Bob's buzzer beaters | 'It's a setback. We have to get healthy'

MADISON — Wisconsin erased a 12-point deficit and edged short-handed Illinois 92-90 in overtime on Saturday night, leaving the Illini to lament what might have been.

Illinois, already playing without key contributors, appeared poised for a statement win when it opened its largest lead of the night. The Badgers, however, clawed back in the closing minutes of regulation and struck in the extra period to snatch the two-point victory.

The loss drops Illinois into a deeper hole as it fights through an injury-ravaged stretch of the schedule. “It’s a setback,” an Illini spokesperson said afterward. “We have to get healthy.”

With the win, Wisconsin keeps pace in the conference race while Illinois heads home searching for available bodies and answers.