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Sunday
2/5/2012
2:00PM
Illinois Fighting Illini vs Northwestern Wildcats
Assembly Hall IL - Champaign, IL - Buy Tickets
Thursday
2/9/2012
8:00PM
Indiana Hoosiers vs Illinois Fighting Illini
Assembly Hall IN - Bloomington, IN - Buy Tickets
Sunday
2/12/2012
1:00PM
Michigan Wolverines vs Illinois Fighting Illini
Crisler Arena - Ann Arbor, MI - Buy Tickets
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NEWS

Illini drop second straight, this time against Northwestern

With each January loss, the Illinois Fighting Illini move closer to March irrelevancy.

The Illini lost again on Saturday, this time to the Northwestern Wildcats by a 73-68 margin. The loss was Illinois’ second straight and drops them to 12-8 overall and 4-3 in the Big 10. This loss was particularly embarrassing because Northwestern had dropped its past 11 games to Bruce Weber’s team.

The Fighting Illini actually led at halftime and held a 6-point advantage in the second half before collapsing down the stretch.

Perhaps the most telling statistics from this game were the lines from Illinois big men Mike Tisdale and Mike Davis. After combining for 51 points and 28 rebounds against the Wildcats in a win earlier this season, the two combined for just 14 and 8 on Saturday.

Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 5:58 pm by Raj Sethi

Illinois falls to Purdue, 84-78

The Illinois Fighting Illini couldn’t hold on to a first half lead in an 84-78 loss to the No. 15 Purdue Boilermakers.

It was a chance for the Illini to make a statement against a quality team and the favorite to win the Big 10 title.

Illinois held a four-point halftime lead, but they were unable to keep in the second half as Purdue opened up with a quick, 15-4 run.

Head coach Bruce Weber was puzzled by the lack of energy from his team to start the second half, and the run during that time cost his team dearly.

Demetri McCamey led the Illini with a game-high 28 points. However, he missed six critical free throws, which was ultimately the difference in the game.

Friday, January 22, 2010 at 6:35 pm by steve