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Illinois 79, Michigan State 74 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1449182" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/illini/dosunmu-helps-illini-stun-no-spartans/article_52d00f9f-9439-58cc-9760-44c0fd90d7e5.html" target="_blank">https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/illini/dosunmu-helps-illini-stun-no-spartans/article_52d00f9f-9439-58cc-9760-44c0fd90d7e5.html</a></p><p></p><p>Dosunmu finished with a game-high 24 points, three steals and three assists to propel Illinois to the best win of coach Brad Underwood’s tenure. But his six points in 30 seconds to seal the upset were undoubtably his biggest. It’s a moment he’s been preparing for his whole life. The final four minutes of the game are his time, and he knows just how to rise to the occasion.</p><p>“I just try to be a closer,” Dosunmu said. “I feel like late game, the last four minutes, that’s really where I have to close out the game. I know my team is fighting and doing everything they can to win. It’s a collective effort, but four minutes and under it’s time for me to close.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">I love his attitude.....</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Illinois (8-15, 4-8) watched a 14-point lead dwindle away in the span of about 14 minutes. The offense went cold, more than eight minutes without a field goal, in fact. With the shot clock winding down to one second left and the Illini trailing by three points with 4 minutes, 15 seconds remaining, Dosunmu threaded a pass to Andres Feliz, who hit the layup, got fouled and converted from the line to tie the score at 68-all. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">That play paved the way for the Illini to have faith in their ability to win the game, IMHO</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">“This is why you came here,” Underwood told his team during the timeout, “to be in these games, in these situations down the stretch and this is going to be a defining moment. This is when we’re going to establish what we’re about.”</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">This is coming together for all of us and those words spurred the young colts to victory</span></p><p></p><p>“It was shocking. I’m still shocked. Where we’re at right now, this is what we work for — that feeling. The crowd was unbelievable. I’ve never, ever been a part of a gamer, either watching or a part of the game, that had that energy. I had goosebumps in the game.” </p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">That says it all....GO ILLINI</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1449182, member: 3916"] [URL]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/illini/dosunmu-helps-illini-stun-no-spartans/article_52d00f9f-9439-58cc-9760-44c0fd90d7e5.html[/URL] Dosunmu finished with a game-high 24 points, three steals and three assists to propel Illinois to the best win of coach Brad Underwood’s tenure. But his six points in 30 seconds to seal the upset were undoubtably his biggest. It’s a moment he’s been preparing for his whole life. The final four minutes of the game are his time, and he knows just how to rise to the occasion. “I just try to be a closer,” Dosunmu said. “I feel like late game, the last four minutes, that’s really where I have to close out the game. I know my team is fighting and doing everything they can to win. It’s a collective effort, but four minutes and under it’s time for me to close. [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]I love his attitude.....[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]Illinois (8-15, 4-8) watched a 14-point lead dwindle away in the span of about 14 minutes. The offense went cold, more than eight minutes without a field goal, in fact. With the shot clock winding down to one second left and the Illini trailing by three points with 4 minutes, 15 seconds remaining, Dosunmu threaded a pass to Andres Feliz, who hit the layup, got fouled and converted from the line to tie the score at 68-all. [/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]That play paved the way for the Illini to have faith in their ability to win the game, IMHO[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]“This is why you came here,” Underwood told his team during the timeout, “to be in these games, in these situations down the stretch and this is going to be a defining moment. This is when we’re going to establish what we’re about.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]This is coming together for all of us and those words spurred the young colts to victory[/COLOR] “It was shocking. I’m still shocked. Where we’re at right now, this is what we work for — that feeling. The crowd was unbelievable. I’ve never, ever been a part of a gamer, either watching or a part of the game, that had that energy. I had goosebumps in the game.” [COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]That says it all....GO ILLINI[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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