Match summary — NCAA 2025-2026
CONNECTICUT defeated ILLINOIS 74-61 on in the NCAA 2025-2026. CONNECTICUT won by a 13-point margin. Kylan Cole Boswell led all scorers with 25 points. CONNECTICUT shot 43.1% from the field while ILLINOIS managed 31.7%. CONNECTICUT collected 38 rebounds and ILLINOIS grabbed 35. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
CONNECTICUT
74 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Alex Karaban | 35:00 | 12 | 4/10 | 2/6 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| * Solomon Ball | 33:00 | 15 | 6/14 | 4/5 | 2/9 | 1/2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| * Jaylin Stewart | 24:00 | 5 | 2/8 | 1/3 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| * Silas Demary Jr. | 20:00 | 9 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| * Tarris Reed Jr | 15:00 | 2 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Malachi Smith | 24:00 | 14 | 3/6 | 0/3 | 3/3 | 5/5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Eric Reibe | 22:00 | 8 | 4/7 | 4/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Jayden Ross | 16:00 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Dwayne Koroma | 01:00 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 190:00 | 72 | 25/58 | 15/33 | 10/25 | 12/17 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 96 |
ILLINOIS
61 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Kylan Cole Boswell | 39:00 | 25 | 8/16 | 6/8 | 2/8 | 7/7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| * Tomislav Ivisic | 25:00 | 11 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 4/4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| * Andrej Stojakovic | 25:00 | 3 | 1/7 | 0/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| * David Mirkovic | 18:00 | 8 | 3/10 | 3/6 | 0/4 | 2/3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| * Keaton Wagler | 14:00 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Humrichous | 26:00 | 5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mihailo Petrovic | 18:00 | 2 | 1/7 | 1/6 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 |
| Zvonimir Ivisic | 17:00 | 4 | 1/7 | 1/2 | 0/5 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brandon Lee Williams | 12:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Davis | 08:00 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 202:00 | 61 | 19/60 | 13/31 | 6/29 | 17/18 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 62 |