PSU

ILL

Penn State advances with third win over Illini this season

AP
Mar 09, 2023

CHICAGO (AP) Andrew Funk hit five of his six 3-pointers and scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half as Penn State Nittany Lions defeated Illinois Fighting Illini 79-76 in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday.

Camren Wynter scored 18 points and Seth Lundy had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the 10th-seeded Nittany Lions (20-12), who will take on second-seeded Northwestern in Friday's quarterfinals.

Jalen Pickett, who came in averaging 18 points per game and scored a combined 61 points in two regular-season wins over the seventh-seeded Fighting Illini, had 12 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.

Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 19 points, Coleman Hawkins 17 and Dain Dainja 13 for Illinois (20-12).

Trailing by one with eight minutes remaining, Penn State went on a 14-3 run with six points each from Funk and Pickett to lead by 12 with just under two minutes left. The Lions went 7 of 10 at the line from there to hold off the Illini, who made a 3-pointer as time ran out.

Lundy and Wynter combined for 21 points as Penn State built a 27-17 lead with eight minutes left in the first half. But the Nittany Lions finished the half with four turnovers and shooting 2 of 11. Hawkins scored six points in a 13-4 half-ending run to narrow the gap to 31-30.

Penn State has won six of its last seven games.

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1st Half
PSU
Nittany Lions
31
ILL
Fighting Illini
30

