Illinois hosts No. 1 Tennessee following Jakucionis' 24-point performance

Updated Dec. 14, 2024 3:43 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Tennessee Volunteers (9-0) at Illinois Fighting Illini (7-2, 1-1 Big Ten)

Champaign, Illinois; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: EVEN; over/under is 147

BOTTOM LINE: Illinois hosts No. 1 Tennessee after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 24 points in Illinois' 86-80 win against the Wisconsin Badgers.

The Fighting Illini are 6-0 in home games. Illinois leads college basketball with 31.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Tomislav Ivisic averaging 7.6.

The Volunteers are 1-0 on the road. Tennessee averages 82.4 points while outscoring opponents by 25.2 points per game.

Illinois makes 44.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.5 percentage points higher than Tennessee has allowed to its opponents (35.9%). Tennessee has shot at a 52.1% clip from the field this season, 14.7 percentage points higher than the 37.4% shooting opponents of Illinois have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jakucionis is shooting 49.4% and averaging 15.4 points for the Fighting Illini.

Chaz Lanier is averaging 19.1 points for the Volunteers.

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