
Ohio State Buckeyes at Illinois Fighting Illini
· NCAA Men's BasketballWill Riley scores 24, No. 18 Illinois mounts late comeback to beat Ohio State 87-79

Morez Johnson Jr. had 14 points and 15 rebounds, Kylan Boswell had 14 points, Tomislav Ivisic had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn had 10 points for the Illini (15-7, 7-5 Big Ten), who went on a 15-point run over a five-minute stretch late in the second half.
Devin Royal scored 29 points — 19 in the first half — for Ohio State (13-9, 5-6), which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Bruce Thornton had 22 points and John Mobley Jr. had 18 points.
Ivisic, Illinois’ No. 2 scorer and leading rebounder, returned to action after missing three games with mononucleosis. He played 29 minutes.
Ohio State: The Buckeyes’ three-game winning streak could have been a lot longer. They lost three in a row by a total of five points before ending the skid with a win Jan. 21 at No. 10 Purdue.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 79 - 87 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 79 - 87 |
2nd 0:00 | Illinois Deadball Team Rebound. | 79 - 87 |
2nd 0:00 | Devin Royal missed Three Point Jumper. | 79 - 87 |
2nd 0:08 | Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn made Free Throw. | 79 - 87 |
Statistics
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27-73 | FG | 30-58 |
37.0 | Field Goal % | 51.7 |
11-23 | 3PT | 4-20 |
47.8 | Three Point % | 20.0 |
14-15 | FT | 23-31 |
93.3 | Free Throw % | 74.2 |
31 | Rebounds | 43 |
13 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
18 | Defensive Rebounds | 32 |
6 | Assists | 10 |
3 | Steals | 2 |
2 | Blocks | 3 |
5 | Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
5 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
12 | Points Off Turnovers | 7 |
5 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
30 | Points in Paint | 52 |
25 | Fouls | 14 |
11 | Largest Lead | 11 |
Game Information

Location: Champaign, IL
Attendance: 15,544 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Michigan State | 17-3 | - | 30-7 |
Maryland | 14-6 | 3 | 27-9 |
Michigan | 14-6 | 3 | 27-10 |
Wisconsin | 13-7 | 4 | 27-10 |
UCLA | 13-7 | 4 | 23-11 |
Purdue | 13-7 | 4 | 24-12 |
Oregon | 12-8 | 5 | 25-10 |
Illinois | 12-8 | 5 | 22-13 |
Indiana | 10-10 | 7 | 19-13 |
Ohio State | 9-11 | 8 | 17-15 |
Rutgers | 8-12 | 9 | 15-17 |
Nebraska | 7-13 | 10 | 18-14 |
Northwestern | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
Iowa | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
USC | 7-13 | 10 | 17-17 |
Minnesota | 7-13 | 10 | 15-17 |
Penn State | 6-14 | 11 | 16-15 |
Washington | 4-16 | 13 | 13-18 |