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Ohio State Buckeyes @ 
Illinois Fighting Illini 74–58
2008-01-03 · NCAA · State Farm Center, Champaign IL · Att. 16,618
Ohio State Buckeyes 2007-08 · Illinois Fighting Illini 2007-08 · 2007-08 season
Team stats
| Ohio State | Illinois | |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 26-57 .456 | 23-59 .390 |
| Three-pointers | 7-22 .318 | 4-21 .190 |
| Free throws | 15-18 .833 | 8-12 .667 |
| Offensive rebounds | 11 | 15 |
| Defensive rebounds | 22 | 21 |
| Total rebounds | 34 | 40 |
| Assists | 10 | 15 |
| Steals | 3 | 3 |
| Blocks | 6 | 3 |
| Turnovers | 12 | 18 |
| Personal fouls | 19 | 14 |
| Technical fouls | 0 | 0 |
| Largest lead | 17 | 3 |
Ohio State Buckeyes
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jamar Butler G | 39 | 32 | 10-17 | 4-7 | 8-8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Othello Hunter F | 32 | 15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| David Lighty G-F | 32 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Kosta Koufos F-C | 31 | 8 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Jon Diebler G | 21 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Evan Turner G-F | 26 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Matt Terwilliger F-C | 15 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dallas Lauderdale F | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| P.J. Hill G | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 74 | 26-57 | 7-22 | 15-18 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
FG .456 · 3P .318 · FT .833
Did not play: Eric Wallace, Kyle Madsen, Danny Peters, Mark Titus
Illinois Fighting Illini
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chester Frazier G | 38 | 7 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Brian Randle F | 37 | 14 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Trent Meacham G | 33 | 3 | 1-11 | 1-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Shaun Pruitt C | 28 | 12 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Calvin Brock G | 12 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Demetri McCamey G | 26 | 10 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Davis F | 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rodney Alexander F | 7 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Tisdale C | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Cole F | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 58 | 23-59 | 4-21 | 8-12 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 |
FG .390 · 3P .190 · FT .667
Did not play: Richard Semrau, Jeff Jordan, Chris Hicks, Steve Holdren, Brian Carlwell
Officials: Steve Welmer, Ted Valentine, Steve Olson
Play-by-play
Show every play (264)
First half
- 19:01 OSU David Lighty missed Two Point Jumper.
- 19:01 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
- 18:33 ILL Brian Randle missed Two Point Jumper.
- 18:33 ILL Shaun Pruitt Offensive Rebound.
- 18:27 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. 0–2
- 18:12 OSU Jamar Butler made Two Point Layup. 2–2
- 17:48 ILL Chester Frazier missed Two Point Layup.
- 17:48 OSU Kosta Koufos Defensive Rebound.
- 17:38 OSU Jamar Butler missed Two Point Jumper.
- 17:38 OSU Othello Hunter Offensive Rebound.
- 17:36 ILL Foul on Calvin Brock
- 17:36 OSU Othello Hunter made Free Throw. 3–2
- 17:36 OSU Othello Hunter made Free Throw. 4–2
- 17:21 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. 4–4
- 17:05 OSU Kosta Koufos missed Three Point Jumper.
- 17:05 ILL Chester Frazier Defensive Rebound.
- 16:43 ILL Brian Randle missed Two Point Layup.
- 16:43 ILL Calvin Brock Offensive Rebound.
- 16:43 ILL Calvin Brock missed Two Point Layup.
- 16:43 OSU David Lighty Defensive Rebound.
- 16:37 ILL Foul on Calvin Brock
- 16:37 OSU Evan Turner made Free Throw. 5–4
- 16:37 OSU Evan Turner missed Free Throw.
- 16:37 ILL Shaun Pruitt Defensive Rebound.
- 16:16 ILL Trent Meacham missed Three Point Jumper.
- 16:16 OSU Kosta Koufos Defensive Rebound.
- 16:03 OSU Kosta Koufos made Two Point Layup. 7–4
- 15:31 ILL Rodney Alexander missed Three Point Jumper.
- 15:31 ILL Shaun Pruitt Offensive Rebound.
- 15:21 ILL Brian Randle missed Three Point Jumper.
- 15:21 ILL Illinois Offensive Rebound.
- 15:16 ILL Official TV Timeout.
- 14:55 ILL Brian Randle missed Two Point Jumper.
- 14:55 OSU Jon Diebler Defensive Rebound.
- 14:36 OSU Kosta Koufos made Two Point Layup. 9–4
- 14:19 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. 9–6
- 14:03 OSU Kosta Koufos missed Two Point Jumper.
- 14:03 ILL Chester Frazier Defensive Rebound.
- 13:46 OSU Jamar Butler missed Two Point Layup.
- 13:46 ILL Trent Meacham Defensive Rebound.
