Game Date: Mar 7th, 2043
Illinois 101 - Rutgers 98
Date: November 28th, 2041
Game: College [Conference] [#987553] 
Arena: Rutgers Athletic Center
Attendance: 6,992
Player Of The Game: Ramon Barrera (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 46 | 55 | 101 | |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 36 | 62 | 98 | |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 50 | R. Barrera sf | 28 | 7-10 | 3-5 | 8-8 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +18 | 12.3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | B. Ernst pf | 29 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +10 | 5.2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | D. Hodson c | 26 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 2.2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | J. Irving sg | 32 | 5-16 | 3-10 | 1-1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +15 | 17.4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | L. Hunt pg | 28 | 6-9 | 2-4 | 5-7 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +18 | 7.2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | D. Johnson pg | 12 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -15 | 22.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 34 | T. Lawrence sf | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -12 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | C. Lemon pf | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | E. Zambrano sg | 14 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -15 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | J. Dean c | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +7 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 33-61 | 10-24 | 25-30 | 101 | 8 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 19 | +15 | 9.1 | 40 | 16 | 24 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 54.1% | 41.7% | 83.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 20 | D. Edwards sf | 28 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | D. Newton pf | 32 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -11 | 2.0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | L. Holmes c | 21 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | C. Bliss sg | 30 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 7-8 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 15.0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | T. Daniel pg | 30 | 6-11 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 18.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | C. Fortune sg | 13 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -3 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | C. Lewis sg | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | D. Odom c | 22 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 41 | G. Russell sf | 16 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +12 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 42 | T. Calhoun sg | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 37-69 | 8-20 | 16-21 | 98 | 13 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 24 | -15 | 9.1 | 42 | 5 | 19 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 53.6% | 40.0% | 76.2% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Illinois: Ramon Barrera
Head Coaches
Illinois: Anderson Hodge
Rutgers: Mike Henson
Offensive Efficiencies
Illinois: At the rim (11/12 91.7%) Inside (9/20 45.0%) Mid-range (3/5 60.0%) Beyond the Arc (10/24 41.7%)
Rutgers: At the rim (7/8 87.5%) Inside (14/27 51.9%) Mid-range (8/14 57.1%) Beyond the Arc (8/20 40.0%)
Defensive Tactics
Illinois: Man-To-Man (23.2%) Zone (57.6%) Pressure (2.0%) 2nd Chance (7.1%) Transition (10.1%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Rutgers: Man-To-Man (39.8%) Zone (24.7%) Pressure (15.1%) 2nd Chance (5.4%) Transition (14.0%) Int. Foul (1.1%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Illinois: 136.1 / 138.7
Rutgers: 133.5 / 136.1
Injuries
Illinois: none
Rutgers: none
Game Information
Date: Thursday, November 28th, 2041
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Rutgers Athletic Center
City: Piscataway, NJ
Attendance: 6,992
Version: 1.030
Simulated: Tue Nov 5 2024 @ 9:08:10 am PST
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Illinois: PG-Hunt (6' 3"), SG-Irving (6' 2½"), SF-Barrera (6' 6"), PF-Ernst (6' 9½"), C-Hodson (6' 10½")
Rutgers: PG-Daniel (5' 11½"), SG-Bliss (6' 5½"), SF-Edwards (6' 9"), PF-Newton (6' 7"), C-Holmes (6' 11½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against a zone defense. Irving drives down the lane. Irving attempts to dunk it. Newton rotates over and blocks the shot! Holmes grabs the rebound.
19:44 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes. Holmes passes the ball to Edwards outside. Edwards passes the ball to Bliss. Bliss shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the rebound.
19:19 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Irving shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 3 - 0.
19:08 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ernst grabs the rebound.
18:58 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Irving passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ernst shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hodson. Illinois 5 - 0.
18:34 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Dean to Center. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Shooting Guard and Odom to Center.
18:34 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Ernst grabs the rebound.
18:17 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Irving passes the ball to Barrera in the paint. Barrera passes the ball to Hunt. Hunt passes the ball to Irving. Irving drives down the lane. Irving lays it up. The shot goes in! And Irving is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Irving makes the first free throw. Illinois 8 - 0.
17:41 - Rutgers: Fortune brings up the ball against a zone defense. Irving steals the pass from Fortune.
17:33 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Irving passes the ball to Barrera. Barrera drives down the lane. Barrera lays it up. The shot goes in! And Barrera is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Barrera makes the first free throw. Illinois 11 - 0.
17:14 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 11 - 2.
17:02 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera in the paint. Barrera shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Newton grabs the rebound.
16:53 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Ernst! Odom grabs the offensive rebound.
16:42 - Rutgers: Odom has the rebound. Odom shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
16:40 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving attacks with the ball on the fast break. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hunt grabs the offensive rebound.
16:36 - Illinois: Hunt has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera drives down the lane. Barrera lays it up. Foul! Edwards fouls Barrera on the shot. Barrera makes the first free throw. Barrera makes the second free throw. Illinois 13 - 2.
16:20 - Game Event: Time out. Edwards must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward.
16:20 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hunt grabs the rebound.
16:08 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break with Hunt and Barrera. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Irving. Illinois 16 - 2.
16:03 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Daniel shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 16 - 5.
15:45 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Zambrano to Shooting Guard and Irving to Small Forward. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Point Guard, Calhoun to Shooting Guard, Lewis to Small Forward and Russell to Power Forward.
15:45 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson drives by Fortune. Johnson passes the ball to Irving on the perimeter. Irving shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 19 - 5.
15:32 - Rutgers: Calhoun brings up the ball against a zone defense. Calhoun passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Odom. Odom passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the long rebound.
15:07 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano attacks with the ball on the fast break. Zambrano lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 21 - 5.
15:02 - Rutgers: Fortune brings up the ball against pressure defense. Fortune passes the ball to Calhoun outside. Calhoun passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 21 - 8.
