This game was on Saturday against a hot Rutgers program. The Scarlet Knights hadn’t lost at home this season, and the Illini were trying to knock them off without our best player. Obviously, if you are an Illinois fan, you know that things didn’t end well for the Orange and Blue.
Illinois competed for a while against Rutgers. We were in the game almost midway through the second half. But we couldn’t find scoring when we needed it. Rutgers would jump out to a double-digit lead because of the dreaded drought for the Illini. This deficit proved insurmountable.