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Illinois Fighting Illini at Houston Cougars · TRD News

NCAA Men's Basketball · Toyota Center (Houston)

ILLFighting Illini

Illinois Fighting Illini27-8

65–55

Final

Final

HOUCougars

Houston Cougars30-7

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All Scoring ILL HOU

Play-by-play

2nd Half
JumpShot
65–55
0:17 · 2nd Half
Chase McCarty misses 24-foot three point jumper
PersonalFoul
64–55
0:25 · 2nd Half
Foul on Milos Uzan.
JumpShot
64–55
0:32 · 2nd Half
Emanuel Sharp misses 26-foot three point jumper

HOU

PersonalFoul

62–55

0:40 · 2nd Half

Foul on Kingston Flemings.

HOU

RegularTimeOut

62–55

0:42 · 2nd Half

Houston Timeout

HOU

+2 Points

62–55

0:42 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp makes layup

HOU

Offensive Rebound

62–53

0:48 · 2nd Half

Houston Offensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

62–53

0:48 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp misses 25-foot three point jumper

HOU

Defensive Rebound

62–53

0:56 · 2nd Half

Chase McCarty Defensive Rebound.

HOU

PersonalFoul

61–53

0:57 · 2nd Half

Foul on Kingston Flemings.

HOU

JumpShot

61–53

1:03 · 2nd Half

Chase McCarty misses 25-foot three point jumper

HOU

PersonalFoul

60–53

1:12 · 2nd Half

Foul on Emanuel Sharp.

HOU

+2 Points

60–53

1:33 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp makes driving layup (Kingston Flemings assists)

HOU

Defensive Rebound

60–51

1:39 · 2nd Half

Kingston Flemings Defensive Rebound.

HOU

PersonalFoul

60–51

1:42 · 2nd Half

Foul on Emanuel Sharp.

HOU

+2 Points

60–51

1:44 · 2nd Half

Kingston Flemings makes 19-foot jumper (Milos Uzan assists)

HOU

Steal

60–49

1:53 · 2nd Half

Milos Uzan Steal.

HOU

+3 Points

60–49

2:48 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chase McCarty assists)

HOU

PersonalFoul

58–46

2:59 · 2nd Half

Foul on Emanuel Sharp.

HOU

+3 Points

58–46

3:18 · 2nd Half

Chase McCarty makes 23-foot three point jumper (Joseph Tugler assists)

HOU

Substitution

58–41

3:27 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

58–41

3:27 · 2nd Half

Chris Cenac Jr. subbing out for Houston

HOU

+1 Point

58–43

3:27 · 2nd Half

Kingston Flemings makes free throw 2 of 2

HOU

+1 Point

58–42

3:27 · 2nd Half

Kingston Flemings makes free throw 1 of 2

HOU

JumpShot

56–41

4:08 · 2nd Half

Milos Uzan misses 12-foot jumper

HOU

JumpShot

53–41

4:55 · 2nd Half

Milos Uzan misses 25-foot three point jumper

HOU

Offensive Rebound

53–41

4:59 · 2nd Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Offensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

53–41

5:02 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp misses 15-foot jumper

HOU

+3 Points

50–41

5:52 · 2nd Half

Chase McCarty makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kingston Flemings assists)

HOU

+3 Points

50–38

6:32 · 2nd Half

Chase McCarty makes 23-foot three point jumper (Milos Uzan assists)

HOU

LayUpShot

48–35

7:20 · 2nd Half

Chris Cenac Jr. misses layup

HOU

PersonalFoul

46–35

7:35 · 2nd Half

Foul on Chase McCarty.

HOU

+2 Points

46–35

8:02 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp makes 13-foot pullup jump shot

HOU

Defensive Rebound

46–33

8:13 · 2nd Half

Kingston Flemings Defensive Rebound.

HOU

PersonalFoul

46–33

8:14 · 2nd Half

Foul on Kingston Flemings.

HOU

+2 Points

46–33

9:04 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Kingston Flemings assists)

HOU

Defensive Rebound

46–31

9:13 · 2nd Half

Houston Defensive Rebound.

HOU

PersonalFoul

46–31

9:21 · 2nd Half

Foul on Milos Uzan.

