
No. 20 Illinois beats No. 24 Iowa for share of Big Ten title
No. 20 Illinois locked up a share of the Big Ten regular-season title when Kofi Cockburn had 21 points and 14 rebounds to lead a win over No. 24 Iowa Sunday night.
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No. 20 Illinois locked up a share of the Big Ten regular-season title when Kofi Cockburn had 21 points and 14 rebounds to lead a win over No. 24 Iowa Sunday night.
Iowa's Jordan Bohannon left the court for the final time in the No. 24 Hawkeyes' win over the Northwestern Wildcats on Monday.
Brad Underwood and the Illini visited Iowa Monday night, trying to improve to 2-0 in conference play.
The Big Ten again has more teams in the NCAA Tournament than any other conference, including a pair of No. 1 seeds and two No. 2s among its record nine teams in the Big Dance.
The Fighting Illini (22-6) have won six straight, with three coming against top-10 foes. If Illinois wins one more, against No. 9 Ohio State, it would claim its first tourney title since 2005.
Luka Garza had 17 points and 10 rebounds in just 24 minutes, and No. 5 Iowa rolled to a victory over Northwestern on Sunday.
Jordan Bohannon scored 24 points, CJ Fredrick added 19 and Luka Garza finished with 18 as No. 10 Iowa defeated No. 16 Northwestern on Tuesday night.
Spencer Petras threw three touchdown passes and No. 24 Iowa scored 35 straight points after trailing by two touchdowns early to beat Illinois 35-21 on Saturday.
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Luka Garza scored 20 points, Jordan Bohannon made a three-point play during Iowa's closing surge, and the 10th-seeded Hawkeyes kept the Big Ten perfect in the NCAA Tournament by rallying for a 79-72 victory over No. 7 seed Cincinnati on Friday.
The Fighting Illini (12-21) used a 9-0 run to trim the Hawkeyes' lead to 30-29 with 4:38 left in the first half, but they gradually fell off the pace from there.
Saturday's loss ended the Illini's hopes for a bowl game.
Isaiah Bowser ran for 165 yards and a touchdown as Northwestern upset Iowa 14-10 on Saturday to clinch a spot in the Big Ten Championship.
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Jordan Bohannon scored 25 points and had six assists.
Iowa will face Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday.
Iowa overcame a 20-point deficit and Illinois guard Trent Frazier sinking a 3-pointer at the regulation buzzer to send the game into overtime.
Iowa had a chance to tie, but Nate Stanley's pass for Noah Fant on a fourth-and-3 play fell incomplete, ending the game.
Nate Stanley threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Hawkeyes.
Malcolm Hill scored 21 points and grabbed eight boards as the Illini improved to 15-12 overall record (5-9 Big Ten).
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