Game Date: Oct 24th, 2040
Eastern Illinois 111 - Connecticut 97
Date: October 24th, 2040
Game: College [Non-Conference] [#957262] 
Arena: Gampel Pavilion
Attendance: 7,500
Player Of The Game: Cam Sager (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | 61 | 50 | 111 | |
| Connecticut Huskies | 43 | 54 | 97 | |
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| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 25 | H. Marcus sf | 28 | 6-14 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +20 | 11.3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | B. Strong pf | 28 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +11 | 9.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | C. Escalante c | 28 | 10-13 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +15 | 1.5 | 20 | 0 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | G. Hughes sg | 28 | 5-9 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +15 | 13.0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | C. Sager pg | 28 | 7-14 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +15 | 17.7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | J. Jefferson pg | 24 | 8-14 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 14.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | L. Chadwick sf | 12 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | M. Nieves c | 17 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -19 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | C. Tubbs sg | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | G. Fontenot pf | 8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +21 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 43-79 | 13-31 | 12-15 | 111 | 10 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 18 | +70 | 9.6 | 50 | 16 | 15 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 54.4% | 41.9% | 80.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 13 | D. De Luca sf | 32 | 7-13 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | +3 | 14.3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | A. Okada pf | 32 | 8-15 | 0-1 | 9-11 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -17 | 5.9 | 12 | 0 | 6 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | R. Haugen c | 33 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -13 | 1.3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | B. Fletcher sg | 32 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 7.8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | B. George pg | 36 | 7-14 | 2-8 | 3-4 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | -18 | 16.1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | E. Kane sg | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -10 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | M. Moody sg | 22 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -8 | 10.8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | L. Warren pf | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 36-67 | 7-19 | 18-28 | 97 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 15 | -70 | 9.5 | 38 | 10 | 18 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 53.7% | 36.8% | 64.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Eastern Illinois: Cam Sager
Head Coaches
Eastern Illinois: Robby Sawyer
Connecticut: Lance Neeley
Offensive Efficiencies
Eastern Illinois: At the rim (6/9 66.7%) Inside (19/28 67.9%) Mid-range (5/11 45.5%) Beyond the Arc (13/31 41.9%)
Connecticut: At the rim (9/9 100.0%) Inside (10/20 50.0%) Mid-range (10/19 52.6%) Beyond the Arc (7/19 36.8%)
Defensive Tactics
Eastern Illinois: Man-To-Man (45.9%) Zone (22.4%) Pressure (19.4%) 2nd Chance (4.1%) Transition (8.2%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Connecticut: Man-To-Man (50.5%) Zone (22.9%) Pressure (3.8%) 2nd Chance (7.6%) Transition (15.2%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Eastern Illinois: 131.5 / 131.1
Connecticut: 143.6 / 146.9
Injuries
Eastern Illinois: none
Connecticut: sf-Greer, pf-Snodgrass
Game Information
Date: Wednesday, October 24th, 2040
Game Type: College [Non-Conference]
Arena: Gampel Pavilion
City: Storrs, CT
Attendance: 7,500
Version: 1.030
Simulated: Sat Aug 31 2024 @ 9:09:47 am PDT
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Eastern Illinois: PG-Sager (6' ½"), SG-Hughes (6' ½"), SF-Marcus (6' 5"), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Escalante (6' 8½")
Connecticut: PG-George (6' 7"), SG-Fletcher (6' 5½"), SF-De Luca (6' 6"), PF-Okada (6' 8"), C-Haugen (6' 9")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Connecticut gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Fletcher leads the fast break with De Luca and George. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca at the basket. De Luca lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls De Luca on the shot. De Luca makes the first free throw. De Luca missed the second free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound. Connecticut 1 - 0.
19:51 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Hughes drives by De Luca. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 3 - 1.
19:39 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Fletcher commits the foul on the drive.
19:28 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 6 - 1.
18:58 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Point Guard and Nieves to Center. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Point Guard, Kane to Shooting Guard, Moody to Small Forward, De Luca to Power Forward and Okada to Center.
18:58 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:50 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 8 - 1.
18:37 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fletcher tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Fletcher with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
18:26 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson drives down the lane. Jefferson lays it up. The shot misses. Okada grabs the rebound.
18:15 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Fletcher. Eastern Illinois 8 - 3.
18:03 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 10 - 3.
17:54 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes George to Point Guard, Moody to Shooting Guard and Fletcher to Small Forward.
17:54 - Connecticut: Moody brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Moody passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George passes the ball to Fletcher on the perimeter. Nieves steals the pass from Fletcher.
17:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Jefferson and Marcus. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 12 - 3.
17:23 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Point Guard, Kane to Shooting Guard and Moody to Small Forward.
17:23 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes steals the pass from Fletcher.
17:16 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 14 - 3.
17:07 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca passes the ball to Kane on the perimeter. Kane passes the ball to Okada. Okada drives by Marcus. Okada attempts to dunk it. Foul! Nieves fouls Okada on the shot. Okada makes the first free throw. Okada makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 14 - 5.
16:37 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes George to Point Guard, Moody to Shooting Guard and Fletcher to Small Forward.
16:37 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson turns the ball over to the other team.
16:27 - Connecticut: Moody brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Moody passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 14 - 7.
16:13 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Okada steals the pass from Jefferson.
