Rayvonte Rice scored 21 points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead Illinois past Indiana State 88-62 on Thursday in the third round of the Las Vegas Invitational.
Malcolm Hill scored 17 points with eight rebounds, while going 11 of 12 at the free-throw line for the Illini (5-0). Nnanna Egwu, Aaron Cosby and Kendrick Nunn each had 10 points for Illinois, which is 3-0 in the Invitational.
The Illini, who never trailed, hit 8 of 9 of their first shots and jumped to a 30-8 advantage.
Grant Prusator led Indiana State (3-2) off the bench with 17 points. Before Thursday, he only played two games this season with one field goal. Brenton Scott added 10 points for the Sycamores, who are 2-1 in the tourney.
Indiana State got no closer than 19 points the rest of the first half and trailed 40-21 at intermission. By halftime, Illinois' field-goal percentage fell to 38 percent, but the Illini still made 6 of 13 from 3-point range. Indiana State finished the half at 25 percent from the field.
The Illinois lead grew to as many as 30 with 13:04 left in the game. The Sycamores cut it to 17 twice with just under 5 minutes left, but came no closer.
NCAA Top-25 Men's Basketball ("USA Today" Rankings)
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#3 Wisconsin Badgers 68, Georgetown Hoyas 65 (Battle 4 Atlantis)
#6 North Carolina Tar Heels 78, #23 UCLA Bruins 56 (Battle 4 Atlantis)
#11 Kansas Jayhawks 76, Rhode Island Rams 60 (Orlando Classic)
#16 Florida Gators 56, UAB Blazers 47 (Battle 4 Atlantis)
#20 Michigan State Spartans 77, Rider Broncs 45 (Orlando Classic)