Northwestern Wildcats vs. Illinois Fighting Illini

Feb 23, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NU	37	25	62
ILL	19	47	66

Game Recap

Shannon’s surge rallies Illinois past No. 21 Northwestern. Terrence Shannon Jr. shook off a slow start in his return from a concussion, scoring 24 of his 26 points in the second half as Illinois rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to beat No. 21 Northwestern 66-62 on Thursday night.

Player Stats

NORTHWESTERN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
31Robbie Beran	16	1-3	1-2	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	3	3
34Matthew Nicholson	25	0-1	0-0	2-4	5	2	1	1	0	2	2
3Ty Berry	36	1-8	0-3	0-0	7	0	3	0	3	3	2
0Boo Buie	35	12-24	6-11	5-6	3	0	0	0	3	1	35
1Chase Audige	38	3-14	1-3	0-0	3	2	4	0	4	3	7
2Nick Martinelli	3	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Tydus Verhoeven	15	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	5	2
13Brooks Barnhizer	32	4-9	1-2	2-2	6	1	1	0	0	1	11


TOTAL	-	22-6334.9%	9-2142.9%	9-1275.0%	29	7	11	2	10	18	62

ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
42Dain Dainja	15	1-2	0-0	1-2	5	0	0	1	3	0	3
24Matthew Mayer	32	2-9	2-7	8-10	8	2	0	2	6	2	14
15RJ Melendez	18	2-4	1-2	0-0	6	1	1	0	1	1	5
33Coleman Hawkins	31	3-9	0-5	0-0	4	0	3	1	0	1	6
3Jayden Epps	14	0-5	0-3	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
12Brandon Lieb	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Luke Goode	7	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
20Ty Rodgers	30	3-5	0-0	0-0	8	1	0	0	1	4	6
1Sencire Harris	24	3-4	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	3	6
0Terrence Shannon Jr.	28	8-10	4-5	6-9	1	0	1	1	3	3	26
TOTAL	-	22-5044.0%	7-2429.2%	15-2171.4%	36	6	6	6	16	16	66

