Ep. 747 - Illini rout Rutgers 86-63 in Shannon's return
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper and Jeremy Werner react to Illinois basketball's 86-63 rout of Rutgers. The guys discuss Terrence Shannon Jr.'s return to the court and the vibes at State Farm Center, big games from Justin Harmon and Quincy Guerrier and what it means moving forward in the Big Ten race.
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| 0:37.5 | Welcome into the online inquire podcast. Jeremy Ward or Derek Piper, live at State Farm Center, |
| 0:43.0 | where we just saw Terrence Shannon return to the court after a court ordered injunction allows him to lift that suspension and get back on the court. |
| 0:46.2 | He's 28 minutes had 16 points. |
| 0:48.1 | That's the big storyline. |
| 0:49.6 | But Illinois gets a win in his return, 86. |
| 0:52.4 | Only close for a couple possessions there in the second half where Shannon really sparked |
| 0:58.5 | Illinois with a couple full court layups there. |
| 1:01.2 | But Derek, I got back here from Texas. |
| 1:03.2 | I thought I had to be here for really an unprecedented kind of storyline of Terrence |
| 1:08.3 | Shannon after being arrested for a rape charge and he's still going through that process, but it gets a court ordered injunction to return to the court and lift a suspension by the University of Illinois. |
| 1:18.7 | And it was an electric atmosphere today. But let's start there. What did you think of being in the building to see this happen today? |
| 1:27.8 | It was surreal. It was something that I, along with a lot of other people, |
| 1:31.9 | didn't know if it would happen again and putting on an Illinois uniform and |
| 1:35.5 | especially playing in front of these fans. So fully expected to be a highly emotional, |
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