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Will Riley scores 24, No. 18 Illinois mounts late comeback to beat Ohio State 87-79

AP
Feb 02, 2025

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Will Riley scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half and No. 18 Illinois rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Ohio State 87-79 on Sunday.

Morez Johnson Jr. had 14 points and 15 rebounds, Kylan Boswell had 14 points, Tomislav Ivisic had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn had 10 points for the Illini (15-7, 7-5 Big Ten), who went on a 15-point run over a five-minute stretch late in the second half.

Devin Royal scored 29 points - 19 in the first half - for Ohio State (13-9, 5-6), which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Bruce Thornton had 22 points and John Mobley Jr. had 18 points.

Ivisic, Illinois’ No. 2 scorer and leading rebounder, returned to action after missing three games with mononucleosis. He played 29 minutes.

Illinois: The Illini shot 10 of 42 on 3-pointers Thursday in a disappointing overtime loss to Nebraska, which had lost six straight. Illinois was just 4 of 20 on triples against Ohio State, but outrebounded the Buckeyes 43-31 and dominated points in the paint 52-30.

Ohio State: The Buckeyes’ three-game winning streak could have been a lot longer. They lost three in a row by a total of five points before ending the skid with a win Jan. 21 at No. 10 Purdue.

Illinois had a nearly seven-minute field goal drought in the first half and fell behind 34-25. The rest of the game was an uphill battle for the Illini until their 15-point run, which began with about seven minutes to go. Illinois led for less than 10 minutes.

Illinois’ bench outscored Ohio State’s bench 43-4.

Illinois is at Rutgers on Wednesday night while Ohio State hosts Maryland on Thursday night.

