No. 10 Illinois survives a scare from Indiana 70-62

CHAMPAIGN — Terrence Shannon Jr. made six free throws in the final minute to help No. 10 Illinois survive a scare from Indiana 70-62 on Saturday.

Indiana tied the game at 62 with 1:29 left on a basket by Mackenzie Mgbako, but Illinois scored eight straight points, six by Shannon, to pull out the victory.

Marcus Domask led Illinois (15-5, 6-3 Big Ten) with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Luke Goode and Coleman Hawkins each had 11 points.

Malik Reneau, who scored 21 points for Indiana (12-8, 4-5), fouled out with 3:02 left. Xavier Johnson had 14 points and Mgbako had 12 points.

Illinois coach Brad Underwood praised his team for grinding out a victory.

"We went from an eye-pleasing (overtime) loss (Wednesday) to Northwestern, at least for fans, to a very, very ugly win," he said. "But you have to win these kind of games. You have to find a way and we did."

The loss is Indiana's third straight during a tough stretch of games against No. 2 Purdue, then-No. 11 Wisconsin and Illinois.

Indiana played without 7-foot center Ke'el Ware, the Hoosiers' second-leading scorer and top rebounder, who missed his second straight game with an ankle injury suffered in practice.

Indiana didn't help itself with Ware sidelined by going 0 of 9 on 3-pointers. It was the first time the Hoosiers didn't make a 3 in a game in nearly 13 years.

"Other than not making any 3s and missing free throws, I thought we played a solid game," said Indiana coach Mike Woodson.

The Hoosiers were 12 of 22 at the free-throw line.

In his third game back after sitting out six games because of a university-imposed suspension, Shannon had 12 points and six rebounds.

Shannon is facing a rape charge in Kansas, but he was granted a preliminary injunction by a federal judge on Jan. 19 that forced Illinois to reinstate him to the team.

Illinois is in third place in the Big Ten, trailing only Wisconsin (8-1) and Purdue (7-2).