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The Fighting Illini are about at the midpoint of the 2016-17 regular season, sitting at 11-4 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten play with a trip to No. 25 Indiana coming up this Saturday (4 pm CT on ESPNU). Here's a look at some numbers and we head into the second of the slate...

3 » Degrees Tracy Abrams and Mike Thorne Jr. will each have following this season.

4 » Consecutive Braggin' Rights wins for the Illini after this year's 75-66 victory in St. Louis on Dec. 21. Illinois leads the Braggin' Rights series over Mizzou 24-12. 

6 » Straight wins while wearing the 1989 throwback uniforms. The Illini are 6-0 in them this season. 

7 » Wins in the last eight games for the Illini. 

8 » Illinois' strength of schedule according to the NCAA (Jan. 3).

8 » National rank of the 2017 Illinois recruiting class on signing day by Scout.com. The four-man class of Jeremiah Tilmon, Trent Frazier, Javon Pickett and Da'Monte Williams was a national top-10 class and the top class in the Big Ten by Scout, ESPN and 247sports. 

15 » Rebounds pulled down by Leron Black on Jan. 1 vs. Ohio State, a new career-high. 

16 » Three-pointers made by the Illini on Nov. 15, a new State Farm Center record and tying the school record.

18.7 » Malcolm Hill's scoring average through 15 games, second-best in the Big Ten.

28 » Assists dished out in the Nov. 15 win over McKendree, the team's best mark since dishing out 28 against Michigan on Jan. 12, 2002. 

30 » Illinois' official NCAA RPI ranking (Jan. 3).

40 » Points Malcolm Hill scored on Nov. 13 vs. Northern Kentucky, tied for the fifth-best scoring performance in Illinois history and eighth-best in the NCAA this season. 

101 » Career starts for Tracy Abrams, the most on the team.

1,523 » Career points by Malcolm Hill, currently 11th on the UI all-time scoring list. With a minimum of 17 games remaining (16 regular season and at least one post season game) at his current scoring pace (18.7 ppg), Hill is on track to finish his career in the top three. Dee Brown is currently third witt 1,812 points.