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Recent Game Results

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1. Nov 17, Illinois (1-0) Win vs. Bradley, 69-59
2. Nov 21, Illinois (2-0) Win vs. Georgia Southern, 82-53
3. Nov 24, Illinois (3-0) Win vs. Illinois-Chicago, 71-70
4. Nov 27 (Neutral), Illinois (4-0) Win vs. Wichita State, 70-57
5. Nov 28 (Neutral), Illinois (4-1) Loss vs. Louisville, 57-58
6. Nov 29 (Neutral), Illinois (4-2) Loss vs. St. John's (NY), 66-83

7. Dec 2, Illinois (5-2) Win vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley, 88-60
8. Dec 6 @ Saint Louis, Illinois (5-3) Loss vs. Saint Louis, 51-57
9. Dec 8, Illinois (6-3) Win vs. Maine, 88-69
10. Dec 13 (Neutral), Illinois (7-3) Win vs. Clemson, 71-61
11. Dec 20, Illinois (8-3) Win vs. Texas, 105-80
12. Dec 23 (Neutral), Illinois (8-4) Loss vs. Missouri, 69-75
13. Dec 30 @ UCLA, Illinois (8-5) Loss vs. UCLA, 69-74

14. Jan 3, Illinois (9-5) Win vs. Indiana, 74-72
15. Jan 8 @ Iowa, Illinois (10-5) Win vs. Iowa, 76-64
16. Jan 10 @ Northwestern, Illinois (11-5) Win vs. Northwestern, 59-44
17. Jan 13, Illinois (11-6) Loss vs. Purdue, 58-68
18. Jan 17 @ Michigan State, Illinois (11-7) Loss vs. Michigan State, 64-68
19. Jan 21, Illinois (12-7) Win vs. Wisconsin, 62-48
20. Jan 25, Illinois (13-7) Win vs. Michigan, 64-53
21. Jan 28 @ Ohio State, Illinois (14-7) Win vs. Ohio State, 66-62
22. Jan 31 @ Penn State, Illinois (15-7) Win vs. Penn State, 77-71

23. Feb 4, Illinois (16-7) Win vs. Minnesota, 68-56
24. Feb 7 @ Wisconsin, Illinois (17-7) Win vs. Wisconsin, 53-47
25. Feb 12, Illinois (18-7) Win vs. Michigan State, 84-63
26. Feb 14 @ Purdue, Illinois (18-8) Loss vs. Purdue, 72-75
27. Feb 18, Illinois (19-8) Win vs. Northwestern, 69-57
28. Feb 22, Illinois (20-8) Win vs. Iowa, 79-72
29. Feb 24 @ Indiana, Illinois (21-8) Win vs. Indiana, 82-72

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Kevin Turner	SR	G	6-3	17.7 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 2.8 Ast
Jerry Hester	SR	F	6-6	14.7 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Matt Heldman	SR	G	6-0	10.9 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 4.0 Ast
Jarrod Gee	SR	F	6-8	8.5 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Brian Johnson	SR	F	6-6	7.0 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Sergio McClain	FR	F	6-4	3.5 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Arias Davis	JR	G	6-2	3.2 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Victor Chukwudebe	SO	F	6-7	2.0 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Awvee Storey	FR	F	6-6	3.2 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Rich Beyers	FR	F	6-8	0.7 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Jelani Boline	SR	G	5-10	0.3 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast
David Freeman	SR	G	6-4	0.4 Pts, 0.3 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Jeff Reichardt	SO	G	6-1	6.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Cory Bradford	FR	G	6-3	1.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Dave Wilkinson			6-0	1.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Bryan Campbell	FR	F	6-6	0.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Dave Gallagher	FR	F	6-9	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Nate Mast	FR	G	5-11	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Luke Williams	FR	G	6-2	0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Season

Conference

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33	25.1	56.6	.442	18.5	38.7	.480	6.5	18.0	.363	13.1	19.2	.681	11.2	22.5	33.6	14.2	7.4	2.7	13.4	18.7	69.7
Rank		157th	175th	133rd	193rd	201st	147th	99th	125th	82nd	242nd	250th	129th	252nd	220th	263rd	133rd	167th	194th	277th	196th	180th
Opponent	33	22.3	53.6	.416	17.1	36.9	.463	5.2	16.7	.314	13.6	19.8	.687	11.2	23.2	34.4	12.6	5.4	2.5	16.3	18.5	63.5
Rank		27th	47th	71st	55th	58th	111th	57th	122nd	42nd	101st	94th	225th	40th	161st	93rd	173rd	10th	52nd	171st	86th	24th

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	PTS
Team	16	69.2
Rank		8th
Opponent	16	62.0
Rank		1st

