Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Illinois Fighting Illini

Dec 3, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
RUTG	23	28	51
ILL	43	43	86

Game Recap

Plummer, Cockburn lead Illinois past Rutgers 86-51. Alfonso Plummer scored 24 points, Kofi Cockburn had a double-double and Illinois cruised to an 86-51 victory over Rutgers on Friday night in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

Player Stats

RUTGERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
45Jaden Jones	27	4-14	2-4	0-0	5	1	2	0	0	2	10
24Ron Harper Jr.	26	1-9	1-3	2-2	4	0	0	0	1	0	5
11Clifford Omoruyi	22	4-9	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	2	8
4Paul Mulcahy	26	2-11	0-2	0-0	2	4	1	0	1	3	4
22Caleb McConnell	24	2-7	1-3	0-0	4	4	2	1	3	1	5
3Mawot Mag	15	3-5	2-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	8
1Oskar Palmquist	12	1-3	1-2	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	3
21Dean Reiber	6	1-1	0-0	0-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
5Aundre Hyatt	11	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
35Ralph Gonzales-Agee	18	2-5	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	1	2	2	4
2Jalen Miller	13	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	4	2


TOTAL	-	21-6830.9%	7-1741.2%	2-450.0%	27	14	5	2	13	15	51

ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
21Kofi Cockburn	27	4-8	0-0	5-6	15	2	0	2	1	1	13
33Coleman Hawkins	28	4-8	1-3	0-0	3	2	3	2	2	1	9
11Alfonso Plummer	31	8-15	3-8	5-5	3	1	0	0	2	0	24
20Da'Monte Williams	26	2-6	2-4	0-0	4	5	2	1	1	1	6
1Trent Frazier	29	2-10	2-8	0-0	5	5	1	0	2	1	6
12Brandon Lieb	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
4Omar Payne	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0
10Luke Goode	10	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
15RJ Melendez	5	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
3Jacob Grandison	18	7-11	2-5	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	2	16
0Brandin Podziemski	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
22Austin Hutcherson	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	32-6648.5%	12-3336.4%	10-1190.9%	45	19	8	6	10	10	86

