#12 ILLINOIS (12-5, 8-3) vs. #19 Wisconsin (14-5, 8-4)
Date | Time	Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 | 1:30 p.m. CT
Location	Champaign, Ill. | State Farm Center
Television	FOX (Kevin Kugler & Donny Marshall)
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Head Coach Brad Underwood

Career Record: 168-81 (.675), 8th year
At Illinois: 59-54 (.522), 4th year

Series Notes vs. Wisconsin

Record: Illinois leads 111-89
Streak: Illinois W-1
Record at Champaign: Illinois leads 68-28
Streak at Champaign: Wisconsin W-7
Last Year's Meeting: ILL 71, WIS 70 (1/8/20 @WIS)
Underwood vs. Wisconsin: 1-4

Opening Tips

• Coming off an overtime victory at Indiana, Illinois carries a three-game winning streak into Saturday's home match-up with No. 19 Wisconsin (1:30 p.m. CT, FOX).

• Illinois' victory at Indiana marked its fifth Quad 1 win of the season, and third-straight road win.

• Illinois has lost seven straight to Wisconsin at State Farm Center, looking for its first home win in the series since 2011. 

• Illinois defeated Wisconsin in Madison last year in the only meeting between the teams, as the Illini snapped a 15-game losing streak to the Badgers. 

• Illinois is 2-3 in top-25 match-ups this season, 96-93 all-time, and 36-11 at State Farm Center.  

• Illinois is fifth in the latest kenpom team rankings. That is the program's highest rating since the 2005 NCAA Runner-Up squad was second.

• Leading the Illini is reigning Big Ten Player of the Week and first-team All-America contender Ayo Dosunmu. Owning numbers of 21.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game, Dosunmu is one of only two players nationally averaging at least 20 points, six rebounds and four assists (Cameron Shelton, Northern Arizona).

• Dosunmu is on pace to become just the third Big Ten player since 1993 to average 20 points, six rebounds and four assists, joining two Conference Players of the Year in Indiana's Brian Evans (1995-96) and Ohio State's Evan Turner (2009-10). 

• Kofi Cockburn leads the NCAA with 12 double-doubles this season. He has posted double-doubles in nine of 11 Big Ten games, averaging 18.4 points and 11.0 rebounds during league play. 

• At 16.8 ppg and 10.2 rpg, Cockburn is one of 19 players nationally – and one of just three from the high-major conferences – currently averaging a double-double. He is on pace to become the first Illini player since Nick Weatherspoon in 1973 (25.0 ppg, 12.3 rpg) to average a double-double for an entire season.

• Trent Frazier has been on fire the last three games, averaging 18.7 points (56) and shooting 44% from 3-point range (11-25) while making an average of 3.7 treys.

• Freshman Andre Curbelo ranks second in the Big Ten in assists during league play at 5.5 apg. He is averaging 4.6 assists on the season, currently ranking fourth on the school's all-time freshman assists chart behind legendary Illini point guards Bruce Douglas, Derek Harper and Dee Brown.

• Curbelo is averaging 10.0 points (20), 4.5 rebounds (9) and 6.0 assists (12) over the last two games.

• Jacob Grandison has scored 27 points over the last four games (6.8 ppg) after totaling 29 points through this season's first 13 games (2.2 ppg). 

• Da'Monte Williams leads the nation in 3-point shooting (min. 30 attempts), connecting on 22-of-37 for 59.5%.

• Since scoring a season-low 63 points in the Maryland loss, Illinois is averaging 78.8 points over the last four games (315).

• Illinois has held seven of its last eight opponents to less than 44% shooting. Since the loss to Ohio State, Illini foes are shooting a combined 39.4% over the last three games (74-188).

• Illinois is 10-0 this season when holding teams to less than 45% shooting.

• Illinois is 10-0 when shooting more free throws than its opponent, compared to 2-5 in games where it gets to the foul line less than the opposition.

Illinois Athletics Celebrates 25 Years with Nike

To commemorate Illinois' 25-year partnership with Nike, fans can purchase limited edition Illinois Basketball Silver Anniversary Nike shirts. Offerings include a white long sleeve and an orange short sleeve DRI-FIT style shirt. For the first time, these officially licensed designs will feature silver lettering to highlight the anniversary, with 25 silver stars ringing the Block I in the center of the shirts. Shirts are on sale through the official online store at FightingIllini.com. In addition, the product can be found at other area retailers, including Gameday Spirit Fan Store in Champaign.

Illinois will wear the long sleeve shirts during Saturday's pre-game warm-ups. In addition, members of the Illini coaching staff will be wearing a specially-designed Nike Internationalist shoe featuring orange and blue with a silver swoosh. In a way for Fighting Illini fans to be a part of the anniversary, 10 sets of the staff shoes will be auctioned off on Fightingillini.com.

Notes from the Last Time Out

• Illinois won its third-straight game, fighting back from a six-point deficit with five minutes left to defeat Indiana in overtime, 75-71, on Tuesday night. Box Score

• Illinois snapped a seven-game skid at Indiana, winning in Bloomington for the first time since 2010. 

• Illinois won its third-straight game over Indiana. 

• Illinois won its fourth-straight overtime game during the Underwood era.

• Illinois has now won three straight Big Ten road games (at Penn State-Dec. 23, at Northwestern-Jan. 7, at Indiana-Feb. 2). This is the second year in a row that the Illini have put together a three-game road winning streak during league play.

• Kofi Cockburn had his NCAA-leading 12th double-double of the season, totaling 16 points and 10 boards.

• Trent Frazier had another big performance, scoring a game-high 19 points on 5-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-9 from 3-point range.

• Frazier scored 11 straight points for the Illini from 4:59 left in regulation through 3:27 remaining in OT. 

• Frazier started his late scoring spree with back-to-back 3-pointers that pulled the Illini from a 64-58 deficit into a 64-all tie, then was fouled on a 3-point attempt and hit two free throws to put the Illini ahead 66-64. He hit a pair of free throws with 42 seconds left in regulation to put the Illini up 68-66, and opened the overtime scoring with a free throw to give the Illini a 69-68 lead.

• Andre Curbelo had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, highlighted by a right-hand bounce pass through the lane to a rolling Cockburn for a dunk to put the Illini up 72-68 with 20 seconds left in OT.

• Illinois had only 10 turnovers, tied for the Illini's second fewest this season (9 vs. Maryland, Jan. 10). That limited Indiana to a season-low five points off of turnovers. 

• Illinois and Indiana were whistled for 54 personal fouls, the most in a conference game for the Illini since Jan. 15, 2011 at Wisconsin (also 54 combined fouls). 

• Illinois made a season-high 24 free throws in a season-high 32 attempts. 

• Ayo Dosunmu fouled out for the first time in his career (79 games) with 2:40 left in regulation, and Giorgi Bezhanishvili fouled out for the first time this season with 2:56 remaining in regulation. 

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