HOU

JumpShot

46–31

9:42 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp misses 27-foot three point jumper

HOU

Substitution

45–31

9:56 · 2nd Half

Chase McCarty subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

45–31

9:56 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler subbing out for Houston

HOU

PersonalFoul

44–31

9:56 · 2nd Half

Foul on Joseph Tugler.

HOU

+2 Points

44–31

10:31 · 2nd Half

Chris Cenac Jr. makes 13-foot jumper (Joseph Tugler assists)

HOU

Offensive Rebound

44–29

10:36 · 2nd Half

Houston Offensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

44–29

10:39 · 2nd Half

Milos Uzan misses 15-foot jumper

HOU

Defensive Rebound

44–29

10:47 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp Defensive Rebound.

HOU

PersonalFoul

44–29

10:56 · 2nd Half

Foul on Chris Cenac Jr..

HOU

+3 Points

44–29

11:20 · 2nd Half

Milos Uzan makes 27-foot three point jumper (Joseph Tugler assists)

HOU

Defensive Rebound

44–26

11:24 · 2nd Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.

HOU

Lost Ball Turnover

44–26

11:45 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler bad pass turnover

HOU

Substitution

44–26

11:52 · 2nd Half

Chris Cenac Jr. subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

44–26

11:52 · 2nd Half

Mercy Miller subbing out for Houston

HOU

Substitution

44–26

11:52 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

44–26

11:52 · 2nd Half

Kalifa Sakho subbing out for Houston

HOU

Substitution

44–26

11:52 · 2nd Half

Milos Uzan subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

44–26

11:52 · 2nd Half

Chase McCarty subbing out for Houston

HOU

ShortTimeOut

44–26

11:52 · 2nd Half

Houston Timeout

HOU

Lost Ball Turnover

41–26

12:03 · 2nd Half

Chase McCarty bad pass turnover

HOU

JumpShot

38–26

12:47 · 2nd Half

Mercy Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper

HOU

Substitution

38–26

13:03 · 2nd Half

Mercy Miller subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

38–26

13:03 · 2nd Half

Milos Uzan subbing out for Houston

HOU

JumpShot

38–26

13:22 · 2nd Half

Milos Uzan misses 9-foot floating jump shot

HOU

Defensive Rebound

38–26

13:39 · 2nd Half

Milos Uzan Defensive Rebound.

HOU

Substitution

38–26

13:59 · 2nd Half

Kalifa Sakho subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

38–26

13:59 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler subbing out for Houston

HOU

PersonalFoul

38–26

13:59 · 2nd Half

Foul on Joseph Tugler.

HOU

Substitution

38–26

14:19 · 2nd Half

Chase McCarty subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

38–26

14:19 · 2nd Half

Chris Cenac Jr. subbing out for Houston

HOU

JumpShot

38–26

14:24 · 2nd Half

Kingston Flemings misses 23-foot three point jumper

HOU

Offensive Rebound

38–26

14:28 · 2nd Half

Houston Offensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

38–26

14:29 · 2nd Half

Chris Cenac Jr. misses 14-foot jumper

HOU

Defensive Rebound

38–26

14:49 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler Defensive Rebound.

HOU

PersonalFoul

38–26

14:50 · 2nd Half

Foul on Chris Cenac Jr..

HOU

Lost Ball Turnover

36–26

15:02 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler turnover

HOU

PersonalFoul

36–26

15:02 · 2nd Half

Foul on Joseph Tugler.

HOU

JumpShot

33–26

15:44 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp misses 23-foot three point jumper

HOU

Substitution

33–26

15:53 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

33–26

15:53 · 2nd Half

Kalifa Sakho subbing out for Houston

HOU

Substitution

33–26

16:06 · 2nd Half

Kalifa Sakho subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

33–26

16:06 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler subbing out for Houston

HOU

ShortTimeOut

33–26

16:06 · 2nd Half

Houston Timeout

HOU

JumpShot

31–26

16:27 · 2nd Half

Kingston Flemings misses 14-foot jumper

HOU

JumpShot

29–26

16:56 · 2nd Half

Milos Uzan misses 13-foot floating jump shot

HOU

+2 Points

27–26

18:06 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler makes driving layup (Kingston Flemings assists)

HOU

JumpShot

24–24

18:44 · 2nd Half

Emanuel Sharp misses 24-foot three point jumper

HOU

Defensive Rebound

24–24

18:58 · 2nd Half

Kingston Flemings Defensive Rebound.

