Men: Penn State at Illinois

Tipoff: 9 p.m., State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois

Records: Penn State (Penn State 12-3, Big Ten 2-2), Illinois (11-3, Big Ten 3-1)

TV: Big Ten Network (Jeff Levering, Shon Morris and Andy Katz)

Radio: Penn State Sports Network

Satellite: Sirius XM

Notable: Illinois rose nine spots to No. 13 in the Associated Press poll following a 109-77 rout of then-No. 9 Oregon last Thursday, and its win at Washington this past Sunday. … The Illini are 7-1 at home and are on a four-game winning streak. … Their losses are to Alabama, Tennessee (No. 1 in the poll) and Northwestern. … Averaging 87.6 ppg so far, Illinois is led by Kasparas Jakucionis (16.4), Tomislav Ivisic (13.8), Kylan Boswell (11.7), Will Riley (11.4) and Tre White (10.4). … Penn State is coming off a loss to Indiana in which Nick Kern came off the bench to lead the Nittany Lions with 21 points. … Illinois is giving up on average 67.2 ppg this season.

Mirror prediction: Illinois 90, Penn State 72

Mirror prediction record: 12-3

— Scott Franco