Stojakovic leads No. 11 Illinois against Maryland after 21-point game

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Illinois Fighting Illini (23-7, 14-5 Big Ten) at Maryland Terrapins (11-19, 4-15 Big Ten)

College Park, Maryland; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: No. 11 Illinois visits Maryland after Andrej Stojakovic scored 21 points in Illinois' 80-54 victory against the Oregon Ducks.

The Terrapins have gone 7-7 at home. Maryland is 5-3 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 11.7 turnovers per game.

The Fighting Illini are 14-5 against Big Ten opponents. Illinois is the Big Ten leader with 38.0 rebounds per game led by David Mirkovic averaging 7.7.

Maryland is shooting 40.5% from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points lower than the 40.8% Illinois allows to opponents. Illinois has shot at a 46.1% clip from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points below the 46.7% shooting opponents of Maryland have averaged.

The teams play for the second time this season in Big Ten play. Illinois won the last matchup 89-70 on Jan. 22. Stojakovic scored 30 points to help lead the Fighting Illini to the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: David Coit is averaging 13.6 points for the Terrapins. Andre Mills is averaging 18.2 points over the last 10 games.

Keaton Wagler is shooting 45.1% and averaging 18.1 points for the Fighting Illini. Mirkovic is averaging 14.4 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Terrapins: 3-7, averaging 63.5 points, 32.5 rebounds, 10.4 assists, 3.5 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 41.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.4 points per game.

Fighting Illini: 6-4, averaging 82.5 points, 36.7 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 4.0 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 44.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.5 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.