UConn 77-52 Illinois (Mar 30, 2024) Play-by-Play

Illinois Fighting Illini

29-9

	1	2	T
ILL	23	29	52
CONN	28	49	77

UConn Huskies

35-3

Donovan Clingan missed Layup.
Donovan Clingan made Dunk. Assisted by Stephon Castle.
Stephon Castle missed Layup.
Donovan Clingan made Layup.
Tristen Newton missed Layup.
Stephon Castle missed Layup.
Donovan Clingan made Layup.
Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.
Samson Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Tristen Newton.
Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.
Cam Spencer made Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Castle.
Stephon Castle missed Three Point Jumper.
Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.
Tristen Newton missed Layup.
Hassan Diarra made Jumper.
Donovan Clingan missed Jumper.
Stephon Castle missed Jumper.
Cam Spencer missed Three Point Jumper.
Hassan Diarra made Layup. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Castle.
Hassan Diarra missed Three Point Jumper.
Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.
Tristen Newton missed Jumper.
Stephon Castle missed Three Point Jumper.
Cam Spencer missed Layup.
Samson Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.
Donovan Clingan missed Layup.
Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.
Cam Spencer missed Three Point Jumper.
Hassan Diarra made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Karaban.
Donovan Clingan made Layup.
Donovan Clingan missed Three Point Jumper.
Cam Spencer missed Layup.
Alex Karaban made Layup. Assisted by Tristen Newton.
Donovan Clingan made Dunk. Assisted by Stephon Castle.
Alex Karaban made Layup.
Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.
Cam Spencer made Jumper.
Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Tristen Newton.
Alex Karaban made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Samson Johnson made Layup.
Alex Karaban made Dunk. Assisted by Tristen Newton.
Hassan Diarra made Layup. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Samson Johnson missed Dunk.
Samson Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Tristen Newton.
Jaylin Stewart missed Three Point Jumper.
Cam Spencer missed Jumper.
Cam Spencer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.
Cam Spencer made Layup. Assisted by Donovan Clingan.
Donovan Clingan made Dunk. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Stephon Castle made Dunk.
Hassan Diarra made Layup.
Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Cam Spencer.
Solomon Ball missed Three Point Jumper.
Jaylin Stewart made Dunk. Assisted by Stephon Castle.
Solomon Ball missed Layup.
Samson Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Jaylin Stewart.
Solomon Ball missed Layup.
Jayden Ross made Jumper.
Solomon Ball made Layup. Assisted by Andrew Hurley.
Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Jumper.
Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Domask missed Jumper.
Ty Rodgers missed Jumper.
Quincy Guerrier made Dunk. Assisted by Marcus Domask.
Marcus Domask made Layup.
Coleman Hawkins missed Jumper.
Quincy Guerrier missed Jumper.
Marcus Domask made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luke Goode.
Terrence Shannon Jr. made Layup.
Quincy Guerrier missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Domask made Three Point Jumper.
Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.
Marcus Domask missed Jumper.
Justin Harmon missed Layup.
Marcus Domask missed Jumper.
Ty Rodgers missed Jumper.
Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.
Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.
Ty Rodgers missed Layup.
Ty Rodgers missed Layup.
Quincy Guerrier missed Dunk.
Marcus Domask made Layup.
Quincy Guerrier made Jumper.
Coleman Hawkins made Layup.
Luke Goode missed Three Point Jumper.
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn missed Layup.
Marcus Domask made Layup.
Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.
Quincy Guerrier missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Domask made Jumper.
Dain Dainja missed Layup.
Quincy Guerrier missed Jumper.
Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Jumper.
Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Jumper.
Ty Rodgers missed Layup.
Marcus Domask missed Jumper.
Quincy Guerrier missed Layup.
Quincy Guerrier missed Three Point Jumper.
Luke Goode missed Three Point Jumper.
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn missed Three Point Jumper.
Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn missed Layup.
Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.
Luke Goode missed Three Point Jumper.
Dain Dainja missed Layup.
Justin Harmon made Layup.
Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Coleman Hawkins missed Layup.
Marcus Domask missed Layup.
Justin Harmon missed Layup.
Coleman Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Terrence Shannon Jr..
Marcus Domask made Jumper. Assisted by Coleman Hawkins.
Amani Hansberry missed Three Point Jumper.
Amani Hansberry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luke Goode.
Amani Hansberry missed Jumper.
Amani Hansberry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Terrence Shannon Jr..
Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Domask missed Three Point Jumper.
Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.
Terrence Shannon Jr. made Layup.
Justin Harmon missed Three Point Jumper.
Quincy Guerrier made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Terrence Shannon Jr..
Dain Dainja missed Layup.