16:08 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break with George to the right. Moody passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Moody. Eastern Illinois 14 - 10.
16:03 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Point Guard, Kane to Shooting Guard and Moody to Small Forward.
16:03 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson drives down the lane. Jefferson lays it up. De Luca rotates over and blocks the shot! Okada grabs the rebound.
15:55 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fletcher. And Okada is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Okada makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 14 - 13.
15:44 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Chadwick to Small Forward. Connecticut substitutes George to Point Guard, Moody to Shooting Guard, Fletcher to Small Forward, Okada to Power Forward and Haugen to Center.
15:44 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Chadwick. Chadwick passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:28 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Chadwick. Chadwick shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Okada grabs the rebound.
15:20 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Moody. Moody passes the ball to George in the paint. George drives by Jefferson. George passes the ball to Haugen at the basket. Haugen lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Connecticut 15 - 14.
14:59 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. George steals the pass from Jefferson.
14:52 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Moody passes the ball to George outside. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Okada grabs the offensive rebound.
14:25 - Connecticut: Okada has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jefferson steals the pass from Okada.
14:18 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Jefferson and Chadwick. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 16 - 15.
14:11 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Warren to Power Forward and Okada to Center.
14:11 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Warren in the paint. Warren passes the ball to Okada. Okada shoots a jumper from the base line. Foul! Nieves fouls Okada on the shot. Okada missed the first free throw. Okada makes the second free throw. Tied 16 - 16.
13:54 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Escalante to Center. Connecticut substitutes Okada to Power Forward and Haugen to Center.
13:54 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Chadwick grabs the offensive rebound.
13:48 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick has the rebound and restarts the offense. Chadwick passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Haugen fouls Escalante blocking out to get the rebound.
13:39 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Point Guard and Fontenot to Center.
13:39 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Hughes. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Fletcher grabs the long rebound.
13:36 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! George leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Okada shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
13:16 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break. Foul! George commits the foul on Hughes.
13:12 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 19 - 16.
13:04 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the rebound.
12:55 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes passes the ball to Jefferson at the basket. Jefferson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 21 - 16.
12:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Jefferson to Shooting Guard, Fontenot to Power Forward and Escalante to Center. Connecticut substitutes Kane to Shooting Guard, Moody to Small Forward and De Luca to Power Forward.
12:50 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. De Luca grabs the offensive rebound.
12:43 - Connecticut: De Luca has the rebound. De Luca shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 21 - 18.
12:41 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager drives down the lane. Sager passes the ball to Escalante at the basket. Escalante lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 23 - 18.
12:32 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the rebound.
12:18 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Haugen grabs the long rebound.
12:08 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Kane leads the fast break with Moody and George. Kane passes the ball to Moody at the basket. Moody lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 23 - 20.
12:04 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Point Guard, Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Fontenot to Center.
12:04 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Tubbs passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Eastern Illinois 25 - 20.
11:49 - Game Event: Time out. Nieves must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Jefferson to Shooting Guard, Fontenot to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
11:49 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Kane on the perimeter. Kane passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 25 - 22.
11:32 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Fontenot in the paint. Fontenot goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 27 - 22.
11:23 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca passes the ball to Kane in the paint. Kane passes the ball to Moody on the perimeter. Moody passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 27 - 25.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Moody to Shooting Guard and Fletcher to Small Forward.
10:57 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 30 - 25.
10:49 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. Offensive foul! De Luca commits the foul.
10:42 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Moody steals the pass from Sager.
10:35 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break with Fletcher and George. Moody lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 30 - 27.
10:28 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Kane to Shooting Guard and Moody to Small Forward.
10:28 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager drives down the lane. Sager lays it up. The shot misses. Moody grabs the rebound.
10:16 - Connecticut: Kane brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kane passes the ball to Moody. Fontenot steals the pass from Moody.
10:05 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 33 - 27.
9:55 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Connecticut substitutes Moody to Shooting Guard and Fletcher to Small Forward.
9:55 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher in the paint. Fletcher passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the rebound.
9:38 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Jefferson and Marcus. Sager passes the ball to Jefferson at the basket. Jefferson lays it up. Foul! Fletcher fouls Jefferson on the shot. Jefferson makes the first free throw. Jefferson makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 35 - 27.
9:31 - Game Event: Time out. Fletcher must sit with 2 fouls. Connecticut substitutes Kane to Shooting Guard and Moody to Small Forward.
9:31 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 35 - 29.
9:19 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Haugen steals the pass from Sager.
9:13 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George drives by Jefferson. George passes the ball to Moody on the perimeter. Moody shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the long rebound.
9:01 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Jefferson and Marcus. Sager passes the ball to Jefferson at the basket. Jefferson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 37 - 29.
8:57 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Moody to Shooting Guard, De Luca to Small Forward and Okada to Power Forward.
8:57 - Connecticut: Moody brings up the ball against pressure defense. Moody hands off the ball to George. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Sager fouls George on the shot. George makes the first free throw. George missed the second free throw. Fontenot grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 37 - 30.
8:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 39 - 30.
8:31 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. Marcus steals the pass from George.
8:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break. Foul! De Luca commits the foul on Jefferson.
8:23 - Game Event: Time out. De Luca must sit with 2 fouls. Connecticut substitutes Kane to Shooting Guard and Moody to Small Forward.
