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Maryland hosts No. 11 Illinois following Stojakovic's 21-point outing
By The Associated Press
Illinois Fighting Illini (23-7, 14-5 Big Ten) at Maryland Terrapins (11-19,
4-15 Big Ten)
College Park, Maryland; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Fighting Illini -15.5; over/under is 146.5
BOTTOM LINE: No. 11 Illinois visits Maryland after Andrej Stojakovic scored 21
points in Illinois' 80-54 victory over the Oregon Ducks.
The Terrapins have gone 7-7 in home games. Maryland has a 6-16 record against
opponents over .500.
The Fighting Illini are 14-5 in Big Ten play. Illinois is second in the Big Ten
scoring 84.5 points per game and is shooting 46.1%.
Maryland's average of 8.5 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.2 more
made shots on average than the 8.3 per game Illinois gives up. Illinois has
shot at a 46.1% rate from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points fewer
than the 46.7% shooting opponents of Maryland have averaged.
The teams meet for the second time in conference play this season. Illinois won
89-70 in the last matchup on Jan. 22. Stojakovic led Illinois with 30 points,
and Andre Mills led Maryland with 16 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: David Coit is shooting 33.5% from beyond the arc with 2.2 made
3-pointers per game for the Terrapins, while averaging 13.6 points. Mills is
averaging 18.2 points over the last 10 games.
Keaton Wagler is scoring 18.1 points per game and averaging 5.0 rebounds for
the Fighting Illini. Ben Humrichous is averaging 2.2 made 3-pointers over the
last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Terrapins: 3-7, averaging 63.5 points, 32.5 rebounds, 10.4
assists, 3.5 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 41.0% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 73.4 points per game.
Fighting Illini: 6-4, averaging 82.5 points, 36.7 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 4.0
steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 44.1% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 70.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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