The Illini fell to No. 18 to round out Big Ten representation in the top 25, although USC, Iowa, UCLA, Indiana and Wisconsin each received votes. Indiana’s remaining opportunities to pick up ranked wins will come in Big Ten play, with only Chicago State and Siena left on the nonconference schedule.

Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson averaged 29.5 points across the two games, earning him Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on Monday, per the conference’s release. Wilkerson shares the award with Nebraska junior forward Pryce Sandfort.

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The Indiana Hoosiers and Kentucky Wildcats renew their rivalry when they meet in non-conference action on Saturday. Indiana is coming off a 113-72 win over Penn State on Tuesday, while Kentucky downed North Carolina Central 103-67 that same night.

Indiana (8-2, 1-1) snapped its two-game losing streak with a blowout win over Penn State (8-2, 0-1) behind an offensive explosion led by Lamar Wilkerson, who finished with a record-setting 44 points.

A former Kentucky basketball transfer portal target will take center stage Saturday night at Rupp Arena. Lamar Wilkerson — who was billed during the spring as Kentucky’s top transfer portal recruit — is Indiana’s leading scorer this season ahead of the Hoosiers’ weekend visit to Lexington.

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BLOOMINGTON— On a night when Lamar Wilkerson came to Assembly Hall as a Stephen Curry clone, the Indiana men’s basketball team unloaded a week’s worth of frustration on Penn State.