Rutgers vs Illinois Final

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Rutgers

9-8

Big Ten

55 - 81

Final

Illinois

13-3

Big Ten

Thursday, January 08, 2026

05:00 AM EST

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Game Recap

Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Rutgers	16	39	55
Illinois	43	38	81

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Game Analysis

Rutgers

Points

Illinois

37.0%

Rutgers

Field Goal %

44.0%

Illinois

Rutgers

Total Rebounds

Illinois

Rutgers

Assists

Illinois

27.0%

Rutgers

Three Point %

35.0%

Illinois

38.0%

Rutgers

Free Throw %

86.0%

Illinois

Rutgers

Turnovers

Illinois

Statistic	RUTG	ILL
SCORING
Total Points	55	81
FIELD GOALS
Field Goals Made-Attempted	23-63	26-59
Field Goal Percentage	37.0%	44.0%
Two Point FG Made-Attempted	17-41	15-28
Two Point FG Percentage	41.5%	53.6%
Three Point FG Made-Attempted	6-22	11-31
Three Point FG Percentage	27.0%	35.0%
Effective Field Goal Percentage	41.3%	53.4%
True Shooting Percentage	41.3%	59.3%
FREE THROWS
Free Throws Made-Attempted	3-8	18-21
Free Throw Percentage	38.0%	86.0%
Free Throw Rate	12.7%	35.6%
REBOUNDING
Total Rebounds	32	45
Offensive Rebounds	9	12
Defensive Rebounds	23	33
Offensive Rebound Percentage	28.1%	26.7%
BALL HANDLING & ASSISTS
Assists	8	13
Turnovers	7	7
Turnover Ratio	10.8%	10.8%
DEFENSE
Steals	5	2
Blocks	5	5
FOULS
Total Fouls	20	8
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
ADVANCED ANALYTICS
Possessions	65	65
Points Per Possession	0.85	1.25
Team Rating	84.6	124.6
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Fast Break Points	8	2
Points Off Turnovers	7	11
Points in Paint	18	26
GAME FLOW
Largest Lead	3	27

Player Statistics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Harun Zrno #13 • Guard	27	11	5	2	0	0	4-9	1-4	3-5	0-0	0	1	0	5	44.4	25.0	60.0	0.0	61.1	61.1	-	0.0	0.0	18.1	132.1	127.0	+5.1	8.8
Kaden Powers #3 • Guard	24	12	1	1	0	0	5-12	3-7	2-5	0-0	1	2	1	0	41.7	42.9	40.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	1.0	0.0	100.0	29.5	99.2	137.7	-38.5	5.2
Jamichael Davis #1 • Guard	24	0	2	3	2	0	0-8	0-3	0-5	0-0	0	3	1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	50.0	18.1	27.3	123.1	-95.8	-1.7
Emmanuel Ogbole #21 • Center	20	4	5	0	0	3	2-2	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	2	3	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	40.0	8.2	132.9	120.7	+12.2	6.0
Dylan Grant #9 • Forward	15	2	3	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-1	2-4	0	1	0	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	26.6	-	200.0	0.0	13.6	60.5	126.1	-65.6	0.3
Darren Buchanan Jr. #5 • Forward	24	9	4	1	0	0	4-7	3-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	1	3	57.1	75.0	33.3	0.0	64.3	64.3	1.0	0.0	25.0	18.1	117.6	130.5	-12.9	6.6
Tariq Francis Guard	17	6	0	1	0	0	3-10	3-9	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	30.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	30.0	30.0	1.0	0.0	-	35.2	61.9	137.7	-75.8	-0.9
Bryce Dortch #4 • Forward	15	4	5	0	0	1	2-3	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	3	2	3	66.7	66.7	0.0	0.0	66.7	66.7	-	0.0	40.0	10.9	146.8	122.2	+24.6	4.5
Chris Nwuli #11 • Forward	14	4	3	0	1	0	2-3	2-2	0-1	0-2	1	2	1	2	66.7	100.0	0.0	0.0	66.7	51.5	0.0	66.7	33.3	19.0	82.5	118.9	-36.4	2.4
Lino Mark #2 • Guard	14	3	0	0	2	1	1-6	1-5	0-1	1-2	2	2	0	0	16.7	20.0	0.0	50.0	16.7	21.8	0.0	33.3	-	34.5	36.1	112.9	-76.8	-1.3
Denis Badalau #27 • Forward	3	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	100.0	-	-	-	-	-0.4
Baye Fall #32 • Guard	3	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.3

