A facial injury kept Ayo Dosunmu from playing his last possible game in Champaign, but on the court the Illini still found a way to get things done.
In a day flooded with news of Dosunmu’s broken nose that kept him out of at least Thursday’s game, it was the freshmen guards who led Illinois past Nebraska, 86-70, at State Farm Center.
Without Dosunmu, one would assume it was Kofi Cockburn who carried most of the workload. Instead, it was the Illini’s duo of dynamic rookie guards, Adam Miller and Andre Curbelo.
The pair got it going early, accounting for 22 of the Illini’s 36 first-half points.