UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros at Illinois Fighting Illini: Recap and Play-by-Play

Fri, Nov 26, 8:00 PM ETState Farm Center · at Illinois

Final

#4ILLIllinois94▲ winner

Closing lineILL -26.5✓ RGV covered by 17.5

Closing total148Over by 31

Season records: UT Rio Grande and Illinois
RGV	2021-22	ILL
6-23	Record	23-10
14-13-2	ATS	12-20-1
16-12-1	O/U	17-16

ATS = covered-didn’t-push · O/U = overs-unders

2021-22 season, regular season

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Box score

Score by half

	1H	2H	T
RGV	37	48	85
ILL	39	55	94

Team stats

RGV		ILL
29-61 48%	Field goals	33-53 62%
6-20 30%	3-pointers	8-19 42%
21-27 78%	Free throws	20-24 83%
26 9 off	Rebounds	31 6 off
9	Assists	21
7	Steals	4
2	Blocks	5
8	Turnovers	13
23	Fouls	17
34	Points in paint	42
17	Fast-break points	9

Players

RGV	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3P
Justin Johnson G	39	28	3	2	7-13	3-5
Ricky Nelson G	39	15	2	4	7-14	0-0
Marek Nelson F	38	23	7	2	7-16	2-8
Mike Adewunmi G	34	6	5	0	3-8	0-3
Donte Houston F	19	0	2	0	0-2	0-1
Bench
RayQuan Taylor F	22	7	5	1	3-4	0-1
Xavier Johnson G	9	6	1	0	2-4	1-2

Did not play: Shavaul Butters, BJ Simmons, Sai Witt, Ismail Habib, Lee Hatcher, Malik Lawrence-Anderson, LaQuan Butler, Isaiah Garcia, Jeff Otchere, Quinton Johnson II

ILL	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3P
Alfonso Plummer G	38	30	2	1	8-14	6-11
Kofi Cockburn C	38	38	10	1	15-19	0-0
Da'Monte Williams G	30	4	6	8	2-4	0-1
Austin Hutcherson G	27	2	2	0	1-2	0-1
Coleman Hawkins G	26	13	4	4	4-5	1-2
Bench
Luke Goode F	18	5	3	1	2-6	1-4
Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk F	12	0	1	6	0-0	0-0
RJ Melendez F	7	2	0	0	1-1	0-0
Omar Payne F	2	0	1	0	0-2	0-0
Brandin Podziemski G	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0

Did not play: Trent Frazier, Edgar Padilla Jr., Connor Serven, Brandon Lieb, Andre Curbelo, Jacob Grandison