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Minnesota Golden Gophers @ 
Illinois Fighting Illini 49–59
2007-02-03 · NCAA · State Farm Center, Champaign IL · Att. 16,618
Minnesota Golden Gophers 2006-07 · Illinois Fighting Illini 2006-07 · 2006-07 season
Team stats
| Minnesota | Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 17-54 .315 | 22-54 .407 |
| Three-pointers | 3-18 .167 | 7-19 .368 |
| Free throws | 12-16 .750 | 8-16 .500 |
| Offensive rebounds | 11 | 9 |
| Defensive rebounds | 27 | 29 |
| Total rebounds | 42 | 41 |
| Assists | 6 | 14 |
| Steals | 3 | 5 |
| Blocks | 3 | 3 |
| Turnovers | 11 | 7 |
| Personal fouls | 13 | 16 |
| Technical fouls | 0 | 0 |
| Largest lead | 2 | 21 |
Minnesota Golden Gophers
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lawrence McKenzie G | 36 | 9 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Kevin Payton G | 34 | 8 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dan Coleman F | 32 | 13 | 5-13 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jonathan Williams C | 26 | 10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Jamal Abu-Shamala G-F | 23 | 0 | 0-7 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Limar Wilson G | 17 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Webster C | 13 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Smith G-F | 11 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Damian Johnson F | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 49 | 17-54 | 3-18 | 12-16 | 11 | 27 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 |
FG .315 · 3P .167 · FT .750
Did not play: Jamal Abushamala, Spencer Tollackson, Lawrence Westbrook, Engen Nurumbi
Illinois Fighting Illini
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rich McBride G | 34 | 13 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Warren Carter F | 33 | 10 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Randle F | 29 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Shaun Pruitt C | 27 | 12 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Trent Meacham G | 15 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jamar Smith G | 32 | 13 | 5-10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Calvin Brock G | 20 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Carlwell C | 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Arnold F | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 59 | 22-54 | 7-19 | 8-16 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
FG .407 · 3P .368 · FT .500
Did not play: Chester Frazier, C.J. Jackson, Chris Hicks, Richard Semrau
Officials: Zelton Steed, Bert Smith, Brad Pressentin
Play-by-play
Show every play (269)
First half
- 19:31 MINN Jamal Abushamala missed Three Point Jumper.
- 19:31 MINN Jon Williams Offensive Rebound.
- 19:19 MINN Kevin Payton missed Three Point Jumper.
- 19:19 ILL Shaun Pruitt Defensive Rebound.
- 19:02 MINN Foul on Jon Williams
- 19:02 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Free Throw. 0–1
- 19:02 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Free Throw. 0–2
- 18:46 MINN Jamal Abushamala missed Three Point Jumper.
- 18:46 MINN Jon Williams Offensive Rebound.
- 18:41 MINN Jon Williams made Two Point Layup. 2–2
- 18:23 ILL Warren Carter made Two Point Jumper. 2–4
- 17:59 MINN Foul on Lawrence McKenzie
- 17:38 ILL Rich McBride made Three Point Jumper. 2–7
- 17:09 ILL Brian Randle missed Three Point Jumper.
- 17:09 MINN Lawrence McKenzie Defensive Rebound.
- 16:59 MINN Dan Coleman made Two Point Layup. 4–7
- 16:59 ILL Foul on Shaun Pruitt
- 16:59 MINN Dan Coleman made Free Throw. 5–7
- 16:46 ILL Foul on Brian Randle
- 16:34 MINN Lawrence McKenzie made Two Point Jumper. 7–7
- 16:21 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Two Point Jumper.
- 16:21 MINN Jon Williams Defensive Rebound.
- 16:15 MINN Lawrence McKenzie missed Three Point Jumper.
- 16:15 MINN Kevin Payton Offensive Rebound.
- 16:05 MINN Brandon Smith missed Two Point Layup.
- 16:05 ILL Shaun Pruitt Defensive Rebound.
- 15:47 MINN Foul on Jon Williams
- 15:47 ILL Official TV Timeout.
- 15:47 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Free Throw.
- 15:47 ILL nan
- 15:47 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Free Throw.
- 15:47 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
- 15:22 MINN Kevin Payton missed Two Point Jumper.
- 15:21 MINN Brandon Smith Offensive Rebound.
- 15:20 MINN Brandon Smith made Two Point Layup. 9–7
- 14:47 ILL Rich McBride missed Three Point Jumper.
- 14:47 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
- 14:17 ILL Warren Carter missed Two Point Jumper.
- 14:17 MINN Brandon Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 14:04 MINN Kevin Payton missed Three Point Jumper.
