National Basketball Association
Illinois 64, Michigan 52
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 12, 2015
Where: State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois
Officials:
# Chris Beaver, # Terry Oglesby, # Larry Scirotto
Attendance:
8717
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lllinois 64, Michigan 52 (OT): Kendrick Nunn scored 21 points, including the game-tying 3-pointer, as the Fighting Illini outscored the visiting Wolverines 14-2 in overtime to earn their fourth straight win.
Ahmad Starks added 12 points and four steals off the bench while Malcolm Hill produced 11 points and six rebounds for Illinois (17-8, 7-5, Big Ten), which overcame 38.7 percent shooting. Rayvonte Rice finished with four points after missing the previous nine games due to injury/suspension while Nnanna Egwu secured 12 rebounds.
Spike Albrecht led the way with 13 points and five assists for Michigan (13-12, 6-7), which has dropped its last three overtime games. Max Bielfeldt tallied 12 points and seven rebounds while Aubrey Dawkins had nine points in a reserve role for the Wolverines, who blew a seven-point lead with less than five minutes to go.
Albrecht connected from beyond the arc to put the Wolverines ahead 48-41 before Nunn knocked down a jumper and drained a clutch 3-pointer to even the score at 50 with 1:25 left in regulation. Zak Irvin and Hill missed chances to win it late in regulation before Illinois ran off the first 14 points of overtime to snap an eight-game skid in the series with Michigan.
Bielfeldt scored six points as part of a 12-2 run to put the Wolverines in front 18-12 and they went on to take a 22-20 lead at intermission despite shooting 32.1 percent from the floor. Irvin and Dawkins buried back-to-back 3-pointers to put Michigan on top 36-28 before Hill scored nine straight points for the Fighting Illini a short time later as they trimmed the deficit to 43-39.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Illinois committed seven turnovers while Michigan finished with 12. … Fighting Illini G Jaylon Tate has made 28 straight free throws. … Wolverines PG Derrick Walton Jr. missed his fifth straight game with a toe injury.
Top Game Performances
Michigan |
|
Illinois |
Spike Albrecht 13 |
Scoring |
Kendrick Nunn 21 |
Spike Albrecht 5 |
Assists |
Ahmad Starks 4 |
Zak Irvin 8 |
Rebounds |
Nnanna Egwu 12 |
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Kendrick Nunn 5 |
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman 2 |
Steals |
Ahmad Starks 4 |
Zak Irvin 1 |
Blocks |
Nnanna Egwu 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Michigan
|
52 |
36.8 |
4-17 |
6-6 |
8 |
31 |
1 |
5 |
12 |
Illinois
|
64 |
38.7 |
7-22 |
9-13 |
13 |
38 |
5 |
10 |
7 |