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Illinois Fighting Illini at Minnesota Golden Gophers

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95 - 74
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Will Riley and Kasparas Jakucionis key resurgence for No. 23 Illinois in 95-74 romp past Minnesota

Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers: Game Highlights

Tomislav Ivisic added 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Illini (16-8, 8-6 Big Ten), who lost four of their previous six games.

Femi Odukale had a season-high 22 points and Lu'Cye Patterson added 19 for the Gophers (12-12, 4-9), who got only 12 points on 4-for-14 shooting from the Big Ten's second-leading scorer Dawson Garcia.

Illnesses and injuries factored in the recent struggles for the Illini. Despite 7-foot-1 center Ivisic playing through an ankle injury suffered during a loss at Rutgers on Thursday, they were closer to full strength — and it showed. The nation's leading rebounding team had a 50-26 advantage in points in the paint.

Illinois has won eight straight in the series by an average margin of 18 points and is 38-8 against Minnesota in this century.

Takeaways Illinois: Jakucionis, the freshman standout from Lithuania, matched his career high in scoring to fuel the ninth game of 90-plus points for the Illini this season. This team is averaging 85 points per game, the highest mark since the 1988-89 team that reached the NCAA Final Four.

Minnesota: Despite hitting their first three 3-pointers for the fast start they wanted, the Gophers had nothing else to lean on when their outside shots cooled off.

Key moment After Odukale’s 3-pointer cut Minnesota’s deficit to seven, Ivisic backed Patterson into the paint and used an 11-inch height advantage for a drop-step layup with 1:45 left before halftime.

Key stat The Illini are 33-25 in Big Ten road games over the last six seasons, the best record in the conference.

Up next Illinois hosts UCLA on Tuesday. Minnesota plays at USC next Saturday.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 95 - 74
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 95 - 74
2nd 0:25 Kadyn Betts made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isaac Asuma. 95 - 74
2nd 0:36 Isaac Asuma Defensive Rebound. 95 - 71
2nd 0:39 Keaton Kutcher missed Three Point Jumper. 95 - 71

Statistics

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36-57 FG 27-66
63.2 Field Goal % 40.9
9-16 3PT 8-20
56.3 Three Point % 40.0
14-16 FT 12-14
87.5 Free Throw % 85.7
38 Rebounds 26
10 Offensive Rebounds 13
28 Defensive Rebounds 13
21 Assists 15
1 Steals 5
5 Blocks 5
6 Turnovers 3
0 Team Turnovers 1
6 Total Turnovers 3
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
3 Points Off Turnovers 10
10 Fast Break Points 3
50 Points in Paint 26
17 Fouls 15
28 Largest Lead 7

Game Information

Venue: Williams Arena

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 10,091 | Capacity:

2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Michigan State 17-3 - 30-7
Maryland 14-6 3 27-9
Michigan 14-6 3 27-10
Wisconsin 13-7 4 27-10
UCLA 13-7 4 23-11
Purdue 13-7 4 24-12
Oregon 12-8 5 25-10
Illinois 12-8 5 22-13
Indiana 10-10 7 19-13
Ohio State 9-11 8 17-15
Rutgers 8-12 9 15-17
Nebraska 7-13 10 18-14
Northwestern 7-13 10 17-16
Iowa 7-13 10 17-16
USC 7-13 10 17-17
Minnesota 7-13 10 15-17
Penn State 6-14 11 16-15
Washington 4-16 13 13-18
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