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Keaton Wagler #23 • Guard	32	17	7	3	0	0	5-12	4-8	1-4	6-7	2	1	2	5	41.7	50.0	25.0	85.7	45.8	56.4	1.5	58.3	28.6	28.4	121.7	88.5	+33.2	12.8
Kylan Boswell #4 • Guard	30	9	5	5	0	0	4-7	3-3	1-4	0-0	1	1	0	5	57.1	100.0	25.0	0.0	64.3	64.3	5.0	0.0	0.0	14.2	139.7	88.0	+51.7	9.3
David Mirkovic Forward	26	8	7	3	0	0	2-8	1-4	1-4	3-4	0	1	3	4	25.0	25.0	25.0	75.0	31.3	41.0	-	50.0	42.9	20.0	123.3	88.4	+34.9	7.8
Tomislav Ivisic #13 • Center	26	14	4	1	1	1	5-10	3-4	2-6	2-2	2	0	0	4	50.0	75.0	33.3	100.0	60.0	64.3	0.5	20.0	0.0	26.3	116.2	81.3	+34.9	10.6
Andrej Stojakovic #2 • Guard	25	12	8	0	0	1	4-6	3-4	1-2	3-4	2	1	1	7	66.7	75.0	50.0	75.0	75.0	77.3	0.0	66.7	12.5	20.8	123.3	80.1	+43.2	10.1
Jake Davis #15 • Forward	21	12	3	0	1	0	4-7	0-0	4-7	0-0	0	1	0	3	57.1	0.0	57.1	0.0	85.7	85.7	-	0.0	0.0	17.7	175.4	82.3	+93.1	10.2
Ben Humrichous #3 • Forward	17	3	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-0	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	25.0	0.0	25.0	0.0	37.5	37.5	-	0.0	0.0	12.5	104.1	89.2	+14.9	2.3
Zvonimir Ivisic #44 • Forward	14	2	3	0	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	50.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	-	0.0	66.7	7.6	136.0	79.7	+56.3	3.3
Mihailo Petrovic #77 • Guard	3	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-0.4
Brandon Lee #1 • Guard	3	2	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	2-2	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	34.7	-	100.0	50.0	-	-	-	-	1.6
Jason Jakstys #31 • Forward	1	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	-	113.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0
Blake Fagbemi #8 • Guard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
AJ Redd #5 • Guard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-0.4

Column Legend

MIN: Minutes Played

PTS: Points

REB: Total Rebounds

AST: Assists

STL: Steals

BLK: Blocks

FG: Field Goals Made-Attempted

2PT: Two-Point Field Goals

3PT: Three-Point Field Goals

FT: Free Throws Made-Attempted

TO: Turnovers

PF: Personal Fouls

OREB: Offensive Rebounds

DREB: Defensive Rebounds

FG%: Field Goal Percentage

2PT%: Two-Point Percentage

3PT%: Three-Point Percentage

FT%: Free Throw Percentage

eFG%: Effective Field Goal %

TS%: True Shooting Percentage

A/TO: Assist-to-Turnover Ratio

FTR: Free Throw Rate

OREB%: Offensive Rebound Rate

USG%: Usage Rate

ORTG: Offensive Rating

DRTG: Defensive Rating

NET: Net Rating (ORTG - DRTG)

GmSc: Game Score