Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Northwestern Wildcats

FINAL

Jan 14, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
ILL	38	41	79
NU	33	35	68

Game Recap

Wagler stars as No. 13 Illinois beats Northwestern 79-68 for 6th straight win. Keaton Wagler scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half, and No. 13 Illinois beat Northwestern 79-68 on Wednesday night for their season-high sixth consecutive victory.

Player Stats

ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3Ben Humrichous	15	1-5	1-4	2-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	5
13Tomislav Ivisic	26	8-15	4-10	1-1	7	1	0	0	1	2	21
23Keaton Wagler	33	8-17	3-7	3-3	5	3	0	0	2	2	22
2Andrej Stojakovic	23	2-5	0-1	0-0	6	0	0	0	1	1	4
4Kylan Boswell	37	6-11	0-2	1-1	4	6	2	0	2	1	13
0David Mirkovic	29	2-4	2-2	0-0	5	0	1	0	1	2	6
15Jake Davis	20	2-3	1-2	1-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6
44Zvonimir Ivisic	14	1-3	0-2	0-0	2	0	1	2	0	2	2
1Brandon Lee	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	30-6347.6%	11-3036.7%	8-8100%	32	11	6	2	7	11	79

NORTHWESTERN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Tre Singleton	34	3-11	0-4	0-0	6	1	1	0	0	3	6
2Nick Martinelli	37	5-12	2-4	8-8	4	2	0	0	1	2	20
22Arrinten Page	30	3-7	1-3	0-0	8	1	0	2	3	0	7
3Jake West	21	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	2	0	1	2	2	3
11Jordan Clayton	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
1Tyler Kropp	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
10Max Green	13	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
44Angelo Ciaravino	19	1-4	1-2	1-2	1	0	1	1	0	0	4
4Jayden Reid	32	9-15	4-6	6-7	4	3	2	0	1	3	28
TOTAL	-	22-5639.3%	9-2536.0%	15-1788.2%	26	12	5	5	7	14	68

