Arkansas Razorbacks vs Illinois Fighting Illini

Men's Basketball Championship - West Region - 1st Round

20-13

Final

	1	2	T
Illinois ILL	26	37	63
Arkansas ARK	36	37	73

Arkansas RazorbacksArkansasARK

21-13

Illinois Fighting Illini

starters
Dain DainjaD. Dainja#42
Matthew MayerM. Mayer#24
RJ MelendezR. Melendez#15
Coleman HawkinsC. Hawkins#33
Terrence Shannon Jr.T. Shannon Jr. #0
bench
Luke GoodeL. Goode#10
Ty RodgersT. Rodgers#20
Jayden EppsJ. Epps#3
Sencire HarrisS. Harris#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
23	5	1-2	0-0	3-6	6	0	2	0	2	0	6	1
22	2	0-6	0-5	2-3	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	2
26	10	4-8	2-4	0-0	6	3	0	1	0	0	6	4
34	10	3-9	2-6	2-2	4	3	6	3	1	1	3	1
31	20	5-10	0-3	10-13	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
23	6	2-4	2-3	0-0	4	1	0	1	0	1	3	5
23	6	3-5	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	4	1	0	3	2
6	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
12	2	1-3	0-0	0-2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1
	63	20-52	6-22	17-26	34	10	17	10	5	3	31	19
		38%	27%	65%

Arkansas Razorbacks

starters
Kamani JohnsonK. Johnson#20
Anthony BlackA. Black#0
Ricky Council IVR. Council IV#1
Nick Smith Jr.N. Smith Jr.#3
Davonte DavisD. Davis#4
bench
Jalen GrahamJ. Graham#11
Makhel MitchellMakhel Mitchell#22
Makhi MitchellMakhi Mitchell#15
Jordan WalshJ. Walsh#13
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
12	5	2-5	0-0	1-1	5	0	0	0	0	4	1	2
35	12	4-12	0-1	4-6	6	1	2	3	1	0	6	3
39	18	3-9	1-3	11-12	10	0	2	1	1	2	8	1
28	6	2-10	0-2	2-3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
30	16	7-14	2-4	0-0	6	1	4	4	0	1	5	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	9	4-5	0-0	1-2	7	1	0	0	2	1	6	3
27	6	2-8	0-1	2-3	4	1	1	3	0	2	2	4
	73	24-63	3-11	22-29	43	4	11	12	4	11	32	19
		38%	27%	76%

Game Information

Des Moines, IA

Referee:Sean Hull

Referee:Bert Smith

Referee:Brooks Wells

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

Southeastern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Florida	16-2	-	27-8
Arkansas	13-5	3	28-9
Alabama	13-5	3	25-10
Vanderbilt	11-7	5	27-9
Tennessee	11-7	5	25-12
Texas A&M	11-7	5	22-12
Georgia	10-8	6	22-11
Kentucky	10-8	6	22-14
Missouri	10-8	6	20-13
Texas	9-9	7	21-15
Auburn	7-11	9	22-16
Oklahoma	7-11	9	21-16
Mississippi State	5-13	11	13-19
Ole Miss	4-14	12	15-20
South Carolina	4-14	12	13-19
LSU	3-15	13	15-17

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