Illinois beats Houston 65-55
#3 Illinois Fighting Illini beat #2 Houston Cougars 65-55 on Thursday at Toyota Center (Houston).
The second half made the difference: Illinois outscored Houston 41-33.
Illinois shot 43% to 34% and won the boards 43-34.
For Illinois, David Mirkovic (F): 14. For Houston, Emanuel Sharp (G): 17.
Illinois improves to 27-8. Houston falls to 30-7.
Attendance: 17,307.
Full recap at ESPN: Illinois clamps down on Houston for a 65-55 March Madness win to reach Elite EightWritten automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.






