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Malcolm Hill - Illinois vs. Purdue Big Ten Tournament - March 11, 2016
58
Illinois ILL 15-19
89
Winner Purdue PUR 25-7
Illinois ILL
15-19
58
Final
89
Purdue PUR
25-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Illinois ILL 25 33 58
Purdue PUR 45 44 89

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

@IlliniMBB Bows Out Of Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Illinois' run in the Big Ten Tournament came to an abrupt end in the quarterfinals in a loss to No. 13 Purdue, 89-58 on Friday.

Illinois (15-19) got 17 points from Maverick Morgan, 16 from Malcolm Hill and 13 from Kendrick Nunn.

Purdue reserve center Isaac Haas scored 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting.

Vince Edwards added 14 points, Caleb Swanigan had 11 points and 12 rebounds and Dakota Mathias added 11 for Purdue (25-7), which shot 58.3 percent.

The Boilermakers made 24 of their first 36 shots, including 8 of 14 from 3-point range, taking a 60-27 lead on P.J. Thompson's 3-pointer with 15:59 left. Consecutive 3-pointers from Edwards pushed the Boilermakers' lead to 66-30 with 12:13 to play.

The Boilermakers outrebounded the Illini 20-11 in the opening 20 minutes and limited Illinois to 1-of-8 shooting from 3-point range.

Illinois shot 38.5 percent in the first half, getting 12 points from Hill, who scored 30 in January when the Illini hosted the Boilermakers and won 84-70.

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