Game Thread: Illinois vs Eastern Illinois

[Ryllini]

We are a Matthew Mayer away from being up 25 right now. Paging Matthew! Doesn't seem interested.

 

[IllinialuminAZ]

Ooof that Hodges dunk

Dude's got some serious hops!

 

[InDaAZ]

EIU has some pieces…

 

[BWA]

We have no one who can match up with Edey this year (I don’t know many teams that do) but he will have to run the whole game. I think our length and athletic play will be a problem. We have multiple players who could score 20+ a night. Just depends who is on.

Edey might score 25, but he might also leave us open for a ton of open threes and we can drive at him to get him in foul trouble.

 

[grantlab]

Going to hold judgment calling this a “bad” EIU team until proven otherwise. This squad has a lot more athletes than the bunnies we’ve played in the past. Now should we be winning by more? Absolutely.

 

[eas23]

Mayer doesn't seem to be having a great game.(edit, better now!)

He plays basketball very interestingly.

 

[BRucks]

TSJ living up to that sniper handle

and he has 8 rebs. Not bad for a guy who hardly ever rebounds.

 

[Homecoming 2019]

Going to hold judgment calling this a “bad” EIU team until proven otherwise. This squad has a lot more athletes than the bunnies we’ve played in the past. Now should we be winning by more? Absolutely.

Not to mention how many tough shots they've made thus far.

 

[GBIllini]

I don't think Mayer is in game shape yet. When he gets there watch out.

 

[Jimbo]

RJ and Meyers are a bit flat. They’ll be alright though.

 

[jumpingjack]

We have no one who can match up with Edey this year (I don’t know many teams that do) but he will have to run the whole game. I think our length and athletic play will be a problem. We have multiple players who could score 20+ a night. Just depends who is on.

This pace of play and Edey will be puking on the sideline

 

[Stevegarbs]

I got a sneak peek at John Crispins pre-game notes: "....make sure you mention switching defense every 5 seconds..."

And talk about "communication" every other sentence.

 

[Jimbo]

EIU has some athletes. Man,

 

[zentrails]

Epps going to the locker room, looks like an ankle issue dang

 

[Homecoming 2019]

Hoping just a rolled ankle by Epps

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Big fan of Harris, too!

 

[Mr. Roberts]

RJ looks uncomfortable. It looks like he's deferring to TSJ and Mayer. Needs to be his aggressive self.

 

[theNewGuy]

wow in the bonus with 14 min left lol

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

So this freshman class seems pretty darn good, huh.

 

[Illini_Jack]

Harris is everywhere dude

 

[jumpingjack]

Gorgeous wrap pass by that Carlesimo kid

 

[Navy_illini]

Will Free throw shooting be an issue this year or just not the right players shooting them

 

[Ramrod2010]

It's crazy, we're up over 20 but this doesn't feel dominating yet.

 

[sunman]

Epps going to the locker room, looks like an ankle issue dang

Boooooo

 

[FloridaMan]

Great to see Epps back,