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From the vault · March 30, 2019 · 2019 NCAA tournament, Elite Eight: The Virginia Cavaliers beat the Purdue Boilermakers 80–75 in overtime in the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA tournament.

Minnesota Golden Gophers @ Illinois Fighting Illini 53–77

2006-01-25 · NCAA · State Farm Center, Champaign IL · Att. 16,618

Minnesota Golden Gophers 2005-06 · Illinois Fighting Illini 2005-06 · 2005-06 season

Team stats

MinnesotaIllinois
Field goals19-53 .35828-59 .475
Three-pointers4-13 .30810-23 .435
Free throws11-13 .84611-18 .611
Offensive rebounds1113
Defensive rebounds2124
Total rebounds3539
Assists718
Steals24
Blocks22
Turnovers148
Personal fouls1513
Technical fouls00
Largest lead226

Minnesota Golden Gophers

PlayerMINPTSFG3PFTOREBDREBREBASTSTLBLKTOPF
Vincent Grier G-F35145-150-04-502211032
Maurice Hargrow G34145-72-32-200040001
J'son Stamper F29104-70-02-2551001022
Adam Boone G2900-40-30-001100021
Spencer Tollackson C1742-60-00-021320111
Rico Tucker G2172-72-51-203300031
Jonathan Williams C1520-20-02-215600104
Dan Coleman F900-30-10-001100031
Zach Puchtel F700-00-00-001100002
Jamal Abu-Shamala G-F321-20-10-011200000
Ryan Saunders G100-00-00-000000000
Total5319-534-1311-131121357221415

FG .358 · 3P .308 · FT .846

Did not play: Brandon Smith

Illinois Fighting Illini

PlayerMINPTSFG3PFTOREBDREBREBASTSTLBLKTOPF
Dee Brown G37177-113-60-013451012
James Augustine F-C36135-130-03-3461031010
Rich McBride G2383-82-70-001130013
Brian Randle F20103-60-04-735800003
Shaun Pruitt C1973-60-01-220220213
Jamar Smith G25165-85-81-203322010
Chester Frazier G1700-10-10-001130021
Marcus Arnold F1441-30-02-420200011
Calvin Brock G721-20-10-012300000
Chris Hicks G200-10-00-001100000
Total7728-5910-2311-181324391842813

