| Illinois Starters (from last game) |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
Note |
| G |
1 |
Trent Frazier |
6-1 |
170 |
Fr. |
12.3 |
1.8 |
2.9 |
19 pts vs. NEB 1/15 |
| G |
24 |
Mark Alstork |
6-5 |
190 |
Gr. |
6.4 |
3.8 |
1.9 |
SH 19 pts at Ohio State |
| G |
23 |
Aaron Jordan |
6-5 |
210 |
Jr. |
8.2 |
3.0 |
0.7 |
2nd in B1G in 3FG% (.482) |
| F |
12 |
Leron Black |
6-7 |
230 |
r-Jr. |
14.6 |
5.5 |
0.9 |
17.0 p, 8.0 r last 3 games |
| F |
11 |
Greg Eboigbodin |
6-9 |
225 |
Fr. |
2.2 |
2.6 |
0.2 |
.690 FG% in 2018 (20-29) |
| Off the Bench |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
Note |
| F |
2 |
Kipper Nichols |
6-6 |
225 |
r-So. |
9.7 |
4.3 |
0.6 |
4th in B1G in FT% (.852) |
| G |
3 |
Te'Jon Lucas |
6-1 |
180 |
So. |
5.4 |
1.9 |
3.0 |
25 steals |
| F |
4 |
Matic Vesel |
6-10 |
215 |
Fr. |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
Native of Slovenia |
| G |
10 |
Drew Cayce |
6-1 |
175 |
r-So. |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
UI walkon |
| G |
13 |
Mark Smith |
6-4 |
225 |
Fr. |
6.0 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
.809 FT% (38-47) |
| G |
20 |
Da'Monte Williams |
6-3 |
190 |
Fr. |
3.6 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
Son of UI great Frank Williams |
| G |
35 |
Samson Oladimeji |
6-4 |
200 |
So. |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
UI walkon |
| F |
43 |
Michael Finke |
6-10 |
235 |
r-Jr. |
9.6 |
4.8 |
1.1 |
Missed last 2 games (inj.) |
| 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: 121-42/.742 (5th year)
At Illinois: 12-15 (1st year)
Big Ten: 2-12
Series Notes vs. Nebraska
Record: Illinois leads 13-7
Streak: Nebraska W-1
Record in Champaign: Illinois leads 9-2
Streak in Champaign: Nebraska W-1
Last Meeting: NEB 64, ILL 63 (1/15/18 @NEB)
Underwood vs. Nebraska: 0-1
Opening Tips
• Illinois closes out the regular season with four games in eight days, beginning with Sunday afternoon's match-up against Nebraska (2:30 p.m. CT, BTN). Illinois will honor its two departing seniors in a pre-game ceremony: guards Mark Alstork and Clayton Jones.
• Illinois is forcing turnovers on 23.4 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 18.7 turnovers per game at home during conference play (131), averaging 21.7 points off opponent turnovers (152).
• 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 (.401).
• Junior Leron Black is averaging 17 points (51) and eight rebounds (24) over the last three games.
• Trent Frazier is the reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Week after averaging 19 points, 2.5 rebounds, two steals and 1.5 assists last week against Wisconsin and Penn State. Frazier scored a career-high 32 vs. the Badgers, the most points in the Big Ten by a freshman this season and third-highest total ever by an Illini freshman.
• Frazier has scored in double figures in 15 of the last 17 games, averaging 16.1 points (273) and 1.8 steals (31) while shooting 39 percent from 3-point range (41-105) over that stretch.
• Black has scored at least 12 points in nine of the last 10 games, averaging 15.2 points (152) on 63.4 percent shooting (64-101).
• Sophomore Te'Jon Lucas is averaging 8.5 points (17) on 80 percent shooting (8-10) over the last two games.
• Sophomore Kipper Nichols is averaging 14.0 points (28) over the last two games.
• Frazier is averaging 12.3 points on the season, most by an Illini freshman in the last 19 years, 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 (14.2 ppg), assists (3.6 apg), steals (1.4 spg) and 3-pointers (2.1 avg.).