- 13:40 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Layup. 9–8
- 13:13 OSU Foul on Dallas Lauderdale
- 12:52 ILL Demetri McCamey made Three Point Jumper. 9–11
- 12:36 OSU Jamar Butler made Two Point Jumper. 11–11
- 12:14 OSU Foul on Matt Terwilliger
- 11:55 ILL Mike Tisdale made Two Point Jumper. 11–13
- 11:41 OSU Matt Terwilliger missed Three Point Jumper.
- 11:41 OSU Dallas Lauderdale Offensive Rebound.
- 11:30 OSU Jamar Butler missed Three Point Jumper.
- 11:30 OSU Evan Turner Offensive Rebound.
- 11:26 OSU Evan Turner made Two Point Layup. 13–13
- 11:10 ILL Demetri McCamey missed Three Point Jumper.
- 11:10 OSU Jamar Butler Defensive Rebound.
- 11:00 ILL Official TV Timeout.
- 10:46 ILL Demetri McCamey made Two Point Layup. 13–15
- 10:30 OSU Othello Hunter made Two Point Jumper. 15–15
- 9:58 OSU P.J. Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
- 9:58 ILL Rodney Alexander Defensive Rebound.
- 9:56 ILL Foul on Trent Meacham
- 9:47 OSU David Lighty missed Two Point Jumper.
- 9:47 ILL Mike Davis Defensive Rebound.
- 9:29 ILL Mike Davis missed Two Point Jumper.
- 9:29 OSU Jamar Butler Defensive Rebound.
- 9:01 OSU David Lighty made Two Point Layup. 17–15
- 8:07 OSU Kosta Koufos missed Two Point Jumper.
- 8:07 OSU Jamar Butler Offensive Rebound.
- 8:03 OSU Jon Diebler missed Three Point Jumper.
- 8:03 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
- 8:03 OSU Foul on Othello Hunter
- 7:51 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Dunk Shot. 17–17
- 7:29 OSU Jamar Butler made Three Point Jumper. 20–17
- 7:03 ILL Official TV Timeout.
- 6:54 OSU Jon Diebler made Three Point Jumper. 23–17
- 6:27 ILL Brian Randle missed Three Point Jumper.
- 6:27 ILL Shaun Pruitt Offensive Rebound.
- 6:22 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. 23–19
- 6:01 OSU Othello Hunter missed Two Point Jumper.
- 6:01 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
- 5:56 ILL Trent Meacham missed Three Point Jumper.
- 5:56 OSU Jamar Butler Offensive Rebound.
- 5:49 ILL Foul on Trent Meacham
- 5:49 OSU Jamar Butler made Free Throw. 24–19
- 5:49 OSU Jamar Butler made Free Throw. 25–19
- 5:37 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Layup. 25–21
- 5:37 OSU Foul on David Lighty
- 5:37 ILL Brian Randle made Free Throw. 25–22
- 5:25 ILL Foul on Demetri McCamey
- 5:21 OSU Jon Diebler missed Three Point Jumper.
- 5:21 ILL Shaun Pruitt Defensive Rebound.
- 4:56 OSU Jamar Butler missed Two Point Jumper.
- 4:56 ILL Demetri McCamey Defensive Rebound.
- 4:37 ILL Chester Frazier made Three Point Jumper. 25–25
- 4:17 OSU Foul on Evan Turner
- 3:49 ILL Rodney Alexander missed Two Point Layup.
- 3:49 ILL Brian Randle Offensive Rebound.
- 3:42 OSU Official TV Timeout.
- 3:27 OSU Matt Terwilliger missed Two Point Layup.
- 3:27 ILL Rodney Alexander Defensive Rebound.
- 3:07 ILL Mike Tisdale missed Two Point Jumper.
- 3:07 ILL Rodney Alexander Offensive Rebound.
- 3:07 ILL Rodney Alexander made Two Point Layup. 25–27
- 3:07 OSU Foul on Kosta Koufos
- 3:07 ILL Rodney Alexander made Free Throw. 25–28
- 2:56 OSU David Lighty missed Three Point Jumper.
- 2:56 OSU Evan Turner Offensive Rebound.
- 2:51 OSU Evan Turner missed Three Point Jumper.
- 2:51 ILL Brian Randle Defensive Rebound.
- 1:57 OSU Matt Terwilliger missed Three Point Jumper.
- 1:57 OSU Kosta Koufos Offensive Rebound.
- 1:53 OSU Kosta Koufos missed Two Point Layup.
- 1:53 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
- 1:25 OSU Jamar Butler made Two Point Layup. 27–28
- 1:04 ILL Chester Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.
- 1:04 OSU Evan Turner Defensive Rebound.
- 0:56 OSU Jamar Butler made Two Point Layup. 29–28
- 0:27 ILL Demetri McCamey missed Two Point Layup.
