2/7/2017 Northwestern v. Illinois Game Preview

Illinois Fighting Illini (14-11, 3-6 away)
Northwestern Wildcats (18-6, 12-2 home)
February 7, 2017 at 8:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Welsh-Ryan Arena
Evanston, Illinois

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2016-2017 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Illinois3540.171.725.757.7.4457.720.9.36912.618.4.6879.124.633.813.55.62.412.418.3
Northwestern3640.071.125.458.1.4367.120.7.34213.317.7.7489.924.734.615.05.34.910.619.2
ILL Opponents3540.169.124.857.2.4347.021.0.33412.417.1.7278.323.832.111.35.32.813.218.6
NWU Opponents3640.065.522.756.3.4036.519.4.33313.620.3.66910.723.534.211.95.73.911.817.8


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 13, 2016
Illinois
Northwestern		 56 - 58
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 28, 2015
Northwestern
Illinois		 60 - 86
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 14, 2015
Illinois
Northwestern		 72 - 67
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 12, 2014
Illinois
Northwestern		 43 - 49
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 17, 2013
Illinois
Northwestern		 62 - 41
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 17, 2013
Northwestern
Illinois		 68 - 54
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Feb 5, 2012
Northwestern
Illinois		 74 - 70
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 4, 2012
Illinois
Northwestern		 57 - 56
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 5, 2011
Illinois
Northwestern		 70 - 71
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 6, 2011
Northwestern
Illinois		 63 - 88
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 23, 2010
Illinois
Northwestern		 68 - 73
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 30, 2009
Northwestern
Illinois		 83 - 89
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Feb 12, 2009
Illinois
Northwestern		 60 - 59
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 27, 2008
Northwestern
Illinois		 37 - 70
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Feb 18, 2007
Northwestern
Illinois		 37 - 48
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Feb 7, 2007
Illinois
Northwestern		 58 - 43
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 15, 2006
Northwestern
Illinois		 47 - 63
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 21, 2006
Illinois
Northwestern		 58 - 47
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Mar 11, 2005
Northwestern
Illinois		 51 - 68
Illinois		 Conference Tournament United Center
Feb 23, 2005
Northwestern
Illinois		 48 - 84
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 15, 2005
Illinois
Northwestern		 78 - 66
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 28, 2004
Northwestern
Illinois		 56 - 66
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 14, 2004
Illinois
Northwestern		 60 - 70
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Mar 14, 2003
Northwestern
Illinois		 65 - 94
Illinois		 Conference Tournament United Center
Feb 22, 2003
Northwestern
Illinois		 61 - 73
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season United Center

2016-2017 Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Abrams J. Coleman-Lands M. Hill L. Black M. Morgan
Rotation T. Lucas J. Tate K. Nichols M. Finke M. Thorne
Lim PT C. Jones A. Jordan D. Williams    
Lim PT   A. Austin C. Liss    
Lim PT   S. Oladimeji      

2016-2017 Northwestern Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters B. McIntosh S. Lindsey S. Lumpkin V. Law D. Pardon
Rotation I. Brown   N. Taphorn G. Skelly  
Lim PT   J. Ash C. Hall A. Falzon B. Benson

