West Virginia Mountaineers vs Illinois Fighting Illini

NIT SEASON TIP-OFF

4-2

Final

	1	2	T
Illinois ILL	29	28	57
West Virginia WVU	48	41	89

West Virginia MountaineersWest VirginiaWVU

4-0

Illinois Fighting Illini

starters
Michael FinkeM. Finke#43
Maverick MorganM. Morgan#22
Malcolm HillM. Hill#21
Jaylon TateJ. Tate#1
Tracy AbramsT. Abrams#13
bench
Leron BlackL. Black#12
Mike Thorne Jr.M. Thorne Jr.#33
Te'Jon LucasT. Lucas#3
Aaron JordanA. Jordan#23
Jalen Coleman-LandsJ. Coleman-Lands#5
D.J. WilliamsD.J. Williams#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
27	13	5-10	2-4	1-2	4	1	3	1	0	3	1	2
14	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2
28	7	2-8	1-5	2-4	4	0	3	0	0	2	2	2
23	3	1-5	0-0	1-2	6	4	3	0	0	2	4	2
23	4	2-6	0-2	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	6	2-4	0-0	2-2	9	0	3	0	0	2	7	4
16	12	6-6	0-0	0-1	7	0	0	0	0	3	4	1
16	4	1-1	0-0	2-3	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	2
5	4	1-2	1-2	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	2	1-5	0-3	0-1	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	4
14	0	0-6	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
	57	22-56	4-17	9-17	40	10	24	2	1	16	24	24
		39%	24%	53%

West Virginia Mountaineers

starters
Sagaba KonateS. Konate#50
Esa AhmadE. Ahmad#23
Nathan AdrianN. Adrian#11
Tarik PhillipT. Phillip#12
Jevon CarterJ. Carter#2
bench
Maciej BenderM. Bender#25
Logan RouttL. Routt#21
Lamont WestL. West#15
Elijah MaconE. Macon#45
Brandon WatkinsB. Watkins#20
Chase HarlerC. Harler#14
Teyvon MyersT. Myers#0
James BoldenJ. Bolden#3
Daxter Miles Jr.D. Miles Jr.#4
James LongJ. Long#13
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
9	5	2-6	0-0	1-4	4	0	1	0	1	4	0	1
20	9	3-6	0-0	3-7	5	2	0	0	0	3	2	1
22	13	4-7	0-0	5-8	8	3	0	1	0	2	6	2
23	7	3-9	0-2	1-2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	2
28	10	4-8	2-5	0-0	6	5	2	6	0	0	6	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
8	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	7	2-5	1-4	2-2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	3
12	9	3-4	0-0	3-3	6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0
13	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0
6	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
20	8	3-9	0-0	2-4	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	2
5	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
17	8	3-6	2-5	0-0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	4
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	89	33-72	6-19	17-30	44	15	6	15	3	19	25	19
		46%	32%	57%

West Virginia turns a steal into a dunk

0:19

WVU's Adrian deflects an inbounds pass, turns into trick pass

0:16

West Virginia tips it in as time expires in the first half

0:21

Game Information

Brooklyn, NY

ESPNU

Referee:Pat Driscoll

Referee:Lamar Simpson

Referee:Brian O'Connell

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

Big 12 Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Arizona	16-2	-	36-3
Houston	14-4	2	30-7
Iowa State	12-6	4	29-8
Kansas	12-6	4	24-11
Texas Tech	12-6	4	23-11
TCU	11-7	5	23-12
BYU	9-9	7	23-12
UCF	9-9	7	21-12
West Virginia	9-9	7	21-14
Cincinnati	9-9	7	18-15
Colorado	7-11	9	17-16
Arizona State	7-11	9	17-16
Oklahoma State	6-12	10	20-15
Baylor	6-12	10	17-17
Kansas State	3-15	13	12-20
Utah	2-16	14	10-22

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