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Kebba Njie vs. Dain Dainja (Fighting Illini gains possession)
19:40		Dain Dainja misses two point hook shot
19:38		Camren Wynter defensive rebound
19:24		Jalen Pickett misses two point jump shot
19:22		Coleman Hawkins defensive rebound
19:09	+2	Dain Dainja makes two point layup (RJ Melendez assists)	0-2
18:57		Terrence Shannon Jr. personal foul
18:38	+2	Seth Lundy makes two point jump shot	2-2
18:18		Dain Dainja misses two point layup
18:16		Jalen Pickett defensive rebound
18:02		Jalen Pickett misses two point jump shot
18:00		Coleman Hawkins defensive rebound
17:37		Coleman Hawkins misses three point jump shot
17:35		Dain Dainja offensive rebound
17:29		Dain Dainja misses two point layup
17:27		Matthew Mayer offensive rebound
17:21	+2	Matthew Mayer makes two point layup	2-4
17:10	+2	Seth Lundy makes two point layup (Kebba Njie assists)	4-4
16:42		Terrence Shannon Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:40		Matthew Mayer offensive rebound
16:39	+2	Matthew Mayer makes two point layup	4-6
16:39		Kebba Njie shooting foul (Matthew Mayer draws the foul)
16:39	+1	Matthew Mayer makes regular free throw 1 of 1	4-7
16:25	+2	Camren Wynter makes two point jump shot	6-7
15:58		Jalen Pickett blocks Ty Rodgers's two point jump shot
15:56		Seth Lundy defensive rebound
15:45	+2	Camren Wynter makes two point layup (Jalen Pickett assists)	8-7
15:35		Michael Henn personal foul
15:34		TV timeout
15:22		Matthew Mayer misses three point jump shot
15:20		Camren Wynter defensive rebound
15:01	+2	Camren Wynter makes two point layup (Michael Henn assists)	10-7
14:49		Sencire Harris misses two point layup
14:47		Ty Rodgers offensive rebound
14:39	+2	Ty Rodgers makes two point layup	10-9
14:32		Seth Lundy misses three point jump shot
14:30		Dain Dainja defensive rebound
14:09		Matthew Mayer misses two point layup
14:07		Ty Rodgers offensive rebound
14:01		Ty Rodgers misses two point layup
13:59		Seth Lundy defensive rebound
13:43	+2	Camren Wynter makes two point jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists)	12-9
13:22		Matthew Mayer turnover (out of bounds)
13:06		Myles Dread turnover (bad pass) (Ty Rodgers steals)
12:42		Terrence Shannon Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Seth Lundy steals)
12:35		Myles Dread misses three point jump shot
12:33		Seth Lundy offensive rebound
12:27		Seth Lundy misses two point layup
12:25		Seth Lundy offensive rebound
12:19	+2	Seth Lundy makes two point layup	14-9
12:05		Coleman Hawkins misses three point jump shot
12:03		Seth Lundy defensive rebound
11:58		Seth Lundy turnover (bad pass) (Luke Goode steals)
11:40	+3	Luke Goode makes three point jump shot	14-12
11:26	+3	Seth Lundy makes three point jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists)	17-12
11:19		Seth Lundy personal foul
11:19		TV timeout
11:03	+2	Matthew Mayer makes two point layup	17-14
10:49		Luke Goode personal foul
10:36	+2	Kanye Clary makes two point layup	19-14
10:14		Matthew Mayer misses three point jump shot
10:12		Seth Lundy defensive rebound
9:59		Luke Goode shooting foul (Jalen Pickett draws the foul)
9:59	+1	Jalen Pickett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-14
9:59		Jalen Pickett misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:59		Terrence Shannon Jr. defensive rebound
9:43	+3	Terrence Shannon Jr. makes three point jump shot (Matthew Mayer assists)	20-17
9:28	+2	Kanye Clary makes two point layup	22-17
9:04		Terrence Shannon Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:02		Nittany Lions defensive rebound
8:47	+3	Andrew Funk makes three point jump shot (Camren Wynter assists)	25-17
8:40		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
8:31		Sencire Harris turnover (bad pass) (Kanye Clary steals)
8:26		Kanye Clary misses two point layup
8:24		Camren Wynter offensive rebound
8:20	+2	Camren Wynter makes two point layup	27-17
7:58		Dain Dainja misses two point hook shot
7:56		Kebba Njie defensive rebound
7:29		Kanye Clary misses two point jump shot
7:27		Myles Dread offensive rebound
7:19		Andrew Funk misses three point jump shot
7:19		Camren Wynter offensive rebound
7:09		Camren Wynter misses three point jump shot
7:09		Matthew Mayer defensive rebound
6:58		Matthew Mayer misses three point jump shot
6:56		Dain Dainja offensive rebound
6:51	+3	Sencire Harris makes three point jump shot (Dain Dainja assists)	27-20
6:44		Kebba Njie turnover (bad pass) (Dain Dainja steals)
6:26		Dain Dainja misses two point layup
6:24		Ty Rodgers offensive rebound
6:23		Ty Rodgers misses two point layup
6:23		Dain Dainja offensive rebound
6:23		Kebba Njie shooting foul (Dain Dainja draws the foul)
6:23		TV timeout
6:23		Dain Dainja misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:23		Dain Dainja misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:23		Michael Henn defensive rebound
6:22		Coleman Hawkins personal foul
5:55	+2	Jalen Pickett makes two point jump shot	29-20
5:35		Jayden Epps misses three point jump shot
5:33		Dain Dainja offensive rebound
5:33	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point hook shot	29-22
5:30		Jalen Pickett turnover (traveling)
4:38		Coleman Hawkins misses two point hook shot
4:36		Jalen Pickett defensive rebound
4:24		Jalen Pickett misses two point jump shot
4:22		Coleman Hawkins defensive rebound
4:12		Terrence Shannon Jr. misses three point jump shot
4:10		Jalen Pickett defensive rebound
3:58		TV timeout
3:40		Michael Henn misses three point jump shot
3:38		Matthew Mayer defensive rebound
3:38		Michael Henn shooting foul (Dain Dainja draws the foul)
3:38	+1	Dain Dainja makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-23
3:38	+1	Dain Dainja makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-24
3:08		Nittany Lions turnover (shot clock violation)
2:49	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point layup (RJ Melendez assists)	29-26
2:30		RJ Melendez blocks Seth Lundy's two point layup
2:28		RJ Melendez defensive rebound
2:14	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point layup (Terrence Shannon Jr. assists)	29-28
2:12		Nittany Lions 30 second timeout
2:01		Matthew Mayer personal foul
1:53		Andrew Funk misses three point jump shot
1:51		Coleman Hawkins defensive rebound
1:45		Luke Goode misses three point jump shot
1:43		Andrew Funk defensive rebound
1:24		Jalen Pickett offensive foul (RJ Melendez draws the foul)
1:24		Jalen Pickett turnover (offensive foul)
1:05		Matthew Mayer misses two point layup
1:03		Jalen Pickett defensive rebound
0:57		Coleman Hawkins blocks Seth Lundy's two point layup
0:55		Seth Lundy offensive rebound
0:46	+2	Seth Lundy makes two point layup	31-28
0:34	+2	Terrence Shannon Jr. makes two point jump shot	31-30
0:12		Coleman Hawkins blocks Seth Lundy's two point layup
0:10		Terrence Shannon Jr. defensive rebound
0:00		Terrence Shannon Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:00		Fighting Illini offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
PSU
Nittany Lions
48
ILL
Fighting Illini
46

