Ayo Dosunmu supplied 14 points, eight rebounds
and three assists for the Fighting Illini (7-3, 1-1 Big Ten).
Andres Feliz contributed 13 points, and Giorgi Bezhanishvili had
12 points and eight rebounds.
Jon Teske led the Wolverines (8-2, 1-1) with 16 points and seven
rebounds. Eli Brooks and Isaiah Livers scored 12 points apiece,
and Zavier Simpson added nine points and eight assists.
The Illini shot 45.9 percent from the field while Michigan shot
43.5 percent. Illinois controlled the boards 44-28.
The Illini opened the second half with a 12-6 run to gain a
42-34 lead. Cockburn got it going with a layup, and
Bezhanishvili finished it with another layup.
Cockburn gave the Illini the first double-digit lead of the
contest, 54-44, on two free throws with 9:07 remaining. Baskets
by Livers and Brooks cut Illinois' lead to six.
Bezhanishvili's driving dunk with 6:03 remaining restored the
10-point advantage at 58-48. Cockburn's put-back of a missed
Feliz shot with 3:09 remaining made it 66-54. On the play,
Cockburn swung his arm in celebration and accidentally struck
official Lewis Garrison, who was forced to leave the game.
The Wolverines then made a comeback. Teske scored the next five
points and David DeJulius had a steal and a three-point play to
make it a four-point game. Feliz hit a mid-range shot to halt
the run. Cockburn split free throws with 58.4 seconds left to
make it 69-62 and put the game away.
Illinois scored 26 of its first-half points in the lane and led
30-28 at halftime. Both teams struggled from beyond the arc
before the break, as the Illini missed all seven of its 3-point
attempts while Michigan went 2-for-12.
Feliz led Illinois with eight first-half points while Teske
topped Michigan with nine points.
The Illini took a 22-17 lead with an 8-2 spurt that included
four layups, two by Feliz. Michigan answered with a 9-2 run that
featured five points from Livers. A Cockburn bucket in the final
minute of the half put Illinois back on top.
--Field Level Media
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