Game 8 preview | No. 19 Illinois at Northwestern; 8 p.m., Friday

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Dec. 6—Starters

P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown

G Kylan Boswell Jr. 6-2 9.4 Champaign

G Kasparas Jakucionis Fr. 6-6 13.6 Vilnius, Lithuania

G Tre White Jr. 6-7 7.6 Dallas

F Ben Humrichous Gr. 6-9 10.1 Tipton, Ind.

C Tomislav Ivisic Fr. 7-1 16.3 Vodice, Croatia

FYI: Jakucionis’ six assists per game have the Illinois guard tied for fifth in the Big Ten with Minnesota guard Mike Mitchell Jr., who hasn’t played since Nov. 9 with an ankle injury. That leaves Jakucionis tied for 21st nationally in assists per game with Utah’s Miro Little and Murray State’s JaCobi Wood but tops among freshmen nationally.

Off the bench

P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown

F Will Riley Fr. 6-8 15.4 Kitchener, Ontario

G Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn So. 6-1 7.3 Lafayette, Ind.

F Morez Johnson Jr. Fr. 6-9 5.4 Chicago

Starters

P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown

G Ty Berry Gr. 6-3 7.7 Newton, Kan.

G Jalen Leach Gr. 6-4 14.1 Nyack, N.Y.

G Brooks Barnhizer Sr. 6-6 20.2 Lafayette, Ind.

F Nick Martinelli Jr. 6-7 20.1 Glenview

C Matthew Nicholson Gr. 7-0 4.6 Clarkston, Mich.

FYI: Barnhizer, who missed Northwestern’s first four games with a foot injury, and Martinelli are the only teammates in the country scoring at least 20 points per game this season. They are not, however, the highest scoring duo in the Big Ten. That honor goes to Rutgers freshmen Dylan Harper (23.8 ppg) and Ace Bailey (18.8 ppg).

Off the bench

P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown

F Luke Hunger R-So. 6-10 4.9 Montreal

G Justin Mullins Jr. 6-6 3.2 Oak Park

G Angelo Ciaravino Fr. 6-6 3.3 Chicago

Site: Welsh-Ryan Arena (7,039), Evanston.

Radio: Brian Barnhart (play-by-play) and former Illini Doug Altenberger (analysis) will have the call on the Illini Sports Network on WDWS 1400-AM, WDWS 93.9-FM, WHMS 97.5-FM, WPXN 104.9-FM, WDAN-1490-AM, WDNL 102.1-FM, WSOY 1340-AM and WSOY 103.3-FM.

TV: Kevin Kugler (play-by-play) and Robbie Hummel (analysis) have the call on BTN.

Series: Illinois leads 144-44.

Last meeting: Northwestern won 96-91 in overtime on Jan. 24 in Evanston.

FYI: While Illinois has won 10 of its…

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Author : The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.

Publish date : 2024-12-06 15:48:00

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