The Oregon men's basketball team closed out a tight win against Maryland on Sunday after rallying from a double-digit first-half deficit.

The No. 9 Oregon Ducks face the No. 22 Illinois Fighting Illini in a men’s college basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 (1/2/25) at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon.

The No. 9 Oregon men's basketball team lost to No. 22 Illinois on Thursday while allowing 16 3 pointers and a historic amount of points

Illinois 109, Oregon 77. Given that Oregon is ranked ninth in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, and given that the game was played inside Matthew Knight Arena, Illinois on Thursday became the first team to ever win a road contest over an opponent ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll by at least 32 points.

No. 22 Illinois dominated No. 9 Oregon on Thursday. Here is a look at some of the big numbers put up by the Fighting Illini.

In a blockbuster Big Ten matchup on Thursday night, Illinois basketball took the college basketball world by storm. The Fighting Illini walked into Eugene and dominated the Oregon Ducks 109-77. Brad Underwood and company put on a show offensively with one of the highest-scoring outputs of the season.

A day after the Oregon Ducks football team suffered a 41-21 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl, the men's basketball program didn't exactly make the heartache any easier to deal with.