Game Thread: Illinois vs Florida Atlantic

[Chad Fleck]

Dang, that's shame Harmon didn't put that back in just before the half.

 

[Chillinini]

Oh my, Harmon missing a gimme. Hope that does not bite us later.

 

[New Creation]

TSJ 2nd air ball. With as many TOs that we have had, and all the 3s they have hit. Pretty darn good position for the team to be in, only down 3 at half.

 

[Bigtex]

Did that count as a tie up?

No

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Whoever is 4 minutes behind, stop posting.

 

[grue2]

And my feed just hit half. How far behind am I?

 

[Loyalillini10]

Wish TSJ would've tried to find Goode there at the end.

 

[SuperMetroid]

We’re scoring at will. Gotta rebound better in the 2nd half. Of course that stupid banked in three is the difference so far

 

[NarrowJ]

My halftime reaction: FAU is pretty damn good.

 

[Ryllini]

And my feed just hit half. How far behind am I?

A solid minute +

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

Why no Ty last quarter of half? Thought maybefoul trouble, live stats just show 1.

 

[Ryllini]

My halftime reaction: FAU is pretty damn good.

So are we

 

[illinifreak30]

My halftime reaction: FAU is pretty damn good.

Well you don’t make the final 4 last year if you’re bad. Also 14 of 15 returning players from last year

 

[Coop70]

No more minutes for Dain tonight. He's been as bad as he could be on defense and offense. You just can't trust him on the floor. Gave Davis a wide open 3, gave their scrub post player a wide open 3, just so many mental errors. How much does it suck having another banked 3 against us and some dude that's not hit a 3 all season hit 2 against us?

So if/when CH picks up a cheap third one it's over? Coach him up and let him grow.

 

[WeWillWhen]

We shot 61% from 2.

Unfortunately, FAU shot 50% (5-10) from 3.

 

[illinipimp]

2 for 7 on 3’s. Hopefully that improves in the second half .

 

[IlliniGman7795]

Wish TSJ would've tried to find Goode there at the end.

It blows my mind that we have a 3 point shooter as Goode as Luke and we never run any kind of set plays to try and get him a look

 

[IndyILL]

My halftime reaction: FAU is pretty damn good.

We are the better team... wait till March

 

[TheodoreRex]

For as good as our defense was for the first 14 minutes, it was equally as bad the last 6. Not having Ty & Hawkins on the floor dramatically influences our defensive intensity and soundness

 

[Bigtex]

Why no Ty last quarter of half? Thought maybefoul trouble, live stats just show 1.

Imo…Early on he struggled against their 1/2 court d. Didn’t play after that

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

We are the better team... wait till March

Forget March. We need to be better than them tonight.

 

[DICKnaggie]

2 for 7 on 3’s. Hopefully that improves in the second half .

The fact that we have only attempted 7 is very different...FAU is a very good perimeter defensive team.

 

[SkyysNotFalling]

I think we are the better team, but worried they will just shoot us out of the game at some point… need to keep them off the line, get back on defense. They don’t want to go to the hole against our length & athleticism. Let’s win it boys.

 

[Illini IndyCar Fan]

FAU up 16-10 in rebounds, after 2 of their bigs sat on the bench with early foul trouble ...

 

[LoveLovie]

Please rebound the ball