Ep. 737 - Illini rout Northwestern 96-66
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper and Jeremy Werner react to Illinois basketball's 96-66 rout of Northwestern as Big Ten play resumes. The guys discuss big games from Marcus Domask and Justin Harmon, why this offense is clicking and if we should raise expectations without Terrence Shannon Jr. The guys also look ahead to Friday's top-10 matchup at No. 1 Purdue.
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| 0:39.1 | Derek Piper, live at State Farm Center where Illinois faced its first Big Ten test without Terrence |
| 0:44.6 | Shannon. And Derek, they passed a flying callers. Ninety-six to 66 route, never trailed in this one. |
| 0:51.3 | Took a 7-0 lead early. Ty Rogers sparked that. But Marcus |
| 0:55.2 | DeMas took over, just called Marcus de Rosen with that mid-range game, 32 points, 11 to 15 from the |
| 1:02.3 | field, six assist as well. Then he had Justin Harmon second straight night where he puts up a |
| 1:08.1 | season high with 20 points, four or five from three. |
| 1:12.3 | He's now 7-11 from three over the last two games. |
| 1:16.0 | And Quincy Garrier, Coleman Hawkins combined for 27 points, 15 rebounds there between those |
| 1:21.0 | two Gary A, yet another double double. |
| 1:23.9 | This offense putting a lot of stress on teams the last two games without an all-American |
| 1:29.0 | guard. So initial thoughts, Derek, on our first real, real look at what this team looks like |
| 1:34.8 | without Terrence Shannon, Jr. They look legit. No, that was a big time performance, really |
| 1:40.3 | impressive. I'll admit that I did have in my preview Northwestern to score 66. I had Illinois |
| 1:45.7 | score in 68. So I was way wrong. I thought this was going to be a tough game for Illinois. |
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