Western Kentucky 76, Illinois 72

March 19, 2009

Post-Season NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament

Moda Center (Portland, Oregon) - Neutral Site

Attendance: N/A

Officials: Mike Stuart, Kevin Brill, Rick Batsell

Team Rebounds: Western Kentucky (1) Illinois (1)

Technicals: Western Kentucky (0) Illinois (0)

  1 2 Final
WKU (25-8) 37 39 76
ILL (24-10) 28 44 72

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
WKU 73 103.6 98.1
ILL 73 98.1 103.6

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
WKU .563 0.204 0.257 0.232
ILL .532 0.164 0.143 0.079

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- A.J. Slaughter Starter SG 36:00 5-16 2-7 2-4 4.0 0 2 2 4 2 2 3 0 14
- Jeremy Evans Starter C 28:00 3-5 0-0 4-6 9.5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 10
- Orlando Mendez Starter PG 36:00 3-7 3-6 2-2 13.2 0 7 7 6 2 2 4 0 11
- Sergio Kerusch Starter SF 28:00 6-13 2-4 0-2 12.0 3 8 11 1 1 0 1 0 14
- Steffphon Pettigrew Starter PF 34:00 6-9 2-2 3-6 8.2 1 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 17
- D.J. Magley Bench C 13:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 6.8 3 3 6 1 3 2 1 0 4
- Anthony Sally Bench PG 22:00 1-1 0-0 2-2 3.5 0 2 2 3 1 1 4 0 4
- Matt Maresca Bench PF 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
  Team                   1            
        200 27-56 9-19 13-22 60.2 9 26 36 15 12 8 15 4 76
          48.2% 47.4% 59.1%                    

Illinois Fighting Illini

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Mike Tisdale Starter C 19:00 0-4 0-0 0-0 -4.2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0
- Calvin Brock Starter SF 28:00 6-11 0-2 2-3 14.9 3 7 10 3 4 1 1 1 14
- Trent Meacham Starter SG 38:00 9-15 4-7 2-2 18.0 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 0 24
- Demetri McCamey Starter PG 36:00 5-12 0-5 0-0 3.0 0 2 2 5 3 1 4 0 10
- Mike Davis Starter PF 37:00 6-9 0-0 0-0 13.5 0 9 9 2 3 2 1 0 12
- Bill Cole Bench PF 06:00 1-3 1-2 0-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
- Dominique Keller Bench SF 17:00 4-5 0-1 0-0 1.5 0 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 8
- Alex Legion Bench SG 07:00 0-3 0-1 0-0 1.5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
- Jeff Jordan Bench PG 12:00 0-1 0-0 1-2 -1.2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
  Team                   1            
        200 31-63 5-18 5-7 47.1 4 24 29 15 24 9 12 3 72
          49.2% 27.8% 71.4%                    

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Orlando Mendez
13.9p, 4.2r, 4a		 A.J. Slaughter
15.8p, 3.1r, 3.6a		 Sergio Kerusch
11.3p, 7.5r, 0.5a		 Steffphon Pettigrew
12.8p, 5.1r, 0.8a		 Jeremy Evans
8.7p, 5.7r, 0.3a
Rotation Anthony Sally
4.1p, 2.7r, 2.7a		  
 		  
 		  
 		 D.J. Magley
2.6p, 2.6r, 0.5a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Matt Maresca
0.6p, 1.6r, 0.4a		  
 

Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Demetri McCamey
11.5p, 2.6r, 4.6a		 Trent Meacham
10.2p, 2.5r, 2.7a		 Calvin Brock
5.3p, 3.2r, 0.9a		 Mike Davis
11.3p, 8.1r, 2a		 Mike Tisdale
10.2p, 4r, 0.6a
Rotation Jeff Jordan
1p, 0.4r, 1a		  
 		 Dominique Keller
5.9p, 2.3r, 0.2a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Alex Legion
3.5p, 1.5r, 0.5a		  
 		 Bill Cole
1.6p, 0.8r, 0.2a		  
 

Today's Games

(2) North Carolina 101
Radford 58
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(3) Memphis 81
Cal State Northridge 70
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(5) UConn 103
Chattanooga 47
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(6) Duke 86
Binghamton 62
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(7) Oklahoma 82
Morgan State 54
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(10) Gonzaga 77
Akron 64
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(11) Villanova 80
American University 67
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(15) Washington 71
Mississippi State 58
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(17) Purdue 61
Northern Iowa 56
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(18) UCLA 65
VCU 64
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(21) LSU 75
(22) Butler 71
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(24) Clemson 59
Michigan 62
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