14:45 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hodson to Center. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Point Guard, Fortune to Shooting Guard, Russell to Small Forward, Odom to Power Forward and Holmes to Center.
14:45 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Hodson. Hodson with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Russell fouls Hodson on the shot. Hodson makes the first free throw. Hodson makes the second free throw. Illinois 23 - 8.
14:31 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Fortune in the paint. Fortune turns the ball over to the other team.
14:26 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Fortune steals the pass from Johnson.
14:11 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Fortune leads the fast break with Bliss and Russell. Fortune lays it up. Offensive foul! Fortune charged with the foul while taking the shot over Zambrano.
14:05 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Dean to Center.
14:05 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Irving in the paint. Irving shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the rebound.
13:53 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Fortune. Irving steals the pass from Fortune.
13:36 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break. Foul! Fortune commits the foul on Zambrano.
13:30 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hodson to Center. Fortune must sit with 3 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Lewis to Shooting Guard.
13:30 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Ernst. Ernst tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ernst passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Odom grabs the rebound.
13:18 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Odom. Odom with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Odom grabs the offensive rebound.
13:06 - Rutgers: Odom has the rebound and restarts the offense. Odom shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Odom charged with the foul while taking the shot over Ernst.
13:02 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to Irving in the paint. Irving shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Irving grabs the offensive rebound.
12:53 - Illinois: Irving has the rebound and restarts the offense. Irving shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the offensive rebound.
12:49 - Illinois: Hodson has the rebound. Hodson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 25 - 8.
12:47 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lawrence to Small Forward and Lemon to Power Forward.
12:47 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bliss tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bliss turns the ball over out of bounds.
12:34 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots in the paint. Holmes rotates over and blocks the shot! Russell grabs the rebound.
12:24 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes passes the ball to Russell in the paint. Russell shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holmes. Illinois 25 - 10.
12:09 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Zambrano commits the foul on the drive.
11:48 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Daniel to Point Guard, Bliss to Shooting Guard and Newton to Power Forward.
11:48 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 25 - 12.
11:35 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano shoots from deep. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the long rebound.
11:29 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 25 - 15.
11:19 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon outside. Lemon passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 27 - 15.
10:56 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bliss tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bliss passes the ball to Russell in the paint. Russell shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the rebound.
10:43 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence turns the ball over to the other team.
10:38 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes at the basket. Holmes lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 27 - 17.
10:28 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the offensive rebound.
10:11 - Illinois: Zambrano has the rebound. Zambrano shoots from the low post. Holmes rotates over and blocks the shot! Holmes grabs the rebound.
10:09 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Russell. Russell shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 27 - 19.
9:55 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hunt to Point Guard and Barrera to Small Forward. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Point Guard and Lewis to Shooting Guard.
9:55 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 29 - 19.
9:44 - Rutgers: Lewis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lewis passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the offensive rebound.
9:33 - Rutgers: Bliss has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bliss passes the ball to Russell on the perimeter. Russell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Russell passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Holmes charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hodson.
9:14 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 31 - 19.
8:46 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Irving to Shooting Guard. Rutgers substitutes Daniel to Point Guard and Bliss to Shooting Guard.
8:46 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Lemon! Irving grabs the rebound.
8:34 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the rebound.
8:22 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Daniel to the right. Bliss lays it up. Offensive foul! Bliss charged with the foul while taking the shot over Irving.
8:16 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt drives down the lane. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera at the basket. Barrera lays it up. Foul! Holmes fouls Barrera on the shot. Barrera makes the first free throw. Barrera makes the second free throw. Illinois 33 - 19.
8:04 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Zambrano to Shooting Guard and Irving to Small Forward. Holmes must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Odom to Center.
8:04 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 33 - 21.
7:45 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hunt to Point Guard, Irving to Shooting Guard, Barrera to Small Forward and Ernst to Power Forward.
7:45 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 36 - 21.
7:34 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 36 - 23.
7:24 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Power Forward.
7:24 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Hunt commits the foul on the drive.
7:12 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel lays it up. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the rebound.
6:59 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break with Hunt and Barrera. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:54 - Illinois: Hodson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hodson passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson passes the ball to Irving on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Irving shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hodson tips it in. Illinois 38 - 23.
6:32 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Ernst to Power Forward. Rutgers substitutes Lewis to Shooting Guard.
6:32 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Russell. Russell passes the ball to Lewis. Lewis passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Newton grabs the offensive rebound.
6:06 - Rutgers: Newton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Newton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 38 - 25.
6:02 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Hodson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Odom.
5:50 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Shooting Guard.
5:50 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bliss passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 38 - 27.
5:39 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ernst turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:21 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Lewis to Shooting Guard.
5:21 - Rutgers: Lewis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lewis passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Lewis in the paint. Lewis passes the ball to Russell outside. Russell passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Newton. And the shot clock expires!
4:49 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Shooting Guard, Edwards to Small Forward and Holmes to Center.
4:49 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt turns the ball over out of bounds.
4:40 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes passes the ball to Bliss outside. Bliss passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton drives down the lane. Newton passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Daniel shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the rebound.
4:17 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt drives down the lane. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst at the basket. Ernst lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 40 - 27.
4:06 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Bliss. Bliss passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Holmes charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hodson.
3:38 - Game Event: Time out. Holmes must sit with 3 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Odom to Center.
3:38 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against a zone defense. Irving shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Newton grabs the rebound.
3:31 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Daniel and Edwards. Bliss passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Daniel shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bliss. Illinois 40 - 30.
3:31 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Rutgers!
3:24 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bliss steals the pass from Hunt.
3:19 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 40 - 32.
3:08 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Irving outside. Irving shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
2:55 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bliss drives to the basket. Foul! Irving commits the foul on Bliss.
2:43 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Edwards outside. Edwards turns the ball over out of bounds.
2:21 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Irving shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Odom grabs the rebound.
2:16 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards at the basket. Edwards lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 40 - 34.
