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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 925 - Illini rout Penn State 91-52 without Kasparas Jakucionis

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Illini Inquirer's Derek Piper and Jeremy Werner react to Illinois basketball's 91-52 rout of Penn State without star guard Kasparas Jakucionis (forearm injury). The guys discuss big games from Ben Humrichous (21 points, 9 rebounds), Morez Johnson Jr. (20 points, 11 rebounds) and Tre White (20 points) as well as a dominant defensive performance against the Nittany Lions. The guys then look ahead to Saturday's home game against USC.

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It is Jeremy Warner and Derek Piper live at State Farm Center, where we saw Illinois without its best player, without its leading score, without its lottery pick, just completely

0:53.6

dismantle. Penn State, 91 to 52.

0:57.5

It had shades of last year against Northwestern, where Illinois without Terrence, Shannon Jr., just rolled over Northwestern in a Big Ten win.

1:06.1

We'll talk about where Illinois goes from here, what the status of Casper's Yakoshonis is, a forearm injury

1:11.4

for him. We'll also talk about huge games from Benham, Rickhouse, 19 first half points,

1:16.9

really sparked the line ice 34 to 4 run. Yes, 34 to 4. That's ridiculous.

1:24.4

Marez Johnson, huge game, 20 and 11 for the freshman. And then Trey White, another 20-point game,

1:30.7

quietly for Trey White. So, Daripiper, what's your initial reaction to Illinois? You know,

1:36.2

you come in, it's Penn State that's kind of owned you here recently. Then Casper, you guys

1:40.8

learned about an hour before the game, is out, and you get a little nervous against Penn State,

1:45.5

but there wasn't many nerves outside of the first five minutes.

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That was crazy.

1:50.1

Yeah, a couple of different factors, number one, when you look at Penn State, top 10 in the country,

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