Badgers fall to Illinois in Big Ten quarterfinals despite Hughes late flurry
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Posted: 4:46 PM Mar 12, 2010
Badgers fall to Illinois in Big Ten quarterfinals despite Hughes late flurry
The Wisconsin men's basketball team dropped their Big Ten tournament quarterfinal Friday afternoon in Indianapolis, losing to Illinois 58-54. The Badgers trailed by 16 points with six minutes left, but senior Trevon Hughes drained four three-pointers in the final 2:30 to bring the Badgers within 2. Fellow senior Jason Bohannon missed a potential game-tying three in the final seconds.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Mike Tisdale scored 21 points and Demetri McCamey had 13 as fifth-seeded Illinois hung on for a 58-54 upset of No. 13 Wisconsin in Friday's Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.

The Fighting Illini (19-13) now face No. 5 Ohio State in Saturday's semifinals. The Buckeyes advanced with a last-second 69-68 win over Michigan.

Wisconsin (23-8) was led by Trevon Hughes and Jon Leuer, each with 14 points. Hughes led a frantic flurry in the closing minutes that got the Badgers in position to force overtime. But Jason Bohannon's 3 with 15.9 seconds left clanked off the front of the rim, Mike Davis grabbed the rebound for Illinois and the Illini hung on.
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