Illinois vs Presbyterian

This game will be good for the Illini as the pace should be a little slower than the first two contests. Presbyterian is the youngest team in the nation, and we should be able to capitalize on that. Also, the Blue Hose have been turning the ball over 25 times per game.

I'm about to head down to the post game, Illini win this one big!

Bubba Chisholm in for the Illini as well... AND HE HITS A THREE!

Stan Simpson in for the Illini.

The Illini bigs are really getting aggressive on the board when it comes to the bench players.

Bill Cole does it again, this time with a dive to the floor for a loose ball.

It took Illinois 11:30 to commit a turnover in the second half after committing 8 in the first half. Presbyterian has 13 turnovers, and to be honest they are on pace to have a good statistical game for them in that category.

There was a miss by Cole a second ago, and Tyler Griffey just came in hard for the rebound. Nice hustle by the freshman.

Bill Cole with a nice block... again, doing the little things.

It's 68-30 with 12 minutes left in the game... holding the other team to 2 points in the first 8 minutes of the half is something to be proud of.

Bill Cole is still earning his minutes by playing his butt off the entire time that he is on the court. Also, I like how Cole isn't afraid to shoot it this year... speaking of shooting it, Alex Legion is now 2-3 from the floor.

The Illini are still really putting the peddle down on offense. The lead has been stretched to 55-30, and at this point it would pretty much take a miracle for the Illini to lose this game. It just isn't the Blue Hose's style to score a lot.


At the half, the Illini lead this one 43 to 28. The story so far has been the Illini's recovery from a terrible stretch of turnovers. The play was tightened up, and Illinois did a good job of taking control of the pace. Because the Blue Hose like to run clock and play a half court set, a 15 point lead at the half is right where you want to be... I know that's where you want to be anytime at the half, but especially against a team who likes to take their time on offense.

Mike Davis looks great this year. I know people have been on him for not taking enough shots, but he is up near the top in the Big Ten for both field goal % and rebounding... tonight he has stepped up the offense as well with 8 first half points on 6 shots.

The Illini have surged a bit and now have an 11 point lead.

DJ Richardson has taken over what Paul had been doing. 12 points in the first half after that 4 point play.

Davis and Semrau both pulled down offensive rebounds on that possession.

DJ Richardson sinks a three and bails out the Illini after what looked to be a 5th straight bad possession.

Two quick turnovers on Tisdale, then another by Keller, another by Paul... 4 in four possessions. The Illini already have 7 turnovers with 10 left to play in the half.

Presbyterian has really slowed the pace down from the first 5 minutes of this game.

Jeff Jordan got a nice round of applause as he checked in at the 12:45 mark.

The Illini are having a little bit of trouble passing the ball today. They aren't crisp.

To this point in the game the Illini are pushing it, and the Blue Hose are keeping up with hot shooting. Dominique Keller off the bench early and is giving the energy that the coaches wanted out of him.

Illinois is facing a zone defense here to start the game. We know the Illini can shoot threes, but to this point we aren't rebounding the misses very well.

Illinois tried to pull a Michigan State and went for an alley-oop in the first ten seconds.