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Northwestern Wildcats at Illinois Fighting Illini · TRD News

NCAA Men's Basketball · State Farm Center

NUWildcats

Northwestern Wildcats12-11

66–73

Final

Final

ILLFighting Illini

Illinois Fighting Illini18-6

NU & ILL Highlights

0:22Casey Simmons gets the and-1 bucketESPN · 1729d ago ↗
0:20Kofi Cockburn gets the and-1 bucketESPN · 1729d ago ↗
0:18Pete Nance gets up for the blockESPN · 1729d ago ↗
0:21Omar Payne lays it down for a huge dunkESPN · 1729d ago ↗
0:25Ramses Melendez goes high for a massive breakaway dunkESPN · 1729d ago ↗

Live Fans Plays Box Score Team Stats Videos

All Scoring NU ILL

Play-by-play

2nd Half
Defensive Rebound
66–73
0:05 · 2nd Half
RJ Melendez Defensive Rebound.
+1 Point
66–73
0:11 · 2nd Half
RJ Melendez made Free Throw.
+1 Point
66–72
0:11 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez made Free Throw.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

66–71

0:14 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+1 Point

66–71

0:21 · 2nd Half

Jacob Grandison made Free Throw.

ILL

+1 Point

66–70

0:21 · 2nd Half

Jacob Grandison made Free Throw.

ILL

MadeFreeThrow

64–69

0:36 · 2nd Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Free Throw.

ILL

Dead Ball Rebound

64–69

0:36 · 2nd Half

Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.

ILL

MadeFreeThrow

64–69

0:36 · 2nd Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Free Throw.

ILL

+2 Points

62–69

1:25 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn made Layup. Assisted by Jacob Grandison.

ILL

+1 Point

60–67

1:40 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez made Free Throw.

ILL

+1 Point

60–66

1:40 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez made Free Throw.

ILL

Dead Ball Rebound

60–65

1:43 · 2nd Half

Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

60–65

1:43 · 2nd Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Steal

60–65

1:48 · 2nd Half

Trent Frazier Steal.

ILL

JumpShot

60–65

2:12 · 2nd Half

Trent Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

PersonalFoul

58–65

2:27 · 2nd Half

Foul on Trent Frazier.

ILL

TipShot

58–65

2:36 · 2nd Half

Jacob Grandison missed Two Point Tip Shot.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

58–65

2:36 · 2nd Half

Jacob Grandison Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

58–65

2:36 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

58–65

2:50 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+1 Point

58–65

3:01 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez made Free Throw.

ILL

+1 Point

58–64

3:01 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez made Free Throw.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

58–63

3:04 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

58–63

3:04 · 2nd Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

58–63

3:23 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+1 Point

58–63

3:33 · 2nd Half

Trent Frazier made Free Throw.

ILL

+1 Point

58–62

3:33 · 2nd Half

Trent Frazier made Free Throw.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

58–61

3:46 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez Defensive Rebound.

ILL

PersonalFoul

58–61

3:46 · 2nd Half

Foul on Jacob Grandison.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

56–61

3:51 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Turnover.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

56–61

4:13 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez Defensive Rebound.

ILL

PersonalFoul

56–61

4:17 · 2nd Half

Foul on Alfonso Plummer.

ILL

+2 Points

56–61

4:28 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn made Layup. Assisted by Trent Frazier.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

56–59

4:43 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

ILL

MadeFreeThrow

56–59

4:55 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn missed Free Throw.

ILL

+1 Point

56–59

4:55 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn made Free Throw.

ILL

PersonalFoul

54–58

5:06 · 2nd Half

Foul on Coleman Hawkins.

ILL

+1 Point

54–58

5:26 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn made Free Throw.

ILL

+2 Points

54–57

5:26 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn made Layup.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

54–55

5:42 · 2nd Half

Jacob Grandison Defensive Rebound.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

54–55

5:56 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Turnover.

ILL

ShortTimeOut

54–55

6:10 · 2nd Half

Illinois Timeout

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

52–55

6:13 · 2nd Half

Jacob Grandison Turnover.

ILL

JumpShot

50–55

6:43 · 2nd Half

Jacob Grandison missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

50–55

6:57 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

ILL

MadeFreeThrow

50–55

7:15 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn missed Free Throw.

ILL

Dead Ball Rebound

50–55

7:15 · 2nd Half

Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.

ILL

MadeFreeThrow

50–55

7:15 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn missed Free Throw.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

50–55

7:42 · 2nd Half

Alfonso Plummer Defensive Rebound.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

50–55

7:56 · 2nd Half

Da'Monte Williams Turnover.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

50–55

8:02 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez Defensive Rebound.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

50–55

8:21 · 2nd Half

Trent Frazier Turnover.

