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Tennessee Volunteers (9-0) at Illinois Fighting
Illini (7-2, 1-1 Big Ten)
Champaign, Illinois; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 Tennessee visits Illinois after Chaz Lanier
scored 22 points in Tennessee's 75-62 win over the Miami
Hurricanes.
The Fighting Illini are 6-0 on their home court. Illinois leads
the Big Ten with 31.0 defensive rebounds per game led by
Tomislav Ivisic averaging 7.6.
The Volunteers are 1-0 on the road. Tennessee averages 82.4
points while outscoring opponents by 25.2 points per game.
Illinois averages 11.3 made 3-pointers per game, 4.1 more made
shots than the 7.2 per game Tennessee allows. Tennessee averages
18.0 more points per game (82.4) than Illinois allows (64.4).
TOP PERFORMERS: Kasparas Jakucionis is scoring 15.4 points per
game and averaging 6.4 rebounds for the Fighting Illini.
Lanier is averaging 19.1 points for the Volunteers.
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