Kasparas Jakucionis scores 24 points and Tre White has 23 as Illinois beats No. 20 Wisconsin 86-80

AP
Dec 10, 2024

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Kasparas Jakucionis scored a career-high 24 points, Tre White had 23 points and eight rebounds and Kylan Boswell added 19 points and six assists to lead Illinois to an 86-80 win over No. 20 Wisconsin on Tuesday night.

It was the fourth straight game in which Jakucionis scored 20 or more points for the Illini (7-2, 1-1 Big Ten), who beat Wisconsin for the ninth consecutive time.

Nolan Winter led the Badgers (8-3, 0-2) with 15 points and seven rebounds, John Tonje had 14 points, Max Klesmit scored 13 and John Blackwell had 10. Wisconsin lost its third straight game after opening the season with eight consecutive victories.

Illinois led 39-35 at halftime. The Illini fell behind 47-46 with 16:32 left in the second half before regaining the lead on a 3-pointer by Boswell. They never trailed again.

It was the 150th win in Brad Underwood’s eighth year as the Illinois coach. He’s now 150-90.

Illinois: The Illini aren’t afraid to shoot 3’s, but that didn’t affect Wisconsin. Illinois went 10 for 33 from long range.

Wisconsin: The Badgers have two of the top free throw shooters in the Big Ten in Klesmit and Tonje. But, neither got to the line in the first half and Klesmit (3 of 6) and Tonje (2 of 2) didn’t shoot many free throws in the second half.

Jakucionis’ four-point play with 6:08 left put Illinois up 70-60. The Badgers never got closer than four points after that.

Underwood challenged his team following its overtime loss to Northwestern last week to do a better job on the offensive boards. The Illini responded, grabbing 15 offensive rebounds while outrebounding the Badgers 40-29. Tomislav Ivisic had a game-high 11 rebounds for Illinois.

Illinois will host No. 1 Tennessee on Saturday. Butler is at Wisconsin on Saturday.

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1st Half
WISC
Badgers
35
ILL
Fighting Illini
39