Play-by-Play

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1st halfRUTGILL

(19:43) Ron Harper Jr. missed Jumper.
(19:39) Da'Monte Williams Defensive Rebound.
(19:28) Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:23) Ron Harper Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(19:12) Cliff Omoruyi missed Jumper.
(19:09) Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:55) Alfonso Plummer made Jumper.
02
(18:33) Foul on Cliff Omoruyi.
(18:33) Cliff Omoruyi Turnover.
(18:18) Da'Monte Williams missed Jumper.
(18:15) Da'Monte Williams Offensive Rebound.
(18:11) Alfonso Plummer missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:07) Ron Harper Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:03) Caleb McConnell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Mulcahy.
32
(17:50) Kofi Cockburn Turnover.
(17:50) Jaden Jones Steal.
+2 (17:39) Cliff Omoruyi made Layup. Assisted by Caleb McConnell.
52
+3 (17:19) Coleman Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Da'Monte Williams.
55
(16:58) Jaden Jones missed Jumper.
(16:58) Da'Monte Williams Block.
(16:53) Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.
(16:49) Trent Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:45) Ron Harper Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(16:23) Paul Mulcahy missed Jumper.
(16:18) Trent Frazier Defensive Rebound.
(16:14) Trent Frazier Turnover.
(16:14) Jaden Jones Steal.
(16:05) Jaden Jones missed Jumper.
(16:05) Ron Harper Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(16:01) Paul Mulcahy missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:57) Omar Payne Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:52) Da'Monte Williams made Three Point Jumper.
58
+2 (15:36) Paul Mulcahy made Jumper.
78
(15:21) Jacob Grandison Turnover.
(15:21) Paul Mulcahy Steal.
(15:17) Paul Mulcahy missed Layup.
(15:14) Trent Frazier Defensive Rebound.
(15:05) Omar Payne Turnover.
(15:05) Caleb McConnell Steal.
(14:56) Jaden Jones missed Jumper.
(14:52) Omar Payne Defensive Rebound.
(14:50) Da'Monte Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:46) Ralph Gonzales-Agee Defensive Rebound.
(14:43) Caleb McConnell Turnover.
(14:18) Coleman Hawkins Turnover.
(14:04) Jalen Miller missed Layup.
(14:00) Omar Payne Defensive Rebound.
(13:44) Trent Frazier missed Jumper.
(13:41) Caleb McConnell Defensive Rebound.
(13:36) Aundre Hyatt missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:32) Omar Payne Defensive Rebound.
(13:24) Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:17) Jacob Grandison Offensive Rebound.
(13:13) Alfonso Plummer Turnover.
(13:00) Aundre Hyatt Turnover.
(13:00) Coleman Hawkins Steal.
+2 (12:45) Alfonso Plummer made Jumper. Assisted by Luke Goode.
710
(12:30) Caleb McConnell missed Jumper.
(12:27) Da'Monte Williams Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:17) Luke Goode made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.
713
(12:16) Rutgers Timeout.
(12:07) Foul on Paul Mulcahy.
+2 (11:53) Alfonso Plummer made Layup.
715
(11:35) Ron Harper Jr. Turnover.
(11:35) Coleman Hawkins Steal.
(11:23) Luke Goode missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:21) Alfonso Plummer Offensive Rebound.
(11:21) Foul on Paul Mulcahy.
+3 (11:14) Alfonso Plummer made Three Point Jumper.
718
(10:54) Foul on Kofi Cockburn.
(10:48) Aundre Hyatt Turnover.
(10:48) Da'Monte Williams Steal.
(10:41) Alfonso Plummer missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:40) Rutgers Defensive Rebound.
(10:14) Foul on Da'Monte Williams.
+1 (10:14) Ron Harper Jr. made Free Throw.
818
+1 (10:14) Ron Harper Jr. made Free Throw.
918
+3 (9:57) Jacob Grandison made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alfonso Plummer.
921
(9:33) Ron Harper Jr. missed Layup.
(9:33) Coleman Hawkins Block.
(9:32) Jacob Grandison Defensive Rebound.
(9:32) Foul on Aundre Hyatt.
+2 (9:19) Kofi Cockburn made Layup. Assisted by Jacob Grandison.
923
+2 (9:07) Caleb McConnell made Jumper.
1123
(8:46) Alfonso Plummer missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:42) Cliff Omoruyi Defensive Rebound.
(8:33) Caleb McConnell Turnover.
(8:09) Trent Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:06) Kofi Cockburn Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:04) Kofi Cockburn made Layup.
1125
(7:34) Ron Harper Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:31) Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.
(7:15) Jacob Grandison missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:11) Jacob Grandison Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:10) Jacob Grandison made Layup.
1127
(7:09) Rutgers Timeout.
+2 (6:52) Jaden Jones made Jumper.
1327
+2 (6:19) Jacob Grandison made Jumper. Assisted by Trent Frazier.
1329
(6:06) Caleb McConnell missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:02) Omar Payne Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:56) Jacob Grandison made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trent Frazier.
1332
+2 (5:42) Paul Mulcahy made Jumper.
1532
(5:16) Jacob Grandison missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:15) Rutgers Deadball Team Rebound.
(5:15) Foul on Luke Goode.
+3 (4:49) Jaden Jones made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Caleb McConnell.
1832
(4:43) Foul on Jalen Miller.
(4:41) Trent Frazier Turnover.
(4:11) Paul Mulcahy missed Layup.
(4:11) Omar Payne Block.
(4:11) Rutgers Turnover.
(4:11) Rutgers Deadball Team Rebound.
+2 (3:59) Jacob Grandison made Jumper. Assisted by Trent Frazier.
1834
+2 (3:55) Ralph Gonzales-Agee made Layup. Assisted by Caleb McConnell.
2034
(3:32) Foul on Jalen Miller.
+1 (3:32) Alfonso Plummer made Free Throw.
2035
(3:32) Technical Foul on Jalen Miller.
+1 (3:32) Alfonso Plummer made Free Throw.
2036
(3:13) Alfonso Plummer missed Layup.
(3:09) Jaden Jones Defensive Rebound.
(3:00) Caleb McConnell missed Jumper.
(2:58) Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:49) Kofi Cockburn made Dunk. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.
2038
(2:24) Jaden Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:20) Alfonso Plummer Defensive Rebound.
(2:20) Foul on Caleb McConnell.
+1 (2:20) Alfonso Plummer made Free Throw.
2039
+1 (2:20) Alfonso Plummer made Free Throw.
2040
(2:00) Ron Harper Jr. missed Jumper.
(1:55) Jaden Jones Offensive Rebound.
(1:55) Jaden Jones missed Layup.
(1:53) Jaden Jones Offensive Rebound.
(1:53) Jaden Jones missed Jumper.
(1:53) Coleman Hawkins Block.
(1:47) Jaden Jones Offensive Rebound.
+3 (1:44) Ron Harper Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Jones.
2340
(1:36) Foul on Ralph Gonzales-Agee.
+1 (1:36) Kofi Cockburn made Free Throw.
2341
+1 (1:36) Kofi Cockburn made Free Throw.
2342
(1:28) Ron Harper Jr. missed Jumper.
(1:23) Trent Frazier Defensive Rebound.
(1:05) Coleman Hawkins missed Jumper.
(1:05) Ralph Gonzales-Agee Block.
(1:04) Rutgers Defensive Rebound.
(0:52) Paul Mulcahy Turnover.
(0:39) Trent Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:35) Kofi Cockburn Offensive Rebound.
(0:33) Foul on Ralph Gonzales-Agee.
+1 (0:33) Kofi Cockburn made Free Throw.
2343
(0:32) Kofi Cockburn missed Free Throw.
(0:31) Oskar Palmquist Defensive Rebound.
(0:10) Foul on Trent Frazier.
(0:05) Cliff Omoruyi missed Jumper.
(0:00) Kofi Cockburn Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

RUTG

ILL

51Points86

21-68(30.9%)Field Goal(%)32-66(48.5%)

7-17(41.2%)3-Point(%)12-33(36.4%)

2-4(50.0%)Free Throw(%)10-11(90.9%)

33(13)Rebounds(Offensive)47(13)

14Assists19

5Steals8

2Blocks6

14Turnovers10

15(2)Fouls(Technical)10(0)

3Largest Lead35

Game Details

Friday, December 3, 2021 · 7:00 PM

State Farm Center · Champaign, IL

attendance: 14,501 (93.3%)

tv: ESPN2

spread: ILL -9.5

over/under: 133.5