Central Michigan Chippewas (8-11, 4-4 MAC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (8-11, 2-6 MAC) DeKalb, Illinois; Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Central Michigan plays the Northern Illinois Huskies after Madi Morson scored 25 points in the Chippewas' 81-70 victory over the Western Michigan Broncos.

Tre Holloman had 17 points, Coen Carr and Frankie Fidler scored 11 each and No. 12 Michigan State held on to beat No. 19 ...

The No. 20 Illinois Fighting Illini (13-4, 5-2 Big Ten) meet the No. 12 Michigan State Spartans (15-2, 6-0) Sunday. Tip-off ...

The Spartans' 7-0 start in Big Ten play is their best since the 2018-19 season when they last played in the Final Four.

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo thinks Illinois is one of the best teams in the country, and the best in the Big Ten ...

Even with all the whistles and without the win, there was plenty for the Illini to learn from the Spartans game ...

Eastern Michigan is shooting 38.5% from the field this season, 0.9 percentage points lower than the 39.4% Northern Illinois allows to opponents. Northern Illinois averages 6.9 made 3-pointers per game ...

Tre Holloman scored 17 points to lead No. 12 Michigan State to an 80-78 win over No. 19 Illinois on Sunday in East Lansing, Mich.

Julia Ayrault also reached double figures scoring for MSU and finished with 12 points. Kendall Bostic, who began her college ...

With stars like Kasparas Jakucionis leading the way, Illinois has the offensive firepower to keep up with Michigan State’s high-paced game. More importantly, Illinois has been a tough matchup ...

BOTTOM LINE: Western Michigan hosts Northern Illinois after Chansey Willis Jr. scored 21 points in Western Michigan’s 85-76 loss to the Buffalo Bulls.