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Badgers gains possession)
19:51		Steven Crowl misses three point jump shot
19:49		Tre White defensive rebound
19:31		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
19:29		John Blackwell defensive rebound
19:26	+2	John Blackwell makes two point layup	2-0
19:11		Kylan Boswell turnover
18:59	+2	John Tonje makes two point jump shot	4-0
18:48		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (Steven Crowl steals)
18:19		Steven Crowl misses two point jump shot
18:17		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
18:09	+3	Tre White makes three point jump shot (Kylan Boswell assists)	4-3
17:49		John Blackwell turnover
17:37	+3	Kylan Boswell makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	4-6
17:15		Max Klesmit turnover
17:08		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
17:06		Max Klesmit defensive rebound
16:55		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
16:53		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
16:47		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
16:45		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
16:33	+2	Tre White makes two point layup (Kylan Boswell assists)	4-8
16:33		Steven Crowl shooting foul (Tre White draws the foul)
16:33	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 1 of 1	4-9
16:13	+2	Carter Gilmore makes two point layup (John Tonje assists)	6-9
15:55		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
15:53		Tre White offensive rebound
15:43		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point jump shot
15:41		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
15:32	+3	Carter Gilmore makes three point jump shot (Max Klesmit assists)	9-9
15:13	+3	Tomislav Ivisic makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	9-12
14:49	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point layup (John Tonje assists)	11-12
14:22		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (Max Klesmit steals)
14:17		Max Klesmit turnover (Kylan Boswell steals)
14:09	+2	Kasparas Jakucionis makes two point layup (Kylan Boswell assists)	11-14
13:57		John Tonje misses three point jump shot
13:55		Kylan Boswell defensive rebound
13:45		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
13:43		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
13:36		TV timeout
13:25		Morez Johnson Jr. shooting foul (Xavier Amos draws the foul)
13:25	+1	Xavier Amos makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-14
13:25	+1	Xavier Amos makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-14
13:12		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses three point jump shot
13:11		Jake Davis personal foul
12:59	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point layup (Jack Janicki assists)	15-14
12:36		John Blackwell personal foul
12:19		Jack Janicki blocks Morez Johnson Jr.'s two point layup
12:17		Jack Janicki defensive rebound
12:05		John Blackwell turnover
11:54		Jake Davis misses three point jump shot
11:51		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn personal foul
11:51		TV timeout
11:40		Xavier Amos misses three point jump shot
11:38		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
11:21		Will Riley misses three point jump shot
11:19		Jack Janicki defensive rebound
11:11	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot (Jack Janicki assists)	18-14
10:45		Max Klesmit personal foul
10:35		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses two point jump shot
10:33		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
10:32		Morez Johnson Jr. misses two point layup
10:30		Will Riley offensive rebound
10:22	+2	Will Riley makes two point layup	18-16
10:17	+3	Xavier Amos makes three point jump shot (Steven Crowl assists)	21-16
9:59	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point layup	21-18
9:59		Jack Janicki shooting foul (Kylan Boswell draws the foul)
9:59	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	21-19
9:47		John Tonje turnover
9:41	+2	Tre White makes two point dunk	21-21
9:29	+2	Max Klesmit makes two point jump shot	23-21
9:07		Will Riley offensive foul
9:07		Will Riley turnover (offensive foul)
8:57	+2	Carter Gilmore makes two point layup (Max Klesmit assists)	25-21
8:44		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
8:42		Carter Gilmore personal foul
8:26		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
8:24		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
8:24		John Blackwell personal foul
8:22		Tre White misses three point jump shot
8:20		Kasparas Jakucionis offensive rebound
8:09		Tre White turnover
7:54		Carter Gilmore turnover (Kasparas Jakucionis steals)
7:54		TV timeout
7:42		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
7:40		Kylan Boswell offensive rebound
7:35		Max Klesmit shooting foul
7:35	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-22
7:35	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-23
7:22		John Tonje turnover
6:53		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (Nolan Winter steals)
6:27		Tomislav Ivisic blocks John Tonje's two point jump shot
6:25		John Tonje offensive rebound
6:14		Carter Gilmore misses three point jump shot
6:12		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
6:09		Tre White turnover (Kamari McGee steals)
6:09		Tre White personal foul
6:06		Steven Crowl misses three point jump shot
6:04		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
5:40	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point jump shot	25-26
5:29		Tomislav Ivisic personal foul
5:22		Steven Crowl misses two point jump shot
5:20		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
5:10		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
5:08		Tre White offensive rebound
5:05	+2	Will Riley makes two point layup (Tre White assists)	25-28
5:04		Badgers 30 second timeout
4:46		John Tonje misses three point jump shot
4:44		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
4:29		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
4:27		John Tonje defensive rebound
4:00		John Tonje misses three point jump shot
3:58		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
3:46		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point jump shot
3:44		Xavier Amos defensive rebound
3:31	+3	Steven Crowl makes three point jump shot (Kamari McGee assists)	28-28
3:12	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point jump shot	28-31
2:41	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point jump shot (Jack Janicki assists)	30-31
2:22	+2	Tre White makes two point layup (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	30-33
2:22		Steven Crowl shooting foul (Tre White draws the foul)
2:22		TV timeout
2:22	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 1 of 1	30-34
2:07	+2	John Tonje makes two point layup	32-34
1:54	+2	Kasparas Jakucionis makes two point jump shot	32-36
1:26		John Tonje misses two point jump shot
1:24		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
1:17	+3	Tre White makes three point jump shot (Kylan Boswell assists)	32-39
1:01		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
0:59		Will Riley defensive rebound
0:50		Xavier Amos blocks Kasparas Jakucionis's two point layup
0:48		John Tonje defensive rebound
0:43	+3	Jack Janicki makes three point jump shot (Nolan Winter assists)	35-39
0:30		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
0:15		Kasparas Jakucionis misses two point layup
0:13		Tre White offensive rebound
0:12		Tre White turnover
0:01		Carter Gilmore misses two point layup
0:00		Tre White defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Kasparas Jakucionis scores 24 points and Tre White has 23 as Illinois beats No. 20 Wisconsin 86-80

1st Half WISCBadgers35ILLFighting Illini39

1st Half
WISC
Badgers
35
ILL
Fighting Illini
39