- No. 3 Illinois hosts Penn Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8:30 p.m. ET at the State Farm Center.
- Penn’s 6‑ft‑9 leading scorer (16.4 ppg, 7.6 rpg last season) can shoot 43.2% from three — his outside game is the matchup to watch.
- Illinois will be without David Mirkovic (emergency appendectomy); expect Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivisic to patrol the paint while Illinois’ 6‑7 newcomer from Providence could see extra shot volume.
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