Miller has 3, Grandison has 3, G has 2. That's 33% of the Illinois points. Biggest problem is 9 turnovers, and they are playing better defense than we are. Frazier has missed some shots that have to go in in this kind of game
Game Thread: Illinois vs Loyola Chicago
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He has been openly rooting against since before tournament. Want to prove him wrong badly.
Do or die time guys
Kofi has ZERO fouls he has to be an active and physical presence right from the start .
Considering Loyalas size I wouldve went Hawkins at the four and Grandison at the three with Ayo and Curbelo and zoned it up defensively and then used the size and bigger screen setters to try and open things up
Considering Loyalas size I wouldve went Hawkins at the four and Grandison at the three with Ayo and Curbelo and zoned it up defensively and then used the size and bigger screen setters to try and open things up
He did go to an Ohio State University
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
Hopefully not all mixed together
Well this is the biggest half in 15 years for this program. We really need someone to step up here and be a spark.
Jake hit one too, right?
That's enough data points to put me further in the concerned bucket than I already was
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This is what I pointed out earlier. None of our players are in serious foul trouble so you are right, Kofi can afford to gamble. You have to now.
chrisRunner7
- Spokane, WA
Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg like Illinois to win this game. Me too. Down 9 in the worst half I've seen in a while from the team and from Ayo. We will play better in the second half... didn't win 15 of 16 for nothin'.
True, but still some poor officiating.
hooraybeer
- Pittsburgh, PA
gut check time. will either see the heart of a champion in the second half or the Ayo era will end with a whimper
I feel that worse than our offense that first half was our defense.
Not an exaggeration. This season can’t end like this.
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I don't think TF wants it to end this way - my money is on Trent to pick us up. Simple strategy - pass into Kofi on first 5 plays, have him automatically pass out to an open shooter. See if we can take them out of the triple team.
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One thing to remember is that the pressure is on Loyola to hold this lead. They know we are going to make a run
They’re battle tested. This is a huge hill to climb.
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Yep, Kofi has got to start kicking out until they stop tripling him. Not hard to figure out. Hopefully he doesn't just hold the ball.
I guess we’ll see what this team is made of.
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You could tell on that drive where he missed the layup towards the end of the half. It was like he said 'I'm not going out like this I gotta step up'. I know he missed the layup badly but he doesn't want to go out like this.
He's done this 5 times all year. I would love this to happen more as well, but I'm not counting on it to change during halftime.
We know what they are made of. I'm just waiting for it to be uncovered.
The first 5 minutes will tell us all we need to know. If it's 5 or less by the 15 minute mark, I think we win. If Loyola pushes it back to 12+ by the 15 minute mark, we lose.
First 5 minutes boys
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