Game Thread: Illinois vs Penn State

[Bigtex]

Every time until they stop Hawkins

Didn’t get Hawkins another touch in the post
SMH

 

[GallopingGhost]

Good stuff. A little fight left in em.

 

[New Creation]

Gave Pickett a taste of his own medicine with the 15 footer.. CH all over the floor right now

 

[spillini]

I’ll take that first half

 

[azillini1]

My oh my... the air balls!

 

[grantlab]

Coleman Hawkins has been, BY FAR, the best player on this roster the last 2-3 weeks. I cannot emphasize “BY FAR” enough.

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

PSU down to 25% from 3.

 

[foby]

CoHawk in beast mode.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Mayer was fouled!

He got himself stuck under the basket. He's not going to get bailed out with a call.

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

I laughed out loud three times in the last four minutes at delightfully terrible calls that went in our favor. Just gotta hope they don’t make it up to PSU in the 2nd half

 

[illinipimp]

Mayer sometimes forgets his has 4 teammates on the floor with him.

 

[Illini8420]

Keep taking them inside and getting physical. We got the size advantage. The more they gotta guard in the paint the more tired their legs will be for shooting on the other end.

 

[HailtotheChief]

Dang I wish Goode had hit that!

Gotta win the first 4 minutes

 

[BlindLoyalty]

Fun game. PSU getting absolutely hosed by the refs. I like it.

 

[pvaughn8]

Something looks different with BU. Did he shave his eyebrows?

 

[dbeverly26]

As a wise man once told me, the sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

 

[foby]

Now we fight back from this big deficit and outscore them by 20 this half.

 

[HailtotheChief]

He got himself stuck under the basket. He's not going to get bailed out with a call.

Lol he was pushed under the glass !

 

[BWBW]

We have them right where we want them.

 

[New Creation]

Once Dain hit the bench, then our Illini show'd up.. Only took 14 mins instead of 20.. I think we win the 2nd half by 10.

 

[Oranges]

Down 1 but I feel good about how that half ended. Our guys were playing with some swagger

 

[DB11Headband]

Matt and Terrence hunting their shots wayyyy too much right now. Move the ball and keep the intensity up on the defensive side of the floor and we’ll be just fine

 

[Illini8420]

Coleman Hawkins has been, BY FAR, the best player on this roster the last 2-3 weeks. I cannot emphasize “BY FAR” enough.

He’s definitely playing himself into the NBA

 

[Miles Leonard]

We're not down a million at halftime!

I think we got this.

 

[skyIdub]

If Dain wasn't struggling...we're up by 10.