Arkansas Razorbacks vs Illinois Fighting Illini

Men's Basketball Championship - West Region - 1st Round

20-13

Final

	1	2	T
Illinois ILL	26	37	63
Arkansas ARK	36	37	73

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21-13

Illinois Fighting Illini

starters
Dain DainjaD. Dainja#42
Matthew MayerM. Mayer#24
RJ MelendezR. Melendez#15
Coleman HawkinsC. Hawkins#33
Terrence Shannon Jr.T. Shannon Jr. #0
bench
Luke GoodeL. Goode#10
Ty RodgersT. Rodgers#20
Jayden EppsJ. Epps#3
Sencire HarrisS. Harris#1
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23	1-2	0-0	3-6	0	6	6	0	0	2	2	1	5
22	0-6	0-5	2-3	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	2
26	4-8	2-4	0-0	0	6	6	3	1	0	0	4	10
34	3-9	2-6	2-2	1	3	4	3	3	1	6	1	10
31	5-10	0-3	10-13	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23	2-4	2-3	0-0	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	5	6
23	3-5	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	1	4	1	1	2	6
6	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
12	1-3	0-0	0-2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2
	20-52	6-22	17-26	3	31	34	10	10	5	17	19	63
	38.5%	27.3%	65.4%

Arkansas Razorbacks

starters
Kamani JohnsonK. Johnson#20
Anthony BlackA. Black#0
Ricky Council IVR. Council IV#1
Nick Smith Jr.N. Smith Jr.#3
Davonte DavisD. Davis#4
bench
Jalen GrahamJ. Graham#11
Makhel MitchellMakhel Mitchell#22
Makhi MitchellMakhi Mitchell#15
Jordan WalshJ. Walsh#13
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
12	2-5	0-0	1-1	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	5
35	4-12	0-1	4-6	0	6	6	1	3	1	2	3	12
39	3-9	1-3	11-12	2	8	10	0	1	1	2	1	18
28	2-10	0-2	2-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	6
30	7-14	2-4	0-0	1	5	6	1	4	0	4	4	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
23	4-5	0-0	1-2	1	6	7	1	0	2	0	3	9
27	2-8	0-1	2-3	2	2	4	1	3	0	1	4	6
	24-63	3-11	22-29	11	32	43	4	12	4	11	19	73
	38.1%	27.3%	75.9%

Wells Fargo Arena

4:34 PM, March 16, 2023Coverage: TBS

Des Moines, IA

Attendance: 16,745

Referees:
Sean Hull
Bert Smith
Brooks Wells

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan State	17-3	-	30-7
Maryland	14-6	3	27-9
Michigan	14-6	3	27-10
Wisconsin	13-7	4	27-10
UCLA	13-7	4	23-11
Purdue	13-7	4	24-12
Oregon	12-8	5	25-10
Illinois	12-8	5	22-13
Indiana	10-10	7	19-13
Ohio State	9-11	8	17-15
Rutgers	8-12	9	15-17
Nebraska	7-13	10	21-14
Northwestern	7-13	10	17-16
Iowa	7-13	10	17-16
USC	7-13	10	17-18
Minnesota	7-13	10	15-17
Penn State	6-14	11	16-15
Washington	4-16	13	13-18

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Auburn	15-3	-	32-6
Florida	14-4	1	36-4
Alabama	13-5	2	28-9
Tennessee	12-6	3	30-8
Texas A&M	11-7	4	23-11
Ole Miss	10-8	5	24-12
Kentucky	10-8	5	24-12
Missouri	10-8	5	22-12
Mississippi State	8-10	7	21-13
Arkansas	8-10	7	22-14
Georgia	8-10	7	20-13
Vanderbilt	8-10	7	20-13
Oklahoma	6-12	9	20-14
Texas	6-12	9	19-16
LSU	3-15	12	14-18
South Carolina	2-16	13	12-20

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