Illinois 91, Penn State 52 Postgame

[derrick6]

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Extremely proud of him and the improvement he’s made.

 

[LoveLovie]

Kj got his rest day, ya know, just like the nba

 

[Illini in Italy]

We tore their heart out tonight.

 

[ILL21]

I’m starting to love this team, they now have two 30+ big ten wins with the rest of the big ten combined with two. They are sick with potential to be legendary

 

[doowink]

That will do

 

[ginabackes00]

This has been said plenty of times, but the biggest surprise with this team has been on the defensive end.
I can imagine this is a really fun team to coach. Highly cerebral, works hard, and coachable.

 

[ILLFAN67]

Oh and this much Morez from here on out please

You did see he had 4 fouls. The kid will have a rough time playing 20 mins a game because he still doesn’t have fouling under control. If he can figure it out then I agree.

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

1- Great for Ben & I hope this carries over a la Marcus...we're scary when he plays well.
2- God I hope we get a year 2 of Morez (MJ) and Riley, if they're here next year I'd bet money they make all b10 teams.
3- Booth just seems lost. Preseason I'd wondered if he would compete with Ben...now he seems like an obvious transfer.

On point 3 … Body Language is horrendous …

 

[Illinois_in_MD]

Amazing defensive intensity after the opening minutes.

The crazy thing is, we shot pretty atrociously in the first half. I feel like if anybody but Ben had made wide open 3's in the first half, we might have been up by 30-35 heading into the break.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Oh and this much Morez from here on out please

^^^^^

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

So who is the MVP of the game?

In my book, Ben. Big first half lead was built on defense, rebounding and him. Prior to Kylan’s late bucket at end of first half, Ben was only one of two starters who had scored. Others kept it going in second half, but Ben was the first half.

 

[CleverHandle1]

Didn’t realize that Ty was taking the redshirt to become a point guard. Thoughts?

He looks a lot thinner; I wonder how much weight he has lost. Be tough with DGL and KB probably coming back next year?

 

[SkyysNotFalling]

Carey Booth is soooooo checked out sorry bud

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

You did see he had 4 fouls. The kid will have a rough time playing 20 mins a game because he still doesn’t have fouling under control. If he can figure it out then I agree.

I’m good playing him as much as possible … Fouling will clean itself up … It always does as the Big Ten season goes on …

 

[TonyClifton]

Up to #7 on KenPom

 

[green_bay_energy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1877192730163462156

That's funny! Check "I miss Coleman" box" for me please

 

[IllinoisGrad0609]

I think Brad should tell the team to play like that every game.

HOT TAKE ALERT!

 

[Illini in Italy]

I’ll own it. Me about Humrichous:

Where is my 10,000,000 like button?

 

[InDaAZ]

I think Brad should tell the team to play like that every game.

 

[CDRUSN]

 

[abchew2]

If KJ still has soreness no shame in letting him rest for one more lol

 

[SkyysNotFalling]

7th in kenpom.

 

[Oracle21]

3 pointers:
IL: 10-31
PSU: 2-12

Offensive Rebounds;
IL: 17
PSU: 5

If you dominate the 3pt line and offensive glass, you will rarely ever lose. Great defense, great offense. This was a very high level performance and without our best player top 5 pick.

I think this team is better than 2021 and 2024. I would put them in the top 5.

 

[NarrowJ]

Analysts are going to buzz about this team now

2 game road trip, set an NCAA record, beat a team one way beat the other team another way.

Best player out and missed 10 wide open 3s = 91 to 52 victory

 

[Oranges]

Kinda want to get a Tre White jersey, love how he plays