It took Jeremiah Tilmon playing through a flu-like bug that made him sweat like crazy before Saturday night's tip-off and shiver like mad before the start of the second half. He scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in an antibiotics-induced fog. "I knew my team needed me there," Tilmon said. "I wasn't fittin' to not play, knowing I could still go out there and fight."
It took always defiant senior guard Jordan Geist playing through painful leg cramps to score a team-high 20 points while grabbing six rebounds and dishing seven assists. He also snagged a steal and took charges, plural.