Illinois 73-70 Michigan State (2 Mar, 2017) Play-by-Play

Michigan State Spartans

18-12, 10-7 Conference

	1	2	T
MSU	33	37	70
ILL	39	34	73

Illinois Fighting Illini

18-12, 8-9 Conference

TIME		MSU	ILL
19:36	Alvin Ellis III missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:36	Miles Bridges Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:29	Joshua Langford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alvin Ellis III.	3	0
19:07	Te'Jon Lucas missed Jumper.	3	0
19:07	Nick Ward Defensive Rebound.	3	0
18:52	Alvin Ellis III Turnover.	3	0
18:34	Maverick Morgan missed Jumper.	3	0
18:34	Leron Black Offensive Rebound.	3	0
18:30	Leron Black made Two Point Tip Shot.	3	2
18:20	Miles Bridges made Three Point Jumper.	6	2
17:56	Tracy Abrams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Maverick Morgan.	6	5
17:32	Miles Bridges missed Three Point Jumper.	6	5
17:32	Nick Ward Offensive Rebound.	6	5
17:27	Foul on Tracy Abrams.	6	5
17:27	Nick Ward made Free Throw.	7	5
17:27	Nick Ward made Free Throw.	8	5
17:12	Tracy Abrams missed Three Point Jumper.	8	5
17:12	Maverick Morgan Offensive Rebound.	8	5
17:06	Maverick Morgan Turnover.	8	5
16:44	Joshua Langford Turnover.	8	5
16:27	Leron Black made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malcolm Hill.	8	8
16:11	Nick Ward missed Jumper.	8	8
16:11	Maverick Morgan Defensive Rebound.	8	8
15:47	Malcolm Hill missed Jumper.	8	8
15:47	Miles Bridges Defensive Rebound.	8	8
15:39	Lourawls Nairn Jr. Turnover.	8	8
15:38	Te'Jon Lucas Steal.	8	8
15:34	Te'Jon Lucas missed Layup.	8	8
15:34	Miles Bridges Block.	8	8
15:32	Miles Bridges Defensive Rebound.	8	8
15:29	Joshua Langford Turnover.	8	8
15:29	Official TV Timeout	8	8
15:02	Maverick Morgan made Jumper.	8	10
14:46	Foul on Tracy Abrams.	8	10
14:31	Miles Bridges missed Jumper.	8	10
14:31	Maverick Morgan Defensive Rebound.	8	10
14:23	Te'Jon Lucas missed Three Point Jumper.	8	10
14:23	Michigan St Deadball Team Rebound.	8	10
14:20	Foul on Maverick Morgan.	8	10
13:59	Joshua Langford made Jumper.	10	10
13:27	Foul on Jalen Coleman-Lands.	10	10
13:27	Jalen Coleman-Lands Turnover.	10	10
13:10	Joshua Langford Turnover.	10	10
13:08	Kipper Nichols Steal.	10	10
13:06	Kipper Nichols made Dunk.	10	12
12:43	Miles Bridges made Layup.	12	12
12:33	Michael Finke missed Jumper.	12	12
12:33	Miles Bridges Defensive Rebound.	12	12
12:30	Foul on Leron Black.	12	12
12:15	Kyle Ahrens missed Three Point Jumper.	12	12
12:15	Kipper Nichols Defensive Rebound.	12	12
11:58	Jalen Coleman-Lands missed Three Point Jumper.	12	12
11:58	Miles Bridges Defensive Rebound.	12	12
11:50	Lourawls Nairn Jr. missed Jumper.	12	12
11:50	Nick Ward Offensive Rebound.	12	12
11:47	Foul on Michael Finke.	12	12
11:47	Official TV Timeout	12	12
11:47	Nick Ward made Free Throw.	13	12
11:47	Nick Ward made Free Throw.	14	12
11:47	Malcolm Hill missed Three Point Jumper.	14	12
11:47	Nick Ward Defensive Rebound.	14	12
11:42	Michigan St Timeout	14	12
11:29	Technical Foul on Illinois.	14	12
11:05	Matt McQuaid missed Free Throw.	14	12
11:05	Michigan St Deadball Team Rebound.	14	12
11:05	Matt McQuaid made Free Throw.	15	12
11:04	Alvin Ellis III Turnover.	15	12
10:53	Malcolm Hill missed Jumper.	15	12
10:53	Miles Bridges Defensive Rebound.	15	12
10:42	Nick Ward made Jumper.	17	12
10:19	Malcolm Hill made Three Point Jumper.	17	15
10:00	Foul on Kipper Nichols.	17	15
10:00	Miles Bridges made Free Throw.	18	15
10:00	Miles Bridges made Free Throw.	19	15
9:47	Jalen Coleman-Lands missed Three Point Jumper.	19	15
9:47	Kenny Goins Defensive Rebound.	19	15
