Penn State Beats Illinois, 93-81

Ty Rodgers finished with a career-high 11 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds off the bench, his fourth straight outing with at least six boards in his last four games.

His four offensive rebounds ties his second-most in a conference game this season.

Jayden Epps and Coleman Hawkins each registered 12 points, while Mayer added 11 points and seven rebounds.

Illinois (17-8, 8-6) will take No. 14 Indiana (18-7, 9-5) in Bloomington this weekend, with tipoff set for Saturday at 11 a.m. CT.

TEAM NOTES

Had five players score in double-digits for the first time since Jan. 10 at Nebraska.

Have had at least three players score in double-figures in four-straight games.

Illinois out-rebounded Penn State 32-30, which included a 7-3 advantage on the offensive glass.

Scored 11 second-chance points.

The Illini had a 38-30 advantage in points in the paint.

Illinois assisted on 13 of their 29 field goals.

PLAYER NOTES

Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 20 points, tallied three rebounds and four assists.

Had his eighth 20-point game of the season.

First since Jan. 19 vs. Indiana.

Has four assists in two of his last three.

Coleman Hawkins scored 12 points and tallied five rebounds.

Has scored in double-digits in back-to-back games for the first time since doing so on Jan. 7 and Jan. 10.

Has double-digit scoring efforts in three of his last four.

Matthew Mayer scored 11 points on 3-for-6 shooting, including 2-for-5 behind the arc.

Grabbed seven rebounds. Has back-to-back games with at least seven boards.

Freshman Ty Rodgers scored a career-high 11 points and added eight rebounds.

Set his new career-high mark in the first half with 10 points. Went 5-for-5 from the floor.

Has scored six points or more three times in his last four games.

Has grabbed at least six boards in four-straight games.

Freshman Jayden Epps scored 12 points.

Has scored in double-digits in five of his six starts in Big Ten play.