
(10) Michigan St 41
(17-5, 6-3 Big Ten)

Illinois 42
(16-6, 5-4 Big Ten)
Coverage: ESPN/WatchESPN
7:00 PM ET, January 31, 2012
State Farm Center, Champaign, IL
| Michigan State Spartans | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Draymond Green, F | 16 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Adreian Payne, F | 16 | 3-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Brandon Wood, G | 25 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Keith Appling, G | 34 | 1-11 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Branden Dawson, F | 28 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Austin Thornton, G | 28 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Derrick Nix, F | 24 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Alex Gauna, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandan Kearney, G | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Trice, G | 22 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 14-58 | 3-14 | 10-12 | 18 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 41 | ||
| 24.1% | 21.4% | 83.3% | ||||||||||
| Illinois Fighting Illini | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Meyers Leonard, C | 29 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Joseph Bertrand, G | 19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Paul, G | 40 | 6-17 | 1-6 | 5-9 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| D.J. Richardson, G | 39 | 4-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Tracy Abrams, G | 22 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Sam Maniscalco, G | 18 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Myke Henry, G-F | 17 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Ibby Djimde, F-C | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nnanna Egwu, F-C | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 15-46 | 3-17 | 9-17 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 42 | ||
| 32.6% | 17.6% | 52.9% | ||||||||||
Officials: Jim Burr, Glenn Mayborg, Pat Driscoll
Attendance: 15,629

