Top-Ranked Ill. Holds Off Mo. 70-64
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Luther Head scored 20 points and No. 1 Illinois overcame foul problems, poor shooting and a second-half surge by Missouri for a 70-64 victory on Wednesday night.
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Dee Brown makes sure the Illini remain undefeated as he hits two clutch three-pointers down the stretch to lift No. 1 Illinois past No. 20 Wisconsin, 70-59.
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Mike Jones sets a school record with nine 3-pointers and scores a career-high 27 points, leading Maryland to a 101-50 rout of Missouri-Kansas City on Wednesday.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Luther Head had a game-high 17 points and Dee Brown added 15 along with nine assists as top-ranked Illinois cruised to a 78-59 victory over in-state foe Chicago State at Assembly Hall.
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Top-ranked Illinois had its lowest-scoring game of the season, but the Illini remained unbeaten with a 60-47 victory over Indiana on Sunday. James Augustine scored 16 points and Deron Williams' playmaking led to 24 more for Illinois (23-0, 9-0 Big Ten), which should remain the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a second straight week.
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Indiana's Eric Gordon finally gave Illinois fans something to cheer. Armon Bassett wasn't as kind. Bassett scored 11 of his 16 points in the second overtime, and No. 14 Indiana rallied to beat Illinois 83-79 Thursday even though Gordon struggled for much of the night.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Luther Head had a  game-high 17 points and Dee Brown added 15 along with nine  assists as top-ranked Illinois cruised to a 78-59 victory over  in-state foe Chicago State at Assembly Hall.
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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 successive 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
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Illinois knocked one of college basketball's oldest records out of the books. The top-ranked Illini remained Division I's only unbeaten team with an 83-63 victory over Penn State on Wednesday night. Their 26th straight win is a school record, bettering the 25 in a row won from February 1914 to February 1916.
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ST. LOUIS (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored 20 points  with seven rebounds, and top-ranked Illinois escaped with a  70-64 victory over Missouri at Savvis Center.
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Even though Illinois moved to the top of the college basketball poll for the first time in almost 16 years, the Illini were too busy preparing for Chicago State to celebrate.
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Troy, formerly Troy State, used gadgets, luck and guts to rally from a horrible start and upset No. 19 Missouri 24-14 on Thursday night.
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Illinois was a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball for the third straight week Monday, while Charlotte moved into the Top 25 for the first time in six years.
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Missouri missed its last 10 shots from the field and six of its last eight free throws -- and still managed to hang on against its toughest opponent so far.
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No. 1 Illinois seeks to match its best start since the 1989-90 season when it meets Missouri at the Savvis Center on Wednesday. All five starters scored in double figures in Illinoisâ 93-56 victory over Valparaiso on Sunday.
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The last time top-ranked Illinois got off to this fast a start, it reached the Final Four. Luther Head scored 18 points and shot 5-for-9 from 3-point range to lead the Illini