shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Metro State Denver 13 - 12.
13:38 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Croft to Center. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
13:38 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Dean grabs the offensive rebound.
13:28 - Illinois: Dean has the rebound. Dean shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Illinois 14 - 13.
13:26 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft. Dean steals the pass from Croft.
13:13 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Greene passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Murray grabs the offensive rebound.
13:04 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound. Murray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 16 - 13.
13:04 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Illinois!
13:02 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson on the perimeter. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards turns the ball over to the other team.
12:41 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene passes the ball to Dean on the perimeter. Dean hands off the ball to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Greene. Greene passes the ball to McDonald outside. McDonald shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 19 - 13.
12:15 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Allred to Shooting Guard and King to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Shooting Guard and Best to Power Forward.
12:15 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Greene grabs the rebound.
12:04 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene drives down the lane. Greene passes the ball to Lemon on the perimeter. Lemon shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Best grabs the offensive rebound.
11:52 - Illinois: Best has the rebound and restarts the offense. Best shoots from the low post. Foul! Croft fouls Best on the shot. Best makes the first free throw. Best missed the second free throw. Best grabs the offensive rebound. Illinois 20 - 13.
11:46 - Illinois: Best has the rebound and restarts the offense. Best passes the ball to Lemon outside. Lemon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Croft grabs the rebound.
11:35 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Allred attacks with the ball on the fast break. Allred turns the ball over to the other team.
11:29 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Lemon leads the fast break with Greene to the right. Lemon passes the ball to Greene on the perimeter. Greene shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Conklin grabs the rebound.
11:25 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Allred leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Allred passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards drives by Powell. Edwards lays it up. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
11:03 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard and Greene to Shooting Guard.
10:57 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Allred on the perimeter. Allred drives down the lane. Allred passes the ball to King at the basket. King lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Allred. Illinois 20 - 15.
10:35 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Johnson commits the foul on the drive.
10:27 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Allred on the perimeter. Allred passes the ball to Conklin. Conklin passes the ball to King outside. King shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
9:56 - 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 the three point line. The shot misses. Allred grabs the long rebound.
9:50 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Allred on the perimeter. Allred shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
9:35 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Greene passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Best grabs the offensive rebound.
9:21 - Illinois: Best has the rebound. Best shoots from the low post. Foul! King fouls Best on the shot. Best makes the first free throw. Best makes the second free throw. Illinois 22 - 15.
9:19 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Allred. Allred passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Greene steals the pass from Edwards.
8:54 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Powell and Greene. Johnson passes the ball to Powell at the basket. Powell attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Johnson. And Powell is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Powell makes the first free throw. Illinois 25 - 15.
8:49 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Hopper to Shooting Guard, Jean to Small Forward and Pierson to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Paige to Small Forward.
8:49 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Johnson steals the pass from Jean.
8:26 - Illinois: Breakaway! Johnson takes the ball the length of the court. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Pierson fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson missed the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 26 - 15.
8:22 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Allred to Shooting Guard, Conklin to Small Forward and King to Power Forward.
8:22 - Metro State Denver: Allred brings up the ball against a zone defense. Allred passes the ball to King in the paint. King passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Conklin grabs the offensive rebound.
7:57 - Metro State Denver: Conklin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Conklin shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Conklin charged with the foul while taking the shot over Paige.
7:51 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Hopper to Shooting Guard, Jean to Small Forward and Pierson to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
7:51 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Murray grabs the offensive rebound.
7:37 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound and restarts the offense. Murray passes the ball to Paige in the paint. Paige passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald with a fadeaway jumper. Offensive foul! McDonald charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hopper.
7:15 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard and Best to Power Forward.
7:15 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
7:02 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Johnson and Paige. Greene passes the ball to Johnson at the basket. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Greene. Illinois 28 - 15.
6:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
6:57 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Croft. Croft shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
6:32 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Murray. Illinois 30 - 15.
6:32 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
6:10 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Greene to Shooting Guard and Best to Power Forward.
6:10 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards drives to the basket. Foul! Paige commits the foul on Edwards.
5:49 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
5:49 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Jean. Jean drives down the lane. Jean lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 30 - 17.
5:35 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 33 - 17.
5:25 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Jean. Jean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
5:11 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald outside. McDonald passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 35 - 17.
4:41 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 35 - 19.
4:29 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Murray. Illinois 38 - 19.
4:14 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hopper. Illinois 38 - 22.
3:43 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
3:31 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Dean steals the pass from Edwards.
3:24 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Paige and McDonald. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 40 - 22.
3:19 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean passes the ball to Croft on the perimeter. Croft shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 40 - 25.
3:02 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to Paige in the paint. Foul! Pierson commits the foul on Paige. In the bonus, Paige is shooting one-and-one. Paige missed the first free throw. Pierson grabs the rebound.
2:44 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
2:34 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:14 - Illinois: Johnson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Johnson passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
2:00 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 40 - 27.
1:47 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson lays it up. Foul! Edwards fouls Johnson on the shot. Johnson makes the first free throw. Johnson makes the second free throw. Illinois 42 - 27.
