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Giorgi’s historic day leads Illini to OT win over Rutgers

It shocking to say, but it turns out Rutgers Basketball might be....not bad? The Knights gave Illinois all it could handle in a tough back-and-forth high scoring affair.

But it wasn’t enough to stop the Giorgi Bezhanishvili show in a 99-94 Illinois victory in overtime, where the Illini were able to complete the sweep over their three-game homestand. Giorgi had the best game for an Illini big man in recent memory, scoring a career-high 35 points and setting the new freshman single-game scoring record for Illinois.

It was a dominating performance in the second half and overtime for the Georgian that nobody expect anything from coming into this season.