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1st Half
OSU
Buckeyes
42
ILL
Fighting Illini
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Aaron Bradshaw vs. Tomislav Ivisic (Buckeyes gains possession)
19:44		Bruce Thornton misses two point jump shot
19:42		Aaron Bradshaw offensive rebound
19:31	+2	Aaron Bradshaw makes two point layup	2-0
19:20		Tomislav Ivisic turnover (bad pass)
19:06	+2	Devin Royal makes two point layup	4-0
18:56	+2	Kasparas Jakucionis makes two point layup	4-2
18:45	+2	Devin Royal makes two point layup	6-2
18:37	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point dunk (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	6-4
18:19		John Mobley Jr. misses two point layup
18:17		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
18:07		Tomislav Ivisic turnover (lost ball)
17:50		Aaron Bradshaw misses two point jump shot
17:48		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
17:35		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (bad pass)
17:25		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn personal foul (Bruce Thornton draws the foul)
17:17	+3	John Mobley Jr. makes three point jump shot (Bruce Thornton assists)	9-4
17:00		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
16:58		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
16:50		Aaron Bradshaw shooting foul (Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn draws the foul)
16:50	+1	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-5
16:50	+1	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-6
16:33	+2	Devin Royal makes two point layup	11-6
16:12		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses three point jump shot
16:10		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
16:00		Aaron Bradshaw blocks Morez Johnson Jr.'s two point layup
15:58		Bruce Thornton defensive rebound
15:49	+3	Devin Royal makes three point jump shot	14-6
15:28		Tre White misses two point layup
15:26		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
15:26	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point layup	14-8
15:26		Aaron Bradshaw shooting foul (Morez Johnson Jr. draws the foul)
15:25		TV timeout
15:26	+1	Morez Johnson Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	14-9
15:08		Ben Humrichous blocks Devin Royal's two point jump shot
15:06		Ben Humrichous defensive rebound
14:54	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point layup (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	14-11
14:41		Devin Royal misses three point jump shot
14:39		Evan Mahaffey offensive rebound
14:27		Micah Parrish misses three point jump shot
14:25		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
14:16	+2	Kasparas Jakucionis makes two point layup	14-13
14:09		Devin Royal turnover (lost ball) (Ben Humrichous steals)
14:02	+3	Tomislav Ivisic makes three point jump shot (Ben Humrichous assists)	14-16
13:58		Buckeyes 30 second timeout
13:47	+2	Devin Royal makes two point dunk (Bruce Thornton assists)	16-16
13:27		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
13:25		Ques Glover defensive rebound
13:14	+3	Bruce Thornton makes three point jump shot	19-16
12:50	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point layup (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	19-18
12:50		Evan Mahaffey shooting foul (Tomislav Ivisic draws the foul)
12:50	+1	Tomislav Ivisic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	19-19
12:37		Devin Royal misses two point jump shot
12:35		Micah Parrish offensive rebound
12:20		Micah Parrish misses two point jump shot
12:18		Kylan Boswell defensive rebound
12:11	+2	Will Riley makes two point jump shot	19-21
12:00		Bruce Thornton misses three point jump shot
11:58		Devin Royal offensive rebound
11:49		Ivan Njegovan misses two point jump shot
11:47		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
11:40	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point dunk	19-23
11:17		Devin Royal turnover (bad pass)
10:54		Kylan Boswell turnover (back court violation)
10:54		TV timeout
10:48	+2	Bruce Thornton makes two point hook shot	21-23
10:48		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn shooting foul (Bruce Thornton draws the foul)
10:48	+1	Bruce Thornton makes regular free throw 1 of 1	22-23
10:30		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (traveling)
10:03		Morez Johnson Jr. blocks Ques Glover's two point jump shot
10:01		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
10:01		Ques Glover personal foul (Morez Johnson Jr. draws the foul)
9:54		Jake Davis misses three point jump shot
9:52		Micah Parrish defensive rebound
9:40		Evan Mahaffey misses two point layup
9:38		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
9:29		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
9:27		Ques Glover defensive rebound
9:24		Ques Glover misses two point layup
9:22		Ques Glover offensive rebound
9:21		Ques Glover misses two point layup
9:19		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
9:04		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
9:02		Devin Royal defensive rebound
8:56	+3	John Mobley Jr. makes three point jump shot	25-23
8:47		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point jump shot
8:45		John Mobley Jr. defensive rebound
8:40		Tre White personal foul (Devin Royal draws the foul)
8:33		John Mobley Jr. misses two point jump shot
8:31		Tre White defensive rebound
8:21		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
8:19		Devin Royal defensive rebound
8:11		Kylan Boswell shooting foul (Micah Parrish draws the foul)
8:11	+1	Micah Parrish makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-23
8:11	+1	Micah Parrish makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-23
7:51		Tomislav Ivisic turnover (lost ball) (Micah Parrish steals)
7:36		Devin Royal turnover (traveling)
7:36		TV timeout
7:17		Ivan Njegovan blocks Tomislav Ivisic's two point layup
7:15		Micah Parrish defensive rebound
7:09	+2	Micah Parrish makes two point layup	29-23
6:50		Kasparas Jakucionis misses two point jump shot
6:48		Micah Parrish defensive rebound
6:36		Devin Royal misses three point jump shot
6:34		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
6:26		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
6:24		Micah Parrish defensive rebound
6:04		John Mobley Jr. misses two point jump shot
6:02		Will Riley defensive rebound
5:47		Micah Parrish shooting foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
5:47	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 1 of 3	29-24
5:47		Will Riley misses regular free throw 2 of 3
5:47	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 3 of 3	29-25
5:32	+3	Devin Royal makes three point jump shot (Bruce Thornton assists)	32-25
5:17		Will Riley turnover (lost ball) (Bruce Thornton steals)
5:07	+2	Bruce Thornton makes two point layup	34-25
4:57	+3	Ben Humrichous makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	34-28
4:35		John Mobley Jr. misses two point jump shot
4:33		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
4:24		John Mobley Jr. personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
4:16		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
4:14		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
4:08	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point dunk	34-30
3:47		Micah Parrish misses two point jump shot
3:45		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
3:37		Evan Mahaffey personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
3:37		TV timeout
3:37	+1	Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-31
3:37	+1	Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-32
3:09		Micah Parrish misses three point jump shot
3:07		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
2:54		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
2:52		Ben Humrichous offensive rebound
2:44	+3	Kylan Boswell makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	34-35
2:25		Kylan Boswell shooting foul (Bruce Thornton draws the foul)
2:25	+1	Bruce Thornton makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-35
2:25		Bruce Thornton misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:25		Tre White defensive rebound
2:07		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
2:05		Buckeyes defensive rebound
1:43	+2	Devin Royal makes two point layup (John Mobley Jr. assists)	37-35
1:18		Will Riley misses two point jump shot
1:16		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
1:13		Ques Glover shooting foul (Morez Johnson Jr. draws the foul)
1:13		Morez Johnson Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:13	+1	Morez Johnson Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-36
0:51	+3	Devin Royal makes three point jump shot (Bruce Thornton assists)	40-36
0:39		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (out of bounds)
0:16		Bruce Thornton misses two point layup
0:14		Ivan Njegovan offensive rebound
0:12	+2	Ivan Njegovan makes two point layup	42-36
0:01		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
0:00		Buckeyes defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
OSU
Buckeyes
37
ILL
Fighting Illini
51

