In a season that has been far from what many Illini fans expected, Leron Black has been one of the points of pride for Underwood’s team. Against Wisconsin, he had a team-high 16 points. The stat that matters most? It was on 7-for-9 shooting.
Leron is the only reason they didn’t lose by 30 points on Friday.
Getting Out Thrown
At one time, Illinois was near the top of the nation in free throws made per game. On Friday, they again found themselves on the wrong side of that statistic. Just like in the Iowa game, the Badgers had 21 free throws in the game to Illinois’ seven.