Kasparas Jakucionis made a tiebreaking layup with 32 seconds left, and No. 22 Illinois survived a furious comeback bid by Washington to squeak out an 81-77 victory.

DJ Davis scored a career-high 31 points and the UW men had a shot at the end but couldn't complete the upset against No. 22 Illinois, falling 81-77.

Washington (10-5, 1-3 Big Ten) closed out this weekends home slate against Illinois (11-3, 3-1) with a narrow, hard-fought defeat Sunday afternoon at Alaska Airlines Arena.

Washington guard DJ Davis hit seven threes, finished with a career-high 31 points and cut Illinois' lead to two on a driving windmill reverse layup with six seconds remaining after the Huskies had ...

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The No. 20 Illinois Fighting Illini (10-3, 2-1 Big Ten) and Washington Huskies (10-4, 1-2) meet Sunday. Tip-off from Alaska Airlines Arena is set for 4 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network). Let’s analyze BetMGM

But Illinois dominated in the post, outscoring Washington 52-30 in the paint and outrebounding the Huskies 43-30. DJ Davis led Washington with a career-high 31 points off the bench, hitting 7 of ...

DJ Davis led the Huskies (10-5, 1-3) with 31 points, finishing 7 for 14 from beyond the arc. Illinois held Great Osobor, Washington’s leading scorer, scoreless in the first half. He finished ...

It’s quite simple. If the Irish win, the 2024 season will end with the Huskies being the only team to defeat the national champs, having stunned Notre Dame on the road in Sept

The current state of University of Washington basketball is nothing short of disturbing, exhilarating, entertaining and confusing, a decided mix of emotions com

Two-time defending national champion Connecticut hasn’t been as consistently dominant this season but remains a contender in the Big East and beyond.

Kylan Boswell and the rest of the No. 19 Illinois men’s basketball team showed their potential on Tuesday night with a 94-69 rout of host Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is srichey@news-gazette.com, and you can follow him on Twitter ( @srrichey ).