Live Blogging: Minnesota Golden Gophers at Illinois Fighting Illini 01/16/2019

Hello and welcome to another edition of ‘Live Blogging on Shish on College Basketball’. Tonight it is Big Ten Men’s Basketball, as the Minnesota Golden Gophers take on Illinois Fighting Illini.

The Golden Gophers are led by Amir Coffey in scoring. While Jordan Murphy leads Minnesota in rebounding. And Isaiah Washington leads the Gophers in assists.

As far as their team stats, they average 75.3 PPG, while allowing 68.3 PPG. They rebound the ball at 39.4 RPG. And they distribute the ball at 15.9 APG.

For the Ilini, they are led by Trent Frazier in scoring and assists. Giorgi Bezhanishvili leads Illinois in rebounding.

For their team stats, they average 73.1 PPG, while allowing 74.7 PPG. They rebound the ball at 33.6 RPG. Finally, they distribute the ball at 14.3 APG.

It is Minnesota Golden Gophers taking on Illinois Fighting Illini, coming up shortly.

Possible Starting Lineups:
Minnesota Golden Gophers:
​​G: G. Kalschuer
G: A. Coffey
G: D. McBrayer
F: J. Murphy
C: D. Oturu

Illinois Fighting Illini:
G: A. Jordan
G: T. Frazier
G: A. Dosunmu
F: K. Nichols
F: G. Bezhanishvili

Da'Monte Williams will replace Aaron Jordan in Illini Starting Lineup. 

Gophers are in their maroon uniforms and gold lettering. Illini will be in their home white uniforms, blue numbers.

1st Half:
20:00: Illini win the tipoff. Minnesota will have the Possession Arrow, in their favor. 
19:22: Dosunmu with a jumper. MINN 0, ILL 2
19:01: Kaischeur with a jam. MINN 2, ILL 2
18:29: Frazier makes 1 of 2 free throws. MINN 2, ILL 3
18:07: Coffey makes a 3-point FG. MINN 5, ILL 3
17:39: Frazier makes a 3-point FG. MINN 5, ILL 6
17:10: Jones with a 3-point FG. MINN 5, ILL 9
16:33: Tevian Jones committed his 2nd foul of the game. 
16:15: Curry with a hook shot. MINN 7, ILL 9
15:49: T.V. Timeout #1: MINN 7, ILL 9

​15:38: Dosunmu makes a 3-point FG. MINN 7, ILL 12
14:55: GAME CLOCK DELAY: MINN 7, ILL 12
14:51: Game clock reset to 14:51. 
13:41: Coffey commits shot clock violation against Gophers. 
13:30: Illini have the Possession Arrow, in their favor. 
13:24: Kane makes a jumper. MINN 7, ILL 14
12:45: Bezhanishvili with a jam. MINN 7, ILL 16
12:42: Trent Frazier commits 2nd foul of the game.
12:35: Washington with a jumper. MINN 9, ILL 16
12:17: Bezhanishvili makes a jam. MINN 9, ILL 18
12:08: Oturu  with a layup. MINN 11, ILL 18
11:57: Feliz with a jumper. MINN 11, ILL 20
11:40: Oturu with a layup. MINN 13, ILL 20
11:36: T.V. Timeout #2: MINN 13, ILL 20

​10:51: Jordan with a 3-point FG. MINN 13, ILL 23
10:36: Minnesota is in the Bonus.
10:10: Murphy makes both free throws. MINN 15, ILL 23
9:50: Jump Ball! Illini Ball! Minnesota will have the Possession Arrow, in their favor.
9:42: Feliz with a layup. MINN 15, ILL 25
9:21: Dosunmu makes a 3-point FG. MINN 15, ILL 28
9:21: GOLDEN GOPHERS TIMEOUT #1: MINN 15, ILL 28
9:10: Murphy makes a jumper. MINN 17, ILL 28
8:25: Bezhanishvili makes a hook shot. MINN 17, ILL 30
8:02: Bezhanishvili makes both free throws. MINN 17, ILL 32
7:44: T.V. Timeout #3: MINN 17, ILL 32

7:18: Dosunmu makes a 3-point FG. MINN 17, ILL 35
6:59: Oturu makes both free throws. MINN 19, ILL 35
6:06: Minnesota will be in the Double Bonus.
6:06: Oturu missed a free throw. 
5:39: Murphy with a jam. MINN 21, ILL 35
4:47: FOUL REVIEW: Officials reviewing whether Jordan Murphy commits a flagrant 1 foul. Murphy committed a flagrant 1 foul.
4:47: Bezahanishvili makes both free throws. MINN 21, ILL 37
4:37: Dosunmu makes both free throws. MINN 21, ILL 39
4:05: Jump Ball! Gophers Ball! Illini will have the Possession Arrow, in their favor. 
3:52: Curry with a jump shot. MINN 23, ILL 39
3:39: Bezhanishvili with a hook shot. MINN 23, ILL 41
3:21: McBrayer with a jumper. MINN 25, ILL 41
3:10: T.V. Timeout #4: MINN 25, ILL 41

​​2:42: Curry makes 1 of 2 free throws. MINN 26, ILL 41
1:54: Bezhanishvili with a tip-in. MINN 26, ILL 43
1:50: Illini is in the Bonus.
1:35: Feliz with a layup. MINN 26, ILL 45
:53: Feliz with a layup. MINN 26, ILL 47
:34: Williams makes layup. MINN 26, ILL 49
:24: FIGHTING ILLINI TIMEOUT #1: MINN 26, ILL 49
:24: Coffey makes both free throws. MINN 28, ILL 49
:01: Dosunmu with a layup. MINN 28, ILL 51
:00: The End of 1st Half. Illini will inbound to start the 2nd Half.

