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Tillis' 22 points lead UC Irvine past UAB 81-77 in OT in NIT quarterfinals

AP
Mar 27, 2025

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) Devin Tillis scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half and overtime, and UC Irvine beat UAB 81-77 on Wednesday night in the NIT quarterfinals.

UC Irvine (31-6) plays North Texas in the semifinals on Tuesday at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Tillis tied it at 77-all on a 3-pointer with 1:23 left in overtime and Bent Leuchten made a go-ahead shot on their next possession.

Tillis also contributed 11 rebounds for the Anteaters. Leuchten scored 18 points while shooting 6 of 10 from the field and 5 for 6 from the line and added 10 rebounds. Jurian Dixon went 7 of 13 from the field (1 for 4 from 3-point range) to finish with 16 points.

Christian Coleman finished with 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Blazers (24-13). Alejandro added 14 points, and Yaxel Lendeborg had 13 points, 17 rebounds and four assists.

Dixon scored 10 points in the first half and UC Irvine went into the break trailing 36-31.

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1st Half
UAB
Blazers
36
UCI
Anteaters
31

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Christian Coleman vs. Bent Leuchten (Blazers gains possession)
19:41		Christian Coleman misses two point layup
19:39		Myles Che defensive rebound
19:25		Devin Tillis misses two point jump shot
19:23		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
19:18		Tony Toney misses three point jump shot
19:16		Devin Tillis defensive rebound
19:06		Jurian Dixon turnover (lost ball) (Yaxel Lendeborg steals)
19:01	+2	Yaxel Lendeborg makes two point dunk	2-0
18:45	+3	Jurian Dixon makes three point jump shot (Myles Che assists)	2-3
18:29		Christian Coleman misses two point jump shot
18:27		Bent Leuchten defensive rebound
18:16		Justin Hohn misses three point jump shot
18:14		Christian Coleman defensive rebound
17:54	+2	Christian Coleman makes two point layup (Ja'Borri McGhee assists)	4-3
17:22		Myles Che misses two point jump shot
17:20		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
17:16		Ja'Borri McGhee misses three point jump shot
17:14		Justin Hohn defensive rebound
17:07		Tony Toney blocks Justin Hohn's two point layup
17:05		Devin Tillis offensive rebound
17:01		Devin Tillis misses two point layup
16:59		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
16:40		Ja'Borri McGhee misses two point layup
16:38		Devin Tillis defensive rebound
16:28		Justin Hohn misses three point jump shot
16:26		Christian Coleman defensive rebound
16:22		Devin Tillis shooting foul (Christian Coleman draws the foul)
16:22	+1	Christian Coleman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-3
16:22	+1	Christian Coleman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-3
16:08		Myles Che misses three point jump shot
16:06		Christian Coleman defensive rebound
15:59	+2	Christian Coleman makes two point layup (Ja'Borri McGhee assists)	8-3
15:59		Bent Leuchten shooting foul (Christian Coleman draws the foul)
15:59		TV timeout
15:59	+1	Christian Coleman makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-3
15:48		Kyle Evans offensive foul
15:48		Kyle Evans turnover (offensive foul)
15:34		Christian Coleman misses two point layup
15:32		Christian Coleman offensive rebound
15:21	+2	Christian Coleman makes two point layup	11-3
15:10	+2	Devin Tillis makes two point layup (Justin Hohn assists)	11-5
14:42		Bradley Ezewiro misses two point dunk
14:40		Bradley Ezewiro offensive rebound
14:37		Bradley Ezewiro misses two point layup
14:35		Devin Tillis defensive rebound
14:32	+2	Kyle Evans makes two point layup (Devin Tillis assists)	11-7
14:17	+2	Alejandro Vasquez makes two point jump shot	13-7
13:58		Bradley Ezewiro shooting foul (Kyle Evans draws the foul)
13:58	+1	Kyle Evans makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-8
13:58	+1	Kyle Evans makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-9
13:38		Efrem Johnson misses two point jump shot
13:36		Bent Leuchten defensive rebound
13:30	+2	Justin Hohn makes two point layup	13-11
13:17		Alejandro Vasquez misses two point jump shot
13:15		Bent Leuchten defensive rebound
13:02		Bent Leuchten misses two point jump shot
13:00		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
12:52	+2	Bradley Ezewiro makes two point layup (Yaxel Lendeborg assists)	15-11
12:28		Ofure Ujadughele misses two point layup
12:26		Bent Leuchten offensive rebound
12:25	+2	Bent Leuchten makes two point layup	15-13
12:09	+2	Efrem Johnson makes two point jump shot (Bradley Ezewiro assists)	17-13
