Coverage: ESPN/WatchESPN
7:00 PM ET, February 21, 2012
Value City Arena, Columbus, OH
Top Performers
Illinois: M. Leonard 21 Pts, 5 Reb, 2 Ast, 2 Stl, 1 Blk
Ohio State: D. Thomas 19 Pts, 5 Reb
| Illinois Fighting Illini | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Tyler Griffey, F | 15 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Meyers Leonard, C | 36 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Brandon Paul, G | 32 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 5-6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| D.J. Richardson, G | 36 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Tracy Abrams, G | 22 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Sam Maniscalco, G | 22 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Joseph Bertrand, G | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Shaw, F | 6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Myke Henry, G-F | 9 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Ibby Djimde, F-C | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nnanna Egwu, F-C | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 25-63 | 3-18 | 14-17 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 67 | ||
| 39.7% | 16.7% | 82.4% | ||||||||||
| Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jared Sullinger, F | 27 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Deshaun Thomas, F | 32 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 5-6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| William Buford, G | 26 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Aaron Craft, G | 31 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Lenzelle Smith, Jr., G | 20 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Evan Ravenel, F | 9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| J.D. Weatherspoon, F | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Trey McDonald, C | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaQuinton Ross, F | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Shannon Scott, G | 22 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Siebert, G | 6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sam Thompson, F | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Amir Williams, C | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 32-49 | 7-13 | 12-18 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 83 | ||
| 65.3% | 53.8% | 66.7% | ||||||||||
Officials: Pat Driscoll, Mike Eades, Terry Wymer
Attendance: 18,481
