Some holes you can’t dig yourself out of.
No. 21 Ohio State jumped on No. 15 Illinois early and was able to hold off a late push to beat the Illini 87-81 in Champaign on Saturday.
It has become almost expected for Illinois to fall behind early as of late, as Ohio State jumped out to a 10-2 lead. What has also become expected is Illinois to rebound from their slow start — which they did, answering with an 8-0 run.
The Illini bigs took advantage of the hight advantage they had over Ohio State, with Kofi Cockburn and Giorgi Bezshanisvilli scoring eight of the Illini’s first 12.