Game Thread: Illinois at Minnesota

[DeonThomas]

Licensed to kill Gophers by the government of Underwood Nation. A team, free to kill Gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever.

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Say again?

 

[Jon]

Time to tighten back up

They did not

 

[BDMAN]

14 point lead down to 7 with sloppy play 4 straight turnovers comon guys sharpen up

 

[Chieeeeffffff]

Man Kofi does not get any calls. It’s atrocious.

 

[Pikeillinifan]

We knew they’d make a run, hold them off and keep an 8-10 point lead at the half.

 

[BigMuddyMonster]

Did you guys know Plummer is one of the hardest workers in the weight room?

 

[BDMAN]

Plummer needs to be under control he got bailed out there

 

[dbeverly26]

God bless Plummer but I'm glad my life doesn't depend on him successfully feeding the post

 

[Ignatius Shang]

Well, have planned to compliment the team for their turnover control until 3 mins ago.

 

[WyattEarp]

Come on Plum, better work on that…you drew a little iron.

His freethrow stroke is smooth as silk…I love it.

 

[DeonThomas]

Grandison’s shooting has been insane of late.

One more year. One more year. One more year!

 

[CDRUSN]

Kofi definitely not the same since he rolled his ankle. Hobbling some and playing with pain.

 

[hoopsfan47]

Who knew...Kofi is amphibious!!! must be a good thing...huh!

 

[Orangetool]

Plummer squashes their run by himself.

Plummer + FT = Money

 

[hoopsfan47]

The whole difference was Omar!!!

 

[FloridaMan]

Pretty good half considering the layoff.

 

[Chillinini]

We answered their run. Kept it over 10 point lead at the half.
Just keep it going in the second half. They have no answer for Kofi yet.

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

I'll take an 11 point half-time lead all day. Lotta things to like. Payne looked better than he has all season. Kofi can easily dominate them inside. Plummer getting to the basket. Monte looking for his shot and hitting like he did last year. We had an ugly stretch, but still recovered to keep the lead in double digits. I like how BU subbed and I'm hoping that keeps our guys fresh enough to finish strong.

 

[pruman91]

BU with a smart timeout after that last Illini basket....got Trent and Kofi out so no more fouls on them......

Illini with 41 points at the half shows little rust on their offense so far........

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

Plummer in double figures and he is 0-3 from 3.

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Also, honestly, it's just really nice that this team is fun as hell to watch.

 

[Bigtex]

Impressive first half. Zero from Trent so far.

 

[CDRUSN]

Omar has been a very pleasant surprise this half. Good to see him learn from past mistakes and build some confidence. Would like to see him post up for some easy shots when the opportunity comes his way.

 

[logjam]

Loved Anderson on Kofi's block, coaching him to corral it.

 

[zentrails]

I'll take an 11 point half-time lead all day. Lotta things to like. Payne looked better than he has all season. Kofi can easily dominate them inside. Plummer getting to the basket. Monte looking for his shot and hitting like he did last year. We had an ugly stretch, but still recovered to keep the lead in double digits. I like how BU subbed and I'm hoping that keeps our guys fresh enough to finish strong.

Good summary. We played more cohesive and with fewer TOs than I thought we would. Hope we see RJ in the 2nd half