How To Watch Illinois-Purdue, Lineup, Injury Report, Betting Lines
Game time: 7:30 p.m., ET
Where: Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Ind.
TV: FS1
Betting line: Purdue -10.5
VITALS: Purdue has won three straight games in the series ... This would be the Illini's fourth win over a No. 1 team in school history. The last time it happened was a 74-72 win against Indiana in 2013 ... The Illini are coming off a 96-66 victory against Northwestern ... Purdue leads the all-time series 65-29. The Boilermakers are led by center Zach Edey, who averages 23.1 points and 10.3 rebounds ... Without guard Terrence Shannon, who is suspending indefinitely because of pending rape charges, the Illini have turned to Southern Illinois transfer Marcus Domask. He had 32 points in the Northwestern win ... Illinois is averaging 99.0 ppg (297) over the last three games.
PROJECTED STARTERS
FIGHTING ILLINI
G Ty Rodgers
G Luke Goode
C Coleman Hawkins
F Marcus Domask
F Quincy Guerrier
BOILERMAKERS
F Braylen Smith
F Trey Kaufmann-Renn
C Zach Edey
G Fletcher Loyer
G Lance Jones
INJUY REPORT
FIGHTING ILLINI
Terrence Shannon - suspension
Sencire Harris - redshirt
BOILERMAKERS
No injuries to report
QUOTABLE
Illinois coach Brad Underwood on facing top-ranked Purdue and reigning national player of the year Zach Edey: "It’s a different animal, in terms of Purdue ... “It’s such a unique situation to have a reigning national player of the year return. He’s probably more dominant than he was last year, in my opinion.”
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