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Illinois Pulls Away from Hawaii

Kofi Cockburn scored 15 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Illinois beat Hawaii 66-53 on Monday night.

 

Cockburn, from Jamaica, recorded his third double-double in four games this season.

 

Trent Frazier added 13 points and Giorgi Bezhanishvili 10 for Illinois (3-1).

 

Zigmars Raimo led Hawaii (3-2) with 16 points. Eddie Stansberry, the Rainbow Warriors leading scorer (20 points per game) was held to 10 points on 4-of -14 shooting, thanks to the smothering defense of Frazier.

 

Both teams were cold in the first five minutes, with Illinois going 0 for 7 to start the game. The score was tied at 26 at the half.

Illinois used a 14-2 run late in the game to take control. The Illini were 15 of 23

from the free throw line, while the Rainbow Warriors were only 2 of 3.

 

Overall, Illinois was 23 of 54 from the field for 43%, while Hawaii was 24 of 64 for 37.5%. The Illini turned the ball over 16 times to Hawaii’s nine.

 

Illinois hosts The Citadel on Wednesday in the second game of a five-game home stand.

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