Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Purdue Boilermakers

FINAL

Jan 24, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
ILL	39	49	88
PUR	43	39	82

Game Recap

Wagler scores 46 points to lead No. 11 Illinois to an 88-82 victory over No. 4 Purdue. Keaton Wagler scored a career-high 46 points, making nine 3-pointers, as No. 11 Illinois beat No. 4 Purdue 88-82 on Saturday.

Player Stats

ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0David Mirkovic	28	4-7	2-4	2-2	8	2	0	3	4	12
15Jake Davis	30	3-8	2-7	0-0	3	2	0	0	2	8
13Tomislav Ivisic	24	2-5	2-5	1-2	8	0	0	0	3	7
23Keaton Wagler	39	13-17	9-11	11-13	0	4	0	3	1	46
2Andrej Stojakovic	37	2-9	0-3	1-2	7	1	0	3	3	5
3Ben Humrichous	20	2-4	2-4	0-0	4	0	0	1	1	6
44Zvonimir Ivisic	20	1-4	1-4	1-3	2	1	2	0	0	4
77Mihailo Petrovic	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Brandon Lee	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	27-5648.2%	18-3847.4%	16-2272.7%	32	10	2	10	14	88

PURDUE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Trey Kaufman-Renn	26	6-8	0-0	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	4	12
45Oscar Cluff	29	4-5	0-0	1-2	4	2	0	0	0	2	9
0C.J. Cox	27	3-7	0-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3	6
3Braden Smith	37	11-16	2-3	3-4	3	12	1	0	1	0	27
2Fletcher Loyer	20	1-5	1-3	3-3	3	0	0	0	1	0	6
12Daniel Jacobsen	11	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
17Omer Mayer	21	4-8	3-6	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	1	11
14Jack Benter	15	1-4	1-4	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	4	5
24Gicarri Harris	14	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2
TOTAL	-	33-5856.9%	7-1936.8%	9-1181.8%	19	19	2	1	3	17	82

