Box Score

Tuscaloosa, Ala. - Malcolm Hill scored 22 points and dished out six assists in the Fighting Illini's final game of the 2014-15 campaign - a 79-58 loss at Alabama in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.

Illinois shot just 32 percent from the field as a three-seed playing on the road due to renovations at State Farm Center.

Rayvonte Rice added 12 points and Kendrick Nunn scored 10 for the Illini.