Michigan State Spartans @ Illinois Fighting Illini

60–53Final · Feb 22, 2015

MSU 60 ILL 53 Final

	1	2	T
MSU19-8	26	34	60
ILL17-10	22	31	53

· Line: MSU -1.5

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Branden Dawson made Layup.
2–0
Branden Dawson made Free Throw.
3–0
Denzel Valentine made Layup.
5–0
Rayvonte Rice made Three Point Jumper.
5–3
Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw.
5–4
Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw.
5–5
Ahmad Starks made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kendrick Nunn.
5–8
Ahmad Starks made Jumper.
5–10
Leron Black made Jumper. Assisted by Rayvonte Rice.
5–12
Denzel Valentine made Jumper.
7–12
Matt Costello made Layup.
9–12
Malcolm Hill made Two Point Tip Shot.
9–14
Branden Dawson made Dunk. Assisted by Denzel Valentine.
11–14
Bryn Forbes made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lourawls Nairn Jr..
14–14
Bryn Forbes made Layup.
16–14
Kendrick Nunn made Jumper.
16–16
Branden Dawson made Jumper.
18–16
Kendrick Nunn made Jumper.
18–18
Malcolm Hill made Free Throw.
18–19
Malcolm Hill made Free Throw.
18–20
Rayvonte Rice made Jumper.
18–22
Travis Trice made Free Throw.
19–22
Travis Trice made Free Throw.
20–22
Branden Dawson made Jumper.
22–22
Travis Trice made Jumper.
24–22
Travis Trice made Jumper.
26–22
Nnanna Egwu made Free Throw.
26–23
Denzel Valentine made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lourawls Nairn Jr..
29–23
Malcolm Hill made Jumper.
29–25
Denzel Valentine made Jumper.
31–25
Nnanna Egwu made Jumper.
31–27
Colby Wollenman made Dunk. Assisted by Denzel Valentine.
33–27
Malcolm Hill made Jumper.
33–29
Denzel Valentine made Free Throw.
34–29
Denzel Valentine made Free Throw.
35–29
Leron Black made Jumper. Assisted by Kendrick Nunn.
35–31
Travis Trice made Free Throw.
36–31
Travis Trice made Free Throw.
37–31
Malcolm Hill made Free Throw.
37–32
Travis Trice made Free Throw.
38–32
Kendrick Nunn made Free Throw.
38–33
Kendrick Nunn made Free Throw.
38–34
Branden Dawson made Layup. Assisted by Travis Trice.
40–34
Malcolm Hill made Free Throw.
40–35
Malcolm Hill made Free Throw.
40–36
Travis Trice made Free Throw.
41–36
Travis Trice made Free Throw.
42–36
Malcolm Hill made Free Throw.
42–37
Malcolm Hill made Free Throw.
42–38
Travis Trice made Layup.
44–38
Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw.
44–39
Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw.
44–40
Branden Dawson made Jumper. Assisted by Travis Trice.
46–40
Kendrick Nunn made Free Throw.
46–41
Denzel Valentine made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Travis Trice.
49–41
Travis Trice made Free Throw.
50–41
Travis Trice made Layup.
52–41
Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw.
52–42
Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw.
52–43
Jaylon Tate made Free Throw.
52–44
Jaylon Tate made Free Throw.
52–45
Rayvonte Rice made Layup.
52–47
Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw.
52–48
Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw.
52–49
Denzel Valentine made Free Throw.
53–49
Denzel Valentine made Free Throw.
54–49
Malcolm Hill made Layup. Assisted by Rayvonte Rice.
54–51
Travis Trice made Free Throw.
55–51
Travis Trice made Free Throw.
56–51
Denzel Valentine made Free Throw.
57–51
Denzel Valentine made Free Throw.
58–51
Denzel Valentine made Dunk. Assisted by Travis Trice.
60–51
Malcolm Hill made Layup. Assisted by Rayvonte Rice.
60–53

