Illinois 90-68 Rutgers (12 Mar, 2021) Play-by-Play

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

15-11, 10-10 Conference

	1	2	T
RUTG	28	40	68
ILL	47	43	90

Illinois Fighting Illini

21-6, 16-4 Conference

Jacob Grandison made Layup. Assisted by Trent Frazier.
Adam Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
Trent Frazier made Layup.
Ayo Dosunmu made Layup.
Trent Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.
Jacob Grandison missed Layup.
Kofi Cockburn missed Layup.
Adam Miller missed Layup.
Adam Miller missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Ayo Dosunmu made Jumper.
Ayo Dosunmu made Layup. Assisted by Adam Miller.
Kofi Cockburn missed Layup.
Jacob Grandison made Dunk.
Kofi Cockburn missed Layup.
Adam Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Grandison.
Jacob Grandison made Layup. Assisted by Ayo Dosunmu.
Trent Frazier made Layup. Assisted by Adam Miller.
Adam Miller made Jumper. Assisted by Trent Frazier.
Da'Monte Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ayo Dosunmu.
Ayo Dosunmu made Layup.
Ayo Dosunmu made Layup.
Jacob Grandison missed Three Point Jumper.
Kofi Cockburn made Layup.
Ayo Dosunmu missed Three Point Jumper.
Kofi Cockburn missed Layup.
Trent Frazier made Layup.
Giorgi Bezhanishvili missed Jumper.
Trent Frazier missed Jumper.
Ayo Dosunmu missed Three Point Jumper.
Kofi Cockburn made Dunk.
Trent Frazier made Jumper.
Kofi Cockburn made Dunk. Assisted by Trent Frazier.
Adam Miller made Layup. Assisted by Trent Frazier.
Adam Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
Adam Miller missed Three Point Jumper.
Da'Monte Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Giorgi Bezhanishvili missed Layup.
Andre Curbelo missed Layup.
Giorgi Bezhanishvili made Dunk. Assisted by Ayo Dosunmu.
Andre Curbelo missed Jumper.
Da'Monte Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ayo Dosunmu.
Kofi Cockburn made Dunk. Assisted by Ayo Dosunmu.
Andre Curbelo missed Three Point Jumper.
Kofi Cockburn made Dunk.
Ayo Dosunmu made Layup.
Ayo Dosunmu missed Jumper.
Ayo Dosunmu made Layup.
Andre Curbelo made Jumper.
Trent Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.
Da'Monte Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Andre Curbelo missed Jumper.
Adam Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Da'Monte Williams.
Kofi Cockburn made Dunk. Assisted by Andre Curbelo.
Ayo Dosunmu made Layup.
Adam Miller made Dunk. Assisted by Ayo Dosunmu.
Andre Curbelo made Jumper.
Andre Curbelo missed Jumper.
Andre Curbelo missed Jumper.
Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk missed Jumper.
Tyler Underwood made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.
Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Geo Baker missed Three Point Jumper.
Myles Johnson made Layup.
Ron Harper Jr. made Layup.
Montez Mathis made Layup. Assisted by Ron Harper Jr..
Jacob Young made Layup.
Caleb McConnell missed Three Point Jumper.
Myles Johnson made Layup.
Montez Mathis made Jumper. Assisted by Caleb McConnell.
Paul Mulcahy missed Three Point Jumper.
Geo Baker missed Three Point Jumper.
Montez Mathis missed Jumper.
Ron Harper Jr. made Layup.
Ron Harper Jr. made Layup.
Mamadou Doucoure missed Layup.
Jacob Young made Jumper.
Caleb McConnell missed Layup.
Geo Baker made Jumper. Assisted by Cliff Omoruyi.
Ron Harper Jr. missed Layup.
Geo Baker missed Three Point Jumper.
Jacob Young made Layup.
Jacob Young missed Jumper.
Montez Mathis missed Layup.
Jacob Young missed Jumper.
Ron Harper Jr. missed Jumper.
Jacob Young made Jumper.
Geo Baker made Jumper.
Jacob Young made Layup.
Ron Harper Jr. missed Layup.
Ron Harper Jr. made Layup.
Jacob Young missed Layup.
Geo Baker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Young.
Jacob Young missed Jumper.
Paul Mulcahy made Jumper.
Montez Mathis missed Three Point Jumper.
Jacob Young missed Layup.
Ron Harper Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Geo Baker.
Jacob Young made Layup.
Ron Harper Jr. made Layup.
Caleb McConnell missed Jumper.
Geo Baker made Layup.
Geo Baker missed Three Point Jumper.
Ron Harper Jr. missed Layup.
Jacob Young missed Layup.
Ron Harper Jr. missed Jumper.
Myles Johnson made Jumper.
Cliff Omoruyi missed Dunk.
Jacob Young missed Layup.
Ron Harper Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Cliff Omoruyi made Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Jones.
Ron Harper Jr. made Layup.
Jaden Jones missed Jumper.
Mawot Mag missed Jumper.
Cliff Omoruyi made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Jones.
Cliff Omoruyi missed Three Point Jumper.