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Season

Conference

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33	827	1869	.442	612	1276	.480	215	593	.363	432	634	.681	368	741	1109	469	244	90	443	617	2301
Rank		53rd	46th	133rd	80th	70th	147th	53rd	67th	82nd	142nd	147th	129th	160th	69th	83rd	57th	86th	146th	113th	241st	62nd
Opponent	33	736	1768	.416	563	1217	.463	173	551	.314	450	655	.687	368	767	1135	415	179	84	538	611	2095
Rank		193rd	236th	71st	185th	217th	111th	158th	231st	42nd	200th	187th	225th	160th	270th	249th	195th	41st	123rd	255th	236th	204th

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	PTS
Team	16	1107
Rank		8th
Opponent	16	992
Rank		1st

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kevin Turner	33	33	33.2	6.5	15.5	.420	4.2	9.1	.457	2.4	6.4	.368	2.3	3.2	.717	3.2	2.8	1.3	0.1	2.8	1.8	17.7
2	Jerry Hester	33	32	31.6	5.6	12.0	.471	4.4	8.5	.520	1.2	3.5	.351	2.2	2.9	.771	5.3	1.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.1	14.7
3	Matt Heldman	33	33	36.5	2.9	7.2	.408	0.9	2.2	.411	2.0	5.0	.406	3.0	3.5	.860	2.9	4.0	1.3	0.0	2.5	2.0	10.9
4	Jarrod Gee	33	32	24.1	3.5	6.7	.523	3.5	6.7	.523	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.3	.636	5.3	0.7	1.0	0.9	1.2	3.1	8.5
5	Brian Johnson	33	33	27.8	2.5	4.3	.589	2.5	4.3	.589	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.9	.695	4.5	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.6	7.0
6	Jeff Reichardt	1	0	2.0	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	6.0
7	Sergio McClain	33	1	16.5	1.3	3.8	.339	1.2	3.0	.380	0.1	0.7	.167	0.8	1.9	.438	3.1	1.6	1.2	0.3	1.6	2.5	3.5
8	Arias Davis	28	0	7.2	1.1	3.0	.365	0.3	0.5	.500	0.9	2.5	.338	0.1	0.3	.333	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.7	3.2
9	Awvee Storey	17	0	5.7	1.4	3.4	.421	1.4	3.3	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.9	.375	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.2
10	Victor Chukwudebe	33	0	13.1	0.8	2.1	.368	0.8	2.0	.373	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.696	3.3	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.5	2.2	2.0
11	Cory Bradford	1	0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			1.0
12	Dave Wilkinson	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
13	Rich Beyers	21	0	3.9	0.2	0.7	.286	0.2	0.7	.286	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.6	.500	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.7
14	David Freeman	19	0	1.3	0.2	0.3	.600	0.2	0.2	.750	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.2	.250	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4
15	Jelani Boline	28	1	4.7	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.500	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.3
16	Bryan Campbell	1		1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.0
17	Dave Gallagher	1		1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0		0.0	0.0
18	Nate Mast	2		1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0
19	Luke Williams	1	0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kevin Turner	33	33	1096	215	512	.420	137	300	.457	78	212	.368	76	106	.717			105	91	44	2	92	58	584
2	Jerry Hester	33	32	1043	186	395	.471	146	281	.520	40	114	.351	74	96	.771			175	49	28	8	55	69	486
3	Matt Heldman	33	33	1205	97	238	.408	30	73	.411	67	165	.406	98	114	.860			97	131	42	0	81	66	359
4	Jarrod Gee	33	32	795	115	220	.523	115	220	.523	0	0		49	77	.636			175	23	32	29	40	102	279
5	Brian Johnson	33	33	917	83	141	.589	83	141	.589	0	0		66	95	.695			147	78	29	17	53	87	232
6	Sergio McClain	33	1	545	42	124	.339	38	100	.380	4	24	.167	28	64	.438			103	54	40	9	52	84	116
7	Arias Davis	28	0	202	31	85	.365	7	14	.500	24	71	.338	3	9	.333			22	10	6	0	12	19	89
8	Victor Chukwudebe	33	0	432	25	68	.368	25	67	.373	0	1	.000	16	23	.696			110	8	13	19	17	71	66
9	Awvee Storey	17	0	97	24	57	.421	24	56	.429	0	1	.000	6	16	.375			32	6	5	5	10	27	54
10	Rich Beyers	21	0	82	4	14	.286	4	14	.286	0	0		6	12	.500			18	3	0	1	5	13	14
11	Jelani Boline	28	1	132	0	6	.000	0	5	.000	0	1	.000	8	16	.500			10	16	3	0	14	16	8
12	David Freeman	19	0	25	3	5	.600	3	4	.750	0	1	.000	1	4	.250			5	0	1	0	2	4	7
13	Jeff Reichardt	1	0	2	2	3	.667	0	0		2	3	.667	0	0				0	0	0	0	1	0	6
14	Cory Bradford	1	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		1	2	.500			0	0	0	0			1
15	Dave Wilkinson	1	0	1	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	2	.500			0	0	0	0	0	0	1
16	Bryan Campbell	1		1	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0				1	0	0	0		1	0
17	Dave Gallagher	1		1	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0				0	0	1	0		0	0
18	Nate Mast	2		2	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0				0	0	0	0		0	0
19	Luke Williams	1	0	1	0	1	.000	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0				0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	School Totals	33			827	1869	.442	612	1276	.480	215	593	.363	432	634	.681	368	741	1109	469	244	90	443	617	2301

