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Seniors come through for Illinois

Well, Demetri McCamey promised us that Saturday night's game with Iowa would be the biggest of the Illinois seniors' careers...and they lived up to billing in the team's 81-68 win at Assembly Hall.

Bruce Weber returned to his traditional starting lineup --- seniors McCamey, Mike Davis, Mike Tisdale and Bill Cole with sophomore D.J. Richardson --- and the four vets teamed up for 65 points, 25 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 blocks and 6 steals.

If those numbers look familiar , that's because the same quartet combined for 55 points, 19 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals when Illinois won 87-77 in the Big Ten opener at Iowa.

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