Illinois received a bit of good news earlier this week on the injury front.
Although it doesn't pertain to a current player on the roster or one that has signed a letter of intent.
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But Javon Pickett, the 6-foot-4 guard out of Belleville East who is the Illini's lone committed prospect thus far in the crucial 2017 class, appears that he'll play again Friday at home against O'Fallon after suffering a knee injury that he feared would possibly cost him the rest of the season.