ILLINOIS AT IOWA

7:30 p.m.,
Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
Big Ten Network, WIRL-AM (1290)
ILLINOIS (14-8, 6-3) PPG RPG
ILLINI HAWKEYES
KEY F Mike Davis Jr. 6-9 10.7 8.9 KEY
Find F Bill Cole Jr. 6-9 4.0 3.1 Instead of
something C Mike Tisdale Jr. 7-1 11.8 6.1 falling behind
from Davis, G Demetri McCamey Jr. 6-3 15.1 3.0 by 14 points
who will be G D.J. Richardson Fr. 6-3 11.1 2.8 early, make
needed in IOWA (8-14, 2-7) PPG RPG the Illini work
the final for it.
stretch of Big F Aaron Fuller So. 6-6 8.3 5.2
Ten play. C Jarryd Cole Jr. 6-7 8.1 5.4
G Cully Payne Fr. 6-1 8.2 3.0
G Matt Gatens So. 6-5 12.1 4.4
G Eric May Fr. 6-5 9.3 5.1
NOTEWORTHY: Illinois leads the series 77-66 after winning nine of the last 11
meetings with the Hawkeyes. Illinois has won three of its last five games in Carver-
Hawkeye Arena. ... Illinois defeated Iowa 59-42 in the first meeting this season
after building a 17-3 lead. In its last five games, Iowa has wins over Penn State
(67-64) and Indiana (58-43) with near misses against Michigan State (70-63)
and Ohio State (65-57). ... McCamey’s average of 6.1 assists ranks 11th nation-
ally and is the highest at Illinois since Deron Williams averaged 6.8 in 2004-05.
PREDICTION: Illinois 65, Iowa 60