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNUILL

(19:40) Boo Buie missed Jumper.
(19:36) RJ Melendez Defensive Rebound.
(19:26) Matthew Mayer Turnover.
+3 (19:15) Robbie Beran made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matthew Nicholson.
30
(18:49) Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:47) Dain Dainja Offensive Rebound.
(18:45) Dain Dainja Turnover.
(18:27) Robbie Beran missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:19) RJ Melendez Defensive Rebound.
(18:05) Jayden Epps missed Jumper.
(18:01) Matthew Nicholson Defensive Rebound.
(17:59) Boo Buie Turnover.
(17:59) RJ Melendez Steal.
+2 (17:54) RJ Melendez made Layup.
32
+3 (17:45) Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper.
62
(17:32) Foul on Boo Buie.
(17:21) RJ Melendez missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:13) Ty Berry Defensive Rebound.
(17:12) Ty Berry Turnover.
(17:12) Coleman Hawkins Steal.
(17:07) Matthew Mayer missed Jumper.
(17:04) Matthew Nicholson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:50) Boo Buie made Jumper.
82
+2 (16:31) Dain Dainja made Layup.
84
+3 (16:15) Chase Audige made Three Point Jumper.
114
(15:54) Dain Dainja missed Layup.
(15:54) Robbie Beran Block.
(15:53) Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(15:52) Matthew Mayer Turnover.
(15:37) Boo Buie missed Jumper.
(15:37) Illinois Defensive Rebound.
(15:15) Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:13) Matthew Mayer Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:09) Coleman Hawkins made Layup. Assisted by Matthew Mayer.
116
+3 (14:52) Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tydus Verhoeven.
146
(14:29) Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:25) Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
(14:08) Ty Berry missed Jumper.
(14:06) Ty Rodgers Defensive Rebound.
(14:03) Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:59) Coleman Hawkins Offensive Rebound.
(13:56) Foul on Tydus Verhoeven.
+2 (13:48) Ty Rodgers made Jumper.
148
(13:25) Ty Berry missed Jumper.
(13:25) Dain Dainja Block.
(13:19) Ty Rodgers Defensive Rebound.
(13:17) Terrence Shannon Jr. Turnover.
(13:17) Chase Audige Steal.
(13:02) Boo Buie missed Jumper.
(13:00) Dain Dainja Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:51) Terrence Shannon Jr. made Jumper.
1410
(12:27) Brooks Barnhizer missed Layup.
(12:23) Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
(12:22) Nick Martinelli missed Jumper.
(12:22) Luke Goode Block.
(12:17) Ty Rodgers Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:09) Ty Rodgers made Jumper.
1412
(11:40) Nick Martinelli missed Jumper.
(11:38) Dain Dainja Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:33) Sencire Harris made Jumper.
1414
(11:32) Northwestern Timeout.
+2 (11:20) Chase Audige made Layup.
1614
(10:58) Luke Goode missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:52) Chase Audige Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:35) Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chase Audige.
1914
(10:09) Luke Goode Turnover.
+3 (9:54) Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tydus Verhoeven.
2214
(9:37) RJ Melendez Turnover.
(9:37) Chase Audige Steal.
(9:13) Tydus Verhoeven missed Layup.
(9:09) Luke Goode Defensive Rebound.
(9:06) Foul on Robbie Beran.
(9:06) Dain Dainja missed Free Throw.
(9:06) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (9:06) Dain Dainja made Free Throw.
2215
(8:43) Brooks Barnhizer missed Jumper.
(8:43) Matthew Mayer Block.
(8:37) Brooks Barnhizer Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:36) Brooks Barnhizer made Jumper.
2415
(8:18) Jayden Epps missed Layup.
(8:13) RJ Melendez Offensive Rebound.
(8:13) RJ Melendez missed Layup.
(8:12) Robbie Beran Defensive Rebound.
(8:03) Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:00) Matthew Mayer Defensive Rebound.
(7:58) Foul on Tydus Verhoeven.
(7:57) Terrence Shannon Jr. Turnover.
(7:57) Chase Audige Steal.
(7:39) Chase Audige missed Jumper.
(7:37) Dain Dainja Defensive Rebound.
(7:37) Foul on Chase Audige.
(7:16) Dain Dainja Turnover.
(7:16) Robbie Beran Steal.
(6:46) Chase Audige missed Jumper.
(6:43) Matthew Nicholson Offensive Rebound.
(6:43) Matthew Nicholson missed Layup.
(6:43) Northwestern Offensive Rebound.
(6:42) Chase Audige missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:38) Matthew Mayer Defensive Rebound.
(6:26) Jayden Epps missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:22) Robbie Beran Defensive Rebound.
(6:05) Foul on Terrence Shannon Jr..
(5:55) Foul on Matthew Mayer.
(5:54) Chase Audige Turnover.
(5:54) Coleman Hawkins Steal.
+2 (5:49) Sencire Harris made Dunk. Assisted by Ty Rodgers.
2417
(5:28) Foul on Terrence Shannon Jr..
+1 (5:28) Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw.
2517
+1 (5:28) Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw.
2617
(5:16) Foul on Matthew Nicholson.
(5:16) Matthew Mayer missed Free Throw.
(5:16) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(5:16) Matthew Mayer missed Free Throw.
(5:13) Ty Berry Defensive Rebound.
(4:59) Ty Berry missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:56) Terrence Shannon Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(4:44) Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:41) Ty Berry Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:26) Brooks Barnhizer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chase Audige.
2917
(3:58) Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:52) Coleman Hawkins Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:52) Coleman Hawkins made Layup.
2919
(3:35) Ty Berry missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:29) Tydus Verhoeven Offensive Rebound.
(3:28) Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:25) Chase Audige Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:15) Boo Buie made Layup.
3119
(3:15) Foul on Terrence Shannon Jr..
+1 (3:15) Boo Buie made Free Throw.
3219
(2:48) Luke Goode missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:44) Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
(2:26) Ty Berry missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:23) RJ Melendez Defensive Rebound.
(2:00) Matthew Mayer missed Jumper.
(2:00) Northwestern Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:00) Foul on Luke Goode.
+2 (1:32) Boo Buie made Layup.
3419
(1:04) Dain Dainja Turnover.
(1:04) Ty Berry Steal.
(0:59) Chase Audige missed Dunk.
(0:59) Chase Audige Offensive Rebound.
(0:59) Matthew Mayer Block.
(0:57) Foul on RJ Melendez.
+3 (0:52) Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brooks Barnhizer.
3719
(0:35) Sencire Harris Turnover.
(0:35) Brooks Barnhizer Steal.
(0:31) Brooks Barnhizer missed Layup.
(0:28) Brooks Barnhizer Offensive Rebound.
(0:16) Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:13) Sencire Harris Defensive Rebound.
(0:07) Matthew Mayer missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:04) Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
(0:01) Boo Buie missed Jumper.
(0:01) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

ILL

62Points66

22-63(34.9%)Field Goal(%)22-50(44.0%)

9-21(42.9%)3-Point(%)7-24(29.2%)

9-12(75.0%)Free Throw(%)15-21(71.4%)

31(12)Rebounds(Offensive)40(10)

7Assists6

11Steals6

2Blocks6

10Turnovers16

18(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

18Largest Lead4

Game Details

Thursday, February 23, 2023 · 9:00 PM

State Farm Center · Champaign, IL

attendance: 15,544 (100%)

tv: BTN

spread: ILL -7.5

over/under: 136.5