AMER -0.0 o0.0
0.0 u0.0
LIVE 17:18 1st Nov 23
WOF 4 3.5 o150.5
MILW 4 -3.5 u150.5
LIVE 18:20 1st Nov 23
LEM 2 11.5 o151.5
AMCC 3 -11.5 u151.5
LIVE 10:06 2nd Nov 23
FRES 49 3.5 o140.5
LBSU 56 -3.5 u140.5
CCU -3.0 o135.0
AAMU 3.0 u135.0
LIVE 16:46 1st Nov 23
NORAL 2 -9.5 o146.0
ULM 2 9.5 u146.0
LIVE 06:07 2nd Nov 23
NIU 40 17.5 o143.0
DEP 81 -17.5 u143.0
LIVE 14:08 2nd Nov 23
MASS 47 -2.0 o148.0
TEM 58 2.0 u148.0
LIVE 18:00 1st Nov 23
IDHO 2 2.5 o145.5
SUU 2 -2.5 u145.5
LIVE Halftime Nov 23
ULL 30 6.5 o152.0
GW 35 -6.5 u152.0
LIVE Halftime Nov 23
UCSD 34 1.0 o155.0
TOL 25 -1.0 u155.0
LIVE 07:17 1st Nov 23
TLSA 13 9.5 o146.5
L-IL 19 -9.5 u146.5
LIVE 17:42 1st Nov 23
SCUS 6 3.0 o155.5
QNC 2 -3.0 u155.5
ALST -2.0 o149.0
LAM 2.0 u149.0
RID 4.5 o142.0
BUCK -4.5 u142.0
NMSU 11.5 o141.0
UNLV -11.5 u141.0
KENT -2.5 o135.0
CLEVST 2.5 u135.0
STAMB -0.0 o0.0
SIUE 0.0 u0.0
YSU 3.0 o128.5
SFA -3.0 u128.5
STON 11.0 o153.0
CLMB -11.0 u153.0
PV 19.5 o160.0
UNCO -19.5 u160.0
CP 20.5 o148.0
SMC -20.5 u148.0
EWU 6.5 o151.5
CALBA -6.5 u151.5
MVSU 45.0 o144.0
BYU -45.0 u144.0
STAN -1.0 o147.5
SCU 1.0 u147.5
Final Nov 23
UNC 87 -15.5 o153.0
HAW 69 15.5 u153.0
Final Nov 23
UGA 69 5.5 o150.5
MARQ 80 -5.5 u150.5
Final Nov 23
LAS 92 -11.0 o146.5
STET 77 11.0 u146.5
Final OT Nov 23
CSB 73 1.5 o142.5
FIU 76 -1.5 u142.5
Final Nov 23
MRSH 45 20.0 o150.0
PUR 80 -20.0 u150.0
Final Nov 23
DEL 71 6.5 o139.5
UVM 75 -6.5 u139.5
Final Nov 23
BU 75 2.0 o144.5
UMBC 71 -2.0 u144.5
Final Nov 23
PRE 71 -2.0 o139.0
MONM 61 2.0 u139.0
Final Nov 23
UWG 54 14.5 o154.0
GASO 64 -14.5 u154.0
Final Nov 23
SFPA 65 21.0 o144.5
GTWN 82 -21.0 u144.5
Final Nov 23
LIU 79 14.0 o138.0
CHAR 76 -14.0 u138.0
Final Nov 23
KC 65 -2.0 o143.0
ALBY 67 2.0 u143.0
Final Nov 23
BRWN 83 -8.5 o143.0
CAN 76 8.5 u143.0
Final Nov 23
QUIN 70 5.5 o153.0
UMASS 80 -5.5 u153.0
Final Nov 23
KTYST 59 -0.0 o0.0
NKU 85 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 23
PRST 65 2.5 o152.5
STT 91 -2.5 u152.5
Final Nov 23
UIC 55 2.0 o149.5
ECU 72 -2.0 u149.5
Final Nov 23
NE 59 2.0 o135.0
FGCU 55 -2.0 u135.0
Final Nov 23
FUR 67 -9.0 o147.5
CHSO 46 9.0 u147.5
Final Nov 23
UNH 49 12.5 o138.5
MRST 54 -12.5 u138.5
Final Nov 23
FERR 55
GMU 100
Final Nov 23
CIN 81 -7.0 o149.5
GT 58 7.0 u149.5
Final Nov 23
SCST 72 -4.5 o142.5
INDPU 62 4.5 u142.5
Final Nov 23
FAIR 66 10.5 o139.0
YALE 91 -10.5 u139.0
Final Nov 23
BGSU 68 -4.5 o146.5
BELL 80 4.5 u146.5
Final Nov 23
UAB 83 -7.0 o145.0
ILST 84 7.0 u145.0
Final Nov 23
JMU 71 -3.0 o140.0
JVST 65 3.0 u140.0
Final Nov 23
AMER 73 -0.0 o0.0
56 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 23
UMES 40 36.0 o154.0
ILL 87 -36.0 u154.0
Final Nov 23
DSU 66 8.0 o139.5
MSM 76 -8.0 u139.5
Final Nov 23
SPRI 46 -0.0 o0.0
WAG 81 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 23
NEOM 84 11.5 o149.0
AKR 92 -11.5 u149.0
Final Nov 23
DETU 57 24.0 o141.0
WAKE 67 -24.0 u141.0
SIU Edwardsville 0th Ohio Valley4-3
Illinois 0th Big Ten4-1

