It took several missed Shaun Pruitt free throws in crunch time, and a huge performance by Armon Bassett in the second overtime but Indiana found a way to pull off a huge victory Thursday night at the other Assembly Hall.

Bassett, who had five points in regulation and the first overtime combined, scored 11 points in the second overtime, including all eight of his free throws, to lift No. 14 IU to a come-from-behind 83-79 victory over the Illini.

“He hit some big shots for us but none were bigger than all of those free throws,” said IU coach Kelvin Sampson. “Last year when we won at Connecticut, Armon hit four big free throws at the end to win that game. All I can say is it was good to see him at the free throw line tonight at the end of the game.”

It was Indiana’s first victory in Champaign since 1999, and gave the Hoosiers a sweep of Illinois for the 2008 Big Ten season. It was also the fifth victory in six road games for Indiana (19-3, 8-1 Big Ten) including four of five in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers kept pace with Purdue and Wisconsin with only one Big Ten loss.

Illinois (10-14, 2-9) appeared to have the game in hand at several points. The Illini led by as many as 12 in the second half, and by three with 40.6 seconds to play in regulation. But Eric Gordon, who was limited to one point in the first half, banked in a 3-pointer from the left wing with 23.7 seconds remaining to tie the score at 63.

Eventually the Illini’s season-long inability to make free throws caught up with them. Illinois, ranked 10th in the Big Ten in foul shooting at 60 percent, missed a chance to take the lead with 4.2 seconds remaining when Pruitt missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw opportunity.

At the end of the first overtime, with the scored tied at 69, Pruitt was fouled on an inside putback by Gordon with 2.2 seconds remaining and had two shots to give Illinois the lead. But he missed both and the game went into a second OT.

“I feel bad for Shaun,” Illinois coach Bruce Weber said. “I thought he gave us pretty good effort. D.J. (White) is good and he battled him inside. And it was a shame for him and for kids that he couldn’t make one of those free throws.”

Pruitt had 13 points but was 1-of-7 from the free throw line. Illinois finished 8-of-17, 47.1 percent.

In the second overtime, Bassett hit an early 3-pointer to put IU up 74-71 with 3:33 to play, and the Hoosiers never trailed again. Illinois cut the lead to two on a couple of occasions but Bassett kept making his foul shots to keep the Illini at bay.

His two free throws with 5.2 seconds to play put the game away at 83-79. IU finished 22-of-29 from the free throw line (75.9 percent).

For the first 20 minutes, things went about as poorly as possible for Gordon.

In 17 minutes, he missed all four of his shots from the field, was the victim of an offensive foul, had two turnovers and managed one point from the foul line. Illinois fans were clearly in his head in his return game to the place where he once gave his oral commitment before changing his mind and deciding to play at Indiana.

But he bounced back to score 17 points in the second half and added a free throw in the second overtime. He finished with 19 points on just 3-of-13 shooting from the field, and 10-of-12 from the free throw line.

D.J. White had 16 points and nine rebounds and Jordan Crawford added 18 points, on 4-of-6 3-point shooting, for the Hoosiers.

Freshman Demetri McCamey kept the Illini close with a career-high 31 points. McCamey, who had scored in double figures just four times in 24 previous games this season, was 11-of-20 from the field including 7-of-13 from 3-point range.