Johnson 5 11 5 6 18, R. Johnson 4 11 1 4 9, Byrd 3 8 1 1 10, A. Johnson 1 4 0 0 2, Lawson 0 1 0 0 0, Davis 1 4 0 0 2, Carroll 0 0 0 0 0, Marcius 3 7 0 0 6. Totals 29 68 14 16 79.
Halftime Illinois 43 29. 3 Point Goals Purdue 6 16 (T. Johnson 3 7, Byrd 3 8, Davis 0 1), Illinois 7 25 (Henry 2 3, Abrams 2 4, Richardson 2 8, Paul 1 4, Shaw 0 1, Griffey 0 5). Fouled Out Paul. Rebounds Purdue 34 (R. Johnson 7), Illinois 44 (Bertrand 12). Assists Purdue 9 (R. Johnson 5), Illinois 14 (Abrams 7). Total Fouls Purdue 12, Illinois 16. Technicals Purdue Bench 2. A 13,464.
Illinois 59, Purdue 46 10:42 second half
The Illini already have more assists tonight than they’ve had in any Big Ten game this season.
Tyler Griffey hoisted up a three pointer early in the half and a handful of fans behind us yelled “HEAT CHECK!” Griffey missed.
He missed his next three but he followed his shot (paying attention, kids?) got the rebound, made the bucket and was fouled.
“Got to throw it higher, it was there,” Groce said after Illinois had an alley oop pass to Nnanna Egwu intercepted.
Groce also told Tracy Abrams to play hard without fouling and spread the message to the rest of the team.
Tracy came back wearing No. 12 after getting blood on his jersey. Tal Brody, whose jersey was raised to the rafters tonight, wore No. 12. Byrd hit a three with Sam McLaurin all over him, Groce turned to the bench and said, “That’s a hell of a shot.”
Very nice to see Demetri McCamey geta nice hand from the crowd when he was shown on the video board. He was a whipping boy when he was here.
Tight deadline, got to wrap this up.
Illinois 43, Purdue 29 Halftime
That’s the first time the Illini have scored 40 points in the first half in Big Ten play. They had 47 against Auburn at Air Jordan 4s the United Center.
Matt Painter yelled “Motion!” That sounded very familiar.
Painter has ben working on the officials and Air Jordan Fusion 4 at least once, he got a call to go in his favor.
“Call it both ways!” is what the fans here are yelling.
The Krush is all over Painter kind of Air Jordan 7s like the Indiana fans used to get on Weber. Not nearly as harsh, though.
None of the Illinois coaches liked the second foul called on Nnanna Egwu. Tom eades hit him with a moving screen.
Paul Klee is at the Colorado State game tonight. He says the Rams have 4,000 students in the house tonight. In Fort Collins. Four thousand.
In the Chicago Public League, Whitney Air Jordan DMP Young is leading Orr comfortably in the second half. Looks like it will be Young and Morgan Park in the title Air Jordan 6s game.
Sam McLaurin had a nice half for the Illini, doing some dirty work. He already has a season high eight points. So did Joseph Bertrand and Myke Henry did a nice job at both ends when he got into the game.
Sam got a real nice hand from the crowd when he checked out at the 6:18 mark.
Groce: “Brandon, let’s go, give Richardson a blow.” He said that as Brandon was bringing the ball up the floor.
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