Play-by-play

P1 Branden Dawson made Layup. 2–0
P1 Foul on Jaylon Tate.
P1 Branden Dawson made Free Throw. 3–0
P1 Malcolm Hill missed Jumper.
P1 Gavin Schilling Defensive Rebound.
P1 Branden Dawson missed Jumper.
P1 Leron Black Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaylon Tate missed Jumper.
P1 Branden Dawson Block.
P1 Denzel Valentine Defensive Rebound.
P1 Denzel Valentine made Layup. 5–0
P1 Foul on Denzel Valentine.
P1 Rayvonte Rice missed Jumper.
P1 Gavin Schilling Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bryn Forbes Turnover.
P1 Rayvonte Rice made Three Point Jumper. 5–3
P1 Travis Trice missed Jumper.
P1 Nnanna Egwu Block.
P1 Michigan St Offensive Rebound.
P1 Lourawls Nairn Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Rayvonte Rice Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Bryn Forbes.
P1 Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw. 5–4
P1 Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw. 5–5
P1 Lourawls Nairn Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Nnanna Egwu Block.
P1 Michigan St Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Michigan St Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Ahmad Starks made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kendrick Nunn. 5–8
P1 Travis Trice missed Jumper.
P1 Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ahmad Starks made Jumper. 5–10
P1 Travis Trice missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Leron Black Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nnanna Egwu missed Jumper.
P1 Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ahmad Starks missed Jumper.
P1 Branden Dawson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Nnanna Egwu.
P1 Denzel Valentine missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Rayvonte Rice Defensive Rebound.
P1 Leron Black made Jumper. Assisted by Rayvonte Rice. 5–12
P1 Denzel Valentine made Jumper. 7–12
P1 Rayvonte Rice missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Denzel Valentine Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Rayvonte Rice.
P1 Marvin Clark Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Michigan St Offensive Rebound.
P1 Matt Costello made Layup. 9–12
P1 Kendrick Nunn missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Michigan St Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Travis Trice missed Layup.
P1 Branden Dawson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Branden Dawson missed Jumper.
P1 Austin Colbert Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaylon Tate missed Jumper.
P1 Matt Costello Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jaylon Tate.
P1 Travis Trice missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Malcolm Hill Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kendrick Nunn missed Jumper.
P1 Bryn Forbes Defensive Rebound.
P1 Denzel Valentine missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Michigan St Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Foul on Malcolm Hill.
P1 Alvin Ellis III missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Malcolm Hill Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Gavin Schilling.
P1 Foul on Alvin Ellis III.
P1 Kendrick Nunn missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Malcolm Hill Offensive Rebound.
P1 Malcolm Hill made Two Point Tip Shot. 9–14
P1 Branden Dawson missed Jumper.
P1 Rayvonte Rice Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Gavin Schilling.
P1 Rayvonte Rice missed Free Throw.
P1 Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Rayvonte Rice missed Free Throw.
P1 Branden Dawson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Branden Dawson made Dunk. Assisted by Denzel Valentine. 11–14
P1 Malcolm Hill missed Jumper.
P1 Lourawls Nairn Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bryn Forbes made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lourawls Nairn Jr.. 14–14
P1 Illinois Timeout
P1 Kendrick Nunn missed Jumper.
P1 Branden Dawson Block.
P1 Ahmad Starks Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ahmad Starks missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nnanna Egwu Offensive Rebound.
P1 Nnanna Egwu Turnover.
P1 Bryn Forbes Steal.
P1 Bryn Forbes made Layup. 16–14
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Kendrick Nunn made Jumper. 16–16
P1 Foul on Leron Black.
P1 Branden Dawson made Jumper. 18–16
P1 Kendrick Nunn missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ahmad Starks Offensive Rebound.
P1 Rayvonte Rice missed Jumper.
P1 Branden Dawson Block.
P1 Ahmad Starks Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kendrick Nunn made Jumper. 18–18
P1 Foul on Matt Costello.
P1 Matt Costello Turnover.
P1 Kendrick Nunn missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Michigan St Defensive Rebound.
P1 Travis Trice missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Foul on Matt Costello.
P1 Malcolm Hill made Free Throw. 18–19
P1 Malcolm Hill made Free Throw. 18–20
P1 Lourawls Nairn Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Rayvonte Rice Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Malcolm Hill.
P1 Malcolm Hill Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Foul on Colby Wollenman.
P1 Colby Wollenman Turnover.
P1 Rayvonte Rice made Jumper. 18–22
P1 Foul on Kendrick Nunn.
P1 Travis Trice made Free Throw. 19–22
P1 Travis Trice made Free Throw. 20–22
P1 Nnanna Egwu missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Alvin Ellis III Defensive Rebound.
P1 Branden Dawson made Jumper. 22–22
P1 Rayvonte Rice missed Jumper.
P1 Branden Dawson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Travis Trice missed Jumper.
P1 Colby Wollenman Offensive Rebound.
P1 Colby Wollenman missed Two Point Tip Shot.
P1 Nnanna Egwu Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Travis Trice.
P1 Jaylon Tate missed Free Throw.
P1 Alvin Ellis III Defensive Rebound.
P1 Travis Trice made Jumper. 24–22
P1 Ahmad Starks Turnover.
P1 Michigan St Timeout
P1 Travis Trice made Jumper. 26–22
P1 Rayvonte Rice missed Jumper.
P1 Travis Trice Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Bryn Forbes.
P2 Malcolm Hill Turnover.
P2 Denzel Valentine missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Michigan St Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Foul on Leron Black.
P2 Branden Dawson missed Jumper.
P2 Leron Black Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Gavin Schilling.
P2 Nnanna Egwu missed Free Throw.
P2 Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Nnanna Egwu made Free Throw. 26–23
