((BRET)) IT'S A TAKE CARE OF
BUSINESS WIN AND MOVE ON GAME
FOR ILLINOIS TONIGHT AT
NORTHWESTERN. THE WILDCATS ARE
NOT GOOD -- JUST 1-15 IN BIG
TEN PLAY -- BUT THEY DID PLAY
THE ILLINI TO A FOUR POINT
GAME LAST MONTH IN CHAMPAIGN.
LET'S GO TO WELSH-RYAN ARENA
IN EVANSTON -- THE ILLINI
LOOKING FOR THEIR FIFTH
CONFERENCE ROAD WIN -- THAT
WOULD TIE THEM FOR BEST IN THE
LEAGUE ofi one handed slam
TO SET THE TONE EARLY ofi
putback 6-4 ill -- HUGE FIRST
HALF FOR HIM GOING FOR 10
POINTS AND SEVEN REBOUNDS
orthwestern KEEPING IT CLOSE
-- AJ TURNER for three 11-8 nw
--ayo in transition 16-12 ILL
ofi dunk 20-13 ILL -- HE
EXTENDS HIS ILLINOIS FRESHMAN
DOUBLE-DOUBLE RECORD -- HIS
12TH OF THE SEASON LAN THREE
29-19 ILL --AYO THREE 32-22
ILL -- 13 POINTS IN THE FIRST
HALF FOR HIM -- MEANING AYO
AND KOFI COMBINE FOR 23 OF THE
TEAM'S 34 FIRST HALF POINTS
---BUT THE SECOND HALF
BELONGED TO ALAN GRIFFIN -- HE
COULDN'T MISS AT ONE POINT AND
ENDS UP GOING 9- FOR-11 FROM
THE FIELD -- THE THREE TO PUT
ILLINOIS UP 10 ---THEN THE
ALLEY OOP -- WHAT A MOVE FROM
THE SOPHOMORE WHO ALSO PULLED
DONW SEVEN BOARDS ---GRIFFIN
GOES FOR A CAREER HIGH 24
POINTS -- THIS THREE THE
DAGGER TO MAKE IT A 14 POINT
LEAD
74-66 THE FINAL AS ILLINOIS
GETS ITS BIG TEN LEADING FIFTH
LEAGUE ROAD WIN -- IMPROVING
TO 19-9 OVERALL AND 11-6 IN
THE CONFERENCE.
((BRET)) WE GO RIGHT BACK TO
EVANSTON WHERE WCIA THREE'S
MARLEE WIERDA IS LIVE. AND
WHAT A NIGHT FROM ALAN
GRIFFIN.
((MARLEE)) -ALAN GRIFFIN SAYS
THE SECRET WAS HIS PREGAME
MEAL. -GAME FOR THE RECORD
BOOKS AS GRIFFIN EARNS A
CAREER-HIGH 24 POINTS -HELPED
ILLINI TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS
-ILLINI NOW FINISH THE REGULAR
SEASON WITH A WINNING BIG TEN
RECORD, FIRST TIME IN A DECADE
-KOFI COBURN 12TH DOUBLE
DOUBLE OF THE SEASON - TEAM
SAYS TODAY FELT LIKE A HOME
GAME
ALAN GRIFFIN AT 00 "I DIDN'T
GET TO HIGH IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE GAME, I CELEBRATED, BUT IN
MY MIND I WAS STILL FOCUSED
AND READY TO GET STOPS AND
HEAD BACK ON THE OTHER HEAD.
I'M GOING TO APPROACH EVERY
GAME WITH THE SAME MINDSET
LIKE THIS." BRAD UNDERWOOD AT
14 "WE SEE THAT ALL THE TIME
IN PRACTICE AND WE FORGET THAT
ALAN IS A SOPHOMORE WHO HASN'T
BEEN IN THOSE MOMENTS A LOT.
THAT'S GROWTH--TO BE ABLE TO
RIDE THAT HOT HAND" KOFI
COCKBURN AT 23 "I EXPECTED IT
FOR A WHILE NOW, I REALLY LOVE
ALAN I PLAYED WITH HIM IN HS,
PLAYED AGAINST HIM, AND I KNEW
WHAT KIND OF PLAYER HE IS, AND
JUST BE THE KIND OF PLAYER YOU
KNOW YOU ARE." ((MARLEE))
((MARLEE)) REPORTING LIVE IN
EVANSTON FOR YOUR ILLINI
NATION -- MARLEE WIERDA --
WCIA THREE SPORTS. ((BRET))
MARLEE THANKS.
THE LONE TWO CLASS 3A GIRLS'
BASKETBALL TEAMS IN OUR AREA
LEFT ARE LANPHIER AND
ROCHESTER -- THEY SQUARE OFF
TONIGHT FOR THE SECTIONAL