NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Chase Walker scored 22 points and Johnny Kinziger secured the victory with a 3-pointer with 17 seconds remaining as Illinois State knocked off Belmont 81-78 on Wednesday night.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker slammed Indiana Wednesday, referring to the Hoosier State as a “low-wage” state that “doesn’t protect workers.” “[Indiana is] a state that does not provide health care for people when they’re in need,

Maryland forward Julian Reese is The Associated Press national player of the week in men's college basketball.

Illinois is ranked 18th in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten) also are 20th in the coaches' poll.

Percentages: FG .438, FT .769. 3-Point Goals: 12-27, .444 (Pierre 5-11, Orme 4-6, Peebles 2-5, Noyes 1-2, I.Walker 0-1, Lundblade 0-1, Whitt 0-1).

Week 13 of the college basketball season has already seen one big upset with No. 3 Iowa State falling at Arizona on Monday. Which teams could join the Cyclones on upset alert?

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kylan Boswell scored 17 points and had six rebounds to lead No. 17 Illinois over Northwestern 83-74 on Sunday.

Funded proposals will advance science to restore sight and prevent blindness through donation, transplantation, and research.

Leadership failures can sometimes have life or death consequences — a lesson Houston Fire Chief Clyde Gordon III learned the hard way when one wrong choice led to a line-of-duty

The dust has started to settle between Illinois coach Bret Bielema and Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh. Not everyone has defended Bielema's now-viral remarks toward the former Michigan national championship-winning coach after new information surfaced Tuesday about the sign-stealing scandal that occurred during his tenure.

Former Wisconsin head coach took a shot at Jim Harbaugh over his move to the NFL. That followed an update to Michigan's sign-stealing scandal

A pair of SEC squads ranked in the top 15 face off for their first of two regular season meetings on Wednesday, Jan. 29 when the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide visit the No. 14 Mississippi State Bulldogs at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss.