Brice Sensabaugh set a program freshman record with 10 straight games as the team’s leading scorer entering Tuesday. He added another game to that tally against Illinois.
But make no mistake, it was no banner night for the four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Following his career-high 27 points in Saturday’s five-game-skid-snapping win over Iowa, Sensabaugh scored his fewest points in nearly seven weeks.
Sensabaugh finished with 14 for the game, hitting just five of his 13 shot attempts and misfiring on both of his 3-pointers and three of his seven free throws. Sensabaugh scored his final three points in the last 2:13 of action, at which point Illinois had already built up an insurmountable lead.