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Now that Illinois has a team that can score without making every possession a grueling exercise, coach Bruce Weber is having to spend considerable time worrying about defense.

This isn't how Illinois defensive end Doug Pilcher envisioned his final collegiate game taking place.

Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 5:28 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 5:28 p.m. Fresno State at Illinois , Saturday, Noon Eastern Line: Illinois by 1. Series Record: First meeting.

Illinois guard Demetri McCamey didn't know it at the time, but he had an opportunity to end nine years of Big Ten grief as he searched for a last-second shot against Clemson last season.

Juice Williams added a highlight to an otherwise difficult season Friday when he became the sixth player in Big Ten history to surpass 10,000 total yards for his career.

Former Findlay Prep standout and current Illinois' guard D.J. Richardson is guarded by Utah's Carlon Brown during the Las Vegas Invitational at the Orleans Arena Friday.

While freshmen Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson provided many of Illinois' highlights the past few weeks, junior forward Mike Tisdale didn't do much to attract attention as he blended into the action.

Illinois' offense showed up Friday at Nippert Stadium. Unfortunately for the Illini, so did some of the problems that have plagued them all season.

Illinois has enjoyed feeding off the crowd at Assembly Hall in opening with four consecutive wins.

Mikel Leshore is the leading rusher with 536 yards and three touchdowns on 88 carries.

The big goals are off the table for Arrelious Benn and Illinois, but all is not lost.

Highly touted freshman Brandon Paul got a lot of the credit for leading Illinois to two strong performances to start the season.

When Demetri McCamey was on the court Tuesday night against Northern Illinois, everything was fine for Illinois.

Freshman D.J. Richardson scored 15 points, hitting four 3-pointers, to help No. 23 Illinois overcome a sluggish start and beat Presbyterian College 94-48 in the Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday night.

The opening round of the Las Vegas Invitational takes place at campus sites around the country, and two of the teams in the event will meet at Assembly Hall in Champaign tonight, as the Blue Hose of Presbyterian pay a visit to the 23rd-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini.

Arrelious Benn won't say the one word those closest to him use to describe his season.

When Illinois runs Just when it looked like Mikel Leshoure had taken over the No.

The 23rd-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini take aim at their second straight win to open the season as they play host to the Huskies of Northern Illinois tonight at Assembly Hall in Champaign.

Getting offensive: QB Jacob Charest looked shaky for most of his first career start but recovered for a 10-yard touchdown run and a 32-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter.