Game 2 preview | SIU Edwardsville at Illinois; 7 p.m., Friday

Nov. 8—Lineups Illinois (1-0)

Starters

P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown

G Kylan Boswell Jr. 6-2 5.0 Champaign

G Kasparas Jakucionis Fr. 6-6 11.0 Vilnius, Lithuania

G Tre White Jr. 6-7 5.0 Dallas

F Ben Humrichous Gr. 6-9 14.0 Tipton, Ind.

C Tomislav Ivisic Fr. 7-1 14.0 Vodice, Croatia

➜ FYI: Jakucionis’ seven assists in the season opener against Eastern Illinois has the freshman guard tied for third in the Big Ten (in the smallest sample size possible, of course). Purdue’s Braden Smith had 15 assists in the Boilermakers’ first game, and Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears had eight. Jakucionis is tied with Michigan’s Tre Donaldson, Iowa’s Payton Sandfort and former Illini (and Louisville) guard turned UCLA starter Skyy Clark.

Off the bench

P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown

F Will Riley Fr. 6-8 31.0 Kitchener, Ontario

G Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn So. 6-1 21.0 Lafayette, Ind.

F Morez Johnson Jr. Fr. 6-9 3.0 Chicago

SIU Edwardsville (1-1)

Starters

P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown

G Ray’Sean Taylor Gr. 6-1 16.0 Collinsville

G Brian Taylor II Jr. 6-4 10.0 St. Louis

G Desmond Polk Gr. 6-4 2.5 Milwaukee

G/F Ring Malith Jr. 6-9 5.0 Twic, South Sudan

C Arnas Sakenis Jr. 6-11 7.0 Tinley Park

FYI: Ray’Sean Taylor is among the top scorers in SIUE history. The former N-G All-State First Team selection scored 1,314 points in three seasons to rank him fifth all-time and third since the Cougars moved to Division I. He currently trails SIUE all-time scoring leader Jason Holmes by 603 points.

Off the bench

P Name Yr. Ht. PPG Hometown

F Myles Thompson Jr. 6-7 6.0 Hutchinson, Kan.

F Jo Valrie Gr. 6-5 8.0 Houston

F Darrion Baker R-Fr. 6-8 8.5 Chicago

Details➜ 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 1340-AM and WSOY 103.3-FM.

➜ Streaming: Noah Reed (play-by-play) and former Illini Stephen Bardo (analysis) have the call on…


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Author : The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.

Publish date : 2024-11-08 15:48:00

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