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Marcus Domask scores 32 points, No. 9 Illinois dominates Northwestern 96-66

AP
Jan 03, 2024

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Marcus Domask scored 32 points and had a team-high six assists to lead No. 9 Illinois Fighting Illini to a 96-66 Big Ten win Tuesday night over Northwestern Wildcats in the Illini’s second game without suspended star Terrance Shannon Jr.

Justin Harmon had 20 points, Quincy Guerrier scored 14 and Coleman Hawkins had 13 for the Illini (11-2, 2-0), who never trailed, led by as many as 33 points, and shot 63% from the field. Guerrier also had 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.

Domask was 11 of 15 from the field and 9 of 10 from the line.

“We're getting good ball movement and guys are making shots,” Domask said about the nearly 200 points the Illini have scored in the two wins in Shannon's absence.

Harmon topped his season-high of 18 points that he scored Friday against Fairleigh Dickinson.

“Justin played 29 minutes off the bench tonight. He's being rewarded for his hard work,” said Illinois coach Brad Underwood.

Boo Buie led Northwestern (10-3, 1-1) with 20 points. But the standout guard didn't have an assist, he had four turnovers and picked up a technical foul. Ty Berry, in his 100th career game for the Wildcats, had 14 points.

“This was a butt kicking in every sense of the word,” said Northwestern coach Chris Collins. “Domask was fantastic, but a lot of their guys were fantastic.

“The story of the game was our inability to defend them. We can’t take this game and flush it, forget about it. We have to understand why we couldn't guard them and fix the problems."

The Illini led 46-29 halftime. They made seven of their first nine shots, went on an 11-0 run late in the first half, and held the Wildcats to 31% shooting in the half.

Northwestern finished 41% from the field.

The Illini have won nine straight games against Northwestern at the State Farm Center and 10 of 11 overall against the Wildcats.

Illinois is the Big Ten’s winningest team in conference play since the start of the 2019-20 season. The Illini are now 57-25 in conference games over the last four-plus seasons. Illinois’ No. 9 ranking in the AP Top 25 poll is its highest in the first week in January since it was No. 6 in 2006.

BIG PICTURE

Northwestern: The Wildcats stunned No. 1 Purdue last month in their Big Ten opener. There was no upset magic against No. 9 Illinois. Northwestern’s goal each game is to hold its opponents to 65 points or fewer. The Wildcats missed that goal by 31 points Tuesday. They’re now 7-1 when reaching the goal this season and 125-36 during Collins’ 11 years as coach.

Illinois: The Illini haven’t missed Shannon so far. After scoring 101 points in a win Friday over Fairleigh Dickinson, they nearly reached triple digits against a Northwestern team with an impressive resume.

UP NEXT

Northwestern: The Wildcats will face Michigan State at home on Sunday.

Illinois: The Illini will play Friday at Purdue in a showdown between the Big Ten’s top teams.

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1st Half
NW
Wildcats
29
ILL
Fighting Illini
46