ILL

ShortTimeOut

50–55

8:49 · 2nd Half

Illinois Timeout

ILL

JumpShot

48–55

8:59 · 2nd Half

Da'Monte Williams missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

46–55

9:41 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Turnover.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

46–55

9:41 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

ILL

PersonalFoul

44–55

9:49 · 2nd Half

Foul on Jacob Grandison.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

44–55

9:55 · 2nd Half

Andre Curbelo Turnover.

ILL

+2 Points

41–55

10:41 · 2nd Half

Andre Curbelo made Layup.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

41–53

10:49 · 2nd Half

Andre Curbelo Defensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

41–53

11:08 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn missed Jumper.

ILL

JumpShot

41–53

11:47 · 2nd Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

38–53

12:39 · 2nd Half

Andre Curbelo Turnover.

ILL

+3 Points

35–53

12:57 · 2nd Half

Alfonso Plummer made Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Steal

35–50

13:27 · 2nd Half

Da'Monte Williams Steal.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

35–50

13:34 · 2nd Half

Alfonso Plummer Turnover.

ILL

PersonalFoul

34–50

13:52 · 2nd Half

Foul on Trent Frazier.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

34–50

13:55 · 2nd Half

Trent Frazier Turnover.

ILL

+2 Points

32–50

14:28 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez made Dunk. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

32–48

14:36 · 2nd Half

Coleman Hawkins Defensive Rebound.

ILL

Block Shot

32–48

14:36 · 2nd Half

Omar Payne Block.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

32–48

14:47 · 2nd Half

Illinois Turnover.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

32–48

14:47 · 2nd Half

Illinois Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

32–48

14:47 · 2nd Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

32–48

15:20 · 2nd Half

Omar Payne Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+2 Points

32–48

15:40 · 2nd Half

Omar Payne made Dunk. Assisted by Trent Frazier.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

32–46

15:50 · 2nd Half

Illinois Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

32–46

15:50 · 2nd Half

Trent Frazier missed Jumper.

ILL

Steal

32–46

15:59 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez Steal.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

32–46

16:14 · 2nd Half

Coleman Hawkins Turnover.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

32–46

16:35 · 2nd Half

Coleman Hawkins Defensive Rebound.

ILL

Block Shot

32–46

16:35 · 2nd Half

RJ Melendez Block.

ILL

PersonalFoul

32–46

16:46 · 2nd Half

Foul on Kofi Cockburn.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

32–46

16:46 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Turnover.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

32–46

17:05 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+2 Points

32–46

17:20 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn made Jumper. Assisted by Trent Frazier.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

32–44

17:29 · 2nd Half

Trent Frazier Defensive Rebound.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

32–44

17:36 · 2nd Half

Jacob Grandison Turnover.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

32–44

17:52 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

ILL

LayUpShot

32–44

18:02 · 2nd Half

Da'Monte Williams missed Layup.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

32–44

18:13 · 2nd Half

Jacob Grandison Defensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

32–44

18:20 · 2nd Half

Da'Monte Williams missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

32–44

18:29 · 2nd Half

Jacob Grandison Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

32–44

18:29 · 2nd Half

Da'Monte Williams missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Steal

32–44

18:37 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Steal.

ILL

JumpShot

32–44

18:55 · 2nd Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

JumpShot

30–44

19:26 · 2nd Half

Da'Monte Williams missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

30–44

19:37 · 2nd Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

1st Half

ILL

+2 Points

28–44

0:18 · 1st Half

Trent Frazier made Layup.

ILL

ShortTimeOut

28–42

0:32 · 1st Half

Illinois Timeout

ILL

Defensive Rebound

28–42

0:40 · 1st Half

Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk Defensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

28–42

0:51 · 1st Half

Trent Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Block Shot

28–42

1:02 · 1st Half

Da'Monte Williams Block.

ILL

JumpShot

28–42

1:22 · 1st Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Jumper.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

28–42

1:31 · 1st Half

Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

28–42

1:31 · 1st Half

Da'Monte Williams missed Jumper.

ILL

+2 Points

25–42

2:20 · 1st Half

Alfonso Plummer made Jumper.

ILL

MadeFreeThrow

25–40

2:48 · 1st Half

Andre Curbelo missed Free Throw.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

25–40

2:48 · 1st Half

Andre Curbelo Defensive Rebound.

ILL

PersonalFoul

25–40

2:48 · 1st Half

Foul on Kofi Cockburn.

ILL

+3 Points

25–40

3:08 · 1st Half

Da'Monte Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trent Frazier.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

22–37

3:40 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn Turnover.

ILL

PersonalFoul

20–37

4:01 · 1st Half

Foul on Andre Curbelo.

