Illinois 80-68 Western Carolina (5 Dec, 2015) Play-by-Play

Western Carolina Catamounts

3-5, 0-5 away

	1	2	T
WCU	34	34	68
ILL	39	41	80

Illinois Fighting Illini

4-5, 1-1 home

TIME		WCU	ILL
19:42	Torrion Brummitt missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:42	Illinois Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:22	Alex Austin missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:22	Michael Finke Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:18	Foul on Haboubacar Mutombo.	0	0
19:18	Michael Finke made Free Throw.	0	1
19:18	Michael Finke made Free Throw.	0	2
19:05	Mike Brown made Jumper.	2	2
18:54	Michael Finke Turnover.	2	2
18:52	Torrion Brummitt Steal.	2	2
18:48	Foul on Alex Austin.	2	2
18:48	Mike Brown made Free Throw.	3	2
18:48	Mike Brown missed Free Throw.	3	2
18:48	Alex Austin Defensive Rebound.	3	2
18:32	Kendrick Nunn made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Finke.	3	5
18:15	Rhett Harrelson missed Three Point Jumper.	3	5
18:15	Jaylon Tate Defensive Rebound.	3	5
18:05	Michael Finke made Jumper. Assisted by Malcolm Hill.	3	7
17:49	Torrion Brummitt missed Jumper.	3	7
17:49	Michael Finke Defensive Rebound.	3	7
17:42	Jaylon Tate missed Jumper.	3	7
17:42	Michael Finke Offensive Rebound.	3	7
17:38	Michael Finke made Layup.	3	9
17:12	Justin Browning Turnover.	3	9
16:58	Michael Finke missed Three Point Jumper.	3	9
16:58	Leron Black Offensive Rebound.	3	9
16:47	Leron Black missed Jumper.	3	9
16:47	Torrion Brummitt Defensive Rebound.	3	9
16:33	Rhett Harrelson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Browning.	6	9
16:24	Kendrick Nunn missed Jumper.	6	9
16:24	Torrion Brummitt Defensive Rebound.	6	9
16:04	Torrion Brummitt Turnover.	6	9
15:47	Kendrick Nunn made Jumper.	6	11
15:31	Foul on Leron Black.	6	11
15:31	Official TV Timeout	6	11
15:17	Torrion Brummitt made Jumper. Assisted by Mike Brown.	8	11
14:50	Leron Black missed Jumper.	8	11
14:50	Haboubacar Mutombo Defensive Rebound.	8	11
14:41	Rhett Harrelson Turnover.	8	11
14:29	Maverick Morgan Turnover.	8	11
14:27	Mike Brown Steal.	8	11
14:25	Rhett Harrelson missed Three Point Jumper.	8	11
14:25	Khalid Lewis Defensive Rebound.	8	11
14:18	Khalid Lewis made Layup.	8	13
14:18	Foul on Mike Brown.	8	13
14:18	Khalid Lewis missed Free Throw.	8	13
14:18	Torrion Brummitt Defensive Rebound.	8	13
13:51	Justin Browning missed Three Point Jumper.	8	13
13:51	Maverick Morgan Defensive Rebound.	8	13
13:47	Maverick Morgan Turnover.	8	13
13:46	Mike Brown Steal.	8	13
13:43	Mike Brown Turnover.	8	13
13:41	Maverick Morgan Steal.	8	13
13:41	Foul on Torrion Brummitt.	8	13
13:22	Jalen Coleman-Lands Turnover.	8	13
13:21	Justin Browning Steal.	8	13
12:54	Justin Browning made Jumper.	10	13
12:37	Kendrick Nunn made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Finke.	10	16
12:13	Elijah Pughsley made Three Point Jumper.	13	16
11:58	Michael Finke made Jumper.	13	18
11:45	Mike Brown made Jumper.	15	18
11:26	Kendrick Nunn made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Austin.	15	21
11:05	Elijah Pughsley missed Jumper.	15	21
11:05	Jalen Coleman-Lands Defensive Rebound.	15	21
11:00	Jalen Coleman-Lands Turnover.	15	21
11:00	Official TV Timeout	15	21
10:39	Foul on Leron Black.	15	21
10:39	Torrion Brummitt missed Free Throw.	15	21
10:39	Western Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.	15	21
10:39	Torrion Brummitt made Free Throw.	16	21
10:19	Malcolm Hill missed Three Point Jumper.	16	21
10:19	Mike Brown Defensive Rebound.	16	21
10:10	Elijah Pughsley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mike Brown.	19	21
10:00	Michael Finke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malcolm Hill.	19	24
9:38	Elijah Pughsley missed Three Point Jumper.	19	24
9:38	Aaron Jordan Defensive Rebound.	19	24
9:12	Jaylon Tate Turnover.	19	24
9:00	Elijah Pughsley Turnover.	19	24
8:59	Aaron Jordan Steal.	19	24
8:55	Kendrick Nunn made Layup. Assisted by Jaylon Tate.	19	26
