Illinois 72-67 Northwestern (15 Jan, 2015) Play-by-Play

Illinois Fighting Illini

12-6, 2-3 Conference

	1	2	T
ILL	37	35	72
NU	33	34	67

Northwestern Wildcats

10-7, 1-3 Conference

TIME		ILL	NU
19:42	Kendrick Nunn made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nnanna Egwu.	3	0
19:23	Bryant McIntosh made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tre Demps.	3	3
19:14	Aaron Cosby missed Three Point Jumper.	3	3
19:14	Alex Olah Defensive Rebound.	3	3
18:58	Vic Law missed Jumper.	3	3
18:58	Aaron Cosby Defensive Rebound.	3	3
18:42	Kendrick Nunn made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Cosby.	6	3
18:25	Bryant McIntosh made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sanjay Lumpkin.	6	6
18:12	Aaron Cosby missed Three Point Jumper.	6	6
18:12	Alex Olah Defensive Rebound.	6	6
17:55	Vic Law made Jumper.	6	8
17:19	Nnanna Egwu missed Jumper.	6	8
17:19	Vic Law Defensive Rebound.	6	8
17:08	Alex Olah made Layup. Assisted by Sanjay Lumpkin.	6	10
16:49	Malcolm Hill missed Jumper.	6	10
16:49	Sanjay Lumpkin Block.	6	10
16:47	Nnanna Egwu Offensive Rebound.	6	10
16:44	Nnanna Egwu made Layup.	8	10
16:27	Vic Law missed Three Point Jumper.	8	10
16:27	Alex Olah Offensive Rebound.	8	10
16:22	Tre Demps made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Olah.	8	13
15:56	Aaron Cosby made Three Point Jumper.	11	13
15:36	Bryant McIntosh Turnover.	11	13
15:35	Jaylon Tate Steal.	11	13
15:18	Aaron Cosby made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kendrick Nunn.	14	13
14:54	Foul on Nnanna Egwu.	14	13
14:54	Official TV Timeout	14	13
14:54	Alex Olah made Free Throw.	14	14
14:54	Alex Olah made Free Throw.	14	15
14:28	Ahmad Starks missed Three Point Jumper.	14	15
14:28	Nathan Taphorn Defensive Rebound.	14	15
14:10	Kendrick Nunn missed Three Point Jumper.	14	15
14:09	JerShon Cobb Defensive Rebound.	14	15
14:03	Foul on Jeremiah Kreisberg.	14	15
14:03	Jeremiah Kreisberg Turnover.	14	15
13:39	Foul on Leron Black.	14	15
13:39	Leron Black Turnover.	14	15
13:28	Bryant McIntosh missed Three Point Jumper.	14	15
13:28	Nnanna Egwu Defensive Rebound.	14	15
13:10	Aaron Cosby made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ahmad Starks.	17	15
12:48	Jeremiah Kreisberg Turnover.	17	15
12:46	Kendrick Nunn Steal.	17	15
12:35	Kendrick Nunn made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Cosby.	20	15
11:59	Tre Demps missed Jumper.	20	15
11:59	Kendrick Nunn Defensive Rebound.	20	15
11:47	Ahmad Starks missed Layup.	20	15
11:47	Jeremiah Kreisberg Defensive Rebound.	20	15
11:22	Foul on Leron Black.	20	15
11:22	Official TV Timeout	20	15
11:22	Jeremiah Kreisberg missed Free Throw.	20	15
11:22	Northwestern Deadball Team Rebound.	20	15
11:22	Jeremiah Kreisberg made Free Throw.	20	16
11:09	Kendrick Nunn made Layup.	22	16
11:09	Foul on Dave Sobolewski.	22	16
11:09	Kendrick Nunn made Free Throw.	23	16
10:52	Nathan Taphorn made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Olah.	23	19
10:25	Aaron Cosby made Layup.	25	19
10:09	JerShon Cobb missed Jumper.	25	19
10:09	Kendrick Nunn Defensive Rebound.	25	19
10:01	Aaron Cosby missed Layup.	25	19
10:01	Alex Olah Defensive Rebound.	25	19
9:42	JerShon Cobb missed Jumper.	25	19
9:42	Ahmad Starks Defensive Rebound.	25	19
9:34	Ahmad Starks missed Three Point Jumper.	25	19
9:34	Malcolm Hill Offensive Rebound.	25	19