2:05 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Irving passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ernst grabs the offensive rebound.
1:54 - Illinois: Ernst has the rebound. Ernst shoots from the low post. Foul! Newton fouls Ernst on the shot. Ernst makes the first free throw. Ernst makes the second free throw. Illinois 42 - 34.
1:52 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Newton outside. Newton shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:34 - Rutgers: Edwards has the rebound and restarts the offense. Edwards passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots from the low post. Hodson rotates over and blocks the shot! Odom grabs the offensive rebound.
1:25 - Rutgers: Odom has the rebound. Odom goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 42 - 36.
1:23 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst shoots from the low post. Foul! Newton fouls Ernst on the shot. Ernst makes the first free throw. Ernst makes the second free throw. Illinois 44 - 36.
1:06 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Newton grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:53 - Rutgers: Newton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Newton passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Edwards outside. The shot clock winding down. Edwards shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hunt grabs the long rebound.
0:28 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt turns the ball over to the other team.
0:16 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Barrera steals the pass from Newton.
0:08 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hunt leads the fast break with Irving and Barrera. Hunt lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 46 - 36.
0:04 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Newton grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 46, Rutgers 36
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Edwards must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Lewis to Small Forward and Russell to Power Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Rutgers. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Bliss. Bliss passes the ball to Lewis outside. Lewis passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel passes the ball to Odom at the basket. Odom lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 46 - 38.
19:33 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Edwards to Small Forward, Newton to Power Forward and Holmes to Center.
19:33 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt drives down the lane. Hunt lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 48 - 38.
19:21 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Newton. Illinois 48 - 40.
18:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Dean to Center. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Shooting Guard.
18:57 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Irving passes the ball to Hunt in the paint. Hunt turns the ball over to the other team.
18:53 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Daniel leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots in the paint. Foul! Dean fouls Holmes on the shot. Holmes makes the first free throw. Holmes makes the second free throw. Illinois 48 - 42.
18:37 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Ernst grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:27 - Illinois: Ernst has the rebound and restarts the offense. Ernst passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Hunt shoots from the three point line. Foul! Daniel fouls Hunt on the shot. Hunt makes the first free throw. Hunt missed the second free throw. Hunt missed the third free throw. Holmes grabs the rebound. Illinois 49 - 42.
18:04 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Foul! Barrera commits a foul away from the ball.
17:55 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Daniel grabs the offensive rebound.
17:44 - Rutgers: Daniel has the rebound and restarts the offense. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 49 - 45.
17:26 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt drives down the lane. Hunt lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 51 - 45.
17:15 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton. Newton shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Barrera grabs the rebound.
17:05 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break with Hunt and Barrera. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Irving. Illinois 54 - 45.
16:59 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Irving grabs the rebound.
16:34 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break with Barrera and Hunt. Irving passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from beyond the arc. Foul! Daniel fouls Barrera on the shot. Barrera makes the first free throw. Barrera makes the second free throw. Barrera makes the third free throw. Illinois 57 - 45.
16:28 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt steals the pass from Daniel.
16:22 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt turns the ball over out of bounds.
16:12 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 57 - 47.
16:00 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against a zone defense. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt drives by Fortune. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst at the basket. Ernst lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 59 - 47.
15:39 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Zambrano to Shooting Guard, Irving to Small Forward and Hodson to Center. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Point Guard, Lewis to Shooting Guard, Russell to Small Forward and Edwards to Power Forward.
15:39 - Rutgers: Fortune brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fortune passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes passes the ball to Lewis. Lewis passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 59 - 49.
15:18 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Ernst on the perimeter. Ernst passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Offensive foul! Irving commits the foul away from the ball.
15:07 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Dean to Center.
15:07 - Rutgers: Fortune brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fortune passes the ball to Russell outside. Russell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Russell passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots from the inside. Dean rotates over and blocks the shot! Ernst grabs the rebound.
14:47 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Irving in the paint. Irving passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
14:19 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Lewis leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lewis hands off the ball to Fortune. Fortune passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Fortune. Illinois 59 - 51.
14:19 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Rutgers!
13:59 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hodson to Center. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Point Guard and Fortune to Shooting Guard.
13:59 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Illinois 62 - 51.
13:54 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bliss. Illinois 62 - 53.
13:41 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Russell steals the pass from Johnson.
13:37 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Fortune leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Fortune passes the ball to Holmes. Holmes with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 62 - 55.
13:24 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Irving outside. Irving shoots from deep. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the long rebound.
13:13 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Fortune attacks with the ball on the fast break. Fortune turns the ball over to the other team.
13:09 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break with Johnson and Irving. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Holmes grabs the long rebound.
13:04 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Russell to the right. Bliss lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 62 - 57.
12:59 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lawrence to Small Forward and Lemon to Power Forward. Rutgers substitutes Edwards to Small Forward and Newton to Power Forward.
12:59 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots in the paint. Foul! Holmes fouls Hodson on the shot. Hodson missed the first free throw. Hodson makes the second free throw. Illinois 63 - 57.
12:49 - Game Event: Time out. Holmes must sit with 4 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward, Edwards to Power Forward and Odom to Center.
12:49 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bliss. Illinois 63 - 60.
12:39 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Fortune grabs the rebound.
12:26 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Fortune leads the fast break with Russell to the right. Fortune passes the ball to Russell on the perimeter. Russell shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Odom grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:20 - Rutgers: Odom has the rebound and restarts the offense. Odom shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Odom tips it in. Illinois 63 - 62.
12:13 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 65 - 62.
12:02 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bliss passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:45 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Daniel to Point Guard, Bliss to Shooting Guard, Edwards to Small Forward and Newton to Power Forward.
11:45 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Johnson. Bliss steals the pass from Johnson.
11:28 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Daniel to the right. Bliss lays it up. Foul! Johnson fouls Bliss on the shot. Bliss missed the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Illinois 65 - 63.