RUTGERS

ILLINOIS

TIME		RUTG	ILL
20:00	Jump Ball won by Illinois	0	0
19:45	Jacob Grandison made Layup. Assisted by Trent Frazier.	0	2
19:45	Foul on Myles Johnson.	0	2
19:45	Jacob Grandison made Free Throw.	0	3
19:26	Paul Mulcahy Turnover.	0	3
19:11	Adam Miller missed Three Point Jumper.	0	3
19:11	Paul Mulcahy Defensive Rebound.	0	3
19:05	Jacob Young Turnover.	0	3
19:05	Ayo Dosunmu Steal.	0	3
18:55	Trent Frazier made Layup.	0	5
18:44	Foul on Adam Miller.	0	5
18:38	Jacob Young Turnover.	0	5
18:38	Adam Miller Steal.	0	5
18:34	Ayo Dosunmu made Layup.	0	7
18:34	Foul on Geo Baker.	0	7
18:34	Ayo Dosunmu made Free Throw.	0	8
18:15	Geo Baker missed Three Point Jumper.	0	8
18:15	Trent Frazier Defensive Rebound.	0	8
18:10	Trent Frazier Turnover.	0	8
17:53	Jacob Young Turnover.	0	8
17:53	Kofi Cockburn Steal.	0	8
17:47	Trent Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.	0	8
17:47	Myles Johnson Defensive Rebound.	0	8
17:24	Geo Baker Turnover.	0	8
17:24	Ayo Dosunmu Steal.	0	8
17:15	Jacob Grandison missed Layup.	0	8
17:15	Kofi Cockburn Offensive Rebound.	0	8
17:15	Kofi Cockburn missed Layup.	0	8
17:15	Paul Mulcahy Block.	0	8
17:15	Kofi Cockburn Offensive Rebound.	0	8
17:11	Foul on Paul Mulcahy.	0	8
17:11	Kofi Cockburn made Free Throw.	0	9
17:11	Kofi Cockburn missed Free Throw.	0	9
17:11	Geo Baker Defensive Rebound.	0	9
16:43	Myles Johnson made Layup.	2	9
16:18	Adam Miller missed Layup.	2	9
16:18	Adam Miller Offensive Rebound.	2	9
16:18	Adam Miller missed Two Point Tip Shot.	2	9
16:18	Ayo Dosunmu Offensive Rebound.	2	9
16:13	Jump Ball won by Rutgers	2	9
16:13	Ayo Dosunmu Turnover.	2	9
16:13	Ron Harper Jr. Steal.	2	9
15:52	Ron Harper Jr. made Layup.	4	9
15:34	Andre Curbelo Turnover.	4	9
15:34	Jacob Young Steal.	4	9
15:31	Foul on Andre Curbelo.	4	9
15:31	Official TV Timeout	4	9
15:18	Montez Mathis made Layup. Assisted by Ron Harper Jr..	6	9
14:59	Foul on Caleb McConnell.	6	9
14:45	Foul on Cliff Omoruyi.	6	9
14:45	Da'Monte Williams made Free Throw.	6	10
14:45	Da'Monte Williams made Free Throw.	6	11
14:29	Foul on Andre Curbelo.	6	11
14:22	Jacob Young made Layup.	8	11
14:22	Foul on Trent Frazier.	8	11
14:22	Jacob Young made Free Throw.	9	11
13:56	Ayo Dosunmu made Jumper.	9	13
13:32	Caleb McConnell missed Three Point Jumper.	9	13
13:32	Illinois Defensive Rebound.	9	13
13:04	Foul on Cliff Omoruyi.	9	13
13:03	Ayo Dosunmu made Layup. Assisted by Adam Miller.	9	15
13:02	Rutgers Timeout	9	15
12:50	Myles Johnson made Layup.	11	15