FG .475 · 3P .435 · FT .611

Did not play: Warren Carter, C.J. Jackson

Officials: Sid Rodeheffer, Gene Crawford, Terry Anderson

Play-by-play

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First half

  • 19:28 MINN Foul on Vincent Grier
  • 19:28 ILL Brian Randle made Free Throw. 0–1
  • 19:28 ILL Brian Randle made Free Throw. 0–2
  • 19:07 MINN J'son Stamper missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 19:07 ILL James Augustine Defensive Rebound.
  • 18:58 ILL Rich McBride missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 18:58 MINN Spencer Tollackson Defensive Rebound.
  • 18:44 MINN Vincent Grier made Two Point Layup. 2–2
  • 18:42 ILL Foul on Brian Randle
  • 18:42 MINN Vincent Grier made Free Throw. 3–2
  • 18:15 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. Assisted by James Augustine. 3–4
  • 18:03 ILL Foul on Brian Randle
  • 17:48 MINN Spencer Tollackson missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 17:48 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
  • 17:32 ILL James Augustine missed Two Point Layup.
  • 17:32 MINN Jonathan Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • 17:20 MINN Maurice Hargrow made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vincent Grier. 6–4
  • 17:11 MINN Foul on J'son Stamper
  • 17:02 ILL Rich McBride missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 17:02 ILL James Augustine Offensive Rebound.
  • 16:51 ILL Jamar Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rich McBride. 6–7
  • 16:37 MINN Vincent Grier missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 16:37 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
  • 16:13 MINN Dan Coleman missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 16:13 MINN Jonathan Williams Offensive Rebound.
  • 15:59 MINN Maurice Hargrow missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 15:59 ILL James Augustine Defensive Rebound.
  • 15:53 ILL Dee Brown made Two Point Jumper. 6–9
  • 15:40 MINN Dan Coleman missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 15:40 ILL James Augustine Defensive Rebound.
  • 15:17 ILL Official TV Timeout.
  • 15:02 MINN Vincent Grier made Two Point Jumper. 8–9
  • 14:41 ILL Marcus Arnold missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 14:41 MINN Dan Coleman Defensive Rebound.
  • 14:33 MINN Vincent Grier missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 14:33 ILL Jamar Smith Defensive Rebound.
  • 14:16 MINN Foul on Jonathan Williams
  • 14:16 ILL James Augustine made Free Throw. 8–10
  • 14:16 ILL James Augustine made Free Throw. 8–11
  • 13:38 ILL Dee Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 13:38 ILL Marcus Arnold Offensive Rebound.
  • 13:33 ILL Jamar Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 13:33 ILL Dee Brown Offensive Rebound.
  • 13:29 ILL James Augustine missed Two Point Tip Shot.
  • 13:29 MINN Jonathan Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • 13:05 ILL Foul on Dee Brown
  • 13:05 MINN Maurice Hargrow made Free Throw. 9–11
  • 13:05 MINN Maurice Hargrow made Free Throw. 10–11
  • 12:45 ILL Dee Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chester Frazier. 10–14
  • 12:06 MINN Rico Tucker missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 12:06 ILL Dee Brown Defensive Rebound.
  • 11:54 MINN Maurice Hargrow made Two Point Jumper. 12–14
  • 11:38 ILL James Augustine made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Shaun Pruitt. 12–16
  • 11:27 MINN Rico Tucker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Maurice Hargrow. 15–16
  • 10:55 ILL Dee Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 10:55 MINN Rico Tucker Defensive Rebound.
  • 10:38 ILL Foul on Rich McBride
  • 10:38 MINN Official TV Timeout.
  • 10:33 MINN J'son Stamper missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 10:32 MINN J'son Stamper Offensive Rebound.
  • 10:16 MINN Vincent Grier made Two Point Jumper. 17–16
  • 9:55 ILL Rich McBride made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chester Frazier. 17–19
  • 9:32 MINN Spencer Tollackson made Two Point Jumper. 19–19
  • 9:21 ILL Rich McBride made Three Point Jumper. 19–22
  • 9:11 ILL Foul on Rich McBride
  • 9:11 MINN Vincent Grier made Free Throw. 20–22
  • 9:11 MINN Vincent Grier made Free Throw. 21–22
  • 8:06 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 8:06 ILL James Augustine Offensive Rebound.
  • 8:05 ILL James Augustine made Two Point Tip Shot. 21–24
  • 7:48 MINN Vincent Grier missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 7:48 ILL Chester Frazier Defensive Rebound.
  • 7:35 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by James Augustine. 21–26
  • 7:32 MINN Minnesota Full Timeout.
  • 7:20 MINN Jonathan Williams missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 7:20 MINN Spencer Tollackson Offensive Rebound.
  • 7:15 MINN Maurice Hargrow made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Spencer Tollackson. 24–26
  • 6:55 ILL Marcus Arnold missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 6:55 MINN Adam Boone Defensive Rebound.
  • 6:46 MINN Official TV Timeout.
  • 6:11 ILL Dee Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 6:11 ILL Calvin Brock Offensive Rebound.
  • 6:10 ILL Calvin Brock made Two Point Layup. 24–28
  • 5:53 MINN Adam Boone missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 5:53 ILL Dee Brown Defensive Rebound.
  • 5:42 ILL Jamar Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Calvin Brock. 24–31
  • 5:19 ILL James Augustine missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 5:19 MINN Jonathan Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • 5:16 ILL Foul on Shaun Pruitt
  • 4:38 MINN Spencer Tollackson missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 4:38 ILL Jamar Smith Defensive Rebound.
  • 4:11 ILL James Augustine missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 4:11 MINN Vincent Grier Defensive Rebound.
  • 4:01 ILL Foul on Shaun Pruitt
  • 4:01 MINN Jonathan Williams made Free Throw. 25–31
  • 4:01 MINN Jonathan Williams made Free Throw. 26–31
  • 3:31 ILL Dee Brown missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 3:31 ILL Marcus Arnold Offensive Rebound.
  • 3:26 ILL Chester Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 3:26 MINN Jonathan Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • 3:07 ILL Foul on Dee Brown
  • 3:07 MINN Official TV Timeout.
  • 3:07 MINN Rico Tucker missed Free Throw.
  • 3:07 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
  • 3:07 MINN Rico Tucker made Free Throw. 27–31
  • 2:32 ILL Jamar Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chester Frazier. 27–34
  • 2:11 MINN Rico Tucker missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 2:11 ILL James Augustine Defensive Rebound.
  • 1:55 MINN Foul on Jonathan Williams
  • 1:55 ILL Marcus Arnold made Free Throw. 27–35
  • 1:55 ILL Marcus Arnold missed Free Throw.
  • 1:55 MINN J'son Stamper Defensive Rebound.
  • 1:36 MINN J'son Stamper made Two Point Layup. 29–35
  • 1:23 ILL James Augustine made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Dee Brown. 29–37
  • 1:04 MINN Dan Coleman missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 1:04 ILL Calvin Brock Defensive Rebound.
  • 0:52 ILL Marcus Arnold made Two Point Layup. 29–39
  • 0:37 MINN Vincent Grier made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Maurice Hargrow. 31–39
  • 0:23 ILL Illinois Full Timeout.
  • 0:08 MINN J'son Stamper Steal.
  • 0:04 MINN J'son Stamper missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 0:04 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
  • 0:00 End of the 1st Half.