8:23 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marcus. Eastern Illinois 42 - 30.
8:15 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George drives down the lane. George passes the ball to Moody on the perimeter. Moody shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the rebound.
8:04 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Jefferson passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the offensive rebound.
7:47 - Eastern Illinois: Fontenot has the rebound. Fontenot shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 44 - 30.
7:47 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
7:45 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Haugen charged with the foul while taking the shot over Escalante.
7:34 - Game Event: Time out. Haugen must sit with 2 fouls. Connecticut substitutes Warren to Power Forward and Okada to Center.
7:34 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 46 - 30.
7:27 - Connecticut: Kane brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager steals the pass from Kane.
7:23 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Sager takes the ball the length of the court. Sager attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 48 - 30.
7:19 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
7:08 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. George grabs the long rebound.
7:04 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! George leads the fast break with Kane to the right. George passes the ball to Kane at the basket. Kane lays it up. Foul! Jefferson fouls Kane on the shot. Kane missed the first free throw. Kane missed the second free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound.
6:57 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Fontenot in the paint. Fontenot passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Warren grabs the long rebound.
6:45 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Warren. Warren passes the ball to Moody on the perimeter. Moody shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Warren. Eastern Illinois 48 - 33.
6:30 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
6:30 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the offensive rebound.
6:19 - Eastern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marcus shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Warren grabs the rebound.
6:13 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. Marcus steals the pass from George.
6:08 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:03 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hughes drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Hughes commits the foul on the drive.
5:53 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada passes the ball to Warren in the paint. Warren passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada passes the ball to Moody. Moody shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
5:29 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes lays it up. Foul! Kane fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 50 - 33.
5:23 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada drives by Escalante. Okada lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 50 - 35.
5:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Okada grabs the rebound.
4:40 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George passes the ball to Kane on the perimeter. Kane passes the ball to Warren outside. Warren passes the ball to Okada. Hughes steals the pass from Okada.
4:17 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 52 - 35.
3:55 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Shooting Guard, De Luca to Small Forward, Okada to Power Forward and Haugen to Center.
3:55 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca passes the ball to Haugen. Haugen passes the ball to Fletcher on the perimeter. Fletcher passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen passes the ball to Okada. Okada drives down the lane. Okada passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
3:17 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. De Luca grabs the rebound.
2:53 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against pressure defense. Fletcher passes the ball to George. George shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fletcher. Eastern Illinois 52 - 37.
2:40 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 55 - 37.
2:09 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Okada grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:58 - Connecticut: Okada has the rebound and restarts the offense. Okada passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada on the perimeter. Okada shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
1:42 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Okada steals the pass from Hughes.
1:33 - Connecticut: Breakaway! Okada takes the ball the length of the court. Okada lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls Okada on the shot. Okada makes the first free throw. Okada makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 55 - 39.
1:27 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 57 - 39.
1:07 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca shoots from the block. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 59 - 39.
0:39 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher on the perimeter. Fletcher drives by Marcus. Fletcher lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 59 - 41.
0:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Sager grabs the offensive rebound.
0:16 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 61 - 41.
0:06 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George drives by Marcus. George lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 61 - 43.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 61, Connecticut 43
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Strong must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Fontenot to Power Forward. Fletcher must sit with 2 fouls. Haugen must sit with 2 fouls. Connecticut substitutes Kane to Shooting Guard, Moody to Small Forward, Warren to Power Forward and Okada to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Eastern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Fontenot. Fontenot passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fontenot. Eastern Illinois 64 - 43.
19:45 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Shooting Guard, De Luca to Small Forward, Okada to Power Forward and Haugen to Center.
19:45 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Okada. Okada tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Okada shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 64 - 45.
19:29 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Sager. Offensive foul! Sager commits the foul.
19:22 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 64 - 47.
19:12 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong. Strong turns the ball over to the other team.
18:59 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:41 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus and Sager. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Haugen grabs the rebound.
18:35 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher in the paint. Fletcher shoots from the low post. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Strong grabs the rebound.
18:25 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 66 - 47.
18:18 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Point Guard and Nieves to Center. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Point Guard and Moody to Shooting Guard.
18:18 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fletcher passes the ball to Moody in the paint. Moody shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:06 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. Foul! Haugen fouls Nieves on the shot. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 68 - 47.
17:56 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against pressure defense. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada. Okada shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Okada tips it in. Eastern Illinois 68 - 49.
17:43 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Moody grabs the long rebound.
17:29 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Moody hands off the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Fletcher turns the ball over to the other team.
17:08 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes turns the ball over to the other team.
17:04 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Moody passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 68 - 52.
16:50 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes George to Point Guard and Fletcher to Shooting Guard.
16:50 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Okada grabs the rebound.
16:32 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Fletcher leads the fast break with George to the right. Fletcher lays it up. Foul! Jefferson fouls Fletcher on the shot. Fletcher missed the first free throw. Fletcher missed the second free throw. Strong grabs the rebound.
16:26 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. De Luca grabs the rebound.
16:12 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca passes the ball to Fletcher in the paint. Foul! Hughes commits the foul on Fletcher.
15:59 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Chadwick to Small Forward.
15:59 - Connecticut: The ball is inbounded to De Luca. De Luca shoots from deep. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
15:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 71 - 52.
