SINCE 2005, AND AYO DOSUNMU
NOT SUTING UP. THE ILLINOIS
GUARD TRAVELED WITH THE TEAM
TO ANN ARBOR BUT HE REAMINS
SIDELINED. BRAD UNDERWOOD
CONFIRMS HE'S GOING THROUGH
CONCUSSION PROTOCOL. THAT
LEAVES ILLINOIS WITHOUT THEIR
NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CANDIDATE AGAINST NO. 2
MICHIGAN.... --BUT NO AYO, NO
PROBLEM. DAMONTE WILLIAMS
KNOCKS DOWN THE TRIPLE HE
COMBINED FOR 7 POINTS IN THE
FIRST 6 MINUTES. --WOLVERINES
GET GOING WITH A THREE FROM
ISAIAH LIVERS...ILLINI HELD
HIM TO JUST 7 POINTS TONIGHT
--ANDRE CURBELO GOES COAST TO
COAST ON THIS ONE, TIES IT UP
AT 10 --AND THIS GUY IS JUST
LIVING BREATHING HIGHLIGHT
REEL....STRONG TAKE THERE AS
THE ILLINI PULL AHEAD BY 4
--GRANDISION OUT TO ADAM
MILLER, THE BENCH GOES CRAZY
OFF THE SEONC-CHANCE
POINT...MICHIGAN TAKES A
TIMEOUT WITH THE ILLINI UP BY
7 IN THE FIRST. --PLENTY MORE
WHERE THAT CAME FROM...TRENT
FRAZIER WITH THE STEAL, AND
BED...25-18 ILLINOIS --THEN
THE KOFI TURNAROUND PUTS
ILLINOIS AHEAD BY NINE....
THE GAS... IT'S TRENT FRAZIER
WITH THE JUMPER TO TO EXTEND
THE LEAD...AND THAT'S NOT EVEN
THE END OF IT... --ILLINOIS UP
BY 11 AT HALF, THEY COME BACK
WITH JUST AS MUCH FIRE, T'S
GIROGI BEZHANISHVILI PUT BACK,
THEY HAD 22 SECOND CHACNE
POINTS TONIGHT --WHAT A NIGHT
FOR FRAZIER, HE GETS THE
AND-ONE AND THE ILLINI LEAD BY
20 --CALL HIM...TRENT "CASH"
FRAZIER...HE NAILS THE THREE
AS THE ILLINI GO AHEAD 64-36
.. THEY DIDN'T LOOK BACK.
((MARLEE)) ILLINOIS HANDS
MICHIGAN A 20- POINT LOSS,
BEATING THEM 76-53 ON THEIR
IMPROVE TO 15-4 IN THE BIG TEN
PLAY, TIED FOR THEIR MOST
CONFERENCE WINS IN PROGRAM
HISTORY... WCIA 3 SPORTS
LIVE FROM ANN ARBOR....BRET
THIS SEASON CONTINUES TO BE
ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS ON SO
MANY LEVELS...
((BRET)) FOR ALL THE TALK
LEADING UP TO THIS GAME FROM
BOTH SIDES, THE ILLINI SHOWED
THEY'RE READY FOR MARCH. THERE
ARE STATEMENT WINS, AND THIS
IS CERTAINLY ONE, THEN THERE'S
HISTORY. THE HIGHEST RANKED
ROAD WIN IN SCHOOL HISTORY --
MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF
BASKETBALL -- AND TO THINK
ILLINOIS DID IT WITHOUT ITS
BEST PLAYER MAKES IT EVEN MORE
MEANINGFUL. TRENT FRAZIER,
ANDRE CURBELO AND KOFI
COCKBURN SHOWED UP IN A BIG
WAY BUT MAYBE MORE IMPRESSIVE
THAN ANY OF THEIR NUMBERS WAS
THE EFFORT THEY PUT UP
DEFENSIVELY. HUNTER DICKINSON
IS THE LOCK TO WIN BIG TEN
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR, JUST SIX
POINTS. FRANZ WAGNER IS A
FUTURE NBA LOTTERY PICK, JUST
TWO POINTS. AND ISAIAH LIVERS
ONLY HAD SEVEN, AS THE
WOLVERINES SHOT 34 PERCENT
FROM THE FIELD, 28 PERCENT
FROM THREE.
BRAD UNDERWOOD: "I WOULD BE
CHALLENGED TO FIND A BETTER WIN
IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, A ROAD
WIN...BEATING A TEAM THAT'S 2
IN THE COUNTRY AND TO DO IT
WITHOUT COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S
BEST PLAYER IS A PRETTY BIG
STATEMENT." TRENT FRAZIER: "WE
JUST WANT TO COME OUT AND SHOW
THE WORLD WHAT WERE CAPABLE
OF, AND IT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL
OUT THERE TONIGHT" ILLINI HEAD
COACH BRAD UNDERWOOD SAID HE
WAS MOST PROUD OF THE
DEFENSIVE EFFORT.
((BRET) MARLEE BACK TO YOU.
((MARLEE)) BRET--WHAT WAS THE
ENERGY LIKE FROM THE BENCH?
((MARLEE)) ALRIGHT BRET
THANKS.
WE HAVE THE FULL POSTGAME
PRESS CONFERENCE ON OUR
WEBSITE... HEAR MORE FROM BRAD
UNDERWOOD AND THE TEAM
THERE...
HAPPY LOCKER ROOM TONIGHT....