The Champaign Room · Dec 18, 2021
Illini shoot their way to 58-point win
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Illinois’ bread and butter has been the duo of Kofi Cockburn and Alfonso Plummer this season, and it was the same script on Saturday afternoon at State Farm Center in Champaign. Cockburn scored 21, Plummer poured in 19 and the Illini crushed Saint Francis (PA) 106-48 on Saturday at State Farm Center.
It’d been a week since the Illini last played a game. After the 83-79 loss to now No. 8 Arizona, Brad Underwood cited that Illinois has been sick/injured and unable to practice fully. But that wasn’t the case over the last week.
“We’ve had a good week of practice,” said head coach Brad Underwood on Friday. “We’ve gotten better this week.”