Time		Play	Score
19:47	+3	Andrew Funk makes three point jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists)	34-30
19:29		Matthew Mayer misses two point jump shot
19:27		Jalen Pickett defensive rebound
19:16		Jalen Pickett misses two point jump shot
19:14		Matthew Mayer defensive rebound
18:56	+2	Terrence Shannon Jr. makes two point layup (Dain Dainja assists)	34-32
13:38		Jump ball. (Fighting Illini gains possession)
18:38		Camren Wynter turnover (lost ball) (Matthew Mayer steals)
18:12	+2	Dain Dainja makes two point layup (Coleman Hawkins assists)	34-34
18:12		Kebba Njie shooting foul (Dain Dainja draws the foul)
18:12	+1	Dain Dainja makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-35
17:44	+2	Seth Lundy makes two point layup	36-35
17:25	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point hook shot	36-37
17:06	+2	Camren Wynter makes two point jump shot	38-37
16:51	+2	Luke Goode makes two point jump shot (Terrence Shannon Jr. assists)	38-39
16:38		RJ Melendez personal foul
16:31		Andrew Funk misses three point jump shot
16:29		Terrence Shannon Jr. defensive rebound
16:29		Michael Henn personal foul
16:26		Coleman Hawkins misses two point jump shot
16:24		Seth Lundy defensive rebound
16:14		Camren Wynter turnover (bad pass) (Coleman Hawkins steals)
15:58		Terrence Shannon Jr. misses two point jump shot
15:57		Fighting Illini offensive rebound
15:57		Jalen Pickett personal foul
15:56		TV timeout
15:43		Michael Henn personal foul
15:43		Jalen Pickett personal foul
15:38	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point hook shot	38-41
15:13	+2	Kanye Clary makes two point layup	40-41
14:45	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point jump shot	40-43
14:29		Myles Dread misses three point jump shot
14:27		Terrence Shannon Jr. defensive rebound
14:18	+2	Dain Dainja makes two point layup (Coleman Hawkins assists)	40-45
14:18		Myles Dread shooting foul (Dain Dainja draws the foul)
14:18	+1	Dain Dainja makes regular free throw 1 of 1	40-46
14:18		Dain Dainja technical foul
14:18	+1	Andrew Funk makes technical free throw 1 of 2	41-46
14:18	+1	Andrew Funk makes technical free throw 2 of 2	42-46
14:01		Seth Lundy misses three point jump shot
13:59		Matthew Mayer defensive rebound
13:50		Luke Goode misses three point jump shot
13:48		Kanye Clary defensive rebound
13:28	+3	Andrew Funk makes three point jump shot (Seth Lundy assists)	45-46
13:11		RJ Melendez turnover (bad pass)
12:49	+2	Jalen Pickett makes two point layup	47-46
12:31	+3	Terrence Shannon Jr. makes three point jump shot (RJ Melendez assists)	47-49
12:01	+2	Seth Lundy makes two point layup	49-49
11:46	+2	Terrence Shannon Jr. makes two point layup (Coleman Hawkins assists)	49-51
11:23		RJ Melendez blocks Kanye Clary's two point jump shot
11:22		Nittany Lions offensive rebound
11:22		TV timeout
11:11		Myles Dread misses three point jump shot
11:09		Jalen Pickett offensive rebound
11:02		Kanye Clary misses three point jump shot
10:59		Jalen Pickett offensive rebound
10:59		Coleman Hawkins personal foul
10:48		Terrence Shannon Jr. personal foul
10:48	+3	Andrew Funk makes three point jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists)	52-51
10:21	+2	RJ Melendez makes two point dunk (Terrence Shannon Jr. assists)	52-53
10:13	+3	Myles Dread makes three point jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists)	55-53
9:51		Myles Dread blocks Coleman Hawkins's two point layup
9:51		Jump ball. (Nittany Lions gains possession)
9:51		Myles Dread defensive rebound
9:37		Luke Goode personal foul
9:37		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
9:21		Jalen Pickett misses two point jump shot
9:19		Matthew Mayer defensive rebound
9:04		Coleman Hawkins misses two point layup
9:02		Myles Dread defensive rebound
8:34		Jalen Pickett misses three point jump shot
8:32		Dain Dainja defensive rebound
8:04	+2	Dain Dainja makes two point layup (Terrence Shannon Jr. assists)	55-55
8:04		Myles Dread shooting foul (Dain Dainja draws the foul)
8:04	+1	Dain Dainja makes regular free throw 1 of 1	55-56
7:49		Seth Lundy misses three point jump shot
7:47		RJ Melendez defensive rebound
7:31		Terrence Shannon Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Camren Wynter steals)
7:28		Matthew Mayer shooting foul (Camren Wynter draws the foul)
7:28		TV timeout
7:28		Camren Wynter misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:28	+1	Camren Wynter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-56
7:04		RJ Melendez misses two point layup
7:02		RJ Melendez offensive rebound
6:48		Kebba Njie personal foul (Dain Dainja draws the foul)
6:48		Dain Dainja misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:48		Seth Lundy defensive rebound
6:28	+2	Jalen Pickett makes two point layup	58-56
6:07		Dain Dainja misses two point hook shot
6:05		Myles Dread defensive rebound
5:47	+2	Seth Lundy makes two point layup (Jalen Pickett assists)	60-56
5:27		Andrew Funk personal foul (Matthew Mayer draws the foul)
