Bailey scored 24 of his 37 points in the first half as Rutgers picked up a rare road win 79-72 over Northwestern.

Northwestern hasn't won at Illinois since January 2013 -- two months before Chris Collins became the Wildcats' head coach.

The Illini crashed the boards and hit the floor to scrap their way to an 83-74 win over the Wildcats in Champaign ...

BOTTOM LINE: Rutgers faces Northwestern after Jordan Derkack scored 26 points in Rutgers’ 81-74 loss to the Michigan State Spartans. The Wildcats have gone 10-1 at home. Northwestern is fifth in the ...

Rutgers visits the Northwestern Wildcats after Jordan Derkack scored 26 points in the Scarlet Knights' 81-74 loss to the Michigan State Spartans.

Illinois senior guard Adalia McKenzie drives to the basket against Northwestern on Thursday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena in ...

Northwestern and Rutgers both occupy the bottom third of the Big Ten as the Wildcats prepare to host the Scarlet Knights on ...

Almost two months after falling in their Big Ten opener at Northwestern (12-8, 3-6), No. 17 Illinois (14-6, 6-4) got back at ...

(WAND) -- Illinois men's basketball ... The last time the Fighting Illini and the Wildcats met was back in December up in Evanston where Northwestern came away with the 70-66 overtime win.

The first bit of evidence: When Illinois and Northwestern met Dec. 6 in Evanston, Ill., the Wildcats erased a 10-point second-half deficit and earned a 70-66 overtime victory. Nick Martinelli ...

Sunday's meeting with Northwestern at the State Farm Center in Champaign was Illinois' first ... against a physical Wildcats crew that nipped the Illini in overtime in Evanston back in December.