Illinois 88, Purdue 80 Postgame

[NarrowJ]

Anyone spot anything weird with this box score? (aside from our 37% three point shooting lol)

 

[AnnaMay]

1 of 4 teams with 20 wins in last 6(?) Consecutive Seasons.

Fire Underwood

 

[Piotyr]

Illinois is the only major conference team to get 20 wins in each of the last 6 seasons. (Houston has done it but they weren't a major conference team for the first 4)

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

Time for a cold, frosty one!

 

[aaeismacgychel]

What a clutch effing win. Incredible. That team that closed the game out is the team I've waited to see all season. We wanted that game and took it. That is the type of game you need to actually win games in the postseason. Hell of a win. Hell of an effing win.

 

[ginabackes00]

What a great game to be at. I thought the substitutions were good. Everyone contributed. I have no voice. STATE FARM WAS ROCKING!

 

[kellenk44]

Omg how?!

 

[Dragons89]

And Ben won this game for us with his 3 pointers and D on cough man change my mind

The double late is what changed it. Ben was good also. We need everyone!!!

 

[B-ILL]

Kaspar-ice.

 

[altgeld88]

Hammer down, Boilers down.

 

[IllinifaninFL]

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I love it.

 

[Epsilon]

His limit is way past Sky tbh

Certainly more than Skyy…

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Heck yes!!! What resilience!!! Only time BU has beaten Purdont without Kofi!!

It’s actually worse … without Ayo!! Feels so good to finally beat these guys. Hate to admit it, but as good as we’ve been over the past five years, Purdue has been just a touch better in just about every way, in addition to owning us. We needed to get this monkey off of our backs!!

As for the game, proud of these guys! I complained as much as anyone in the game thread (I mean, this team can be objectively maddening, lol), but I also never give up hope completely. I didn’t think we had the grit to win this type of close game in the final minutes, and I’m so glad to be wrong.

We picked a hell of a time to become reliable 3-point shooters. Let’s go get a few BTT wins and keep this winning streak rolling well into March Madness!

 

[HailtotheChief]

Threes started to fall down the stretch. Ben 2 of 4 and KJ hit a huge one when he had to.

Kylan has been just huge the last few games on both ends. I like DGL but when Kylans playing like that he needs his 34 plus minutes. He has been huge lately in everything but the 3 ball.

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

When we win, we yeet:

 

[Miles Leonard]

Is our tourney spot secure now?

 

[logjam]

If we can figure out a legitimate defense ability we will very competitive going forward...

 

[DeeIL89]

3-0 the final three games to close out conference play after the beatdown from Duke. Wow. Amazing.

 

[blackdog]

I'm sitting at the top of the stadium cooling off because I'm sweating and my phone thinks I was working out! Let's goooo!

 

[Illinifan533]

Just like the football game against Purdue, it looked like our losing streak to them would continue as we let a winnable game slip through our fingers, but by golly both teams rallied to make the opposite happen. Eff Purdue and Boil Down.

 

[nmillini]

Young men rose up!

 

[Wazababybrucedouglaskid]

Tre played a hell of a game! X factor!

 

[DeeIL89]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1898209927652311251

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

The flu was real. Our only bad loss with KJ and Tomi since early December (NW) was Rutgers. Bring Morez back and get a 6-seed…anything is possible

 

[New Creation]