Kasparas Jakucionis is a collegiate player for the Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team in the Big Ten Conference. Bailey is in his freshman season and plays as a guard, as of March 2025.

Jordan Geronimo scored 11 points and Julian Reese had 10. Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley each had 15 points for the Illini (21-12). Kylan Boswell had 14.

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∎ C.J. Cox: 7/10 Drew the starting defensive assignment on fellow freshman Kasparas Jakucionis and helped contain him in the first half. Also big on the boards and slipping in for buckets at crucial ...

Freshman Kasparas Jakucionis, a possible lottery pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, was named third-team Big Ten All-Conference and to the league's all-freshman team. The 6-foot-6 guard led Illinois ...

A multi-talented, 6-foot-6 lead guard, Kasparas Jakucionis arrived in Champaign at age 18 and has put together one of the best freshman campaigns in Illinois history. Averaging 15.2 points ...

Kasparas Jakucionis hit a 3-pointer with 39 second left, part of a 13-1 push over the final 2 minutes to help the Illini erase a 10-point deficit. Will Riley scored 22 to lead five Illinois ...

Illinois used a 17-3 run to go up 70-66. From there, the two teams traded blows until Kasparas Jakucionis stepped into a 3 with 40 seconds left. Smith's response 3 was off and Illinois sealed the ...

Hurichous tied it with a 3, and Kaufman-Renn turned it over. Kasparas Jakucionis -- held mostly in check from a scoring standpoint -- drilled another 3 over Caleb Furst's closeout. Illinois led 82-79 ...

Kasparas Jakucionis seemed to be lining up a drive to the basket as he methodically dribbled through his legs on the right-wing, then suddenly the Lithuanian guard stepped back and lofted a 3-pointer.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Illinois’ Will Riley, right, advances the ball against Purdue’s Fletcher Loyer, left, during the first ...