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Illinois Fighting Illini @ 
Minnesota Golden Gophers 61–50
2009-03-01 · NCAA
Illinois Fighting Illini 2008-09 · Minnesota Golden Gophers 2008-09 · 2008-09 season
Team stats
| Illinois | Minnesota | |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 21-47 .447 | 20-59 .339 |
| Three-pointers | 2-5 .400 | 3-21 .143 |
| Free throws | 17-19 .895 | 7-9 .778 |
| Offensive rebounds | 11 | 12 |
| Defensive rebounds | 26 | 14 |
| Total rebounds | 39 | 28 |
| Assists | 17 | 11 |
| Steals | 5 | 10 |
| Blocks | 7 | 1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Personal fouls | 11 | 21 |
| Technical fouls | 0 | 0 |
| Largest lead | 15 | 4 |
Illinois Fighting Illini
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jenna Smith C | 17 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Lacey Simpson F | 14 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Lydia McCully NA | 10 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Fabiola Josil NA | 7 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Macie Blinn NA | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Total | 61 | 21-47 | 2-5 | 17-19 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
FG .447 · 3P .400 · FT .895
Minnesota Golden Gophers
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Emily Fox G | 14 | 6-17 | 0-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Ashley Ellis-Milan C | 12 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Katie Ohm G | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jackie Voigt NA | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Brittany McCoy G | 4 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 50 | 20-59 | 3-21 | 7-9 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
FG .339 · 3P .143 · FT .778
Play-by-play
Show every play (298)
First half
- 19:40 MINN Katie Ohm made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Jackie Voigt. 0–2
- 19:19 ILL Jenna Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
- 19:17 MINN Emily Fox Defensive Rebound.
- 18:52 MINN Brittany McCoy missed Two Point Jumper.
- 18:50 ILL Fabiola Josil Defensive Rebound.
- 18:46 ILL Jenna Smith made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Fabiola Josil. 2–2
- 18:33 ILL Foul on Macie Blinn
- 18:13 ILL Foul on Macie Blinn
- 18:13 MINN Brittany McCoy made Free Throw. 2–3
- 18:13 MINN Brittany McCoy made Free Throw. 2–4
- 17:56 ILL Lacey Simpson Turnover.
- 17:56 MINN Emily Fox Steal.
- 17:52 MINN Emily Fox made Two Point Jumper. 2–6
- 17:30 ILL Fabiola Josil made Two Point Jumper. 4–6
- 17:18 MINN Brittany McCoy missed Three Point Jumper.
- 17:15 MINN Jackie Voigt Offensive Rebound.
- 17:15 MINN Jackie Voigt missed Two Point Jumper.
- 17:15 ILL BLK
- 17:13 ILL Fabiola Josil Defensive Rebound.
- 17:05 ILL Lydia McCully missed Three Point Jumper.
- 17:03 ILL Whitney Toone Offensive Rebound.
- 16:38 ILL Jenna Smith made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Lacey Simpson. 6–6
- 16:26 MINN Emily Fox made Two Point Jumper. 6–8
- 16:25 ILL Illinois Full Timeout.
- 16:08 ILL Foul on Fabiola Josil
- 16:08 ILL Fabiola Josil Turnover.
- 15:51 MINN Emily Fox missed Two Point Jumper.
- 15:49 ILL Jenna Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 15:29 MINN Foul on Katie Ohm
- 15:29 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 15:24 MINN Foul on Ashley Ellis-Milan
- 14:57 ILL Lydia McCully made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Jenna Smith. 8–8
- 14:24 MINN Kiara Buford missed Three Point Jumper.
- 14:22 ILL Lacey Simpson Defensive Rebound.
- 14:20 MINN Foul on Kiara Buford
- 14:16 ILL Lacey Simpson made Two Point Jumper. 10–8
- 13:54 MINN Emily Fox missed Three Point Jumper.
- 13:52 ILL Lacey Simpson Defensive Rebound.
