Rayvonte Rice tallied 21 points, seven boards and five steals as the Illinois Fighting
Illini completed an 88-62 rout of the Indiana State Sycamores as
part of the Las Vegas Invitational at Orleans Arena.
Malcolm Hill went 11-of-12 at the free-throw line en route to 17
points, which he accompanied with eight boards for Illinois (5-0),
which will advance to play the winner of the Baylor-Memphis matchup
in the next round. Nnanna Egwu, Kendrick Nunn and Aaron Cosby
provided 10 points each for the Fighting Illini.
Grant Prusator of Rochelle came off the bench to pace the Sycamores (3-2) with
17 points despite clocking only 16 minutes.
Grant was 5 for 10 from the field which included 4 out of 7 from 3-point range. He also made 3 out of 5 free throws, 2 steals, 1 rebound, and 2 turnovers.
Prusator had played in only 2 games prior to Thursday's contest with Illinois.
Brenton Scott chipped in 10 points, while the Sycamores' starting five combined to hit on
just 8-of-30 shots from the floor.