Ep. 589 - What a wild win! Illini nip the 'Cats 66-62
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper and Jeremy Werner react to Illinois basketball's wild comeback win over No. 21 Northwestern, coming back from an 18-point deficit against the Wildcats. The guys discuss a monster second half from Terrence Shannon Jr. and freshmen Ty Rodgers and Sencire Harris again making big impacts on a win. The guys also discuss Boo Buie's big night and look ahead to Sunday's game at Ohio State.
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| 0:36.1 | Welcome into State Farm Center, Jeremy Warner, Derek Piper. |
| 0:43.7 | Welcome into the Lion & Quire podcast, Late Night Edition as Illinois. What just happened, Derek? Illinois overcame an 18-point, halftime deficit, and beats Northwestern 66 to 62. What the heck |
| 0:52.2 | just happened? We're going to talk all about it here. |
| 0:54.5 | Huge performance from Terrence Shannon, who helped Illinois overcome a huge performance from Boo Booie. |
| 1:00.8 | But Ty Rogers and Cyr Harris make a big impact. |
| 1:04.2 | But Derek, what the heck just happened, man? |
| 1:06.7 | We were sitting there thinking this is going to be a pretty down podcast. |
| 1:11.5 | Are we thinking nine line now for Illinois basketball? |
| 1:15.6 | This felt like, even though it's a quad two win, this felt like a defining win for Illinois, |
| 1:22.0 | even though I think we've all questioned, is Northwestern really this good? |
| 1:26.4 | They're a good team, obviously, but to show that medal, show that toughness and to make |
| 1:31.3 | comeback after comeback in the second half, that that was something we won't forget. |
| 1:36.3 | This team is a ridiculously wild ride. |
| 1:39.3 | I mean, oh my gosh, I cannot remember. |
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