Pennsylvania at Illinois

A 47-point halftime lead turned into a 120-45 final for Illinois on Monday, the largest win in program history. The Illini did it without David Mirkovic, who is out again with a foot injury and recovering from an appendectomy, and Jake Davis hurt his shoulder early and needs surgery. FDU shot 17-for-61 from the field, and Illinois grabbed 40 defensive rebounds. Penn opens its season here with four starters back from the team that won the Ivy League Tournament, led by TJ Power, a unanimous First Team All-Ivy pick at 16.4 points per game. Ethan Roberts, last season's primary scorer, graduated. Illinois beat this same program by 35 in March. Keaton Wagler has left for the NBA, but five rotation players are back, with Stefan Vaaks and Quentin Coleman added. Andrej Stojaković and Vaaks each scored 20 in the opener, and Coleman had 13 points and 10 rebounds, so Penn has more than one scorer to account for. A team that scores 120 and allows 45 in the same game is winning on stops. The margin and the UNDER both rest on how few points Penn's offense can find. I'm on Illinois on the spread and the UNDER tonight.