- 13:45 ILL Lacey Simpson made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Lydia McCully. 12–8
- 13:19 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Jackie Voigt. 12–10
- 12:49 MINN Foul on Brittany McCoy
- 12:49 ILL Lacey Simpson made Free Throw. 13–10
- 12:49 ILL Lacey Simpson made Free Throw. 14–10
- 12:34 MINN Kay Sylva missed Three Point Jumper.
- 12:32 ILL Fabiola Josil Defensive Rebound.
- 12:18 ILL Jenna Smith made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Lydia McCully. 16–10
- 12:02 MINN Emily Fox Turnover.
- 11:43 ILL Fabiola Josil missed Two Point Jumper.
- 11:41 MINN Brittany McCoy Defensive Rebound.
- 11:24 MINN Emily Fox missed Three Point Jumper.
- 11:22 MINN Kay Sylva Offensive Rebound.
- 11:21 MINN Kay Sylva made Two Point Jumper. 16–12
- 11:04 ILL Jenna Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
- 11:02 ILL Whitney Toone Offensive Rebound.
- 11:01 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 10:45 ILL Lacey Simpson Turnover.
- 10:45 MINN Kay Sylva Steal.
- 10:41 MINN Zoe Harper Turnover.
- 10:41 ILL Lydia McCully Steal.
- 10:33 MINN Foul on Zoe Harper
- 10:17 ILL Fabiola Josil missed Two Point Jumper.
- 10:15 ILL Jenna Smith Offensive Rebound.
- 9:56 ILL Lydia McCully made Three Point Jumper. 19–12
- 9:24 MINN Jackie Voigt made Two Point Jumper. 19–14
- 9:10 ILL Lydia McCully missed Three Point Jumper.
- 9:08 ILL Whitney Toone Offensive Rebound.
- 8:56 ILL Lacey Simpson Turnover.
- 8:56 MINN Brittany McCoy Steal.
- 8:51 MINN Kay Sylva missed Three Point Jumper.
- 8:49 ILL Lydia McCully Defensive Rebound.
- 8:32 ILL Whitney Toone missed Two Point Jumper.
- 8:29 ILL Lacey Simpson Offensive Rebound.
- 8:28 ILL Lacey Simpson missed Two Point Jumper.
- 8:25 MINN Zoe Harper Defensive Rebound.
- 8:13 MINN Brittany McCoy missed Three Point Jumper.
- 8:11 MINN Brittany McCoy Offensive Rebound.
- 8:08 MINN Emily Fox missed Three Point Jumper.
- 8:06 ILL Fabiola Josil Defensive Rebound.
- 7:50 MINN Foul on Zoe Harper
- 7:50 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 7:39 MINN Foul on Jackie Voigt
- 7:39 ILL Whitney Toone made Free Throw. 20–14
- 7:39 ILL Whitney Toone made Free Throw. 21–14
- 7:13 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan missed Two Point Jumper.
- 7:11 ILL Lydia McCully Defensive Rebound.
- 6:43 ILL Illinois Turnover.
- 6:20 MINN Katie Ohm made Three Point Jumper. 21–17
- 6:06 ILL Fabiola Josil missed Two Point Jumper.
- 6:04 MINN Katie Ohm Defensive Rebound.
- 5:57 MINN Katie Ohm missed Three Point Jumper.
- 5:55 ILL Jenna Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 5:34 ILL Lacey Simpson made Two Point Jumper. 23–17
- 5:15 MINN Jackie Voigt missed Three Point Jumper.
- 5:12 ILL Jenna Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 5:03 ILL Whitney Toone missed Two Point Jumper.
- 5:02 ILL Jenna Smith Offensive Rebound.
- 5:01 MINN Foul on Ashley Ellis-Milan
- 5:01 ILL Jenna Smith made Free Throw. 24–17
- 5:01 ILL Jenna Smith made Free Throw. 25–17
- 4:48 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan made Two Point Jumper. 25–19
- 4:32 ILL Lydia McCully missed Two Point Jumper.
