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No. 13 Illinois (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten) is playing its best basketball of the season and riding a four-game winning streak, including a sweep of its inaugural Big Ten West Coast road trip, during which ...

Illinois was the week's biggest riser, jumping nine spots from No. 22 to No. 13 after sweeping a West Coast swing.

Illinois freshman phenom Kasparas Jakucionis arrived on campus with high expectations, even months before the start of the ...

Penn State’s men’s basketball team hits the road Wednesday night for a Big Ten Conference battle with the No. 13 Illinois ...

No. 13 Illinois basketball returns to Champaign on Wednesday to play Penn State. This will be the Illini’s first home game of ...

Starters P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown G Kylan Boswell Jr. 6-2 11.7 Champaign G Kasparas Jakucionis Fr. 6-6 16.4 Vilnius, Lithuania G Tre White Jr. 6-7 10.7 Dallas F Ben Humrichous Gr. 6-9 8.1 Tipton, ...

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Penn State Nittany Lions (12-3, 2-2 Big Ten) at Illinois Fighting Illini (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten) Champaign, Illinois; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Fighting Illini -9.5; over/under is 163.

Few sights get the pulse racing like watching Gibbs-Lawhorn spot a lane, put his head down and attack the rim, which he did to great effect against UW. He finished with eight points on 4-for-7 ...