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Illinois 64, Michigan 52 (OT)
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[February 13, 2015]
lllinois 64, Michigan 52 (OT):
Kendrick Nunn scored 21 points, including the game-tying 3-pointer, as
the Fighting Illini outscored the visiting Wolverines 14-2 in overtime
to earn their fourth straight win.
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 Ahmad Starks added 12 points and four steals off the bench while
Malcolm Hill produced 11 points and six rebounds for Illinois (17-8,
7-5, Big Ten), which overcame 38.7 percent shooting. Rayvonte Rice
finished with four points after missing the previous nine games due
to injury/suspension while Nnanna Egwu secured 12 rebounds.
Spike Albrecht led the way with 13 points and five assists for
Michigan (13-12, 6-7), which has dropped its last three overtime
games. Max Bielfeldt tallied 12 points and seven rebounds while
Aubrey Dawkins had nine points in a reserve role for the Wolverines,
who blew a seven-point lead with less than five minutes to go.
Albrecht connected from beyond the arc to put the Wolverines ahead
48-41 before Nunn knocked down a jumper and drained a clutch
3-pointer to even the score at 50 with 1:25 left in regulation. Zak
Irvin and Hill missed chances to win it late in regulation before
Illinois ran off the first 14 points of overtime to snap an
eight-game skid in the series with Michigan.
Bielfeldt scored six points as part of a 12-2 run to put the
Wolverines in front 18-12 and they went on to take a 22-20 lead at
intermission despite shooting 32.1 percent from the floor. Irvin and
Dawkins buried back-to-back 3-pointers to put Michigan on top 36-28
before Hill scored nine straight points for the Fighting Illini a
short time later as they trimmed the deficit to 43-39.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Illinois committed seven turnovers while Michigan
finished with 12. … Fighting Illini G Jaylon Tate has made 28
straight free throws. … Wolverines PG Derrick Walton Jr. missed his
fifth straight game with a toe injury.
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