- 4:30 MINN Kiara Buford Defensive Rebound.
- 4:24 MINN Emily Fox made Two Point Jumper. 25–21
- 3:56 ILL Lacey Simpson made Two Point Jumper. 27–21
- 3:38 MINN Emily Fox missed Three Point Jumper.
- 3:36 ILL Fabiola Josil Defensive Rebound.
- 3:32 ILL Lydia McCully made Two Point Jumper. 29–21
- 3:11 MINN Katie Ohm missed Three Point Jumper.
- 3:11 ILL BLK
- 3:08 ILL Lacey Simpson Defensive Rebound.
- 3:05 ILL Foul on Lydia McCully
- 3:05 ILL Lydia McCully Turnover.
- 3:05 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 2:38 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:36 MINN Zoe Harper Offensive Rebound.
- 2:35 MINN Zoe Harper missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:33 MINN Kay Sylva Offensive Rebound.
- 2:30 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:28 ILL Illinois Defensive Rebound.
- 2:28 MINN Foul on Zoe Harper
- 2:28 ILL Lacey Simpson made Free Throw. 30–21
- 2:28 ILL Lacey Simpson made Free Throw. 31–21
- 2:16 MINN Brittany McCoy missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:14 ILL Jenna Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 1:45 ILL Lydia McCully missed Two Point Jumper.
- 1:43 MINN Kay Sylva Defensive Rebound.
- 1:31 MINN Kay Sylva missed Three Point Jumper.
- 1:29 ILL Fabiola Josil Defensive Rebound.
- 1:13 MINN Foul on Jackie Voigt
- 1:13 ILL Whitney Toone made Free Throw. 32–21
- 1:13 ILL Whitney Toone missed Free Throw.
- 1:12 ILL Jenna Smith Offensive Rebound.
- 1:04 ILL Jenna Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
- 1:02 ILL Fabiola Josil Offensive Rebound.
- 0:36 ILL Fabiola Josil made Two Point Jumper. 34–21
- 0:18 MINN Katie Ohm Turnover.
- 0:01 ILL Whitney Toone missed Two Point Jumper.
- 0:01 ILL Illinois Offensive Rebound.
- 0:00 End of the 1st Half.
Second half
- 19:36 MINN Jackie Voigt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ashley Ellis-Milan. 34–24
- 19:14 ILL Fabiola Josil missed Two Point Jumper.
- 19:12 MINN Jackie Voigt Defensive Rebound.
- 19:06 MINN Emily Fox Turnover.
- 19:06 ILL Lacey Simpson Steal.
- 18:58 ILL Whitney Toone made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Fabiola Josil. 36–24
- 18:34 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan made Two Point Jumper. 36–26
- 18:05 ILL Lacey Simpson missed Two Point Jumper.
- 18:03 ILL Jenna Smith Offensive Rebound.
- 17:39 ILL Lacey Simpson made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Fabiola Josil. 38–26
- 17:17 MINN Emily Fox missed Two Point Jumper.
- 17:15 MINN Katie Ohm Offensive Rebound.
- 17:10 MINN Katie Ohm missed Three Point Jumper.
- 17:08 ILL Lacey Simpson Defensive Rebound.
- 17:01 ILL Fabiola Josil Turnover.
- 17:01 MINN Emily Fox Steal.
- 16:58 MINN Emily Fox missed Two Point Jumper.
- 16:58 ILL BLK
- 16:57 MINN Katie Ohm Offensive Rebound.
- 16:55 MINN Katie Ohm missed Two Point Jumper.
- 16:54 ILL Jenna Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 16:54 MINN Foul on Jackie Voigt
- 16:29 ILL Lacey Simpson Turnover.
- 16:29 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan Steal.
- 16:19 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Emily Fox. 38–28
- 16:12 ILL Illinois Full Timeout.
