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12/06 21:13 CST No. 14 Illinois beats No. 13 Tennessee 75-62 in Music City
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No. 14 Illinois beats No. 13 Tennessee 75-62 in Music City Madness
By TERESA M. WALKER
AP Sports Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --- Tomislav Ivisic and Keaton Wagler each scored 16
points and No. 14 Illinois beat No. 13 Tennessee 75-62 Saturday night in the
second part of the Music City Madness.
The Fighting Illini (7-2) came in rested after an eight-day break with this
their last of four Top 15 opponents over a seven-game stretch. Illinois snapped
a five-game skid on neutral courts against ranked opponents and also gave coach
Brad Underwood his first win in three tries against Tennessee.
Illinois is averaging 90.4 points a game this season after leading the Big Ten
in scoring last season. Leading scorer Kylan Boswell went to the bench in the
opening minutes grabbing at his left shoulder. He returned and finished with 15
points.
David Mirkovic added 10 for the Fighting Illini.
Tennessee (7-3) has lost three straight after going 30-8 last season and
reaching the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament.
Ja'Kobi Gillespie led Tennessee with 15 points. Freshman Nate Ament, who has
been averaging 17.1 points a game, finished with nine.
The Vols never led by more than two and had their last lead at 49-48 on a dunk
by J.P. Estrella when Illinois went on a 15-3 spurt started by Andrej
Stojakovic's layup taking the lead back for good, and Boswell's layup with 6:55
to go put the Fighting Illini up 63-52. Illinois pushed that to as much as 14
in the final minutes.
Illinois controlled much of the first half. Ivisic scored the last 10 of the
half for the Fighting Illini, but the Vols finished the half on an 11-4 run
with Cade Phillips' layup with 51 seconds left putting Tennessee up 34-32 at
halftime.
Up next
Illinois: At Ohio State on Tuesday night.
Tennessee: Hosts No. 6 Louisville on Dec. 16.
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