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Akot's 14 help Western Kentucky down Illinois State 78-66
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) Emmanuel Akot had 14 points in Western Kentucky's 78-66 win over Illinois State on Tuesday.
Akot was 3 of 6 shooting, including 3 for 3 from distance, and went 5 for 8 from the line for the Hilltoppers (4-1). Fallou Diagne scored 14 points, shooting 5 for 6 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free throw line. Luke Frampton recorded 14 points and was 5 of 8 shooting (4 for 7 from distance).
Seneca Knight finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and two steals for the Redbirds (2-4). Darius Burford added 16 points and Colton Sandage finished with nine points.
Western Kentucky carried a three-point lead into halftime, as Jordan Rawls led the way with eight points. Western Kentucky outscored Illinois State by nine points over the final half, while Akot led the way with a team-high nine second-half points.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | Liam McChesney vs. Jamarion Sharp (Dayvion McKnight gains possession) | Â |
| 19:46 |  | Â | Kendall Lewis shooting foul (Emmanuel Akot draws the foul) | Â |
| 19:46 | | +1 | Emmanuel Akot makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 0-1 |
| 19:46 | | +1 | Emmanuel Akot makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 0-2 |
| 19:18 | | Â | Colton Sandage misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 19:16 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound | Â |
| 19:07 | | Â | Luke Frampton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 19:05 | | Â | Kendall Lewis defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:51 | | Â | Liam McChesney misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 18:49 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:39 | | +2 | Dayvion McKnight makes two point cutting layup (Jairus Hamilton assists) | 0-4 |
| 18:39 | | Â | Darius Burford shooting foul (Dayvion McKnight draws the foul) | Â |
| 18:39 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 18:39 | | Â | Liam McChesney defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:22 | | Â | Colton Sandage misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 18:20 | | Â | Redbirds offensive rebound | Â |
| 18:20 | | Â | Jairus Hamilton personal foul (Kendall Lewis draws the foul) | Â |
| 18:05 | | +2 | Darius Burford makes two point turnaround jump shot | 2-4 |
| 17:40 | | Â | Liam McChesney blocks Emmanuel Akot's two point jump shot | Â |
| 17:38 | | Â | Redbirds defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:20 | | Â | Seneca Knight turnover (lost ball) (Luke Frampton steals) | Â |
| 17:11 | | +3 | Luke Frampton makes three point jump shot (Dayvion McKnight assists) | 2-7 |
| 16:56 | | Â | Kendall Lewis misses two point layup | Â |
| 16:54 | | Â | Jairus Hamilton defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:45 | | +2 | Dayvion McKnight makes two point layup (Jairus Hamilton assists) | 2-9 |
| 16:29 | | Â | Jamarion Sharp blocks Kendall Lewis's two point jump shot | Â |
| 16:27 | | Â | Jamarion Sharp defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:17 | | Â | Luke Frampton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 16:15 | | Â | Seneca Knight defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:09 | | Â | Colton Sandage misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 16:07 | | Â | Jamarion Sharp defensive rebound | Â |
| 15:57 | | Â | Darius Burford personal foul | Â |
| 15:57 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 15:46 | | Â | Liam McChesney blocks Jamarion Sharp's two point jump shot | Â |
| 15:44 | | Â | Hilltoppers offensive rebound | Â |
| 15:41 | | +2 | Luke Frampton makes two point cutting layup (Dayvion McKnight assists) | 2-11 |
| 15:15 | | +3 | Seneca Knight makes three point jump shot (Colton Sandage assists) | 5-11 |
| 14:57 | | Â | Jairus Hamilton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:55 | | Â | Malachi Poindexter defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:38 | | +3 | Liam McChesney makes three point jump shot (Colton Sandage assists) | 8-11 |
| 14:09 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 13:50 | | +3 | Colton Sandage makes three point jump shot (Malachi Poindexter assists) | 11-11 |
| 13:29 | | Â | Seneca Knight blocks Jamarion Sharp's two point layup | Â |
| 13:27 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight offensive rebound | Â |
| 13:27 | | Â | Liam McChesney shooting foul (Dayvion McKnight draws the foul) | Â |
| 13:27 | | +1 | Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 11-12 |
| 13:27 | | +1 | Dayvion McKnight makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 11-13 |
| 13:04 | | Â | Colton Sandage turnover (lost ball) (Tyrone Marshall steals) | Â |
| 12:58 | | Â | Tyrone Marshall misses two point layup | Â |
| 12:56 | | Â | Khristian Lander offensive rebound | Â |
| 12:56 | | Â | Khristian Lander misses two point layup | Â |
| 12:54 | | Â | Seneca Knight defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:53 | | Â | Jamarion Sharp shooting foul (Seneca Knight draws the foul) | Â |
| 12:53 | | +1 | Seneca Knight makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 12-13 |
| 12:53 | | +1 | Seneca Knight makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 13-13 |
| 12:44 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight turnover (lost ball) (Malachi Poindexter steals) | Â |
| 12:32 | | +3 | Seneca Knight makes three point jump shot | 16-13 |
| 12:20 | | Â | Jordan Rawls turnover (bad pass) (Kendall Lewis steals) | Â |
| 12:14 | | +2 | Kendall Lewis makes two point dunk | 18-13 |
| 11:55 | | +2 | Jordan Rawls makes two point driving finger roll layup | 18-15 |
