1/29/2022 Northwestern v. Illinois Game Preview

January 29, 2022 at 4:30 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Welsh-Ryan Arena
Evanston, Illinois

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2021-2022 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Illinois3340.374.426.258.3.4488.924.9.35913.218.7.70610.926.337.215.25.23.012.316.3
Northwestern3140.673.026.662.2.4278.424.1.34711.515.9.7198.825.434.315.86.53.59.817.6
ILL Opponents3340.367.224.759.9.4135.717.7.32012.116.9.7159.322.431.810.26.62.910.818.1
NWU Opponents3140.569.923.855.7.4288.523.0.36913.819.2.7197.627.134.714.65.13.613.517.0


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Feb 16, 2021
Northwestern
Illinois
66 - 73
Illinois
Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Jan 7, 2021
Illinois
Northwestern
81 - 56
Illinois
Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 27, 2020
Illinois
Northwestern
74 - 66
Illinois
Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 18, 2020
Northwestern
Illinois
71 - 75
Illinois
Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
Mar 13, 2019
Northwestern
Illinois
69 - 74
Illinois
Conference Tournament United Center
Mar 3, 2019
Northwestern
Illinois
76 - 81
Illinois
Conference Regular Season State Farm Center
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

2021-2022 Illinois Fighting Illini Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters A. Plummer T. Frazier D. Williams J. Grandison K. Cockburn
Rotation A. Curbelo A. Hutcherson C. Hawkins    
Lim PT   B. Podziemski L. Goode B. Bosmans-Verdonk B. Lieb
Lim PT     R. Melendez O. Payne  
Lim PT       C. Serven  

2021-2022 Northwestern Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters B. Buie J. Roper II C. Audige R. Beran P. Nance
Rotation   R. Greer T. Berry R. Young  
Rotation     E. Williams C. Simmons  
Lim PT R. Dixon III D. Sandhu B. Barnhizer   M. Nicholson

Illinois Fighting Illini Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
13 Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk PF 24 7.8 1.6 0.7 1.5 .472 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.7 .294 1.0 1.1 2.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.2 1.4
21 Kofi Cockburn C 28 30.7 20.9 8.1 13.6 .593 0.0 0.0 .000 4.8 7.2 .655 3.4 7.2 10.6 0.8 0.8 1.0 2.3 2.4
5 Andre Curbelo PG 19 19.2 7.5 2.6 7.8 .329 0.3 1.8 .176 2.0 2.7 .745 0.6 2.5 3.1 3.2 0.7 0.1 2.8 2.3
1 Trent Frazier SG 31 34.7 11.6 3.9 9.8 .397 2.0 6.2 .328 1.8 2.1 .833 0.5 2.3 2.8 4.1 1.3 0.1 1.8 2.0
10 Luke Goode F 28 8.9 2.0 0.6 2.0 .327 0.6 1.5 .372 0.1 0.2 .667 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.9
3 Jacob Grandison F 30 25.1 9.6 3.4 7.5 .455 1.8 4.5 .410 0.9 1.1 .824 1.1 2.7 3.8 2.3 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.7
33 Coleman Hawkins SF 33 19.0 5.9 2.1 4.7 .442 0.6 2.0 .292 1.2 1.8 .650 1.4 2.8 4.3 1.5 0.8 0.5 1.4 1.9
22 Austin Hutcherson G 4 15.0 2.8 0.8 2.0 .375 0.0 1.0 .000 1.2 1.8 .714 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.2 1.5 1.0
12 Brandon Lieb C 10 2.3 0.8 0.4 0.5 .800 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4
15 R.J. Melendez F 22 8.5 3.8 1.3 2.3 .569 0.4 0.7 .600 0.8 0.9 .850 0.4 1.3 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.5
4 Omar Payne PF 32 7.4 1.8 0.7 1.1 .618 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.9 .536 0.6 1.1 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.6 1.8
11 Alfonso Plummer G 33 30.2 14.6 4.7 11.0 .424 3.0 7.3 .408 2.3 2.6 .874 0.3 2.1 2.5 1.1 0.3 0.0 1.3 1.6
0 Brandin Podziemski G 15 4.4 1.5 0.5 1.3 .421 0.2 0.9 .231 0.2 0.3 .750 0.1 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.5
2 Connor Serven F 6 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20 Da'Monte Williams SG 33 28.7 3.9 1.3 4.2 .307 0.8 2.4 .325 0.5 1.0 .531 1.0 4.0 5.0 2.5 0.8 0.3 0.9 1.7

Northwestern Wildcats Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
1 Chase Audige SG 24 26.9 9.8 3.7 10.8 .338 1.1 4.5 .250 1.4 1.9 .717 1.2 3.0 4.2 1.9 1.8 0.3 1.3 2.6
13 Brooks Barnhizer SF 10 7.9 1.9 0.6 2.6 .231 0.2 1.1 .182 0.5 0.6 .833 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.5
31 Robbie Beran PF 31 21.8 6.4 2.4 5.0 .468 1.0 2.6 .366 0.7 0.9 .750 0.9 3.3 4.3 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.4
3 Ty Berry G 31 22.2 7.4 2.5 6.5 .388 1.7 4.5 .388 0.6 1.0 .667 0.1 2.1 2.3 1.1 0.7 0.1 0.7 1.9
0 Boo Buie G 31 29.6 14.1 4.8 12.0 .397 2.0 5.9 .341 2.5 3.2 .796 0.5 2.1 2.5 4.3 0.8 0.1 1.9 1.9
53 Roy Dixon III G 6 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.3 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
2 Ryan Greer SG 31 19.2 3.9 1.4 3.6 .396 0.5 1.1 .400 0.6 0.6 .947 0.4 1.5 1.9 2.1 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.9
22 Pete Nance PF 30 27.2 14.6 5.5 11.1 .497 1.4 3.1 .452 2.1 2.7 .768 1.1 5.4 6.5 2.7 0.3 1.1 1.5 2.1
34 Matt Nicholson C 15 4.2 1.8 0.6 0.9 .692 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.1 .529 0.3 1.0 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.9
5 Julian Roper II GF 29 20.2 4.0 1.3 3.9 .342 0.6 1.8 .353 0.7 1.0 .714 1.1 2.3 3.4 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.4 1.7
54 Dylan Sandhu G 3 0.0 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 0.3
14 Casey Simmons GF 27 11.6 2.5 1.0 2.3 .413 0.1 0.6 .250 0.4 0.8 .545 0.7 0.9 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.6 1.1
21 Elyjah Williams F 29 12.8 3.3 1.4 3.1 .472 0.2 0.8 .217 0.2 0.6 .438 0.7 1.4 2.1 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.3
15 Ryan Young PF 31 17.2 9.0 3.4 6.0 .559 0.0 0.2 .167 2.2 3.3 .676 1.5 2.7 4.2 0.9 0.4 0.3 1.2 2.0

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