Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Illinois Fighting Illini

Jan 8, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
RUTG	16	39	55
ILL	43	38	81

Player Stats

RUTGERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
9Dylan Grant	15	0-2	0-1	2-4	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
21Emmanuel Ogbole	20	2-2	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	3	1	2	4
13Harun Zrno	27	4-9	3-5	0-0	5	2	0	0	0	1	11
3Kaden Powers	24	5-12	2-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	2	12
1Jamichael Davis	24	0-8	0-5	0-0	2	3	2	0	0	3	0
27Denis Badalau	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
4Bryce Ruglass Dortch	15	2-3	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	1	0	3	4
11Chris Nwuli	14	2-3	0-1	0-2	3	0	1	0	1	2	4
32Baye Fall	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Lino Mark	14	1-6	0-1	1-2	0	0	2	1	2	2	3
0Tariq Francis	17	3-10	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	2	6
5Darren Buchanan Jr.	24	4-7	1-3	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	1	9

TOTAL	-	23-6336.5%	6-2227.3%	3-837.5%	30	8	5	5	7	20	55

ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0David Mirkovic	26	2-8	1-4	3-4	7	3	0	0	0	1	8
13Tomislav Ivisic	26	5-10	2-6	2-2	4	1	1	1	2	0	14
23Keaton Wagler	32	5-12	1-4	6-7	7	3	0	0	2	1	17
2Andrej Stojakovic	25	4-6	1-2	3-4	8	0	0	1	2	1	12
4Kylan Boswell	30	4-7	1-4	0-0	5	5	0	0	1	1	9
44Zvonimir Ivisic	14	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	2	0	2	2
3Ben Humrichous	17	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3
15Jake Davis	21	4-7	4-7	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	1	12
31Jason Jakstys	1	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
77Mihailo Petrovic	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Blake Fagbemi	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Brandon Lee	3	0-2	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
5AJ Redd	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	26-5944.1%	11-3135.5%	18-2185.7%	41	13	2	5	7	8	81

