Pennsylvania Quakers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini

Mar 19, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
PENN	30	40	70
ILL	40	65	105

Game Recap

David Mirkovic has 29 points and 17 rebounds to lead No. 3 Illinois to 105-70 rout of No. 14 Penn. David Mirkovic had 29 points and 17 rebounds, and No. 3 seed Illinois dominated No. 14 seed Penn 105-70 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Player Stats

PENNSYLVANIA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
25Augustus Gerhart	16	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	4	2
7Michael Zanoni	30	9-18	2-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2	20
12TJ Power	30	2-8	2-5	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	2	6
0AJ Levine	19	2-10	1-7	0-0	3	4	0	0	2	3	5
5Cam Thrower	24	6-10	1-2	1-2	4	2	0	0	1	2	14
40William Kruse	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
30Lucas Lueth	20	3-6	1-3	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	2	7
35Niklas Polonowski	15	2-4	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	1	5
3Johnnie Walter	5	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
13Dalton Scantlebury	14	2-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	3	4
33Michelangelo Oberti	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
4Jay Jones	11	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
11Alex Massung	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	-	30-6744.8%	9-3030.0%	1-250.0%	21	13	2	3	7	22	70

ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0David Mirkovic	28	11-17	4-7	3-4	17	3	0	0	1	1	29
15Jake Davis	17	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
13Tomislav Ivisic	21	4-7	1-4	3-3	7	1	0	0	0	2	12
23Keaton Wagler	31	7-14	4-7	0-0	7	7	1	1	1	2	18
4Kylan Boswell	27	5-9	1-3	2-3	3	1	0	0	0	0	13
3Ben Humrichous	20	4-9	4-8	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	12
44Zvonimir Ivisic	22	1-5	0-3	4-6	4	0	0	1	0	0	6
77Mihailo Petrovic	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8Blake Fagbemi	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Brandon Lee	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
2Andrej Stojakovic	20	3-8	1-2	2-3	3	1	0	0	0	2	9
5AJ Redd	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2

