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Women's Hoops Drops OT Heartbreaker at Illinois

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team pushed the game into overtime but could not knock off the University of Illinois Saturday afternoon, Dec. 1, at the State Farm Center. Eastern Michigan battled back from an 11-point third-quarter deficit, but ultimately came up short in overtime, 72-66.

Minott scored 25 points in the second-half, including a pair of free throws with 6.4 second remaining in regulation to send the game into overtime, but Eastern could not complete the comeback. Illinois hit 7-of-10 free throws in the extra period, to outlast EMU down the stretch.