Illinois 71-59 Iowa (Mar 28, 2026) Final Score

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Iowa HawkeyesIOWA

59–71

Final

Illinois Fighting IlliniILL

Team Season Averages

Iowa HawkeyesLeads 3 of 4

Illinois Fighting IlliniLeads 1 of 4

Offense

49.0%Field goal percentage46.4%

Defense

62.9Points allowed per game66.6

3-Point

35.6%Three-point percentage35.1%
76.7%Free throw percentage77.8%

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (ILL)	Total	IOWA ML	ILL ML
DDraftKings	-6.5	138.5	+270	-340
FFanDuel	-6.5	138.5	+265	-335
BBetMGM	-6.5	138.5	+260	-325
BBetRivers	-7.5	138.5	+275	-375
FFanatics	-7.5	138.5	+260	-350
KKalshi	+8.5	153.5	-100	-100
PPolymarket	+7.5	138.5	-308	+308

Game Information

Venue to be announced

Stadium

Mar 28, 2026

6:09 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Rankings

Team	Overall	Offense	Defense	Rebound	3-Point
IOWA	16th	190th	8th	333rd	81st
ILL	5th	21st	20th	10th	106th

Matchup

IOWAILL

36Games played35
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	H1	H2	T
IOWA	32	27	59
ILL	28	43	71

Team Stats

IOWAStatILL

59Points71
18-47 (38.3%)FG25-53 (47.2%)
11-30 (36.7%)3PT3-17 (17.6%)
12-14 (85.7%)FT18-21 (85.7%)
18Rebounds32
12Assists8
5Steals6
3Blocks5
8Turnovers8

Player Stats

IOWA

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bennett StirtzG	40	24	3	3	0	0	2	8/17	4/11	4/4	—
Tate SageG	18	10	3	0	0	0	1	2/4	2/3	4/4	—
Cooper KochF	39	6	3	2	0	2	0	2/5	2/5	0/0	—
Kael CombsG	24	5	1	2	2	0	1	2/5	1/4	0/0	—
Isaia HowardG	19	5	0	0	1	0	0	1/3	1/3	2/4	—
Tavion BanksG	25	5	3	2	1	0	1	1/8	1/3	2/2	—
Cam ManyawuF	26	4	5	3	0	0	1	2/3	0/0	0/0	—
Jacob KochG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Trevin JirakC	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Joey MatteoniF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Trey ThompsonF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Brendan HausenG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Peyton McCollumG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Alvaro FolgueirasF	9	0	0	0	1	1	2	0/2	0/1	0/0	—

ILL

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keaton WaglerG	38	25	2	3	1	0	2	8/17	2/7	7/7	—
Andrej StojakovicG	27	17	5	0	1	0	3	7/9	0/0	3/4	—
Tomislav IvisicC	27	13	4	1	0	2	1	6/11	1/4	0/0	—
David MirkovicF	38	9	12	2	2	1	2	3/9	0/1	3/4	—
Zvonimir IvisicC	11	4	1	0	0	1	0	1/2	0/1	2/2	—
Kylan BoswellG	27	2	2	2	2	0	0	0/2	0/1	2/2	—
Jake DavisF	13	1	2	0	0	1	0	0/1	0/1	1/2	—
AJ ReddG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Ty RodgersG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Brandon LeeG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Blake FagbemiG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Jason JakstysF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Ben HumrichousF	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0/2	0/2	0/0	—
Mihailo PetrovicG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

Scoring Summary

83 events · 73 scoring

1st Half

18:59IOWA
Cam Manyawu makes 2-foot dunk (Bennett Stirtz assists)
4-0
19:15IOWA
Kael Combs makes layup (Cooper Koch assists)
2-0
8:34IOWA
Tavion Banks makes free throw 1 of 2
21-18
8:34IOWA
Tavion Banks makes free throw 2 of 2
22-18
7:49ILL
Keaton Wagler makes 7-foot jumper
22-20
18:02IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes 12-foot jumper
6-0
16:39IOWA
Kael Combs makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tavion Banks assists)
9-0
16:17ILL
Keaton Wagler makes 11-foot jumper
9-2
15:56IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cam Manyawu assists)
12-2
15:21ILL
Jake Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
12-3
13:56ILL
Andrej Stojakovic makes 8-foot floating jump shot
12-5
13:24ILL
Andrej Stojakovic makes layup
12-7
13:20ILL
David Mirkovic makes layup
12-9
12:41ILL
Zvonimir Ivisic makes free throw 1 of 2
12-10
12:41ILL
Zvonimir Ivisic makes free throw 2 of 2
12-11
12:12IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
15-11
11:39ILL
Andrej Stojakovic makes driving layup
15-13
11:09IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes 17-foot jumper
17-13
10:29IOWA
Tate Sage makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cam Manyawu assists)
20-13
9:50ILL
Tomislav Ivisic makes 0-foot tip in layup
20-15
9:05ILL
Keaton Wagler makes 27-foot three point jumper
20-18
7:27IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes driving layup
24-20
6:48IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Kael Combs assists)
27-20
6:23ILL
Keaton Wagler makes driving layup
27-22
5:14ILL
Andrej Stojakovic makes layup
27-24
4:01ILL
Keaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 2
27-25
4:01ILL
Keaton Wagler makes free throw 2 of 2
27-26
2:55IOWA
Tate Sage makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cam Manyawu assists)
30-26
2:23ILL
Andrej Stojakovic makes free throw 1 of 2
30-27
2:23ILL
Andrej Stojakovic makes free throw 2 of 2
30-28
0:30IOWA
Cam Manyawu makes layup (Bennett Stirtz assists)
32-28

