Box score from Kentucky basketball’s NCAA Tournament round-of-32 win over Illinois
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Game day: Kentucky 84, Illinois 75
Click below for more of the Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com’s coverage of Sunday night’s men’s basketball game between Kentucky and Illinois at the NCAA Tournament in Milwaukee.
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The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team played the University of Illinois in the NCAA Tournament round of 32 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Sunday night. The No. 3-seeded Wildcats defeated the No. 6-seeded Fighting Illini 84-74.
Next up for Kentucky is the NCAA Tournament round of 16, for which the Wildcats will head to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and face archrival Tennessee on Friday.
Kentucky’s statistical leaders in Sunday’s game:
Points: Koby Brea, 23
Rebounds: Amari Williams, 10
Assists: Amari Williams, 6
Steals: Andrew Carr, Lamont Butler, Collin Chandler, 3
Blocks: Amari Williams, 3
Turnovers: Lamont Butler, 2
Minutes: Koby Brea, 36
Three-pointers made: Koby Brea 3-8, Lamont Butler 2-3, Collin Chandler 2-3, Ansley Almonor 1-3
View a complete statistics report from the game.
View UK’s 2024-25 schedule and results.
View the live NCAA Tournament bracket.
Next game
Kentucky vs. Tennessee
What: NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional round-of-16 game
When: Friday (time TBA)
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis
TV: TBA
Radio: WLAP-AM 630, WBUL-FM 98.1
Records: Kentucky 24-11, Tennessee 29-7
Series: Kentucky leads 163-78
Last meetings: Kentucky won 78-73 on Jan. 28, 2025, in Knoxville and 75-64 on Feb. 11, 2025, in Lexington
This story was originally published March 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM.