Halftime:
MINN 28, ILL 51

Halftime Leaders:
Scoring: Dosunmu (ILL) 15 points
Rebounding: Bezhanishvili (ILL) 5 rebounds
Assists: Dosunmu (ILL) 2 assists

Halftime Thoughts:
The Illini is shooting lights out tonight. For the Gophers, they just have to regroup and try and cut the Illini by half, within the next ten minutes of play.

NCAA MBK Scores:


2nd Half:
20:00: Illini will inbound the ball to start the 2nd Half. Golden Gophers will have the Possession Arrow, in their favor. 
19:35: OFFICIAL REVIEW: Officials reviewing whether Bezhanishvili missed rim. 
18:29: Oturu with a layup. MINN 30, ILL 51
18:06: Coffey makes both free throws. MINN 32, ILL 51
17:32: Frazier with a layup and foul. Frazier makes a free throw. MINN 32, ILL 54
16:31: Coffey makes a layup. MINN 34, ILL 54
16:03: Oturu with a layup and foul.  Oturu makes free throw. MINN 37, ILL 54
15:48: T.V. Timeout #1: MINN 37, ILL 54
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15:07: Dosunmu with a layup. MINN 37, ILL 56
14:43: Jordan with a 3-point FG. MINN 37, ILL 59
14:28: Omersa missed both free throws.
14:14: Dosunmu with the floater. MINN 37, ILL 61
14:08: GOLDEN GOPHERS TIMEOUT #2: MINN 37, ILL 61
13:43: Jordan with a 3-point FG. MINN 37, ILL 64
13:24: Dosunmu with a layup and foul. Dosunmu missed a free throw. MINN 37, ILL 66
13:24: Bezhanishvili makes a tip-in. MINN 37, ILL 68
13:24: Oturu with a layup. MINN 39, ILL 68
13:00: Feliz makes both free throws. MINN 39, ILL 70
11:59: McBrayer makes a layup. MINN 41, ILL 70
11:42: T.V. Timeout #2: MINN 41, ILL 70
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11:23: Williams with a layup and foul. Williams makes a free throw. MINN 41, ILL 73
11:00: Frazier makes a layup. MINN 41, ILL 75
10:49: Curry with a layup. MINN 43, ILL 75
10:25: Frazier with a layup. MINN 43, ILL 77
10:20: Gophers' only lead came 18:07 in 1st Half.
10:12: Frazier with a layup. MINN 43, ILL 79
10:12: GOLDEN GOPHERS TIMEOUT #3: MINN 43, ILL 79
​10:00: Kaischeur makes a 3-point FG. MINN 46, ILL 79
9:21: McBrayer with a 3-point FG. MINN 49, ILL 79
9:03: Dosunmu with the floater. MINN 49, ILL 81
8:55: Illini is in the Bonus.
8:11: Jones with a layup. MINN 49, ILL 83
8:03: Oturu makes a jumper. MINN 51, ILL 83
7:47: T.V. Timeout #3: MINN 51, ILL 83
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7:47: Frazier makes both free throws. MINN 51, ILL 85
7:37: Jump Ball! Golden Gophers Ball! Illini will have the Possession Arrow, in their favor. 
7:08: Griffith with an alley-oop. Jordan with an assist. MINN 51, ILL 87
6:52: Murphy with the layup and foul. Murphy makes a free throw. MINN 54, ILL 87
6:29: Bezhanishvili makes a jumper. MINN 54, ILL 89
6:13: Washington with a fade-away. MINN 56, ILL 89
4:26: Bezhanishvili with a tip-in. MINN 56, ILL 91
4:14: Murphy with a jam. MINN 58, ILL 91
3:56: T.V. Timeout #4: MINN 58, ILL 91
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3:43: Oturu with a FG. MINN 60, ILL 91
2:45: Kane with a jumper. MINN 60, ILL 93
2:36: Washington makes both free throws. MINN 62, ILL 93
2:08: Hurt with a layup. MINN 64, ILL 93
1:30: Kalscheur with a layup. MINN 66, ILL 93
:49: Cayce with a layup. MINN 66, ILL 95
:09: Washington with a floater. MINN 68, ILL 95

Final:
MINN 68, ILL 95
MINN: (13-4, 3-3 Big Ten) 
ILL: (5-12, 1-5 Big Ten)

Final Leaders:
Scoring: Dosunmu (ILL) 
Rebounding: Bezhanishvili/Oturu 8 rebounds
Assists: Washington (MINN) 4 assists

Final Thoughts:
A dominate first Big Ten victory for the Illini, in the 2018-19 regular season. They scored early and often and played tenacious defense. As for the Gophers, they need to regroup and have to figure out how to get some quality wins, to counter this blowout loss to Illini.

Gophers will host the Nittany Lions on Saturday. While the Illini will travel to Iowa City, to play the Hawkeyes on Sunday. 

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