If Illinois has one player best-suited to match up with Claude on defense, it is White – but he wasn't that guy Saturday. The ...

Desmond Claude scored a season-high 31 points to lead USC to an 82-72 win over No. 13 Illinois on Saturday, snapping the ...

The rebounding and defensive numbers – usually on Illinois' side – stood out like sore thumbs against the Trojans ...

My gut is damn near 100%." And, boy, were things off. In Saturday's 82-72 home loss to USC, Illinois did virtually nothing that had increasingly made it look like a freight train gaining steam ...

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We've got another exciting Big Ten matchup on schedule as the USC Trojans and the Illinois Fighting Illini are set to tip at 12:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at State Farm Center. The Trojans are strutting ...

The USC Trojans (9-6, 1-3 Big Ten) visit the Illinois Fighting Illini (12-3, 4-1) for a Saturday matinee in Champaign. Tip ...

And Illinois men’s basketball got punched in the mouth on Saturday, losing to the USC trojans despite being 13-point favorite ...

No. 13 Illinois looked out of sorts pretty much from the opening tip of Saturday's game in Champaign, where USC pulled off an 82-72 upset and didn't so much mak ...

The upset snapped the Illini's five-game winning streak. Elsewhere, Loyola and DePaul lost big, and UIC lost to Bradley in ...

CHAMPAIGN — The Illini fell six spots to No. 19 overall in this week's AP poll following their 82-72 loss to USC on Saturday. Illinois was seventh in the country in adjusted defensive efficiency ...

Desmond Claude scored a season-high 31 points and visiting Southern California took control in the second half of an 82-72 ...