Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini

Dec 13, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NEB	37	46	83
ILL	37	43	80

Game Recap

Jamarques Lawrence's buzzer-beater gives No. 23 Nebraska an 83-80 win over No. 13 Illinois. Jamarques Lawrence hit a 3-point shot with less than a second remaining Saturday to give No. 23 Nebraska an 83-80 win over No. 13 Illinois.

Player Stats

NEBRASKA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
9Berke Buyuktuncel	26	1-4	0-1	1-2	3	1	3	2	0	4	3
21Pryce Sandfort	34	12-18	6-11	2-2	1	3	1	0	1	3	32
51Rienk Mast	34	7-15	3-6	0-0	7	2	1	0	2	2	17
10Jamarques Lawrence	31	5-8	2-4	2-2	3	6	1	0	1	3	14
1Sam Hoiberg	30	3-6	1-1	0-0	5	6	0	0	0	4	7
5Braden Frager	13	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
15Jared Garcia	13	4-8	0-2	2-2	4	1	0	0	1	1	10
2Kendall Blue	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31Cale Jacobsen	16	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
TOTAL	-	32-6251.6%	12-2646.2%	7-887.5%	26	20	6	2	6	21	83

ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0David Mirkovic	23	2-4	0-1	0-1	2	1	0	0	3	0	4
13Tomislav Ivisic	29	1-3	1-3	0-1	5	2	1	2	1	2	3
23Keaton Wagler	40	6-13	4-8	3-3	1	10	1	1	3	2	19
2Andrej Stojakovic	27	8-16	0-3	3-3	10	1	0	1	1	1	19
4Kylan Boswell	37	5-9	3-6	7-9	3	3	0	0	0	1	20
3Ben Humrichous	16	1-3	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
15Jake Davis	17	2-5	1-4	0-1	3	1	0	0	0	2	5
44Zvonimir Ivisic	11	3-5	0-1	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	1	7

