Illinois 59-54 Nebraska (7 Jan, 2012) Play-by-Play

Nebraska Cornhuskers

8-7, 0-4 Conference

	1	2	T
NEB	25	29	54
ILL	22	37	59

Illinois Fighting Illini

14-3, 3-1 Conference

TIME		NEB	ILL
19:33	Joseph Bertrand Turnover.	0	0
19:13	Caleb Walker Turnover.	0	0
18:56	Brandon Paul missed Jumper.	0	0
18:56	Toney McCray Defensive Rebound.	0	0
18:49	Toney McCray Turnover.	0	0
18:30	Tyler Griffey missed Jumper.	0	0
18:30	Toney McCray Block.	0	0
18:26	Brandon Richardson Defensive Rebound.	0	0
18:23	Brandon Ubel Turnover.	0	0
18:02	Joseph Bertrand made Jumper.	0	2
17:28	Bo Spencer Turnover.	0	2
17:23	Foul on Brandon Ubel	0	2
17:23	Tracy Abrams missed Free Throw.	0	2
17:23		0	2
17:23	Tracy Abrams made Free Throw.	0	3
17:05	Caleb Walker missed Three Point Jumper.	0	3
17:05	Brandon Paul Defensive Rebound.	0	3
16:47	Joseph Bertrand made Jumper. Assisted by Meyers Leonard.	0	5
16:10	Bo Spencer missed Three Point Jumper.	0	5
16:10	Meyers Leonard Defensive Rebound.	0	5
15:57	Brandon Paul Turnover.	0	5
15:56	Brandon Ubel Steal.	0	5
15:48	Brandon Ubel made Jumper.	2	5
15:37	Foul on Bo Spencer	2	5
15:37	Official TV Timeout.	2	5
15:30	Tracy Abrams Turnover.	2	5
15:28	Brandon Richardson Steal.	2	5
15:15	Brandon Richardson Turnover.	2	5
15:13	Tracy Abrams Steal.	2	5
15:01	Joseph Bertrand made Jumper.	2	7
14:39	Toney McCray made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caleb Walker.	5	7
14:18	Tracy Abrams Turnover.	5	7
14:05	Dylan Talley Turnover.	5	7
14:03	Joseph Bertrand Steal.	5	7
13:48	Meyers Leonard missed Jumper.	5	7
13:48	Toney McCray Defensive Rebound.	5	7
13:30	Foul on Meyers Leonard	5	7
13:30	Caleb Walker made Free Throw.	6	7
13:30	Caleb Walker missed Free Throw.	6	7
13:30	Tyler Griffey Defensive Rebound.	6	7
13:14	Brandon Paul missed Three Point Jumper.	6	7
13:14	Dylan Talley Defensive Rebound.	6	7
12:44	Foul on Myke Henry	6	7
12:33	Jorge Brian Diaz made Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Ubel.	8	7
12:19	Myke Henry missed Three Point Jumper.	8	7
12:19	Caleb Walker Defensive Rebound.	8	7
12:04	Jorge Brian Diaz made Jumper.	10	7
12:04	Foul on Nnanna Egwu	10	7
12:04	Jorge Brian Diaz made Free Throw.	11	7
11:30	Brandon Paul missed Jumper.	11	7
11:29	Dylan Talley Block.	11	7
11:28		11	7
11:28	Illinois Turnover.	11	7
11:27	Official TV Timeout.	11	7
11:08	Bo Spencer Turnover.	11	7
10:47	Meyers Leonard Turnover.	11	7
10:20	Brandon Richardson made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Ubel.	13	7
10:11	Foul on Meyers Leonard	13	7
10:11	Meyers Leonard Turnover.	13	7
9:51	Foul on Dylan Talley	13	7
9:51	Dylan Talley Turnover.	13	7
9:37	Foul on Bo Spencer	13	7
9:37	Myke Henry made Free Throw.	13	8
9:37	Myke Henry made Free Throw.	13	9
9:35	Jorge Brian Diaz Turnover.	13	9
9:29	Nnanna Egwu Turnover.	13	9
8:57	Foul on Joseph Bertrand	13	9
8:57	Brandon Richardson missed Free Throw.	13	9
8:57		13	9
8:57	Brandon Richardson made Free Throw.	14	9
8:38	Brandon Paul made Jumper.	14	11