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Matthew Nicholson vs. Quincy Guerrier (Brooks Barnhizer gains possession)
19:44		Boo Buie turnover (bad pass)
19:25	+3	Coleman Hawkins makes three point jump shot (Luke Goode assists)	0-3
19:10		Ryan Langborg misses two point jump shot
19:08		Quincy Guerrier defensive rebound
18:49	+2	Ty Rodgers makes two point layup	0-5
18:25		Boo Buie misses three point jump shot
18:23		Marcus Domask defensive rebound
18:14	+2	Marcus Domask makes two point jump shot (Ty Rodgers assists)	0-7
17:59		Ty Rodgers personal foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
17:50	+2	Boo Buie makes two point jump shot	2-7
17:33	+2	Marcus Domask makes two point floating jump shot	2-9
17:05	+2	Ty Berry makes two point layup	4-9
16:45		Boo Buie personal foul (Marcus Domask draws the foul)
16:44		Coleman Hawkins misses three point jump shot
16:42		Ty Berry defensive rebound
16:30	+3	Boo Buie makes three point jump shot	7-9
16:14	+3	Luke Goode makes three point jump shot (Ty Rodgers assists)	7-12
15:54	+3	Ty Berry makes three point jump shot	10-12
15:28	+2	Quincy Guerrier makes two point layup (Coleman Hawkins assists)	10-14
15:11		Brooks Barnhizer misses three point jump shot
15:09		Coleman Hawkins defensive rebound
15:02		Luke Goode misses three point jump shot
15:00		Coleman Hawkins offensive rebound
14:59	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point putback layup	10-16
14:59		Matthew Nicholson shooting foul (Coleman Hawkins draws the foul)
14:59		TV timeout
14:59	+1	Coleman Hawkins makes regular free throw 1 of 1	10-17
14:52		Luke Goode personal foul (Nick Martinelli draws the foul)
14:34	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point layup	12-17
14:11		Nick Martinelli shooting foul (Quincy Guerrier draws the foul)
14:11	+1	Quincy Guerrier makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-18
14:11		Quincy Guerrier misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:11		Luke Hunger defensive rebound
13:51		Ty Berry misses three point jump shot
13:49		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
13:23		Quincy Guerrier misses two point jump shot
13:21		Dain Dainja offensive rebound
13:20	+2	Dain Dainja makes two point layup	12-20
12:59		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point layup
12:57		Dain Dainja defensive rebound
12:39		Luke Hunger shooting foul (Ty Rodgers draws the foul)
12:39	+1	Ty Rodgers makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-21
12:39	+1	Ty Rodgers makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-22
12:32		Dain Dainja shooting foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
12:32	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-22
12:32	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-22
12:16		Justin Harmon misses two point layup
12:14		Ty Berry defensive rebound
12:08		Ty Berry misses three point jump shot
12:06		Blake Preston offensive rebound
12:05		Coleman Hawkins blocks Blake Preston's two point layup
12:03		Justin Harmon defensive rebound
11:56	+2	Justin Harmon makes two point layup (Dain Dainja assists)	14-24
11:43		Boo Buie misses two point layup
11:41		Justin Harmon defensive rebound
11:34		Coleman Hawkins misses three point jump shot
11:32		Ty Rodgers offensive rebound
11:29		Justin Harmon misses three point jump shot
11:27		Luke Goode offensive rebound
11:24		TV timeout
11:23		Coleman Hawkins turnover (bad pass) (Nick Martinelli steals)
11:06		Ty Berry misses two point layup
11:04		Quincy Guerrier defensive rebound
10:57		Coleman Hawkins misses two point layup
10:55		Luke Goode offensive rebound
10:55		Ryan Langborg personal foul (Luke Goode draws the foul)
10:43	+2	Quincy Guerrier makes two point layup (Marcus Domask assists)	14-26
10:22		Nick Martinelli misses two point layup
10:20		Nick Martinelli offensive rebound
10:11		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
10:09		Brooks Barnhizer offensive rebound
10:03		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