11:50		Jurian Dixon misses three point jump shot
11:48		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
11:41		Tyren Moore misses three point jump shot
11:39		Jurian Dixon defensive rebound
11:35	+2	Jurian Dixon makes two point layup	17-15
11:35		Alejandro Vasquez shooting foul (Jurian Dixon draws the foul)
11:35		TV timeout
11:35	+1	Jurian Dixon makes regular free throw 1 of 1	17-16
11:21		Yaxel Lendeborg misses two point jump shot
11:19		Christian Coleman offensive rebound
11:19		Bent Leuchten blocks Christian Coleman's two point layup
11:17		Devin Tillis defensive rebound
11:12		Devin Tillis turnover (lost ball) (Tyren Moore steals)
11:07	+3	Tyren Moore makes three point jump shot	20-16
10:49		Yaxel Lendeborg shooting foul (Bent Leuchten draws the foul)
10:49	+1	Bent Leuchten makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-17
10:49	+1	Bent Leuchten makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-18
10:30	+3	Tyren Moore makes three point jump shot (Christian Coleman assists)	23-18
10:01		Tyren Moore shooting foul (Myles Che draws the foul)
10:01	+1	Myles Che makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-19
10:01	+1	Myles Che makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-20
9:38		Yaxel Lendeborg misses two point jump shot
9:36		Myles Che defensive rebound
9:26		Myles Che misses two point jump shot
9:24		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
9:16		Christian Coleman misses two point layup
9:14		Ofure Ujadughele defensive rebound
9:14		Torian Lee misses two point jump shot
9:12		Bent Leuchten offensive rebound
9:12		Torian Lee misses three point jump shot
9:10		Christian Coleman defensive rebound
8:50		Tyren Moore turnover (bad pass)
8:22		Jurian Dixon turnover (lost ball)
7:56	+2	Yaxel Lendeborg makes two point jump shot	25-20
7:28		Christian Coleman blocks Myles Che's two point layup
7:26		Justin Hohn offensive rebound
7:21		Justin Hohn misses three point jump shot
7:19		Efrem Johnson defensive rebound
7:19		Myles Che personal foul
7:19		TV timeout
7:11		Christian Coleman offensive foul
7:11		Christian Coleman turnover (offensive foul)
6:47		Devin Tillis misses two point layup
6:45		Kyle Evans offensive rebound
6:44	+2	Kyle Evans makes two point layup	25-22
6:29		Tony Toney misses three point jump shot
6:27		Myles Che defensive rebound
6:10		Myles Che misses two point jump shot
6:08		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
5:59	+2	Christian Coleman makes two point jump shot (Yaxel Lendeborg assists)	27-22
5:41		Justin Hohn turnover (bad pass)
5:24		Devin Tillis personal foul
5:22	+2	Christian Coleman makes two point jump shot (Efrem Johnson assists)	29-22
4:48		Jurian Dixon misses two point jump shot
4:46		Christian Coleman defensive rebound
4:41		Efrem Johnson misses three point jump shot
4:39		Myles Che defensive rebound
4:30	+2	Jurian Dixon makes two point jump shot (Myles Che assists)	29-24
4:15		Ja'Borri McGhee offensive foul
3:49		Ja'Borri McGhee turnover (offensive foul)
3:49		TV timeout
3:46		Ofure Ujadughele misses two point jump shot
3:44		Christian Coleman defensive rebound
3:32	+2	Christian Coleman makes two point dunk (Alejandro Vasquez assists)	31-24
3:15	+3	Bent Leuchten makes three point jump shot (Jurian Dixon assists)	31-27
2:57		Alejandro Vasquez misses two point jump shot
2:55		Bent Leuchten defensive rebound
2:44		Myles Che misses two point jump shot
2:42		Ja'Borri McGhee defensive rebound
2:37	+2	Ja'Borri McGhee makes two point layup	33-27
2:14	+2	Bent Leuchten makes two point hook shot	33-29
1:52	+3	Yaxel Lendeborg makes three point jump shot	36-29
1:36		Justin Hohn misses three point jump shot
1:34		Ja'Borri McGhee defensive rebound
1:19		Yaxel Lendeborg misses three point jump shot
1:17		Justin Hohn defensive rebound
1:15		Yaxel Lendeborg personal foul (Justin Hohn draws the foul)
1:15		Justin Hohn misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:15		Bradley Ezewiro defensive rebound
0:57		Bent Leuchten personal foul
0:50		Ja'Borri McGhee misses three point jump shot
0:48		Bradley Ezewiro offensive rebound
0:48		Bradley Ezewiro misses two point layup
0:46		Myles Che defensive rebound
0:46		Ja'Borri McGhee personal foul (Myles Che draws the foul)
0:46		Myles Che misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:46		Bradley Ezewiro defensive rebound
0:20		Christian Coleman turnover (lost ball) (Ofure Ujadughele steals)
0:16		Kyle Evans misses two point layup
0:15		Jurian Dixon offensive rebound
0:13	+2	Jurian Dixon makes two point layup	36-31
0:02		Efrem Johnson misses three point jump shot
0:00		Ofure Ujadughele defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UAB
Blazers
33
UCI
Anteaters
38

