Game Thread: Illinois at Penn State

[Chase321]

Petro leads the nation in missed layups.

 

[Epsilon]

Ben was totally fouled on that rebound.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

I am getting a bad feeling about this.

 

[skyIdub]

Lol...Ben got murdered. No call.

 

[DeeIL89]

Offense is crapping the bed big time.

 

[ChiTown]

Ben has to be stronger than that.

 

[Epsilon]

Holy sh!!t petro sighting.. I am happy now

You sure about that..?

Edit: okay that was a nice steal.

 

[BoiseBaller]

Z, Wagler, and Boswell only guys who showed up today.

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

Z got them rattled down low....

 

[Miles Leonard]

Big three from Jake!

 

[Ryllini]

What vision. What a pass

 

[derrick6]

Petro with a positive play!

Edit: KB has turned up his defensive pressure and caused the turnover leading to the fast break bucket assisted by Petro

 

[skyIdub]

 

[Calvin]

Love it --couple quick buckets to get it back to 14

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

Petro with steal and good look in transition to Mirkovic for a layup

 

[DeeIL89]

Atta boy, Petro. Nice dish to Mirk for the layup.

 

[FloridaMan]

Nice response but it has to be way more consistent. Taking plays off is for grade school ball, and we've seen too much of it this half. Staff has to get into this game as well!

 

[Naborman88]

Does Laphonso still hate the Illini?

 

[Ryllini]

Petroleum has been a positive and Mirk with a great couple of minutes.

 

[punchabove33]

My man petro!

 

[Calvin]

Perhaps it's just me but I like how we work offensively when Davis is in.

Don't think we appreciate what he does for spacing until it's not there.

 

[TheodoreRex]

Offense is crapping the bed big time.

What is our offense? Space- 2 man ball screens while the other 3 players just stand on the perimeter.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

The regression of Tomi has been a bit alarming

To me, this is the takeaway to start the season. We can't even say he's playing average. He looks lazy and just sloppy. He seemed far more versatile last year. Wondering if they tried bulking him up too much?

 

[CDRUSN]

Mirk with the eurostep layup on a great pass from Petro. That's getting our Balkan's worth.

 

[Epsilon]

Petro with steal and good look in transition to Mirkovic for a layup

I really hope this is the game he hits his stride.