2nd Half

19:33ILL
Tomislav Ivisic makes 8-foot jumper (Keaton Wagler assists)
32-30
14:30IOWA
Isaia Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
39-39
18:36ILL
David Mirkovic makes layup (Tomislav Ivisic assists)
32-32
18:36ILL
David Mirkovic makes free throw 1 of 1
32-33
18:02IOWA
Tavion Banks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cooper Koch assists)
35-33
16:45ILL
Tomislav Ivisic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kylan Boswell assists)
35-36
16:19IOWA
Cooper Koch makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kael Combs assists)
38-36
16:01ILL
Keaton Wagler makes driving layup
38-38
16:01ILL
Keaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 1
38-39
14:02ILL
Tomislav Ivisic makes layup
39-41
13:22IOWA
Cooper Koch makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bennett Stirtz assists)
42-41
13:00ILL
David Mirkovic makes driving layup (Keaton Wagler assists)
42-43
12:42IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 1 of 2
43-43
12:42IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 2 of 2
44-43
12:13ILL
Keaton Wagler makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
44-46
11:47IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes 13-foot floating jump shot
46-46
9:55ILL
Keaton Wagler makes driving layup
46-48
9:25IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes 27-foot three point jumper
49-48
3:16ILL
Andrej Stojakovic makes driving layup
55-62
7:42ILL
Andrej Stojakovic makes driving layup
49-50
7:27IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 1 of 2
50-50
7:27IOWA
Bennett Stirtz makes free throw 2 of 2
51-50
7:14ILL
David Mirkovic makes free throw 1 of 2
51-51
7:14ILL
David Mirkovic makes free throw 2 of 2
51-52
6:27ILL
Tomislav Ivisic makes 4-foot hook shot (David Mirkovic assists)
51-54
5:43ILL
Tomislav Ivisic makes 9-foot hook shot
51-56
4:51ILL
Keaton Wagler makes 13-foot floating jump shot
51-58
4:33IOWA
Isaia Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
52-58
4:12ILL
Zvonimir Ivisic makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (David Mirkovic assists)
52-60
3:48IOWA
Isaia Howard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tavion Banks assists)
55-60
3:16ILL
Andrej Stojakovic makes free throw 1 of 1
55-63
2:53IOWA
Tate Sage makes free throw 1 of 2
56-63
2:53IOWA
Tate Sage makes free throw 2 of 2
57-63
2:00IOWA
Tate Sage makes free throw 1 of 2
58-63
2:00IOWA
Tate Sage makes free throw 2 of 2
59-63
1:40ILL
Andrej Stojakovic makes layup (Keaton Wagler assists)
59-65
1:12ILL
Keaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 2
59-66
1:12ILL
Keaton Wagler makes free throw 2 of 2
59-67
0:50ILL
Kylan Boswell makes free throw 1 of 2
59-68
0:50ILL
Kylan Boswell makes free throw 2 of 2
59-69
0:37ILL
Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
59-69
0:37IOWA
Cooper Koch subbing out for Iowa
59-69
0:37IOWA
Cam Manyawu subbing in for Iowa
59-69
0:37IOWA
Foul on Cooper Koch.
59-69
0:37ILL
Keaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 2
59-70
0:37ILL
Keaton Wagler makes free throw 2 of 2
59-71
0:30IOWA
Bennett Stirtz misses 27-foot three point jumper
59-71
0:26IOWA
Kael Combs Offensive Rebound.
59-71
0:24IOWA
Bennett Stirtz misses 27-foot three point jumper
59-71
0:20ILL
Keaton Wagler Defensive Rebound.
59-71
0:00
End of 2nd half
59-71
0:00
End of Game
59-71

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