12:29	Kofi Cockburn missed Layup.	11	15
12:29	Jacob Grandison Offensive Rebound.	11	15
12:25	Jacob Grandison made Dunk.	11	17
12:02	Montez Mathis made Jumper. Assisted by Caleb McConnell.	13	17
11:39	Kofi Cockburn missed Layup.	13	17
11:39	Caleb McConnell Defensive Rebound.	13	17
11:33	Foul on Caleb McConnell.	13	17
11:33	Caleb McConnell Turnover.	13	17
11:30	Official TV Timeout	13	17
11:09	Foul on Myles Johnson.	13	17
11:09	Kofi Cockburn missed Free Throw.	13	17
11:09	Mamadou Doucoure Defensive Rebound.	13	17
10:49	Paul Mulcahy missed Three Point Jumper.	13	17
10:49	Da'Monte Williams Defensive Rebound.	13	17
10:37	Adam Miller made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Grandison.	13	20
10:20	Geo Baker missed Three Point Jumper.	13	20
10:20	Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.	13	20
9:55	Jump Ball won by Illinois	13	20
9:49	Jacob Grandison made Layup. Assisted by Ayo Dosunmu.	13	22
9:49	Foul on Paul Mulcahy.	13	22
9:49	Jacob Grandison made Free Throw.	13	23
9:34	Montez Mathis missed Jumper.	13	23
9:34	Adam Miller Defensive Rebound.	13	23
9:25	Trent Frazier made Layup. Assisted by Adam Miller.	13	25
9:15	Ron Harper Jr. made Layup.	15	25
8:58	Adam Miller made Jumper. Assisted by Trent Frazier.	15	27
8:29	Foul on Giorgi Bezhanishvili.	15	27
8:29	Ron Harper Jr. missed Free Throw.	15	27
8:29	Rutgers Deadball Team Rebound.	15	27
8:29	Ron Harper Jr. made Free Throw.	16	27
8:12	Da'Monte Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ayo Dosunmu.	16	30
7:51	Ron Harper Jr. made Layup.	18	30
7:33	Ayo Dosunmu Turnover.	18	30
7:33	Jacob Young Steal.	18	30
7:22	Mamadou Doucoure missed Layup.	18	30
7:22	Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.	18	30
7:12	Ayo Dosunmu made Layup.	18	32
6:55	Jacob Young Turnover.	18	32
6:55	Adam Miller Steal.	18	32
6:52	Foul on Montez Mathis.	18	32
6:52	Official TV Timeout	18	32
6:52	Kofi Cockburn missed Free Throw.	18	32
6:52	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	18	32
6:52	Kofi Cockburn made Free Throw.	18	33
6:40	Jacob Young made Jumper.	20	33
6:23	Ayo Dosunmu made Layup.	20	35
6:07	Caleb McConnell missed Layup.	20	35
6:07	Adam Miller Defensive Rebound.	20	35
5:59	Jacob Grandison missed Three Point Jumper.	20	35
5:59	Kofi Cockburn Offensive Rebound.	20	35
5:52	Kofi Cockburn made Layup.	20	37
5:38	Geo Baker made Jumper. Assisted by Cliff Omoruyi.	22	37
5:21	Ayo Dosunmu missed Three Point Jumper.	22	37
