The No. 3 seeded Illini beat up No. 14 seeded Morehead State, advancing to the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament with a 85-69 win in Omaha. Here's how the game unfolded.
Illinois might have played the Eagles close, but the Fighting Illini took care of business in the end.The No. 3 seeded Illini beat up No. 14 seeded Morehead State, advancing to the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament with an 85-69 win in Omaha.Terrence Shannon Jr. continued to score at a high rate, but it was Marcus Domask who stole the show.Here's how the game unfolded.The first half wasn't pretty, by any means.Illinois had the lead, but held the slimmest of leads at 39-38.
Leading 81-60, Domask got his triple double with a three with about three minutes to go in the game.Shortly after, Brad Underwood emptied his bench. That was it. Illinois had it in the bag.The usual stars for Illinois had their day. Terrence Shannon Jr. had a 20-point game and was deadly in transition. He scored 26 points to lead the Illini.However, Dain Dainja provided a nice surprise with 21 points on 9 of 9 shooting from the floor. It was a deadly efficient day from the 6-foot-9 forward.
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