Illinois Fighting Illini vs Indiana Hoosiers Match Player Stats On Feb 02, 2021

Trent Frazier scored 16 of his 19 points after halftime as No. 12 Illinois recorded a 75-71 overtime victory over Indiana on Tuesday night in Bloomington, Ind.

The Fighting Illini (12-5, 8-3 Big Ten) followed up their win over No. 8 Iowa on Friday by doing enough to end a seven-game losing streak at Assembly Hall.

Frazier shot 5-for-11 as Illinois won in Bloomington for the first time since January 2010 despite shooting a season-low 38.6 percent.

Illinois' Kofi Cockburn posted his 12th double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Andre Curbelo added 12 points on a night when junior Ayo Dosunmu was held to 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting from the floor before fouling out for the first time in his career.

Trayce Jackson-Davis led Indiana (9-8, 4-6) with 19 points and 14 rebounds, but he shot 6 of 18 and did not hit a basket in the final 11:24. Race Thompson added 18 for Indiana, which shot 40.7 percent and missed 11 of 34 free-throw attempts.

Frazier scored eight straight points on two 3-pointers and two free throws to help Indiana overcome a 64-58 deficit late in the second half. He then snapped a 68-68 tie by hitting a free throw with 3:27 remaining in overtime, and Illinois made enough plays the rest of the way.

After Indiana's Aljami Durham missed a step-back jumper with 80 seconds left that would have forged a 70-70 tie, Illinois did not score until Curbelo threw a nifty bounce pass in the lane to Cockburn, who converted a two-handed dunk over Thompson with 19 seconds left.

Thompson's jumper made it 72-70 with seven seconds left, and after Indiana called its final timeout, and Curbelo split two free throws with six seconds remaining.

Armaan Franklin purposely missed his second free throw with four seconds left, but Illinois got the rebound and secured the win when Da'Monte Williams hit two foul shots with two seconds left.

Indiana opened a 64-58 lead on two free throws by Franklin with 5:12 remaining, and following an errant pass by Jackson-Davis, Frazier scored eight straight points to give Illinois a 66-64 lead on two free throws with 3:10 remaining.

Frazier gave Illinois a 68-66 lead by sinking two free throws with 42 seconds remaining, and Indiana forged a 68-68 tie on a layup by Franklin with 30 seconds left.

The game reached overtime when Cockburn missed a jumper in the lane with three seconds left.

--Field Level Media