When: Tuesday, January 17th | 6:00pm CST
Where: Mackey Arena | West Lafayette, IN
KenPom: Illinois (65th) vs Purdue (18th)
Television: BTN (also available on BTN2Go app)
The Illini are coming off an extremely frustrating loss to Maryland at home this past Saturday. After leading by five at halftime and continuing to play well in the first few minutes of the second half, the team went on an eight-minute scoring drought and fell apart, once again losing to the Terps 62-56. The Illini played what many considered their best defensive effort of the season until their second half collapse, which made the close loss to a strong NCAA tournament team that much more frustrating.