IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Devyn Marble scored 21 points and Iowa beat Illinois 63-55 on Tuesday night for its fifth win in seven games.
Josh Oglesby added 10 for the surging Hawkeyes (19-11, 8-9 Big Ten). They tied a school record with 12 blocked shots, including six from Gabe Olaseni off the bench.
Oglesby buried back-to-back 3-pointers to turn a two-point lead into a 54-46 cushion with 3:19 left. D.J. Richardson then missed a dunk and Marble followed with a three-point play that put Iowa ahead by 11 with 1:39 to go.
Brandon Paul had 18 points to lead Illinois (21-10, 8-9), which lost for just the second time in eight games. The Illini shot just 28.6 percent from the field.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Illinois (21-10) | 28 | 27 | 55 |
| Iowa (19-11) « | 31 | 32 | 63 |
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| Illinois Fighting Illini | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. McLaurin, F | 19 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| N. Egwu, C | 26 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| D. Richardson, G | 37 | 4-15 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| B. Paul, G | 34 | 6-15 | 3-4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| T. Abrams, G | 33 | 1-9 | 4-7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Griffey | 27 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| J. Bertrand | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| M. Henry | 7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-63 | 10-17 | 39 | 8 | 19 | 55 | |
| 28.6% | 58.8% | ||||||
| Iowa Hawkeyes | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. White, F | 31 | 2-9 | 2-4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| M. Basabe, F | 16 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| A. Woodbury, C | 17 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| R. Marble, G | 34 | 5-12 | 10-10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| E. May, G | 26 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Oglesby | 24 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| G. Olaseni | 19 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Z. McCabe | 18 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Clemmons | 15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Totals | 21-54 | 16-20 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 63 | |
| 38.9% | 80% | ||||||
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