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Utah’s Donnie Tillman was feeling ill, then he made Missouri sick to its stomachs

Tillman finished the game with his first career double-double having registered 11 points, 10 rebounds, one block and one steal in Utah’s 77-59 victory against Missouri on Thursday night at the Huntsman Center.

“We had a little sitdown conversation four, five days ago to clear some things ups,” Utes coach Larry Krystkowiak said. “He’s been bringing an awful lot of energy to our practices, and it’s kind of a little bit of karma. When you practice well and focus and play as hard as he did — our key was focusing on the defense and the rebounding and a lot of time the offense will take care of itself, and it did.