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The Michigan State and Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball teams meet in a Big Ten Conference contest at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois, on Saturday, Feb. 15.  SCORE: Illinois leads ...

UCLA’s forward Tyler Bilodeau (34) and Illinois center Tomislav Ivisic (13) and Illinois forward Morez Johnson Jr. (21) in a NCAA basketball game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, Feb.

Bruce Thornton leaned into a jumper, sinking it from straight-on to seemingly stem yet another push from Illinois. Upon review, it was ruled a 3-pointer, pushing Ohio State’s lead to 68-63 with ...

Illinois, which has been one of the most dominant rebounding and defensive teams in college basketball this ... and Meechie Johnson Jr. (20 threes), Ohio State has four quality perimeter weapons.

If No. 18 Illinois was going to start ... But with streaking Ohio State in Champaign on Sunday, Will Riley and Morez Johnson Jr. didn't just offer a hand – they threw the Illini on their backs ...

The Illinois basketball team built a 25-point lead and led for all but 29 seconds of the game on the way to an 83-74 victory Sunday over in-state rival ... 15 for Morez Johnson Jr., 14 for ...

But Ricky Rubio ... professional basketball dreams. Illinois, of course, is reaping the benefits of that development as it prepares for Sunday’s Top 25 showdown at Michigan State.

Ohio State had some undeniable success on their own end (13 offensive rebounds), but was outrebounded 43-31 overall by Illinois. And with that showing – led by Johnson’s 15 rebounds (seven ...