Illini Women Earn First Big Ten Victory Of Season, 54-49 Over Purdue

Illini Women Earn First Big Ten Victory Of Season, 54-49 Over Purdue

ByIPM News

CHAMPAIGN – The long, dark winter got a little brighter for the Illini women’s basketball team, when they earned their first Big Ten win of the season, 54-49 over Purdue Sunday at the State Farm Center. Aaliyah Nye drained a three-pointer with 41 seconds left to put Illinois ahead by a point. Then Eva Rubin…

Illini Beat Badgers In Champaign For First Time In Ten Years

Illini Beat Badgers In Champaign For First Time In Ten Years

ByIPM News

CHAMPAIGN – Another ten-year losing streak fell by the wayside Saturday when the Illini men’s basketball team beat #19 Wisconsin 75-60 at the State Farm Center for the first time since 2011. It’s been so long that the building was then still known as the Assembly Hall. Kofi Cockburn tallied his thirteenth double-double of the…