Illinois Fighting Illini @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights

18-7, 11-4 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	T
Illinois ILL	24	35	59
Rutgers RUTG	33	37	70

Rutgers Scarlet KnightsRutgersRUTG

16-9, 10-5 Big Ten

Illinois Fighting Illini

starters
Kofi CockburnK. Cockburn#21
Jacob GrandisonJ. Grandison#3
Alfonso PlummerA. Plummer#11
Da'Monte WilliamsD. Williams#20
Trent FrazierT. Frazier#1
bench
Benjamin Bosmans-VerdonkB. Bosmans-Verdonk#13
Omar PayneO. Payne#4
Luke GoodeL. Goode#10
RJ MelendezR. Melendez#15
Coleman HawkinsC. Hawkins#33
Brandin PodziemskiB. Podziemski#0
Andre CurbeloA. Curbelo#5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
33	20	8-14	0-0	4-8	10	0	2	0	0	2	8	1
21	5	2-7	1-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
23	4	2-8	0-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
29	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
37	11	4-9	3-6	0-0	4	4	1	4	0	1	3	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2
3	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	10	2-4	1-2	5-5	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	2
17	5	2-5	1-1	0-0	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	3
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	2	1-6	0-2	0-1	0	5	3	2	0	0	0	2
	59	22-58	6-23	9-16	28	15	9	8	3	8	20	16
		38%	26%	56%

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

starters
Ron Harper Jr.R. Harper Jr.#24
Clifford OmoruyiC. Omoruyi#11
Paul MulcahyP. Mulcahy#4
Caleb McConnellC. McConnell#22
Geo BakerG. Baker#0
bench
Mawot MagM. Mag#3
Dean ReiberD. Reiber#21
Aundre HyattA. Hyatt#5
Ralph Gonzales-AgeeR. Gonzales-Agee#35
Jalen MillerJ. Miller#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
36	16	6-13	2-5	2-2	8	1	3	1	0	2	6	3
28	15	7-13	0-0	1-2	13	0	1	0	2	3	10	2
36	13	6-10	1-2	0-0	3	7	4	2	0	0	3	2
33	11	4-8	1-3	2-2	7	1	2	4	0	2	5	3
35	7	2-7	0-3	3-6	1	5	2	1	0	1	0	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
13	3	1-3	0-1	1-2	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	2
2	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	70	28-59	5-15	9-14	46	14	14	9	2	14	32	16
		47%	33%	64%

Ron Harper Jr. missiles to Clifford Omoruyi for the filthy reverse jam

0:21

Ron Harper Jr. rocks the rim with powerful slam dunk

0:19

Mulcahy shows off his vision with a nice dime to Harper for a 3

0:17

Game Information

Piscataway, NJ

Referee:Bill Ek

Referee:Paul Szelc

Referee:Brooks Wells

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

Men's College Basketball News

St. John's loses Donnie Freeman to torn Achilles

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Eichorst returning to home state as new AD at Wisconsin

Shawn Eichorst is returning to his home state and heading back to the Big Ten as Wisconsin's athletic director nearly a decade after Nebraska fired him from that same position.

Men's NCAA basketball 2026-27 Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings

With minimal movement among teams in the top 25, let's look at the most impactful newcomer for every roster.

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