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Frazier, No. 18 Illinois surge in 2nd half past Indiana

Trent Frazier made all three of his shots inside the arc, went 2 of 3 from 3-point range and hit both free throws to finish with 23 points while leading the Fighting Illini to a 74-57 victory at Indiana.

 

Kofi Cockburn played a solid game. He finished with 17 points and eight rebounds, falling two rebounds short of his 41st career double-double.

 

Indiana (16-6, 7-5) was led by Race Thompson with 13 points and six rebounds. Xavier Johnson had 12 points, five rebounds and five assists on a day preseason All-American Trayce Jackson-Davis missed the final 15 1/2 minutes of the first half because of foul trouble.

 

Frazier and Jacob Grandison finally gave Illinois the upper hand in the last 10 minutes.

 

Grandison started a decisive 16-3 run with back-to-back 3s, the second giving Illinois a 48-45 lead - its first since less than three minutes into the game. Cockburn and Frazier combined to score the remaining points in the spurt as Frazier capped it with a 3 to put Illinois ahead 58-49 with 7:45 to play.

 

Illinois spent the rest of the game pulling away and Indiana lost its second home game of the season without making another serious challenge.

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