Ohio State 72-60 Illinois (26 Feb, 2023) Play-by-Play

Illinois Fighting Illini

19-10, 10-8 conf

	1	2	T
ILL	29	31	60
OSU	41	31	72

Ohio State Buckeyes

12-17, 4-14 conf

TIME		ILL	OSU
19:49	Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:46	Brice Sensabaugh Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:25	Brice Sensabaugh Turnover.	0	0
19:25	Dain Dainja Steal.	0	0
19:16	Matthew Mayer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayden Epps.	3	0
18:58	Roddy Gayle Jr. missed Jumper.	3	0
18:56	Coleman Hawkins Defensive Rebound.	3	0
18:53	Coleman Hawkins made Layup.	5	0
18:37	Felix Okpara Turnover.	5	0
18:37	Coleman Hawkins Steal.	5	0
18:33	Coleman Hawkins missed Layup.	5	0
18:31	Roddy Gayle Jr. Defensive Rebound.	5	0
18:25	Bruce Thornton made Jumper.	5	2
18:09	Jayden Epps Turnover.	5	2
18:09	Roddy Gayle Jr. Steal.	5	2
17:59	Bruce Thornton made Jumper.	5	4
17:40	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Jumper.	5	4
17:39	Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound.	5	4
17:37	Felix Okpara Turnover.	5	4
17:34	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	5	4
17:30	Bruce Thornton Defensive Rebound.	5	4
17:23	Roddy Gayle Jr. Turnover.	5	4
17:07	Jayden Epps missed Three Point Jumper.	5	4
17:04	Brice Sensabaugh Defensive Rebound.	5	4
16:45	Felix Okpara made Layup. Assisted by Brice Sensabaugh.	5	6
16:17	Jayden Epps missed Layup.	5	6
16:16	Ohio State Defensive Rebound.	5	6
16:07	Foul on Jayden Epps.	5	6
15:55	Bruce Thornton made Jumper.	5	8
15:36	Coleman Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Rodgers.	8	8
15:20	Roddy Gayle Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Bruce Thornton.	8	10
14:48	Coleman Hawkins missed Jumper.	8	10
14:45	Bruce Thornton Defensive Rebound.	8	10
14:36	Justice Sueing missed Jumper.	8	10
14:33	Coleman Hawkins Defensive Rebound.	8	10
14:29	Foul on Justice Sueing.	8	10
14:29	Official TV Timeout	8	10
14:29	Ty Rodgers made Free Throw.	9	10
14:29	Ty Rodgers missed Free Throw.	9	10
14:28	Justice Sueing Defensive Rebound.	9	10
14:06	Brice Sensabaugh made Jumper.	9	12
13:44	Foul on Isaac Likekele.	9	12
13:35	Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.	9	12
13:32	Justice Sueing Defensive Rebound.	9	12
13:06	Foul on Matthew Mayer.	9	12
13:06	Brice Sensabaugh made Free Throw.	9	13
13:06	Brice Sensabaugh made Free Throw.	9	14
13:06	Brice Sensabaugh made Free Throw.	9	15
12:37	Foul on Terrence Shannon Jr..	9	15
12:37	Terrence Shannon Jr. Turnover.	9	15
12:32	Foul on Sean McNeil.	9	15
12:32	Sean McNeil Turnover.	9	15
12:20	Dain Dainja missed Jumper.	9	15
12:18	Isaac Likekele Defensive Rebound.	9	15
12:12	Bruce Thornton missed Three Point Jumper.	9	15
12:08	Terrence Shannon Jr. Defensive Rebound.	9	15
12:03	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Jumper.	9	15
12:00	Bruce Thornton Defensive Rebound.	9	15
11:55	Bruce Thornton made Layup.	9	17
11:54	Official TV Timeout	9	17
11:54	Illinois Timeout	9	17
11:27	Sencire Harris missed Three Point Jumper.	9	17
11:23	Ohio State Defensive Rebound.	9	17
11:04	Isaac Likekele Turnover.	9	17
11:04	Foul on Isaac Likekele.	9	17
10:43	Terrence Shannon Jr. Turnover.	9	17
10:38	Justice Sueing made Layup.	9	19
10:31	RJ Melendez made Dunk.	11	19
10:10	Sean McNeil missed Three Point Jumper.	11	19
10:06	Eugene Brown III Offensive Rebound.	11	19