| 11:50 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:32 | | +2 | Malachi Poindexter makes two point layup | 20-15 |
| 11:05 | | +2 | Fallou Diagne makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | 20-17 |
| 10:39 | | +3 | Joe Petrakis makes three point jump shot (Malachi Poindexter assists) | 23-17 |
| 10:18 | | +2 | Jordan Rawls makes two point driving layup | 23-19 |
| 10:05 | | Â | Jayden Johnson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 10:03 | | Â | Hilltoppers defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:51 | | Â | Jordan Rawls misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 9:49 | | Â | Darius Burford defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:30 | | Â | Kendall Lewis misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 9:28 | | Â | Khristian Lander defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:16 | | Â | Kendall Lewis personal foul (Tyrone Marshall draws the foul) | Â |
| 9:14 | | +3 | Luke Frampton makes three point jump shot (Jordan Rawls assists) | 23-22 |
| 8:51 | | Â | Seneca Knight turnover (bad pass) (Jordan Rawls steals) | Â |
| 8:45 | | +2 | Jordan Rawls makes two point layup | 23-24 |
| 8:23 | | +3 | Darius Burford makes three point jump shot (Liam McChesney assists) | 26-24 |
| 8:04 | | +2 | Khristian Lander makes two point driving finger roll layup | 26-26 |
| 7:44 | | Â | Darius Burford misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 7:42 | | Â | Hilltoppers defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:41 | | Â | Liam McChesney personal foul (Luke Frampton draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:41 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 7:20 | | Â | Emmanuel Akot turnover (lost ball) (Seneca Knight steals) | Â |
| 7:00 | | Â | Colton Sandage turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 6:45 | | Â | Luke Frampton misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:43 | | Â | Joe Petrakis defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:18 | | Â | Alex Kotov offensive foul (Luke Frampton draws the foul) | Â |
| 6:18 | | Â | Alex Kotov turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 6:06 | | +3 | Emmanuel Akot makes three point jump shot (Dayvion McKnight assists) | 26-29 |
| 5:49 | | +2 | Darius Burford makes two point pullup jump shot | 28-29 |
| 5:30 | | Â | Jamarion Sharp misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 5:28 | | Â | Redbirds defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:12 | | Â | Emmanuel Akot blocks Seneca Knight's two point layup | Â |
| 5:10 | | Â | Redbirds offensive rebound | Â |
| 5:05 | | Â | Joe Petrakis misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:03 | | Â | Luke Frampton defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:51 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 4:39 | | Â | Colton Sandage misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:37 | | Â | Emmanuel Akot defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:27 | | Â | Colton Sandage personal foul (Jairus Hamilton draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:27 | | Â | Official timeout | Â |
| 4:27 | | Â | Jairus Hamilton misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 4:27 | | Â | Seneca Knight defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:03 | | Â | Jamarion Sharp shooting foul (Darius Burford draws the foul) | Â |
| 4:03 | | +1 | Darius Burford makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 29-29 |
| 4:03 | | +1 | Darius Burford makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 30-29 |
| 3:34 | | Â | Jairus Hamilton misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 3:32 | | Â | Fallou Diagne offensive rebound | Â |
| 3:25 | | +2 | Jairus Hamilton makes two point cutting layup (Luke Frampton assists) | 30-31 |
| 2:56 | | Â | Luke Frampton personal foul (Luke Kasubke draws the foul) | Â |
| 2:56 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 2:56 | | +1 | Luke Kasubke makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 31-31 |
| 2:56 | | +1 | Luke Kasubke makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 32-31 |
| 2:49 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight turnover (lost ball) (Seneca Knight steals) | Â |
| 2:43 | | Â | Joe Petrakis misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 2:41 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:36 | | Â | Jairus Hamilton offensive foul | Â |
| 2:36 | | Â | Jairus Hamilton turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 2:21 | | Â | Joe Petrakis turnover (bad pass) | Â |
| 2:12 | | Â | Fallou Diagne offensive foul (Luke Kasubke draws the foul) | Â |
| 2:12 | | Â | Fallou Diagne turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 1:53 | | Â | Colton Sandage misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 1:51 | | Â | Khristian Lander defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:30 | | +2 | Jordan Rawls makes two point floating jump shot (Khristian Lander assists) | 32-33 |
| 1:14 | | +3 | Joe Petrakis makes three point jump shot (Colton Sandage assists) | 35-33 |
| 0:56 | | +3 | Fallou Diagne makes three point jump shot (Jordan Rawls assists) | 35-36 |
| 0:30 | | Â | Emmanuel Akot blocks Malachi Poindexter's two point layup | Â |
| 0:28 | | Â | Jordan Rawls defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:26 | | Â | Hilltoppers 30 second timeout | Â |
| 0:04 | | Â | Dayvion McKnight misses two point layup | Â |
| 0:02 | | Â | Fallou Diagne offensive rebound | Â |
| 0:02 | | Â | Joe Petrakis shooting foul (Fallou Diagne draws the foul) | Â |
| 0:02 | | +1 | Fallou Diagne makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 35-37 |
| 0:02 | | +1 | Fallou Diagne makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 35-38 |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |