((BRET)) SENIOR NIGHT IS
ALWAYS SPECIAL -- AND WHEN
YOU'RE AS SPECIAL AS AYO
BEFORE YOUR FINAL GAME WHEN
YOU'RE A JUNIOR BECUASE YOU'RE
GOING TO THE NBA DRAFT.
DOSUNMU KISSING CENTER COURT
TONIGHT BEFORE ILLINOIS HOSTS
NEBRASKA -- DOSUNMU OUT WITH A
FACIAL INJURY -- A GREAT
SNAPSHOT FROM DEREK PIPER FROM
ILLINI INQUIRER TRENT FRAZIER,
DA'MONTE WILLIAMS AND FISHER
NATIVE ZACH GRIFFITH HONORED
14:30 ANDRE CURBELO WITH THE
STEAL AND PASS AHEAD TO ADAM
5:00 MILLER DOING HIS BEST TO&
FILL IN FOR AYO, AN ACROBATIC
UNDER THE BASKET LAY-UP. HE
HAD 16 IN THE FIRST HALF 28-21
ILL
KICKS IT TO KOFI HE FINISHES
AND IS FOULED. BUT HE GOT A
TECH ON THE OTHERSIDE AFTER A
CONFONTATION -- WE WERE ALL
THERE TO WATCH REFEREE KELLY
PFEIFER HAND OUT TECHS -- HE
WHISTLED FOR FIVE IN THE FIRST
HALF ALONE ILLINOIS LEADS
36-28 AT THE BREAK
CURBELO GOES COAST TO COAST,
ALMOST KNOCKS DOWN THE CAMERA
PERSON 39-30 ILL
QUIET IN THE FIRST HALF, HERE
HE HITS A THREE TO GET GOING
42-32 ILL
LOSES IT CUTTING THROUGH THE
DEFENSE, FROM HIS BEHIND HE
GIVES IT TO KOFI WHO SLAMS IT
DOWN 48-36 ILL
MCGOWENS INTERCEPTS THE PASS
AND GETS FOULED ON THE LAYUP,
THERE
-- LEAD DOWN TO NINE SEVERAL
TIMES
GRANDISON WHO
MONSTER JAM 54-42 ILL
COCKBURN COCKS BACK AND LET'S
IT FLY CONTINUES ABUSING RIMS,
THIS TIME OFF AN OOP FROM
CURBELO 79-62 ILL
ILLINI WIN IT 86-70 THE FINAL
TO IMPROVE 17-6 OVERALL --
13-4 IN THE BIG TEN. HERE'S
MORE FROM THE FARM.
NO AYO, NO PROBLEM. ILLINOIS
RODE THE HOT HANDS OF THEIR
FRESHMAN ON SENIOR NIGHT AS
ILLINOIS CRUISE PAST NEBRASKA
WITHOUT THEIR BEST PLAYER.
ADAM MILLER HAD 16 FIRST HALF
2 ASSISTS SHORT OF THE THIRD
ILLINI TRIPLE DOUBLE IN SIX
GAMES IN WHAT MAY BE THE BEST
PERFORMANCE WE
FROM BELO AND ACE. ANDRE
FOR THEM OUT THERE. I WASN'T
WORRIED ABOUT MY NEAR TRIPLE-
DOUBLEM, NONE OF THAT. I WAS
JUST WORRIED ABOUT GETTING THE
W FOR MY TEAMMATES, MY
SENIORS, AYO." KOFI COCKBURN
FOUND HIMSELF IN THE SECOND
AFTER ONLY SCORING FOUR IN THE
FIRST HALF. THE SOPHOMORE
ABUSED THE RIM ALL NIGHT AFTER
AN ALTERCATION WITH A
CORNHUSKER PLAYER IN THE
FIRST. BRAD UNDERWOOD "WE DID
A BETTER JOB OF GETTING HIM
THE BALL IN THE SECOND HALF
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY DOING BACK FLIPS TO
SEE HIM GO MAKE HIS LAST EIGHT
FREE THROWS." JACOB GRANDISON
THREW IN 14 OF HIS OWN,
DA
FRAZIER BOTH HAD THEIR MOMENTS
ON SENIOR NIGHT. OVERALL, THE
ILLINI LOOKED LIKE A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TEAM THAN
THE ONE THAT PLAYED JUST TWO
DAYS AGO IN EAST LANSING.
TRENT FRAZIER "WALKING OUT ON
TO THAT COURT FOR THAT LAST
TIME FOR A HOME GAME, IT WAS
INCREDIBLE. TO SEE MY FAMILY
ON THE ZOOM BEFORE THE GAME
FOR MY SENIOR NIGHT. IT WAS
UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT TONIGHT."
THERE IS NO TIMETABLE FOR
AYO
TO HAVE HIM BACK SOONER RATHER
THAN LATER AS THE ILLINI GET
READY FOR THREE STRAIGHT ROAD
RANKED OPPONENTS. REPORTING
FOR YOUR ILLINI NATION. ANDY
OLSON. WCIA3SPORTS.
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