Ben Humrichous scored a season-high 21 points, Morez Johnson Jr. had a career-high 20 points along with 11 rebounds and No. 13 Illinois beat Penn State 91-52 on Wednesday night for its fifth straight victory.

Illinois’ 39-point win – the largest margin of victory in a Big Ten game since 2004 – was spearheaded by an excellent defensive performance that held a potent Penn State offense (86.8 points per game entering Wednesday) to a season-low 51 points.

Penn State visits the No. 13 Illinois Fighting Illini after Nick Kern scored 21 points in the Nittany Lions' 77-71 loss to the Indiana Hoosiers. The teams play Wednesday for

Penn State. Last season, Penn State beat Illinois 90-89 on Feb. 21, 2024, at University Park, Pennsylvania. The over/under is 162.5 points. Illinois is -430 (bet $430 to win $100) to win ...

For a while, it seemed that the Illinois basketball team was on cruise control, as we were just steamrolling the competition. The Illini rattling off five strai

After its second Big Ten loss, Illinois basketball's NCAA tournament resume stabilized for March Madness. Here's a look.

But as No. 13 Illinois (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten) enters Wednesday's Big Ten game against Penn State (12-3, 2-2) in Champaign, Ill., the 6-foot-7 White has been living up to his billing as a top-40 recruit in the Class of 2022. All of his metrics are up from his freshman year at Southern California and last year at Louisville.

Nebraska broke through Penn State’s stranglehold at 133 with a surprising 14-7 win by Erie Prep grad Jacob Van Dee over Penn State’s Braeden Davis and a major decision at 149 by fourth-ranked Ridge Lovett over second-ranked Shayne Van Ness. That Lovett won wasn’t as surprising as the 10-2 score itself.

When a reporter asked head coach Tom Izzo how he felt about his team's ranking after Michigan State's latest win, he didn't mince words.

No. 12 Michigan State is heading into what will likely be its toughest conference game yet when it hosts No. 19 Illinois on Sunday.

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