Game 7: ILLINOIS (5-1) vs. Lindenwood (3-1)
Date	Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 | 7 p.m. CT
Location	Champaign, Ill. | State Farm Center (15,544) | Fan Guide
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Head Coach Brad Underwood

Career Record: 140-67 (.676), 7th year
At Illinois: 31-40 (.437), 3rd year

Series Notes vs. Lindenwood

Record: First meeting
Underwood vs. Lindenwood: First meeting

Opening Tips

• Illinois enters the fourth game of its five-game home stand and wraps up a stretch of four games in nine days on Tuesday night, hosting Lindenwood (7 p.m. CT, BTN+).

• Kofi Cockburn is the Big Ten's Player and Freshman of the Week, sweeping both league awards.

• Illinois plays four of its next five games at State Farm Center, and five of the next seven to close out 2019.

• Illinois' 120 points and 45 field goals in Saturday's rout of Hampton were its most in 26 years.

• Illinois leads the nation in offensive rebound percentage (46.6%) and ranks second in the NCAA in rebound margin (+18.5) behind only North Carolina.

• Illinois is currently 14th in the nation in defensive free throw rate (18.2) and 55th in free throw rate (40.5). These are dramatic early-season improvements compared to last year, when the Illini ranked 338th in defensive free throw rate (42.4) and 272nd in free throw rate (29.5).

• Cockburn is one of four players nationally to record five double-doubles.

• Cockburn is the No. 4 rebounder in the NCAA, and tops among freshmen, averaging 12.7 rpg. Of the 35 NCAA players currently averaging double-digit rebounds, he is the lone freshman.  

• Giorgi Bezhanishvili is averaging 13.3 points (40), 7.7 rebounds (23) and 3.0 assists (9) over the last three games

Streaming Information

Tuesday's game vs. Lindenwood will be streamed live via BTN+. Fans can watch the game online at btnplus.com or via the BTN+ app by purchasing a subscription to BTN+, a direct-to-consumer video streaming subscription service offered by the Big Ten Network. Fans that sign up for the "Illinois School Pass" can get the men's basketball game scheduled for BTN+ for a one-month subscription of $9.95 that also includes access to other Illinois events, including live volleyball matches and women's basketball games, as well as football game replays. 

A total of four Illinois men's basketball games are being streamed exclusively via BTN+ this season, all in the month of November: Lewis (Nov. 1), Nicholls State (Nov. 5), Hampton (Nov. 23) and Lindenwood (Nov. 26).

Cockburn Sweeps Weekly Big Ten Awards

Kofi Cockburn is the reigning Big Ten Player of the Week and Big Ten Freshman of the Week. He takes home both honors after registering three double-doubles in three Illini wins last week, averaging 17.7 points and 14.7 rebounds while shooting nearly 58% from the field. 

He is the first player to sweep the league's weekly player and freshman award since Nick Ward of Michigan State on Feb. 27, 2017. 

Cockburn opened the week with a team-high 15 points and game-high 14 rebounds vs. Hawaii. 

He next set the Illini freshman single-game rebounding record vs. The Citadel, grabbing a career-high 17 boards to go along with a team-high 18 points. Along with it being the most rebounds ever by a UI freshman, his 17 boards also marked the highest rebounding total by an Illini in the last 10 years.

Cockburn then recorded his second 20-point game of the season, scoring a team-high 20 points to go along with a game-high 13 rebounds vs. Hampton. Cockburn made 8-of-10 shots, the best FG percentage by an Illini on the young season, and all four free throw attempts. 

Illini Notables

• The Illini are 5-0 this season, and 25-2 in the Underwood era, when shooting better than the opponent.

• Illinois is the only Big Ten team with three players averaging at least 15 points. 

• Illinois has outrebounded five of its six opponents by double digits and has totaled more than 50 rebounds in three games. 

• Illinois has made 36 more free throws (107) than its opponents have attempted (71). The Illini are currently outscoring foes by an average of 9.8 points per game at the free throw line. 

• Kofi Cockburn is the Illini's top scorer at 15.8 ppg (seventh in Big Ten), the second straight season that a freshman leads the Illini in scoring. 

• Cockburn leads the NCAA in offensive rebounds with 4.8 per game.

• Cockburn ranks second nationally in offensive rebound percentage (22.0%) and 21st in defensive rebound percentage (31.0%).

• Cockburn is 28th nationally in fouls drawn per 40 minutes (7.4).

• Cockburn leads the Big Ten and ranks 37th in the NCAA in free throw attempts (38).

• Andres Feliz has netted double figures in four of six games and is second on the team in scoring (12th in Big Ten), averaging 15.2 points.

• Feliz leads the league and ranks 28th in the NCAA in free throws made with 30 while shooting 81.1% at the line (30-37, ninth in B1G).

• The 6-foot, 2-inch Feliz is eighth in the Big Ten in defensive rebounding (6.2 rpg).

• Ayo Dosunmu is third on the team and 13th in the Big Ten in scoring at 15.0 ppg, reaching double digits in four of six games.

• Dosunmu is averaging 16.5 points, meanwhile, in four home games (66).

• Dosunmu is shooting 56.6% on 2-pointers (30-53) while Feliz is connecting on 54.7% of his 2s (29-53).

• Giorgi Bezhanishvili is 5-8 from 3-point range through six games (62.5%) after going 5-30 from behind the arc as a freshman (16.7%).

• After starting the year 0-7 on 3-pointers, Trent Frazier is shooting 53.8% from 3-point range (7-13) over the last four games.

• Frazier ranks eighth in the Big Ten in free throw shooting at 84.2% (16-19).

• Frazier has dished out a season-high five assists in each of the last two games.

• Alan Griffin has collected 12 of his 25 rebounds on the offensive end.

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