Time		Play	Score
19:48		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses two point jump shot
19:46		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
19:38		Micah Parrish shooting foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
19:38		Kasparas Jakucionis misses regular free throw 1 of 2
19:38	+1	Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-37
19:22	+2	John Mobley Jr. makes two point driving layup	44-37
19:11		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (bad pass) (John Mobley Jr. steals)
18:57		John Mobley Jr. misses three point jump shot
18:55		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
18:39		Tre White misses two point jump shot
18:37		Bruce Thornton defensive rebound
18:29		Devin Royal misses two point layup
18:27		Aaron Bradshaw offensive rebound
18:24		Morez Johnson Jr. personal foul (Micah Parrish draws the foul)
18:20	+2	Devin Royal makes two point driving layup	46-37
18:01	+2	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn makes two point driving layup	46-39
17:47		John Mobley Jr. misses two point jump shot
17:45		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
17:28		Devin Royal personal foul (Tomislav Ivisic draws the foul)
17:26		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses three point jump shot
17:24		Bruce Thornton defensive rebound
17:18	+3	John Mobley Jr. makes three point jump shot (Bruce Thornton assists)	49-39
16:58		Kylan Boswell misses two point cutting layup
16:56		Devin Royal defensive rebound
16:45		Kylan Boswell personal foul (Bruce Thornton draws the foul)
16:44		Kasparas Jakucionis personal foul (John Mobley Jr. draws the foul)
16:33		John Mobley Jr. misses two point stepback jump shot
16:30		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
16:19	+2	Will Riley makes two point cutting dunk (Tomislav Ivisic assists)	49-41
15:55	+3	Bruce Thornton makes three point pullup jump shot	52-41
15:39		Micah Parrish personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
15:39		TV timeout
15:37		John Mobley Jr. personal foul (Ben Humrichous draws the foul)
15:23	+2	Ben Humrichous makes two point jump shot	52-43
14:51		John Mobley Jr. misses three point jump shot
14:49		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
14:38	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point layup	52-45
14:20		Bruce Thornton misses two point jump shot
14:18		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
14:18		Devin Royal personal foul (Ben Humrichous draws the foul)
14:00		Ques Glover personal foul (Ben Humrichous draws the foul)
13:58	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point cutting layup (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	52-47
13:40		Ben Humrichous shooting foul (Devin Royal draws the foul)
13:40	+1	Devin Royal makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-47
13:40	+1	Devin Royal makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-47
13:24	+2	Will Riley makes two point layup	54-49
13:04		John Mobley Jr. misses two point floating jump shot
13:02		Ben Humrichous defensive rebound
12:34		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
12:32		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn offensive rebound
12:30	+2	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn makes two point tip layup	54-51
12:29		Buckeyes 30 second timeout
12:29		TV timeout
12:14		Devin Royal turnover (lost ball) (Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn steals)
12:09	+2	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn makes two point driving dunk	54-53
11:51		Bruce Thornton misses two point jump shot
11:49		Bruce Thornton offensive rebound
11:40		John Mobley Jr. misses two point floating jump shot
11:38		Bruce Thornton offensive rebound
11:38		Ben Humrichous shooting foul (John Mobley Jr. draws the foul)
11:38		TV timeout
11:38	+1	Bruce Thornton makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-53
11:38	+1	Bruce Thornton makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-53
11:21	+3	Will Riley makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	56-56
11:04	+3	Bruce Thornton makes three point pullup jump shot	59-56
10:48	+2	Will Riley makes two point layup	59-58
10:48		Micah Parrish shooting foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
10:48	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	59-59
10:34		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn personal foul (Bruce Thornton draws the foul)
10:23		Ben Humrichous shooting foul (Devin Royal draws the foul)
10:23	+1	Devin Royal makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-59
10:23	+1	Devin Royal makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-59
10:12		Ques Glover personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
10:12		Kasparas Jakucionis misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:12		Bruce Thornton defensive rebound
9:56	+2	Bruce Thornton makes two point layup	63-59
9:46		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
9:44		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
9:41	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point putback layup	63-61
9:25		Bruce Thornton misses two point jump shot
9:23		Bruce Thornton offensive rebound
9:19		Kasparas Jakucionis blocks John Mobley Jr.'s two point jump shot
9:17		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
