How To Watch Illinois-Penn State, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Lines
Game time: 5:30 pm., CT
Where: Rec Hall, University, Pa.
TV: Big Ten Network
Betting line: Illinois -7.5
VITALS: Illinois is No. 12 in the latest AP poll, the team's 13th consecutive week inside the Top 25. The Illini are second in the Big Ten standings at 10-4, one game in the loss column behind No. 3-ranked Purdue (12-3). The Illini are one win from a fifth consecutive 20-win season under head coach Brad Underwood, which would mark the 37th 20-win season in program history. Illinois is fifth in the country in offensive efficiency (123.1), its highest ranking of the Kenpom era, ahead of the 2005 season, when the Illini's NCAA runner-up team had the nation's No. 3 offense (122.3).
PROJECTED STARTERS
FIGHTING ILLINI
G Ty Rodgers
G Terrence Shannon Jr
C Coleman Hawkins
F Marcus Domask
F Quincy Guerrier
NITTANY LIONS
F Nick Kern
F Zack Hicks
C Qudus Wahab
G Ace Baldwin
G Kanye Clary
INJUY REPORT
FIGHTING ILLINI
Amani Hansberry: Questionable - Back
NITTANY LIONS
Demetrius Lilley: Questionable - Undisclosed
QUOTABLE
Illinois forward Marcus Domask on the win against Maryland: “There’s no question everybody knows they’ve kind of had our number the past years. To come in here on the road in a hostile environment, and I know they had some stuff for their students. I know they were excited for this one but to come in here and get the win means a lot.”
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