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Ayo To Return for Jersey Ceremony Next Month

(From Illinois Sports Information Office) December 8, 2021 Champaign, […]

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Sturdy's 3 Takeaways- Illini Win at Iowa.

By Brad Sturdy - IlliniGuys Insider/Analyst

December 7, 2021

The Illini backed up their home win last week with a big road win in Iowa City. The Illini got 21 points apiece from Alfonso Plummer and Jacob Grandison, 18 from Trent Frazier and a dominant 17 and 18 from Kofi Cockburn to move to 2-0 in league play and 7-2 overall. The nation’s leading scorer, Keegan Murray, finished with 19 points but only had 2 in the first half and took 15 shots to do it.

Illinois struggled with 18 turnovers, and Iowa got 26 points off of those turnovers, but dominated the offensive glass 52-23 and won the second chance points battle 24-11.

Here’s a look at what we saw:

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Heat Checks and Hail Marys - Big Win in Iowa City

Mike Cagley, IlliniGuys December 7, 2021 Tonight, the Illini […]

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Jacob Grandison’s Calm & “California Cool” Leads Illini To Victory

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The “California cool” mentality that Jacob Grandison has mastered as a 23-year-old college basketball player was learned in his kindergarten gym class.

Following a 21-2 run in a first half where everything was going wrong for Illinois and the Carver-Hawkeye Arena crowd was alive for the first time Monday night, Grandison stood around unphased, unrattled and calm to lead the Illini to its first true road win of the 2021-22 season. Grandison, who finished with a team-high 21 points off the bench in the 87-83 win at Iowa, let his athletic ability do the talking - something he learned from his father James before a memorable sprint race among kindergarten-age athletes in the Oakland, Calif. area.

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