Kasparas Jakucionis It seems that he was lining up on the drive to the basket because he was systematically wandering through his legs on the right, then suddenly the Lithuanian goalkeeper retreated and reached an index 3. Bordeaux Calcine Forest His hand was directly in the face of Jakosius, but the 6 -foot and 10 striker could not deter him from hitting the shot that broke the tie with 40 seconds remaining to put it Illinois Front forever as Illini gathered in the past 18 Purdue 88-80 on Friday night.
Jakucionis was fighting until this point, after he shot 2 for 9 before holding 3, but a student Will Riley And young Tri White I went up. Riley was 22 points, while White 20 added nine counterattacks. Jakucionis had seven assists.
Find Ben Humicus For three indicators that developed Illinois 67-66 with the remaining 7:39 and followed that white with three times to enhance Illini progress. Boilerkers answered with 11-2 operation, with 77-72 advanced with 2:52 to go. White throwing the ball and then hit another 3 and wearing free, which tied the game, before Jakucionis found the bottom of the network.
Illinois (20-11, 12-8 Big Ten) ended the 16-3 match to win third in a row after losing three consecutive. Bordeaux (21-10, 13-7) has an opportunity to win the double final for the Big Ten championship next week, but he was unable to stick to his progress.
forward Trey Kaufman-Renn Six points from the 6: 17 minutes scored to the 2:18 sign as Bordeaux appeared in the foreground. 29 points, though, were not enough for the Balatiyah to withdraw victory. Kaufman-Rin scored 29 points for the second time in the last three games. Its average reached 22.1 points during the last 10 games, and hit a floating from the free throw line in the first half of his first career.
Tri Kovman Reigns drowns in Bordeaux to make his first career point
Protect Pradin Smith He had 18 points, 12 passes and nine rebound balls, and they are less than three times in the history of the team.
Fast food
Illinois: Elena joined Gonzaga, Houston and San Diego State as the only teams in the country that got at least 20 wins in the normal season in all of the past six years.
Bordeaux: Smith is among the candidates as the best player of the year. Kofmann Rin, the top scorer of the leading team, deserves consideration because it is the internal threat of tiles only.
Main moment
Riley manufactured 3 indexes in the bell in the first half to finish a seven-point personal race and get Illinois within 42-40.
Stat Stat
The teams were collected with 32 triple throws in their previous game, with the 18 -year -old courts. But Bordeaux went inside against Illinois this time, surpassing the Illini 44-28 in the paint while 5 out of 18 behind the bow. Illinois was 11 out of 30 on 3s.
Even then
Both teams start playing the Big Ten championship on Thursday.
Reports by Associated Press
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