- 14:04 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
- 13:57 ILL Rich McBride missed Three Point Jumper.
- 13:57 MINN Kevin Payton Defensive Rebound.
- 13:42 MINN Lawrence McKenzie missed Two Point Jumper.
- 13:42 MINN Minnesota Offensive Rebound.
- 13:26 MINN Dan Coleman missed Three Point Jumper.
- 13:26 ILL Shaun Pruitt Defensive Rebound.
- 13:20 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Layup. 9–9
- 12:46 MINN Dan Coleman missed Three Point Jumper.
- 12:46 ILL Shaun Pruitt Defensive Rebound.
- 12:33 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. 9–11
- 12:04 MINN Dan Coleman made Two Point Jumper. 11–11
- 11:48 ILL Jamar Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
- 11:48 MINN Kevin Payton Defensive Rebound.
- 11:30 MINN Dan Coleman made Two Point Layup. 13–11
- 11:05 ILL Calvin Brock made Two Point Jumper. 13–13
- 10:48 MINN Kevin Payton missed Two Point Jumper.
- 10:48 ILL Calvin Brock Defensive Rebound.
- 10:41 ILL Jamar Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- 10:41 ILL Jamar Smith Offensive Rebound.
- 10:40 MINN Foul on Lawrence McKenzie
- 10:40 ILL Official TV Timeout.
- 10:28 ILL Jamar Smith made Two Point Jumper. 13–15
- 10:00 MINN Limar Wilson made Two Point Jumper. 15–15
- 9:36 ILL Warren Carter missed Two Point Jumper.
- 9:36 MINN Jamal Abushamala Defensive Rebound.
- 9:36 ILL Foul on Calvin Brock
- 9:12 ILL Trent Meacham missed Two Point Layup.
- 9:12 ILL Calvin Brock Offensive Rebound.
- 9:11 ILL Calvin Brock missed Two Point Layup.
- 9:02 MINN Bryce Webster Defensive Rebound.
- 8:29 MINN Limar Wilson made Two Point Layup. 17–15
- 8:24 ILL Jamar Smith made Three Point Jumper. 17–18
- 8:06 MINN Kevin Payton made Three Point Jumper. 20–18
- 7:42 ILL Brian Carlwell missed Two Point Jumper.
- 7:42 MINN Bryce Webster Defensive Rebound.
- 7:42 ILL Foul on Trent Meacham
- 7:42 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 7:16 MINN Jamal Abushamala missed Three Point Jumper.
- 7:16 ILL Jamar Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 6:49 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Two Point Jumper.
- 6:49 ILL Warren Carter Offensive Rebound.
- 6:30 MINN Jamal Abushamala missed Three Point Jumper.
- 6:30 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
- 5:57 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Jumper. 20–20
- 5:43 MINN Jon Williams missed Two Point Jumper.
- 5:43 ILL Jamar Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 5:33 ILL Rich McBride made Three Point Jumper. 20–23
- 4:57 MINN Dan Coleman missed Two Point Jumper.
- 4:57 ILL Shaun Pruitt Defensive Rebound.
- 4:48 ILL Warren Carter made Three Point Jumper. 20–26
- 4:46 MINN Minnesota 20 Second Timeout.
- 4:12 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Two Point Jumper.
- 4:12 MINN Kevin Payton Defensive Rebound.
- 3:45 MINN Kevin Payton missed Three Point Jumper.
- 3:45 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
- 3:18 ILL Calvin Brock missed Two Point Jumper.
- 3:18 MINN Damian Johnson Defensive Rebound.
- 2:40 ILL Foul on Rich McBride
- 2:40 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 2:40 MINN Lawrence McKenzie made Free Throw. 21–26
- 2:40 MINN Lawrence McKenzie made Free Throw. 22–26
- 2:27 ILL Warren Carter missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:27 MINN Jamal Abushamala Defensive Rebound.
- 2:12 MINN Damian Johnson missed Two Point Layup.
- 2:12 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
- 2:05 ILL Jamar Smith made Three Point Jumper. 22–29
- 1:43 MINN Dan Coleman missed Two Point Jumper.
- 1:43 ILL Trent Meacham Defensive Rebound.
- 1:26 MINN Limar Wilson missed Two Point Jumper.
- 1:26 ILL Warren Carter Defensive Rebound.
- 1:06 ILL Warren Carter missed Two Point Jumper.
- 1:06 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
- 1:03 ILL Foul on Brian Randle
- 0:31 MINN Lawrence McKenzie missed Two Point Jumper.
- 0:31 ILL Rich McBride Defensive Rebound.