10:01		Brooks Barnhizer offensive rebound
9:51	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point jump shot (Ryan Langborg assists)	16-26
9:24		Matthew Nicholson personal foul (Coleman Hawkins draws the foul)
9:13		Quincy Guerrier misses two point layup
9:11		Ryan Langborg defensive rebound
8:59		Boo Buie misses two point jump shot
8:57		Quincy Guerrier defensive rebound
8:52		Ty Rodgers offensive foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
8:52		Ty Rodgers turnover (offensive foul)
8:41	+3	Luke Hunger makes three point jump shot (Ryan Langborg assists)	19-26
8:25	+2	Marcus Domask makes two point jump shot	19-28
8:02		Quincy Guerrier shooting foul (Brooks Barnhizer draws the foul)
8:02	+1	Brooks Barnhizer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-28
8:02	+1	Brooks Barnhizer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-28
7:49	+2	Quincy Guerrier makes two point dunk (Marcus Domask assists)	21-30
7:30		Luke Hunger misses three point jump shot
7:28		Marcus Domask defensive rebound
7:08	+2	Luke Goode makes two point layup	21-32
7:08		Luke Hunger shooting foul (Luke Goode draws the foul)
7:08		TV timeout
7:08	+1	Luke Goode makes regular free throw 1 of 1	21-33
6:54		Boo Buie misses two point jump shot
6:52		Luke Goode defensive rebound
6:39		Luke Goode misses three point jump shot
6:37		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
6:23		Boo Buie turnover (lost ball) (Coleman Hawkins steals)
6:19	+2	Quincy Guerrier makes two point dunk (Justin Harmon assists)	21-35
6:00		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
5:58		Luke Goode defensive rebound
5:40		Ty Berry shooting foul (Marcus Domask draws the foul)
5:40	+1	Marcus Domask makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-36
5:40	+1	Marcus Domask makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-37
5:31		Brooks Barnhizer turnover (lost ball)
5:21		Marcus Domask offensive foul (Ty Berry draws the foul)
5:21		Marcus Domask turnover (offensive foul)
5:11		Ty Berry turnover (traveling)
4:59		Marcus Domask misses two point layup
4:57		Ryan Langborg defensive rebound
4:41		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
4:39		Marcus Domask defensive rebound
4:28	+2	Marcus Domask makes two point jump shot	21-39
4:28		Wildcats 30 second timeout
4:28		TV timeout
4:20		Ryan Langborg misses three point jump shot
4:18		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
4:18		Blake Preston personal foul (Coleman Hawkins draws the foul)
4:18		Coleman Hawkins misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:18		Ryan Langborg defensive rebound
3:55		Luke Goode shooting foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
3:55	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-39
3:55	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-39
3:37		Marcus Domask misses two point jump shot
3:35		Ty Berry defensive rebound
3:24		Ryan Langborg misses two point jump shot
3:22		Blake Preston offensive rebound
3:14	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point layup	25-39
2:57	+2	Justin Harmon makes two point driving layup	25-41
2:36	+2	Boo Buie makes two point driving layup	27-41
2:12	+3	Marcus Domask makes three point jump shot	27-44
1:55		Boo Buie turnover (lost ball)
1:48		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn turnover (lost ball) (Ty Berry steals)
1:39		Boo Buie misses three point jump shot
1:37		Coleman Hawkins defensive rebound
1:17		Marcus Domask misses two point jump shot
1:15		Blake Preston defensive rebound
0:56	+2	Boo Buie makes two point layup (Blake Preston assists)	29-44
0:31	+2	Marcus Domask makes two point turnaround jump shot	29-46
0:31		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
0:03		Boo Buie misses two point jump shot
0:01		Brooks Barnhizer offensive rebound
0:01		Coleman Hawkins blocks Brooks Barnhizer's two point layup
0:00		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
NW
Wildcats
37
ILL
Fighting Illini
50