Time		Play	Score
19:41		Alejandro Vasquez shooting foul (Devin Tillis draws the foul)
19:41	+1	Devin Tillis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-32
19:41	+1	Devin Tillis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-33
19:29	+2	Yaxel Lendeborg makes two point hook shot	38-33
19:13		Devin Tillis misses two point layup
19:11		Christian Coleman defensive rebound
19:07		Christian Coleman misses two point layup
19:05		Jurian Dixon defensive rebound
18:59	+3	Myles Che makes three point jump shot (Justin Hohn assists)	38-36
18:38		Tony Toney misses three point jump shot
18:36		Jurian Dixon defensive rebound
18:27		Devin Tillis misses three point jump shot
18:25		Tony Toney defensive rebound
18:15		Ja'Borri McGhee misses two point jump shot
18:13		Devin Tillis defensive rebound
17:56		Bent Leuchten misses three point jump shot
17:54		Christian Coleman defensive rebound
17:26		Alejandro Vasquez misses three point jump shot
17:24		Christian Coleman offensive rebound
17:17		Tony Toney turnover (lost ball) (Justin Hohn steals)
17:13		Justin Hohn misses three point jump shot
17:11		Blazers defensive rebound
17:00	+2	Efrem Johnson makes two point jump shot (Alejandro Vasquez assists)	40-36
16:36		Alejandro Vasquez shooting foul (Devin Tillis draws the foul)
16:36	+1	Devin Tillis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-37
16:36		Devin Tillis misses regular free throw 2 of 2
16:36		Bradley Ezewiro defensive rebound
16:16	+2	Bradley Ezewiro makes two point layup	42-37
16:00		Justin Hohn misses three point jump shot
15:58		Tony Toney defensive rebound
15:42		Efrem Johnson misses three point jump shot
15:40		Bent Leuchten defensive rebound
15:34		Jurian Dixon misses two point layup
15:32		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
15:27	+2	Ja'Borri McGhee makes two point jump shot (Yaxel Lendeborg assists)	44-37
14:53	+2	Devin Tillis makes two point layup	44-39
14:25		Bradley Ezewiro misses two point layup
14:23		Anteaters defensive rebound
14:23		TV timeout
14:00	+2	Bent Leuchten makes two point hook shot	44-41
13:38		Yaxel Lendeborg turnover (lost ball) (Devin Tillis steals)
13:25		Bent Leuchten misses two point hook shot
13:23		Justin Hohn offensive rebound
13:21		Devin Tillis misses three point jump shot
13:19		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
13:12		Bradley Ezewiro turnover (lost ball) (Bent Leuchten steals)
13:06	+2	Jurian Dixon makes two point layup (Devin Tillis assists)	44-43
12:54		Blazers 30 second timeout
12:54		TV timeout
12:45		Kyle Evans blocks Ja'Borri McGhee's two point jump shot
12:43		Justin Hohn defensive rebound
12:38	+2	Jurian Dixon makes two point layup (Justin Hohn assists)	44-45
12:19		Kyle Evans blocks Tyren Moore's two point jump shot
12:17		Devin Tillis defensive rebound
12:08	+2	Kyle Evans makes two point layup (Jurian Dixon assists)	44-47
11:41		Tony Toney misses three point jump shot
11:39		Justin Hohn defensive rebound
11:15		Jurian Dixon misses three point jump shot
11:13		Christian Coleman defensive rebound
10:46	+2	Christian Coleman makes two point layup	46-47
10:36	+3	Devin Tillis makes three point jump shot (Justin Hohn assists)	46-50
10:15		Torian Lee shooting foul (Ja'Borri McGhee draws the foul)
10:15		TV timeout
10:15	+1	Ja'Borri McGhee makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-50
10:15	+1	Ja'Borri McGhee makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-50
9:50		Devin Tillis misses three point jump shot
9:48		Alejandro Vasquez defensive rebound
9:30	+2	Christian Coleman makes two point layup (Tyren Moore assists)	50-50
