Ep. 920 - Illini cook No. 9 Ducks in 109-77 statement win
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Derek Piper react to Illinois basketball's 109-77 win at No. 9 Oregon. The guys discuss what led to the Illini's best win of the year, including a bounce-back performance from Ben Humrichous and big first-half boost from bench players Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn and Jake Davis and star performances from Tre White, Kasparas Jakucionis and Kylan Boswell. The guys then discuss what this win says about the Illini and how they need to back it up.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in to Alainan Onquire After Dark. It is Jeremy Warner in Illinois and it is Derek Piper live in Eugene, Oregon. |
| 0:20.0 | We weren't supposed to be here right now. We had planned on doing this tomorrow with in Illinois and it is Derek Piper live in Eugene, Oregon. |
| 0:21.0 | We weren't supposed to be here right now. |
| 0:23.1 | We had planned on doing this tomorrow with Michael Tullup |
| 0:26.0 | and even if Illinois won, |
| 0:27.6 | but this is a different kind of win for Illinois basketball. |
| 0:31.1 | Goes to number nine Oregon and just demolishes. |
| 0:34.6 | They cook the ducks 109 to 77. |
| 0:38.9 | I had to go back, Derek, 109 points the most in a non-overtime game |
| 0:43.6 | against a high major opponent since 1990 against Oregon State. |
| 0:48.4 | So something about playing these teams from Oregon. |
| 0:50.8 | But I've seen the reports as the biggest road win over top 10 opponent ever. By 32 points, |
| 0:58.7 | biggest margin of victory. This game had a little bit of everything, Derek. A first half of |
| 1:03.3 | Jake Davis and Drake's Lawhorn taking over, a second half of Casper's Yakoshone is taking over, |
| 1:09.3 | a Trey White double double and a Ben Humrickhouse |
| 1:12.3 | breakout game. I mean, watching it on TV, Derek, it was shocking. You were in the arena. |
| 1:18.0 | What was that like to see? It was unbelievable. Yeah, and I hand up, I picked Oregon to win this game. |
| 1:24.9 | I was watching them even on the plane. Oh, lot of not doing too hot with the predictions this week. |
| 1:30.1 | We probably should never pick Illinois again, you know, give the people what they want. |
| 1:33.9 | So, but watching them and they beat Bama and a really hard fought, you know, really well-played |
| 1:40.8 | game and a team that I was really impressed by the physicality. It's an older team. |
| 1:47.7 | They got a lot of size that they can post you with different guys. And I just thought Illinois |
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