For the second game in a row, it was the Alfonso Plummer and Kofi Cockburn show.
The duo combined for 68 to help the Illini escape a 94-85 scare against the Texas-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros on Friday night at the State Farm Center in Champaign.
Three starting lineup mainstays were ruled out of the contest; Trent Frazier is still recovering from a knee injury sustained on Tuesday against Kansas State, Jacob Grandison is battling an illness and Andre Curbelo is dealing with the lingering effects of a concussion he suffered earlier in the season.
That being said, Illinois rolled out a unique starting lineup of: Alfonso Plummer, Da’Monte Williams, Austin Hutcherson, Coleman Hawkins and Kofi Cockburn.