HOU

+2 Points

24–24

19:31 · 2nd Half

Chris Cenac Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Joseph Tugler assists)

HOU

Defensive Rebound

24–22

19:44 · 2nd Half

Houston Defensive Rebound.

HOU

Substitution

24–22

20:00 · 2nd Half

Joseph Tugler subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

24–22

20:00 · 2nd Half

Kalifa Sakho subbing out for Houston

1st Half

HOU

+3 Points

24–22

0:01 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings makes 24-foot three point jumper (Milos Uzan assists)

HOU

Defensive Rebound

24–19

0:19 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.

HOU

Lost Ball Turnover

24–19

0:42 · 1st Half

Kalifa Sakho bad pass turnover

HOU

Defensive Rebound

24–19

0:51 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.

HOU

Offensive Rebound

24–19

0:53 · 1st Half

Houston Offensive Rebound.

HOU

PersonalFoul

24–19

0:53 · 1st Half

Foul on Kalifa Sakho.

HOU

JumpShot

24–19

0:53 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings misses 12-foot jumper

HOU

Defensive Rebound

24–19

1:07 · 1st Half

Houston Defensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

24–19

1:24 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper

HOU

Defensive Rebound

24–19

1:45 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.

HOU

+3 Points

24–19

2:06 · 1st Half

Emanuel Sharp makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Cenac Jr. assists)

HOU

Offensive Rebound

24–16

2:08 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Offensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

24–16

2:10 · 1st Half

Milos Uzan misses 15-foot jumper

HOU

Substitution

24–16

2:36 · 1st Half

Kalifa Sakho subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

24–16

2:36 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

24–16

2:36 · 1st Half

Chase McCarty subbing out for Houston

HOU

Substitution

24–16

2:36 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler subbing out for Houston

HOU

Defensive Rebound

24–16

2:36 · 1st Half

Houston Defensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

24–16

3:01 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings misses 26-foot three point jumper

HOU

+2 Points

21–16

3:44 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings makes driving layup

HOU

JumpShot

21–14

4:09 · 1st Half

Chase McCarty misses 27-foot three point jumper

HOU

Substitution

21–14

4:19 · 1st Half

Emanuel Sharp subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

21–14

4:19 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

21–14

4:19 · 1st Half

Mercy Miller subbing out for Houston

HOU

Substitution

21–14

4:19 · 1st Half

Kalifa Sakho subbing out for Houston

HOU

ShortTimeOut

21–14

4:19 · 1st Half

Houston Timeout

HOU

JumpShot

18–14

4:46 · 1st Half

Mercy Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper

HOU

Substitution

16–14

5:28 · 1st Half

Kalifa Sakho subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

16–14

5:28 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

16–14

5:28 · 1st Half

Emanuel Sharp subbing out for Houston

HOU

Substitution

16–14

5:28 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler subbing out for Houston

HOU

PersonalFoul

16–14

5:28 · 1st Half

Foul on Mercy Miller.

HOU

JumpShot

16–14

5:53 · 1st Half

Chase McCarty misses 25-foot three point jumper

HOU

Offensive Rebound

16–14

5:55 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler Offensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

16–14

5:59 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler misses 10-foot hook shot

HOU

JumpShot

14–14

6:38 · 1st Half

Mercy Miller misses 13-foot jumper

HOU

Substitution

14–14

6:43 · 1st Half

Mercy Miller subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

14–14

6:43 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. subbing out for Houston

HOU

Defensive Rebound

14–14

6:53 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler Defensive Rebound.

HOU

PersonalFoul

14–14

7:04 · 1st Half

Foul on Emanuel Sharp.

HOU

JumpShot

14–14

7:15 · 1st Half

Emanuel Sharp misses 8-foot hook shot

HOU

Offensive Rebound

14–14

7:25 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Offensive Rebound.

HOU

Substitution

14–14

7:26 · 1st Half

Chase McCarty subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

14–14

7:26 · 1st Half

Mercy Miller subbing out for Houston

HOU

JumpShot

14–14

7:28 · 1st Half

Mercy Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper

HOU

Defensive Rebound

14–14

7:33 · 1st Half

Emanuel Sharp Defensive Rebound.

HOU

+2 Points

14–14

7:56 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler makes 10-foot hook shot (Milos Uzan assists)

HOU

Steal

14–12

8:15 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Steal.

