3/3/2019 Illinois v. Northwestern Game Preview

Northwestern Wildcats (12-17, 2-9 away)
Illinois Fighting Illini (11-18, 9-6 home)
March 3, 2019 at 6:30 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

State Farm Center
Champaign, Illinois

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2018-2019 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Northwestern3240.365.923.057.1.4027.323.3.31312.717.2.7358.224.532.714.15.54.210.918.2
Illinois3340.572.726.160.6.4317.822.8.34512.617.9.7029.721.831.413.57.42.613.221.2
NWU Opponents3240.365.123.255.3.4205.217.7.29313.418.8.7148.626.735.313.15.83.311.917.1
ILL Opponents3340.475.225.755.5.4636.519.7.33017.323.5.7359.725.435.113.75.83.715.818.5


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Jan 6, 2019
Illinois
Northwestern		 66 - 68
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Dec 1, 2017
Illinois
Northwestern		 68 - 72
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Allstate Arena
Feb 21, 2017
Northwestern
Illinois		 50 - 66
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Feb 7, 2017
Illinois
Northwestern		 68 - 61
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
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

2018-2019 Northwestern Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters A. Gaines R. Taylor V. Law M. Kopp D. Pardon
Rotation     A. Turner A. Falzon  
Rotation       P. Nance  
Lim PT   R. Greer     B. Benson
Lim PT   C. Hall      
Lim PT   J. Ash      
Lim PT   T. Malnati      

2018-2019 Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Frazier A. Dosunmu D. Williams A. Jordan G. Bezhanishvili
Rotation   A. Feliz K. Nichols   A. De La Rosa
Lim PT T. Underwood A. Griffin Z. Griffith T. Jones S. Kane
Lim PT D. Cayce S. Oladimeji      

Northwestern Wildcats Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
23 Jordan Ash SG 10 7.6 0.7 0.2 1.1 .182 0.1 0.6 .167 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.0 0.5 0.7
25 Barret Benson C 32 9.5 2.2 0.8 1.9 .403 0.1 0.2 .286 0.6 1.0 .562 0.8 2.2 3.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.6
35 Aaron Falzon PF 17 15.5 3.9 1.2 3.9 .313 1.1 3.5 .317 0.3 0.4 .833 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.6 1.4
11 Anthony Gaines GF 32 27.4 6.9 2.0 5.6 .356 0.4 1.6 .260 2.5 3.2 .769 1.0 3.6 4.7 2.2 0.8 0.6 1.2 2.4
2 Ryan Greer SG 28 8.9 1.5 0.6 2.0 .309 0.1 0.6 .235 0.1 0.3 .500 0.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.9 1.1
34 Charlie Hall F 2 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .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 0.5
10 Miller Kopp F 32 16.4 4.9 1.9 5.1 .370 0.7 2.2 .319 0.4 0.6 .700 0.5 1.7 2.2 1.1 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.6
4 Vic Law SG 30 33.4 15.0 5.0 12.7 .396 1.9 5.6 .335 3.1 3.9 .786 1.0 5.3 6.4 3.0 1.0 1.0 2.2 2.9
33 Tino Malnati G 2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
22 Pete Nance PF 23 12.9 2.9 1.1 3.3 .347 0.4 1.7 .263 0.2 0.5 .417 0.4 1.3 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.2
5 Dererk Pardon PF 32 33.1 14.0 5.4 9.5 .571 0.2 0.9 .214 3.0 4.3 .683 3.0 4.8 7.8 1.8 0.8 0.9 1.4 2.7
14 Ryan Taylor G 31 27.0 9.8 3.3 9.4 .353 1.9 5.8 .333 1.2 1.3 .902 0.3 1.5 1.9 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.7 2.4
21 A.J. Turner SF 32 29.9 8.7 2.9 7.5 .389 1.2 3.7 .328 1.7 2.1 .779 0.2 2.2 2.3 2.8 0.6 0.3 1.9 2.0
15 Ryan Young PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Illinois Fighting Illini Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
15 Giorgi Bezhanishvili PF 33 26.1 12.5 5.1 9.5 .542 0.2 0.9 .167 2.2 3.3 .657 2.3 2.9 5.2 0.8 0.7 0.8 2.4 3.8
3 Drew Cayce G 7 2.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 .333 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1
12 Adonis De La Rosa C 26 8.8 2.3 0.7 2.1 .352 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.2 .710 0.8 1.0 1.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.9
11 Ayo Dosunmu PG 32 31.2 13.8 5.1 11.7 .436 1.6 4.4 .352 2.1 3.0 .695 0.7 3.3 4.0 3.2 1.2 0.2 2.2 2.0
10 Andres Feliz SG 33 22.4 8.3 2.9 6.5 .451 0.3 1.1 .270 2.2 2.8 .755 0.6 2.3 2.9 2.2 1.0 0.0 1.5 2.5
1 Trent Frazier SG 32 30.5 13.7 4.6 11.2 .411 2.5 6.2 .406 2.0 2.6 .759 0.3 2.0 2.3 2.6 1.4 0.0 2.0 2.3
0 Alan Griffin SG 27 8.1 3.1 1.1 2.7 .397 0.5 1.6 .326 0.4 0.7 .611 0.7 0.7 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.7
4 Zach Griffith F 7 5.0 0.3 0.1 1.1 .125 0.0 0.4 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3
22 Anthony Higgs SF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 Tevian Jones PF 24 9.0 3.5 1.3 3.2 .408 0.5 1.8 .295 0.4 0.5 .909 0.7 0.7 1.4 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 1.2
23 Aaron Jordan SG 33 26.9 8.0 2.5 6.7 .367 1.8 4.3 .415 1.3 1.7 .782 1.3 3.3 4.6 1.5 0.9 0.4 0.7 2.5
34 Samba Kane C 17 5.1 1.6 0.8 1.3 .591 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.4 .143 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.6
2 Kipper Nichols F 33 18.2 5.7 2.3 5.4 .427 0.4 1.9 .219 0.7 1.2 .579 0.8 2.0 2.8 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.8 2.5
35 Samson Oladimeji G 9 2.8 0.2 0.1 0.4 .250 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3
32 Tyler Underwood G 16 4.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 .125 0.1 0.4 .167 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4
20 Da'Monte Williams SG 33 21.6 3.4 1.0 2.8 .344 0.4 1.2 .317 1.1 1.5 .700 0.8 2.7 3.5 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.7 2.0

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