P2 Foul on Leron Black.
P2 Foul on Jaylon Tate.
P2 Bryn Forbes missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Branden Dawson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Denzel Valentine made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lourawls Nairn Jr.. 29–23
P2 Kendrick Nunn missed Jumper.
P2 Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Foul on Matt Costello.
P2 Malcolm Hill made Jumper. 29–25
P2 Foul on Colby Wollenman.
P2 Malcolm Hill missed Free Throw.
P2 Branden Dawson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Malcolm Hill.
P2 Denzel Valentine made Jumper. 31–25
P2 Foul on Lourawls Nairn Jr..
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Nnanna Egwu made Jumper. 31–27
P2 Colby Wollenman made Dunk. Assisted by Denzel Valentine. 33–27
P2 Malcolm Hill made Jumper. 33–29
P2 Denzel Valentine missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kendrick Nunn Defensive Rebound.
P2 Malcolm Hill missed Jumper.
P2 Denzel Valentine Defensive Rebound.
P2 Denzel Valentine missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ahmad Starks Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Marvin Clark Jr..
P2 Malcolm Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Travis Trice Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ahmad Starks.
P2 Denzel Valentine Turnover.
P2 Rayvonte Rice Steal.
P2 Rayvonte Rice missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Denzel Valentine Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jaylon Tate.
P2 Denzel Valentine made Free Throw. 34–29
P2 Denzel Valentine made Free Throw. 35–29
P2 Leron Black made Jumper. Assisted by Kendrick Nunn. 35–31
P2 Travis Trice missed Jumper.
P2 Leron Black Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ahmad Starks Turnover.
P2 Travis Trice Steal.
P2 Foul on Rayvonte Rice.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Travis Trice made Free Throw. 36–31
P2 Travis Trice made Free Throw. 37–31
P2 Ahmad Starks missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Travis Trice Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Leron Black.
P2 Gavin Schilling missed Free Throw.
P2 Nnanna Egwu Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Branden Dawson.
P2 Malcolm Hill made Free Throw. 37–32
P2 Malcolm Hill missed Free Throw.
P2 Denzel Valentine Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nnanna Egwu.
P2 Travis Trice missed Free Throw.
P2 Michigan St Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Travis Trice made Free Throw. 38–32
P2 Nnanna Egwu missed Jumper.
P2 Denzel Valentine Defensive Rebound.
P2 Branden Dawson missed Jumper.
P2 Malcolm Hill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Branden Dawson.
P2 Kendrick Nunn made Free Throw. 38–33
P2 Kendrick Nunn made Free Throw. 38–34
P2 Branden Dawson made Layup. Assisted by Travis Trice. 40–34
P2 Foul on Branden Dawson.
P2 Malcolm Hill made Free Throw. 40–35
P2 Malcolm Hill made Free Throw. 40–36
P2 Foul on Kendrick Nunn.
P2 Travis Trice made Free Throw. 41–36
P2 Travis Trice made Free Throw. 42–36
P2 Foul on Marvin Clark Jr..
P2 Malcolm Hill made Free Throw. 42–37
P2 Malcolm Hill made Free Throw. 42–38
P2 Travis Trice made Layup. 44–38
P2 Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw. 44–39
P2 Foul on Denzel Valentine.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw. 44–40
P2 Branden Dawson made Jumper. Assisted by Travis Trice. 46–40
P2 Foul on Lourawls Nairn Jr..
P2 Kendrick Nunn missed Free Throw.
P2 Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Kendrick Nunn made Free Throw. 46–41
P2 Denzel Valentine made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Travis Trice. 49–41
P2 Illinois Timeout
P2 Nnanna Egwu missed Jumper.
P2 Denzel Valentine Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nnanna Egwu.
P2 Travis Trice missed Free Throw.
P2 Michigan St Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Travis Trice made Free Throw. 50–41
P2 Ahmad Starks missed Jumper.
P2 Denzel Valentine Defensive Rebound.
P2 Travis Trice made Layup. 52–41
P2 Illinois Timeout
P2 Malcolm Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Branden Dawson.
P2 Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw. 52–42
P2 Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw. 52–43
P2 Alvin Ellis III Turnover.
P2 Jaylon Tate missed Jumper.
P2 Jaylon Tate Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Matt Costello.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Jaylon Tate made Free Throw. 52–44
P2 Jaylon Tate made Free Throw. 52–45
P2 Denzel Valentine Turnover.
P2 Rayvonte Rice Steal.
P2 Rayvonte Rice made Layup. 52–47
P2 Lourawls Nairn Jr. Turnover.
P2 Kendrick Nunn Steal.
P2 Malcolm Hill missed Jumper.
P2 Nnanna Egwu Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kendrick Nunn missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Denzel Valentine Defensive Rebound.
P2 Michigan St Timeout
P2 Travis Trice missed Layup.
P2 Kendrick Nunn Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaylon Tate missed Jumper.
P2 Lourawls Nairn Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Denzel Valentine missed Jumper.
P2 Branden Dawson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Branden Dawson Turnover.
P2 Jaylon Tate Steal.
P2 Rayvonte Rice missed Jumper.
P2 Rayvonte Rice Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Matt Costello.
P2 Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw. 52–48
P2 Rayvonte Rice made Free Throw. 52–49
P2 Michigan St Timeout
P2 Foul on Rayvonte Rice.
P2 Denzel Valentine made Free Throw. 53–49
P2 Denzel Valentine made Free Throw. 54–49
P2 Illinois Timeout
P2 Rayvonte Rice missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Lourawls Nairn Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Travis Trice Turnover.
P2 Kendrick Nunn Steal.
P2 Malcolm Hill made Layup. Assisted by Rayvonte Rice. 54–51
P2 Michigan St Timeout
P2 Branden Dawson Turnover.
P2 Illinois Timeout
P2 Kendrick Nunn missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Travis Trice Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Malcolm Hill.
P2 Travis Trice made Free Throw. 55–51
P2 Travis Trice made Free Throw. 56–51
P2 Rayvonte Rice missed Jumper.
P2 Lourawls Nairn Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Rayvonte Rice.
P2 Denzel Valentine made Free Throw. 57–51
P2 Denzel Valentine made Free Throw. 58–51
P2 Jaylon Tate missed Layup.
P2 Travis Trice Defensive Rebound.
P2 Denzel Valentine made Dunk. Assisted by Travis Trice. 60–51
P2 Malcolm Hill made Layup. Assisted by Rayvonte Rice. 60–53