8:24	Foul on Jaylon Tate.	19	26
8:12	Foul on Malcolm Hill.	19	26
8:10	Justin Browning Turnover.	19	26
8:08	Malcolm Hill Steal.	19	26
8:05	Malcolm Hill made Layup. Assisted by Aaron Jordan.	19	28
8:05	Foul on Rhett Harrelson.	19	28
8:05	Malcolm Hill missed Free Throw.	19	28
8:05	Torrion Brummitt Defensive Rebound.	19	28
7:50	Devin Peterson made Jumper.	21	28
7:31	Aaron Jordan missed Three Point Jumper.	21	28
7:31	Malcolm Hill Offensive Rebound.	21	28
7:27	Malcolm Hill missed Jumper.	21	28
7:27	Haboubacar Mutombo Defensive Rebound.	21	28
7:17	Devin Peterson Turnover.	21	28
7:17	Official TV Timeout	21	28
6:55	Maverick Morgan missed Jumper.	21	28
6:55	Maverick Morgan Offensive Rebound.	21	28
6:51	Malcolm Hill Turnover.	21	28
6:17	Rhett Harrelson missed Jumper.	21	28
6:17	Kendrick Nunn Defensive Rebound.	21	28
6:14	Foul on Justin Browning.	21	28
6:08	Kendrick Nunn made Jumper.	21	30
5:52	Justin Browning Turnover.	21	30
5:38	Michael Finke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Khalid Lewis.	21	33
5:12	Mike Brown made Jumper.	23	33
5:01	Foul on Mike Brown.	23	33
4:53	Foul on Khalid Lewis.	23	33
4:53	Rhett Harrelson Turnover.	23	33
4:33	Foul on Michael Finke.	23	33
4:33	Torrion Brummitt made Free Throw.	24	33
4:33	Torrion Brummitt missed Free Throw.	24	33
4:33	Justin Browning Offensive Rebound.	24	33
4:00	Mike Brown missed Jumper.	24	33
4:00	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	24	33
4:00	Foul on Torrion Brummitt.	24	33
4:00	Kendrick Nunn made Free Throw.	24	34
4:00	Kendrick Nunn made Free Throw.	24	35
3:44	Elijah Pughsley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rhett Harrelson.	27	35
3:28	Michael Finke made Jumper.	27	37
3:07	Elijah Pughsley missed Three Point Jumper.	27	37
3:07	Illinois Defensive Rebound.	27	37
3:04	Official TV Timeout	27	37
2:43	Michael Finke missed Jumper.	27	37
2:43	Torrion Brummitt Block.	27	37
2:40	Illinois Offensive Rebound.	27	37
2:40	Illinois Timeout	27	37
2:32	Leron Black missed Jumper.	27	37
2:32	Torrion Brummitt Block.	27	37
2:30	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	27	37
2:30	Illinois Turnover.	27	37
2:21	Torrion Brummitt made Layup. Assisted by Mike Brown.	29	37
2:10	Jalen Coleman-Lands missed Three Point Jumper.	29	37
2:10	Mike Brown Defensive Rebound.	29	37
2:00	Foul on Jaylon Tate.	29	37
2:00	Rhett Harrelson made Free Throw.	30	37
2:00	Rhett Harrelson made Free Throw.	31	37
2:00	Rhett Harrelson made Free Throw.	32	37
1:45	Kendrick Nunn Turnover.	32	37
1:43	Justin Browning Steal.	32	37
1:43	Foul on Leron Black.	32	37
1:43	Justin Browning made Free Throw.	33	37
1:43	Justin Browning made Free Throw.	34	37
1:28	Michael Finke missed Jumper.	34	37
1:28	Marc Gosselin Defensive Rebound.	34	37
1:06	Elijah Pughsley missed Three Point Jumper.	34	37
1:06	Michael Finke Defensive Rebound.	34	37
0:53	Malcolm Hill made Jumper.	34	39
0:34	Western Carolina Timeout	34	39
0:22	Torrion Brummitt missed Three Point Jumper.	34	39
0:22	Michael Finke Defensive Rebound.	34	39
0:01	Kendrick Nunn missed Three Point Jumper.	34	39
0:01	D.J. Williams Offensive Rebound.	34	39
0:00	End of 1st half	34	39

State Farm Center

8:00 PM, 5 December 2015

Champaign, IL

Attendance: 11,455

Referees:
Darryl Smith
Jim Schipper
Chris Beaver

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Furman	0-0	-	12-1
Samford	0-0	-	10-3
Chattanooga	0-0	-	8-5
East Tennessee State	0-0	-	7-6
Mercer	0-0	-	6-6
UNC Greensboro	0-0	-	6-6
VMI	0-0	-	6-7
The Citadel	0-0	-	5-6
Wofford	0-0	-	5-7
Western Carolina	0-0	-	4-7

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan State	2-0	-	10-2
UCLA	2-0	-	10-2
Michigan	2-0	-	9-3
Oregon	1-1	1	11-1
Maryland	1-1	1	10-2
Penn State	1-1	1	10-2
Nebraska	1-1	1	8-2
Iowa	1-1	1	9-3
Northwestern	1-1	1	9-3
Indiana	1-1	1	9-3
Illinois	1-1	1	8-3
USC	1-1	1	9-4
Ohio State	1-1	1	8-4
Purdue	1-1	1	8-4
Rutgers	1-1	1	7-5
Wisconsin	0-2	2	10-3
Washington	0-2	2	8-3
Minnesota	0-2	2	7-5

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