Kasparas Jakucionis helps No. 22 Illinois slip past Washington

Kasparas Jakucionis had 18 points, six assists and five rebounds as No. 22 Illinois held on to defeat Washington 81-77 on Sunday afternoon in Seattle and complete a sweep of its trip to the Pacific Northwest.Tre White had 17 points and seven rebounds and Kylan Boswell added 14 points, including two clinching free throws with six seconds left, for the Fighting Illini (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten), which has won four consecutive games, including a 109-77 victory Thursday at No. 9 Oregon.DJ Davis led the Huskies (10-5, 1-3), who were coming off a 75-69 upset of Maryland, with career highs of 31 points and seven 3-pointers. Luis Kortright scored 10, the only other Washington player to reach double-digits.Illinois shot 31 of 66 from the field (47.0 percent) despite going just 5 of 26 from 3-point range. The Huskies shot 28 of 65 (43.1 percent) and were 10 of 26 from behind the arc. The Illini had a 43-30 rebounding edge and outscored UW 52-30 in the paint.Ben Humrichous opened the second half with a 3-pointer to extend Illinois’ advantage to 14 points. The Huskies trimmed the lead to four on three occasions in the final seven minutes before Davis scored on a reverse layup with 1:01 remaining to pull Washington within 75-73.White’s errant pass led to a layup by Kortright to tie the score with 47 seconds left.Jakucionis made a left-handed driving layup with 32 seconds left to give the Illini a 77-75 lead.Illinois forced a held ball on a scramble on the floor with 14 seconds left and got possession. Jakucionis was fouled with 12 seconds to go and made both free throws to extend the lead to four.Davis made a driving layup with 6.7 seconds to go and the Huskies fouled Boswell, who made both free throws.

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