National Basketball Association
Iowa 68, Illinois 60
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
Officials:
# Pat Driscoll, # Donnie Eppler, # Earl Walton
Attendance:
14831
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Iowa 68, Illinois 60: Aaron White scored 20 of
his career-high 29 points in the second half as the host Hawkeyes downed the
Fighting Illini.
Jarrod Uthoff added six points and a game-high 10
rebounds for Iowa (18-10, 9-6 Big Ten), which notched its third straight win. The
Hawkeyes, who also received eight points from Gabriel Olaseni and six apiece
from Peter Jok, Josh Oglesby and Anthony Clemmons, hit 6-of-14 3-pointers and
finished with a 20-15 edge at the free-throw line.
Rayvonte Rice had 20 points and nine rebounds to
pace Illinois (17-11, 7-8), which suffered its third straight setback since opening
the month with a four-game win streak. Ahmad Starks, who started for point
guard Jaylon Tate (illness), added a season high-matching 19 points – including
five 3-pointers – for the Illini, which shot 33.3 percent from the field but
hit 15-of-16 free throws.
Iowa, which took a 33-32 lead into the second
half, fell behind 36-35 before White scored the Hawkeyes’ next 14 points as part
of a 23-12 run over the ensuing 11 minutes, allowing them to take
their first double-digit lead at 58-48 with 6:24 remaining. Illinois was able
to get within 63-58 on two Nnanna Egwu free throws with 1:17 left, but the
Hawkeyes went 5-of-6 at the line from there to close out the win.
Iowa grabbed an early 22-15 lead, but Starks
drained a pair of treys to fuel a 15-4 Illinois run, giving the visitors a
30-26 edge with 3:25 to play in the opening half. Then it was the Hawkeyes’
turn to heat up as they closed the half with a 7-2 mini-run to take the
one-point advantage into the break.
GAME NOTEBOOK: White now has 1,726 career points,
surpassing B.J. Armstrong (1,705) to move into fourth
place on Iowa’s all-time list. … Tate had started the last 12 games and was
averaging 3.9 points and 3.2 assists in 20.7 minutes, but did not play. … The
Hawkeyes improved to 17-1 when scoring 64 or more points.
Top Game Performances
| Illinois |
|
Iowa |
|
Rayvonte Rice 20 |
Scoring |
Aaron White 29 |
|
Kendrick Nunn 3 |
Assists |
Anthony Clemmons 4 |
|
Rayvonte Rice 9 |
Rebounds |
Jarrod Uthoff 10 |
|
Rayvonte Rice 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Aaron White 10 |
|
Nnanna Egwu 3 |
Steals |
Mike Gesell 2 |
|
Nnanna Egwu 1 |
Blocks |
Jarrod Uthoff 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Illinois
|
60 |
33.3 |
7-21 |
15-16 |
8 |
33 |
1 |
9 |
13 |
| Iowa
|
68 |
43.8 |
6-14 |
20-30 |
14 |
34 |
6 |
7 |
12 |
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