No. 11 Wisconsin visits No. 19 Illinois after Jakucionis' 20-point performance
Wisconsin Badgers (8-2, 0-1 Big Ten) at Illinois Fighting Illini (6-2, 0-1 Big Ten)
Champaign, Illinois; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 19 Illinois hosts No. 11 Wisconsin after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 20 points in Illinois' 70-66 overtime loss to the Northwestern Wildcats.
The Fighting Illini are 5-0 in home games. Illinois leads college basketball with 32.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Tomislav Ivisic averaging 7.5.
The Badgers have gone 0-1 against Big Ten opponents. Wisconsin is 7-2 against opponents over .500.
Illinois averages 86.3 points, 15.4 more per game than the 70.9 Wisconsin allows. Wisconsin has shot at a 45.4% rate from the field this season, 8.8 percentage points above the 36.6% shooting opponents of Illinois have averaged.
The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ivisic is shooting 55.2% and averaging 16.1 points for the Fighting Illini.
John Tonje is averaging 21.5 points and 5.1 rebounds for the Badgers.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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