8:18	Foul on Brandon Ubel	14	11
8:18	Brandon Ubel Turnover.	14	11
8:02	Tracy Abrams made Jumper.	14	13
7:45	Toney McCray missed Jumper.	14	13
7:45	Nnanna Egwu Defensive Rebound.	14	13
7:36	Foul on Brandon Richardson	14	13
7:36	Official TV Timeout.	14	13
7:36	Tyler Griffey missed Free Throw.	14	13
7:36		14	13
7:36	Tyler Griffey made Free Throw.	14	14
7:17	Jorge Brian Diaz missed Jumper.	14	14
7:17	Tracy Abrams Defensive Rebound.	14	14
7:11	Nnanna Egwu Turnover.	14	14
7:09	Dylan Talley Steal.	14	14
6:48	Brandon Richardson made Jumper.	16	14
6:25	Nnanna Egwu missed Jumper.	16	14
6:25	Jorge Brian Diaz Defensive Rebound.	16	14
6:14	Dylan Talley missed Jumper.	16	14
6:14	Tyler Griffey Block.	16	14
6:13	Tyler Griffey Defensive Rebound.	16	14
5:58	Joseph Bertrand made Jumper.	16	16
5:56	Illinois Full Timeout.	16	16
5:42	Foul on Ibby Djimde	16	16
5:30	Bo Spencer missed Three Point Jumper.	16	16
5:30	Brandon Paul Defensive Rebound.	16	16
5:10	Brandon Paul made Three Point Jumper.	16	19
4:54	Caleb Walker Turnover.	16	19
4:44	Foul on Ibby Djimde	16	19
4:44	Ibby Djimde Turnover.	16	19
4:27	Dylan Talley made Free Throw.	17	19
4:27	Foul on Myke Henry	17	19
4:27	Dylan Talley made Free Throw.	18	19
4:07	Tracy Abrams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joseph Bertrand.	18	22
3:46	Caleb Walker missed Three Point Jumper.	18	22
3:46	Nnanna Egwu Defensive Rebound.	18	22
3:26	Official TV Timeout.	18	22
3:17	Tyler Griffey missed Three Point Jumper.	18	22
3:17	Toney McCray Defensive Rebound.	18	22
2:44	Brandon Richardson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bo Spencer.	21	22
2:36	Tracy Abrams Turnover.	21	22
2:34	Brandon Richardson Steal.	21	22
2:31	Brandon Richardson missed Three Point Jumper.	21	22
2:31	Toney McCray Offensive Rebound.	21	22
2:26	Foul on Tyler Griffey	21	22
2:26	Toney McCray missed Free Throw.	21	22
2:26		21	22
2:26	Toney McCray made Free Throw.	22	22
2:01	Joseph Bertrand Turnover.	22	22
2:01	Nebraska Full Timeout.	22	22
1:34	Toney McCray missed Three Point Jumper.	22	22
1:34	Brandon Paul Defensive Rebound.	22	22
1:12	Tracy Abrams missed Three Point Jumper.	22	22
1:12	Brandon Ubel Defensive Rebound.	22	22
1:04	Bo Spencer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dylan Talley.	25	22
0:45	Brandon Paul missed Three Point Jumper.	25	22
0:45	Toney McCray Defensive Rebound.	25	22
0:17	Dylan Talley Turnover.	25	22
0:00	End of the 1st Half.	25	22

State Farm Center

6:00 PM, 7 January 2012

Champaign, IL

Attendance: 14,909

Referees:
Ed Hightower
Mike Sanzere
Jim Schipper

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Purdue	17-3	-	34-5
Illinois	14-6	3	29-9
Nebraska	12-8	5	23-11
Northwestern	12-8	5	22-12
Wisconsin	11-9	6	22-14
Indiana	10-10	7	19-14
Michigan State	10-10	7	20-15
Iowa	10-10	7	19-15
Ohio State	9-11	8	22-14
Minnesota	9-11	8	19-15
Penn State	9-11	8	16-17
Maryland	7-13	10	16-17
Rutgers	7-13	10	15-17
Michigan	3-17	14	8-24

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