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SEATTLE (AP)– Kasparas Jakucionis made a tiebreaking layup with 32 seconds left, and No. 22 Illinois made it through a furious return quote by Washington to squeak out an 81-77 success Sunday.
The Fighting Illini (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten), dipping into UW for the very first time considering that the 1952 Final Four, had a 17-point lead however the Huskies connected it at 75 on Luis Kortright’s layup with 47 seconds left. Jakucionis then scored and the Illini put it away at the totally free toss line.
Jakucionis had 18 points and 6 helps, while Tre White pitched in 17 points and Kylan Boswell had 14.
DJ Davis led the Huskies (10-5, 1-3) with 31 points, completing 7 for 14 from beyond the arc.
Illinois held Great Osobor, Washington’s leading scorer, scoreless in the very first half. He ended up with 9 points.
Takeaways
Illinois: The Illini have actually now won 8 of their previous 10 video games, with the 2 losses visiting an integrated 6 points– one in overtime and the other to No. 1 Tennessee.
Washington: The Huskies, who entered the day shooting 45% from the field– second-worst in the Big Ten– shot simply 31.4% to dig their hole, and 56.7% in the 2nd half to almost climb up out of it.
Secret minute
Kortright’s game-tying layup topped an 8-0 run for the Huskies, before Jakucionis addressed.
Secret stat
Illinois turned the ball over 9 times in the very first half, however cut the free gifts to 4 in the 2nd.
Up next
Illinois will go back to State Farm Center on Wednesday to host Penn State. Washington will take a trip to conventional Big Ten nation for the very first time this season with a two-game swing to Michigan, opening with a match at No. 18 Michigan State on Thursday.
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