Live-Blogging on Shish on College Basketball: Nebraska Cornhuskers at Illinois Fighting Illini 02/24/2020

Fighting Illini Notes

Hello, and welcome to another edition of ‘Live-Blogging on Shish on College Basketball’. Tonight it is a Big Ten Showdown, between Nebraska Cornhuskers and Illinois Fighting Illini. The Huskies have dropped 11 straight games, while Illini are coming off a win over Penn State, This Past Tuesday.

Cornhuskers are led by Haanif Cheatham in scoring. While Yvan Ouedraogo leads Nebraska in rebounding. And Cam Mack leads the team in assists.

For their team stats, they score 71.1 PPG, while allowing 76.7 PPG. They rebound the ball at 35.0 RPG. And they distribute the ball at 14.6 APG.

As for the Illini, they are led by Ayo Dosunmu in scoring and assists. While Kofi Cockburn leads Illinois in assists.

Their team stats include scoring 72.5 PPG, while allowing 64.8 PPG. They rebound the ball 40.1 RPG. And they distribute the ball at 13.1 APG.

It is Nebraska Cornhuskers taking on Illinois Fighting Illini, coming up shortly

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Possible Starting Lineups:
Nebraska Cornhuskers:
G: H. Cheatham
G: Burke
G: T. Thorbjarnson
G: J. Green
F: Y. Ouedraogo

Illinois Fighting Illini:
G: A. Dosunmu
G: T. Frazier
G: A. Feliz
G: D. Williams
C: K. Cockburn

Huskers are in their road red uniforms. While Illini are in their home white uniforms. 

1st Half:
20:00: Illini wins tipoff. Cornhuskers will have the possession arrow, in their favor.
18:36: Cockburn with a layup and foul. Cockburn missed a free throw. NEB 0, ILL 2
17:30: Dosunmu with a jump shot. NEB 0, ILL 4
17:05: Ouedraogo makes a FG. NEB 2, ILL 4
16:53: Feliz makes a 3-point FG. NEB 2, ILL 7
16:12: Feliz makes a layup. NEB 2, ILL 9
15:47: Burke makes a layup. NEB 4, ILL 9​
15:40: T.V. Timeout #1: NEB 4, ILL 9

​15:02: Dosunmu with a jam. NEB 4, ILL 11
14:45: Cheatham with a 3-point FG. NEB 7, ILL 11
13:39: Jump Ball! Nebraska Ball! Illini will have the possession arrow, in their favor. 
12:58: Jump Ball! Illinois Ball! Nebraska will have the possession arrow, in their favor.
12:10: Griffin with a layup. NEB 7, ILL 13
11:34: Easley makes a layup. NEB 9, ILL 13
11:13: Griffin makes a 3-point FG. NEB 9, ILL 16
10:54: Cross makes a layup. NEB 11, ILL 16
10:54: Cross committed a technical foul.
10:54: T.V. Timeout #2: NEB 11, ILL 16

​10:54: Griffin makes both technical fouls. NEB 11, ILL 18
9:19: Dosunmu with a layup. NEB 11, ILL 20
9:07: Dosunmu with a layup. NEB 11, ILL 22
9:07: CORNHUSKERS TIMEOUT #1: NEB 11, ILL 22
8:50: Jump Ball! Huskers Ball! Illini will have the possession arrow, in their favor.
8:07: Thorbjarnson makes a 3-point FG. NEB 14, ILL 22
7:11: Dosunmu makes a layup. NEB 14, ILL 24
6:55: Ouedraogo makes a layup. NEB 16, ILL 24
6:40: Feliz with a FG. NEB 16, ILL 26
6:32: T.V. Timeout #3: NEB 16, ILL 26

​NCAA MBK Top 25 Scores:
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5:42: Green with a layup. NEB 18, ILL 26
5:11: Dosunmu with a layup. NEB 18, ILL 28
4:53: Burke with a jump shot and foul. Burke makes a free throw. NEB 21, ILL 28
4:20: Burke with a layup. NEB 23, ILL 28
3:48: Cheatham makes a layup. NEB 25, ILL 28
3:28: T.V. Timeout #4: NEB 25, ILL 28

2:52: Cheatham makes both free throws. NEB 27, ILL 28
2:28: Cockburn with a jump shot. NEB 27, ILL 30
2:07: Ouedraogo with a jump shot. NEB 29, ILL 30
1:51: Cockburn makes 1 of 2 free throws. NEB 29, ILL 31
1:40: Burke makes a layup. NEB 31, ILL 31
:17: Frazier makes a 3-point FG. NEB 31, ILL 34
:00: Frazier with a  3-point FG, from the foul line of the Huskers! 
:00: The End of 1st Half. Illini will inbound to start the 2nd Half. 