15:44 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from beyond the arc. Foul! Hughes fouls De Luca on the shot. De Luca missed the first free throw. De Luca missed the second free throw. De Luca makes the third free throw. Eastern Illinois 71 - 53.
15:30 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Haugen rotates over and blocks the shot! George grabs the rebound.
15:21 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George drives by Jefferson. George passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 71 - 56.
15:12 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Point Guard and Moody to Shooting Guard.
15:12 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Chadwick. Chadwick shoots a jumper. Foul! De Luca fouls Chadwick on the shot. Chadwick makes the first free throw. Chadwick makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 73 - 56.
15:00 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
14:50 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Chadwick grabs the offensive rebound.
14:45 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick has the rebound. Chadwick shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Haugen grabs the rebound.
14:43 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. De Luca passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 73 - 58.
14:31 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes George to Point Guard and Fletcher to Shooting Guard.
14:31 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves turns the ball over to the other team.
14:26 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Fletcher leads the fast break with George and De Luca. Fletcher passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Chadwick grabs the rebound.
14:19 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Hughes to the right. Jefferson passes the ball to Hughes at the basket. Hughes lays it up. Offensive foul! Hughes charged with the foul while taking the shot over George.
14:13 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 73 - 60.
14:13 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Connecticut!
14:03 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Hughes passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nieves turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:28 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 73 - 62.
13:18 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 75 - 62.
12:45 - Game Event: Time out. Hughes must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Jefferson to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center. Connecticut substitutes Moody to Shooting Guard, Fletcher to Small Forward and De Luca to Power Forward.
12:45 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George passes the ball to Fletcher in the paint. Fletcher shoots from the inside. Foul! Chadwick fouls Fletcher on the shot. Fletcher makes the first free throw. Fletcher makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 75 - 64.
12:33 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Moody steals the pass from Nieves.
12:21 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Moody passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Moody. Eastern Illinois 75 - 67.
12:06 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Point Guard, Hughes to Shooting Guard, Fontenot to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
12:06 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Chadwick in the paint. Chadwick passes the ball to Fontenot. Fontenot passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves hands off the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the offensive rebound.
11:39 - Eastern Illinois: Fontenot has the rebound and restarts the offense. Fontenot passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 78 - 67.
11:30 - Game Event: Time out. Hughes must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Jefferson to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
11:30 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson steals the pass from George.
11:26 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Chadwick and Sager. Jefferson passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. De Luca grabs the rebound.
11:22 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Moody hands off the ball to George. George passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Escalante fouls Haugen blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Haugen is shooting one-and-one. Haugen makes the first free throw. Haugen makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 78 - 69.
10:58 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 80 - 69.
10:46 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 80 - 71.
10:35 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson drives down the lane. Jefferson lays it up. Foul! Moody fouls Jefferson on the shot. Jefferson makes the first free throw. Jefferson missed the second free throw. De Luca grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 81 - 71.
10:23 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George drives by Escalante. George passes the ball to Haugen at the basket. Haugen lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 81 - 73.
10:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves hands off the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Jefferson in the paint. Jefferson passes the ball to Sager. Sager shoots a jumper. It's blocked by George! Haugen grabs the rebound.
9:46 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
9:35 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Fletcher steals the pass from Sager.
9:31 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! George leads the fast break with Moody to the right. George passes the ball to Moody on the perimeter. Moody shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 81 - 76.
9:24 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
9:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 83 - 76.
9:13 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George drives down the lane. George lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls George on the shot. George makes the first free throw. George makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 83 - 78.
9:05 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Jefferson grabs the offensive rebound.
8:55 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jefferson passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jefferson. Eastern Illinois 85 - 78.
8:47 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Shooting Guard, De Luca to Small Forward and Okada to Power Forward.
8:47 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
8:34 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break. Foul! De Luca commits the foul on Jefferson.
8:28 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves hands off the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson passes the ball to Sager. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 87 - 78.
8:09 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher on the perimeter. Fletcher drives down the lane. Fletcher lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 87 - 80.
7:51 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
7:51 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Haugen fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante missed the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 88 - 80.
7:44 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 88 - 82.
7:28 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 91 - 82.
7:19 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Power Forward.
7:19 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 91 - 84.
7:10 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. De Luca grabs the long rebound.
6:47 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fletcher. Eastern Illinois 91 - 86.
6:30 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
6:30 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Escalante on the perimeter. Escalante passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 93 - 86.
5:59 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
5:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 96 - 86.
5:49 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Strong steals the pass from George.
5:45 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. George grabs the long rebound.
5:25 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:15 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Haugen grabs the rebound.
4:54 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! George leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. George passes the ball to Fletcher on the perimeter. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca passes the ball to George. George shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Okada grabs the offensive rebound.
4:25 - Connecticut: Okada has the rebound. Okada shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Okada on the shot. Okada missed the first free throw. Okada makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 96 - 87.
4:23 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the offensive rebound.
4:12 - Eastern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound. Marcus shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 98 - 87.
4:10 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to De Luca outside. De Luca passes the ball to Okada. Okada with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Okada grabs the offensive rebound.
3:57 - Connecticut: Okada has the rebound and restarts the offense. Okada shoots from the block. Foul! Strong fouls Okada on the shot. Okada makes the first free throw. Okada makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 98 - 89.
