Taylor and Syracuse host No. 16 Illinois

Syracuse Orange (3-3) at Illinois Fighting Illini (5-1)

Champaign, Illinois; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Syracuse takes on the No. 16 Illinois Fighting Illini after Justin Taylor scored 25 points in Syracuse's 73-72 loss to the Bryant Bulldogs.

The Fighting Illini have gone 4-0 at home. Illinois averages 84.7 points while outscoring opponents by 23.2 points per game.

The Orange have gone 0-0 away from home. Syracuse ranks eighth in the ACC shooting 33.0% from 3-point range.

TOP PERFORMERS: Terrence Shannon Jr. is scoring 20.3 points per game and averaging 6.2 rebounds for the Fighting Illini. Jayden Epps is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers for Illinois.

Judah Mintz is scoring 16.2 points per game and averaging 2.0 rebounds for the Orange. Joseph Girard III is averaging 15.7 points for Syracuse.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.