Play-by-Play

Scores OnlyExpand All

1st halfILLNU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Illinois.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Northwestern.
(19:38) Andrej Stojakovic misses 17-foot step back jumpshot.
(19:33) Tomislav Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:33) Tomislav Ivisic makes 0-foot tip in layup.
20
(19:18) Arrinten Page misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:15) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(18:56) Andrej Stojakovic misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(18:53) Arrinten Page Defensive Rebound.
(18:41) Tre Singleton misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(18:39) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(18:22) Ben Humrichous misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:18) Keaton Wagler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:18) Keaton Wagler makes layup.
40
(18:01) Jake West misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:58) Ben Humrichous Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:49) Andrej Stojakovic makes driving layup.
60
(17:20) Arrinten Page bad pass turnover.
(17:20) Kylan Boswell Steal.
(17:16) Kylan Boswell misses driving layup.
(17:12) Keaton Wagler Offensive Rebound.
(17:12) Keaton Wagler misses tip in layup.
(17:12) Jordan Clayton Defensive Rebound.
(17:10) Foul on Tomislav Ivisic.
+1 (17:10) Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 2.
61
+1 (17:10) Nick Martinelli makes free throw 2 of 2.
62
(16:53) Ben Humrichous misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:51) Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
(16:32) Jordan Clayton misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:30) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(16:20) Keaton Wagler misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(16:17) Tre Singleton Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:11) Jake West makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Jordan Clayton assists).
65
(15:50) Tomislav Ivisic traveling turnover.
(15:26) Tre Singleton misses 14-foot pullup jump shot.
(15:22) Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:21) Nick Martinelli makes layup.
67
(15:00) Tomislav Ivisic misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:57) Jayden Reid Defensive Rebound.
(14:35) Jayden Reid misses 16-foot step back jumpshot.
(14:31) Tre Singleton Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:31) Tre Singleton makes 0-foot tip in layup.
69
+3 (14:12) Ben Humrichous makes 25-foot three point jumper.
99
(13:42) Tyler Kropp misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:39) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(13:31) Tomislav Ivisic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:27) Andrej Stojakovic Offensive Rebound.
(13:25) Foul on Jayden Reid.
(13:18) David Mirkovic misses driving layup.
(13:18) Arrinten Page Block.
(13:15) Angelo Ciaravino Defensive Rebound.
(13:14) Foul on Zvonimir Ivisic.
(13:14) Angelo Ciaravino misses free throw 1 of 2.
(13:14) Northwestern Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (13:14) Angelo Ciaravino makes free throw 2 of 2.
910
+2 (12:46) Kylan Boswell makes 16-foot step back jumpshot.
1110
+3 (12:15) Jayden Reid makes 24-foot three point jumper (Max Green assists).
1113
(12:15) Foul on Kylan Boswell.
+1 (12:15) Jayden Reid makes free throw 1 of 1.
1114
(11:56) Keaton Wagler misses driving layup.
(11:56) Angelo Ciaravino Block.
(11:54) Jake Davis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:54) Jake Davis makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1314
(11:54) Foul on Max Green.
+1 (11:54) Jake Davis makes free throw 1 of 1.
1414
+3 (11:39) Angelo Ciaravino makes 23-foot three point jumper (Max Green assists).
1417
(11:11) David Mirkovic misses layup.
(11:11) Max Green Block.
(11:09) Max Green Defensive Rebound.
(11:06) Max Green misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(11:02) Keaton Wagler Defensive Rebound.
(10:48) Keaton Wagler misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(10:44) Zvonimir Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:44) Zvonimir Ivisic makes layup.
1617
(10:16) Jayden Reid misses 21-foot step back jumpshot.
(10:13) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:03) David Mirkovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists).
1917
(9:34) Angelo Ciaravino misses driving layup.
(9:34) Zvonimir Ivisic Block.
(9:31) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
(9:16) David Mirkovic out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(8:55) Tre Singleton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:52) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(8:43) Zvonimir Ivisic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:40) Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(8:30) Andrej Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:26) Northwestern Deadball Team Rebound.
(8:26) Foul on Zvonimir Ivisic.
+3 (8:05) Arrinten Page makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jake West assists).
1920
(7:42) Zvonimir Ivisic misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:37) Kylan Boswell Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:37) Kylan Boswell makes layup.
2120
(7:29) Tre Singleton misses driving layup.
(7:25) Arrinten Page Offensive Rebound.
(7:16) Angelo Ciaravino misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:16) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(7:16) Foul on Nick Martinelli.
(6:57) Kylan Boswell misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(6:55) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
(6:34) Tomislav Ivisic misses 4-foot hook shot.
(6:30) Tomislav Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:30) Tomislav Ivisic makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2320
(6:12) Tre Singleton misses 21-foot jumper.
(6:10) Arrinten Page Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:03) Jayden Reid makes 13-foot floating jump shot.
2322
(5:46) Ben Humrichous misses layup.
(5:44) Jayden Reid Defensive Rebound.
(5:29) Jake West bad pass turnover.
(5:29) Ben Humrichous Steal.
(5:25) Foul on Jake West.
(5:16) Tomislav Ivisic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:15) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(5:15) Foul on Jordan Clayton.
(5:15) Illinois Coach's Challenge (Overturned) Illinois retains its timeout.
+1 (5:15) Ben Humrichous makes free throw 1 of 2.
2422
+1 (5:15) Ben Humrichous makes free throw 2 of 2.
2522
(4:57) Ben Humrichous misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:57) Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:41) Nick Martinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jayden Reid assists).
2525
(4:32) Foul on Jordan Clayton.
(4:25) Kylan Boswell bad pass turnover.
(4:25) Tyler Kropp Steal.
(4:20) Nick Martinelli misses driving layup.
(4:17) Tre Singleton Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:17) Tre Singleton makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2527
+2 (4:06) Andrej Stojakovic makes driving layup.
2727
(3:36) Tre Singleton misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:33) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:06) Tomislav Ivisic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kylan Boswell assists).
3027
(2:52) Jayden Reid misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(2:48) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:31) David Mirkovic makes 24-foot three point jumper.
3327
(2:09) Foul on Tomislav Ivisic.
+1 (2:09) Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 2.
3328
+1 (2:09) Nick Martinelli makes free throw 2 of 2.
3329
+2 (1:55) Kylan Boswell makes driving layup.
3529
(1:36) Arrinten Page bad pass turnover.
(1:36) David Mirkovic Steal.
(1:24) Tomislav Ivisic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:21) Arrinten Page Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:16) Jayden Reid makes 10-foot pullup jump shot.
3531
+2 (1:04) Kylan Boswell makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot.
3731
(1:04) Foul on Jayden Reid.
+1 (1:04) Kylan Boswell makes free throw 1 of 1.
3831
(0:47) Nick Martinelli misses driving layup.
(0:43) Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:43) Nick Martinelli makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3833
(0:13) Kylan Boswell misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(0:10) Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
(0:05) Arrinten Page misses alley oop dunk.
(0:02) Keaton Wagler Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

ILL

79Points68

30-63(47.6%)Field Goal(%)22-56(39.3%)

11-30(36.7%)3-Point(%)9-25(36.0%)

8-8(100.0%)Free Throw(%)15-17(88.2%)

33(14)Rebounds(Offensive)30(13)

11Assists12

6Steals5

2Blocks5

8Turnovers7

12(1)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

15Largest Lead3

Game Details

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 · 8:30 PM

Welsh-Ryan Arena · Evanston, IL

attendance: 7,039 (100%)

tv: BTN

spread: ILL -9.5

over/under: 151.5