ISU vs Arizona
The NCAA Tournament
March 14th
time 6:00 pm
Will be shown on CBS


The shorthanded Redbirds fell behind by 12 early in the first half but then took control of the game to get within 3 at half time 30-27.ISU outscored the Wildcats 5-2 to start the second half and tied the game at 32.Unfortunatly that was as good as it would get as Arizona scores 15 straight over the next 3 minutes and never looked back.ISU played only 6 players throughout most of the game and simply ran out of gas.They could only manage 17 points over the rest of the game and lost 82-49.Missing both of their regular starting guards and coming off of an emotional overtime victory 2 days earlier was just too much to overcome.

Illinois State 49

fg ft tp -- -- -- Hill 4-17 0-0 9 Muller 6-12 2-2 17 Watkins 3-6 2-2 8 Hansell 0-8 1-2 1 Cartmill 4-12 1-2 10 Holmstrom 0-1 0-0 0 Smiley 0-0 0-0 0 Stotler 0-0 0-0 0 Crowley 0-0 0-0 0 Hein 0-2 0-0 0 Van Velzen 0-1 0-0 0 Gibbons 2-4 0-0 4 --------------------------------- Totals 19-63 6-8 49

ARIZONA (82) fg ft tp -- -- -- Davison 1-3 0-0 2 Dickerson 6-15 0-0 14 Bramlett 4-6 1-5 9 Bibby 6-12 5-7 19 Simon 7-15 4-4 19 Pastner 0-1 0-0 0 Harris 0-2 1-2 1 Tebbs 1-1 0-0 3 Wessel 1-1 0-0 2 Terry 4-9 0-0 11 Edgerson 1-1 0-0 2 Jenkins 0-0 0-0 0 Stewart 0-1 0-0 0 --------------------------------- Totals 31-67 11-18 82

Halftime-Arizona 30, Illinois State 27. 3-Point goals-Illinois State 5-17 (Muller 3-6, Hill 1-2, Cartmill 1-6, Hansell 0-1, Holmstrom 0-1, Hein 0-1), Arizona 9-27 (Terry 3-6, Dickerson 2-6, Bibby 2-6, Tebbs 1-1, Simon 1-7, Pastner 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Illinois State 37 (Hill 7), Arizona 47 (Harris 8). Assists-Illinois State 13 (Hill, Cartmill 4), Arizona 23 (Bibby 7). Total fouls-Illinois State 14, Arizona 14. Attendance-16,402.