The Live Thread: Iowa vs. Illinois

The live thread from today's Iowa-Illinois game.

Game facts

Time and place — 12:01 p.m. (CST), Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City

TV — FS1 (Wayne Randazzo, play-by-play; Nick Bahe, analyst)

Radio — Hawkeye Radio Network

Records — Iowa 15-6 (6-4 Big Ten), Illinois 16-5 (8-2)

Rankings — Iowa is No. 18 and Illinois is No. 19 in the Associated Press and USA Today coaches polls.

Series — Illinois leads, 85-75. Iowa has won the last four games in the series.

Officials — Courtney Green, Mike Eades, Don Daily

Lineups

Iowa — Joe Wieskamp (F, 6-6, Soph., 15 ppg.), Luka Garza (C, 6-11, Jr., 23 ppg.), Joe Toussaint (G, 6-0, Fr., 7.2 ppg.), CJ Fredrick (G, 6-3, Fr., 11.3 ppg.), Connor McCaffery (G, 6-5, Soph., 6.2 ppg.)

Illinois — Giorgi Bezhanishvili (F, 6-9, Soph., 8.3 ppg.), Kofi Cockburn (C, 7-0, Fr., 14.4 ppg.), Ayo Dosunmu (G, 6-5, Soph., 16 ppg.), Trent Frazier (G, 6-2, Jr., 9.9 ppg.), Da'Monte Williams (G, 6-3, Jr., 2.2 ppg.)

The lines

Spread — Iowa -4 1/2

Over/under — 146 1/2

Moneyline — Iowa -213, Illinois +170

Fast facts

• Iowa's last four wins against the Illini have come on four different courts — Champaign and Iowa City in the regular season, New York and Chicago in the Big Ten Tournament.

• Illinois has won seven consecutive games, the longest active streak in the Big Ten.

• This is the fifth game in a seven-game stretch in which the Hawkeyes have played a ranked team.

First half

15:50 — Iowa has a 7-5 lead at the first media timeout. Hawkeyes haven't been able to take much advantage of Illinois' cold shooting — they have four turnovers.

Shooting: Iowa 2-3 (1-1), Illinois 2-9 (1-5)

Rebounding: Iowa 5, Illinois 3.

11:43 — Illinois has taken an 11-10 lead heading into the under-12 timeout. Neither team is shooting the ball well.

Foul trouble — Illinois defensive stopper Da'Monte Williams is out with two fouls.

Drought — Iowa has no points over last 3:03.

Shooting — Iowa 3-11 (2-5), Illinois 4-13 (2-7)

Rebounding — Iowa 9, Illinois 8

7:44 — Hawkeyes weathered a big storm there. Wieskamp and Garza were waiting to check in for more than three minutes, but there was no stoppage of play. It's 15-15 at the under-8 timeout.

Shooting — Iowa 5-15 (3-7), Illinois 6-18 (2-9)

Rebounding — Iowa 11, Illinois 11

Play of the game, so far.@cj_fredrick | @IowaHoops pic.twitter.com/VgQ71dpqqb
— Iowa On BTN (@IowaOnBTN) February 2, 2020

1:20 — Illinois had an 18-5 run that was countered by a 13-2 run by Iowa that featured the first 11 points of the game by Garza. Hawkeyes lead 28-27.

Shooting — Iowa 10-24 (5-11), Illinois 11-28 (4-13)

Rebounding — Illinois 18, Iowa 13.

0:00 — Illinois leads 31-30 at halftime. Hawkeyes had a chance to get points before the half ended, but couldn't get a shot off as Garza was on the bench.

Foul trouble — Williams and Dosunmu each have two. Iowa was called for just three fouls.

Iowa leading scorers — Garza 11, Wieskamp and Connor McCaffery 6

Illinois leading scorers — Andres Feliz 8, Alan Griffin 6, Dosunmu 6.

Shooting — Iowa 11-25 (5-11), Illinois 13-30 (4-13)

Rebounds — Illinois 19, Iowa 13.

Second half

15:47 — Illinois has a 38-37 lead at the under-16 media timeout. Garza is starting to take over inside, but the Hawkeyes have had occasional trouble getting him the ball.

Foul trouble — Cockburn is out with his third foul.

Bench blanking — Iowa's three reserves — Ryan Kriener, Cordell Pemsl and Bakari Evelyn — don't have a point.

Shooting — Iowa 3-7 (0-2), Illinois 3-6 (1-1)

Rebounding — Iowa 5, Illinois 2

11:44 — Hawkeyes have a 45-42 lead. Garza is drawing fouls, and he has 17 points and six rebounds.

Foul trouble — Illinois' Kipper Nichols has four fouls.

Shooting — Iowa 6-12 (1-4), Illinois 4-10 (1-3)

Rebounding — Iowa 8, Illinois 5

7:53 — Illinois is making a run. It's 50-50 and the Illini will be shooting two free throws coming out of the timeout. Iowa has had four turnovers in the last 3:56.

Shooting — Iowa 8-15 (2-6), Illinois 7-14 (1-3)

Rebounding — Iowa 11, Illinois 7.

3:17 — CJ Fredrick had four points in the span of 10 seconds to tie the game for Iowa. Connor McCaffery then hit a 3-pointer from the corner, answering an Illinois 3 from Andres Feliz, and Iowa leads 64-62.