Ep. 957 - Illini rally, win third straight with 88-80 win over No. 18 Purdue

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Derek Piper react to Illinois basketball's 88-80 victory over No. 18 Purdue in Friday's regular-season finale at State Farm Center. The guys discuss the Illini's rally, strong close and what a three-game win streak heading into the postseason means for this team, as well as star performances by Will Riley and Tre White.

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0:46.6	Music Welcome into the online choir podcast, and it's Jeremy Warner, Derek Piper.
0:53.2	We are live on our YouTube channel, and already 100 people have joined us because they are pumped about what they just saw tonight.
0:54.7	And I've got to be honest with you,
1:00.2	I'm still buzzing from just watching a phenomenal basketball game, the back and forth between Illinois and Purdue. These are two really good big 10 teams. I think we can say that again about Illinois with
1:05.2	their third straight win. Illinois rallies down 10 in the second half to take the lead. Then Purdue makes their run again and takes a five point lead with about two and a half minutes left. But Derek, Illinois closed. I had written at one point, I always have kind of two things going. I'd take people behind the scenes about my quick hits. And I had written Illinois still can't figure out Purdue, still can't figure out how to
1:28.5	close games.
1:29.6	I just flipped it after they end the game on a 16 to 3 run.
1:33.4	Illinois finally figured out Purdue, finally figured out how to close games.
1:37.2	16 to 3 in the final 238, 13 to 1 to end this game, made big shots.
1:43.2	Most importantly, Derek, felt like they got big stops,
1:45.8	which was hard to do against Trey Kaufman-Renn and Braden Smith,
1:49.5	who are as good as most duos in college basketball right now.
1:54.4	So watching them was phenomenal.
1:56.2	They're well-coached team, obviously,
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