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Nov. 4—P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown
G Kylan Boswell Jr. 6-2 9.6 Champaign
G Kasparas Jakucionis Fr. 6-6 19.2 Vilnius, Lithuania
G Tre White Jr. 6-7 12.3 Dallas
F Ben Humrichous Gr. 6-9 14.7 Tipton, Ind.
C Tomislav Ivisic Fr. 7-1 7.1 Vodice, Croatia
FYI: Boswell is the 14th Champaign native to play for Illinois. Robert McKay was the first in 1927 and was followed by Champaign High teammates Ted Beach and Rod Fletcher in the early 1950s. The most recent was Centennial grad Michael Finke, who suited up for the Illini from 2015-18 before finishing his career at Grand Canyon.
P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown
F Will Riley Fr. 6-8 26.5 Kitchener, Ontario
G Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn So. 6-1 2.4 Lafayette, Ind.
F Morez Johnson Jr. Fr. 6-9 20.0 Chicago
Note: Scoring averages from 2023-24 season (wherever it was played)
P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown
G Artese Stapleton Gr. 6-3 4.1 Chicago
G Nakyel Shelton Sr. 6-3 11.0 Chicago
G Corey Sawyer Jr. Sr. 6-4 8.9 Orlando
F Kooper Jacoboi Gr. 6-7 10.5 Sellersburg, Ind.
F Sekou Kalle Sr. 6-10 1.8 Sellersburg, Ind.
FYI: Stapleton is on his fifth team in now six seasons of college basketball. The former Kenwood Academy standout started his career at Lewis (two seasons) before transferring to Radford (one season) and then Lincoln, a Division II program in Missouri, before playing 10 games at Kansas City last year before suffering a season-ending injury.
P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown
G Obadiah Curtis R-Jr. 6-5 19.7 Fresno, Calif.
G Zion Fruster Sr. 6-2 18.0 Douglasville, Ga.
F Rodolfo Rufino Bolis Sr. 6-8 1.7 Esprito Santo, Brazil
Note: Scoring averages from 2023-24 season (wherever it was played) except for Curtis, who redshirt last season at Arkansas State and averaged 19.7 points at Reedley College (Calif.) in 2022-23.
Site: State Farm Center (15,544), Champaign.
Radio: Brian Barnhart (play-by-play) and former Illini Deon Thomas (analysis) will have the call on the Illini Sports Network on WDWS 1400-AM, WDWS 93.9-FM, WHMS 97.5-FM, WPXN 104.9-FM, WDAN-1490-AM, WDNL 102.1-FM, WSOY…
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Author : The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Publish date : 2024-11-04 15:48:00
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