1/16/2021 Illinois v. Ohio State Game Preview

Ohio State Buckeyes (11-3, 3-3 away)
Illinois Fighting Illini (9-5, 6-2 home)
January 16, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

State Farm Center
Champaign, Illinois

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2020-2021 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Ohio State3140.477.226.457.6.4598.122.6.36016.221.4.7569.426.135.513.14.53.510.618.4
Illinois3140.580.529.358.7.5006.517.6.37215.422.3.6909.828.738.516.35.72.813.017.7
OSU Opponents3140.471.124.758.7.4217.722.6.34013.919.7.7089.223.032.213.74.82.610.319.0
ILL Opponents3140.568.624.860.4.4116.519.7.32912.518.2.6877.621.529.111.26.73.811.419.6


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 5, 2020
Illinois
Ohio State		 63 - 71
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 14, 2019
Illinois
Ohio State		 63 - 56
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Dec 5, 2018
Ohio State
Illinois		 77 - 67
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season United Center
Feb 4, 2018
Illinois
Ohio State		 67 - 75
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 1, 2017
Ohio State
Illinois		 70 - 75
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 28, 2016
Ohio State
Illinois		 68 - 63
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 3, 2016
Illinois
Ohio State		 73 - 75
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 3, 2015
Illinois
Ohio State		 61 - 77
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 15, 2014
Ohio State
Illinois		 48 - 39
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 23, 2014
Illinois
Ohio State		 55 - 62
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Mar 10, 2013
Illinois
Ohio State		 55 - 68
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 5, 2013
Ohio State
Illinois		 55 - 74
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Feb 21, 2012
Illinois
Ohio State		 67 - 83
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 10, 2012
Ohio State
Illinois		 74 - 79
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Feb 22, 2011
Illinois
Ohio State		 70 - 89
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 22, 2011
Ohio State
Illinois		 73 - 68
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Mar 13, 2010
Illinois
Ohio State		 81 - 88
Ohio State		 Conference Tournament Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Mar 2, 2010
Illinois
Ohio State		 57 - 73
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 14, 2010
Ohio State
Illinois		 72 - 53
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Feb 22, 2009
Illinois
Ohio State		 70 - 68
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 20, 2009
Ohio State
Illinois		 49 - 67
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 22, 2008
Illinois
Ohio State		 58 - 64
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 3, 2008
Ohio State
Illinois		 74 - 58
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 6, 2007
Ohio State
Illinois		 62 - 44
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Feb 12, 2006
Illinois
Ohio State		 53 - 69
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Mar 6, 2005
Illinois
Ohio State		 64 - 65
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 5, 2005
Ohio State
Illinois		 65 - 84
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Mar 7, 2004
Illinois
Ohio State		 64 - 63
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 7, 2004
Ohio State
Illinois		 63 - 85
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Mar 16, 2003
Ohio State
Illinois		 59 - 72
Illinois		 Conference Tournament United Center
Feb 9, 2003
Ohio State
Illinois		 57 - 76
Illinois		 Conference Regular Season State Farm Center

2020-2021 Ohio State Buckeyes Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Washington, Jr. J. Ahrens M. Jallow J. Sueing E. Liddell
Rotation C. Walker   S. Towns K. Young  
Lim PT M. Johnson, Jr. J. Sotos E. Brown III Z. Key I. Diallo
Lim PT   A. Porter H. Hookfin    
Lim PT   J. Davidson      

2020-2021 Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters A. Miller T. Frazier A. Dosunmu J. Grandison K. Cockburn
Rotation A. Curbelo D. Williams   G. Bezhanishvili  
Lim PT E. Padilla T. Underwood C. Hawkins B. Bosmans-Verdonk B. Lieb
Lim PT     Z. Griffith C. Serven  
Lim PT       J. Hamlin  