3:52 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 100 - 89.
3:35 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 100 - 91.
3:26 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Fletcher grabs the long rebound.
3:12 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada. Okada shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
3:03 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. Haugen rotates over and blocks the shot! Haugen grabs the rebound.
2:47 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada. Okada tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Okada passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 100 - 93.
2:28 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 102 - 93.
2:14 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada. Okada with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 102 - 95.
2:06 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! And Strong is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Strong makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 105 - 95.
1:52 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. Marcus steals the pass from George.
1:47 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus hands off the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Haugen grabs the rebound.
1:25 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
1:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 107 - 95.
0:53 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada turns the ball over to the other team.
0:49 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus drives down the lane. Marcus lays it up. Foul! De Luca fouls Marcus on the shot. De Luca fouls out. Moody replaces De Luca at small forward. Marcus missed the first free throw. Marcus makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 108 - 95.
0:31 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Moody to Shooting Guard and Fletcher to Small Forward.
0:31 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Hughes steals the pass from Okada.
0:21 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Hughes to the right. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 111 - 95.
0:16 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 111 - 97.
0:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 111, Connecticut 97
Starting Line-Ups
Eastern Illinois: PG-Sager (6' ½"), SG-Hughes (6' ½"), SF-Marcus (6' 5"), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Escalante (6' 8½")
Connecticut: PG-George (6' 7"), SG-Fletcher (6' 5½"), SF-De Luca (6' 6"), PF-Okada (6' 8"), C-Haugen (6' 9")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Connecticut gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Fletcher leads the fast break with De Luca and George. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca at the basket. De Luca lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls De Luca on the shot. De Luca makes the first free throw. De Luca missed the second free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound. Connecticut 1 - 0.
19:51 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Hughes drives by De Luca. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 3 - 1.
19:39 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Fletcher commits the foul on the drive.
19:28 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 6 - 1.
18:58 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Point Guard and Nieves to Center. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Point Guard, Kane to Shooting Guard, Moody to Small Forward, De Luca to Power Forward and Okada to Center.
18:58 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:50 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 8 - 1.
18:37 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fletcher tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Fletcher with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
18:26 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson drives down the lane. Jefferson lays it up. The shot misses. Okada grabs the rebound.
18:15 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Fletcher. Eastern Illinois 8 - 3.
18:03 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 10 - 3.
17:54 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes George to Point Guard, Moody to Shooting Guard and Fletcher to Small Forward.
17:54 - Connecticut: Moody brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Moody passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George passes the ball to Fletcher on the perimeter. Nieves steals the pass from Fletcher.
17:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Jefferson and Marcus. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 12 - 3.
17:23 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Point Guard, Kane to Shooting Guard and Moody to Small Forward.
17:23 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes steals the pass from Fletcher.
17:16 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 14 - 3.
17:07 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca passes the ball to Kane on the perimeter. Kane passes the ball to Okada. Okada drives by Marcus. Okada attempts to dunk it. Foul! Nieves fouls Okada on the shot. Okada makes the first free throw. Okada makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 14 - 5.
16:37 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes George to Point Guard, Moody to Shooting Guard and Fletcher to Small Forward.
16:37 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson turns the ball over to the other team.
16:27 - Connecticut: Moody brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Moody passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 14 - 7.
16:13 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Okada steals the pass from Jefferson.
16:08 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break with George to the right. Moody passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Moody. Eastern Illinois 14 - 10.
16:03 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Point Guard, Kane to Shooting Guard and Moody to Small Forward.
16:03 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson drives down the lane. Jefferson lays it up. De Luca rotates over and blocks the shot! Okada grabs the rebound.
15:55 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fletcher. And Okada is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Okada makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 14 - 13.
15:44 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Chadwick to Small Forward. Connecticut substitutes George to Point Guard, Moody to Shooting Guard, Fletcher to Small Forward, Okada to Power Forward and Haugen to Center.
15:44 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Chadwick. Chadwick passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:28 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Chadwick. Chadwick shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Okada grabs the rebound.
15:20 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Moody. Moody passes the ball to George in the paint. George drives by Jefferson. George passes the ball to Haugen at the basket. Haugen lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Connecticut 15 - 14.
14:59 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. George steals the pass from Jefferson.
14:52 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Moody passes the ball to George outside. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Okada grabs the offensive rebound.
14:25 - Connecticut: Okada has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jefferson steals the pass from Okada.
14:18 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Jefferson and Chadwick. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 16 - 15.
14:11 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Warren to Power Forward and Okada to Center.
14:11 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Warren in the paint. Warren passes the ball to Okada. Okada shoots a jumper from the base line. Foul! Nieves fouls Okada on the shot. Okada missed the first free throw. Okada makes the second free throw. Tied 16 - 16.
13:54 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Escalante to Center. Connecticut substitutes Okada to Power Forward and Haugen to Center.
13:54 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Chadwick grabs the offensive rebound.
13:48 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick has the rebound and restarts the offense. Chadwick passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Haugen fouls Escalante blocking out to get the rebound.
13:39 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Point Guard and Fontenot to Center.
13:39 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Hughes. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Fletcher grabs the long rebound.