Play-by-Play

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1st halfRUTGILL

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Rutgers.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Illinois.
+3 (19:45) Harun Zrno makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kaden Powers assists).
30
+2 (19:24) Keaton Wagler makes layup.
32
(19:07) Kaden Powers misses 16-foot jumper.
(19:05) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:57) Andrej Stojakovic makes layup.
34
(18:32) Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:29) Emmanuel Ogbole Offensive Rebound.
(18:25) Foul on David Mirkovic.
+1 (18:25) Dylan Grant makes free throw 1 of 2.
44
(18:24) Dylan Grant misses free throw 2 of 2.
(18:24) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
(18:02) Keaton Wagler misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:58) Andrej Stojakovic Offensive Rebound.
(17:51) Foul on Kaden Powers.
(17:43) Keaton Wagler misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:39) Harun Zrno Defensive Rebound.
(17:35) Dylan Grant misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:31) Kylan Boswell Defensive Rebound.
(17:27) Foul on Jamichael Davis.
+1 (17:27) Andrej Stojakovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
45
+1 (17:27) Andrej Stojakovic makes free throw 2 of 2.
46
(17:08) Foul on Andrej Stojakovic.
(16:50) Kaden Powers bad pass turnover.
(16:44) Tomislav Ivisic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:40) Harun Zrno Defensive Rebound.
(16:33) Jamichael Davis misses layup.
(16:31) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(16:19) Tomislav Ivisic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:15) Emmanuel Ogbole Defensive Rebound.
(16:06) Kaden Powers misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:03) Kylan Boswell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:51) Tomislav Ivisic makes layup (Kylan Boswell assists).
48
+2 (15:36) Kaden Powers makes 18-foot jumper.
68
+3 (15:25) Kylan Boswell makes 25-foot three point jumper.
611
(15:01) Tariq Francis misses 12-foot jumper.
(14:59) Zvonimir Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(14:31) Ben Humrichous misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:29) Rutgers Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:14) Tariq Francis makes 12-foot jumper.
811
(13:50) Foul on Tariq Francis.
(13:48) David Mirkovic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:45) Zvonimir Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
(13:32) Keaton Wagler misses 9-foot jumper.
(13:29) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
+3 (13:27) Jake Davis makes 24-foot three point jumper (David Mirkovic assists).
814
(13:04) Harun Zrno misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(13:01) Keaton Wagler Defensive Rebound.
(12:52) Zvonimir Ivisic misses layup.
(12:52) Bryce Dortch Block.
(12:48) Bryce Dortch Defensive Rebound.
(12:36) Lino Mark bad pass turnover.
+3 (12:21) Jake Davis makes 24-foot three point jumper (David Mirkovic assists).
817
(11:56) Lino Mark misses 14-foot jumper.
(11:52) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:46) Andrej Stojakovic makes 6-foot jumper.
819
(11:43) Rutgers Timeout.
(11:19) Tariq Francis misses 6-foot jumper.
(11:19) Tomislav Ivisic Block.
(11:14) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:03) Tomislav Ivisic makes 6-foot jumper (David Mirkovic assists).
821
(10:44) Tariq Francis misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:40) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(10:32) David Mirkovic misses layup.
(10:29) Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(10:12) Foul on Jake Davis.
(10:12) Lino Mark misses free throw 1 of 2.
(10:12) Rutgers Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (10:12) Lino Mark makes free throw 2 of 2.
921
(10:04) Foul on Tariq Francis.
(9:45) Kylan Boswell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:42) Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:39) Lino Mark makes layup (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists).
1121
(9:32) Andrej Stojakovic misses 6-foot jumper.
(9:32) Emmanuel Ogbole Block.
(9:32) Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(9:24) Tomislav Ivisic misses layup.
(9:21) Emmanuel Ogbole Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:00) Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 18-foot jumper.
1321
(8:31) Foul on Lino Mark.
+2 (8:25) Kylan Boswell makes layup.
1323
+3 (8:11) Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper.
1623
+3 (7:59) Jake Davis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kylan Boswell assists).
1626
(7:38) Kaden Powers misses 15-foot jumper.
(7:33) Kaden Powers Offensive Rebound.
(7:27) Kaden Powers misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(7:23) Keaton Wagler Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:02) David Mirkovic makes layup.
1628
(6:32) Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 18-foot jumper.
(6:30) Jake Davis Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:09) Keaton Wagler makes 6-foot jumper.
1630
(6:09) Foul on Jamichael Davis.
+1 (6:09) Keaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 1.
1631
(5:49) Harun Zrno misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:46) Chris Nwuli Offensive Rebound.
(5:46) Foul on Zvonimir Ivisic.
(5:46) Chris Nwuli misses free throw 1 of 2.
(5:46) Rutgers Deadball Team Rebound.
(5:45) Chris Nwuli misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:43) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
(5:24) Jake Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:20) Zvonimir Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
(5:04) Kylan Boswell misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(5:03) Rutgers Defensive Rebound.
(4:50) Chris Nwuli misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:47) Kylan Boswell Defensive Rebound.
(4:21) Kylan Boswell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:16) Baye Fall Defensive Rebound.
(4:07) Jamichael Davis misses 20-foot jumper.
(4:04) Kylan Boswell Defensive Rebound.
(4:01) Mihailo Petrovic misses layup.
(3:58) Harun Zrno Defensive Rebound.
(3:40) Dylan Grant misses layup.
(3:40) Zvonimir Ivisic Block.
(3:36) Mihailo Petrovic Defensive Rebound.
(3:33) Jake Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(3:31) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
(3:31) Foul on Chris Nwuli.
+1 (3:31) David Mirkovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
1632
(3:31) David Mirkovic misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:29) Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(3:23) Tomislav Ivisic bad pass turnover.
(3:23) Lino Mark Steal.
(3:08) Tariq Francis misses 18-foot jumper.
(3:04) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:49) Tomislav Ivisic makes layup.
1634
(2:33) Lino Mark bad pass turnover.
(2:33) Tomislav Ivisic Steal.
(2:11) Keaton Wagler misses layup.
(2:11) Emmanuel Ogbole Block.
(2:07) Emmanuel Ogbole Defensive Rebound.
(2:00) Tariq Francis misses 9-foot jumper.
(1:58) Ben Humrichous Defensive Rebound.
(1:55) Andrej Stojakovic bad pass turnover.
(1:44) Lino Mark misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:41) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(1:35) Foul on Denis Badalau.
(1:35) Andrej Stojakovic misses free throw 1 of 2.
(1:35) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (1:35) Andrej Stojakovic makes free throw 2 of 2.
1635
(1:23) Darren Buchanan Jr. bad pass turnover.
+3 (1:12) Jake Davis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ben Humrichous assists).
1638
(0:50) Jamichael Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:47) Keaton Wagler Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:40) Keaton Wagler makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1641
(0:25) Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:23) Jake Davis Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:01) Keaton Wagler makes 8-foot jumper.
1643

2nd half

Team Stats

RUTG

ILL

55Points81

23-63(36.5%)Field Goal(%)26-59(44.1%)

6-22(27.3%)3-Point(%)11-31(35.5%)

3-8(37.5%)Free Throw(%)18-21(85.7%)

32(9)Rebounds(Offensive)45(12)

8Assists13

5Steals2

5Blocks5

7Turnovers7

20(0)Fouls(Technical)8(0)

3Largest Lead27

Game Details

Thursday, January 8, 2026 · 8:30 PM

State Farm Center · Champaign, IL

attendance: 13,190 (84.9%)

spread: ILL -22.5

over/under: 149.5