No. 19 Illinois visits Northwestern after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 23 points in Illinois’ 90-77 victory against the Arkansas Razorbacks.

The Wildcats have gone 5-0 at home. Northwestern ranks eighth in the Big Ten with 9.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Nick Martinelli averaging 2.6.

The Fighting Illini play their first true road game after going 6-1 with a 1-1 record in neutral-site games to start the season. Illinois leads college basketball with 44.0 rebounds per game led by Tomislav Ivisic averaging 8.9.

Northwestern makes 44.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.7 percentage points higher than Illinois has allowed to its opponents (36.2%). Illinois has shot at a 45.8% clip from the field this season, 2.9 percentage points higher than the 42.9% shooting opponents of Northwestern have averaged.

The Wildcats and Fighting Illini match up Friday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.