13:36 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! George leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Okada shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
13:16 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break. Foul! George commits the foul on Hughes.
13:12 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 19 - 16.
13:04 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the rebound.
12:55 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes passes the ball to Jefferson at the basket. Jefferson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 21 - 16.
12:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Jefferson to Shooting Guard, Fontenot to Power Forward and Escalante to Center. Connecticut substitutes Kane to Shooting Guard, Moody to Small Forward and De Luca to Power Forward.
12:50 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. De Luca grabs the offensive rebound.
12:43 - Connecticut: De Luca has the rebound. De Luca shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 21 - 18.
12:41 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager drives down the lane. Sager passes the ball to Escalante at the basket. Escalante lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 23 - 18.
12:32 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the rebound.
12:18 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Haugen grabs the long rebound.
12:08 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Kane leads the fast break with Moody and George. Kane passes the ball to Moody at the basket. Moody lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 23 - 20.
12:04 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Point Guard, Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Fontenot to Center.
12:04 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Tubbs passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Eastern Illinois 25 - 20.
11:49 - Game Event: Time out. Nieves must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Jefferson to Shooting Guard, Fontenot to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
11:49 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Kane on the perimeter. Kane passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 25 - 22.
11:32 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Fontenot in the paint. Fontenot goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 27 - 22.
11:23 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca passes the ball to Kane in the paint. Kane passes the ball to Moody on the perimeter. Moody passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 27 - 25.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Moody to Shooting Guard and Fletcher to Small Forward.
10:57 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 30 - 25.
10:49 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. Offensive foul! De Luca commits the foul.
10:42 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Moody steals the pass from Sager.
10:35 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break with Fletcher and George. Moody lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 30 - 27.
10:28 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Kane to Shooting Guard and Moody to Small Forward.
10:28 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager drives down the lane. Sager lays it up. The shot misses. Moody grabs the rebound.
10:16 - Connecticut: Kane brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kane passes the ball to Moody. Fontenot steals the pass from Moody.
10:05 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 33 - 27.
9:55 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Connecticut substitutes Moody to Shooting Guard and Fletcher to Small Forward.
9:55 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher in the paint. Fletcher passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the rebound.
9:38 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Jefferson and Marcus. Sager passes the ball to Jefferson at the basket. Jefferson lays it up. Foul! Fletcher fouls Jefferson on the shot. Jefferson makes the first free throw. Jefferson makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 35 - 27.
9:31 - Game Event: Time out. Fletcher must sit with 2 fouls. Connecticut substitutes Kane to Shooting Guard and Moody to Small Forward.
9:31 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 35 - 29.
9:19 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Haugen steals the pass from Sager.
9:13 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George drives by Jefferson. George passes the ball to Moody on the perimeter. Moody shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the long rebound.
9:01 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Jefferson and Marcus. Sager passes the ball to Jefferson at the basket. Jefferson lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 37 - 29.
8:57 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Moody to Shooting Guard, De Luca to Small Forward and Okada to Power Forward.
8:57 - Connecticut: Moody brings up the ball against pressure defense. Moody hands off the ball to George. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Sager fouls George on the shot. George makes the first free throw. George missed the second free throw. Fontenot grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 37 - 30.
8:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 39 - 30.
8:31 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. Marcus steals the pass from George.
8:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break. Foul! De Luca commits the foul on Jefferson.
8:23 - Game Event: Time out. De Luca must sit with 2 fouls. Connecticut substitutes Kane to Shooting Guard and Moody to Small Forward.
8:23 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marcus. Eastern Illinois 42 - 30.
8:15 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George drives down the lane. George passes the ball to Moody on the perimeter. Moody shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the rebound.
8:04 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Jefferson passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the offensive rebound.
7:47 - Eastern Illinois: Fontenot has the rebound. Fontenot shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 44 - 30.
7:47 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
7:45 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Haugen charged with the foul while taking the shot over Escalante.
7:34 - Game Event: Time out. Haugen must sit with 2 fouls. Connecticut substitutes Warren to Power Forward and Okada to Center.
7:34 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 46 - 30.
7:27 - Connecticut: Kane brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager steals the pass from Kane.
7:23 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Sager takes the ball the length of the court. Sager attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 48 - 30.
7:19 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
7:08 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. George grabs the long rebound.
7:04 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! George leads the fast break with Kane to the right. George passes the ball to Kane at the basket. Kane lays it up. Foul! Jefferson fouls Kane on the shot. Kane missed the first free throw. Kane missed the second free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound.
6:57 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Fontenot in the paint. Fontenot passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Warren grabs the long rebound.
6:45 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Warren. Warren passes the ball to Moody on the perimeter. Moody shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Warren. Eastern Illinois 48 - 33.
6:30 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
6:30 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the offensive rebound.
6:19 - Eastern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marcus shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Warren grabs the rebound.
6:13 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. Marcus steals the pass from George.
6:08 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:03 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hughes drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Hughes commits the foul on the drive.
5:53 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada passes the ball to Warren in the paint. Warren passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada passes the ball to Moody. Moody shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
5:29 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes lays it up. Foul! Kane fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 50 - 33.
5:23 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada drives by Escalante. Okada lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 50 - 35.
5:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Okada grabs the rebound.
4:40 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George passes the ball to Kane on the perimeter. Kane passes the ball to Warren outside. Warren passes the ball to Okada. Hughes steals the pass from Okada.