Second half

  • 19:45 MINN Vincent Grier missed Two Point Layup.
  • 19:45 MINN J'son Stamper Offensive Rebound.
  • 19:43 MINN J'son Stamper made Two Point Tip Shot. 33–39
  • 19:29 ILL Brian Randle missed Two Point Layup.
  • 19:28 ILL Shaun Pruitt Offensive Rebound.
  • 19:27 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. 33–41
  • 19:02 MINN J'son Stamper missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 19:02 MINN J'son Stamper Offensive Rebound.
  • 19:00 MINN J'son Stamper made Two Point Layup. 35–41
  • 18:36 ILL Rich McBride missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 18:36 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
  • 18:12 MINN Vincent Grier missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 18:12 ILL James Augustine Defensive Rebound.
  • 17:57 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 17:57 MINN J'son Stamper Defensive Rebound.
  • 17:36 ILL Foul on Brian Randle
  • 17:36 MINN J'son Stamper made Free Throw. 36–41
  • 17:36 MINN J'son Stamper made Free Throw. 37–41
  • 17:14 ILL Dee Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaun Pruitt. 37–44
  • 16:53 MINN Vincent Grier missed Two Point Layup.
  • 16:53 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
  • 16:45 ILL Rich McBride missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 16:45 MINN J'son Stamper Defensive Rebound.
  • 16:34 MINN Foul on Vincent Grier
  • 16:15 ILL Rich McBride made Two Point Jumper. 37–46
  • 15:51 MINN Maurice Hargrow made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Spencer Tollackson. 39–46
  • 15:38 ILL James Augustine made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Dee Brown. 39–48
  • 15:38 MINN Foul on Maurice Hargrow
  • 15:38 ILL Official TV Timeout.
  • 15:38 ILL James Augustine made Free Throw. 39–49
  • 15:13 MINN Foul on Jonathan Williams
  • 14:59 ILL Rich McBride missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 14:59 ILL Shaun Pruitt Offensive Rebound.
  • 14:43 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 14:43 ILL James Augustine Offensive Rebound.
  • 14:42 ILL James Augustine missed Two Point Tip Shot.
  • 14:42 ILL Dee Brown Offensive Rebound.
  • 14:36 ILL Dee Brown made Two Point Layup. 39–51
  • 14:00 MINN Rico Tucker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vincent Grier. 42–51
  • 13:50 ILL James Augustine missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 13:50 MINN Rico Tucker Defensive Rebound.
  • 13:45 MINN Rico Tucker missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 13:45 MINN J'son Stamper Offensive Rebound.
  • 13:39 MINN J'son Stamper made Two Point Layup. 44–51
  • 13:06 MINN Foul on Jonathan Williams
  • 13:06 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Free Throw.
  • 13:06 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
  • 13:06 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Free Throw. 44–52
  • 12:55 ILL Foul on Marcus Arnold
  • 12:40 MINN Vincent Grier made Two Point Jumper. 46–52
  • 12:06 ILL Jamar Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 12:06 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
  • 11:43 MINN Official TV Timeout.
  • 11:10 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Jamar Smith. 46–54
  • 11:10 MINN Foul on Spencer Tollackson
  • 11:10 ILL Brian Randle made Free Throw. 46–55
  • 10:58 MINN Vincent Grier missed Two Point Layup.
  • 10:58 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
  • 9:54 ILL Jamar Smith missed Two Point Layup.
  • 9:54 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
  • 9:41 ILL Dee Brown made Two Point Layup. 46–57
  • 9:26 MINN Minnesota Full Timeout.
  • 9:09 MINN Adam Boone missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 9:09 ILL Rich McBride Defensive Rebound.
  • 9:05 ILL Dee Brown made Two Point Layup. 46–59
  • 8:36 MINN Spencer Tollackson missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 8:36 MINN J'son Stamper Offensive Rebound.
  • 8:29 MINN J'son Stamper missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 8:29 MINN Spencer Tollackson Offensive Rebound.
  • 8:27 MINN Spencer Tollackson missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 8:27 ILL Jamar Smith Defensive Rebound.