9:14		Devin Tillis misses two point jump shot
9:12		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
9:01		Kyle Evans blocks Yaxel Lendeborg's two point layup
8:59		Devin Tillis defensive rebound
8:55	+2	Jurian Dixon makes two point dunk (Devin Tillis assists)	50-52
8:41	+2	Alejandro Vasquez makes two point layup	52-52
8:23	+2	Justin Hohn makes two point layup	52-54
8:15		Torian Lee personal foul
8:00		Jurian Dixon shooting foul (Alejandro Vasquez draws the foul)
8:00		TV timeout
8:00	+1	Alejandro Vasquez makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-54
8:00	+1	Alejandro Vasquez makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-54
7:32		Justin Hohn misses three point jump shot
7:30		Alejandro Vasquez defensive rebound
7:09		Myles Che shooting foul (Alejandro Vasquez draws the foul)
7:09	+1	Alejandro Vasquez makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-54
7:09	+1	Alejandro Vasquez makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-54
6:41	+3	Devin Tillis makes three point jump shot (Bent Leuchten assists)	56-57
6:23	+2	Yaxel Lendeborg makes two point jump shot (Efrem Johnson assists)	58-57
6:02		Myles Che misses two point layup
6:00		Christian Coleman defensive rebound
5:55		Alejandro Vasquez misses three point jump shot
5:53		Bent Leuchten defensive rebound
5:47		Efrem Johnson personal foul
5:44		Jurian Dixon misses three point jump shot
5:42		Alejandro Vasquez defensive rebound
5:35		Yaxel Lendeborg turnover (offensive goaltending)
5:15	+2	Devin Tillis makes two point hook shot	58-59
4:52		Yaxel Lendeborg misses two point layup
4:50		Devin Tillis defensive rebound
4:38		Myles Che turnover (bad pass) (Efrem Johnson steals)
4:35		Justin Hohn personal foul
4:22		Yaxel Lendeborg misses two point jump shot
4:20		Jurian Dixon defensive rebound
4:02		Devin Tillis turnover (bad pass)
3:51		Ja'Borri McGhee misses three point jump shot
3:49		Bent Leuchten defensive rebound
3:36		Justin Hohn turnover (lost ball) (Ja'Borri McGhee steals)
3:34	+2	Ja'Borri McGhee makes two point layup	60-59
3:18		Justin Hohn misses two point jump shot
3:16		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
2:58		Christian Coleman misses two point jump shot
2:56		Ja'Borri McGhee offensive rebound
2:52		Christian Coleman turnover (lost ball)
2:52		TV timeout
2:33	+3	Myles Che makes three point jump shot (Justin Hohn assists)	60-62
2:12		Ja'Borri McGhee misses three point jump shot
2:10		Efrem Johnson offensive rebound
2:10		Myles Che personal foul
2:01	+2	Ja'Borri McGhee makes two point layup	62-62
1:44		Jurian Dixon misses two point layup
1:42		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
1:36	+2	Alejandro Vasquez makes two point layup (Christian Coleman assists)	64-62
1:25	+2	Myles Che makes two point jump shot	64-64
1:25		Ja'Borri McGhee shooting foul (Myles Che draws the foul)
1:25		Myles Che misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:25		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
1:10	+3	Efrem Johnson makes three point jump shot (Yaxel Lendeborg assists)	67-64
0:59	+3	Myles Che makes three point jump shot	67-67
0:41		Bent Leuchten shooting foul (Yaxel Lendeborg draws the foul)
0:41	+1	Yaxel Lendeborg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-67
0:41	+1	Yaxel Lendeborg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-67
0:17	+2	Devin Tillis makes two point layup	69-69
0:03		Yaxel Lendeborg turnover (traveling)
0:03		Blazers 30 second timeout
0:01		Anteaters 30 second timeout
0:00		Myles Che misses two point jump shot
0:00		End of period

