Illinois 75, Northwestern 71 POSTGAME

[Dan]

 

[jmwillini]

Whewwwwwwwwww

 

[LoveLovie]

So many career shots for the kittens and they still lost

 

[SuperintendentChalmers]

Final score:

Never Easy: 75
Because We're Illinois: 71

 

[MainelyIllini]

So close but it’s a W. Keep it going!

 

[MoCoMdIllini]

Seeing all the ranked teams go down earlier had me extra nervous for this one.

*whew*

 

[kiwanegarris22]

NW's game was an 11 on a scale of 1-10. They were almost perfect.

 

[Illwinsagain]

I'll always take a win.

 

[skyIdub]

 

[WeWillWhen]

Took care of business. Northwestern hit a lot of clutch shots. Spencer is going to be one of those opponents who we are going to hate for what seems like six or seven years.

 

[Bailey]

NW's game was an 11 on a scale of 1-10. They were almost perfect.

They could be a real problem the next couple years. Kopp is no joke.

 

[Tophe]

Keep on hanging on...

 

[PlayAZ]

Rusty win, damn layoff's, today a ton of Top25 teams went down...we did not!

Congrats to the team, Trent Frazier for his milestone.

Better figure out some things for on the road though against the lacrosse PG and BabbaBuie who will be back by then.

 

[Illini_Jack]

Trent, Giorgi, Ayo "The Closer" Dosunmu - A+
Spencer, Kopp, Beran - A
Four game winning streak - A
2nd in the Big Ten - A

A's all around. Great game by both teams. Love that we won this huge game. I-L-L!

 

[kiwanegarris22]

I almost think we're now break-even this season with all these close games.

 

[JudsonFTS]

Ayo and his clutch shots truly amazing. Equally important Brad moved him over to guard Spencer and his length on D was also a big factor.

Illini Good Game on O. Not so much on D.

 

[Miles Leonard]

I'm not gonna lie...I expected NW to tie it up with a 3 + and 1 at the end with the way they kept responding. Gotta give them their props. They made life difficult for us.

Escaped a trap game with a W. I'll take it.

 

[JJE]

Not ideal.

 

[Keisersose]

Clutch Ayo!!!

 

[Bailey]

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Not ideal.

Griffins line sticks out more to me. That's just DaMonte.

 

[JIllini]

Immediately after the MSU loss, someone predicted we would win the next 4. Everyone thought he was crazy.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

W is a W. Move on.

P.S. That game in Evanston could be HUGE for our Tournament chances (hopefully playing for seeding, rather), and we will need a lot of orange in the arena. I call on all of my other Chicago area fans to be there!!

 

[kiwanegarris22]

Speculating we move up/down by 1-2 spots. Nothing significant.

 

[Retro62]

Any day we win and Satan’s team gets spanked is a great day.

 

[BackThatPassUp]

I'm surprised at how many times NU made it to the stripe off jump shots. My god that was frustrating.