  • 8:19 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Dee Brown. 46–61
  • 8:19 MINN Foul on Spencer Tollackson
  • 8:19 ILL Brian Randle made Free Throw. 46–62
  • 8:07 MINN Vincent Grier missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 8:07 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
  • 8:01 ILL Jamar Smith Steal.
  • 7:54 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Dunk Shot. Assisted by Jamar Smith. 46–64
  • 7:46 MINN Spencer Tollackson made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Vincent Grier. 48–64
  • 7:46 MINN Minnesota Full Timeout.
  • 7:40 MINN Foul on Adam Boone
  • 7:40 ILL Official TV Timeout.
  • 7:40 ILL Brian Randle missed Free Throw.
  • 7:40 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
  • 7:40 ILL Brian Randle missed Free Throw.
  • 7:40 MINN J'son Stamper Defensive Rebound.
  • 7:34 ILL Jamar Smith Steal.
  • 7:30 ILL Foul on Shaun Pruitt
  • 7:20 MINN Vincent Grier missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 7:20 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
  • 6:57 ILL Jamar Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 6:57 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
  • 6:45 MINN Foul on Dan Coleman
  • 6:45 ILL Jamar Smith missed Free Throw.
  • 6:45 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
  • 6:45 ILL Jamar Smith made Free Throw. 48–65
  • 6:27 MINN Vincent Grier missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 6:27 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
  • 6:26 MINN Foul on J'son Stamper
  • 6:26 ILL Brian Randle missed Free Throw.
  • 6:26 MINN J'son Stamper Defensive Rebound.
  • 5:47 ILL James Augustine missed Two Point Layup.
  • 5:47 MINN Rico Tucker Defensive Rebound.
  • 5:39 ILL Rich McBride Steal.
  • 5:30 ILL Dee Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rich McBride. 48–68
  • 5:22 MINN Minnesota Full Timeout.
  • 5:09 MINN Rico Tucker missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 5:09 ILL Dee Brown Defensive Rebound.
  • 4:56 ILL Jamar Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dee Brown. 48–71
  • 4:47 ILL Foul on Rich McBride
  • 4:43 ILL Jamar Smith Steal.
  • 4:32 ILL James Augustine made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Dee Brown. 48–73
  • 4:17 MINN Maurice Hargrow made Two Point Jumper. 50–73
  • 4:02 ILL James Augustine missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 4:02 MINN Jonathan Williams Defensive Rebound.
  • 3:49 MINN Jonathan Williams missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 3:49 ILL James Augustine Defensive Rebound.
  • 3:15 ILL Brian Randle missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 3:15 ILL Brian Randle Offensive Rebound.
  • 3:12 ILL Jamar Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brian Randle. 50–76
  • 3:11 MINN Minnesota Full Timeout.
  • 2:52 MINN Foul on Rico Tucker
  • 2:52 ILL Official TV Timeout.
  • 2:39 ILL Brian Randle missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 2:39 MINN Vincent Grier Defensive Rebound.
  • 2:17 ILL Foul on Marcus Arnold
  • 2:17 MINN Vincent Grier made Free Throw. 51–76
  • 2:17 MINN Vincent Grier missed Free Throw.
  • 2:17 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
  • 1:34 MINN Zach Puchtel missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 1:34 ILL Chris Hicks Defensive Rebound.
  • 1:19 ILL Chris Hicks missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 1:19 ILL Marcus Arnold Offensive Rebound.
  • 1:18 MINN Foul on Zach Puchtel
  • 1:18 ILL Marcus Arnold made Free Throw. 51–77
  • 1:18 ILL Marcus Arnold missed Free Throw.
  • 1:18 MINN Zach Puchtel Defensive Rebound.
  • 1:03 MINN Maurice Hargrow missed Two Point Jumper.
  • 1:03 ILL Calvin Brock Defensive Rebound.
  • 0:36 ILL Calvin Brock missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 0:36 MINN Jamal Abushamala Defensive Rebound.
  • 0:23 MINN Rico Tucker missed Three Point Jumper.
  • 0:23 ILL Calvin Brock Defensive Rebound.
  • 0:19 MINN Jamal Abushamala Steal.
  • 0:19 MINN Jamal Abushamala made Two Point Layup. 53–77
  • 0:00 End Game