MADISON, Wis. – Kofi Cockburn scored 19 points and No. 5 Illinois held off Wisconsin to win 74-69 and complete its first regular-season sweep in this series since 2005.
After Wisconsin trailed by 13 points with less than three minutes left, D’Mitrik Trice nearly brought the Badgers all the way back by scoring 19 points in the final 2 minutes, 12 seconds.
Trice’s 3-pointer cut Illinois’ lead to 70-69 with 6.7 seconds left. After Illinois’ Trent Frazier sank two free throws with 5.7 seconds remaining, Illinois fouled Trevor Anderson with 1.9 seconds left before Wisconsin could attempt a tying free throw.
An exchange of words near the Wisconsin bench followed that foul and resulted in offsetting technicals. Anderson missed the next two free