National Basketball Association
Illinois 83, Indiana 80
When: 3:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Where: State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois
Officials:
# Bo Boroski, # Terry Oglesby, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
16618
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Illinois 83, Indiana 80 (OT):
Rayvonte Rice tallied a season-high 29 points and also had eight rebounds and
three steals to lead the host Illini past the
Hoosiers in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
Tracy Abrams added 17 points for
Illinois (12-2, 1-0 Big Ten), which won despite shooting 2-of-17 from
3-point range. Joseph Bertrand added 13 points and seven rebounds.
Yogi Ferrell had a career-high
30 points, including 5-of-8 3-pointers, to lead Indiana
(10-4, 0-1). Noah Vonleh had 16 points and nine rebounds, while Evan
Gordon contributed 10 points off the bench.
The game was close throughout,
with 17 ties and 12 lead changes. Ferrell's free throws with 48.7 seconds to play forced overtime.
Illinois jumped out to a
four-point lead in the extra period and, after Indiana had tied the
game on four free throws, took the lead for good on Abrams' layup
with 1:43 to play. The Illini were able to hang on despite hitting 6-of-10
from the free throw line the rest of the way.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Indiana committed
a season-high 23 turnovers, including six by Ferrell. … Illinois
held the Hoosiers without a field goal from the 6:44 mark of the
second half until Ferrell's 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds to play in
overtime. … The all-time series is now tied at 75 wins apiece.
Top Game Performances
Indiana |
|
Illinois |
Kevin Ferrell 30 |
Scoring |
Rayvonte Rice 29 |
Kevin Ferrell 4 |
Assists |
Tracy Abrams 3 |
Noah Vonleh 9 |
Rebounds |
Rayvonte Rice 8 |
Noah Vonleh 10 |
Free Throws Made |
Rayvonte Rice 11 |
Noah Vonleh 2 |
Steals |
Tracy Abrams 3 |
Noah Vonleh 4 |
Blocks |
Nnanna Egwu 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Indiana
|
80 |
41.1 |
10-22 |
24-30 |
11 |
41 |
6 |
3 |
23 |
Illinois
|
83 |
44.9 |
2-17 |
19-26 |
7 |
28 |
5 |
12 |
10 |