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Earlier this week, the Illinois Fighting Illini saw a dominant performance over the Indiana Hoosiers on the road, and they were led by their star freshman, Kasparas Jakucionis. The 6-foot-6 ...

It’s crowded atop the Big Ten Conference this year, with Michigan State, Purdue, Michigan, UCLA and Wisconsin all within two games at the top of the standings, but look just a little bit further down ...

Kasparas Jakucionis plays as a guard for the Illinois Fighting Illini basketball program and is a freshman in the 2024=25 season. Kasparas hails from Vilnius, Lithuania, and trained at FC Barcelona.

If you don’t like it, share it with an enemy! Spurs pair Kasparas Jakucionis with Victor Wembanyama in updated NBA mock draft The Spurs vaulted up to No. 3 in FanSided's latest mock draft ...

Illinois is led by Kasparas Jakucionis, who has quickly climbed into top-five discussions thanks to his mature and well-rounded offensive game. While these players serve different roles and play ...

Will Riley had 27 points, nine rebounds and seven assists off the bench and Kasparas Jakucionis had 24 points to help No. 23 ...

SEATTLE (AP) Kasparas Jakucionis made a tiebreaking layup with 32 seconds left, and No. 22 Illinois survived a furious comeback bid by Washington to squeak out an 81-77 victory Sunday. The ...

On Wednesday, Jakucionis and No. 13 Illinois (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten) welcome Penn State (12-3, 2-2 Big Ten) to the State Farm Center in Champaign (8 p.m. CT, BTN), where another opportunity to build ...

In the two games missed by Illinois' Kasparas Jakucionis leading into Tuesday's road matchup with Indiana, the Illini learned that they didn't necessarily need their dynamic freshman guard to survive.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Illini basketball’s leading scorer will be sidelined in the Wednesday, January 8 game against Penn State, according to Illinois Athletics. KJ is out with a left ...