The old saying is that it is tough to beat a team three times in one season, and Illinois should come out strong here playing with double revenge. They allowed 58% shooting and gave up a season high 93 points the last time they played Penn St.
On a neutral court look for the size of Illinois to cause problems for PSU. The Illini have plenty of bigs around the basket in Mayer, Hawkins and Dainja, and I expect them to get some easy buckets and plenty of FT's to get the win and cover here on Thursday evening.