Ohio State at Illinois, Jan 1, 2017

[LitlBuck]

B1G season begins this evening with high hopes for some of us. Let's go Buckeyes.

Projected Starters

Illinois: G Tracy Abrams (6-2, Sr., 11.2 ppg); G Jalen Coleman-Lands (6-3, Soph., 8.1 ppg); G Malcolm Hill (6-6, Sr., 16.6 ppg); F Leron Black (6-7, Soph., 11.0 ppg); C Mike Thorne Jr., (6-11, Sr., 6.6 ppg).

ILLINOIS NOTES

The Illini are coming off an 84-59 loss to Maryland in its Big Ten opener on Dec. 27. That loss snapped a six-game winning streak ... Sunday's game will be Illinois' first home game in 22 days ... Illinois' last win against Ohio State came on Jan. 5, 2013 ... Over the last four games, Illinois centers Mike Thorne Jr. and Maverick Morgan have combined to score more than 20 points per game, which could be a problem for Ohio State if Potter is still not quite 100 percent ... The Illini have shot better than 40 percent from 3-point range in six games this season.

 

[LitlBuck]

Potter and KBD are fully heal from their ankle injuries and are raring to go.

 

[ScriptOhio]

B1G basketball started out pretty good today....scUM lost.....

 

[Jake]

Got caught up watching NFL and forgot about this game.

19-19, didn't miss anything.

 

[buckeyeintn]

Right now this team just doesn't seem to have an offensive identity.
Oh, wait. That sounds like last night.

 

[Jake]

Since I tuned in it's been all Illini.

 

[Jake]

40-29 Illinois, halftime

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

B1G season begins this evening with high hopes for some of us. Let's go Buckeyes.

High hopes? Anyone with hopes pretty much most be high. These guys aren't very good.

 

[buckeyeintn]

Bucks cut it to 7, 45-38. Keep playing hard (and don't let Tate shoot from outside 2 feet).

 

[Jake]

47-44, Illini. Nice start to the second half.

 

[Jake]

Almost 30 minutes into the game Lyle has 17 points and ZERO turnovers.

 

[buckeyeintn]

58-58 with Keita at the line. Lyle now has 24 with ZERO turnovers. Need a strong finish to pull off a road win.

 

[Jake]

Tied at 58 with just over 7 minutes left. If Lyle played like this all the time we'd have a better team (24 points, 3 assists, no turnovers).

Would be nice if Tate and Loving chipped in - 11 points, combined. Tate does have 8 rebounds.

 

[Jake]

Bucks are 8 for 8 from the FT line.

 

[Jake]

Lyle and 1!

Missed the FT. Knew I shouldn't have posted that stat.