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Steve Greenberg

Illinois 59, Northwestern 56: Kofi Cockburn carries Illini, deepens Wildcats’ misery

Cockburn was too much for the Wildcats. | AP Photos

Illinois and Northwestern ought to be able to agree on at least one thing, and that would be burying any evidence of Saturday’s first half somewhere deep in the woods and never speaking of it again.

Talk about 20 minutes of hell — that’s what a half that ended with the Illini on top 24-19 was to anyone who had the misfortune of being at Welsh-Ryan Arena to endure it.

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