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Illinois 54, Rutgers 51 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Punesguy" data-source="post: 1514923" data-attributes="member: 586472"><p>I hadn't been back to U of I since '89 and I could not believe how things have changed. I didn't even recognize Green Street and KAM's has been moved! The State Farm Center is fantastic and I'm sure it can get crazy when the students are in the building.</p><p>As for the game, I can't remember ever seeing a college team shoot 19% for a half and score 18 points. The crazy thing was that we kept saying, "How can we only be down by 3 at half?" Whatever was said at halftime worked because the shooting definitely got better. It was great to see Ayo hit that mid range jumper with confidence. He will definitely need that at the next level. And his clutch free throws at the end were fantastic. It was also nice the see the energy level throughout the game and we did a decent job of minimizing turnovers. Rutgers is a big, physical team and while this win was a long way from pretty, it was an "effort" win that I think will help their confidence moving forward. I can't wait to see how this team continues to progress and I would be really surprised and disappointed if we weren't putting on our dancing shoes in March! Go Illini! <img src="/inc/shield.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shield:" title="Shield :shield:" data-shortname=":shield:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Punesguy, post: 1514923, member: 586472"] I hadn't been back to U of I since '89 and I could not believe how things have changed. I didn't even recognize Green Street and KAM's has been moved! The State Farm Center is fantastic and I'm sure it can get crazy when the students are in the building. As for the game, I can't remember ever seeing a college team shoot 19% for a half and score 18 points. The crazy thing was that we kept saying, "How can we only be down by 3 at half?" Whatever was said at halftime worked because the shooting definitely got better. It was great to see Ayo hit that mid range jumper with confidence. He will definitely need that at the next level. And his clutch free throws at the end were fantastic. It was also nice the see the energy level throughout the game and we did a decent job of minimizing turnovers. Rutgers is a big, physical team and while this win was a long way from pretty, it was an "effort" win that I think will help their confidence moving forward. I can't wait to see how this team continues to progress and I would be really surprised and disappointed if we weren't putting on our dancing shoes in March! Go Illini! :shield: [/QUOTE]
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