Play-by-Play

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1st halfILLPUR

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Illinois.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Purdue.
+2 (19:37) Keaton Wagler makes driving layup.
20
(19:17) Fletcher Loyer misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(19:13) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(19:10) Andrej Stojakovic bad pass turnover.
+2 (18:47) C.J. Cox makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Oscar Cluff assists).
22
(18:29) Andrej Stojakovic misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(18:26) Tomislav Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
(18:21) Jake Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:18) Braden Smith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:12) Braden Smith makes driving layup.
24
(17:56) Keaton Wagler misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(17:52) Fletcher Loyer Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:37) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 8-foot hook shot.
26
(17:15) Jake Davis misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:12) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
(17:10) David Mirkovic misses 7-foot jumper.
(17:07) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(17:07) Foul on Trey Kaufman-Renn.
(17:06) Keaton Wagler out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (16:54) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 6-foot hook shot (Braden Smith assists).
28
+3 (16:36) Keaton Wagler makes 25-foot three pointer.
58
(16:22) Fletcher Loyer traveling turnover.
(16:00) David Mirkovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:55) C.J. Cox Defensive Rebound.
(15:53) Foul on Jake Davis.
+1 (15:53) Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 1 of 3.
59
+1 (15:53) Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 2 of 3.
510
+1 (15:53) Fletcher Loyer makes free throw 3 of 3.
511
+3 (15:28) Keaton Wagler makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshot.
811
+3 (15:09) Fletcher Loyer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Oscar Cluff assists).
814
+3 (14:38) Keaton Wagler makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
1114
+2 (14:15) Gicarri Harris makes layup (Braden Smith assists).
1116
+3 (13:50) Keaton Wagler makes 24-foot three point jumper (David Mirkovic assists).
1416
+2 (13:33) Daniel Jacobsen makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Braden Smith assists).
1418
(13:19) Keaton Wagler misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(13:15) Jake Davis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:04) David Mirkovic makes 16-foot turnaround jump shot.
1618
+2 (12:47) Braden Smith makes 7-foot pullup jump shot.
1620
(12:24) Foul on David Mirkovic.
(12:24) David Mirkovic turnover.
(11:57) Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(11:53) Zvonimir Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(11:43) Brandon Lee misses layup.
(11:40) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:37) Daniel Jacobsen makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Braden Smith assists).
1622
(11:16) Foul on Jack Benter.
+1 (11:16) Keaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 2.
1722
+1 (11:16) Keaton Wagler makes free throw 2 of 2.
1822
(10:56) Daniel Jacobsen misses layup.
(10:56) Zvonimir Ivisic Block.
(10:52) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(10:34) Ben Humrichous misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:32) Daniel Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:14) Omer Mayer makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
1825
+3 (9:58) Keaton Wagler makes 28-foot three pointer.
2125
+3 (9:32) Omer Mayer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
2128
+3 (8:53) Ben Humrichous makes 23-foot three point jumper (Zvonimir Ivisic assists).
2428
(8:27) Omer Mayer misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(8:24) Zvonimir Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(8:13) Andrej Stojakovic misses driving layup.
(8:13) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:58) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes 4-foot hook shot.
2430
(7:39) Andrej Stojakovic bad pass turnover.
(7:39) Gicarri Harris Steal.
+2 (7:29) Braden Smith makes 14-foot step back jumpshot.
2432
(6:59) Tomislav Ivisic misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(6:56) Braden Smith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:52) Oscar Cluff makes layup (Omer Mayer assists).
2434
(6:52) Foul on Tomislav Ivisic.
+1 (6:52) Oscar Cluff makes free throw 1 of 1.
2435
(6:21) Mihailo Petrovic misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(6:19) Illinois Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:02) Andrej Stojakovic makes 7-foot floating jump shot.
2635
(5:43) Fletcher Loyer misses driving layup.
(5:40) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(5:31) Andrej Stojakovic misses driving layup.
(5:28) Tomislav Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
(5:22) Jake Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:19) Tomislav Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
(5:18) Andrej Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:14) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
+3 (5:12) Jake Davis makes 23-foot three point jumper (David Mirkovic assists).
2935
(4:56) Omer Mayer misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(4:55) Purdue Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:55) Foul on Jake Davis.
(4:43) C.J. Cox misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(4:40) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(4:40) Foul on Jack Benter.
(4:18) Foul on C.J. Cox.
+1 (4:18) Keaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 2.
3035
+1 (4:18) Keaton Wagler makes free throw 2 of 2.
3135
+2 (3:58) Braden Smith makes 16-foot step back jumpshot.
3137
+2 (3:32) Andrej Stojakovic makes 10-foot pullup jump shot.
3337
(3:08) Jack Benter misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(3:04) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
(2:54) David Mirkovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:47) Fletcher Loyer Defensive Rebound.
(2:30) Foul on David Mirkovic.
+1 (2:30) Jack Benter makes free throw 1 of 2.
3338
+1 (2:30) Jack Benter makes free throw 2 of 2.
3339
(2:20) Keaton Wagler bad pass turnover.
(2:20) Braden Smith Steal.
+2 (2:16) C.J. Cox makes driving layup (Braden Smith assists).
3341
(1:44) Zvonimir Ivisic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:41) C.J. Cox Defensive Rebound.
(1:39) C.J. Cox misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(1:30) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(1:22) Foul on Andrej Stojakovic.
(1:22) Andrej Stojakovic turnover.
+2 (1:00) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes driving layup (Braden Smith assists).
3343
+3 (0:43) Zvonimir Ivisic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists).
3643
(0:16) Fletcher Loyer misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(0:15) Oscar Cluff Offensive Rebound.
(0:15) Foul on Tomislav Ivisic.
(0:14) Oscar Cluff misses free throw 1 of 1.
(0:12) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:03) Keaton Wagler makes 26-foot three pointer.
3943

2nd half

Team Stats

ILL

PUR

88Points82

27-56(48.2%)Field Goal(%)33-58(56.9%)

18-38(47.4%)3-Point(%)7-19(36.8%)

16-22(72.7%)Free Throw(%)9-11(81.8%)

33(13)Rebounds(Offensive)19(3)

10Assists19

0Steals2

2Blocks1

10Turnovers3

14(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

6Largest Lead11

Game Details

Saturday, January 24, 2026 · 3:00 PM

Mackey Arena · West Lafayette, IN

attendance: 14,876 (100.5%)

tv: FOX

spread: PUR -5.5

over/under: 152.5