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Jeff Reichardt	1	0	2	40.0	60.0	.667	0.0	0.0		40.0	60.0	.667	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	0.0	120.0
2	Dave Wilkinson	1	0	1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		40.0	80.0	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	40.0
3	Awvee Storey	17	0	97	9.9	23.5	.421	9.9	23.1	.429	0.0	0.4	.000	2.5	6.6	.375	13.2	2.5	2.1	2.1	4.1	11.1	22.3
4	Kevin Turner	33	33	1096	7.8	18.7	.420	5.0	10.9	.457	2.8	7.7	.368	2.8	3.9	.717	3.8	3.3	1.6	0.1	3.4	2.1	21.3
5	Jerry Hester	33	32	1043	7.1	15.1	.471	5.6	10.8	.520	1.5	4.4	.351	2.8	3.7	.771	6.7	1.9	1.1	0.3	2.1	2.6	18.6
6	Arias Davis	28	0	202	6.1	16.8	.365	1.4	2.8	.500	4.8	14.1	.338	0.6	1.8	.333	4.4	2.0	1.2	0.0	2.4	3.8	17.6
7	Jarrod Gee	33	32	795	5.8	11.1	.523	5.8	11.1	.523	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.9	.636	8.8	1.2	1.6	1.5	2.0	5.1	14.0
8	Matt Heldman	33	33	1205	3.2	7.9	.408	1.0	2.4	.411	2.2	5.5	.406	3.3	3.8	.860	3.2	4.3	1.4	0.0	2.7	2.2	11.9
9	David Freeman	19	0	25	4.8	8.0	.600	4.8	6.4	.750	0.0	1.6	.000	1.6	6.4	.250	8.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	3.2	6.4	11.2
10	Brian Johnson	33	33	917	3.6	6.2	.589	3.6	6.2	.589	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.1	.695	6.4	3.4	1.3	0.7	2.3	3.8	10.1
11	Sergio McClain	33	1	545	3.1	9.1	.339	2.8	7.3	.380	0.3	1.8	.167	2.1	4.7	.438	7.6	4.0	2.9	0.7	3.8	6.2	8.5
12	Rich Beyers	21	0	82	2.0	6.8	.286	2.0	6.8	.286	0.0	0.0		2.9	5.9	.500	8.8	1.5	0.0	0.5	2.4	6.3	6.8
13	Victor Chukwudebe	33	0	432	2.3	6.3	.368	2.3	6.2	.373	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.1	.696	10.2	0.7	1.2	1.8	1.6	6.6	6.1
14	Jelani Boline	28	1	132	0.0	1.8	.000	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	2.4	4.8	.500	3.0	4.8	0.9	0.0	4.2	4.8	2.4
15	Bryan Campbell	1		1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		40.0	0.0
16	Dave Gallagher	1		1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	40.0	0.0		0.0	0.0
17	Nate Mast	2		2	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0
18	Luke Williams	1	0	1	0.0	40.0	.000	0.0	40.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
19	Cory Bradford	1	0													.500

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Matt Heldman	33	33	1205	.614	.548	.693	.479	2.8	1.5	4.4	.145
2	Jerry Hester	33	32	1043	.552	.522	.289	.243	2.4	1.8	4.2	.162
3	Brian Johnson	33	33	917	.623	.589	.000	.674	1.9	2.1	4.0	.175
4	Jarrod Gee	33	32	795	.544	.523	.000	.350	1.3	2.6	3.9	.196
5	Kevin Turner	33	33	1096	.519	.496	.414	.207	2.0	1.6	3.6	.130
6	Victor Chukwudebe	33	0	432	.418	.368	.015	.338	-0.2	1.6	1.4	.126
7	Sergio McClain	33	1	545	.376	.355	.194	.516	-0.7	1.7	0.9	.068
8	Arias Davis	28	0	202	.498	.506	.835	.106	0.2	0.2	0.4	.087
9	Awvee Storey	17	0	97	.418	.421	.018	.281	-0.2	0.5	0.3	.121
10	David Freeman	19	0	25	.507	.600	.200	.800	0.0	0.0	0.1	.096
11	Jeff Reichardt	1	0	2	1.000	1.000	1.000	.000	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.922
12	Rich Beyers	21	0	82	.355	.286	.000	.857	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.013
13	Jelani Boline	28	1	132	.294	.000	.167	2.667	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.010
14	Cory Bradford	1	0		.526				0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Bryan Campbell	1		1					0.0	0.0	0.0	.224
16	Dave Gallagher	1		1					0.0	0.0	0.0	.573
17	Nate Mast	2		2					0.0	0.0	0.0	.000
18	Luke Williams	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1.102
19	Dave Wilkinson	1	0	1	.526

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