ILL

JumpShot

20–37

4:17 · 1st Half

Jacob Grandison missed Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

20–37

4:33 · 1st Half

Andre Curbelo Defensive Rebound.

ILL

PersonalFoul

20–37

4:39 · 1st Half

Foul on Alfonso Plummer.

ILL

LayUpShot

20–37

4:49 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn missed Layup.

ILL

Jumpball

20–37

5:01 · 1st Half

Jump Ball won by Illinois

ILL

Steal

20–37

5:05 · 1st Half

Coleman Hawkins Steal.

ILL

+3 Points

20–37

5:29 · 1st Half

Alfonso Plummer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kofi Cockburn.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

20–34

5:42 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

20–34

5:42 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn missed Jumper.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

20–34

5:54 · 1st Half

Illinois Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

20–34

5:54 · 1st Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

20–34

6:07 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

20–34

6:21 · 1st Half

Andre Curbelo Turnover.

ILL

PersonalFoul

19–34

6:28 · 1st Half

Foul on Omar Payne.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

19–34

6:48 · 1st Half

Omar Payne Turnover.

ILL

PersonalFoul

19–34

6:48 · 1st Half

Foul on Omar Payne.

ILL

+2 Points

17–34

7:28 · 1st Half

Andre Curbelo made Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

17–32

7:39 · 1st Half

Illinois Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+3 Points

17–32

7:59 · 1st Half

Alfonso Plummer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.

ILL

+3 Points

15–29

8:37 · 1st Half

Da'Monte Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trent Frazier.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

15–26

8:58 · 1st Half

Da'Monte Williams Defensive Rebound.

ILL

PersonalFoul

15–26

8:58 · 1st Half

Foul on Kofi Cockburn.

ILL

JumpShot

13–26

9:21 · 1st Half

Jacob Grandison missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

13–26

9:28 · 1st Half

Da'Monte Williams Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

13–26

9:28 · 1st Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

13–26

9:45 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

13–26

9:55 · 1st Half

Jacob Grandison Turnover.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

13–26

10:02 · 1st Half

Da'Monte Williams Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+1 Point

13–26

10:06 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn made Free Throw.

ILL

+2 Points

13–25

10:06 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn made Two Point Tip Shot.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

13–23

10:06 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

13–23

10:06 · 1st Half

Trent Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Offensive Rebound

13–23

10:23 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn Offensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

13–23

10:23 · 1st Half

Jacob Grandison missed Jumper.

ILL

+2 Points

10–23

11:17 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn made Jumper.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

10–21

11:55 · 1st Half

Andre Curbelo Turnover.

ILL

Lost Ball Turnover

10–21

12:03 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn Turnover.

ILL

+3 Points

7–21

12:41 · 1st Half

Trent Frazier made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Grandison.

ILL

Steal

7–18

13:03 · 1st Half

RJ Melendez Steal.

ILL

LayUpShot

7–18

13:14 · 1st Half

Andre Curbelo missed Layup.

ILL

+3 Points

5–18

13:43 · 1st Half

RJ Melendez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andre Curbelo.

ILL

PersonalFoul

4–15

14:06 · 1st Half

Foul on Coleman Hawkins.

ILL

JumpShot

4–15

14:18 · 1st Half

Alfonso Plummer missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

4–15

14:27 · 1st Half

Coleman Hawkins Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+3 Points

4–15

14:36 · 1st Half

RJ Melendez made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Andre Curbelo.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

4–12

15:00 · 1st Half

Omar Payne Defensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

4–12

15:29 · 1st Half

Jacob Grandison missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

4–12

15:36 · 1st Half

Jacob Grandison Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+3 Points

4–12

16:05 · 1st Half

Alfonso Plummer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

4–9

16:26 · 1st Half

Jacob Grandison Defensive Rebound.

ILL

JumpShot

4–9

16:35 · 1st Half

Da'Monte Williams missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

4–9

16:47 · 1st Half

Trent Frazier Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+2 Points

4–9

17:03 · 1st Half

Alfonso Plummer made Layup.

ILL

JumpShot

2–7

17:36 · 1st Half

Jacob Grandison missed Jumper.

ILL

Steal

2–7

17:48 · 1st Half

Da'Monte Williams Steal.

ILL

JumpShot

2–7

17:54 · 1st Half

Trent Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

2–7

18:08 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

ILL

+2 Points

2–7

18:21 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn made Layup.

ILL

+3 Points

2–5

18:50 · 1st Half

Alfonso Plummer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Grandison.

ILL

+2 Points

0–2

19:31 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn made Layup. Assisted by Trent Frazier.

ILL

Defensive Rebound

0–0

19:42 · 1st Half

Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.