ILLINOIS

UCONN

TIME		ILL	CONN
20:00	Jump Ball won by UConn	0	0
19:46	Donovan Clingan missed Layup.	0	0
19:46	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	0	0
19:46	Jump Ball won by Illinois	0	0
19:23	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Jumper.	0	0
19:23	Stephon Castle Defensive Rebound.	0	0
18:59	Donovan Clingan made Dunk. Assisted by Stephon Castle.	0	2
18:38	Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:38	Stephon Castle Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:29	Stephon Castle missed Layup.	0	2
18:29	Donovan Clingan Offensive Rebound.	0	2
18:29	Donovan Clingan made Layup.	0	4
18:29	Foul on Coleman Hawkins.	0	4
18:29	Donovan Clingan made Free Throw.	0	5
18:03	Marcus Domask Turnover.	0	5
18:03	Donovan Clingan Steal.	0	5
17:48	Tristen Newton missed Layup.	0	5
17:48	Quincy Guerrier Defensive Rebound.	0	5
17:39	Marcus Domask missed Jumper.	0	5
17:39	Alex Karaban Block.	0	5
17:39	Illinois Offensive Rebound.	0	5
17:34	Ty Rodgers missed Jumper.	0	5
17:34	Stephon Castle Defensive Rebound.	0	5
17:13	Stephon Castle missed Layup.	0	5
17:13	Donovan Clingan Offensive Rebound.	0	5
17:09	Donovan Clingan made Layup.	0	7
16:57	Foul on Donovan Clingan.	0	7
16:57	Ty Rodgers missed Free Throw.	0	7
16:57	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	0	7
16:57	Ty Rodgers missed Free Throw.	0	7
16:57	Donovan Clingan Defensive Rebound.	0	7
16:42	Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.	0	7
16:42	Marcus Domask Defensive Rebound.	0	7
16:34	Dain Dainja Turnover.	0	7
16:22	Samson Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Tristen Newton.	0	9
16:00	Foul on Tristen Newton.	0	9
16:00	Official TV Timeout	0	9
16:00	Marcus Domask missed Free Throw.	0	9
16:00	Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	0	9
16:00	Marcus Domask made Free Throw.	1	9
15:33	Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.	1	9
15:33	Marcus Domask Defensive Rebound.	1	9
15:18	Quincy Guerrier made Dunk. Assisted by Marcus Domask.	3	9
14:54	Cam Spencer made Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Castle.	3	11
14:30	Marcus Domask made Layup.	5	11
14:16	Stephon Castle missed Three Point Jumper.	5	11
14:16	Quincy Guerrier Defensive Rebound.	5	11
13:53	Coleman Hawkins missed Jumper.	5	11
13:53	Samson Johnson Defensive Rebound.	5	11
13:26	Foul on Luke Goode.	5	11
13:26	Tristen Newton made Free Throw.	5	12
13:26	Tristen Newton made Free Throw.	5	13
13:05	Quincy Guerrier missed Jumper.	5	13
13:05	Luke Goode Offensive Rebound.	5	13
13:00	Marcus Domask made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Luke Goode.	8	13
12:41	Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.	8	13
12:41	Luke Goode Defensive Rebound.	8	13
12:35	Terrence Shannon Jr. made Layup.	10	13
12:10	Tristen Newton missed Layup.	10	13
12:10	Coleman Hawkins Defensive Rebound.	10	13
12:00	Quincy Guerrier missed Three Point Jumper.	10	13
12:00	Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.	10	13
11:40	Hassan Diarra made Jumper.	10	15
11:27	Marcus Domask made Three Point Jumper.	13	15
10:58	Official TV Timeout	13	15
10:54	Donovan Clingan missed Jumper.	13	15
10:54	Luke Goode Defensive Rebound.	13	15
10:47	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.	13	15
10:47	Stephon Castle Block.	13	15
10:47	Cam Spencer Defensive Rebound.	13	15
10:38	Stephon Castle missed Jumper.	13	15
10:38	Dain Dainja Block.	13	15
10:38	Illinois Defensive Rebound.	13	15
10:16	Marcus Domask missed Jumper.	13	15
10:16	UConn Defensive Rebound.	13	15
10:02	Cam Spencer missed Three Point Jumper.	13	15
10:02	Justin Harmon Defensive Rebound.	13	15
9:53	Justin Harmon missed Layup.	13	15
9:53	Cam Spencer Defensive Rebound.	13	15
9:42	Hassan Diarra made Layup. Assisted by Cam Spencer.	13	17
9:15	Marcus Domask missed Jumper.	13	17
9:15	UConn Defensive Rebound.	13	17
8:59	Donovan Clingan made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Castle.	13	19
8:42	Ty Rodgers missed Jumper.	13	19
8:42	Ty Rodgers Offensive Rebound.	13	19
8:33	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.	13	19
8:33	Donovan Clingan Block.	13	19
8:33	Coleman Hawkins Offensive Rebound.	13	19
8:30	Coleman Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.	13	19
8:30	Illinois Offensive Rebound.	13	19
8:30	Foul on Stephon Castle.	13	19
8:28	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.	13	19
8:28	Donovan Clingan Block.	13	19
8:28	Illinois Offensive Rebound.	13	19
8:22	Ty Rodgers missed Layup.	13	19
8:22	Stephon Castle Defensive Rebound.	13	19
8:13	Hassan Diarra missed Three Point Jumper.	13	19
8:13	Luke Goode Defensive Rebound.	13	19
7:55	Ty Rodgers missed Layup.	13	19
7:55	Donovan Clingan Block.	13	19
7:55	Hassan Diarra Defensive Rebound.	13	19
7:20	Tristen Newton missed Three Point Jumper.	13	19
7:20	Illinois Defensive Rebound.	13	19
7:20	Official TV Timeout	13	19
6:51	Quincy Guerrier missed Dunk.	13	19
6:51	Cam Spencer Block.	13	19
6:51	Tristen Newton Defensive Rebound.	13	19
6:32	Tristen Newton missed Jumper.	13	19
6:32	Quincy Guerrier Defensive Rebound.	13	19
6:20	Marcus Domask made Layup.	15	19
5:54	Stephon Castle missed Three Point Jumper.	15	19
5:54	Cam Spencer Offensive Rebound.	15	19
5:49	Cam Spencer missed Layup.	15	19
5:49	Terrence Shannon Jr. Block.	15	19
5:49	Terrence Shannon Jr. Defensive Rebound.	15	19
5:45	Foul on Stephon Castle.	15	19
5:25	Quincy Guerrier made Jumper.	17	19
5:02	Foul on Quincy Guerrier.	17	19
5:02	Cam Spencer made Free Throw.	17	20
5:02	Cam Spencer made Free Throw.	17	21
4:49	Coleman Hawkins made Layup.	19	21
4:29	Foul on Alex Karaban.	19	21
4:29	Alex Karaban Turnover.	19	21
4:12	Luke Goode missed Three Point Jumper.	19	21
4:12	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn Offensive Rebound.	19	21
4:12	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn missed Layup.	19	21
4:12	Cam Spencer Defensive Rebound.	19	21
4:04	Samson Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Hassan Diarra.	19	23
3:39	Marcus Domask made Layup.	21	23
3:15	Foul on Marcus Domask.	21	23
3:15	Official TV Timeout	21	23
3:10	Tristen Newton Turnover.	21	23
3:10	Marcus Domask Steal.	21	23
2:48	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Layup.	21	23
2:48	Hassan Diarra Defensive Rebound.	21	23
2:48	Donovan Clingan missed Layup.	21	23
2:48	Quincy Guerrier Defensive Rebound.	21	23
2:22	Quincy Guerrier missed Three Point Jumper.	21	23
2:22	Cam Spencer Defensive Rebound.	21	23
2:15	Alex Karaban missed Three Point Jumper.	21	23
2:15	Donovan Clingan Offensive Rebound.	21	23
2:15	Foul on Terrence Shannon Jr..	21	23
2:06	Foul on Coleman Hawkins.	21	23
2:06	Donovan Clingan missed Free Throw.	21	23
2:06	UConn Deadball Team Rebound.	21	23
2:06	Donovan Clingan missed Free Throw.	21	23
2:06	Luke Goode Defensive Rebound.	21	23
1:51	Marcus Domask made Jumper.	23	23
1:27	Cam Spencer missed Three Point Jumper.	23	23
1:27	Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.	23	23
1:23	Hassan Diarra made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Karaban.	23	26
1:07	Dain Dainja missed Layup.	23	26
1:07	Donovan Clingan Defensive Rebound.	23	26
0:59	Foul on Quincy Guerrier.	23	26
0:59	Tristen Newton made Free Throw.	23	27
0:59	Tristen Newton made Free Throw.	23	28
0:40	Quincy Guerrier missed Jumper.	23	28
0:40	Donovan Clingan Defensive Rebound.	23	28
0:33	UConn Timeout	23	28
0:33	Official TV Timeout	23	28
0:08	UConn Turnover.	23	28
0:08	Illinois Timeout	23	28
0:03	Foul on Hassan Diarra.	23	28
0:01	Terrence Shannon Jr. missed Jumper.	23	28
0:01	Cam Spencer Defensive Rebound.	23	28
0:00	End of 1st half	23	28