Illinois Fighting Illini Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
13 Tracy Abrams G 35 24.2 8.6 3.0 7.0 .426 1.5 3.6 .402 1.2 1.7 .712 0.2 2.7 2.9 2.3 1.0 0.2 1.3 2.0
44 Alex Austin G 9 2.2 0.4 0.2 0.9 .250 0.0 0.4 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
12 Leron Black SF 31 20.2 8.1 3.3 7.2 .453 0.4 1.2 .297 1.3 1.7 .722 1.8 4.5 6.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 1.2 2.9
5 Jalen Coleman-Lands SG 35 24.3 8.0 2.7 7.3 .366 2.0 5.3 .380 0.6 0.7 .840 0.2 2.1 2.3 1.0 0.7 0.1 1.0 2.1
43 Michael Finke PF 32 19.8 6.9 2.6 5.4 .483 1.2 2.8 .411 0.5 1.0 .548 1.5 2.7 4.2 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.9 1.4
21 Malcolm Hill G 35 33.3 17.2 5.4 12.4 .434 1.9 5.2 .355 4.6 5.8 .784 1.0 4.1 5.1 2.9 1.2 0.4 1.9 2.1
41 Clayton Jones G 9 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 .333 0.1 0.2 .500 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
23 Aaron Jordan SG 24 6.9 1.0 0.3 1.2 .286 0.2 0.8 .300 0.0 0.2 .167 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.8
45 Cameron Liss F 1 4.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Te'Jon Lucas G 31 20.7 4.8 1.5 3.7 .409 0.4 1.0 .375 1.4 2.3 .592 0.2 1.6 1.9 3.1 1.0 0.0 1.6 1.9
22 Maverick Morgan C 35 25.6 9.9 4.1 7.6 .540 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.7 .656 1.7 2.8 4.5 0.9 0.3 0.8 1.7 2.2
2 Kipper Nichols F 21 13.6 4.9 1.9 4.1 .453 0.6 1.3 .444 0.6 1.0 .619 0.9 2.0 2.9 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.7 2.2
35 Samson Oladimeji G 7 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.4 .667 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
1 Jaylon Tate G 26 15.7 2.4 0.7 1.8 .383 0.1 0.4 .182 0.9 1.3 .686 0.3 1.0 1.3 2.8 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.2
33 Mike Thorne C 23 13.8 5.2 2.3 4.1 .547 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.5 .457 1.2 2.2 3.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.1 2.2
0 D.J. Williams SF 17 8.8 2.3 1.0 2.4 .425 0.1 0.6 .200 0.2 0.3 .600 0.2 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.4

Northwestern Wildcats Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
23 Jordan Ash SG 26 4.0 0.6 0.2 0.8 .250 0.2 0.6 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4
25 Barret Benson C 32 7.9 2.0 0.8 1.4 .591 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.7 .565 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.6
12 Isiah Brown PG 35 14.8 6.3 2.0 6.0 .332 0.5 1.9 .284 1.8 2.3 .768 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.2 0.5 0.2 1.1 1.7
35 Aaron Falzon PF 3 6.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3
34 Charlie Hall F 7 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Rapolas Ivanauskas SF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  Samm Jones PG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4 Vic Law SG 36 32.1 12.3 4.1 10.1 .403 1.6 4.1 .399 2.5 3.4 .738 1.3 4.6 5.8 1.8 1.1 0.5 1.6 2.7
20 Scottie Lindsey SG 32 30.6 14.1 5.1 12.0 .424 1.8 5.6 .322 2.1 2.5 .840 0.5 3.3 3.8 2.3 0.9 0.3 1.4 2.3
34 Sanjay Lumpkin F 36 27.8 6.0 2.1 3.8 .558 0.4 1.4 .300 1.3 1.9 .681 1.4 4.0 5.4 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.7 3.1
33 Tino Malnati G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
30 Bryant McIntosh G 36 34.2 14.8 5.5 13.7 .404 1.2 3.8 .307 2.6 3.0 .870 0.2 2.5 2.8 5.2 0.7 0.1 2.7 2.1
5 Dererk Pardon PF 28 30.8 8.6 3.6 6.0 .611 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 2.4 .544 3.2 4.8 8.0 1.1 0.8 1.8 1.1 2.7
44 Gavin Skelly F 36 17.7 5.9 2.0 4.3 .465 0.5 1.7 .300 1.4 1.9 .754 1.4 2.2 3.7 1.3 0.3 1.2 1.3 2.8
32 Nathan Taphorn F 35 12.2 4.5 1.5 3.1 .473 1.1 2.4 .470 0.4 0.5 .812 0.3 1.1 1.5 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.2

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