HONOLULU (AP) - D.J. Richardson drained a 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer, capping a comeback from a 16-point second-half deficit and giving Illinois a wild 78-77 victory over Hawaii on Friday night.
Richardson's buzzer-beater followed one by Hawaii's Vander Joaquim, who hit a jumper at the end of regulation to force overtime. Before that, Brandon Paul's basket with 2:08 to play had given the Illini (3-0) their first lead of the game.
The teams traded baskets in the extra session before Jace Tavita made one of two free throws to give the Warriors (3-1) a 77-75 lead with 7 seconds left and set the scene for Richardson, who finished with 16 points.
Brandon Paul scored 25 points, including five 3-pointers, for Illinois, and Tracy Abrams added 22. The Illini improved to 7-0 against Hawaii.
Joaquim led the Warriors with 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Brandon Spearman added 20 points and nine boards.
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Illinois (3-0) « | 28 | 38 | 12 | 78 |
| Hawaii (3-1) | 41 | 25 | 11 | 77 |
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| Illinois Fighting Illini | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Egwu, F | 29 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| T. Griffey, F | 26 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| D. Richardson, G | 42 | 5-14 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| T. Abrams, G | 35 | 9-16 | 2-6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| B. Paul, G | 34 | 7-14 | 6-8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. McLaurin | 24 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Bertrand | 21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Henry | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Shaw | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Djimde | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. LaTulip | 2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Langford | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-64 | 13-20 | 31 | 8 | 26 | 78 | |
| 42.2% | 65% | ||||||
| Hawaii Warriors | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| H. Brereton, F | 42 | 3-11 | 3-4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| C. Standhardinger, F | 28 | 4-15 | 3-5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| V. Joaquim, C | 37 | 8-15 | 4-9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| B. Spearman, G | 44 | 7-14 | 4-6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| J. Tavita, G | 31 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. Fotu | 26 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| G. Jefferson | 12 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| D. Rozitis | 3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| M. Clair | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-66 | 17-31 | 51 | 14 | 17 | 77 | |
| 40.9% | 54.8% | ||||||
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