Andrew Nicholson's 17 points and 8 rebounds weren't enough Wednesday night as St. Bonaventure fell just short of completing a major upset on the road against a Big Ten contender in Illinois.The Bonnies hung with Illinois and held the lead in most of the game tonight but were unable to close it out as the Illini closed the game on an 18-4 run to win an ugly offensive game 48-43. Bonaventure was only able to shoot 35% from the field and Illinois only shot 32%. It was a defensive battle to put it nicely.
Illinois was led by Brandon Paul who had 17 points and D.J. Richardson had 11. They were the only two on their team to be in double figures. Illinois was able to overcome the poor shooting and being out-rebounded by ten to pick up a scrappy win.
St. Bonaventure drops to 3-4 while Illinois stays undefeated at 9-0. The Bonnies will try and get back to .500 on Saturday when they host Canisius at 7:00.
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