HOU

JumpShot

14–12

8:26 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. misses 16-foot jumper

HOU

Steal

14–12

8:34 · 1st Half

Emanuel Sharp Steal.

HOU

Substitution

14–12

8:41 · 1st Half

Milos Uzan subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

14–12

8:41 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings subbing out for Houston

HOU

PersonalFoul

14–12

8:41 · 1st Half

Foul on Kingston Flemings.

HOU

+2 Points

14–12

9:07 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler makes 4-foot hook shot

HOU

JumpShot

12–10

9:59 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. misses 13-foot jumper

HOU

+2 Points

9–10

10:41 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. makes 16-foot jumper (Emanuel Sharp assists)

HOU

Substitution

9–8

10:56 · 1st Half

Mercy Miller subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

9–8

10:56 · 1st Half

Milos Uzan subbing out for Houston

HOU

Defensive Rebound

9–8

11:22 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

9–8

11:51 · 1st Half

Emanuel Sharp misses 26-foot three point jumper

HOU

Offensive Rebound

9–8

12:06 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings Offensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

9–8

12:10 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper

HOU

Substitution

7–8

12:50 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

7–8

12:50 · 1st Half

Chase McCarty subbing out for Houston

HOU

Lost Ball Turnover

7–8

12:50 · 1st Half

team shot clock turnover

HOU

Offensive Rebound

7–8

12:50 · 1st Half

Houston Offensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

7–8

12:51 · 1st Half

Milos Uzan misses 23-foot three point jumper

HOU

+3 Points

5–8

13:51 · 1st Half

Milos Uzan makes 23-foot three point jumper (Joseph Tugler assists)

HOU

Offensive Rebound

5–5

13:53 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler Offensive Rebound.

HOU

JumpShot

5–5

13:56 · 1st Half

Milos Uzan misses 22-foot three point jumper

HOU

Steal

5–5

14:03 · 1st Half

Chase McCarty Steal.

HOU

Substitution

5–5

14:12 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

5–5

14:12 · 1st Half

Kalifa Sakho subbing out for Houston

HOU

PersonalFoul

5–5

14:12 · 1st Half

Foul on Chase McCarty.

HOU

+2 Points

5–5

14:27 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings makes 17-foot jumper

HOU

+3 Points

3–3

15:12 · 1st Half

Emanuel Sharp makes 24-foot three point jumper (Milos Uzan assists)

HOU

Defensive Rebound

3–0

15:29 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings Defensive Rebound.

HOU

PersonalFoul

2–0

15:31 · 1st Half

Foul on Kalifa Sakho.

HOU

JumpShot

2–0

16:00 · 1st Half

Emanuel Sharp misses 28-foot three point jumper

HOU

Defensive Rebound

2–0

16:02 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings Defensive Rebound.

HOU

Substitution

2–0

16:13 · 1st Half

Chase McCarty subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

2–0

16:13 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. subbing out for Houston

HOU

Substitution

2–0

16:13 · 1st Half

Kalifa Sakho subbing in for Houston

HOU

Substitution

2–0

16:13 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler subbing out for Houston

HOU

JumpShot

2–0

16:40 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. misses 17-foot jumper

HOU

Defensive Rebound

2–0

16:58 · 1st Half

Milos Uzan Defensive Rebound.

HOU

Block Shot

2–0

16:58 · 1st Half

Joseph Tugler Block.

HOU

LayUpShot

2–0

17:05 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings misses driving layup

HOU

Defensive Rebound

2–0

17:13 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.

HOU

Block Shot

2–0

17:13 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Block.

HOU

JumpShot

2–0

17:43 · 1st Half

Milos Uzan misses 23-foot three point jumper

HOU

JumpShot

2–0

18:29 · 1st Half

Kingston Flemings misses 14-foot jumper

HOU

Defensive Rebound

2–0

18:35 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. Defensive Rebound.

HOU

PersonalFoul

2–0

19:01 · 1st Half

Foul on Joseph Tugler.

HOU

JumpShot

2–0

19:03 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. misses 13-foot jumper

HOU

JumpShot

0–0

19:47 · 1st Half

Chris Cenac Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper

HOU

Jumpball

0–0

19:59 · 1st Half

Jump Ball won by Houston