The Fighting Illini welcome in Kennesaw State to the State Farm Center tomorrow. Tip from Champaign is at 8 p.m. on the Big Ten Network. The Illini are 9-and-3 while the Owls are 4-and-9.
>>Wichita State Upset By George Washington
Yuta Watanabe and Kevin Larsen hit the back-to-back 3-pointers late in the second half to catapult George Washington to a 60-54 upset of 11th-ranked Wichita State in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic.
Kethan Savage had 12 points, while Larsen and Watanabe each scored 10 for the Colonials (9-3), who finished the contest on a 17-4 run. GW smashed Ohio in its tournament opener before edging Colorado on Tuesday.
Fred VanVleet had 11 points for Wichita State (10-2), which handily beat Loyola Marymount in its first game at this tournament, then got by Hawaii in overtime on Tuesday.
The Shockers shot just 34.4 percent from the field.