Illinois Fighting Illini vs Houston Cougars

Men's Basketball Championship - South Region - 2nd Round

31-5

Final

	1	2	T
Houston HOU	30	38	68
Illinois ILL	26	27	53

Illinois Fighting IlliniIllinoisILL

23-10

Houston Cougars

starters
Josh CarltonJ. Carlton#25
Jamal SheadJ. Shead#1
Kyler EdwardsK. Edwards#11
Taze MooreT. Moore#4
Fabian White Jr.F. White Jr. #35
bench
J'Wan RobertsJ. Roberts#13
Ramon Walker Jr.R. Walker#3
Reggie ChaneyR. Chaney #32
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
20	7	3-5	0-0	1-1	6	0	1	0	1	3	3	4
37	18	7-13	1-2	3-3	1	3	3	3	0	1	0	3
38	15	5-16	4-12	1-2	6	4	1	2	0	0	6	2
33	21	9-16	0-3	3-5	7	1	2	2	1	3	4	0
27	6	1-8	1-5	3-4	7	2	1	0	0	3	4	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
13	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	2	2	3	1
12	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	6	0	0	1	2	3	3	4
	68	25-59	6-22	12-17	39	10	9	8	6	15	24	16
		42%	27%	71%

Illinois Fighting Illini

starters
Kofi CockburnK. Cockburn#21
Coleman HawkinsC. Hawkins#33
Alfonso PlummerA. Plummer#11
Da'Monte WilliamsD. Williams#20
Trent FrazierT. Frazier#1
bench
Benjamin Bosmans-VerdonkB. Bosmans-Verdonk#13
Luke GoodeL. Goode#10
RJ MelendezR. Melendez#15
Andre CurbeloA. Curbelo#5
Jacob GrandisonJ. Grandison#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
38	19	6-11	0-0	7-7	8	0	3	2	1	3	5	2
19	3	1-5	1-4	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	0	4	3
31	8	2-10	2-7	2-3	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	2
20	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	1	3	1	0	1	2	3
37	8	2-7	1-6	3-5	3	4	2	1	0	0	3	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	6	2-7	2-5	0-0	5	0	2	0	1	2	3	2
20	9	4-5	0-0	1-1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	53	17-50	6-25	13-16	33	11	17	6	2	11	22	15
		34%	24%	81%

Game Information

Pittsburgh, PA

CBS

Referee:Brian O'Connell

Referee:Mike Reed

Referee:Courtney Green

NCAA Division I

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

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

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