- 0:21 ILL Illinois 20 Second Timeout.
- 0:01 MINN Limar Wilson made Two Point Layup. 24–29
- 0:01 ILL Foul on Trent Meacham
- 0:01 MINN Limar Wilson made Free Throw. 25–29
- 0:00 End of the 1st Half.
Second half
- 19:49 ILL Jamar Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- 19:49 MINN Kevin Payton Defensive Rebound.
- 19:27 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Dunk Shot. 25–31
- 19:03 MINN Lawrence McKenzie missed Three Point Jumper.
- 19:03 MINN Jon Williams Offensive Rebound.
- 18:58 ILL Foul on Shaun Pruitt
- 18:58 MINN Jon Williams made Free Throw. 26–31
- 18:58 MINN Jon Williams made Free Throw. 27–31
- 18:38 ILL Rich McBride missed Three Point Jumper.
- 18:38 MINN Lawrence McKenzie Defensive Rebound.
- 18:22 MINN Limar Wilson missed Two Point Jumper.
- 18:22 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
- 18:01 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Jumper. 27–33
- 17:49 MINN Foul on Dan Coleman
- 17:28 ILL Jamar Smith made Two Point Jumper. 27–35
- 16:52 MINN Lawrence McKenzie missed Two Point Jumper.
- 16:51 ILL Shaun Pruitt Defensive Rebound.
- 16:49 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Two Point Jumper.
- 16:49 MINN Jon Williams Defensive Rebound.
- 16:30 ILL Foul on Rich McBride
- 16:21 MINN Jamal Abushamala missed Two Point Layup.
- 16:21 MINN Jon Williams Offensive Rebound.
- 16:17 MINN Jon Williams made Two Point Layup. 29–35
- 16:02 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. 29–37
- 15:27 MINN Jon Williams missed Two Point Jumper.
- 15:27 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
- 15:16 ILL Foul on Brian Randle
- 15:16 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 15:16 MINN Kevin Payton made Free Throw. 30–37
- 15:16 MINN Kevin Payton missed Free Throw.
- 15:16 ILL Warren Carter Defensive Rebound.
- 15:02 ILL Warren Carter missed Three Point Jumper.
- 14:59 ILL Illinois Offensive Rebound.
- 14:51 ILL Warren Carter made Two Point Layup. 30–39
- 14:24 ILL Foul on Rich McBride
- 14:17 MINN Dan Coleman missed Two Point Jumper.
- 14:17 ILL Warren Carter Defensive Rebound.
- 13:55 ILL Calvin Brock missed Two Point Jumper.
- 13:55 ILL Warren Carter Offensive Rebound.
- 13:49 ILL Rich McBride made Three Point Jumper. 30–42
- 13:44 MINN Minnesota Full Timeout.
- 13:28 MINN Jon Williams missed Two Point Jumper.
- 13:28 ILL Warren Carter Defensive Rebound.
- 12:54 MINN Kevin Payton missed Three Point Jumper.
- 12:54 ILL Trent Meacham Defensive Rebound.
- 12:42 ILL Jamar Smith made Three Point Jumper. 30–45
- 12:26 MINN Brandon Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
- 12:26 MINN Bryce Webster Offensive Rebound.
- 12:25 ILL Foul on Trent Meacham
- 12:25 MINN Bryce Webster missed Free Throw.
- 12:25 MINN nan
- 12:25 MINN Bryce Webster missed Free Throw.
- 12:25 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
- 11:59 ILL Official TV Timeout.
- 11:48 MINN Foul on Kevin Payton
- 11:48 ILL Calvin Brock missed Free Throw.
- 11:48 ILL nan
- 11:48 ILL Calvin Brock made Free Throw. 30–46
- 11:48 ILL Calvin Brock missed Free Throw.
- 11:48 MINN Bryce Webster Defensive Rebound.
- 11:37 MINN Lawrence McKenzie missed Three Point Jumper.
- 11:37 MINN Brandon Smith Offensive Rebound.
- 11:32 MINN Brandon Smith missed Two Point Layup.
- 11:32 ILL Calvin Brock Defensive Rebound.
- 11:26 MINN Foul on Brandon Smith
- 11:21 ILL Warren Carter missed Two Point Layup.
- 11:21 ILL Shaun Pruitt Offensive Rebound.
- 11:15 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. 30–48
- 11:03 ILL Foul on Shaun Pruitt
- 10:59 ILL Foul on Calvin Brock
- 10:59 MINN Kevin Payton made Free Throw. 31–48
- 10:59 MINN Kevin Payton missed Free Throw.
- 10:59 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
- 10:40 ILL Jamar Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- 10:40 ILL Illinois Offensive Rebound.
