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January 3, 2026, 7:00 | Palestra

Illinois Fighting Illini (10-3) VS Penn State Nittany Lions (9-4)

ODDS

	Bet365	5Dimes	BOL	bodog	pin
Moneyline			-1500 874	-1600 800
Spread			-14.5 -112 14.5 -108	-14.5 -115 14.5 -105
Total	o u	o u	155.5 o -110 155.5 u -110	156 o -110 156 u -110	o u

RECENT FORM

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Illinois	10-3	8-5	88.23	68.46	19.77	5-3	1-0	4-9	3-5	1-0
Penn State	9-4	4-9	79.08	74.31	4.77	2-6	1-1	7-6	5-3	1-1

POWER STATS

Assists Turnovers

Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
ILL	14.93	10.07	1.48
PSU	13.71	9.07	1.51

Rebounding

Name	Offense	Defense	Total
ILL	13.5	29	42.5
PSU	9.86	21.21	31.07

ShootingPercentage

Name	Offense	Defense	Total
ILL	47.81	39.65	8.16
PSU	47.66	47.62	0.04

SMART CHART

ILL	NAME	PSU
87.14	OFFENSE	78.07
68.21	DEFENSE	74.21
18.93	DIFFERENTIAL	3.86
13.50	OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS	9.86
29.00	DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS	21.21
47.81	FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE	47.66
79.30	FREE THROW PERCENTAGE	71.69
10.21	THREE POINTERS	7.43
3.71	STEALS	8.29

TEAM RECORDS

Illinois Fighting Illini

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	10-3	8-3	2-0	8-5	6-5	2-0	88.23	68.46	19.77
Last 10	7-3	5-3	2-0	5-5	3-5	2-0	84.00	68.80	15.20
vs Conf	1-1	0-1	1-0	1-1	0-1	1-0	84.00	81.50	2.50

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	9-4	7-3	2-1	4-9	2-8	2-1	79.08	74.31	4.77
Last 10	6-4	5-3	1-1	3-7	2-6	1-1	78.50	78.40	0.10
vs Conf	0-2	0-1	0-1	1-1	1-0	0-1	72.00	94.50	-22.50

SUPERGRID

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	88.23	31	74.31	212
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	81.50	37	74.10	306
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	34.00	179	33.80	234
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	79.08	145	68.46	78
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	78.60	267	71.00	44
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	31.60	352	38.00	242

HEAD TO HEAD SUMMARY

Team	Record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG 1/2	FG%	REB	3PT	STEALS
Illinois	5-5	4-6	4-6	75.10	37.70	44.87	37.50	68/213	6.10
Penn State	5-5	6-4	4-6	71.70	35.10	45.12	31.50	77/217	7.10

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

Date	Away	Away Score	Home	Home Score	Line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Jan 8, 2025	PSU	ILL	52	91	-7.5	ILL	163	U	ILL	ILL	ILL	21	45	30.8	44.2	32	57	2/12	10/31	9	7
Feb 21, 2024	ILL	PSU	89	90	7.5	PSU	156	O	PSU	ILL	ILL	48	41	48.4	53.8	49	25	9/24	8/18	4	11
Mar 9, 2023	PSU	ILL	79	76	-2.5	PSU	140	O	PSU	PSU	PSU	31	30	51.8	45.3	34	32	8/21	6/21	4	7
Feb 14, 2023	ILL	PSU	81	93	3.5	PSU	140.5	O	PSU	ILL	PSU	40	53	47.5	57.9	32	30	7/27	12/28	7	3
Dec 10, 2022	PSU	ILL	74	59	-10.5	PSU	138	U	PSU	ILL	PSU	47	38	50	44.2	26	32	12/24	7/23	9	4
Mar 3, 2022	PSU	ILL	55	60	-12.5	PSU	132.5	U	PSU	PSU	ILL	30	29	41.8	36	34	29	8/25	9/28	4	6
Jan 19, 2021	PSU	ILL	65	79	-10	ILL	154	U	ILL	PSU	Push	28	42	33.9	45.6	40	35	7/18	7/23	10	7
Dec 23, 2020	ILL	PSU	98	81	4	ILL	149.5	O	ILL	ILL	PSU	43	43	55.6	53.8	36	25	5/16	7/23	5	6
Feb 18, 2020	ILL	PENST	62	56	-5.5	ILL	143	U	ILL	ILL	PENST	30	26	44.4	36.2	39	32	3/10	4/19	5	5
Mar 10, 2019	ILL	PENST	56	72	-8	PENST	148	U	PENST	PENST	PENST	32	31	34	42.1	34	37	5/10	9/29	9	10

BETTING ODDS TRENDS

Penn State Nittany Lions

Penn State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Illinois
Penn State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Illinois
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Penn State's last 22 games when playing Illinois
Penn State is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Illinois
Penn State is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Illinois
Penn State is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games at home
Penn State is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Penn State's last 6 games at home

Illinois Fighting Illini

Illinois is 6-12 ATS in its last 18 games on the road
Illinois is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Penn State
Illinois is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Penn State
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Illinois's last 22 games when playing Penn State
Illinois is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Penn State
Illinois is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Penn State

TEAM LAST 5 GAMES

Illinois Fighting Illini

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Total	ATS Result	Field Goal Percentage	Free Throw Percentage	Three Pointers	Location
Dec 29, 2025	SOUTH	90-55	W	-33.5	163.5	W/U	51.72	88.89	14	H
Dec 22, 2025	MIZZU	91-48	W	-8.5	153.5	W/U	51.72	80.00	15	H
Dec 13, 2025	NEB	80-83	L	-9.5	156.5	L/O	48.28	70.00	10	H
Dec 9, 2025	OSU	88-80	W	-3.5	162.5	W/O	44.44	90.62	11	A
Dec 6, 2025	TENN	75-62	W	2.5	150.5	W/U	48.28	57.14	11	A

Penn State Nittany Lions

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Line	Total	ATS Result	Field Goal Percentage	Free Throw Percentage	Three Pointers	Location
Dec 29, 2025	NCCEN	90-67	W	-24.5	150.5	L/O	55.93	76.92	14	H
Dec 21, 2025	PITT	46-80	L	1	146.5	L/U	32.73	66.67	4	H
Dec 13, 2025	MSU	72-76	L	12.5	144.5	W/O	42.42	88.89	8	H
Dec 9, 2025	INDY	72-113	L	14.5	152.5	L/O	46.43	68.18	5	A
Dec 2, 2025	CAMP	87-76	W	-14.5	154.5	L/O	51.72	88.00	5	H

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