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Illinois Fighting Illini (12-4, 4-2 Big Ten) at Indiana Hoosiers (13-4, 4-2 Big Ten)
Bloomington, Indiana; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 13 Illinois visits Indiana aiming to extend its three-game road winning streak.
The Hoosiers have gone 11-0 at home. Indiana has a 13-4 record against teams above .500.
The Fighting Illini are 4-2 in Big Ten play. Illinois ranks eighth in the Big Ten scoring 34.9 points per game in the paint led by Tomislav Ivisic averaging 6.1.
Indiana’s average of 6.2 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.4 more made shots on average than the 5.8 per game Illinois allows. Illinois has shot at a 45.4% rate from the field this season, 2.7 percentage points higher than the 42.7% shooting opponents of Indiana have averaged.
The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Malik Reneau is averaging 14.1 points and 5.9 rebounds for the Hoosiers.
Kasparas Jakucionis is shooting 49.6% and averaging 16.4 points for the Fighting Illini.
LAST 10 GAMES: Hoosiers: 8-2, averaging 77.7 points, 35.4 rebounds, 16.2 assists, 5.3 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.2 points per game.
Fighting Illini: 7-3, averaging 85.6 points, 39.4 rebounds, 15.3 assists, 4.6 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.2 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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