Coverage: BTN
7:30 PM ET, December 27, 2011
State Farm Center, Champaign, IL
Top Performers
Minnesota: R. Sampson III 22 Pts, 9 Reb, 3 Ast, 2 Blk
Illinois: M. Leonard 20 Pts, 11 Reb, 1 Ast, 5 Blk
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Rodney Williams, F | 34 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Ralph Sampson III, F-C | 39 | 8-19 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| Julian Welch, G | 40 | 4-13 | 2-5 | 5-7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Maverick Ahanmisi, G | 37 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Austin Hollins, G | 38 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Chip Armelin, G | 8 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Elliott Eliason, C | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oto Osenieks, F | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Coleman, G | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Andre Hollins, G | 16 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Andre Ingram, F | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 26-69 | 4-14 | 16-18 | 10 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 72 | ||
| 37.7% | 28.6% | 88.9% | ||||||||||
| Illinois Fighting Illini | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Tyler Griffey, F | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Meyers Leonard, C | 42 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| Sam Maniscalco, G | 36 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brandon Paul, G | 48 | 5-16 | 3-8 | 8-10 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| D.J. Richardson, G | 42 | 5-13 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Joseph Bertrand, G | 31 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Tracy Abrams, G | 23 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Shaw, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nnanna Egwu, F-C | 20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 28-60 | 7-21 | 18-22 | 8 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 81 | ||
| 46.7% | 33.3% | 81.8% | ||||||||||
Officials: Ed Hightower, Ted Valentine, Larry Scirotto
Attendance: 15,549



