EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - D.J. Richardson scored 18 points to lead Illinois to a 62-41 victory over Northwestern on Sunday night.
Tracy Abrams added 13 points off the bench for the Illini (19-8, 6-7 Big Ten), who have won four straight.
Reggie Hearn led Northwestern with 11 points. The Wildcats (13-13, 4-9) have lost three straight and five of their last six.
Illinois scored the first 16 points of the second half after ending the first half on a 10-0 run. Richardson's layup extended Illinois' lead to 45-15 with 13:53 remaining. James Montgomery scored Northwestern's first points of the half on a layup with 13:26 left.
Northwestern shot 25 percent from the field and Illinois shot 43.6 percent.
Illinois avenged a 68-54 home loss to Northwestern on Jan. 17.
During their winning streak, the Illini have also beaten top-ranked Indiana, then-No. 18 Minnesota and Purdue.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Illinois (19-8) « | 29 | 33 | 62 |
| Northwestern (13-13) | 15 | 26 | 41 |
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| Illinois Fighting Illini | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. McLaurin, F | 26 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| N. Egwu, C | 18 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| B. Paul, G | 32 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| D. Richardson, G | 30 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| J. Bertrand, G | 22 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Abrams | 27 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| T. Griffey | 21 | 3-9 | 1-1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| M. Henry | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Berardini | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Djimde | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. LaTulip | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Langford | 3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Shaw | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-55 | 8-15 | 39 | 13 | 21 | 62 | |
| 43.6% | 53.3% | ||||||
| Northwestern Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Abrahamson, F | 32 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Turner, F | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Demps, G | 30 | 3-11 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| R. Hearn, G | 30 | 3-11 | 5-5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| D. Sobolewski, G | 28 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Olah | 21 | 0-2 | 5-7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| A. Marcotullio | 19 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Montgomery III | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| N. Cerina | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Jimenez | 3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 12-48 | 12-15 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 41 | |
| 25% | 80% | ||||||
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