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The Wolverines used a 9-2 run in the second half to take a double-digit lead over Illinois in the Big Ten season opener for both teams. Mark Donnal led Michigan with 26 points, while Kendrick Nunn scored 23 to lead the Illini in a losing effort.
A flood warning continues Wednesday for much of central Illinois, and seven counties along the Mississippi River have been declared state disaster areas.
Bill Cosby is expected to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon on sexual assault charges filed over a 2004 encounter in his home outside Philadelphia. A former Temple University employee says Cosby drugged and assaulted her.
8-5 Illinois will play the 10-3 Michigan Wolverines, at 2 PM CST, at the University of Illinois State Farm Arena in Champaign.
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth played to her strengths at a campaign stop in Champaign Tuesday.