9:39	Kyle Ahrens made Layup. Assisted by Lourawls Nairn Jr..	21	15
9:14	Foul on Kyle Ahrens.	21	15
9:14	Foul on Lourawls Nairn Jr..	21	15
8:59	Tracy Abrams missed Jumper.	21	15
8:59	Kenny Goins Defensive Rebound.	21	15
8:51	Joshua Langford missed Jumper.	21	15
8:51	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	21	15
8:50	Foul on Kenny Goins.	21	15
8:31	Leron Black made Jumper.	21	17
8:11	Joshua Langford Turnover.	21	17
7:55	Malcolm Hill made Jumper.	21	19
7:34	Miles Bridges missed Jumper.	21	19
7:34	Maverick Morgan Defensive Rebound.	21	19
7:24	Malcolm Hill missed Three Point Jumper.	21	19
7:24	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	21	19
7:21	Foul on Miles Bridges.	21	19
7:21	Official TV Timeout	21	19
7:20	Malcolm Hill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tracy Abrams.	21	22
6:49	Miles Bridges made Jumper.	23	22
6:22	Foul on Nick Ward.	23	22
6:22	Malcolm Hill made Free Throw.	23	23
6:22	Malcolm Hill missed Free Throw.	23	23
6:22	Michael Finke Offensive Rebound.	23	23
6:04	Leron Black made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malcolm Hill.	23	26
5:44	Foul on Michael Finke.	23	26
5:44	Miles Bridges missed Free Throw.	23	26
5:44	Michigan St Deadball Team Rebound.	23	26
5:44	Miles Bridges made Free Throw.	24	26
5:23	Jalen Coleman-Lands made Three Point Jumper.	24	29
5:10	Miles Bridges missed Jumper.	24	29
5:10	Malcolm Hill Defensive Rebound.	24	29
5:00	Leron Black made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malcolm Hill.	24	32
4:32	Cassius Winston Turnover.	24	32
4:21	Foul on Cassius Winston.	24	32
4:21	Malcolm Hill missed Free Throw.	24	32
4:21	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	24	32
4:21	Malcolm Hill made Free Throw.	24	33
4:07	Matt McQuaid made Jumper.	26	33
3:54	Foul on Te'Jon Lucas.	26	33
3:54	Te'Jon Lucas Turnover.	26	33
3:54	Official TV Timeout	26	33
3:34	Miles Bridges missed Jumper.	26	33
3:34	Michigan St Offensive Rebound.	26	33
3:27	Lourawls Nairn Jr. missed Jumper.	26	33
3:27	Malcolm Hill Defensive Rebound.	26	33
3:02	Maverick Morgan made Jumper.	26	35
2:42	Alvin Ellis III missed Jumper.	26	35
2:42	Alvin Ellis III Offensive Rebound.	26	35
2:30	Matt McQuaid made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lourawls Nairn Jr..	29	35
2:02	Te'Jon Lucas missed Jumper.	29	35
2:02	Lourawls Nairn Jr. Defensive Rebound.	29	35
1:52	Matt McQuaid missed Jumper.	29	35
1:52	Kipper Nichols Defensive Rebound.	29	35
1:40	Te'Jon Lucas made Layup. Assisted by Maverick Morgan.	29	37
1:21	Alvin Ellis III Turnover.	29	37
1:20	Malcolm Hill Steal.	29	37
1:13	Illinois Timeout	29	37
1:00	Malcolm Hill made Jumper.	29	39
0:42	Matt McQuaid missed Three Point Jumper.	29	39
0:42	Jalen Coleman-Lands Defensive Rebound.	29	39
0:13	Malcolm Hill missed Three Point Jumper.	29	39
0:13	Matt McQuaid Defensive Rebound.	29	39
0:04	Miles Bridges made Layup.	31	39
0:00	Leron Black Turnover.	31	39
0:00	Alvin Ellis III Steal.	31	39
0:00	Alvin Ellis III made Layup.	33	39
0:00	End of 1st half	31	39

State Farm Center

2:00 AM, 2 March 2017

Champaign, IL

Referees:
Larry Scirotto
D.J. Carstensen
Robert Riley

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Wisconsin	0-0	-	7-0
Penn State	0-0	-	6-0
Oregon	0-0	-	5-0
Indiana	0-0	-	4-0
Illinois	0-0	-	5-1
Iowa	0-0	-	5-1
Maryland	0-0	-	5-1
Michigan	0-0	-	5-1
Michigan State	0-0	-	5-1
Minnesota	0-0	-	5-1
Northwestern	0-0	-	5-1
Ohio State	0-0	-	5-1
Purdue	0-0	-	5-1
UCLA	0-0	-	5-1
USC	0-0	-	5-1
Nebraska	0-0	-	4-1
Rutgers	0-0	-	4-1
Washington	0-0	-	4-1

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