Game 2: ILLINOIS (1-0) vs. Georgetown (2-0)  |  Gavitt Tipoff Games
Date	Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 | 7:30 p.m. CT
Location	Champaign, Ill. | State Farm Center (15,544) | Fan Guide
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Head Coach Brad Underwood

Career Record: 124-45/.734 (6th year)
At Illinois: 15-18 (2nd year)

Series Notes vs. Georgetown

Record: Illinois leads 4-1
Streak: Illinois W-3
Record at Champaign: Illinois leads 1-0
Streak at Champaign: Illinois W-1
Last Meeting: No. 11 Illinois 58, Georgetown 48  //  Dec. 8, 2005 at Champaign
Underwood vs. Georgetown at Illinois: First meeting
Underwood vs. Georgetown All-Time: 1-0

Opening Tips

• Illinois returns to action on Tuesday night, hosting Georgetown in the annual Gavitt Tipoff Games. This is Illinois' last appearance at State Farm Center until Nov. 25. 

• U of I students have been offered free tickets to Tuesday's night's game, in conjunction with State Farm and the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics.

• Tuesday's game is just the sixth all-time meeting between Illinois and Georgetown, with the Illini victorious in four of the previous five match-ups. The teams last met on Dec. 8, 2005, as the 11th-ranked Illini defeated the Hoyas 58-48 in Champaign. Here is a quick look at Illinois' all-time series history with Georgetown:

Date – Score (Location)  //  Game Note
    » Dec. 27, 1965 – W, 96-94 (NYC Madison Square Garden)  //  Don Freeman starred with 33 points, 16 rebounds, 8 assists

    » March 18, 1994 – L, 77-84 (Oklahoma City)  //  Illini fell in NCAA Tournament First Round; Deon Thomas double-double of 19 pts, 10 reb

    » Nov. 11, 1998 – W, 65-50 (NYC Madison Square Garden)  //  Freshman Cory Bradford led way with 19 points on 6-8 FG

    » Dec. 9, 2004 – W, 74-59 (Washington D.C.)  //  No. 1 Illini improved to 8-0 behind Roger Powell's 19 points on 8-11 FG

    » Dec. 8, 2005 – W, 58-48 (Champaign)  //  Senior James Augustine had double-double with 10 points, game-high 13 rebounds

Up Next

The Illini will travel to Hawaii on Thursday in preparation for the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, Nov. 19-21 at the Lahaina Civic Center. Illinois will face No. 3 Gonzaga in the first round Nov. 19.

About the Gavitt Tipoff Games

The Gavitt Tipoff Games is an early-season series played between the Big Ten and Big East conferences and named in honor of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt, founder of the Big East and basketball visionary who had a profound and lasting influence on the sport at the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels.

Scheduled through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days in the first full week each season. The series spans eight years, with games played at home sites. Each Big East team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times. 

This is Illinois' third appearance in the Gavitt Tipoff Games. The Illini debut was a 60-59 loss at Providence on Nov. 18, 2015. Last season, the UI defeated DePaul at State Farm Center, 82-73 (Nov. 17, 2017).

Notes from the Win over Evansville

• Illinois opened its 114th season of men's basketball with a 99-60 route over Evansville, improving to 100-14 (.877) all-time in season openers.

• The Illini also improved to 34-2 all-time (.944) when starting the season at State Farm Center, which includes an active streak of 22 straight wins when opening the year at SFC.

• Illinois' 99 points was its highest output since last year's season opener against Southern, a 102-55 win.

• The Illini shot 56.3 percent for the game (40-71) and a sizzling 69 percent in the second half (20-29). 

• The shooting performance was Illinois' best since a season-high 56.9 percent vs. Rutgers (Jan. 30, 2018). 

• Illinois held a halftime lead of 31 points (53-22), its largest since 36 vs. Kennessaw State on Dec. 27, 2014.

• The Illini used three separate runs of 10-plus points to break the game open in the first half:
      » 10-0 from 17:03-13:30 to go from trailing 8-7 to leading 17-8
      » 13-0 from 11:02-8:09 to go from leading 22-14 to leading 35-14
      » 12-0 from 7:53-4:22 that took the score from 35-16 to 47-16
      » In all, Illinois went on a 40-8 run during that time span.

• Illinois forced 26 turnovers, its most forced since Augustana had 29 last season (Nov. 22, 2017)

• Illinois converted 32 points off Evansville's turnovers, its most since registering 37 points off Rutgers' 25 turnovers last season (Jan. 30, 2018).

• True-freshmen Ayo Dosunmu and Giorgi Bezhanishvili were in the starting lineup. The last time Illinois had multiple freshman start a season opener was on Nov. 13, 2015. 

• Dosunmu became the first player born after Jan. 1, 2000 to score in Illinois program history.

• Making his Illinois debut, Dosunmu scored 18 points, the most by an Illini in a freshman debut in nine years, since Brandon Paul scored 22 vs. SIU Edwardsville (Nov. 13, 2009).

• Five players scored in double figures – Aaron Jordan (19), Dosunmu (18), Andres Feliz (16), Kipper Nichols (13) and Trent Frazier (10).

• Jordan set a career high with five 3-pointers.

• Six players made their Fighting Illini debuts – juniors Andres Feliz and Tyler Underwood, sophomore Zach Griffith, and freshmen Giorgi Bezhanishvili, Ayo Dosunmu and Tevian Jones. 

» Complete Illinois-Georgetown Game Notes