9:27	Aaron Cosby made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malcolm Hill.	28	19
9:27	Northwestern Timeout	28	19
9:15	Bryant McIntosh Turnover.	28	19
9:14	Nnanna Egwu Steal.	28	19
9:01	Nnanna Egwu missed Jumper.	28	19
9:01	Vic Law Defensive Rebound.	28	19
8:45	Tre Demps missed Three Point Jumper.	28	19
8:45	Malcolm Hill Block.	28	19
8:43	Jaylon Tate Defensive Rebound.	28	19
8:37	Malcolm Hill made Dunk.	30	19
8:25	Sanjay Lumpkin made Layup. Assisted by Vic Law.	30	21
8:25	Foul on Jaylon Tate.	30	21
8:25	Sanjay Lumpkin made Free Throw.	30	22
8:14	Foul on Malcolm Hill.	30	22
8:14	Malcolm Hill Turnover.	30	22
8:02	Tre Demps missed Layup.	30	22
8:02	Nnanna Egwu Block.	30	22
7:59	Aaron Cosby Defensive Rebound.	30	22
7:40	Jaylon Tate missed Three Point Jumper.	30	22
7:40	Vic Law Defensive Rebound.	30	22
7:05	Tre Demps Turnover.	30	22
7:04	Malcolm Hill Steal.	30	22
6:45	Illinois Timeout	30	22
6:37	Malcolm Hill made Jumper.	32	22
6:19	Vic Law missed Three Point Jumper.	32	22
6:19	Kendrick Nunn Defensive Rebound.	32	22
6:08	Ahmad Starks missed Three Point Jumper.	32	22
6:08	Sanjay Lumpkin Defensive Rebound.	32	22
5:46	Sanjay Lumpkin missed Layup.	32	22
5:46	Ahmad Starks Block.	32	22
5:45	Northwestern Offensive Rebound.	32	22
5:44	Official TV Timeout	32	22
5:44	JerShon Cobb missed Three Point Jumper.	32	22
5:44	Aaron Cosby Defensive Rebound.	32	22
5:33	Kendrick Nunn missed Three Point Jumper.	32	22
5:33	Malcolm Hill Offensive Rebound.	32	22
5:15	Kendrick Nunn missed Jumper.	32	22
5:15	Alex Olah Block.	32	22
5:12	Scottie Lindsey Defensive Rebound.	32	22
4:55	Bryant McIntosh made Layup. Assisted by Alex Olah.	32	24
4:37	Aaron Cosby missed Three Point Jumper.	32	24
4:37	Illinois Offensive Rebound.	32	24
4:30	Malcolm Hill missed Three Point Jumper.	32	24
4:30	Bryant McIntosh Defensive Rebound.	32	24
4:09	Bryant McIntosh missed Jumper.	32	24
4:09	Alex Olah Offensive Rebound.	32	24
4:06	Alex Olah made Layup.	32	26
3:40	Foul on Vic Law.	32	26
3:40	Official TV Timeout	32	26
3:39	Aaron Cosby missed Jumper.	32	26
3:39	Alex Olah Defensive Rebound.	32	26
3:26	JerShon Cobb made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bryant McIntosh.	32	29
3:05	Ahmad Starks made Jumper.	34	29
2:48	Alex Olah made Jumper. Assisted by Bryant McIntosh.	34	31
2:30	Ahmad Starks made Jumper.	36	31
2:12	Bryant McIntosh missed Jumper.	36	31
2:12	Kendrick Nunn Defensive Rebound.	36	31
1:52	Malcolm Hill missed Jumper.	36	31
1:52	Alex Olah Defensive Rebound.	36	31
1:30	Alex Olah missed Three Point Jumper.	36	31
1:30	Malcolm Hill Defensive Rebound.	36	31
1:18	Ahmad Starks missed Jumper.	36	31
1:18	Tre Demps Defensive Rebound.	36	31
1:07	Tre Demps made Layup.	36	33
0:59	Foul on Alex Olah.	36	33
0:59	Aaron Cosby missed Free Throw.	36	33
0:59	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	36	33
0:59	Aaron Cosby made Free Throw.	37	33
0:29	Bryant McIntosh missed Three Point Jumper.	37	33
0:29	Tre Demps Offensive Rebound.	37	33
0:07	Foul on Jaylon Tate.	37	33
0:04	Foul on Bryant McIntosh.	37	33
0:04	Bryant McIntosh Turnover.	37	33
0:00	End of 1st half	37	33

Welsh-Ryan Arena

2:00 AM, 15 January 2015

Evanston, IL

Attendance: 7,652

Referees:
Larry Scirotto
Mike Eades
Evon Burroughs

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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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