Illini win again 131-65

[tornado]

they beat their next Italian opponent in impressive fashion..

scoring...
Bertrand 18
Griffey 17
Paul 15
Djimde 14
Henry 13
Leonard 10
Egwu 10
Maniscalco 9
Shaw 8
Head 7
Richardson 6
Abrams 4

[Future Walk-On]

I have no idea what has gotten in the Bertrand.....that would be an amazing surprise. He has led the team 2 times already.

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Illini currently playing their final game in Italy in this small gym --

already up 6-2...

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Illinois took a 25-20 1st quarter lead - so I suspect Coach Weber not happy with giving up scoring on a 80-pt pace

By mid-way thru the 2nd quarter - the Italian team Omegna takes a 32-31 lead.

Then Illinois goes to halftime tied 41-41

1st half scoring:
Griffey 9
Abrams 8
Paul 7
Shaw 4
Maniscalco 3
Henry 3
Richardson 2
Crandall Head 2
Leonard 2
Egwu 1

BTW -- here's a little video from Illinois' exhibition at the US air base

http://www.illinoisloyalty.com/GoIllini/20110819_joe_bertrand_and_meyers_leonard_dunk_contest_at_aviano_air_base

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end of 3rd quarter in Italy - Illni down 64-61

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Illinois down 77-74 in final minute
Illini playing 3rd game in 3 days

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Illini down by 2 with just seconds left & Sammy gets a steal that leads to an Illni basket to tie the game at 78

13 seconds left..another OT?

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yup -- overtime --
now with just 2 minutes left in OT -- tied @ 81

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Illini up 3 in the final minute of OT -- shooting 2 FT could salt it away!

edit -- Illini now with 4 pt lead and about 40 seconds to go in OT - 86-82

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Illini win 89-82 - nice job & big thanks to Derrick Burson for the twitter feeds

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Sammy got whistled for a lot of fouls - just 5 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asst, but 3 steals one which saved the game
Here's box score for final Illini game in Italy

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/iIllinois-FulgorOmegna_Box.pdf

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Here are links to the video of one entire game on Illini's Italian tour..

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=169&f=2616&t=7800560

kind of an ugly video as the Italians are wearing dark green & the Illini are wearing dark blue and they are hard to tell apart.
Sammy's easy to spot as he is wearing an ORANGE t-shirt under his dark blue jersey.
This is the game that the Illini clobbered them 131-65 so the starters don't play that much and much of the 2nd half are subs..