The Illinois Fighting Illini are coming off an 82-69 loss to Baylor in their last game, dropping them to 3-1 for the season. Ayo Dosunmu had 18 and 6 rebounds with 5 assists and Giorgi Bezhanishvili added 15 in the loss. As a team, the Illini are putting up 91.3 points and are shooting 53.2 percent from the field. On the defensive end, they are giving up 63.8 points and their opponents are shooting 39.4 perent from the field. For the season the Illini offense is led by Dosunmu with 23.8 points and he dishes out 6.3 assists a game.

The Duke Blue Devils are coming off a 76-54 win over Bellarmine in their last outing. As a team, the Blue Devils are putting up 75.3 points a game and are shooting 45.6 percent from the field. On the defensive end, they are giving up 66.7 points and their opponents are shooting 39.2 percent from the field. The offense is led by Mathew Hurt with 19 points and 8.7 rebounds a game.

Both teams have the ability to put up a ton of points and each team plays great defense. This has the makings of a great game. Duke once again has a lot of new faces and still needs some time to or all of them to get on the same page. Illinois is more of a veteran team and that will show in this game.

Play on Illinois.