Time		Play	Score
19:31	+2	Ty Rodgers makes two point jump shot	29-48
19:13	+2	Ryan Langborg makes two point layup	31-48
19:00		Ryan Langborg personal foul (Ty Rodgers draws the foul)
18:57	+2	Marcus Domask makes two point layup (Ty Rodgers assists)	31-50
18:42		Ryan Langborg turnover (lost ball)
18:27		Boo Buie personal foul (Marcus Domask draws the foul)
18:21		Brooks Barnhizer personal foul (Marcus Domask draws the foul)
18:10		Marcus Domask misses two point jump shot
18:08		Quincy Guerrier offensive rebound
18:08	+2	Quincy Guerrier makes two point putback layup	31-52
17:49		Matthew Nicholson misses two point layup
17:47		Luke Goode defensive rebound
17:40		Ty Rodgers misses two point layup
17:38		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
17:29		Ty Rodgers personal foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
17:23		Boo Buie misses two point jump shot
17:21		Quincy Guerrier defensive rebound
17:04	+2	Marcus Domask makes two point jump shot	31-54
16:54		Wildcats 30 second timeout
16:54		TV timeout
16:52		Luke Goode personal foul (Nick Martinelli draws the foul)
16:48	+2	Boo Buie makes two point floating jump shot	33-54
16:26	+3	Justin Harmon makes three point jump shot (Marcus Domask assists)	33-57
16:03		Ty Berry misses two point jump shot
16:01		Matthew Nicholson offensive rebound
16:00	+2	Matthew Nicholson makes two point putback dunk	35-57
15:28		Luke Goode misses three point jump shot
15:26		Quincy Guerrier offensive rebound
15:15		Justin Harmon misses two point jump shot
15:13		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
15:01		Brooks Barnhizer turnover (traveling)
15:01		TV timeout
14:40	+2	Marcus Domask makes two point jump shot	35-59
14:11	+2	Matthew Nicholson makes two point layup (Nick Martinelli assists)	37-59
13:51	+3	Justin Harmon makes three point jump shot (Coleman Hawkins assists)	37-62
13:35	+3	Boo Buie makes three point jump shot	40-62
13:14	+2	Marcus Domask makes two point layup	40-64
12:58		Justin Harmon shooting foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
12:58	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	41-64
12:58	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-64
12:46	+3	Coleman Hawkins makes three point jump shot (Marcus Domask assists)	42-67
12:30		Quincy Guerrier blocks Brooks Barnhizer's two point layup
12:28		Coleman Hawkins defensive rebound
12:25		Coleman Hawkins turnover (bad pass)
12:23		Coleman Hawkins personal foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
12:08		Boo Buie misses two point jump shot
12:06		Quincy Guerrier defensive rebound
11:54	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point dunk	42-69
11:32		Jordan Clayton misses two point layup
11:30		Ty Rodgers defensive rebound
11:07		Justin Harmon misses two point jump shot
11:05		Ty Rodgers offensive rebound
11:04		Jordan Clayton personal foul (Ty Rodgers draws the foul)
11:04		TV timeout
10:53		Boo Buie shooting foul (Marcus Domask draws the foul)
10:53		Boo Buie technical foul
10:53		Boo Buie turnover
10:53	+1	Marcus Domask makes technical free throw 1 of 2	42-70
10:53	+1	Marcus Domask makes technical free throw 2 of 2	42-71
10:53	+1	Marcus Domask makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-72
10:53	+1	Marcus Domask makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-73
10:40		Nick Martinelli misses two point jump shot
10:38		Quincy Guerrier defensive rebound
10:21		Justin Harmon turnover (traveling)
10:05		Ryan Langborg misses two point jump shot
10:03		Marcus Domask defensive rebound
9:55	+2	Justin Harmon makes two point layup	42-75
9:33		Luke Hunger misses two point jump shot
9:31		Nick Martinelli offensive rebound
9:30		Ty Rodgers personal foul (Nick Martinelli draws the foul)
9:26		Ryan Langborg misses two point jump shot
9:24		Quincy Guerrier defensive rebound
9:15		Jump ball. Marcus Domask vs. Ty Berry (Wildcats gains possession)
9:15		Marcus Domask turnover (lost ball) (Ty Berry steals)
9:04	+3	Brooks Barnhizer makes three point jump shot	45-75
8:46		Brooks Barnhizer personal foul (Quincy Guerrier draws the foul)
8:46		Quincy Guerrier misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:46		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
8:29		Nick Martinelli misses two point jump shot
8:27		Quincy Guerrier defensive rebound
8:06		Luke Goode turnover (lost ball)
8:03		Marcus Domask blocks Brooks Barnhizer's two point layup
8:01		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
7:49		Coleman Hawkins misses three point jump shot
7:47		Ty Berry defensive rebound
7:32	+3	Nick Martinelli makes three point jump shot (Ryan Langborg assists)	48-75
6:58	+3	Quincy Guerrier makes three point jump shot	48-78
6:57		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
6:57		TV timeout
6:45	+2	Luke Hunger makes two point layup (Ryan Langborg assists)	50-78
6:26		Marcus Domask offensive foul (Ty Berry draws the foul)
6:26		Marcus Domask turnover (offensive foul)
6:19		Ryan Langborg misses three point jump shot
6:17		Coleman Hawkins defensive rebound
6:03	+3	Justin Harmon makes three point jump shot (Marcus Domask assists)	50-81
5:49	+3	Ty Berry makes three point jump shot (Brooks Barnhizer assists)	53-81
5:31		Quincy Guerrier misses three point jump shot
5:29		Ryan Langborg defensive rebound
5:15	+2	Ty Berry makes two point layup	55-81
4:56		Ty Berry personal foul (Marcus Domask draws the foul)
4:56	+1	Marcus Domask makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-82
4:56		Marcus Domask misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:56		Marcus Domask offensive rebound
4:50		Justin Mullins personal foul (Marcus Domask draws the foul)
4:50	+1	Marcus Domask makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-83
4:50	+1	Marcus Domask makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-84
4:32	+2	Ty Berry makes two point dunk (Luke Hunger assists)	57-84
4:09		Justin Mullins personal foul (Justin Harmon draws the foul)
4:09	+1	Justin Harmon makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-85
4:09	+1	Justin Harmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-86
3:58	+2	Luke Hunger makes two point layup	59-86
3:42		Ty Rodgers misses two point jump shot
3:40		Luke Hunger defensive rebound
3:32		Nick Martinelli turnover (lost ball) (Luke Goode steals)
3:27	+2	Marcus Domask makes two point layup (Ty Rodgers assists)	59-88
3:17	+2	Ty Berry makes two point jump shot	61-88
2:59	+2	Coleman Hawkins makes two point alley-oop dunk (Marcus Domask assists)	61-90
2:46		Justin Mullins offensive foul (Justin Harmon draws the foul)
2:46		Justin Mullins turnover (offensive foul)
2:46		TV timeout
2:35		Ty Rodgers turnover (bad pass)
2:16	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point layup	63-90
1:54	+3	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn makes three point jump shot (Justin Harmon assists)	63-93
1:40	+3	Luke Hunger makes three point jump shot	66-93
1:15		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses two point jump shot
1:13		Wildcats defensive rebound
0:58		Justin Harmon blocks Justin Mullins's two point jump shot
0:56		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn defensive rebound
0:47		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
0:28	+3	Justin Harmon makes three point jump shot (Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn assists)	66-96
0:00		End of period

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Justin Harmon makes three point jump shot (Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn assists)