SIU Edwardsville @ Illinois preview

State Farm Center

Last Meeting ( Nov 14, 2011 ) SIU Edwardsville 46, Illinois 66

Prior to Illinois' nonconference game against visiting SIU Edwardsville game on Friday night, the Fighting Illini will have a ring ceremony to celebrate last season's team, which won the Big Ten tournament and earned the program's first Elite Eight berth since 2005.

Though those achievements are just eight months in the rearview mirror, it might as well be eight years in terms of roster continuity. Illinois head coach Brad Underwood retained just two scholarship players from last season's 29-9 squad.

And when Illinois (1-0) revealed before the opener Monday that junior Ty Rodgers will redshirt this season -- presumably to be followed by an offseason transfer -- sophomore guard Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn is the only active scholarship link to last season.

Gibbs-Lawhorn got his sophomore year off to a flying start with a career-high 21 points in 21 minutes off the bench Monday against Eastern Illinois. He shot efficiently (4 of 8 on 3-pointers, 7 of 8 at the line) and performed well defensively -- as indicated by his team-high plus-31 showing.

But Illinois fans will recall Gibbs-Lawhorn put up 18 points in 20 minutes during last year's season-opening win over Eastern Illinois. And they know the 6-foot-1 Indiana native came to Illinois as an offense-first shooting guard but never reached double digits again last season. So what's different this year?

"The problem we had with Dravyn (last year) was his hands," Underwood said. "He was reaching. He was in foul trouble. On a team that didn't foul very much, he was hurting our team with his fouls. He was trying to be physical, but he was almost trying too hard.

"But then something clicked later in the season. He started to believe in (his work in) the weight room. He could chest people and not have to reach. And then he has continued that (this year). He's very strong. He's anticipating better. He understands coverages better. That freshman-to-sophomore thing (for him) is very true as well."

Gibbs-Lawhorn figures to be one of Illinois' first two players off the bench Friday at SIU Edwardsville (1-1), which wraps up perhaps the toughest two-game stretch in school history -- or at least since the Cougars upgraded to Division I in 2008.

SIU Edwardsville lost 80-61 on Wednesday night at No. 17 Indiana, and that didn't allow for much chance to prepare for the Fighting Illini, who fell just outside the preseason AP Top 25 poll.

"They were in that (Indiana) thing until midway through the second half," Underwood said. "Extremely well-coached. They have legit size. They have a great guard."

That great guard -- 6-foot-1 senior Ray'Sean Taylor -- produced a team-high 17 points Wednesday at Indiana, but he needed 22 shots to get it done. Gibbs-Lawhorn could be asked to spend most of his time stopping Taylor.

The Cougars trailed 27-20 in the first half before scoring seven straight points, the final three on a trey by Taylor. Indiana answered with a 3-pointer, however, and never trailed again.

SIU Edwardsville coach Brian Barone said his team "made enough plays to put ourselves in position to take the turn to get to the next step to hopefully win the game, and unfortunately, we didn't make that second or third one that we needed to make. We didn't shoot great tonight."

The Cougars shot just 35.2 percent from the field and 5 of 26 from long range.

--Field Level Media

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