11:24 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Hodson outside. Hodson passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to Hodson. Hodson shoots a jumper. Offensive foul! Hodson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Odom.
11:00 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots from the inside. Lemon rotates over and blocks the shot! Hodson grabs the rebound.
10:50 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break with Johnson and Lawrence. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 68 - 63.
10:45 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Lemon! Lemon grabs the rebound.
10:36 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Odom steals the pass from Zambrano.
10:31 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots from the low post. Foul! Lemon fouls Odom on the shot. Odom makes the first free throw. Odom missed the second free throw. Lemon grabs the rebound. Illinois 68 - 64.
10:20 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Newton grabs the rebound.
10:08 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Daniel leads the fast break with Edwards to the right. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Newton grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:02 - Rutgers: Newton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Newton drives down the lane. Newton lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 68 - 66.
9:50 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hunt to Point Guard, Irving to Shooting Guard and Barrera to Small Forward. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Point Guard and Fortune to Shooting Guard.
9:50 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barrera passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 70 - 66.
9:26 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Shooting Guard.
9:26 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots in the paint. Foul! Hodson fouls Newton on the shot. Newton makes the first free throw. Newton missed the second free throw. Hodson grabs the rebound. Illinois 70 - 67.
9:16 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Hodson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Edwards.
9:07 - Game Event: Time out. Hodson must sit with 4 fouls. Illinois substitutes Dean to Center.
9:07 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Fortune in the paint. Fortune passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Tied 70 - 70.
8:44 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Irving to Shooting Guard and Hodson to Center. Rutgers substitutes Daniel to Point Guard, Bliss to Shooting Guard and Holmes to Center.
8:44 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt passes the ball to Irving. Irving with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 72 - 70.
8:36 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Daniel in the paint. Offensive foul! Edwards commits the foul away from the ball.
8:24 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera in the paint. Barrera drives down the lane. Barrera lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 74 - 70.
8:08 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes passes the ball to Edwards outside. Edwards passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 74 - 73.
7:39 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Ernst to Power Forward.
7:39 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt drives down the lane. Hunt lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 76 - 73.
7:30 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the rebound.
7:16 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hunt leads the fast break with Irving and Barrera. Hunt passes the ball to Irving on the perimeter. Irving shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 79 - 73.
7:12 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss in the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel lays it up. Foul! Ernst fouls Daniel on the shot. Daniel makes the first free throw. Daniel makes the second free throw. Illinois 79 - 75.
6:48 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! And Ernst is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Ernst makes the first free throw. Illinois 82 - 75.
6:36 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Edwards outside. Edwards passes the ball to Newton on the perimeter. Newton passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 82 - 77.
6:06 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Holmes grabs the rebound.
5:53 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Ernst steals the pass from Newton.
5:42 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break. Foul! Bliss commits the foul on Irving.
5:36 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Irving. Irving passes the ball to Hunt outside. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson passes the ball to Barrera. Barrera shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hodson. Illinois 84 - 77.
5:12 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss in the paint. Bliss shoots from the low post. Foul! Irving fouls Bliss on the shot. Bliss makes the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Illinois 84 - 79.
4:59 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst turns the ball over to the other team.
4:52 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss in the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 84 - 81.
4:25 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Irving outside. Irving shoots from deep. Air ball! Foul! Hodson fouls Holmes trying to grab the offensive rebound. Hodson fouls out. Dean replaces Hodson at center. In the double bonus, Holmes is shooting two free throws. Holmes makes the first free throw. Holmes makes the second free throw. Illinois 84 - 83.
4:16 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Foul! Holmes commits the foul on Dean. Holmes fouls out. Odom replaces Holmes at center. In the bonus, Dean is shooting one-and-one. Dean makes the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. Illinois 86 - 83.
4:11 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 86 - 85.
4:02 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bliss steals the pass from Hunt.
3:55 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Daniel and Edwards. Bliss attempts to dunk it. Foul! Hunt fouls Bliss on the shot. Bliss makes the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Rutgers 87 - 86.
3:52 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Irving on the perimeter. Irving shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Odom fouls Dean blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Dean is shooting one-and-one. Dean missed the first free throw. Newton grabs the rebound.
3:41 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Odom. Rutgers 89 - 86.
3:16 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ernst passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Newton grabs the rebound.
2:57 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break. Foul! Barrera commits the foul on Bliss. In the double bonus, Bliss is shooting two free throws. Bliss makes the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Rutgers 91 - 86.
2:53 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera. Barrera shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Rutgers 91 - 88.
2:39 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Newton at the basket. Newton lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Rutgers 93 - 88.
2:16 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt passes the ball to Irving. Irving passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Irving. Rutgers 93 - 91.
2:01 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss. Bliss with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Rutgers 95 - 91.
1:52 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt drives to the basket. Foul! Daniel commits the foul on Hunt. In the bonus, Hunt is shooting one-and-one. Hunt makes the first free throw. Hunt makes the second free throw. Rutgers 95 - 93.
1:39 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bliss tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bliss passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bliss. And Odom is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Odom missed the first free throw. Ernst grabs the rebound. Rutgers 97 - 93.
1:31 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Irving passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Irving. Rutgers 97 - 96.
1:19 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Hunt steals the pass from Daniel.
1:08 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break with Hunt to the right. Irving passes the ball to Hunt at the basket. Hunt lays it up. Foul! Edwards fouls Hunt on the shot. Hunt makes the first free throw. Hunt makes the second free throw. Illinois 98 - 97.
1:02 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss. Bliss shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Newton grabs the offensive rebound.
0:54 - Rutgers: Newton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Newton goes for the dunk. Foul! Ernst fouls Newton on the shot. Newton missed the first free throw. Newton makes the second free throw. Tied 98 - 98.
0:50 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 100 - 98.
0:40 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Daniel in the paint. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards shoots from the inside. Dean rotates over and blocks the shot! Ernst grabs the rebound.
