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Stojakovic and No. 8 Illinois host LIU
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Long Island Sharks (3-2) at Illinois Fighting Illini (4-1)
Champaign, Illinois; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Illinois faces LIU after Andrej Stojakovic scored 26 points in Illinois’ 90-86 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide.
The Fighting Illini have gone 4-0 in home games. Illinois leads the Big Ten in rebounding, averaging 43.8 boards. David Mirkovic leads the Fighting Illini with 12.0 rebounds.
The Sharks are 2-2 on the road. LIU allows 79.8 points to opponents and has been outscored by 4.2 points per game.
Illinois makes 47.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.1 percentage points higher than LIU has allowed to its opponents (45.7%). LIU has shot at a 47.9% clip from the field this season, 7.4 percentage points greater than the 40.5% shooting opponents of Illinois have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kylan Boswell is scoring 19.2 points per game and averaging 5.0 rebounds for the Fighting Illini. Ben Humrichous is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers.
Jamal Fuller is averaging 16.5 points for the Sharks. Greg Gordon is averaging 14.0 points.
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