10:06	Eugene Brown III made Layup.	11	21
9:58	Sencire Harris missed Three Point Jumper.	11	21
9:55	Roddy Gayle Jr. Defensive Rebound.	11	21
9:48	Roddy Gayle Jr. missed Layup.	11	21
9:47	Sencire Harris Defensive Rebound.	11	21
9:41	Matthew Mayer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Terrence Shannon Jr..	14	21
9:15	Justice Sueing made Jumper.	14	23
9:04	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	14	23
9:01	Justice Sueing Defensive Rebound.	14	23
8:34	Justice Sueing missed Three Point Jumper.	14	23
8:33	Illinois Defensive Rebound.	14	23
8:21	Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.	14	23
8:16	Jayden Epps Offensive Rebound.	14	23
8:09	Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.	14	23
8:06	Brice Sensabaugh Defensive Rebound.	14	23
7:45	Brice Sensabaugh missed Jumper.	14	23
7:45	Coleman Hawkins Block.	14	23
7:42	Matthew Mayer Defensive Rebound.	14	23
7:39	Coleman Hawkins missed Jumper.	14	23
7:36	Eugene Brown III Defensive Rebound.	14	23
7:29	Eugene Brown III made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Roddy Gayle Jr..	14	26
7:04	Ty Rodgers missed Layup.	14	26
7:02	Brice Sensabaugh Defensive Rebound.	14	26
6:45	Brice Sensabaugh Turnover.	14	26
6:45	Coleman Hawkins Steal.	14	26
6:41	Coleman Hawkins made Dunk.	16	26
6:40	Foul on Eugene Brown III.	16	26
6:40	Official TV Timeout	16	26
6:40	Coleman Hawkins missed Free Throw.	16	26
6:39	Justice Sueing Defensive Rebound.	16	26
6:22	Sean McNeil made Three Point Jumper.	16	29
6:00	Jayden Epps made Layup. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.	18	29
5:22	Justice Sueing made Layup.	18	31
4:52	Ty Rodgers made Jumper.	20	31
4:28	Sean McNeil missed Jumper.	20	31
4:25	Ty Rodgers Defensive Rebound.	20	31
4:21	Jayden Epps Turnover.	20	31
4:21	Eugene Brown III Steal.	20	31
4:15	Brice Sensabaugh missed Layup.	20	31
4:15	Luke Goode Block.	20	31
4:15	Ohio State Offensive Rebound.	20	31
4:10	Sean McNeil made Layup.	20	33
3:53	Foul on Bruce Thornton.	20	33
3:53	Official TV Timeout	20	33
3:53	Jayden Epps missed Free Throw.	20	33
3:53	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	20	33
3:53	Jayden Epps made Free Throw.	21	33
3:33	Bruce Thornton made Layup. Assisted by Isaac Likekele.	21	35
3:02	Coleman Hawkins made Three Point Jumper.	24	35
2:32	Justice Sueing missed Three Point Jumper.	24	35
2:29	Matthew Mayer Defensive Rebound.	24	35
2:06	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.	24	35
2:06	Brice Sensabaugh Block.	24	35
2:00	Isaac Likekele Defensive Rebound.	24	35
2:00	Brice Sensabaugh Turnover.	24	35
1:52	Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.	24	35
1:49	Justice Sueing Defensive Rebound.	24	35
1:30	Bruce Thornton made Three Point Jumper.	24	38
1:11	Terrence Shannon Jr. made Layup.	26	38
0:46	Justice Sueing missed Jumper.	26	38
0:45	Eugene Brown III Offensive Rebound.	26	38
0:45	Ohio State Timeout	26	38
0:29	Brice Sensabaugh made Layup.	26	40
0:29	Foul on Matthew Mayer.	26	40
0:29	Brice Sensabaugh made Free Throw.	26	41
0:03	Matthew Mayer made Three Point Jumper.	29	41
0:00	End of 1st half	29	41

Value City Arena

5:00 PM, 26 February 2023

Columbus, OH

Attendance: 14,212

Referees:
Terry Oglesby
Paul Szelc
Courtney Green

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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