Dain Dainja scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead No. 23 Illinois to an 86-48 win over Kansas City on Friday night.
Shemarri Allen led the Roos with 20 points and eight rebounds on 9 of 19 shooting.
Dainja broke the drought by getting a fadeaway jumper to go down and drawing a foul after grabbing an offensive rebound. He hit the ensuing free throw and Matthew Mayer drilled a 3 on the next possession, part of a 21-4 run the Illini pieced together to take a comfortable 17-point lead into the half.
"Defense was the thing that changed the game for us today," Dainja said. "Energy is what I wanted to to the team.""Tough one for the guys," first-year Kansas City coach Marvin Menzies said. "I feel bad for the players just because of the lack of ability to show the progress. When you’re rebuilding a program you want to keep taking steps forward. There’s peaks and valleys in a season.
" back to the defense, back to just playing together," Epps said. "I feel like when we move the ball, play defense, when we play together, we’re just a great team."
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