National Basketball Association
Illinois 77, Chicago St. 53
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, November 22, 2013
Where: State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois
Officials:
# Terry Oglesby, # Don Olson, # Johnny Wilkins
Attendance:
15488
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Illinois 77, Chicago State 53:
Jon Ekey scored 19 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the
Illini to a home win over the Cougars.
Rayvonte Rice, Tracy Abrams and
Joseph Bertrand each added 12 points for Illinois (5-0), which easily
won the boards battle, 39-20. Nnanna Egwu grabbed nine rebounds to
lead the Illini.
Clarke Rosenberg led Chicago
State (2-4) with 16 points, hitting 3-of-4 3-pointers. Matt Ross
chipped in 13 points.
Illinois jumped out quickly,
scoring 12 of the game's first 14 points, but Chicago State responded
with its own 15-6 run to get right back in it. It was a two-point
game with just under two minutes to play in the opening half when the Illini closed with
a 5-0 spurt to take a seven-point halftime lead.
The Cougars trailed by 13 with
just over 12 minutes to play before going on a 11-2 run to pull
within four with eight minutes left. But Ekey had 10 straight
points, including two 3-pointers, in a two-minute span to put the
Illini comfortably ahead for good.
GAME
NOTEBOOK: Chicago State G Quinton Pippen, the team's leading scorer,
was held more than six points below his average with nine points. …
This was the first game this season that Egwu hadn't scored 10
points, as he finished with six. … Illinois improved to a perfect
11-0 against the Cougars.
Top Game Performances
| Chicago St. |
|
Illinois |
|
Clarke Rosenberg 16 |
Scoring |
Jon Ekey 19 |
|
Quinton Pippen 3 |
Assists |
Tracy Abrams 5 |
|
Eddie Denard 5 |
Rebounds |
Nnanna Egwu 9 |
|
Eddie Denard 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Tracy Abrams 6 |
|
Nate Duhon 1 |
Steals |
Joseph Bertrand 2 |
|
Quinton Pippen 1 |
Blocks |
Nnanna Egwu 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Chicago St.
|
53 |
40.0 |
7-20 |
10-14 |
8 |
17 |
2 |
4 |
13 |
| Illinois
|
77 |
48.1 |
9-21 |
16-22 |
11 |
35 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
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