Player of the game
Illinois’ Leron Black
The winning team usually takes home this honor, but if not for Black this game would have been an Indiana rout. The redshirt junior forward shot 8 of 12 from the field for 20 points and pulled down seven rebounds — leading the Illini in both.
Backcourt
Illinois: C-
Indiana: B+
The Illini are going to face a packed paint defensively until they start making shots. That didn’t happen against the Hoosiers, with Illinois going 4 of 19 (21.1 percent) from three-point range.