- 15:56 ILL Whitney Toone Turnover.
- 15:56 MINN Kay Sylva Steal.
- 15:52 MINN Kay Sylva made Two Point Jumper. 38–30
- 15:34 ILL Jenna Smith Turnover.
- 15:34 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 15:14 MINN Kiara Buford made Two Point Jumper. 38–32
- 14:51 MINN Foul on Kiara Buford
- 14:50 MINN Foul on Kay Sylva
- 14:50 ILL Whitney Toone made Free Throw. 39–32
- 14:50 ILL Whitney Toone made Free Throw. 40–32
- 14:33 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan Turnover.
- 14:11 ILL Jenna Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
- 14:09 ILL Whitney Toone Offensive Rebound.
- 13:56 MINN Foul on Jackie Voigt
- 13:49 MINN Foul on Brittany McCoy
- 13:21 ILL Fabiola Josil Turnover.
- 13:21 MINN Kiara Buford Steal.
- 13:19 ILL Foul on Lacey Simpson
- 13:15 ILL Foul on Fabiola Josil
- 13:10 MINN Kiara Buford missed Two Point Jumper.
- 13:08 ILL Jenna Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 12:39 ILL Whitney Toone made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Lacey Simpson. 42–32
- 12:30 MINN Kiara Buford Turnover.
- 12:30 ILL Lacey Simpson Steal.
- 12:24 ILL Fabiola Josil missed Two Point Jumper.
- 12:22 MINN Kiara Buford Defensive Rebound.
- 12:11 ILL Foul on Fabiola Josil
- 12:11 MINN Brittany McCoy made Free Throw. 42–33
- 12:11 MINN Brittany McCoy made Free Throw. 42–34
- 11:48 ILL Eboni Mitchell missed Two Point Jumper.
- 11:46 MINN Emily Fox Defensive Rebound.
- 11:40 MINN Kiara Buford missed Two Point Jumper.
- 11:38 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan Offensive Rebound.
- 11:16 MINN Emily Fox missed Three Point Jumper.
- 11:14 ILL Jenna Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 10:45 ILL Jenna Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
- 10:44 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan Defensive Rebound.
- 10:33 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan missed Two Point Jumper.
- 10:33 ILL BLK
- 10:32 MINN Minnesota Offensive Rebound.
- 10:32 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 10:24 MINN Foul on Zoe Harper
- 10:24 MINN Zoe Harper Turnover.
- 10:06 ILL Jenna Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
- 10:05 MINN Minnesota Defensive Rebound.
- 9:36 MINN Zoe Harper missed Two Point Jumper.
- 9:34 ILL Jenna Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 9:13 MINN Foul on Emily Fox
- 9:13 ILL Whitney Toone made Free Throw. 43–34
- 9:13 ILL Whitney Toone made Free Throw. 44–34
- 8:55 MINN Zoe Harper missed Two Point Jumper.
- 8:55 ILL BLK
- 8:53 ILL Lydia McCully Defensive Rebound.
- 8:31 ILL Jenna Smith missed Two Point Jumper.
- 8:31 MINN BLK
- 8:28 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan Defensive Rebound.
- 8:22 MINN Foul on Ashley Ellis-Milan
- 8:22 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan Turnover.
- 7:53 ILL Jenna Smith made Two Point Jumper. 46–34
- 7:39 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 7:39 ILL Foul on Jenna Smith
- 7:39 MINN Zoe Harper made Free Throw. 46–35
- 7:39 MINN Zoe Harper missed Free Throw.
- 7:38 MINN Kay Sylva Offensive Rebound.
- 7:16 MINN Kiara Buford missed Three Point Jumper.
- 7:14 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan Offensive Rebound.
- 7:12 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan made Two Point Jumper. 46–37
- 6:54 ILL Lacey Simpson missed Two Point Jumper.
- 6:52 ILL Jenna Smith Offensive Rebound.
