Game Thread: Illinois vs SIU Edwardsville

[NarrowJ]

Every single player has shown me at least something tonight, and we're only 1/4 way through the game.

We have some dudes.

 

[New Creation]

The more I watch booth. The more I think he will become the 9th man off the bench and spot minutes. Unless his rebounding and D pick up

 

[GrayGhost77]

Come on, Kylan. Make your free throws.

 

[LJ22]

It must be an Illini prerequisite to be horrible at free throws.

 

[New Creation]

We are under 50% on free throws …

 

[GrayGhost77]

FTs the only thing looking bad tonight.

 

[Jon]

Alright time for some offense

 

[GrayGhost77]

Suddenly our offense not hitting. Letting them hang in there.

 

[sacraig]

FTs the only thing looking bad tonight.

I mean, the score is a lot closer than it should be... for now.

 

[Jon]

Need some shots at the rim

 

[NarrowJ]

Just scoot back to 3 pt line when we shoot FTs I guess

 

[biglug58]

Riley still on heat check!

 

[Miles Leonard]

Can we do something other than chuck threes?

 

[eas23]

The more I watch booth. The more I think he will become the 9th man off the bench and spot minutes. Unless his rebounding and D pick up

He already is.

 

[GrayGhost77]

If we could hit free throws we'd be up by 15 at least.

 

[grantlab]

Rebounding has been really lackluster, though I do feel like SIUE has gotten every bounce.

 

[GrayGhost77]

Rebounding has been really lackluster, though I do feel like SIUE has gotten every bounce.

Yes, they've gotten lucky bounces and have hit some tough contested shots.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

I am surprised with every 3 we miss. They are all good looks from great shooters

We're generating a lot of open threes for sure, but to your point, some games threes don't fall. I will say that one of the concerns of shooting so many threes though is that only non-freshman rotation player who is a career 40+% 3pt shooter is Humrichous, so some days there's going to be a lot of misses

 

[pruman91]

BU will make boxing out a priority in the following practices...................

 

[OrangeBlue98]

I think Peacock is worth it even aside from the Illini games. Good stream quality and decent production.

They actually have some pretty good shows/original programming. Between some of their shows, the Premier League, and the Big Ten, it's easily my most-watched dedicated streaming service (i.e. not a cable substitute like YouTube TV).

 

[Chad Fleck]

Rebounding has been really lackluster, though I do feel like SIUE has gotten every bounce.

Some of those have bounced off Illini player hands. Need to squeeze the boards.

 

[Wazababybrucedouglaskid]

SIUE plays aggressive with purpose. They are gonna win a lot of games in their conference. It pretty clear once we put everything together we are scary! One thing I love is the little things about this team like how they interact with each other during sub in and outs and in general. Not a lot of egos on this team!

 

[GrayGhost77]

Let's hit an actual free throw please.

 

[WeWillWhen]

Riley needs some work on the defensive end.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Man Riley (sneakily) is really tough to get over with that length on D...