The 1st half of the game went about as expected. Illinois put on a good show and they were up by 11 going into the 2nd half.
I thought after this big lead that Illinois would then build on that in the 2nd half but that never happened. If fact, the Illini let the lead slip away and were actually down by 4 points with less than 10 minutes left in the game.
It wasn’t until the 4:21 mark left in the game that Jalen Coleman-Lands hit the three-pointer that would put Illinois in the lead.