0:13 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Irving passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera passes the ball to Ernst on the perimeter. Foul! Daniel commits the intentional foul on Ernst. In the double bonus, Ernst is shooting two free throws. Ernst missed the first free throw. Ernst makes the second free throw. Illinois 101 - 98.
0:03 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Daniel shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 101, Rutgers 98
Starting Line-Ups
Illinois: PG-Hunt (6' 3"), SG-Irving (6' 2½"), SF-Barrera (6' 6"), PF-Ernst (6' 9½"), C-Hodson (6' 10½")
Rutgers: PG-Daniel (5' 11½"), SG-Bliss (6' 5½"), SF-Edwards (6' 9"), PF-Newton (6' 7"), C-Holmes (6' 11½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against a zone defense. Irving drives down the lane. Irving attempts to dunk it. Newton rotates over and blocks the shot! Holmes grabs the rebound.
19:44 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes. Holmes passes the ball to Edwards outside. Edwards passes the ball to Bliss. Bliss shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the rebound.
19:19 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Irving shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 3 - 0.
19:08 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ernst grabs the rebound.
18:58 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Irving passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ernst shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hodson. Illinois 5 - 0.
18:34 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Dean to Center. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Shooting Guard and Odom to Center.
18:34 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Ernst grabs the rebound.
18:17 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Irving passes the ball to Barrera in the paint. Barrera passes the ball to Hunt. Hunt passes the ball to Irving. Irving drives down the lane. Irving lays it up. The shot goes in! And Irving is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Irving makes the first free throw. Illinois 8 - 0.
17:41 - Rutgers: Fortune brings up the ball against a zone defense. Irving steals the pass from Fortune.
17:33 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Irving passes the ball to Barrera. Barrera drives down the lane. Barrera lays it up. The shot goes in! And Barrera is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Barrera makes the first free throw. Illinois 11 - 0.
17:14 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 11 - 2.
17:02 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera in the paint. Barrera shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Newton grabs the rebound.
16:53 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Ernst! Odom grabs the offensive rebound.
16:42 - Rutgers: Odom has the rebound. Odom shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
16:40 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving attacks with the ball on the fast break. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hunt grabs the offensive rebound.
16:36 - Illinois: Hunt has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera drives down the lane. Barrera lays it up. Foul! Edwards fouls Barrera on the shot. Barrera makes the first free throw. Barrera makes the second free throw. Illinois 13 - 2.
16:20 - Game Event: Time out. Edwards must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward.
16:20 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hunt grabs the rebound.
16:08 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break with Hunt and Barrera. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Irving. Illinois 16 - 2.
16:03 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Daniel shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 16 - 5.
15:45 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Zambrano to Shooting Guard and Irving to Small Forward. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Point Guard, Calhoun to Shooting Guard, Lewis to Small Forward and Russell to Power Forward.
15:45 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson drives by Fortune. Johnson passes the ball to Irving on the perimeter. Irving shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Illinois 19 - 5.
15:32 - Rutgers: Calhoun brings up the ball against a zone defense. Calhoun passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Odom. Odom passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the long rebound.
15:07 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano attacks with the ball on the fast break. Zambrano lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 21 - 5.
15:02 - Rutgers: Fortune brings up the ball against pressure defense. Fortune passes the ball to Calhoun outside. Calhoun passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Illinois 21 - 8.
14:45 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hodson to Center. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Point Guard, Fortune to Shooting Guard, Russell to Small Forward, Odom to Power Forward and Holmes to Center.
14:45 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Hodson. Hodson with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Russell fouls Hodson on the shot. Hodson makes the first free throw. Hodson makes the second free throw. Illinois 23 - 8.
14:31 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Fortune in the paint. Fortune turns the ball over to the other team.
14:26 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson. Fortune steals the pass from Johnson.
14:11 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Fortune leads the fast break with Bliss and Russell. Fortune lays it up. Offensive foul! Fortune charged with the foul while taking the shot over Zambrano.
14:05 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Dean to Center.
14:05 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Irving in the paint. Irving shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the rebound.
13:53 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Fortune. Irving steals the pass from Fortune.
13:36 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break. Foul! Fortune commits the foul on Zambrano.
13:30 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hodson to Center. Fortune must sit with 3 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Lewis to Shooting Guard.
13:30 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Ernst. Ernst tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ernst passes the ball to Johnson. Johnson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Odom grabs the rebound.
13:18 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Odom. Odom with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Odom grabs the offensive rebound.
13:06 - Rutgers: Odom has the rebound and restarts the offense. Odom shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Odom charged with the foul while taking the shot over Ernst.
13:02 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Johnson passes the ball to Irving in the paint. Irving shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Irving grabs the offensive rebound.
12:53 - Illinois: Irving has the rebound and restarts the offense. Irving shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the offensive rebound.
12:49 - Illinois: Hodson has the rebound. Hodson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 25 - 8.
12:47 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lawrence to Small Forward and Lemon to Power Forward.
12:47 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bliss tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bliss turns the ball over out of bounds.
12:34 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon shoots in the paint. Holmes rotates over and blocks the shot! Russell grabs the rebound.
12:24 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes passes the ball to Russell in the paint. Russell shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Holmes. Illinois 25 - 10.
12:09 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Zambrano commits the foul on the drive.
11:48 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Daniel to Point Guard, Bliss to Shooting Guard and Newton to Power Forward.
11:48 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 25 - 12.
11:35 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Zambrano shoots from deep. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the long rebound.
11:29 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 25 - 15.
11:19 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon outside. Lemon passes the ball to Johnson outside. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence in the paint. Lawrence shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 27 - 15.
10:56 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bliss tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bliss passes the ball to Russell in the paint. Russell shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Lemon grabs the rebound.
10:43 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lawrence on the perimeter. Lawrence turns the ball over to the other team.
10:38 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes at the basket. Holmes lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 27 - 17.
10:28 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson passes the ball to Zambrano on the perimeter. Zambrano shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Zambrano grabs the offensive rebound.