1:36 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards drives to the basket. Foul! Paige commits the foul on Edwards.
1:24 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper passes the ball to Jean in the paint. Jean shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Jean charged with the foul while taking the shot over McDonald.
1:11 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean. Dean shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
1:02 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Jean outside. Jean tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jean with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. McDonald grabs the rebound.
0:30 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by McDonald. Illinois 44 - 27.
0:30 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Illinois!
0:13 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives by McDonald. Edwards passes the ball to Croft at the basket. Croft lays it up. It's blocked by Murray! Dean grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Metro State Denver 27, Illinois 44
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Edwards must sit with 2 fouls. Metro State Denver substitutes Conklin to Point Guard. Paige must sit with 2 fouls. Illinois substitutes Powell to Small Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Metro State Denver. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Pierson. Pierson passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft turns the ball over to the other team.
19:49 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 46 - 27.
19:33 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard. Illinois substitutes Paige to Small Forward.
19:33 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hopper passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean drives by McDonald. Jean lays it up. It's blocked by Murray! Murray grabs the rebound.
19:02 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Paige and Johnson. McDonald passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Croft grabs the rebound.
18:55 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Hopper leads the fast break with Edwards and Jean. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards at the basket. Edwards lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hopper. Illinois 46 - 29.
18:48 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Conklin to Point Guard and Kimmel to Center. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
18:48 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald in the paint. McDonald tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 48 - 29.
18:29 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hopper drives by McDonald. Hopper lays it up. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
18:14 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 50 - 29.
18:01 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Conklin passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Pierson on the perimeter. Pierson passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
17:31 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break with Johnson and Paige. McDonald passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the long rebound.
17:24 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Conklin passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Lemon steals the pass from Pierson.
17:14 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. Foul! Hopper commits the foul on McDonald.
17:10 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lemon. Illinois 52 - 29.
16:57 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard.
16:57 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Jean at the basket. Jean lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 52 - 31.
16:46 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson lays it up. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
16:37 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 52 - 33.
16:18 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Conklin to Point Guard.
16:18 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Jean grabs the rebound.
16:08 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Conklin turns the ball over out of bounds.
16:02 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige. Kimmel steals the pass from Paige.
15:51 - Metro State Denver: Conklin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Conklin passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 52 - 36.
15:31 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Edwards to Point Guard and Conklin to Small Forward. Illinois substitutes Greene to Point Guard and Powell to Small Forward.
15:31 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Greene passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the rebound.
15:21 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson shoots from the inside. Foul! Lemon fouls Pierson on the shot. Pierson missed the first free throw. Pierson makes the second free throw. Illinois 52 - 37.
14:56 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Croft to Center. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
14:56 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to Dean. Dean passes the ball to Greene. Greene shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 54 - 37.
14:56 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Illinois!
14:40 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Kimmel to Center. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Center.
14:40 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives by Powell. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson at the basket. Pierson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 54 - 39.
14:26 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Hopper grabs the rebound.
14:15 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Conklin on the perimeter. Conklin passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the offensive rebound.
13:48 - Metro State Denver: Kimmel has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kimmel shoots from the low post. Foul! Lemon fouls Kimmel on the shot. Kimmel missed the first free throw. Kimmel missed the second free throw. McDonald grabs the rebound.
13:42 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Greene. Offensive foul! Greene commits the foul.
13:32 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Croft to Center. Illinois substitutes Murray to Center.
13:32 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper drives by Powell. Hopper lays it up. Foul! Murray fouls Hopper on the shot. Hopper makes the first free throw. Hopper makes the second free throw. Illinois 54 - 41.
13:15 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Greene passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Greene. Illinois 56 - 41.
13:03 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper hands off the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Hopper shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Croft grabs the offensive rebound.
12:29 - Metro State Denver: Croft has the rebound and restarts the offense. Croft passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Croft. Croft with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
12:12 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene attacks with the ball on the fast break. Greene passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Murray grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:06 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound and restarts the offense. Murray passes the ball to McDonald in the paint. McDonald passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Powell grabs the offensive rebound.
11:49 - Illinois: Powell has the rebound. Powell shoots from the block. Croft rotates over and blocks the shot! Pierson grabs the rebound.
11:47 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hopper passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Hopper. Foul! McDonald commits the foul on Hopper.
11:35 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Allred to Shooting Guard and King to Power Forward. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Greene to Shooting Guard and Best to Power Forward.
11:35 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Croft. Croft passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Foul! Best commits a foul away from the ball.
11:31 - Metro State Denver: The ball is inbounded to Allred. Allred passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards passes the ball to Conklin in the paint. Conklin passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. Offensive foul! Edwards charged with the foul while taking the shot over Greene.
10:58 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Powell on the perimeter. Powell shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Allred grabs the long rebound.
10:50 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Allred leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Allred passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to King in the paint. King passes the ball to Croft. Croft tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Croft passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
10:13 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene leads the fast break with Powell to the right. Greene lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 58 - 41.
