National Basketball Association
Illinois 69, Wisconsin 61
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 2, 2011
Where: Assembly Hall-ILL, Champaign, Illinois
Officials:
# Paul Janssen, # Ray Perrone, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
16618
By SportsDirect Inc.
Demetri McCamey scored a game-high 21 points, including nine straight during a key second half surge as No. 25 Illinois held off 24th-ranked Wisconsin 69-61 in a Big Ten Conference battle of Top 25 teams Sunday night in Champaign, Ill.
Illinois (12-3, 2-0 Big Ten) took the lead for good at 25-23 with 8:20 left in the first half on a 3-pointer by Bill Cole, who added 11 points for the Fighting Illini. Illinois shot a sizzling 66.7 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes, but led only 37-34 at halftime.
Illinois equaled its largest lead of the second half at 53-42 before Wisconsin (11-3, 1-1 Big Ten) closed to 54-49 with 6:34 left before McCamey scored the Illini’s next nine points to put the game away. McCamey added seven assists for Illinois, which got a double-double from Mike Davis, who had 11 points and 14 rebounds. Illinois outrebounded the visiting Badgers 31-24.
Wisconsin, which had won three of its last four trips to Illinois, shot just 35 percent from the field, and only 29 percent from 3-point range (10-35). Jon Leuer and Jordan Taylor led the Badgers with 19 points.
Top Game Performances
| Wisconsin |
|
Illinois |
|
Jon Leuer 19 |
Scoring |
Demetri McCamey 21 |
|
Jordan Taylor 5 |
Assists |
Demetri McCamey 7 |
|
Keaton Nankivil 7 |
Rebounds |
Mike Davis 14 |
|
Jordan Taylor 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Demetri McCamey 11 |
|
Tim Jarmusz 1 |
Steals |
Brandon Paul 1 |
|
Jared Berggren 1 |
Blocks |
Mike Tisdale 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Wisconsin
|
61 |
35.0 |
10-35 |
9-12 |
13 |
24 |
2 |
3 |
|
| Illinois
|
69 |
56.1 |
6-12 |
17-22 |
14 |
31 |
3 |
2 |
|
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