The 12^th-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini will travel to Iowa City, Iowa to face the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena with the game scheduled to start at 7:00 PM ET on Sunday evening and will air on Fox Sports 1.

The Illinois Fighting Illini enter this game ranked 12^th in the AP Poll and 12^th in the Coaches Poll with an overall record of 22-8 and are in 2^nd place in the Big Ten Conference with a conference record of 13-6, however, the Fighting Illini are coming off a 71-77 loss at home against the Purdue Boilermakers on Tuesday which also ended their three-game winning streak. 

The success of the Fighting Illini this season can be attributed to their offensive play as they rank 7^th nationally in scoring with an average of 84.76 points per game. Defensively, Illinois has been a below-average team allowing an average of 73.21 points per game which ranks 219^th in college basketball this season and is more than the national average of 72.02 points per game. Marcus Domask has played a pivotal role in the success Illinois has had this season and enters this game leading the team in assists while being 2^nd on the team in scoring with an average of 16.2 points and 3.5 assists per game. 

The Illinois Fighting Illini will look to bounce back following the loss against the Purdue Boilermakers when they travel to face the Iowa Hawkeyes.

The Iowa Hawkeyes enter this game with a record of 18-12 and are in a tie with the Michigan State Spartans for 6^th place in the Big Ten Conference with a conference record of 10-9 while having won four of their last five games and are on a two-game winning streak following an 87-80 win on the road against the Northwestern Wildcats. 

Iowa has been one of the highest-scoring teams in college basketball this season as they rank 13^th nationally in scoring with an average of 83.83 points per game. Defensively, the Hawkeyes have been one of the worst teams in college basketball as they are allowing an average of 78.8 points per game which is the 29^th most allowed per game this season. Payton Sandfort has been one of the best players for Iowa this season and leads the team in scoring and rebounds with an average of 16 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. 

The Iowa Hawkeyes will look to extend their winning streak to three games when they host the 12^th-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini on Sunday evening. 

BookMaker has the Illinois Fighting Illini listed as 1-point favorites on the road against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday evening. Illinois has won six of the last ten and two of the previous three meetings. The teams are 5-5 ATS in the last ten while the Fighting Illini have covered the spread in two of the previous three games in the series. The Illinois Fighting Illini are 15-12-3 ATS overall, 6-3-1 ATS on the road, 11-11-2 ATS as a favorite, and 10-8-1 ATS in conference games this season while the Iowa Hawkeyes are 12-17-1 ATS overall, 6-9-1 ATS at home, 5-8 ATS as an underdog, and 7-11-1 in conference games on the year.

Illinois enters this game with a better record and has been the better team in the series, winning six of the last ten and two of the previous three contests. The Fighting Illini have covered the spread in two of the previous three games in the series while also having been the better team at covering the spread this season with a record of 15-12-3 ATS overall and 6-3-1 ATS on the road while the Hawkeyes are 12-17-1 ATS overall and 6-9-1 ATS at home. Lay the point with the Illinois Fighting Illini when they travel to face the Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday evening.