10:11 - Illinois: Zambrano has the rebound. Zambrano shoots from the low post. Holmes rotates over and blocks the shot! Holmes grabs the rebound.
10:09 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Russell. Russell shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 27 - 19.
9:55 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hunt to Point Guard and Barrera to Small Forward. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Point Guard and Lewis to Shooting Guard.
9:55 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 29 - 19.
9:44 - Rutgers: Lewis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lewis passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the offensive rebound.
9:33 - Rutgers: Bliss has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bliss passes the ball to Russell on the perimeter. Russell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Russell passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Holmes charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hodson.
9:14 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson passes the ball to Zambrano. Zambrano passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 31 - 19.
8:46 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Irving to Shooting Guard. Rutgers substitutes Daniel to Point Guard and Bliss to Shooting Guard.
8:46 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Lemon! Irving grabs the rebound.
8:34 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the rebound.
8:22 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Daniel to the right. Bliss lays it up. Offensive foul! Bliss charged with the foul while taking the shot over Irving.
8:16 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt drives down the lane. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera at the basket. Barrera lays it up. Foul! Holmes fouls Barrera on the shot. Barrera makes the first free throw. Barrera makes the second free throw. Illinois 33 - 19.
8:04 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Zambrano to Shooting Guard and Irving to Small Forward. Holmes must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Odom to Center.
8:04 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 33 - 21.
7:45 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hunt to Point Guard, Irving to Shooting Guard, Barrera to Small Forward and Ernst to Power Forward.
7:45 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 36 - 21.
7:34 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 36 - 23.
7:24 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lemon to Power Forward.
7:24 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Hunt commits the foul on the drive.
7:12 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel lays it up. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the rebound.
6:59 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break with Hunt and Barrera. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the long offensive rebound.
6:54 - Illinois: Hodson has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hodson passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson passes the ball to Irving on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Irving shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hodson tips it in. Illinois 38 - 23.
6:32 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Ernst to Power Forward. Rutgers substitutes Lewis to Shooting Guard.
6:32 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Russell. Russell passes the ball to Lewis. Lewis passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Newton grabs the offensive rebound.
6:06 - Rutgers: Newton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Newton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Illinois 38 - 25.
6:02 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Hodson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Odom.
5:50 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Shooting Guard.
5:50 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bliss passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 38 - 27.
5:39 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ernst turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:21 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Lewis to Shooting Guard.
5:21 - Rutgers: Lewis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lewis passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Lewis in the paint. Lewis passes the ball to Russell outside. Russell passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Newton. And the shot clock expires!
4:49 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Shooting Guard, Edwards to Small Forward and Holmes to Center.
4:49 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt turns the ball over out of bounds.
4:40 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes passes the ball to Bliss outside. Bliss passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton drives down the lane. Newton passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Daniel shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the rebound.
4:17 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt drives down the lane. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst at the basket. Ernst lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 40 - 27.
4:06 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Bliss. Bliss passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Holmes charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hodson.
3:38 - Game Event: Time out. Holmes must sit with 3 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Odom to Center.
3:38 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against a zone defense. Irving shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Newton grabs the rebound.
3:31 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Daniel and Edwards. Bliss passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Daniel shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bliss. Illinois 40 - 30.
3:31 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Rutgers!
3:24 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bliss steals the pass from Hunt.
3:19 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Illinois 40 - 32.
3:08 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Irving outside. Irving shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
2:55 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bliss drives to the basket. Foul! Irving commits the foul on Bliss.
2:43 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Edwards outside. Edwards turns the ball over out of bounds.
2:21 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Irving shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Odom grabs the rebound.
2:16 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards at the basket. Edwards lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 40 - 34.
2:05 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Irving passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ernst grabs the offensive rebound.
1:54 - Illinois: Ernst has the rebound. Ernst shoots from the low post. Foul! Newton fouls Ernst on the shot. Ernst makes the first free throw. Ernst makes the second free throw. Illinois 42 - 34.
1:52 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Newton outside. Newton shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:34 - Rutgers: Edwards has the rebound and restarts the offense. Edwards passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots from the low post. Hodson rotates over and blocks the shot! Odom grabs the offensive rebound.
1:25 - Rutgers: Odom has the rebound. Odom goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 42 - 36.
1:23 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst shoots from the low post. Foul! Newton fouls Ernst on the shot. Ernst makes the first free throw. Ernst makes the second free throw. Illinois 44 - 36.
1:06 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Newton grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:53 - Rutgers: Newton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Newton passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Edwards outside. The shot clock winding down. Edwards shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hunt grabs the long rebound.
0:28 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt turns the ball over to the other team.
0:16 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Barrera steals the pass from Newton.
0:08 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hunt leads the fast break with Irving and Barrera. Hunt lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 46 - 36.
0:04 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Newton grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 46, Rutgers 36
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Edwards must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Lewis to Small Forward and Russell to Power Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Rutgers. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Bliss. Bliss passes the ball to Lewis outside. Lewis passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel passes the ball to Odom at the basket. Odom lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 46 - 38.
19:33 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Edwards to Small Forward, Newton to Power Forward and Holmes to Center.
19:33 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt drives down the lane. Hunt lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 48 - 38.
19:21 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Newton. Illinois 48 - 40.
18:57 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Dean to Center. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Shooting Guard.
18:57 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Irving passes the ball to Hunt in the paint. Hunt turns the ball over to the other team.
18:53 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Daniel leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots in the paint. Foul! Dean fouls Holmes on the shot. Holmes makes the first free throw. Holmes makes the second free throw. Illinois 48 - 42.
18:37 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Ernst grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:27 - Illinois: Ernst has the rebound and restarts the offense. Ernst passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Hunt shoots from the three point line. Foul! Daniel fouls Hunt on the shot. Hunt makes the first free throw. Hunt missed the second free throw. Hunt missed the third free throw. Holmes grabs the rebound. Illinois 49 - 42.
