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 Aaron Cosby added 17 points,including five 3-pointers, for
Illinois (2-0), which also got 14points, eight rebounds and four
steals from Rayvonte Rice. KendrickNunn and Malcolm Hill each
chipped in 13 points, with Hill grabbing ateam-high nine rebounds as
the Illini dominated the boards 50-35.
Jahvari Josiah and ChristianKessee each scored 11 points to lead
Coppin State (0-2), which shot 29.6 percent from the field. Arnold
Fripp and Daquan Brickhouseadded seven points apiece for the Eagles,
who turned the ball over 18times.
 Coppin State scored the game'sfirst three points, but Illinois ran
off a 16-0 run to quickly takecontrol. It was 19-8 with 13:28 to
play when theIllini went on a 14-0 spurt en route to a 59-24 lead at
halftime. The Eagles didn't score for thefirst 3:05 of the second half, by
which time Illinois had tacked onanother 10 points to the lead. The
advantage hit 50 when Starksconnected from 3-point range with 10:37
to play, and the benches weresoon emptied by both coaches.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: The Illini hadfive double-digit runs in the game that
totaled a 69-0 advantage. …Illinois recorded its highest point total
since scoring 121 in a victory over Chicago State in 1993. …
Illinois made 153-pointers, which tied the State Farm Center
recordand was one off the school mark of 16, set in an Elite Eight
win overArizona in 2005.
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