The Illini crashed the boards and hit the floor to scrap their way to an 83-74 win over the Wildcats in Champaign

The Northwestern Wildcats (12-8, 3-6 Big Ten) are at home in Big Ten action against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (10-10, 3-6 Big Ten) on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET. Below, we

The Northwestern Wildcats (12-7, 3-5 Big Ten) hope to break a three-game road losing streak when they visit the Illinois Fighting Illini (13-6, 5-4 Big Ten) on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM

BOTTOM LINE: Iowa faces Northwestern after Lucy Olsen scored 20 points in Iowa's 85-61 win over the Washington Huskies. The Hawkeyes are 6-3 on their home court. Iowa has a 13-7 record against opponents over .500.

It was the Illini's ninth straight win at State Farm Center against the Wildcats, who haven't swept a season series since 1966.

The Wildcats made 13-of-27 3-point attempts, led by Ty Berry with 23 points, to hand the Hoosiers their third loss in four games.

The first bit of evidence: When Illinois and Northwestern met Dec. 6 in Evanston, Ill., the Wildcats erased a 10-point second-half deficit and earned a 70-66 overtime victory. Nick Martinelli scored most of his game-high 27 points after halftime as the Wildcats kept going to him and the Illini kept letting him go one-on-one.

No. 17 Illinois takes on the Northwestern Wildcats after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 21 points in Illinois' 91-70 loss to the Maryland Terrapins.

Up 5-4, 40-30 in the third set, sophomore Neena Feldman tracked down her Illinois’ opponent’s shot and fired a cross-court forehand that zipped past her opponent and landed in to win the match. Feldman’s excitement was palpable after her passing-shot winner,

In his 12th season at the helm for Northwestern, Chris Collins has yet to crack the code at the State Farm Center. The last time the Wildcats (12-8, 3-6 Big Ten) visited Illinois, they were handed a 96-66 blowout — their largest defeat of the 2023-24 season.

The Indiana Hoosiers travel to play the Northwestern Wildcats in Big Ten action. Here's what happened in IU's loss.