TOTAL	-	37-7450.0%	15-3641.7%	16-2176.2%	46	15	2	2	2	10	105

Play-by-Play

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1st halfPENNILL

(20:00) Start game.
(19:57) Jump Ball won by Illinois.
(19:57) Jump Ball lost by Pennsylvania.
(19:46) Foul on AJ Levine.
(19:38) David Mirkovic misses driving layup.
(19:38) Augustus Gerhart Block.
(19:33) Jake Davis Offensive Rebound.
(19:32) Kylan Boswell misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(19:29) Cam Thrower Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:18) Michael Zanoni makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
20
(18:50) Kylan Boswell misses driving layup.
(18:47) Tomislav Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
(18:45) team shot clock turnover .
(18:31) AJ Levine misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(18:27) Cam Thrower Offensive Rebound.
(18:26) Cam Thrower misses 14-foot jumper.
(18:23) Keaton Wagler Defensive Rebound.
(18:16) David Mirkovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:13) Pennsylvania Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:49) Cam Thrower makes driving layup.
40
(17:38) Foul on Cam Thrower.
+3 (17:31) Kylan Boswell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists).
43
(16:53) Augustus Gerhart misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:49) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:39) Kylan Boswell makes layup.
45
+2 (16:24) Michael Zanoni makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (AJ Levine assists).
65
(15:59) Keaton Wagler misses driving layup.
(15:56) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:56) David Mirkovic makes 0-foot tip in layup.
67
(15:47) Michael Zanoni misses 20-foot pullup jump shot.
(15:44) Augustus Gerhart Offensive Rebound.
(15:40) AJ Levine misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:36) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
(15:29) David Mirkovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:26) Keaton Wagler Offensive Rebound.
(15:23) Foul on AJ Levine.
+2 (15:09) Keaton Wagler makes driving layup.
69
(14:55) Michael Zanoni misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(14:51) Zvonimir Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(14:32) Kylan Boswell misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(14:29) Pennsylvania Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:16) Dalton Scantlebury makes 12-foot floating jump shot (Cam Thrower assists).
89
+3 (13:58) Ben Humrichous makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists).
812
(13:45) Foul on Andrej Stojakovic.
(13:31) Michael Zanoni misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:27) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(13:20) Andrej Stojakovic misses driving layup.
(13:16) Dalton Scantlebury Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:03) Jay Jones makes driving layup.
1012
+3 (12:42) Keaton Wagler makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1015
(12:25) Cam Thrower bad pass turnover.
(12:25) Keaton Wagler Steal.
+3 (12:18) David Mirkovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists).
1018
+3 (12:04) TJ Power makes 23-foot three point jumper.
1318
(11:46) Ben Humrichous misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(11:43) Ben Humrichous Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:38) Andrej Stojakovic makes driving layup.
1320
(11:38) Foul on Michael Zanoni.
(11:37) Andrej Stojakovic misses free throw 1 of 1.
(11:36) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
(11:36) Foul on TJ Power.
+2 (11:29) Andrej Stojakovic makes layup.
1322
(11:07) Jay Jones misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(11:03) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:50) David Mirkovic makes driving layup.
1324
(10:37) TJ Power misses driving layup.
(10:34) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(10:07) Keaton Wagler misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(10:04) Michael Zanoni Defensive Rebound.
(9:56) Cam Thrower misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(9:52) Keaton Wagler Defensive Rebound.
(9:46) Jake Davis misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:44) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(9:44) Foul on Dalton Scantlebury.
+2 (9:38) David Mirkovic makes 9-foot hook shot.
1326
+2 (9:30) Michael Zanoni makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Cam Thrower assists).
1526
(9:10) Keaton Wagler misses layup.
(9:10) Lucas Lueth Block.
(9:10) Pennsylvania Deadball Team Rebound.
(9:09) Foul on Tomislav Ivisic.
+2 (8:52) Michael Zanoni makes 16-foot pullup jump shot.
1726
(8:25) David Mirkovic misses 9-foot hook shot.
(8:22) Cam Thrower Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:19) Lucas Lueth makes 24-foot three point jumper (TJ Power assists).
2026
(7:59) Keaton Wagler bad pass turnover.
(7:59) TJ Power Steal.
+2 (7:54) Michael Zanoni makes 3-foot floating jump shot.
2226
(7:29) Keaton Wagler misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(7:25) Michelangelo Oberti Defensive Rebound.
(7:08) Michelangelo Oberti misses driving layup.
(7:05) Kylan Boswell Defensive Rebound.
(6:52) Tomislav Ivisic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:49) Keaton Wagler Offensive Rebound.
(6:46) Keaton Wagler misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:42) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
(6:42) David Mirkovic misses tip in layup.
(6:41) Michelangelo Oberti Defensive Rebound.
(6:21) Cam Thrower misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(6:18) Kylan Boswell Defensive Rebound.
(6:01) Jake Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:58) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
(5:58) Foul on Michael Zanoni.
+1 (5:58) David Mirkovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
2227
(5:57) David Mirkovic misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:56) Niklas Polonowski Defensive Rebound.
(5:46) TJ Power misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:42) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(5:31) Andrej Stojakovic misses driving layup.
(5:28) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
(5:26) Keaton Wagler misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(5:23) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:22) David Mirkovic makes layup.
2229
+3 (5:13) Niklas Polonowski makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jay Jones assists).
2529
(4:47) Foul on Augustus Gerhart.
(4:47) Zvonimir Ivisic misses free throw 1 of 2.
(4:47) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (4:47) Zvonimir Ivisic makes free throw 2 of 2.
2530
(4:30) TJ Power misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(4:25) Ben Humrichous Defensive Rebound.
(4:13) Ben Humrichous misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:10) Pennsylvania Defensive Rebound.
(3:53) Lucas Lueth misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:48) Niklas Polonowski Offensive Rebound.
(3:48) Foul on Jake Davis.
(3:40) TJ Power misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(3:37) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
(3:23) Andrej Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:20) Pennsylvania Defensive Rebound.
(2:49) Jay Jones misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(2:49) Keaton Wagler Block.
(2:49) Pennsylvania Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:49) team shot clock turnover .
(2:33) Ben Humrichous misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:30) Keaton Wagler Offensive Rebound.
+3 (2:19) David Mirkovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists).
2533
(2:01) Niklas Polonowski misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(1:58) Zvonimir Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(1:42) Zvonimir Ivisic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:40) Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(1:26) David Mirkovic bad pass turnover.
(1:26) Lucas Lueth Steal.
+2 (1:22) Lucas Lueth makes layup.
2733
+3 (1:12) Ben Humrichous makes 25-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists).
2736
(0:51) TJ Power bad pass turnover.
(0:46) Zvonimir Ivisic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:42) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:41) David Mirkovic makes layup.
2738
(0:34) Foul on Augustus Gerhart.
(0:34) Augustus Gerhart turnover.
+2 (0:10) Keaton Wagler makes 11-foot floating jump shot.
2740
+3 (0:01) TJ Power makes 26-foot three pointer.
3040

2nd half

Team Stats

PENN

ILL

70Points105

30-67(44.8%)Field Goal(%)37-74(50.0%)

9-30(30.0%)3-Point(%)15-36(41.7%)

1-2(50.0%)Free Throw(%)16-21(76.2%)

25(7)Rebounds(Offensive)48(20)

13Assists15

2Steals2

3Blocks2

8Turnovers3

22(0)Fouls(Technical)10(0)

4Largest Lead40

Game Details

Thursday, March 19, 2026 · 9:55 PM

Bon Secours Wellness Arena · Greenville, SC

attendance: 14,092 (93.9%)

tv: TNT

spread: ILL -25.5

over/under: 150.5