Mar 4, 2017 - Illinois at Rutgers - RealGM NCAA Game Preview

3/4/2017 Rutgers v. Illinois Game Preview

	Illinois Fighting Illini	(18-13, 5-7 away)
	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	(14-17, 11-7 home)

March 4, 2017 at 12:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Jersey Mike's Arena
Piscataway, New Jersey

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2016-2017 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Illinois	35	40.1	71.7	25.7	57.7	.445	7.7	20.9	.369	12.6	18.4	.687	9.1	24.6	33.8	13.5	5.6	2.4	12.4	18.3
Rutgers	33	40.2	65.5	24.5	59.6	.411	4.6	15.2	.303	11.9	19.1	.623	13.6	24.8	38.4	11.0	6.6	4.6	13.2	17.8
ILL Opponents	35	40.1	69.1	24.8	57.2	.434	7.0	21.0	.334	12.4	17.1	.727	8.3	23.8	32.1	11.3	5.3	2.8	13.2	18.6
RUTG Opponents	33	40.2	67.1	23.6	57.1	.413	7.0	21.5	.327	12.9	18.0	.719	10.1	23.5	33.6	13.5	6.5	5.1	13.0	18.3

Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 16, 2016	Rutgers	Illinois	66 - 82	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Feb 3, 2016	Illinois	Rutgers	110 - 101	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	Jersey Mike's Arena
Feb 3, 2015	Rutgers	Illinois	54 - 66	Illinois	Conference Regular Season	State Farm Center
Nov 26, 2005	Rutgers	Illinois	57 - 77	Illinois	Non-Conference Tournament	South Padre Island Convention 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 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	N. Johnson	C. Sanders	D. Freeman	I. Thiam	C. Gettys
Rotation		M. Williams	J. Laurent	C. Sa
Rotation			E. Omoruyi
Lim PT	J. Dadika	A. Smith	M. Bullock		S. Doorson
Lim PT	K. Batie				I. Diallo

Illinois Fighting Illini Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
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

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
23	Khalil Batie	G	7	2.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	.333	0.1	0.4	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
13	Matt Bullock	SF	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
10	Jake Dadika	G	11	4.8	0.2	0.1	0.3	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.1
32	Ibrahima Diallo	FC	18	8.3	0.8	0.3	1.4	.231	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.375	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.7
2	Shaquille Doorson	C	31	8.8	1.3	0.6	1.0	.562	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.5	.200	0.9	0.8	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.4	1.3
10	Joey Downes	PG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
33	Deshawn Freeman	SF	33	27.0	11.1	4.2	8.6	.482	0.2	0.5	.375	2.6	4.2	.620	2.8	4.9	7.8	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.9	2.6
34	C.J. Gettys	C	33	22.0	7.7	3.2	5.9	.544	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.667	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.6	2.5
0	Nigel Johnson	G	32	26.2	11.3	3.9	10.4	.377	1.3	3.8	.350	2.2	3.1	.700	0.4	2.9	3.3	2.0	1.2	0.1	1.4	0.9
4	Jonathan Laurent	SF	31	13.3	3.0	1.1	2.6	.425	0.1	0.5	.267	0.6	0.9	.714	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3
5	Eugene Omoruyi	F	33	12.0	2.4	0.9	2.5	.349	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	1.0	.625	1.0	1.2	2.2	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.5
1	Candido Sa	FC	32	13.5	3.1	1.2	3.0	.389	0.1	0.6	.211	0.7	1.4	.457	1.3	1.5	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.8	1.8
3	Corey Sanders	PG	33	30.4	12.8	4.9	12.9	.382	0.6	2.4	.266	2.3	3.8	.613	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.2	1.3	0.5	2.7	1.9
24	Aaren Smith	G	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Issa Thiam	SF	31	18.4	3.9	1.4	4.2	.333	1.0	3.2	.303	0.1	0.3	.500	0.4	1.4	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.1
5	Mike Williams	SG	33	26.2	9.4	3.3	8.4	.392	1.3	4.1	.319	1.5	2.0	.731	2.1	2.9	5.1	1.2	0.9	0.3	1.0	2.3

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