9:15		John Mobley Jr. personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
9:15		Kasparas Jakucionis misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:15		Evan Mahaffey defensive rebound
8:58	+2	John Mobley Jr. makes two point pullup jump shot	65-61
8:38		Morez Johnson Jr. misses two point layup
8:36		Bruce Thornton defensive rebound
8:27		Ques Glover misses two point jump shot
8:25		Kylan Boswell defensive rebound
8:15		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
8:13		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
8:08	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point putback dunk	65-63
7:43	+3	Bruce Thornton makes three point jump shot	68-63
7:30		TV timeout
7:15	+2	Will Riley makes two point jump shot	68-65
6:52		Jump ball. Aaron Bradshaw vs. Tomislav Ivisic (Buckeyes gains possession)
6:48		Devin Royal misses two point hook shot
6:46		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
6:34	+2	Will Riley makes two point layup	68-67
6:16		Bruce Thornton misses two point driving layup
6:14		Will Riley defensive rebound
6:04	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point layup	68-69
6:04		Aaron Bradshaw shooting foul (Kylan Boswell draws the foul)
6:04	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	68-70
5:39		John Mobley Jr. turnover (out of bounds)
5:29	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point alley-oop layup (Will Riley assists)	68-72
5:21		Buckeyes 30 second timeout
5:03		John Mobley Jr. misses two point jump shot
5:01		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
4:52		Will Riley misses two point driving reverse layup
4:50		Fighting Illini offensive rebound
4:40		Will Riley turnover (bad pass)
4:18		Bruce Thornton misses two point jump shot
4:16		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
3:55	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point driving finger roll layup	68-74
3:33		John Mobley Jr. misses three point jump shot
3:31		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn defensive rebound
3:26		Ivan Njegovan shooting foul (Kylan Boswell draws the foul)
3:26		TV timeout
3:26	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-75
3:26	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	68-76
3:00		Aaron Bradshaw misses two point jump shot
2:58		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
2:43	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point layup	68-78
2:26	+2	Ques Glover makes two point driving layup	70-78
2:11		Ques Glover personal foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
2:11		Will Riley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:11	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-79
2:04		Bruce Thornton misses two point jump shot
2:02		Will Riley defensive rebound
2:02		Devin Royal personal foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
2:02	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-80
2:02	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-81
1:54		Morez Johnson Jr. shooting foul (Devin Royal draws the foul)
1:54	+1	Devin Royal makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-81
1:54	+1	Devin Royal makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-81
1:50		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
1:44		Kylan Boswell turnover (bad pass)
1:35		Bruce Thornton misses three point jump shot
1:33		Devin Royal offensive rebound
1:29		Devin Royal misses two point jump shot
1:27		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
1:10		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses two point layup
1:08		Devin Royal defensive rebound
1:02		John Mobley Jr. misses two point floating jump shot
1:00		Evan Mahaffey offensive rebound
0:54		John Mobley Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:52		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
0:42		Evan Mahaffey personal foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
0:42	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-82
0:42	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-83
0:35		Bruce Thornton misses three point jump shot
0:33		Devin Royal offensive rebound
0:33	+2	Devin Royal makes two point tip dunk	74-83
0:33		Buckeyes 60 second timeout
0:29		John Mobley Jr. personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
0:29		Kasparas Jakucionis misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:29	+1	Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-84
0:25	+3	John Mobley Jr. makes three point jump shot	77-84
0:20		Evan Mahaffey personal foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
0:20		Will Riley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:20	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-85
0:15		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn shooting foul (John Mobley Jr. draws the foul)
0:15	+1	John Mobley Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-85
0:15	+1	John Mobley Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-85
0:08		John Mobley Jr. personal foul (Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn draws the foul)
0:08	+1	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-86
0:08	+1	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-87
0:01		Devin Royal misses three point jump shot
0:00		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Fighting Illini defensive rebound