Halftime:
NEB 31, ILL 37

Halftime Leaders:
Scoring: Dosunmu (ILL) 12 points
Rebounding: Cockburn/Ouedraogo 5 rebounds
Assists: Feliz (ILL) 3 assists

Halftime Thoughts:
Illini jumped to a 10 point lead, but Huskers ended up tying it up before Trent Frazier hit a pair of 3-point FG before the half (Including a  cross court 3-pointer). Illini have the momentum on their side.

NCAA MBK Top 25 Scores:

2nd Half:
20:00: Illini will inbound the ball to start the 2nd Half. 
19:20: Cheatham makes a floating jump shot. NEB 33, ILL 37
19:08: Feliz makes a layup and foul. Feliz missed a free throw. NEB 33, ILL 39
18:45: Williams makes 1 of 2 free throws. NEB 33, ILL 40
18:33: Thorbjarnson makes a 3-point FG. NEB 36, ILL 40
18:09: Dosunmu makes a layup. NEB 36, ILL 42
17:25: Green makes a layup. NEB 38, ILL 42
17:11: Williams with a jam. NEB 38, ILL 44
16:53: Cheatham makes 1 of 2 free throws. NEB 39, ILL 44
16:29: Thorbjarnson makes a layup. NEB 41, ILL 44
15:52: Griffin makes a layup. NEB 41, ILL 46
15:37: Thorbjarnson makes a 3-point FG. NEB 44, ILL 46
15:11: Cross makes a layup. NEB 46, ILL 46
14:43: T.V. Timeout #5: NEB 46, ILL 46
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14:28: Cockburn makes a hook shot. NEB 46, ILL 48
13:53: Griffin makes a jump shot. NEB 46, ILL 50
13:34: Cheatham makes 1 of 2 free throws. NEB 47, ILL 50
13:05: Frazier makes a jump shot. NEB 47, ILL 52
12:35: Cockburn makes both free throws. NEB 47, ILL 54
11:42: T.V. Timeout #6: NEB 47, ILL 54

​11:11: Frazier makes a 3-point FG. NEB 47, ILL 57
9:32: Ouedraogo makes a layup. NEB 49, ILL 57
9:00: Griffin with a jam. NEB 49, ILL 59
8:41: Ouedraogo with a layup. NEB 51, ILL 59
8:05: Cockburn makes both free throws. NEB 51, ILL 61
8:05: Illini are in the Bonus.
7:48: Cross makes a bank shot. NEB 53, ILL 61
7:25: T.V. Timeout #7: NEB 53, ILL 61

​6:00: Cockburn makes a jump shot. NEB 53, ILL 63
5:39: Cockburn makes a mid-range jump shot. NEB 53, ILL 65
5:39: HUSKERS TIMEOUT #2: NEB 53, ILL 65
4:33: Dosunmu makes a jump shot. NEB 53, ILL 67
4:20: Burke with a layup. NEB 55, ILL 67
3:56: T.V. Timeout #8: NEB 55, ILL 67

​3:56: Williams missed a free throw. 
2:27: Dosunmu makes a layup. NEB 55, ILL 69
2:01: Cheatham makes a 3-point FG. NEB 58, ILL 69
2:01: CORNHUSKERS TIMEOUT #3: NEB 58, ILL 69
1:58: Jump Ball! Huskers Ball! Illini will have the possession arrow, in their favor.
1:49: Ouedraogo makes 1 of 2 free throws. NEB 59, ILL 69
1:35: Cheatham and Dosunmu issued technical fouls.
1:35: Feliz makes both free throws. NEB 59, ILL 71
1:15: Illini are in the Double Bonus.
:36.3: Dosunmu missed both free throws.
:00: The End of Game.

Final:
NEB 59, ILL 71 
NEB: (7-20, 2-14 Big Ten)
ILL: (18-9, 10-6 Big Ten)

Final Leaders:
Scoring: Dosunmu (ILL) 18 points
Rebounding: Cockburn/Ouedraogo 10 rebounds
Assists: Feliz/Frazier (ILL) 3 assists

Final Thoughts:
Illini took advantage of Frazier's three-quarter 3-point FG, with some defense. For the Cornhuskers, they played hard, but they are not talented to play in this year's Big Ten. 

Cornhuskers will host Buckeyes on Thursday. While the Illini head to Evanston, to play Northwestern on Thursday. 

This is Paul Shishkoff, Jr. This has been 'Live-Blogging on Shish on College Basketball'. Thanks for visiting this page.
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