Ep. 704 - Illini overcome slow start in season-opening win
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Derek Piper react to the Illini's 80-52 season-opening victory over Eastern Illinois. The guys break down what they say in the first real action from Brad Underwood's squad and dive into the updated status of Sencire Harris.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to be able to be. |
| 0:03.0 | You know, Good evening. Welcome into the State Farm Center. |
| 0:30.9 | Shout out to our live YouTube listeners here with the Al-Nanquire podcast live after Illinois. |
| 0:36.9 | When's their season opener. |
| 0:38.4 | Derek Piper, there was a basketball game here at State Farm Center. |
| 0:41.8 | I felt like it took Illinois a little time to realize there was a basketball game going on. |
| 0:46.4 | They get down 15 to 6 to Eastern Illinois, miss 12 of their first 13, 3 3, 6 of their 8 first free throws. |
| 0:55.0 | It was ugly, but as we're seeing, Michigan State upset tonight. |
| 0:58.6 | Rick Rucker's upset tonight is why they play some of these games, |
| 1:02.0 | but Illinois able to dominate the final, you know, 30, 35 minutes in this game. |
| 1:06.7 | 80 to 52, they get the win over Eastern Illinois. |
| 1:10.0 | A lot of ugliness with the starters. |
| 1:12.6 | Some good from Dre Gibbs Lawhorn, 18 points in his debut, leads Illinois off the bench, |
| 1:18.1 | really sparked them. Terrence, Shannon, 16 points. He really took over this game at the midway |
| 1:22.4 | point around halftime. But Illinois dominates as they should in the final 30 minutes here. |
| 1:26.9 | But what a rough 10 minutes that was. |
| 1:28.9 | And we will react to one of the Illinois who will not be playing this season, |
| 1:33.0 | according to Brad Underwood. |
| 1:34.0 | But first thoughts, Derek, on the game that happened. |
| 1:36.9 | We got through it together the first 10 minutes. |
| 1:39.7 | Man, that was some bad basketball. |
| 1:42.1 | And for a minute there, you're sitting there wondering, like, this team beat Kansas, really? |
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