- 10:22 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. 31–50
- 10:11 MINN Minnesota 20 Second Timeout.
- 9:34 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Two Point Jumper.
- 9:34 MINN Dan Coleman Defensive Rebound.
- 9:05 MINN Foul on Jon Williams
- 9:05 ILL Warren Carter made Free Throw. 31–51
- 9:05 ILL Warren Carter made Free Throw. 31–52
- 8:42 MINN Jamal Abushamala missed Three Point Jumper.
- 8:42 ILL Brian Carlwell Defensive Rebound.
- 8:29 ILL Jamar Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
- 8:29 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
- 7:54 MINN Dan Coleman missed Two Point Layup.
- 7:54 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
- 7:43 ILL Brian Carlwell missed Two Point Layup.
- 7:43 MINN Jamal Abushamala Defensive Rebound.
- 7:29 MINN Dan Coleman made Two Point Jumper. 33–52
- 7:15 ILL Rich McBride missed Two Point Jumper.
- 7:15 ILL Brian Carlwell Offensive Rebound.
- 7:12 MINN Foul on Kevin Payton
- 7:12 ILL Official TV Timeout.
- 7:12 ILL Brian Carlwell missed Free Throw.
- 7:12 ILL nan
- 7:12 ILL Brian Carlwell missed Free Throw.
- 7:12 MINN Jamal Abushamala Defensive Rebound.
- 7:05 ILL Foul on Brian Randle
- 7:05 MINN Dan Coleman made Free Throw. 34–52
- 7:05 MINN Dan Coleman made Free Throw. 35–52
- 6:31 ILL Trent Meacham missed Three Point Jumper.
- 6:31 MINN Dan Coleman Defensive Rebound.
- 6:18 MINN Dan Coleman missed Two Point Jumper.
- 6:18 ILL Brian Carlwell Defensive Rebound.
- 6:07 ILL Rich McBride made Two Point Jumper. 35–54
- 6:06 ILL Illinois 20 Second Timeout.
- 5:43 MINN Dan Coleman made Two Point Layup. 37–54
- 5:22 ILL Rich McBride missed Three Point Jumper.
- 5:22 MINN Kevin Payton Defensive Rebound.
- 5:09 MINN Dan Coleman missed Two Point Layup.
- 5:09 ILL Calvin Brock Defensive Rebound.
- 5:00 ILL Warren Carter missed Two Point Layup.
- 5:00 MINN Dan Coleman Defensive Rebound.
- 4:51 MINN Kevin Payton made Three Point Jumper. 40–54
- 4:15 ILL Calvin Brock missed Three Point Jumper.
- 4:15 MINN Lawrence McKenzie Defensive Rebound.
- 4:08 ILL Foul on Rich McBride
- 4:08 MINN Lawrence McKenzie made Free Throw. 41–54
- 4:08 MINN Lawrence McKenzie made Free Throw. 42–54
- 3:43 MINN Foul on Dan Coleman
- 3:43 ILL Official TV Timeout.
- 3:34 MINN Foul on Kevin Payton
- 3:34 ILL Rich McBride missed Free Throw.
- 3:34 MINN Jamal Abushamala Defensive Rebound.
- 3:16 MINN Lawrence McKenzie made Three Point Jumper. 45–54
- 2:47 MINN Foul on Jon Williams
- 2:47 ILL Rich McBride made Free Throw. 45–55
- 2:47 ILL Rich McBride made Free Throw. 45–56
- 2:28 MINN Jamal Abushamala missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:28 MINN Jon Williams Offensive Rebound.
- 2:27 MINN Jon Williams made Two Point Layup. 47–56
- 2:27 MINN Minnesota 20 Second Timeout.
- 1:51 ILL Trent Meacham made Two Point Jumper. 47–58
- 1:51 MINN Minnesota 20 Second Timeout.
- 1:39 MINN Lawrence McKenzie missed Two Point Layup.
- 1:39 MINN Jon Williams Offensive Rebound.
- 1:37 MINN Jon Williams made Two Point Layup. 49–58
- 1:12 ILL Rich McBride missed Two Point Jumper.
- 1:12 ILL Rich McBride Offensive Rebound.
- 1:01 MINN Foul on Lawrence McKenzie
- 1:00 ILL Warren Carter made Free Throw. 49–59
- 1:00 ILL Warren Carter missed Free Throw.
- 1:00 MINN Jon Williams Defensive Rebound.
- 0:02 MINN Lawrence McKenzie missed Three Point Jumper.
- 0:02 ILL Calvin Brock Defensive Rebound.
- 0:00 End Game