GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Illinois 60, Penn State 55
Associated Press
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Da'Monte Williams made four 3-pointers on his way to a season-high 14 points, helping No. 20 Illinois hold off Penn State 60-55.
Jalen Pickett had 18 points, seven assists and five rebounds to lead Penn State (12-15, 7-12).
Williams scored the Illini's final eight points of the first half, knocking down two 3s and a pair of free throws. He finished the game 4 of 11 from 3-point range, while Kofi Cockburn scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds. Trent Frazier added 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting.
Illinois (21-8, 14-5) led for much of the first half, but didn't hit a shot during the last 4:24 of the first half - while Penn State hit four of its final five shots of the period to take a 30-29 lead into the break.
Illinois took a 46-41 lead after Andre Curbelo found Cockburn open for a dunk off an inbounds pass, then Frazier stole the ball from Sam Sessoms and sprung Jacob Grandison for a layup with 9:21 left.
| Penn State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| F | 34 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| F | 32 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| F | 26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| G | 40 | 8-15 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
| G | 28 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 200 | 23-55 (.418) |
1-3 (.333) |
8-25 (.320) |
11-34 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 55 | |
| Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| F | 29 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| C | 34 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| G | 34 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| G | 33 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 4-10 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
| G | 32 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 16 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 200 | 18-50 (.360) |
15-17 (.882) |
9-28 (.321) |
9-29 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 60 | |
