Following a less than ideal trip to Maui, the Illinois Fighting Illini find themselves in a bit of a pickle as they travel to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Tuesday night. Illinois, losers of four of their last five games, will look to right the ship coming off a much needed win over Mississippi Valley State on Sunday night.
Notre Dame is led by junior guard TJ Gibbs and junior forward John Mooney. On the court these two combine for 25 points per game and Mooney leads the team, by a wide margin, in the rebounding game with 9.