CHAMPAIGN — Malcolm Hill has maintained several times this season he doesn’t have to take over a game for Illinois to be successful.
The Illini have other capable scorers who can help carry the load.
But imagine where Illinois would be without its 6-foot-6 senior guard and scoring leader. Tuesday night that might have been on the losing end of a crippling home loss to IUPUI.
Instead, the Illini escaped State Farm Center with an 85-77 victory against the Jaguars in front of a relieved crowd of 10,536. Relieved because, like the win against Northern Kentucky on Nov.