The Illinois Fighting Illini have been going back and forth between wins and losses over the last six games. They are coming off a 91-88 loss to Rutgers. As a team, they are putting up 88.3 points and they are shooting 53.7 percent from the field, and 45 percent from the 3-point range. On the defensive end, they are giving up 70 points and their opponents are shooting 39.6 percent from the field and 29.2 percent from 3-point range.
The Illini offense is led by Ayo Dosunmu with 22.6 points and he dishes out 5.3 assists a game.

The Penn State Nittany Lions come into this game with a 3-2 record and are coming off a 62-58 loss to Michigan. The offense is led by Seth Lundy with 14.4 points a game. As a team, they are putting up 76.6 points a game and they are shooting 42.1 percent from the field and 37.7 percent from 3-point range. On the defensive end, they are giving up 69.8 points and their opponents are shooting 44.6 percent from the field and 31.7 percent from 3-point range.

Penn State simply doesn’t have the size inside to match up with the likes of Cockburn inside for Illinois. Illinois has lost a couple of close games that they feel like they should have won. I look for them to take their frustration out on an overmatched Penn St. team.

Play on Illinois.