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LIVE BLOG: FINAL: Miami (Fla.) 81, Illinois 79

Illinois (6-1) hosts Miami (4-3) for a 6 p.m. tip at State Farm Center in the first game of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Welcome once again to the State Farm Center where Illinois (6-1) will host Miami (4-3, 0-1 in ACC) for the first game of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge series.

I'm LOOKING LIVE...at the State Farm Center media room in Champaign, Ill., as we're about an hour from the opening tip.

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Game 8: Miami (Fla.) at Illinois

Date/Time/Place: Monday, Dec. 2, 2019: 6 p.m. CST, State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill.

Capacity: 16,618

Records: Miami 4-3, 0-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference; 14-18, 5-13 in ACC in 2018-19. Illinois 6-1; 12-21, 7-13 in Big Ten Conference in 2018-19.

Line: Illinois by 8.5

Series notes: Miami leads series 2-1. Illinois won the first meeting, an 86-76 win at Miami in 1969. Miami has met and defeated Illinois twice during Jim Larrañaga’s tenure. First, on March 24, 2013, the Hurricanes posted a 63-59 win in Austin, Texas, to reach the NCAA Sweet 16 for the second time. Then, exactly five years ago, on Dec. 2, 2014, Miami logged a 70-61 home victory in a matchup of top-25 teams in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

TV: ESPN2; Jason Benetti (PBP), Dan Dakich (analyst)

Radio (Illinois): Brian Barnhart (PBP), Deon Thomas (analyst) and Steve Kelly (Pre/HT/Post)» The broadcast can be heard live on TuneIn online radio, Sirius/XM 371 and at FightingIllini.com.

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Here is the league's lineup of games for tonight:

Clemson (5-2) at Minnesota (3-4) , 8 p.m. CST - ESPN2

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Uniform Update: 

Miami will be in all black tonight (jerseys and shorts) vs. Illinois.

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Illinois going with the same starting lineup as the previous seven games this season. Ayo, Frazier, Feliz, Giorgi and Kofi. 

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FIRST HALF 

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15:55 left in 1st: Miami (Fla.) 12, Illinois 5 - Illinois already has four turnovers and they've led to six Miami points. Hurricanes are currently 3 of 4 from beyond the 3-point arc. 

ILLINI TIMEOUT - 14:55 left in 1st: Miami (Fla.) 17, Illinois 7 - Underwood simply can't take much more of this. Miami is 4 of 5 from 3-point range and Ayo Dosunmu has no points. 

ILLINI TIMEOUT - 12:17 left in 1st: Miami (Fla.) 23, Illinois 7 - Hurricanes on a 20-2 run over the last 5:53. Illinois has seven points and seven turnovers. Miami shooting 8 of 11 from the field. 

ILLINI TIMEOUT - 10:19 left in 1st: Miami (Fla.) 31, Illinois 11 - Illinois can't guard Miami guard Chris Lykes. The 5-foot-7 point guard has 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field. He's just embarrassing Trent Frazier right now. 

MIAMI TIMEOUT - 7:14 left in 1st: Miami (Fla.) 35, Illinois 18 - Illini on a 7-0 run but Underwood still very displeased with the ball movement and the lack of movement without the basketball on the offensive end. Illinois' 2-3 zone has contained Miami's dribble-drive. 

ILLINI TIMEOUT - 5:20 left in 1st: Miami (Fla.) 43, Illinois 18 - Well...Brad Underwood is eventually going to run out of timeouts (he's only got one left). Miami has started this game 17 of 22 from the field and 6 of 8 from 3-point range. 

MEDIA TIMEOUT - 3:29 left in 1st: Miami (Fla.) 45, Illinois 23 - Illinois center Kofi Cockburn has nine points and one rebound. Miami guard Chris Lykes has 17 points on nine shots. 

HALFTIME - Miami (Fla.) 50, Illinois 31 - I caution to say this but...Illinois is lucky to only be down 19 after 30 minutes. Miami has five layups and 6 of 12 from 3-point range. Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu has only four points on 2 of 6 shooting. 

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15:51 left - Miami (Fla.) 62, Illinois 40 - In case you're wondering, Miami still knocking down open jump shots off curl screens. Ayo Dosunmu (2 of 7 and 4 points) is still nowhere to be found tonight. 

11:51 left - Miami (Fla.) 67, Illinois 50 - Foul trouble is the only way to stop Lykes, who now has four fouls. Cockburn has 15 points but only three rebounds. 

MIAMI TIMEOUT - 8:03 left - Miami (Fla.) 71, Illinois 58 - Illinois makes its last three field goals and Jim Larrañaga didn't think he could wait to the under-8 timeout. 

MIAMI TIMEOUT - 5:55 left - Miami (Fla.) 71, Illinois 66 - Illini on a 16-2 run over the last 5:39. 

MEDIA TIMEOUT - 3:18 left - Miami (Fla.) 80, Illinois 71 - Chris Lykes with back-to-back step-back jump shots. The Miami guard is one shy of his career-high point total.  

Illinois down one, get a stop and Ayo Dosunmu seemingly walks the ball up the floor and then gets called for a charge. That was VERY CONFUSING.