Post-Game Notes
February 6, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 6, 2005
Recap | Final Stats
- Illinois improves to 23-0 on the season with its 60-47 win over Indiana, also winning it 19th consecutive Big Ten contest. The Illini are 75-3 in the last five-plus seasons at the Assembly Hall. Illinois' 23-0 start is now in sole possession of the fourth-best start in conference history.
- Today's win for Illinois marks the fifth straight win over Indiana, sixth win in the last seven tries and 10th of its last 13. Indiana still leads the series 78-75, however, the Illini increase their
- The Illini defeated Indiana by a 13-point margin, marking the 20th win in 23 contests to be won by 10-plus points.
- With 12 points scored, Dee Brown moved to 29th on the all-time scoring list, tying Tal Brody with 1121.
- Roger Powell scored his 1,000th-career point today. With his 10 points against the Hoosiers, he increases his total to 1003, good enough for 37th in school history.
- Luther Head hit one three-pointer today, which ties Matt Heldman for seventh on the career three-point field goals list (161).
- Four Illinois starters scored in double-digits this afternoon, marking the 16th time this season.
- James Augustine blocked four shots today against the Hoosiers to bring his career total to 104, which ranks fifth on the school's all-time blocked shots list, passing Efrem Winters (103).
- Illini guard Deron Williams recorded assists on eight of Illinois' 10 first-half field goals. He also was good for assists on the first seven Illini buckets. At 16:18 in the second half, James Augustine recorded an assist, marking the first assist of the game by a player other than Deron Williams.
- Williams now has 161 assists for the season, which ranks eighth on Illinois' single-season assist list, passing Dee Brown's 2003 total of 159.
- Illinois held the Hoosiers without a field goal through the first 7:10 of play and scoreless for the first 4:31. Indiana hit a one free throw at the 15:29 mark and its first field goal at 12:50.
- Illinois took an 8-0 lead to start the game and never looked back, marking only 68:42 minutes out of a possible 925 that the Illini have trailed in a game. That means Illinois has either led or been tied in 92.6 percent of the minutes played and have led the entire second half in 21 of 23 games.
- Indiana only posted 18 points at the half, which was the lowest for an Illini opponent this year. The final scoring output of 47 for the Hoosiers was the second-lowest of the season for an opponent behind Cincinnati's 45 points.
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