TD Garden

6:09 PM, March 30, 2024Coverage: TBS

Boston, MA

Line: CONN -8.5

Over/Under: 154.5

Attendance: 19,181

Referees:
Doug Shows
Terry Oglesby
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Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Illinois	0-0	-	1-0
Iowa	0-0	-	1-0
Maryland	0-0	-	1-0
Michigan	0-0	-	1-0
Michigan State	0-0	-	1-0
Nebraska	0-0	-	1-0
Northwestern	0-0	-	1-0
Ohio State	0-0	-	1-0
Oregon	0-0	-	1-0
Penn State	0-0	-	1-0
Purdue	0-0	-	1-0
UCLA	0-0	-	1-0
USC	0-0	-	1-0
Wisconsin	0-0	-	1-0
Indiana	0-0	-	0-0
Minnesota	0-0	-	0-0
Rutgers	0-0	-	0-0
Washington	0-0	-	0-0

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Butler	0-0	-	1-0
DePaul	0-0	-	1-0
Marquette	0-0	-	1-0
Providence	0-0	-	1-0
Seton Hall	0-0	-	1-0
St. John's	0-0	-	1-0
Villanova	0-0	-	1-0
Xavier	0-0	-	1-0
Creighton	0-0	-	0-0
Georgetown	0-0	-	0-0
UConn	0-0	-	0-0

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