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Illinois vs. Ohio State Final Score: Buckeyes outlast Illini in overtime, 68-63

Wow. Thursday night's BTN schedule featured a truly horrifying display of basketball from the Illinois Fighting Illini (10-11, 2-6) and Ohio State Buckeyes (14-8, 6-3), but the two teams made things pretty interesting down the stretch. After trailing by double-digits for a good portion of the second half, Illinois battled back and eventually tied things up on a Jalen Coleman-Lands three-pointer with less than a minute remaining in regulation.

It was a tightly contested game in overtime, but the battle concluded in a truly dizzying affair that featured a loose ball and questionable no-call from the officiating crew.