5:21	Kofi Cockburn Offensive Rebound.	22	37
5:16	Kofi Cockburn missed Layup.	22	37
5:16	Caleb McConnell Block.	22	37
5:16	Da'Monte Williams Offensive Rebound.	22	37
5:15	Foul on Ron Harper Jr..	22	37
5:15	Da'Monte Williams missed Free Throw.	22	37
5:15	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	22	37
5:15	Da'Monte Williams made Free Throw.	22	38
4:58	Ron Harper Jr. missed Layup.	22	38
4:58	Da'Monte Williams Defensive Rebound.	22	38
4:29	Foul on Jacob Young.	22	38
4:29	Ayo Dosunmu made Free Throw.	22	39
4:29	Ayo Dosunmu missed Free Throw.	22	39
4:29	Myles Johnson Defensive Rebound.	22	39
4:10	Foul on Jacob Grandison.	22	39
4:06	Geo Baker missed Three Point Jumper.	22	39
4:06	Ayo Dosunmu Defensive Rebound.	22	39
4:03	Foul on Paul Mulcahy.	22	39
4:03	Ayo Dosunmu made Free Throw.	22	40
4:03	Ayo Dosunmu made Free Throw.	22	41
3:51	Geo Baker Turnover.	22	41
3:51	Trent Frazier Steal.	22	41
3:49	Official TV Timeout	22	41
3:38	Jacob Grandison Turnover.	22	41
3:38	Jacob Young Steal.	22	41
3:35	Jacob Young made Layup.	24	41
3:07	Trent Frazier made Layup.	24	43
2:53	Jacob Young missed Jumper.	24	43
2:53	Ayo Dosunmu Defensive Rebound.	24	43
2:47	Jacob Grandison Turnover.	24	43
2:47	Montez Mathis Steal.	24	43
2:39	Montez Mathis missed Layup.	24	43
2:39	Giorgi Bezhanishvili Defensive Rebound.	24	43
2:13	Giorgi Bezhanishvili missed Jumper.	24	43
2:13	Myles Johnson Defensive Rebound.	24	43
2:02	Jacob Young missed Jumper.	24	43
2:02	Giorgi Bezhanishvili Defensive Rebound.	24	43
1:49	Trent Frazier missed Jumper.	24	43
1:49	Myles Johnson Defensive Rebound.	24	43
1:28	Foul on Da'Monte Williams.	24	43
1:28	Montez Mathis made Free Throw.	25	43
1:28	Montez Mathis made Free Throw.	26	43
1:16	Ayo Dosunmu Turnover.	26	43
1:06	Ron Harper Jr. missed Jumper.	26	43
1:06	Rutgers Deadball Team Rebound.	26	43
0:59	Foul on Da'Monte Williams.	26	43
0:59	Mamadou Doucoure missed Free Throw.	26	43
0:59	Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.	26	43
0:48	Ayo Dosunmu missed Three Point Jumper.	26	43
0:48	Kofi Cockburn Offensive Rebound.	26	43
0:43	Kofi Cockburn made Dunk.	26	45
0:38	Illinois Timeout	26	45
0:35	Jacob Young made Jumper.	28	45
0:03	Trent Frazier made Jumper.	28	47
0:00	End of 1st half	28	47

Lucas Oil Stadium

11:30 PM, 12 March 2021

Indianapolis, IN

Referees:
Paul Szelc
Steve McJunkins
Kelly Pfeifer

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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