10:07 - Metro State Denver: Allred brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Allred hands off the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Allred. Allred passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Murray steals the pass from Croft.
9:42 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Greene attacks with the ball on the fast break. Greene passes the ball to Powell at the basket. Powell lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Greene. Illinois 60 - 41.
9:42 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
9:38 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward. Illinois substitutes Paige to Small Forward.
9:38 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. Foul! Johnson fouls Edwards on the shot. Edwards missed the first free throw. Edwards makes the second free throw. Illinois 60 - 42.
9:26 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Conklin to Small Forward.
9:26 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Greene in the paint. Greene carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
9:22 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Allred on the perimeter. Allred passes the ball to Croft. Croft passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft goes for the dunk. Best rotates over and blocks the shot! Murray grabs the rebound.
8:55 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Paige and Greene. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. King grabs the rebound.
8:50 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Allred in the paint. Allred passes the ball to King on the perimeter. King hands off the ball to Edwards. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 60 - 44.
8:19 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Jean to Small Forward.
8:19 - Illinois: Greene brings up the ball against a zone defense. Greene passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
8:06 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards lays it up. Foul! Best fouls Edwards on the shot. Edwards makes the first free throw. Edwards missed the second free throw. Murray grabs the rebound. Illinois 60 - 45.
7:56 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige turns the ball over out of bounds.
7:45 - Game Event: Time out. Metro State Denver substitutes Hopper to Shooting Guard and Pierson to Power Forward.
7:45 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper passes the ball to Jean outside. Jean passes the ball to Hopper in the paint. Hopper passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
7:17 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break with Greene to the right. Johnson lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 62 - 45.
7:11 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper. Hopper with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Murray grabs the rebound.
6:57 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jean steals the pass from Johnson.
6:52 - Metro State Denver: Hopper brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hopper tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hopper with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Paige grabs the rebound.
6:39 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige drives down the lane. Paige lays it up. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the rebound.
6:21 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards passes the ball to Jean in the paint. Jean shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Best grabs the rebound.
6:09 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Johnson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Johnson passes the ball to Greene on the perimeter. Greene shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Croft grabs the rebound.
5:54 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards passes the ball to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:27 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes McDonald to Shooting Guard and Dean to Power Forward.
5:27 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald on the perimeter. McDonald shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Murray grabs the offensive rebound.
5:16 - Illinois: Murray has the rebound. Murray shoots from the low post. Foul! Croft fouls Murray on the shot. Murray missed the first free throw. Murray makes the second free throw. Illinois 63 - 45.
5:14 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards drives by McDonald. Edwards lays it up. It's blocked by Dean! Dean grabs the rebound.
5:02 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean on the perimeter. Dean passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Murray on the perimeter. Murray hands off the ball to Johnson. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Dean fouls Pierson trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the bonus, Pierson is shooting one-and-one. Pierson makes the first free throw. Pierson makes the second free throw. Illinois 63 - 47.
4:31 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Murray in the paint. Murray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 65 - 47.
4:19 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against pressure defense. Edwards tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Edwards with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 65 - 49.
4:08 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson drives down the lane. Johnson passes the ball to Paige at the basket. Paige lays it up. Foul! Croft fouls Paige on the shot. Paige makes the first free throw. Paige missed the second free throw. Croft grabs the rebound. Illinois 66 - 49.
3:54 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards outside. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Pierson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Pierson grabs the offensive rebound.
3:22 - Metro State Denver: Pierson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pierson passes the ball to Jean outside. Jean turns the ball over to the other team.
3:15 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! McDonald leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McDonald turns the ball over out of bounds.
3:03 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards drives by Dean. Edwards passes the ball to Hopper on the perimeter. Hopper shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 66 - 52.
2:35 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Paige outside. Paige passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Paige on the perimeter. Paige shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Jean grabs the rebound.
2:12 - Metro State Denver: Fast break opportunity! Edwards leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Edwards passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft passes the ball to Pierson outside. Pierson passes the ball to Jean. Jean passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
1:41 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hopper steals the pass from Johnson.
1:34 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Edwards passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Jean on the perimeter. Jean passes the ball to Pierson in the paint. Pierson passes the ball to Croft in the paint. Croft shoots in the paint. Dean rotates over and blocks the shot! Hopper grabs the offensive rebound.
1:05 - Metro State Denver: Hopper has the rebound. Hopper shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Johnson grabs the rebound.
1:03 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson drives to the basket. Foul! Hopper commits the foul on Johnson.
0:50 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to McDonald. McDonald hands off the ball to Johnson. Johnson passes the ball to McDonald. McDonald passes the ball to Paige. Paige drives down the lane. Paige lays it up. Offensive foul! Paige charged with the foul while taking the shot over Jean.
0:22 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards turns the ball over out of bounds.
0:16 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 68 - 52.
0:16 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Illinois!
0:03 - Metro State Denver: Edwards brings up the ball against a zone defense. Edwards shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Illinois 68 - 55.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Metro State Denver 55, Illinois 68
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