TOTAL	-	28-5848.3%	10-2934.5%	14-2070.0%	30	18	2	4	8	9	80

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNEBILL

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Nebraska.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Illinois.
+2 (19:44) Pryce Sandfort made Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.
20
(19:13) Kylan Boswell missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:10) Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(19:10) Foul on Pryce Sandfort.
(18:52) Keaton Wagler missed Jumper.
(18:48) Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.
(18:31) Rienk Mast missed Layup.
(18:31) Andrej Stojakovic Block.
(18:26) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:23) Andrej Stojakovic made Jumper.
22
(18:13) Jamarques Lawrence missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:09) Keaton Wagler Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:41) Kylan Boswell made Layup. Assisted by Andrej Stojakovic.
24
+3 (17:25) Pryce Sandfort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jamarques Lawrence.
54
(17:10) Tomislav Ivisic missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:06) Rienk Mast Defensive Rebound.
(16:56) Pryce Sandfort missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:54) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(16:27) Keaton Wagler missed Jumper.
(16:24) Jamarques Lawrence Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:21) Pryce Sandfort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jamarques Lawrence.
84
(16:08) Andrej Stojakovic missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:05) Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(15:50) Andrej Stojakovic missed Jumper.
(15:47) Rienk Mast Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:41) Pryce Sandfort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rienk Mast.
114
(15:13) Kylan Boswell missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:09) Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.
(15:05) Sam Hoiberg missed Jumper.
(15:05) Tomislav Ivisic Block.
(15:00) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(15:00) Foul on Sam Hoiberg.
(14:50) Keaton Wagler missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:46) Berke Buyuktuncel Defensive Rebound.
(14:25) Berke Buyuktuncel missed Jumper.
(14:21) Rienk Mast Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:16) Pryce Sandfort made Jumper.
134
+2 (13:59) Zvonimir Ivisic made Jumper. Assisted by Keaton Wagler.
136
+2 (13:37) Pryce Sandfort made Jumper.
156
+2 (13:21) David Mirkovic made Layup.
158
(13:02) Pryce Sandfort missed Jumper.
(12:58) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(12:36) David Mirkovic Turnover.
(12:36) Rienk Mast Steal.
+2 (12:28) Berke Buyuktuncel made Layup. Assisted by Jamarques Lawrence.
178
(12:03) Ben Humrichous missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:58) Andrej Stojakovic Offensive Rebound.
(11:54) David Mirkovic missed Jumper.
(11:54) Berke Buyuktuncel Block.
(11:49) Sam Hoiberg Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:46) Jamarques Lawrence made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.
208
(11:36) Illinois Timeout.
+2 (11:29) Zvonimir Ivisic made Layup. Assisted by Keaton Wagler.
2010
(11:29) Foul on Jamarques Lawrence.
+1 (11:29) Zvonimir Ivisic made Free Throw.
2011
+2 (11:12) Rienk Mast made Jumper.
2211
(10:48) Zvonimir Ivisic missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:44) Jared Garcia Defensive Rebound.
(10:31) Rienk Mast missed Jumper.
(10:27) Ben Humrichous Defensive Rebound.
(10:10) Zvonimir Ivisic missed Dunk.
(10:06) Jared Garcia Defensive Rebound.
(9:55) Jared Garcia missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:51) Kylan Boswell Defensive Rebound.
(9:33) Foul on Jared Garcia.
(9:28) Tomislav Ivisic Turnover.
(9:28) Berke Buyuktuncel Steal.
(8:58) Cale Jacobsen missed Jumper.
(8:55) Jake Davis Defensive Rebound.
(8:35) Tomislav Ivisic missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:31) Jake Davis Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:28) Kylan Boswell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jake Davis.
2214
(8:01) Braden Frager missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:57) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
(7:50) David Mirkovic Turnover.
(7:50) Berke Buyuktuncel Steal.
(7:50) Nebraska Timeout.
+2 (7:35) Pryce Sandfort made Layup.
2414
(7:23) Jake Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:20) Cale Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:02) Pryce Sandfort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sam Hoiberg.
2714
+2 (6:42) David Mirkovic made Layup. Assisted by Keaton Wagler.
2716
+3 (6:31) Pryce Sandfort made Three Point Jumper.
3016
(6:16) Foul on Sam Hoiberg.
(6:11) Foul on Braden Frager.
+2 (6:03) Andrej Stojakovic made Jumper.
3018
(5:45) Foul on Tomislav Ivisic.
+1 (5:45) Berke Buyuktuncel made Free Throw.
3118
(5:45) Berke Buyuktuncel missed Free Throw.
(5:43) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:24) Keaton Wagler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kylan Boswell.
3121
+3 (5:01) Rienk Mast made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cale Jacobsen.
3421
(4:43) Andrej Stojakovic missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:39) Tomislav Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:32) Andrej Stojakovic made Layup.
3423
(4:32) Foul on Berke Buyuktuncel.
+1 (4:32) Andrej Stojakovic made Free Throw.
3424
+3 (4:15) Pryce Sandfort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jamarques Lawrence.
3724
+3 (3:47) Keaton Wagler made Three Point Jumper.
3727
(3:37) Rienk Mast missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:34) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(3:28) Foul on Jamarques Lawrence.
+1 (3:28) Kylan Boswell made Free Throw.
3728
+1 (3:28) Kylan Boswell made Free Throw.
3729
(3:18) Foul on Kylan Boswell.
(3:10) Pryce Sandfort Turnover.
(2:54) Andrej Stojakovic missed Layup.
(2:51) Braden Frager Defensive Rebound.
(2:31) Berke Buyuktuncel missed Layup.
(2:29) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(2:27) Foul on Andrej Stojakovic.
(2:27) Andrej Stojakovic Turnover.
(2:16) Pryce Sandfort missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:11) Berke Buyuktuncel Offensive Rebound.
(2:01) Rienk Mast missed Jumper.
(2:01) Tomislav Ivisic Block.
(1:56) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(1:48) Andrej Stojakovic missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:45) Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(1:45) Foul on Pryce Sandfort.
(1:45) David Mirkovic missed Free Throw.
(1:42) Tomislav Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
(1:37) David Mirkovic missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:34) Andrej Stojakovic Offensive Rebound.
(1:24) Foul on Berke Buyuktuncel.
+1 (1:24) Kylan Boswell made Free Throw.
3730
+1 (1:24) Kylan Boswell made Free Throw.
3731
(1:24) Kylan Boswell missed Free Throw.
(1:22) Kylan Boswell Offensive Rebound.
+3 (1:14) Jake Davis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Keaton Wagler.
3734
(0:47) Rienk Mast missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:44) Braden Frager Offensive Rebound.
(0:43) Braden Frager Turnover.
(0:43) Keaton Wagler Steal.
(0:21) Keaton Wagler missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:17) Kylan Boswell Offensive Rebound.
+3 (0:14) Kylan Boswell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by David Mirkovic.
3737
(0:03) Cale Jacobsen missed Jumper.
(0:03) Keaton Wagler Block.
(0:02) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

NEB

ILL

83Points80

32-62(51.6%)Field Goal(%)28-58(48.3%)

12-26(46.2%)3-Point(%)10-29(34.5%)

7-8(87.5%)Free Throw(%)14-20(70.0%)

27(8)Rebounds(Offensive)34(13)

20Assists18

6Steals2

2Blocks4

6Turnovers8

21(0)Fouls(Technical)9(1)

14Largest Lead2

Game Details

Saturday, December 13, 2025 · 4:00 PM

State Farm Center · Champaign, IL

attendance: 15,266 (98.2%)

tv: Peacock

spread: ILL -9.5

over/under: 156.5