College Basketball: Illinois, Wake Forest Cruise
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LAS VEGAS (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored a game-high  18 points to lead top-ranked Illinois over Northwestern State,  69-51, in the Las Vegas Holiday Classic at Valley High School.
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Illinois&#39; lead peaks at 32 points as it extends home streak to 35 victories over nonconference opponents. The Atlantic Coast Conference has won its five previous challenges with the Big Ten by an aggregate 27-17 record.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (Sports Network) - Chris Paul had 13  points and eight assists as fifth-ranked Wake Forest held off  Miami-Florida, 68-63, in Atlantic Coast Conference action at  the Convocation Center.
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Top-ranked teams might want to think twice about visiting Assembly Hall. Roger Powell Jr. scored 19 points, Dee Brown and Luther Head added 16 each and No. 5 Illinois made No. 1 Wake Forest look more like a nonconference patsy in a 91-73 rout Wednesday night. The Illini led by double-digits for the last 28-plus minutes of the game, and were up by as much as 32 in the second half.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Sports Network) - Chris Paul scored a  team-high 23 points and dished out six assists as No. 7 Wake  Forest escaped with a 92-89 win over fourth-ranked Duke at  Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
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Trent Strickland scored all 9 of his points in the final nine minutes and No. 6 Wake Forest went 5 for 6 from the foul line over the final two minutes to hold off Temple, 67-64, last night in Philadelphia.
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For the second straight game, Wake Forest had to fight off its own inconsistency and an opponent that refused to quit. Chris Paul scored 16 points despite taking just three shots from the field Thursday night to help the No.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored  22 points as No. 1 Illinois remained unbeaten with a convincing  81-68 win over 12th-ranked Michigan State at the Breslin  Center.
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After three straight blowouts, No. 5 Illinois was looking forward to its first real test Saturday against No. 24 Gonzaga. Now it looks like the Illini will have to wait until top-ranked Wake Forest comes to Champaign, Ill.
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Wake Forest celebrated its first appearance at No. 1 with an easy victory. Chris Paul, Eric Williams and Kyle Visser each scored 15 points to lead the Demon Deacons past Yale 99-72 Monday night.
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Luther Head scored 17 points and Dee Brown added 15 points and nine assists as Illinois celebrated its new No. 1 ranking with a 78-59 victory over Chicago State on Monday night.
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WINSTON-SALEM -- Everybody associated with the Wake Forest men&#39;s basketball team seemed in a better mood after its latest game.
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Illinois and Boston College, the last two unbeaten teams in major college basketball, knocked off their latest challenges Tuesday night, Michigan State and West Virginia, respectively.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Luther Head scored 17 points and Dee Brown added 15 points and nine assists as Illinois celebrated its new No. 1 ranking with a 78-59 victory over Chicago State on Monday night.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Sports Network) - Justin Gray scored  18 points and four other Wake Forest players finished in double  figures, as the sixth-ranked Demon Deacons posted an 86-75  victory over North Carolina State in Atlantic Coast Conference  play at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Roger Powell Jr. scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead fifth-ranked Illinois to a lopsided 91-73 win over No.
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Though its all-American, Chris Paul, scored just 4 points, Wake Forest managed to defeat No. 18 Arizona, 63-60, in the championship game.