Domask leads No. 20 Illinois against No. 17 Tennessee

By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
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Illinois Fighting Illini (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten) at Tennessee Volunteers (5-3)

Knoxville, Tennessee; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 20 Illinois visits the No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers after Marcus Domask scored 33 points in Illinois’ 98-89 win over the Florida Atlantic Owls.

The Volunteers have gone 3-0 in home games. Tennessee ranks fifth in the SEC with 15.3 assists per game led by Zakai Zeigler averaging 3.9.

The Fighting Illini are 1-0 on the road. Illinois ranks second in college basketball with 42.5 rebounds per game. Quincy Guerrier leads the Fighting Illini with 6.9.

Tennessee makes 43.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.0 percentage points higher than Illinois has allowed to its opponents (35.7%). Illinois averages 8.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.4 more made shots on average than the 6.9 per game Tennessee allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dalton Knecht is shooting 49.1% and averaging 19.0 points for the Volunteers. Jordan Gainey is averaging 11.0 points for Tennessee.

Terrence Shannon Jr. is shooting 53.9% and averaging 21.6 points for the Fighting Illini. Domask is averaging 12.1 points for Illinois.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.