No. 20 Illinois aims to extend Penn State’s Big Ten woes

No. 20 Illinois looks to post its fifth win in the past six games when it takes on Penn State in Big Ten play on Saturday night in Philadelphia.

The contest is being played at The Palestra, the famed basketball facility that opened in 1927.

The Fighting Illini (10-3, 1-1 Big Ten) opened the recent stretch with an upset of No. 13 Tennessee in Nashville before splitting Big Ten games against Ohio State and Nebraska. Illinois has won its past two games against Missouri (43) and Southern (35) by a combined 78 points.