4:17 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 52 - 35.
3:55 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Shooting Guard, De Luca to Small Forward, Okada to Power Forward and Haugen to Center.
3:55 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca passes the ball to Haugen. Haugen passes the ball to Fletcher on the perimeter. Fletcher passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen passes the ball to Okada. Okada drives down the lane. Okada passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
3:17 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. De Luca grabs the rebound.
2:53 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against pressure defense. Fletcher passes the ball to George. George shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fletcher. Eastern Illinois 52 - 37.
2:40 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 55 - 37.
2:09 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Okada grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:58 - Connecticut: Okada has the rebound and restarts the offense. Okada passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada on the perimeter. Okada shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
1:42 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Okada steals the pass from Hughes.
1:33 - Connecticut: Breakaway! Okada takes the ball the length of the court. Okada lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls Okada on the shot. Okada makes the first free throw. Okada makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 55 - 39.
1:27 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 57 - 39.
1:07 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca shoots from the block. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 59 - 39.
0:39 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher on the perimeter. Fletcher drives by Marcus. Fletcher lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 59 - 41.
0:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Sager grabs the offensive rebound.
0:16 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 61 - 41.
0:06 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George drives by Marcus. George lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 61 - 43.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 61, Connecticut 43
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Strong must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Fontenot to Power Forward. Fletcher must sit with 2 fouls. Haugen must sit with 2 fouls. Connecticut substitutes Kane to Shooting Guard, Moody to Small Forward, Warren to Power Forward and Okada to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Eastern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Fontenot. Fontenot passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fontenot. Eastern Illinois 64 - 43.
19:45 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Shooting Guard, De Luca to Small Forward, Okada to Power Forward and Haugen to Center.
19:45 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Okada. Okada tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Okada shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 64 - 45.
19:29 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Sager. Offensive foul! Sager commits the foul.
19:22 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 64 - 47.
19:12 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong. Strong turns the ball over to the other team.
18:59 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:41 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus and Sager. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Haugen grabs the rebound.
18:35 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher in the paint. Fletcher shoots from the low post. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Strong grabs the rebound.
18:25 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 66 - 47.
18:18 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Point Guard and Nieves to Center. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Point Guard and Moody to Shooting Guard.
18:18 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fletcher passes the ball to Moody in the paint. Moody shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:06 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. Foul! Haugen fouls Nieves on the shot. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 68 - 47.
17:56 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against pressure defense. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada. Okada shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Okada tips it in. Eastern Illinois 68 - 49.
17:43 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Moody grabs the long rebound.
17:29 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Moody hands off the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Fletcher turns the ball over to the other team.
17:08 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes turns the ball over to the other team.
17:04 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Moody passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 68 - 52.
16:50 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes George to Point Guard and Fletcher to Shooting Guard.
16:50 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Okada grabs the rebound.
16:32 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Fletcher leads the fast break with George to the right. Fletcher lays it up. Foul! Jefferson fouls Fletcher on the shot. Fletcher missed the first free throw. Fletcher missed the second free throw. Strong grabs the rebound.
16:26 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. De Luca grabs the rebound.
16:12 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca passes the ball to Fletcher in the paint. Foul! Hughes commits the foul on Fletcher.
15:59 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Chadwick to Small Forward.
15:59 - Connecticut: The ball is inbounded to De Luca. De Luca shoots from deep. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
15:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 71 - 52.
15:44 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from beyond the arc. Foul! Hughes fouls De Luca on the shot. De Luca missed the first free throw. De Luca missed the second free throw. De Luca makes the third free throw. Eastern Illinois 71 - 53.
15:30 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Haugen rotates over and blocks the shot! George grabs the rebound.
15:21 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George drives by Jefferson. George passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 71 - 56.
15:12 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Point Guard and Moody to Shooting Guard.
15:12 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Chadwick. Chadwick shoots a jumper. Foul! De Luca fouls Chadwick on the shot. Chadwick makes the first free throw. Chadwick makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 73 - 56.
15:00 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca on the perimeter. De Luca shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
14:50 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Chadwick grabs the offensive rebound.
14:45 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick has the rebound. Chadwick shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Haugen grabs the rebound.
14:43 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. De Luca passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 73 - 58.
14:31 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes George to Point Guard and Fletcher to Shooting Guard.
14:31 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves turns the ball over to the other team.
14:26 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Fletcher leads the fast break with George and De Luca. Fletcher passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Chadwick grabs the rebound.
14:19 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Hughes to the right. Jefferson passes the ball to Hughes at the basket. Hughes lays it up. Offensive foul! Hughes charged with the foul while taking the shot over George.
14:13 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 73 - 60.
14:13 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Connecticut!
14:03 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Hughes passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nieves turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:28 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 73 - 62.
13:18 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 75 - 62.
12:45 - Game Event: Time out. Hughes must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Jefferson to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center. Connecticut substitutes Moody to Shooting Guard, Fletcher to Small Forward and De Luca to Power Forward.
12:45 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George passes the ball to Fletcher in the paint. Fletcher shoots from the inside. Foul! Chadwick fouls Fletcher on the shot. Fletcher makes the first free throw. Fletcher makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 75 - 64.
12:33 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Moody steals the pass from Nieves.
12:21 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Moody passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Moody. Eastern Illinois 75 - 67.
12:06 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Point Guard, Hughes to Shooting Guard, Fontenot to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
12:06 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Chadwick in the paint. Chadwick passes the ball to Fontenot. Fontenot passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves hands off the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Fontenot grabs the offensive rebound.
11:39 - Eastern Illinois: Fontenot has the rebound and restarts the offense. Fontenot passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 78 - 67.
11:30 - Game Event: Time out. Hughes must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Jefferson to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
11:30 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson steals the pass from George.
11:26 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Chadwick and Sager. Jefferson passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. De Luca grabs the rebound.
11:22 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! Moody leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Moody hands off the ball to George. George passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca passes the ball to George on the perimeter. George shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Escalante fouls Haugen blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Haugen is shooting one-and-one. Haugen makes the first free throw. Haugen makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 78 - 69.
10:58 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 80 - 69.
10:46 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 80 - 71.
10:35 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson drives down the lane. Jefferson lays it up. Foul! Moody fouls Jefferson on the shot. Jefferson makes the first free throw. Jefferson missed the second free throw. De Luca grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 81 - 71.
10:23 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George drives by Escalante. George passes the ball to Haugen at the basket. Haugen lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 81 - 73.
10:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves hands off the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Jefferson in the paint. Jefferson passes the ball to Sager. Sager shoots a jumper. It's blocked by George! Haugen grabs the rebound.
9:46 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
9:35 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Fletcher steals the pass from Sager.
9:31 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! George leads the fast break with Moody to the right. George passes the ball to Moody on the perimeter. Moody shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 81 - 76.
9:24 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
9:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 83 - 76.
9:13 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George drives down the lane. George lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls George on the shot. George makes the first free throw. George makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 83 - 78.
9:05 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Jefferson grabs the offensive rebound.
8:55 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jefferson passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jefferson. Eastern Illinois 85 - 78.
8:47 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Fletcher to Shooting Guard, De Luca to Small Forward and Okada to Power Forward.
8:47 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
8:34 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break. Foul! De Luca commits the foul on Jefferson.
8:28 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves hands off the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson passes the ball to Sager. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 87 - 78.
8:09 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher on the perimeter. Fletcher drives down the lane. Fletcher lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 87 - 80.
7:51 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
7:51 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Haugen fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante missed the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 88 - 80.
7:44 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen passes the ball to De Luca in the paint. De Luca shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 88 - 82.
7:28 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 91 - 82.
7:19 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Power Forward.
7:19 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 91 - 84.
7:10 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. De Luca grabs the long rebound.
6:47 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fletcher. Eastern Illinois 91 - 86.
6:30 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
6:30 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Escalante on the perimeter. Escalante passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 93 - 86.
5:59 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
5:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 96 - 86.
5:49 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Strong steals the pass from George.
5:45 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. George grabs the long rebound.
5:25 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:15 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Haugen grabs the rebound.
4:54 - Connecticut: Fast break opportunity! George leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. George passes the ball to Fletcher on the perimeter. Fletcher passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca passes the ball to George. George shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Okada grabs the offensive rebound.
4:25 - Connecticut: Okada has the rebound. Okada shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Okada on the shot. Okada missed the first free throw. Okada makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 96 - 87.
4:23 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the offensive rebound.
4:12 - Eastern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound. Marcus shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 98 - 87.
4:10 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against a zone defense. George passes the ball to De Luca outside. De Luca passes the ball to Okada. Okada with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Okada grabs the offensive rebound.
3:57 - Connecticut: Okada has the rebound and restarts the offense. Okada shoots from the block. Foul! Strong fouls Okada on the shot. Okada makes the first free throw. Okada makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 98 - 89.
3:52 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 100 - 89.
3:35 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. George with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 100 - 91.
3:26 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Fletcher grabs the long rebound.
3:12 - Connecticut: Fletcher brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Fletcher passes the ball to Okada. Okada shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
3:03 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. Haugen rotates over and blocks the shot! Haugen grabs the rebound.
2:47 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada. Okada tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Okada passes the ball to De Luca. De Luca with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 100 - 93.
2:28 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 102 - 93.
2:14 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada. Okada with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 102 - 95.
2:06 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! And Strong is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Strong makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 105 - 95.
1:52 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. Marcus steals the pass from George.
1:47 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus hands off the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Haugen grabs the rebound.
1:25 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Fletcher. Fletcher shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
1:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 107 - 95.
0:53 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Okada turns the ball over to the other team.
0:49 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus drives down the lane. Marcus lays it up. Foul! De Luca fouls Marcus on the shot. De Luca fouls out. Moody replaces De Luca at small forward. Marcus missed the first free throw. Marcus makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 108 - 95.
0:31 - Game Event: Time out. Connecticut substitutes Moody to Shooting Guard and Fletcher to Small Forward.
0:31 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. George passes the ball to Okada in the paint. Hughes steals the pass from Okada.
0:21 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Hughes to the right. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 111 - 95.
0:16 - Connecticut: George brings up the ball against pressure defense. George passes the ball to Haugen in the paint. Haugen shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by George. Eastern Illinois 111 - 97.
0:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 111, Connecticut 97
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