Illinois Fighting Illin 79 Michigan State Spartans 74

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For most of this game Illinois (19-7, 12-4) had a double-digit lead and looked as if they were going to run Michigan State (18-8,9-6) out of the gym but a late comeback would bring the Spartans within two points a couple of times but they could never get things back to even losing by five. For Illinois. The beast known as Kofi Cockburn (Kingston, Jamaica) led the path to the road to victory with 27 points and 9 boards. He got help from Jacob Grandison (Oakland, CA) who scored 24 points to go with 5 boards and 4 assists. The Spartans got 26 points off of the bench from Tyson Walker (Westbury, NY).