- 0:27 ILL Illinois Offensive Rebound.
- 0:24 ILL Illinois Full Timeout.
- 0:21 ILL Demetri McCamey missed Three Point Jumper.
- 0:21 ILL Brian Randle Offensive Rebound.
- 0:02 OSU Foul on David Lighty
- 0:02 ILL Chester Frazier made Free Throw. 29–29
- 0:02 ILL Chester Frazier made Free Throw. 29–30
- 0:00 End of the 1st Half.
Second half
- 19:41 OSU Foul on Jamar Butler
- 19:20 OSU Othello Hunter made Two Point Jumper. 31–30
- 19:04 ILL Trent Meacham missed Three Point Jumper.
- 19:04 OSU Kosta Koufos Defensive Rebound.
- 18:52 OSU Kosta Koufos missed Two Point Jumper.
- 18:52 OSU Kosta Koufos Offensive Rebound.
- 18:28 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Two Point Layup.
- 18:28 OSU Othello Hunter Defensive Rebound.
- 18:20 ILL Foul on Brian Randle
- 18:09 OSU Evan Turner missed Three Point Jumper.
- 18:09 OSU Ohio State Offensive Rebound.
- 18:06 OSU Evan Turner made Two Point Jumper. 33–30
- 17:40 ILL Calvin Brock made Two Point Layup. 33–32
- 17:26 OSU David Lighty missed Two Point Layup.
- 17:26 ILL Shaun Pruitt Defensive Rebound.
- 17:13 OSU Foul on Kosta Koufos
- 17:07 OSU Foul on Othello Hunter
- 16:51 ILL Trent Meacham made Three Point Jumper. 33–35
- 16:32 ILL Foul on Brian Randle
- 16:32 OSU Othello Hunter missed Free Throw.
- 16:32 OSU nan
- 16:32 OSU Othello Hunter made Free Throw. 34–35
- 15:57 ILL Foul on Shaun Pruitt
- 15:55 OSU Official TV Timeout.
- 15:39 OSU Kosta Koufos missed Two Point Jumper.
- 15:39 OSU Othello Hunter Offensive Rebound.
- 15:37 OSU Othello Hunter made Two Point Layup. 36–35
- 15:10 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Jumper. 36–37
- 14:55 OSU Kosta Koufos missed Three Point Jumper.
- 14:55 ILL Calvin Brock Defensive Rebound.
- 14:38 ILL Calvin Brock missed Two Point Jumper.
- 14:38 OSU David Lighty Defensive Rebound.
- 14:30 OSU Jamar Butler made Two Point Jumper. 38–37
- 14:18 ILL Trent Meacham missed Three Point Jumper.
- 14:18 OSU Othello Hunter Defensive Rebound.
- 14:00 OSU Jamar Butler made Three Point Jumper. 41–37
- 13:34 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Layup. 41–39
- 13:34 OSU Foul on Othello Hunter
- 13:34 ILL Brian Randle missed Free Throw.
- 13:34 ILL Mike Tisdale Offensive Rebound.
- 13:22 ILL Foul on Mike Tisdale
- 13:18 OSU Jamar Butler made Three Point Jumper. 44–39
- 13:04 ILL Chester Frazier missed Three Point Jumper.
- 13:04 OSU Matt Terwilliger Defensive Rebound.
- 12:49 OSU Foul on Matt Terwilliger
- 12:29 ILL Mike Davis missed Two Point Jumper.
- 12:29 ILL Chester Frazier Offensive Rebound.
- 12:12 ILL Demetri McCamey missed Two Point Jumper.
- 12:12 OSU Matt Terwilliger Defensive Rebound.
- 12:00 OSU Jamar Butler made Two Point Layup. 46–39
- 11:32 ILL Trent Meacham missed Three Point Jumper.
- 11:32 OSU Matt Terwilliger Defensive Rebound.
- 11:19 OSU Matt Terwilliger missed Three Point Jumper.
- 11:19 ILL Trent Meacham Defensive Rebound.
- 11:02 OSU Official TV Timeout.
- 10:59 ILL Foul on Demetri McCamey
- 10:59 OSU Jamar Butler made Free Throw. 47–39
- 10:59 OSU Jamar Butler made Free Throw. 48–39
- 10:56 ILL Foul on Chester Frazier
- 10:51 OSU Jamar Butler made Three Point Jumper. 51–39
- 10:23 ILL Demetri McCamey missed Two Point Layup.
- 10:23 ILL Illinois Offensive Rebound.
- 10:12 ILL Trent Meacham missed Three Point Jumper.
- 10:12 OSU Jamar Butler Defensive Rebound.
- 10:03 OSU Jon Diebler missed Two Point Jumper.
- 10:03 ILL Shaun Pruitt Defensive Rebound.