Ohio State Buckeyes Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
10 Justin Ahrens SG 31 18.2 5.7 1.9 4.3 .433 1.7 4.1 .425 0.2 0.3 .700 0.2 1.7 1.9 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.2
3 Eugene Brown III SF 27 6.5 1.3 0.5 1.4 .351 0.3 0.9 .280 0.1 0.1 .500 0.3 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4
40 Jansen Davidson G 2 3.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.0 .750 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
15 Ibrahima Diallo C 5 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.8 .250 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
42 Harrison Hookfin F 4 3.0 1.5 0.8 1.5 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0
2 Musa Jallow SF 26 15.7 2.9 1.2 2.3 .508 0.0 0.7 .056 0.5 0.9 .565 0.6 1.6 2.2 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.6 2.1
0 Meechie Johnson, Jr. PG 17 5.8 1.2 0.4 1.1 .389 0.4 0.7 .500 0.1 0.4 .167 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4
23 Zed Key PF 31 11.7 5.2 2.0 3.2 .616 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.2 .551 1.5 1.9 3.4 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.8 1.9
32 E.J. Liddell PF 29 29.3 16.2 5.4 11.5 .474 0.9 2.8 .338 4.3 5.8 .746 1.8 4.9 6.7 1.8 0.7 1.1 1.6 3.0
0 Abel Porter G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1 Jimmy Sotos G 12 9.5 1.7 0.5 1.5 .333 0.4 1.2 .333 0.2 0.3 .750 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.2
14 Justice Sueing SF 31 28.2 10.7 3.5 7.2 .491 0.7 2.0 .361 3.0 4.0 .750 1.5 3.9 5.5 1.5 0.9 0.2 1.8 2.4
31 Seth Towns SF 25 10.9 3.8 1.3 3.0 .421 0.6 1.8 .341 0.6 0.8 .800 0.4 1.7 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.2
13 C.J. Walker PG 27 30.0 9.5 3.0 7.4 .410 0.5 1.8 .265 2.9 3.1 .940 0.4 2.8 3.2 4.4 0.9 0.1 2.0 2.6
4 Duane Washington, Jr. G 31 32.1 16.4 5.5 13.5 .410 2.9 7.7 .374 2.5 2.9 .835 0.2 3.2 3.4 2.9 0.4 0.0 2.2 1.6
25 Kyle Young PF 27 26.3 8.6 3.3 6.0 .543 0.5 1.1 .433 1.6 1.9 .846 1.8 3.7 5.5 1.3 0.4 0.6 0.5 2.7

Illinois Fighting Illini Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
15 Giorgi Bezhanishvili PF 31 14.7 5.1 2.2 4.0 .545 0.1 0.2 .500 0.7 1.1 .629 1.4 1.3 2.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.9 1.8
13 Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk PF 8 2.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
21 Kofi Cockburn C 31 27.0 17.7 6.9 10.5 .654 0.0 0.0 .000 3.9 7.0 .553 3.4 6.1 9.5 0.2 0.3 1.3 1.7 2.5
5 Andre Curbelo PG 31 21.5 9.1 3.5 7.1 .498 0.2 1.0 .161 1.9 2.6 .728 0.5 3.5 4.0 4.2 0.9 0.1 2.6 2.7
11 Ayo Dosunmu PG 28 35.2 20.1 7.5 15.4 .488 1.1 3.0 .386 4.0 5.1 .783 1.1 5.2 6.3 5.2 1.1 0.2 3.3 2.1
1 Trent Frazier SG 31 33.5 10.2 3.2 7.9 .400 1.8 4.9 .362 2.1 2.5 .831 0.2 2.6 2.7 2.7 1.3 0.1 1.5 2.5
3 Jacob Grandison F 30 15.2 4.6 1.7 3.2 .526 0.6 1.4 .415 0.7 0.8 .957 1.0 2.4 3.4 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.2
4 Zach Griffith F 7 3.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
34 Jermaine Hamlin PF 8 2.9 1.0 0.2 0.4 .667 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.6
33 Coleman Hawkins SF 25 6.2 1.4 0.4 1.2 .345 0.1 0.5 .231 0.5 0.8 .684 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.6
22 Austin Hutcherson G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 Brandon Lieb C 5 2.4 0.8 0.2 1.4 .143 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.0
44 Adam Miller PG 31 25.4 8.3 2.9 7.4 .391 1.7 4.9 .340 0.8 1.2 .684 0.3 2.5 2.8 0.8 0.6 0.0 1.1 2.3
10 Edgar Padilla G 6 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Connor Serven F 7 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3
32 Tyler Underwood G 7 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.4 .667 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3
20 Da'Monte Williams SG 31 25.0 5.5 1.7 3.3 .515 1.1 2.1 .547 1.0 1.5 .681 1.0 4.3 5.3 1.7 0.8 0.3 0.7 2.0

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