Jalen Coleman-Lands led the way with 17 points, and Illinois won for just the second time in six games with their 68-66 upset of No. 20 Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament Thursday. The Illini play No. 13 Purdue in Friday's quarterfinals.
Malcolm Hill scored a career-high 39 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, but it wasn't enough to get the Illini men past Penn State, as the Nittany Lions defeated Illinois 86-79 in double-overtime Sunday in Happy Valley.
It took three overtimes, but the Illinois men's basketball team survived Rutgers for a Big Ten road win.
Trevor Thompson scored 16 points and Ohio State survived a furious comeback by Illinois to win in overtime Thursday night, 68-63.
In what may have been Illinois' worst game of the season, they managed to shoot only 37.3 percent. Malcolm Hill led the team with 13 points. The Illini now await word of a possible NIT bid on Sunday.