18:04 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Foul! Barrera commits a foul away from the ball.
17:55 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Daniel grabs the offensive rebound.
17:44 - Rutgers: Daniel has the rebound and restarts the offense. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 49 - 45.
17:26 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt drives down the lane. Hunt lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 51 - 45.
17:15 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton. Newton shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Barrera grabs the rebound.
17:05 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break with Hunt and Barrera. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Irving. Illinois 54 - 45.
16:59 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Irving grabs the rebound.
16:34 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break with Barrera and Hunt. Irving passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from beyond the arc. Foul! Daniel fouls Barrera on the shot. Barrera makes the first free throw. Barrera makes the second free throw. Barrera makes the third free throw. Illinois 57 - 45.
16:28 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt steals the pass from Daniel.
16:22 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt turns the ball over out of bounds.
16:12 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 57 - 47.
16:00 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against a zone defense. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt drives by Fortune. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst at the basket. Ernst lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 59 - 47.
15:39 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Johnson to Point Guard, Zambrano to Shooting Guard, Irving to Small Forward and Hodson to Center. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Point Guard, Lewis to Shooting Guard, Russell to Small Forward and Edwards to Power Forward.
15:39 - Rutgers: Fortune brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fortune passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes passes the ball to Lewis. Lewis passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 59 - 49.
15:18 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Ernst on the perimeter. Ernst passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Offensive foul! Irving commits the foul away from the ball.
15:07 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Dean to Center.
15:07 - Rutgers: Fortune brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fortune passes the ball to Russell outside. Russell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Russell passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots from the inside. Dean rotates over and blocks the shot! Ernst grabs the rebound.
14:47 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano in the paint. Zambrano passes the ball to Irving in the paint. Irving passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Edwards grabs the rebound.
14:19 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Lewis leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lewis hands off the ball to Fortune. Fortune passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Fortune. Illinois 59 - 51.
14:19 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Rutgers!
13:59 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hodson to Center. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Point Guard and Fortune to Shooting Guard.
13:59 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Johnson shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Illinois 62 - 51.
13:54 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bliss. Illinois 62 - 53.
13:41 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Russell steals the pass from Johnson.
13:37 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Fortune leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Fortune passes the ball to Holmes. Holmes with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Illinois 62 - 55.
13:24 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against a zone defense. Zambrano passes the ball to Irving outside. Irving shoots from deep. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the long rebound.
13:13 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Fortune attacks with the ball on the fast break. Fortune turns the ball over to the other team.
13:09 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break with Johnson and Irving. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Holmes grabs the long rebound.
13:04 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Russell to the right. Bliss lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 62 - 57.
12:59 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Lawrence to Small Forward and Lemon to Power Forward. Rutgers substitutes Edwards to Small Forward and Newton to Power Forward.
12:59 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots in the paint. Foul! Holmes fouls Hodson on the shot. Hodson missed the first free throw. Hodson makes the second free throw. Illinois 63 - 57.
12:49 - Game Event: Time out. Holmes must sit with 4 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward, Edwards to Power Forward and Odom to Center.
12:49 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bliss. Illinois 63 - 60.
12:39 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Johnson passes the ball to Zambrano outside. Zambrano passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Fortune grabs the rebound.
12:26 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Fortune leads the fast break with Russell to the right. Fortune passes the ball to Russell on the perimeter. Russell shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Odom grabs the long offensive rebound.
12:20 - Rutgers: Odom has the rebound and restarts the offense. Odom shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Odom tips it in. Illinois 63 - 62.
12:13 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Johnson. Illinois 65 - 62.
12:02 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bliss passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:45 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Daniel to Point Guard, Bliss to Shooting Guard, Edwards to Small Forward and Newton to Power Forward.
11:45 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Johnson passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Johnson. Bliss steals the pass from Johnson.
11:28 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Daniel to the right. Bliss lays it up. Foul! Johnson fouls Bliss on the shot. Bliss missed the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Illinois 65 - 63.
11:24 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Hodson outside. Hodson passes the ball to Lemon. Lemon passes the ball to Hodson. Hodson shoots a jumper. Offensive foul! Hodson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Odom.
11:00 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots from the inside. Lemon rotates over and blocks the shot! Hodson grabs the rebound.
10:50 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Zambrano leads the fast break with Johnson and Lawrence. Zambrano passes the ball to Johnson on the perimeter. Johnson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zambrano. Illinois 68 - 63.
10:45 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Lemon! Lemon grabs the rebound.
10:36 - Illinois: Zambrano brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Odom steals the pass from Zambrano.
10:31 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots from the low post. Foul! Lemon fouls Odom on the shot. Odom makes the first free throw. Odom missed the second free throw. Lemon grabs the rebound. Illinois 68 - 64.
10:20 - Illinois: Johnson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Johnson passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Newton grabs the rebound.
10:08 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Daniel leads the fast break with Edwards to the right. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Newton grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:02 - Rutgers: Newton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Newton drives down the lane. Newton lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 68 - 66.
9:50 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Hunt to Point Guard, Irving to Shooting Guard and Barrera to Small Forward. Rutgers substitutes Bliss to Point Guard and Fortune to Shooting Guard.
9:50 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt passes the ball to Lemon in the paint. Lemon passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Barrera passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Illinois 70 - 66.
9:26 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Zambrano to Shooting Guard.
9:26 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton shoots in the paint. Foul! Hodson fouls Newton on the shot. Newton makes the first free throw. Newton missed the second free throw. Hodson grabs the rebound. Illinois 70 - 67.
9:16 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Hodson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Edwards.
9:07 - Game Event: Time out. Hodson must sit with 4 fouls. Illinois substitutes Dean to Center.
9:07 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Fortune in the paint. Fortune passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Tied 70 - 70.
