Illini fall in flat finale

"That run was precipitated by our turnovers," Groce said. "We had three in that segment. We also had a couple of offensive rebounds around the basket and we were not as tough as we needed to be going back up with them. We got stripped. They took the ball from us when we were right at the rim.

"That's the difference between getting second-chance points and them going the other way. And then they get out in transition and it's a dunk or a 3. That was really the determining factor."

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