Freshman point guard Kasparas Jakucionis scored 24 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds as Illinois snapped UCLA's seven-game winning streak with an 83-78 Big Ten victory Tuesday night in Champaign, Ill. Jakucionis, one of 20 players named Tuesday to the John Wooden Award late midseason watch list, scored 17 in the second half as the Illini (17-8, 9-6 Big Ten) never trailed but saw their 16-point lead with five minutes left dwindle to two with 0:28 to play. Tomislav Ivisic added 16 points while Kylan Boswell scored all 11 of his points in the second half, which included two clinching free throws with 4.
Illinois snaps UCLA's 7-game winning streak
