| Illinois Starters (from last game) |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
Note |
| G |
1 |
Trent Frazier |
6-1 |
170 |
Fr. |
12.5 |
1.7 |
2.8 |
CH 32 pts vs. WIS |
| G |
24 |
Mark Alstork |
6-5 |
190 |
Gr. |
6.8 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
SH 19 pts at Ohio State |
| F |
2 |
Kipper Nichols |
6-6 |
225 |
r-So. |
9.3 |
4.3 |
0.6 |
13.4 ppg over last 5 |
| F |
12 |
Leron Black |
6-7 |
230 |
r-Jr. |
14.3 |
5.4 |
0.9 |
Double-double vs. WIS |
| F |
43 |
Michael Finke |
6-10 |
235 |
r-Jr. |
9.6 |
4.8 |
1.1 |
Team-high 51 Off. Rebs. |
| Off the Bench |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
Note |
| G |
3 |
Te'Jon Lucas |
6-1 |
180 |
So. |
5.1 |
2.0 |
3.1 |
24 steals |
| F |
4 |
Matic Vesel |
6-10 |
215 |
Fr. |
0.3 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
Native of Slovenia |
| G |
10 |
Drew Cayce |
6-1 |
175 |
r-So. |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
UI walkon |
| F |
11 |
Greg Eboigbodin |
6-9 |
225 |
Fr. |
2.2 |
2.4 |
0.2 |
19-26 FG last 10 gms (.731) |
| G |
13 |
Mark Smith |
6-4 |
225 |
Fr. |
6.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
.826 FT% (38-46) |
| G |
20 |
Da'Monte Williams |
6-3 |
190 |
Fr. |
3.7 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
Son of UI great Frank Williams |
| G |
23 |
Aaron Jordan |
6-5 |
210 |
Jr. |
8.6 |
3.2 |
0.7 |
2nd in B1G in 3FG% (.506) |
| G |
35 |
Samson Oladimeji |
6-4 |
200 |
So. |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
UI walkon |
| F |
45 |
Cameron Liss |
6-6 |
220 |
r-Jr. |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
B1G Distinguished Scholar |
| Sitting Out (*2016-17 Stats listed) |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
Note |
| G |
32 |
Tyler Underwood |
6-1 |
165 |
r-So. |
0.6* |
0.2* |
0.1* |
Sitting out season (transfer) |
| G |
41 |
Clayton Jones |
6-0 |
170 |
r-Sr. |
0.4* |
0.0* |
0.0* |
Recovering from torn ACL |
Career Record: 121-40/.752 (5th year)
At Illinois: 12-13 (1st year)
Big Ten: 2-10
Series Notes vs. Penn State
Record: Illinois leads 28-16
Streak: Penn State W-3
Record in Champaign: Illinois leads 14-6
Streak in Champaign: Penn State W-1
Last Year's Meetings: PSU 71, ILL 67 (1/28/17 @PSU) // PSU 83, ILL 70 (2/11/17 @ILL)
Underwood vs. Penn State: First meeting
Opening Tips
• Illinois concludes its stretch of five out of six games at home, hosting Penn State on Sunday (6 p.m. CT, BTN).
• Illinois is forcing turnovers on 23.6 percent of opponent possessions during Big Ten play, the highest rate recorded by a conference team over the last nine years (Northwestern, 24.1, 2009).
• Illinois' defense is forcing 20 turnovers per game at home during conference play (120), averaging 23.7 points off opponent turnovers (142).
• Illinois leads the Big Ten in percentage of minutes played by newcomers (.484) and ranks second in the league behind Nebraska in percentage of points scored by newcomers (.411).
• Illinois has led during the second half in 10 of its 13 losses, including seven times in 10 Big Ten losses.
• Trent Frazier is coming off one of the best performances by a freshman in school history. Frazier scored a career-high 32 vs. Wisconsin, the most points in the Big Ten this season by a freshman and the third-highest total ever by an Illini freshman. Frazier made seven 3-pointers on the night, equaling the most by a UI freshman and one shy of the overall school record. It was the second time that Frazier has made seven treys in a game (Iowa on Jan. 11), joining Kevin Turner (1997-98) as the only Illini ever with two 7+ three-pointer games in a season.
• Frazier has scored in double figures in 14 of the last 15 games, averaging 17.0 points (255) and 1.7 steals (26) while shooting 41.9 percent from 3-point range (39-93) over that stretch.
• Frazier is averaging 12.5 points on the season, the highest scoring average by an Illini freshman since Cory Bradford averaged 15.4 points as a redshirt freshman in 1998-99.
• During conference play, Frazier leads all Big Ten freshmen in scoring (15.1 ppg), assists (3.8 apg), steals (1.2 spg) and 3-pointers (2.3 avg.).
• Junior Leron Black has scored at least 12 points in seven of the last eight games, averaging 14.3 points (114) on 63.3 percent shooting (50-79).