- 6:39 ILL Lydia McCully made Three Point Jumper. 49–37
- 6:20 MINN Zoe Harper missed Two Point Jumper.
- 6:18 ILL Lacey Simpson Defensive Rebound.
- 6:12 ILL Lydia McCully Turnover.
- 6:12 MINN Zoe Harper Steal.
- 6:10 ILL Foul on Lydia McCully
- 6:10 MINN OTHER
- 6:10 MINN Emily Fox missed Free Throw.
- 6:10 MINN Emily Fox made Free Throw. 49–38
- 5:54 ILL Whitney Toone made Two Point Jumper. 51–38
- 5:44 MINN Kay Sylva missed Three Point Jumper.
- 5:42 MINN Kiara Buford Offensive Rebound.
- 5:40 MINN Kiara Buford missed Two Point Jumper.
- 5:40 ILL BLK
- 5:39 ILL Lacey Simpson Defensive Rebound.
- 5:23 ILL Whitney Toone missed Two Point Jumper.
- 5:21 MINN Kiara Buford Defensive Rebound.
- 5:10 MINN Kiara Buford made Three Point Jumper. 51–41
- 4:38 ILL Fabiola Josil made Two Point Jumper. 53–41
- 4:32 MINN Emily Fox Turnover.
- 4:32 ILL Lacey Simpson Steal.
- 4:32 MINN Minnesota Full Timeout.
- 4:05 ILL Jenna Smith made Two Point Jumper. 55–41
- 4:05 MINN Foul on Kay Sylva
- 4:05 ILL Jenna Smith made Free Throw. 56–41
- 3:51 MINN Emily Fox made Two Point Jumper. 56–43
- 3:51 MINN Minnesota Full Timeout.
- 3:23 ILL Jenna Smith made Two Point Jumper. 58–43
- 3:03 ILL Foul on Macie Blinn
- 3:03 MINN Official TV Timeout.
- 2:57 MINN Emily Fox missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:55 ILL Jenna Smith Defensive Rebound.
- 2:25 ILL Lacey Simpson missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:20 MINN Emily Fox Defensive Rebound.
- 2:17 MINN Emily Fox made Two Point Jumper. 58–45
- 2:17 MINN Minnesota Full Timeout.
- 1:51 ILL Macie Blinn Turnover.
- 1:51 MINN Brittany McCoy Steal.
- 1:47 MINN Emily Fox missed Two Point Jumper.
- 1:45 MINN Kiara Buford Offensive Rebound.
- 1:43 MINN Kiara Buford missed Two Point Jumper.
- 1:43 ILL BLK
- 1:41 ILL Fabiola Josil Defensive Rebound.
- 1:37 MINN Foul on Emily Fox
- 1:37 ILL OTHER
- 1:37 ILL Fabiola Josil missed Free Throw.
- 1:37 ILL Fabiola Josil made Free Throw. 59–45
- 1:27 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan made Two Point Jumper. 59–47
- 1:14 MINN Foul on Brittany McCoy
- 1:14 ILL Jenna Smith made Free Throw. 60–47
- 1:14 ILL Jenna Smith made Free Throw. 61–47
- 1:04 MINN Emily Fox missed Three Point Jumper.
- 1:02 ILL Macie Blinn Defensive Rebound.
- 0:50 ILL Jenna Smith Turnover.
- 0:50 MINN Kay Sylva Steal.
- 0:47 MINN Kay Sylva Turnover.
- 0:47 ILL Jenna Smith Steal.
- 0:44 ILL Illinois Full Timeout.
- 0:18 ILL Macie Blinn missed Three Point Jumper.
- 0:16 MINN Ashley Ellis-Milan Defensive Rebound.
- 0:12 MINN Emily Fox made Two Point Jumper. 61–49
- 0:12 ILL Foul on Fabiola Josil
- 0:12 MINN Emily Fox made Free Throw. 61–50
- 0:00 End Game