As luck would have it, No. 17 Illinois (13-5, 5-3 Big Ten) is set to host Maryland (14-5, 4-4 Big Ten) on Thursday night (8 p.m. CT, FS1) in the State Farm Center. The Illini, who are knotted in a four-way tie for fourth place in the Big Ten, welcome a Terrapins squad that has won three of its last four but remains winless on the road.

Maryland takes on the No. 17 Illinois Fighting Illini after Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 22 points in the Terrapins' 69-66 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers.