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Illinois Basketball: Illini offer rising recruit Jalen Bridges

Heading into this upcoming season, Illinois has a couple of wing players on the team who can do some damage at times. Tevian Jones is a rising talent who will be a sophomore. Kipper Nichols had a disappointing junior campaign but should be better in 2019-2020. But, when the class of 2020 rolls around, Nichols will have graduate and Jones will be a junior. Illinois will need more wing help. Getting someone like Jalen Bridges would solve this problem.

Bridges is a 6-foot-7, 180-pound small forward from Fairmont High School in Fairmont, West Virginia. He is rated as a four-star recruit who is the No.