
Illinois Fighting Illini at Minnesota Golden Gophers
· NCAA Men's BasketballWill Riley and Kasparas Jakucionis key resurgence for No. 23 Illinois in 95-74 romp past Minnesota

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.
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.
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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
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 |