Right now, everything is based on conditioning. No telling what to expect from Michigan on Friday. Before their COVID pause, the Wolverines were wildly inconsistent and arguably the most disappointing team in the country compared to preseason projections.
It will fall on Illinois, then, to continue giving Kofi Cockburn plenty of post touches and making enough threes to keep the defense honest. N-G prediction record — Scott Richey is a reporter covering college basketball at The News-Gazette. His email is srichey news-gazette. To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
Edit Close. Toggle navigation. Illinois had three in double figures, including 13 points from East Lansing native Aaliyah Nye. After a fast start, the Spartan offense cooled down, as Illinois used a run to jump out to an lead. After the media timeout, MSU responded with an run of its won to re-take the lead The Illini were able to keep Clouden in check in the first period, scoring only two points in the first 10 minutes.
The first quarter ended with the Illini leading, The Spartans scored six of the first eight points of the second period, as both offenses struggled. Illinois ended the half on an run to take a lead into the locker room. Michigan State was held to only eight points in the period, which was its lowest of the season. After missing her first seven shots, Clouden got on the board to cut the Illinois lead to at the mark of the third quarter.
MSU re-took the lead behind a run, The third quarter was a back-and-forth affair with five lead changes. The duo combined for 18 of MSU's 26 points in the period, as the Spartans took a advantage into the final period.
Despite the defeat, Michigan got a solid performance out of center Hunter Dickinson , who had 25 points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Illinois beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Tuesday. Among those leading the charge for Illinois was guard Trent Frazier , who had 29 points and five assists.
The Wolverines are expected to lose this next one by 9. Now might not be the best time to take Michigan against the spread since they've let down bettors for the past two consecutive games. Michigan is now while Illinois sits at A pair of numbers to keep in mind before tip-off: Michigan is th worst in college basketball in takeaways, with only 9. The Fighting Illinis have had an even harder time: they are stumbling into the contest with the 24th fewest takeaways in college basketball, having accrued only It's possible one of these Achilles' heels will wind up tripping the losing team up.
The Fighting Illini are a big 9. The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Fighting Illini as an 8.
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