National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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