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Missouri beats Illinois for fourth time in five years
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Missouri beats Illinois for fourth time in five years
This one was over pretty quickly.
Lead basketball reporter Derek Piper breaks down his biggest takeaways from Illinois' 86-48 win against Kansas City on Friday.
Zacharie Perrin will wait a year to come to Champaign.
Freshmen, No. 5 Illini roll in Senior Night win without Dosunmu Share this story Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports A facial injury kept Ayo Dosunmu from playing his last possible game in Champaign, but on the court the Illini still found a way to get things done. In a day flooded with news of Dosunmu’s broken nose that kept him out of at least Thursday’s game, it was the freshmen guards who led Illinois past Nebraska, 86-70, at State Farm Center. Without Dosunmu, one would assume it was Kofi Cockburn who carried most of the workload. Instead, it was the Illini’s duo of dynamic rookie gua...