Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 24 points and Coleman Hawkins had a career-high 23 points and 12 rebounds as No. 23 Illinois cruised to an 87-57 win over Eastern Illinois on Monday night.
Terrence Shannon Jr. #0 of the Illinois Fighting Illini brings the ball up court during the game against the Eastern Illinois Panthers at State Farm Center on November 7, 2022 in Champaign, Illinois. Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 24 points and Coleman Hawkins had a career-high 23 points and 12 rebounds as No. 23Dain Dainja added 17 points on 8-for-9 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Illini, who outrebounded the Panthers 53-30 and scored 21 second-chance points on 20 offensive rebounds.
"I shoot a lot of shots in practice just like ," Hawkins said after his second career double-double. "I know freshman year and sophomore year, people would judge me off my 3-point shooting. I wasn’t confident at all back then, the ball felt a lot different than what it does right now."Illinois coach Brad Underwood joked with reporters that his longstanding faith in Hawkins’ long-distance shooting prowess "proved you all wrong.
Despite the lopsided score, Underwood identified some shortcomings his team needs to work on — 15 turnovers and 18-for-33 shooting on free throws. "We’ve got a great fan base here, it was very welcoming," Shannon said. "Just good to see my family in the crowd every day, every game that we have here."Hawkins and Shannon showed they could amount to an impressive 1-2 punch. The pair combined for more than half of Illinois’ scoring and more than a third of its rebounds.
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