The Iowa Hawkeyes went into Monday night’s matchup at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, averaging 91 points per game.
Illinois’ defense held the Hawkeyes and Keegan Murray, one of the nation’s leading scorers, in check just long enough to escape with a 87-83 win.
As has been the trend lately, Alfonso Plummer got the Illini going early. The Utah graduate transfer has averaged 24 points over his last three games and looked poised to do the same with 11 points at the half.
He attempted just three shots in the second half, but the third might’ve been his biggest.