Just finished watching that. Interesting situation. Looking at the replay, the official grants a timeout request, then points to the player who apparently requested it.
There looked to be no visual request for a timeout. The official told the table that "He heard someone from SIU yell timeout"
The announcers thought it might have been #2 for SIU, who was standing next to the official who eventually granted the TO. He started to make a visual request, but I thought that came after the official had granted the TO.
Something about the officials' explanation doesn't sit well with me.
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