
Northwestern 83
(10-2, 0-1 Big Ten)

Illinois 89
(9-4, 1-0 Big Ten)
9:00 PM ET, December 30, 2009
State Farm Center, Champaign, IL
Top Performers
Northwestern: J. Shurna 27 Pts, 7 Reb, 4 Ast
Illinois: M. Tisdale 31 Pts, 11 Reb, 2 Stl, 2 Blk
| Northwestern Wildcats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Drew Crawford, G-F | 28 | 5-13 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Michael Thompson, G | 45 | 2-10 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Luka Mirkovic, C | 29 | 3-13 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| John Shurna, F | 44 | 9-23 | 4-9 | 5-5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Jeremy Nash, G | 43 | 5-14 | 5-12 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Alex Marcotullio, G | 21 | 4-9 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Nick Fruendt, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Rowley, C | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 28-84 | 16-47 | 11-15 | 12 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 83 | ||
| 33.3% | 34.0% | 73.3% | ||||||||||
| Illinois Fighting Illini | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Mike Davis, F | 42 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| D.J. Richardson, G | 41 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 5-6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Brandon Paul, G | 18 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Mike Tisdale, C | 39 | 11-14 | 0-0 | 9-11 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 31 |
| Demetri McCamey, G | 39 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jeff Jordan, G | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominique Keller, F | 7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Cole, F | 27 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Tyler Griffey, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 31-62 | 5-15 | 22-27 | 8 | 43 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 89 | ||
| 50.0% | 33.3% | 81.5% | ||||||||||
Officials: Jim Burr, Ed Corbett, Ed Hightower
Attendance: 16,618

