More on the Illinois Victory

Mgoblue.com:

The University of Michigan women's basketball team earned a thrilling 55-52 victory over Illinois Sunday (Feb. 24) in Assembly Hall. The Wolverines (16-10, 9-7 Big Ten) erased an eight-point deficit midway through the second half behind the heroic play of junior Jessica Minnfield (Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic HS), who scored 18 of the team's final 21 points, including four free throws in the closing 20 seconds, to guide U-M to its first win over the Fighting Illini (15-12, 7-9 Big Ten) in nearly four years.

Michigan Daily:

The Michigan women's basketball team was desperate.

Without a field goal halfway through the second half, the Wolverines saw their six-point lead gradually transform into their largest deficit (eight).

But then sophomore Jessica Minnfield took the spotlight.

Scoring 18 of her 25 points in the final seven minutes of the contest, Minnfield led Michigan to an important 55-52 road victory over Illinois Sunday night.

The 25 points was a career high.

"I told Jess after the game, 'It's a good thing somebody stepped up,' " Michigan coach Kevin Borseth said.