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Breaking down Iowa basketball’s 72-65 win over Illinois

No. 18 Iowa basketball’s climb in the Big Ten standings continued on Sunday when it took down No. 19 Illinois 72-65, snapping the Illini’s seven-game winning streak.

It wasn’t easy, much like the last four Hawkeye wins. In fact, the last four Iowa wins have come by seven points or fewer.

Here’s a closer look at Iowa’s win over Illinois.

Iowa’s bench was nowhere to be found

Ryan Kriener, Bakari Eveylin, Cordell Pemsl, and Riley Till combined to score 0 points. Iowa’s bench went 0-for-5 from the field, turned the ball over three times, and committed six fouls.