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FINAL ——— [3] Illinois 65 [2] Houston 55 ——————— Game Leader | Emanuel Sharp: 17 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST ————— Crushing end to Houston’s season, as in what one bad night in March will do to anyone.

Houston’s first free throws of the game come with just 3:27 remaining of potentially its whole season.

H2 | 3:27 [3] Illinois 58 [2] Houston 41 The end may be near for Houston.

Tomislav Ivisic responds.

Chase McCarty has nailed back-to-back triples off the bench, and Houston has cut it back to single digits.

H2 | 7:36 [3] Illinois 46 [2] Houston 35

H2 | 11:52 [3] Illinois 44 [2] Houston 26

17-2 Illinois run over the last six minutes. Illini are threatening to roll away.

Houston is shooting: 27%. Has not scored in over four minutes.

David Mirkovic follows with an AND1 opportunity.

Jake Davis nails a right-wing triple, and Illinois has grabbed its largest lead of the night at 36-26 with 15:15 to go.

H2 | 16:06 [3] Illinois 33 [2] Houston 26 Illinois has elapsed a 9-0 run over the last 90 seconds, forcing another timeout from Kelvin Sampson. Houston is also being outpainted minus-8.

30 seconds in, Chris Cenac hails in a game-tying flush.