• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar

The Sports Bank

News. Sports. Arts & Entertainment. Politics

  • Home
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Archives
  • Media
  • The Sports Bank in Book Form
  • Premier League Book

Illini Brandon Paul Drops 43! Illinois Stuns #5 Ohio State!

January 11, 2012 By paulmbanks 10 Comments

Share

brandon_paul

Illinois wing Brandon Paul was incredibly efficient tonight, becoming the 1st college basketball player in the last 15 years to score 43+ on 15 or fewer field goal attempts. It’s the third most single game points by an Illini in program history.

His heroics carried the Illini to a 79-74 victory at home over the #5 Ohio State Buckeyes.

What a special performance. There is just so much good to write here, in the second half alone, but I’ll try to keep it from becoming 600 words.

Paul was 11-15 from the floor, 8-10 from three (tying Dee Brown school record) and 13-15 from the line. And 8 rebounds and four blocks. In other words a PERFECT GAME! His previous career high was 23.

BP3 or BP whatever you want to call him has to be considered a 2013 NBA Draft prospect now…meaning he took what I said in the comment threads of our mock draft personally.

The Illini overcame their largest deficit of the season of 11 points (45-34), earned its first victory over a top-five opponent since knocking off #5 Michigan State on Feb. 6, 2010 (The ESPN College Gameday event). They also snapped a five-game losing streak against OSU (2-10 in the previous twelve), are now 3-2 in home games versus top-five teams and 4-8 all-time against top-five opponents under head coach Bruce Weber.

The Buckeyes are now 15-3 just like Illinois, and 3-2 in conference; behind the 4-1 Illini. Meyers Leonard had 14 and 4 for Illinois, but was a bit out-played by his Buckeyes counterpart Jared Sullinger who 21 and 5 on 9-16 shooting.

Ohio State fell to 2-3 on the road.

Paul’s 43 points also equaled the second-highest point total in the NCAA this season, behind only Creighton’s Doug McDermott, who scored 44 points vs. Bradley on Jan. 7. Dave Downey’s 53 on 2/16/63 and Andy Kaufmann’s 46 on 12/3/90 are the only two Illini to ever score more than Paul in a game

Paul M. Banks is CEO of The Sports Bank.net, an official Google News site generating millions of unique visitors. He’s also a regular contributor to Chicago Now, Walter Football.com, Yardbarker, and Fox Sports

A Fulbright scholar and MBA, Banks has appeared on live radio all over the world; and he’s a member of the Football Writers Association of America, U.S. Basketball Writers Association, and Society of Professional Journalists. The President of the United States follows him on Twitter (@Paul_M_BanksTSB) You should too.

Follow paulmbanks

Related Posts via Categories

  • 2022 Big Ten Tournament Preview, Predictions, Friday Fish Fry!
  • Prep School that Produced Isiah Thomas, Evan Turner Set to Close
  • Detailing the Big Ten National Title Game Losing Streak
  • Big Ten, ACC “Challenged” Considerably on First March Madness Weekend
  • Big Ten Basketball Chaos, Parity Fun for Fans, Excruciating for Coaches Says Chris Collins
  • Who are the Leading Big Ten Contenders? Chicago Legends Size it Up
  • 2019-20 Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings Media Day Edition
  • ESPN College Gameday: How it Went From Transcendent to Unwatchable
  • Michigan State #1, Purdue #2 in Big Ten Basketball Preseason Power Rankings
  • College Sports Fans Beware the Nefarious Influence of the Recruiting-Industrial Complex

Filed Under: College Basketball, Illinois Fighting Illini, Ohio State Buckeyes Tagged With: brandon paul, brandon paul 43, brandon paul 43 points, buckeyes basketball, deshaun thomas, deshaun thomas ohio state, illini, illini basketball, illini beat buckeyes, illini beat ohio state, illini hoops, illini upset buckeyes, illinois beat ohio state, jared sullinger, jared sullinger ohio state, ohio state basketball

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

newsnow_f_ab
online casinos not on Gamstop

Best Paypal Casinos

Recent Posts

  • Timo Werner Undergoing RB Leipzig Medical, Leaving Chelsea
  • De Jong, Ronaldo Situations Destroying United’s Transfer Window
  • Manchester United Transfer Talk: Marko Arnautovic, Benjamin Sesko, Adrien Rabiot
  • Field of Dreams: Re-Analyzing the Movie Amid the 2nd Real Life MLB Game
  • Cubs and Reds at Least Bring History to Field of Dreams Game
  • Todd Boehly, Gaga Slonina, Christian Pulisic: Chelsea FC Getting More Americanized
  • Mikel Arteta Wants Arsenal to Sign More Players this Summer
  • Premier League Asks Clubs to End Gambling on Shirts
  • Man United News and Notes vs Brighton: Wayne Rooney, Harry Maguire, Diogo Dalot
  • United News and Notes vs Brighton: Ronaldo, Ten Hag, Fred, McTominay

From Our Sponsors

OnlineBettingMD

Online Sports Betting

Best football betting sites

 

From Our Sponsors


[footer_backtotop]

Copyright © 2022 ·Magazine Pro · Genesis Framework by StudioPress · WordPress · Log in