Box score

MSU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Gavin SchillingF	13	0	0-0	0-0	0-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Branden DawsonF	36	13	6-11	0-0	1-1	7	0	2	0	3	3	4	4
Lourawls Nairn Jr.G	34	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	0	4	2
Denzel ValentineG	33	20	6-12	2-7	6-6	9	2	2	0	0	0	9	2
Bryn ForbesG	16	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
Marvin Clark IIF	3	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Matt CostelloF	19	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
Colby WollenmanF	8	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Alvin Ellis IIIG	9	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Travis Trice IIG	29	18	4-13	0-3	10-12	5	4	1	1	0	0	5	1
Matt Van DykF
Kenny GoinsF
Trevor BohnhoffF
Javon BessG
Eron HarrisG
Keenan WetzelG

ILL

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Leron BlackF	13	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Nnanna EgwuF	36	3	1-5	0-1	1-2	4	0	1	0	2	2	2	3
Kendrick NunnG	38	7	2-11	0-6	3-4	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	2
Malcolm HillG	32	17	5-11	0-2	7-9	4	0	2	0	0	1	3	4
Jaylon TateG	19	2	0-5	0-0	2-3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
Austin ColbertF	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Maverick MorganC	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rayvonte RiceG	36	15	3-12	1-4	8-10	5	3	0	2	0	1	4	4
Ahmad StarksG	21	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	3	1	1
Cameron LissF
Michael FinkeF
Ryan SchmidtG
Alex AustinG
Mike La TulipG
Tracy AbramsG

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