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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. --Â Terrence Shannon Jr. recorded a team-high 20 points and three steals in Illinois' 93-81 defeat to Penn State on the road. Five different Illini finished in double figures.
Ty Rodgers finished with a career-high 11 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds off the bench, his fourth straight outing with at least six boards in his last four games. His four offensive rebounds ties his second-most in a conference game this season.
Jayden Epps and Coleman Hawkins each registered 12 points, while Mayer added 11 points and seven rebounds.
Illinois (17-8, 8-6) will take No. 14 Indiana (18-7, 9-5) in Bloomington this weekend, with tipoff set for Saturday at 11 a.m. CT.
POSTGAME NOTES
TEAM NOTES
- Had five players score in double-digits for the first time since Jan. 10 at Nebraska.
- Have had at least three players score in double-figures in four-straight games.
- Illinois out-rebounded Penn State 32-30, which included a 7-3 advantage on the offensive glass.
- Scored 11 second-chance points.
- The Illini had a 38-30 advantage in points in the paint.
- Illinois assisted on 13 of their 29 field goals.
PLAYER NOTES
- Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 20 points, tallied three rebounds and four assists.
- Had his eighth 20-point game of the season.
- First since Jan. 19 vs. Indiana.
- Has four assists in two of his last three.
- Coleman Hawkins scored 12 points and tallied five rebounds.
- Has scored in double-digits in back-to-back games for the first time since doing so on Jan. 7 and Jan. 10.
- Has double-digit scoring efforts in three of his last four.
- Matthew Mayer scored 11 points on 3-for-6 shooting, including 2-for-5 behind the arc.
- Grabbed seven rebounds. Has back-to-back games with at least seven boards.
- Freshman Ty Rodgers scored a career-high 11 points and added eight rebounds.
- Set his new career-high mark in the first half with 10 points. Went 5-for-5 from the floor.
- Has scored six points or more three times in his last four games.
- Has grabbed at least six boards in four-straight games.
- Freshman Jayden Epps scored 12 points.
- Has scored in double-digits in five of his six starts in Big Ten play.