OT
UAB
Blazers
8
UCI
Anteaters
12

Time		Play	Score
5:00		Yaxel Lendeborg vs. Bent Leuchten (Anteaters gains possession)
4:44		Ja'Borri McGhee personal foul
4:35	+2	Bent Leuchten makes two point layup (Myles Che assists)	69-71
4:14		Christian Coleman misses two point jump shot
4:12		Justin Hohn defensive rebound
3:59		Christian Coleman shooting foul (Bent Leuchten draws the foul)
3:59	+1	Bent Leuchten makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-72
3:59		Bent Leuchten misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:59		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
3:49		Yaxel Lendeborg offensive foul
3:49		Yaxel Lendeborg turnover (offensive foul)
3:28		Myles Che turnover (bad pass) (Alejandro Vasquez steals)
3:20	+2	Alejandro Vasquez makes two point layup	71-72
3:11		Myles Che misses two point jump shot
3:09		Bent Leuchten offensive rebound
3:07		Yaxel Lendeborg personal foul (Bent Leuchten draws the foul)
3:07	+1	Bent Leuchten makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-73
3:07	+1	Bent Leuchten makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-74
2:57		Jurian Dixon personal foul (Alejandro Vasquez draws the foul)
2:57	+1	Alejandro Vasquez makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-74
2:57	+1	Alejandro Vasquez makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-74
2:28		Myles Che turnover (traveling)
2:20		Efrem Johnson misses two point jump shot
2:18		Christian Coleman offensive rebound
2:15	+2	Christian Coleman makes two point layup	75-74
1:59		Bent Leuchten misses two point hook shot
1:57		Justin Hohn offensive rebound
1:57		Alejandro Vasquez personal foul (Justin Hohn draws the foul)
1:57		Justin Hohn misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:57		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
1:35		Anteaters 30 second timeout
1:33	+2	Ja'Borri McGhee makes two point jump shot (Efrem Johnson assists)	77-74
1:23	+3	Devin Tillis makes three point jump shot (Myles Che assists)	77-77
0:52		Christian Coleman misses two point jump shot
0:50		Yaxel Lendeborg offensive rebound
0:50		Devin Tillis personal foul (Yaxel Lendeborg draws the foul)
0:50		Yaxel Lendeborg misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:50		Devin Tillis defensive rebound
0:29	+2	Bent Leuchten makes two point jump shot (Myles Che assists)	77-79
0:26		Blazers 60 second timeout
0:18		Efrem Johnson misses three point jump shot
0:16		Anteaters defensive rebound
0:14		Justin Hohn turnover (lost ball)
0:08		Yaxel Lendeborg misses two point layup
0:06		Yaxel Lendeborg offensive rebound
0:02		Yaxel Lendeborg misses two point layup
0:00		Devin Tillis defensive rebound
0:02		Alejandro Vasquez personal foul (Devin Tillis draws the foul)
0:02	+1	Devin Tillis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-80
0:02	+1	Devin Tillis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-81
0:00		End of period

+ 1

Devin Tillis makes regular free throw 2 of 2