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No. 13 Illinois beats No. 10 Gonzaga behind 35 from Brandon Paul

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By Dylan Austin, Sports Reporter - bio | email

 

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Brandon Paul scored 35 points to lead No. 13 Illinois over No. 10 Gonzaga 85-74 on Saturday in a matchup of unbeaten teams.

   Tracy Abrams added 14 points for Illinois (10-0) and new coach John Groce is off to the best debut for an Illinois coach in the team's modern history.

   Kelly Olynyk scored 16 points to lead Gonzaga (9-1).

   Myke Henry's basket gave Illinois its first lead of the game at 44-43 in the opening seconds of the second half, and the Illini pushed that to 54-49 by making all five of their field goals to open the half.

   Henry's 3-pointer gave Illinois a 59-51 lead. Two baskets by Przemek Karnowski cut Illinois' lead to 61-58.

   AP-WF-12-09-12 0535GMT

 

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