- 10:03 OSU Foul on Kosta Koufos
- 9:48 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Layup. 51–41
- 9:31 OSU Matt Terwilliger made Three Point Jumper. 54–41
- 8:58 ILL Demetri McCamey made Two Point Layup. 54–43
- 8:43 OSU Jamar Butler missed Three Point Jumper.
- 8:43 ILL Chester Frazier Defensive Rebound.
- 8:35 ILL Brian Randle made Two Point Layup. 54–45
- 8:18 OSU Matt Terwilliger made Three Point Jumper. 57–45
- 7:56 ILL Demetri McCamey missed Three Point Jumper.
- 7:56 OSU Jamar Butler Defensive Rebound.
- 7:46 OSU Foul on Matt Terwilliger
- 7:44 ILL Official TV Timeout.
- 7:16 OSU Foul on Matt Terwilliger
- 7:16 ILL Brian Randle missed Free Throw.
- 7:16 ILL nan
- 7:16 ILL Brian Randle made Free Throw. 57–46
- 7:05 OSU Othello Hunter missed Two Point Jumper.
- 7:05 ILL Demetri McCamey Defensive Rebound.
- 6:48 ILL Trent Meacham missed Three Point Jumper.
- 6:48 OSU David Lighty Defensive Rebound.
- 6:44 ILL Foul on Chester Frazier
- 6:42 OSU David Lighty made Free Throw. 58–46
- 6:42 OSU David Lighty missed Free Throw.
- 6:42 ILL Demetri McCamey Defensive Rebound.
- 6:28 ILL Chester Frazier made Two Point Layup. 58–48
- 6:04 OSU Matt Terwilliger missed Three Point Jumper.
- 6:04 ILL Trent Meacham Defensive Rebound.
- 5:54 OSU Foul on Jon Diebler
- 5:50 ILL Demetri McCamey made Free Throw. 58–49
- 5:50 ILL Demetri McCamey made Free Throw. 58–50
- 5:40 OSU Jamar Butler missed Three Point Jumper.
- 5:40 ILL Trent Meacham Defensive Rebound.
- 5:35 ILL Trent Meacham missed Two Point Jumper.
- 5:35 ILL Mike Davis Offensive Rebound.
- 5:33 ILL Mike Davis made Two Point Jumper. 58–52
- 5:33 OSU Foul on David Lighty
- 5:33 ILL Mike Davis missed Free Throw.
- 5:33 OSU Othello Hunter Defensive Rebound.
- 5:06 OSU Kosta Koufos made Two Point Layup. 60–52
- 5:01 OSU Ohio State Full Timeout.
- 4:38 ILL Trent Meacham missed Three Point Jumper.
- 4:38 ILL Demetri McCamey Offensive Rebound.
- 4:21 OSU Foul on Jon Diebler
- 4:21 ILL Demetri McCamey missed Free Throw.
- 4:21 ILL nan
- 4:21 ILL Demetri McCamey made Free Throw. 60–53
- 4:07 OSU Foul on Othello Hunter
- 3:23 ILL Official TV Timeout.
- 2:27 OSU David Lighty made Two Point Jumper. 62–53
- 2:10 ILL Chester Frazier missed Two Point Layup.
- 2:10 ILL Shaun Pruitt Offensive Rebound.
- 2:08 ILL Shaun Pruitt made Two Point Layup. 62–55
- 1:56 OSU Jamar Butler missed Two Point Layup.
- 1:56 OSU Othello Hunter Offensive Rebound.
- 1:56 OSU Othello Hunter made Two Point Dunk Shot. 64–55
- 1:43 ILL Shaun Pruitt missed Two Point Layup.
- 1:43 OSU Othello Hunter Defensive Rebound.
- 1:40 ILL Foul on Shaun Pruitt
- 1:40 OSU Othello Hunter made Free Throw. 65–55
- 1:40 OSU Othello Hunter made Free Throw. 66–55
- 1:22 ILL Foul on Chester Frazier
- 1:22 OSU Jamar Butler made Free Throw. 67–55
- 1:22 OSU Jamar Butler made Free Throw. 68–55
- 1:13 ILL Chester Frazier missed Two Point Layup.
- 1:13 OSU Evan Turner Defensive Rebound.
- 1:09 ILL Foul on Mike Davis
- 1:09 OSU Jamar Butler made Free Throw. 69–55
- 1:09 OSU Jamar Butler made Free Throw. 70–55
- 1:03 ILL Trent Meacham missed Three Point Jumper.
- 1:03 OSU David Lighty Defensive Rebound.
- 0:56 OSU Othello Hunter made Two Point Dunk Shot. 72–55
- 0:38 ILL Calvin Brock made Three Point Jumper. 72–58
- 0:22 OSU Kosta Koufos made Two Point Jumper. 74–58
- 0:00 End Game