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

Martinelli 7-19 0-0 17, Nicholson 0-0 0-0 0, Barnhizer 1-7 1-2 3, Ciaravino 1-4 0-0 2, Leach 7-15 1-2 17, Berry 4-10 0-0 10, Fitzmorris 3-4 2-2 8, Windham 3-3 0-0 7, Hunger 2-3 0-0 5, Mullins 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 30-68 4-6 74.

The governor’s remarks come after Indiana House Speaker Todd Houston announced a plan to re-draw state boundaries to include 33 Illinois counties that have voted to secede from the Land of Lincoln. “I don’t think that’s attractive for anyone in ...

Michigan State also joined the 2-line after it held on to beat No. 19 Illinois on Sunday. The Ducks are listed as a No. 3 seed, joined by Kansas, Florida and Purdue, while Houston, Illinois ...

Men’s college basketball and Illini beat writer Scott Richey projects his top four seeds for each region of the NCAA tournament

J’Wan Roberts scored 24 points, including six in two overtime periods, and No. 7 Houston beat No. 12 Kansas 92-86.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has ended his predecessor's hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, lifting a pressure point that had been meant to reduce civilian casualties during the U.S. ally's war with Hamas in Gaza that is now halted by a tenuous ceasefire.

Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood got honest after the ugly loss to Maryland at home on Thursday night.

Bradley went into the half ahead of Illinois State 28-26. Darius Hannah scored six points in the half. Bradley used a 12-0 second-half run come back from a two-point deficit and take the lead at 40-30 with 12:02 remaining in the half before finishing off the victory. Montgomery scored nine second-half points.

Bostic 9-15 2-2 20, Shoup-Hill 4-5 1-2 10, Brown-Hagger 3-8 1-2 7, Bryant 3-10 6-6 13, McKenzie 4-8 6-6 15, Noya Catoira 0-0 0-0 0, Wallace 5-10 1-2 14, Allen 2-5 2-2 6, Zenere 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 30-61 19-22 85

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Stephen Olowoniyi had 13 points to help Southern Indiana hold on for a 64-60 victory over Eastern Illinois on Saturday night. Olowoniyi added five rebounds for the Screaming Eagles (9-11, 4-6 Ohio Valley Conference). Sam Kodi added nine points while and five assists. Braxton Jones also scored nine.

A private investigator was the first to plead guilty to a host of federal charges that include racketeering and bribery in a corruption scandal that roiled New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade,