From: wlmg3055@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (William L. Myers)
Subject: Indiana 83 Illinois 79 (late)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:02:30 GMT
Keywords: Game summary, IN, IL, stats...

 late post for those who might be interested...
 .
 IN beat IL Sat. (1/16) night in a hard fought game with numerous
 lead changes.
 .
 Illinois controlled the pace of the 1st half, a defensive struggle
 which saw them take a 32-31 lead to the locker room.
 .
 Both teams warmed offensively in the second half.  Calbert Cheaney
 couldn't be stopped by any of IL's 3 big guards, and he lived at
 the f.t. line.
 .
 IL's interior defense was superb, holding Henderson and Nover to 6
 & zero pts.  Both of them had early foul trouble, as did Bennet.
 Weak perimeter defense and breakdowns allowed IU too many uncontested
 3 pt. shots and critical layups.
 .
 IN compensated for several starter's low production with strong
 bench play from Todd Leary and Brian Evans.  An nice road performance
 by the youngsters.
 .
 IN moved into the lead with about 6 minutes left.  Thomas left the
 game for several possessions to change a bloody shirt, and I thought
 that hurt.  IL closed to 75-74 with 2:00 left on a Taylor steal and
 dunk, but IU handled the ball well and hit their fts. to seal the win.
 .
 Deon Thomas had his usual strong game for IL.  Frosh Richard Keene
 hit several rainbow 3's, but his D wasn't good enough to keep him in
 the game for more minutes.  His ball handling has really tightened
 up the last 2 games.  2 guard Wheeler also had a good game.  Clemons
 showed some spark in his rebounding, but he and Kaufmann often looked
 out of synch with their 'mates.
 .
 .
 Indiana (83)
 .               min     fg-fga  3p-3pa  ft-fta  pf      rb      a       tp
 Cheaney         33      8-14    0-2     14-16   3       2       1       30
 Henderson       26      2-8     0-0     2-5     4       6       1       6
 Nover           23      0-2     0-0     0-0     4       4       1       0
 Graham          20      3-5     2-3     7-8     1       4       4       0
 Bailey          33      1-5     0-1     3-3     2       3       5       5
 Reynolds         7      0-0     0-0     0-0     1       0       1       0
 Leary           28      5-10    2-3     0-0     1       3       2       12
 Knight           1      0-0     0-0     0-0     0       0       0       0
 Evans           29      6-8     3-3     0-0     0       8       3       15
 Team                                            -       1
 Totals          200     25-52   7-12    26-32   16      31      18      83
 .                  FG = 48.1%      FT = 81.3%
 .
 Illinois (79)
 .               min     fg-fga  3p-3pa  ft-fta  pf      rb      a       tp
 Kaufmann        28      5-14    2-4     2-3     4       7       2       14
 Bennett         22      2-7     0-0     0-0     4       5       0       4
 Thomas          36      8-12    0-0     7-10    1       9       1       23
 Keene           25      5-11    3-6     1-3     3       4       1       14
 Clemons         25      2-6     0-0     2-2     2       6       3       6
 Harris           1      1-1     1-1     0-0     0       0       0       3
 Taylor          15      1-1     0-0     0-0     5       3       3       2
 Michael         15      1-1     1-1     0-0     1       1       1       3
 Davidson         6      0-0     0-0     0-0     1       0       1       0
 Wheeler         23      4-9     2-5     0-0     3       0       2       10
 Roth             1      0-0     0-0     0-0     0       0       0       0
 Cross                           "
 Griswold                        "
 Rice                            "
 Team                                                     1
 Totals          200     29-62   9-17    12-18   24      36      14      79
 .                 FG = 46.8%       FT = 66.7%
 .
 Halftime score-  IL 32, IN 31.
 Turnovers- IN 13 (Cheaney 4, Nover 4, Evans 2, Bailey, Graham, Leary)
 .          IL 17 (Kaufmann 5, Clemons 3, Wheeler 3, Taylor 2, Thomas 2,
 .               Bennett, Keene.)
 Blocked shots- IN 1 (Henderson),  IL 2 (Thomas 2)
 Steals-         IN 5 (Bailey, Cheaney, Graham, Leary, Nover).
 .               IL 8 (Bennett 2, Keene 2, Thomas 2, Davidson, Taylor).
 Officials- Sam Lickliter, Verl Sell, Mike Sanzere.
 A- 16,299 at The Assembly Hall.
 .