5:27		Matthew Mayer misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:27		Jalen Pickett defensive rebound
5:20		RJ Melendez personal foul (Jalen Pickett draws the foul)
5:20	+1	Jalen Pickett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-56
5:20	+1	Jalen Pickett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-56
5:08		Camren Wynter personal foul (Terrence Shannon Jr. draws the foul)
5:08		Terrence Shannon Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:08	+1	Terrence Shannon Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-57
4:43	+2	Jalen Pickett makes two point hook shot	64-57
4:43		RJ Melendez shooting foul (Jalen Pickett draws the foul)
4:43		Jalen Pickett misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:43		Dain Dainja defensive rebound
4:29		Matthew Mayer turnover (lost ball) (Andrew Funk steals)
4:20		Seth Lundy misses two point layup
4:18		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
4:08	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point layup	64-59
3:45	+3	Andrew Funk makes three point jump shot (Seth Lundy assists)	67-59
3:23		Coleman Hawkins offensive foul (Myles Dread draws the foul)
3:23		Coleman Hawkins turnover (offensive foul)
3:23		TV timeout
3:02	+2	Camren Wynter makes two point layup	69-59
3:02		Coleman Hawkins shooting foul (Camren Wynter draws the foul)
3:02		Camren Wynter misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:02		Matthew Mayer defensive rebound
2:37		Myles Dread personal foul (Coleman Hawkins draws the foul)
2:37		Coleman Hawkins misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:37	+1	Coleman Hawkins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-60
2:31		Jalen Pickett turnover (lost ball) (Sencire Harris steals)
2:18		Matthew Mayer misses three point jump shot
2:16		Seth Lundy defensive rebound
1:54	+3	Andrew Funk makes three point jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists)	72-60
1:42		Matthew Mayer misses three point jump shot
1:40		Terrence Shannon Jr. offensive rebound
1:39	+2	Terrence Shannon Jr. makes two point layup	72-62
1:39		Seth Lundy shooting foul (Terrence Shannon Jr. draws the foul)
1:39	+1	Terrence Shannon Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	72-63
1:39		Nittany Lions 30 second timeout
1:39		Sencire Harris personal foul (Kanye Clary draws the foul)
1:39		Kanye Clary misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:39		Kanye Clary misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:39		Coleman Hawkins defensive rebound
1:25	+2	Terrence Shannon Jr. makes two point layup	72-65
1:23		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
0:55		Camren Wynter misses two point jump shot
0:53		Nittany Lions offensive rebound
0:44		Terrence Shannon Jr. personal foul (Camren Wynter draws the foul)
0:44	+1	Camren Wynter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-65
0:44	+1	Camren Wynter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-65
0:36	+3	Luke Goode makes three point jump shot (Sencire Harris assists)	74-68
0:35		Fighting Illini 60 second timeout
0:33		Ty Rodgers personal foul (Myles Dread draws the foul)
0:33		Myles Dread misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:33	+1	Myles Dread makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-68
0:27		Seth Lundy blocks Terrence Shannon Jr.'s two point layup
0:25		Camren Wynter defensive rebound
0:20		Camren Wynter turnover (lost ball) (Terrence Shannon Jr. steals)
0:20	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point layup	75-70
0:20		Terrence Shannon Jr. personal foul (Jalen Pickett draws the foul)
0:20		Jalen Pickett misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:20	+1	Jalen Pickett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-70
0:15		Myles Dread personal foul (Terrence Shannon Jr. draws the foul)
0:15		Terrence Shannon Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:15	+1	Terrence Shannon Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-71
0:11		Jayden Epps personal foul (Camren Wynter draws the foul)
0:11		Camren Wynter misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:11	+1	Camren Wynter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-71
0:06		Terrence Shannon Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:04		Fighting Illini offensive rebound
0:02		Camren Wynter personal foul (RJ Melendez draws the foul)
0:02	+1	RJ Melendez makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-72
0:02	+1	RJ Melendez makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-73
0:02		Nittany Lions 60 second timeout
0:02		RJ Melendez personal foul (Kanye Clary draws the foul)
0:02	+1	Kanye Clary makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-73
0:02	+1	Kanye Clary makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-73
0:01	+3	Jayden Epps makes three point jump shot (Coleman Hawkins assists)	79-76
0:00		End of period

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Jayden Epps makes three point jump shot (Coleman Hawkins assists)