8:44 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Irving to Shooting Guard and Hodson to Center. Rutgers substitutes Daniel to Point Guard, Bliss to Shooting Guard and Holmes to Center.
8:44 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt passes the ball to Irving. Irving with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 72 - 70.
8:36 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton. Newton passes the ball to Daniel in the paint. Offensive foul! Edwards commits the foul away from the ball.
8:24 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera in the paint. Barrera drives down the lane. Barrera lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 74 - 70.
8:08 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes passes the ball to Edwards outside. Edwards passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 74 - 73.
7:39 - Game Event: Time out. Illinois substitutes Ernst to Power Forward.
7:39 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt drives down the lane. Hunt lays it up. The shot goes in! Illinois 76 - 73.
7:30 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Hodson grabs the rebound.
7:16 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hunt leads the fast break with Irving and Barrera. Hunt passes the ball to Irving on the perimeter. Irving shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 79 - 73.
7:12 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss in the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel drives down the lane. Daniel lays it up. Foul! Ernst fouls Daniel on the shot. Daniel makes the first free throw. Daniel makes the second free throw. Illinois 79 - 75.
6:48 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! And Ernst is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Ernst makes the first free throw. Illinois 82 - 75.
6:36 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bliss passes the ball to Edwards outside. Edwards passes the ball to Newton on the perimeter. Newton passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Illinois 82 - 77.
6:06 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Irving passes the ball to Hunt on the perimeter. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Holmes grabs the rebound.
5:53 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Ernst steals the pass from Newton.
5:42 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break. Foul! Bliss commits the foul on Irving.
5:36 - Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Irving. Irving passes the ball to Hunt outside. Hunt passes the ball to Hodson in the paint. Hodson passes the ball to Barrera. Barrera shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hodson. Illinois 84 - 77.
5:12 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss in the paint. Bliss shoots from the low post. Foul! Irving fouls Bliss on the shot. Bliss makes the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Illinois 84 - 79.
4:59 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst turns the ball over to the other team.
4:52 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss in the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Newton in the paint. Newton passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Daniel passes the ball to Holmes in the paint. Holmes goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Illinois 84 - 81.
4:25 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Irving outside. Irving shoots from deep. Air ball! Foul! Hodson fouls Holmes trying to grab the offensive rebound. Hodson fouls out. Dean replaces Hodson at center. In the double bonus, Holmes is shooting two free throws. Holmes makes the first free throw. Holmes makes the second free throw. Illinois 84 - 83.
4:16 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Foul! Holmes commits the foul on Dean. Holmes fouls out. Odom replaces Holmes at center. In the bonus, Dean is shooting one-and-one. Dean makes the first free throw. Dean makes the second free throw. Illinois 86 - 83.
4:11 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Illinois 86 - 85.
4:02 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bliss steals the pass from Hunt.
3:55 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Daniel and Edwards. Bliss attempts to dunk it. Foul! Hunt fouls Bliss on the shot. Bliss makes the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Rutgers 87 - 86.
3:52 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Irving on the perimeter. Irving shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Odom fouls Dean blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Dean is shooting one-and-one. Dean missed the first free throw. Newton grabs the rebound.
3:41 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards. Edwards passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom passes the ball to Daniel. Daniel shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Odom. Rutgers 89 - 86.
3:16 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ernst passes the ball to Dean in the paint. Dean shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Newton grabs the rebound.
2:57 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break. Foul! Barrera commits the foul on Bliss. In the double bonus, Bliss is shooting two free throws. Bliss makes the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Rutgers 91 - 86.
2:53 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hunt passes the ball to Barrera. Barrera shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Rutgers 91 - 88.
2:39 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards drives down the lane. Edwards passes the ball to Newton at the basket. Newton lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Edwards. Rutgers 93 - 88.
2:16 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt passes the ball to Irving. Irving passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Irving. Rutgers 93 - 91.
2:01 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss. Bliss with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Daniel. Rutgers 95 - 91.
1:52 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hunt drives to the basket. Foul! Daniel commits the foul on Hunt. In the bonus, Hunt is shooting one-and-one. Hunt makes the first free throw. Hunt makes the second free throw. Rutgers 95 - 93.
1:39 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bliss tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bliss passes the ball to Odom in the paint. Odom shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bliss. And Odom is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Odom missed the first free throw. Ernst grabs the rebound. Rutgers 97 - 93.
1:31 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Irving passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Irving. Rutgers 97 - 96.
1:19 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Daniel on the perimeter. Hunt steals the pass from Daniel.
1:08 - Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Irving leads the fast break with Hunt to the right. Irving passes the ball to Hunt at the basket. Hunt lays it up. Foul! Edwards fouls Hunt on the shot. Hunt makes the first free throw. Hunt makes the second free throw. Illinois 98 - 97.
1:02 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Daniel passes the ball to Bliss. Bliss shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Newton grabs the offensive rebound.
0:54 - Rutgers: Newton has the rebound and restarts the offense. Newton goes for the dunk. Foul! Ernst fouls Newton on the shot. Newton missed the first free throw. Newton makes the second free throw. Tied 98 - 98.
0:50 - Illinois: Hunt brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hunt tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hunt passes the ball to Ernst in the paint. Ernst shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hunt. Illinois 100 - 98.
0:40 - Rutgers: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bliss passes the ball to Edwards on the perimeter. Edwards passes the ball to Daniel in the paint. Daniel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Daniel passes the ball to Edwards in the paint. Edwards shoots from the inside. Dean rotates over and blocks the shot! Ernst grabs the rebound.
0:13 - Illinois: Irving brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Irving passes the ball to Barrera on the perimeter. Barrera passes the ball to Ernst on the perimeter. Foul! Daniel commits the intentional foul on Ernst. In the double bonus, Ernst is shooting two free throws. Ernst missed the first free throw. Ernst makes the second free throw. Illinois 101 - 98.
0:03 - Rutgers: Daniel brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Daniel shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Dean grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Illinois 101, Rutgers 98
Game Flow