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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Andrej Stojakovic scored 24 points for his fourth 20-point performance in five games, leading No. 13 Illinois to an 87-73 victory over Texas Rio Grande Valley on Monday night.

Mihailo Petrovic had 12 points, and David Mirkovic and twins Zvonimir and Tomislav Ivisic each added 10 for the Illini (6-1). They are 6-0 at home.

Illinois has started the season scoring 80 or more points in all seven games. The Illini haven’t done that since the 1988-89 team dubbed the Flyin’ Illini opened with 12 consecutive games of 80 or more points.

Kye Dickson scored 21 points and Filip Brankovic had 15 for the Rio Grande Valley (2-4), which trailed 42-31 at halftime and cut the Illinois lead to six points twice early in the second half but didn’t get any closer.

Stojakovic scored 14 points in the first half.

Illinois, the top rebounding team in the Big Ten, outrebounded the Vaqueros, 44-32. Keaton Wagler and Ben Humrichous each had eight rebounds, Zvonimir Ivisic had seven and Stojakovic had six.

The Vaqueros went 16-15 last season. It was their first winning season since 2018-19.

Rio Grande Valley is a second-year member of the Southland Conference after spending 11 years in the Western Athletic Conference.

Illinois coach Brad Underwood went 53-1 against Southland Conference teams while winning three regular-season and three conference tournament championships from 2013-2016, when he at Stephen F. Austin.

Texas Rio Grande Valley: At Stephen F. Austin on Dec. 3.

Illinois: Vs. No. 5 UConn at Madison Square Garden in New York on Friday.

This story has been corrected to show that Illinois’ nickname is the Fighting Illini, not Flyin’ Illini.

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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scottish soccer authorities say they “utterly condemn” the field invasion that followed Celtic’s title-sealing goal in its thrilling final-round showdown with Hearts.

Callum Osmand’s goal in the eighth and last minute of stoppage time sealed a 3-1 win for Celtic on Saturday and sparked wild celebrations among its fans, with hundreds running onto the pitch and getting close to Hearts’ dejected players.

Hearts captain Lawrence Shankland was reportedly punched by a Celtic fan as he tried to leave the field, with the game appearing to end before playing the full amount of stoppage time.

The Hearts delegation quickly left Celtic Park and players were still dressed in game uniforms when they got off the team bus at their Tynecastle Park home. The club said “reports of serious physical and verbal abuse towards our players and staff” were “deeply disturbing” and called for the “strongest action possible to be taken” by Scotland’s soccer authorities.

In a statement released Sunday, the Scottish Professional Football League said it was awaiting the report from its match delegate regarding any specific incidents that took place.

“But, regardless, supporters entering the field of play in any circumstances is wholly unacceptable,” the body said, “and puts those participating and working at a match at risk.”

The SPFL felt it necessary to make clear that “prior to awarding the trophy, we were informed by the match referee that the match had ended and had not been abandoned.”

“Yesterday’s match showed off the very best of the Scottish game and the drama and excitement that it is rightly famed for,” the statement added.

Celtic was crowned champion for the fifth straight year and 14th time in 15 seasons, while Hearts — the long-time leader — was denied a first Scottish league title since 1960.

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