Game Thread: Illinois at Iowa

[Manual3for4peat]

Well I guess if he had to hit a buzzer beating three against us, I’m glad it was now and not last March.

 

[madillini4]

Had a chance to take the last shot and instead gave it to them. That can’t happen.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Just a brutal last minute of the half. Could have/should have been an 8 point lead is 1.

 

[eas23]

So many bad shots and turnovers or we would be up 10+.

It's incredible. We have so many empty possessions due to lazy turnovers, missed bunnies, and bad shot selection....and we're in 2nd place in the Big 10 and leading at halftime in Carver Hawkeye.

 

[GallopingGhost]

So much garbage on that last 3 lol. Bailed out

 

[New Creation]

At least we held on to the lead with MM on the bench

 

[thehass]

We completely blew the end of the half there. Frustrating.

Completely agree. Plus too many unforced turnovers.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

OK. We're up one, despite 9 turnovers and Iowa shooting 56% behind the arc.

 

[LoveLovie]

The guys should be fine, but now there’s no margin to come out flat. Keep the intensity you probably win, don’t and you lose.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Quite frankly we should be up by 10+ right now. Iowa making some absolute buckets this half. If we give them the same quality shots this 2nd half we may win this in a blowout. Ridiculous shooting from them.

 

[Illini8420]

Of course that went in

 

[ChiTown]

Just seems like anytime MM is out of the game the offense just look quite offensive.

 

[Battle89]

More boys and girls stuff at halftime.

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

Hard to fault him there, he was wide open

Yep. All reports I’ve seen is he’s shooting great in practice and warmups, so it’s a mental thing now. Not going to get over it without shooting 3s in games. Just have to make sure they’re good shots. That was.

 

[IlliniInIndy85]

Same intensity in second half and we win

 

[bergd91]

You take away some bad shots, giving away the ball, weak fouls called, and it's out best half in conference play. I like how different players stepped up throughout that 20 minutes. Clean it up and we
win by 10+.

 

[21ChampaignSt]

We made so. many. mental mistakes. Yet still lead by 1. No question who the better team is.

 

[Bbuck21]

I never get interested in the score until the scond half. Couple careless turnovers, couple of stupid shots, but Rodgers is showig he is a total player. I expected it to be a fun game and it is.

 

[PlayDeeBrownNote]

Ty Rodgers looking for his next rebound

 

[New Creation]

RJ needs to have no more than 10 mins a game now. This seems to be a lost year for him.

 

[hoopsfan47]

Lucking freaking heave with a prayer answered....but I will take the lead at the half without MM and DD for the last 5 minutes.

Can'r express in words how much I love watching Ty Rodgers play basketball. Exactly what this team needs is a kid with a high motor who understand how to impact the game...smart player. Can we just take the ball out when he gets fouled though?

 

[Deep]

The ending to 1st half kind of stunk.
We gave up 2 three point plays right before half.

Need to come out strong

 

[TCTORNADO]

9 TO's

 

[Dragons89]

TSJ can’t give up an uncontested 3 there. He also has ball handling issues that are getting really frustrating. Breakaway ball handling where he mishandles the dribble and drives where he can’t hang onto the ball. Melendez….oh my.

 

[Goillinikobd]

Great effort by CoHawk there following up his misses

We need that 30 minutes, not just once every half.

CoHawk has 4 points, all free throws