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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 1105 - Illini top Northwestern 79-68 for sixth straight win

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 79-68 road win at Northwestern and break down the hits & misses from the game. The guys discuss big second halves from Tomislav Ivisic and Keaton Wagler, Kylan Boswell's steady leadership, David Mirkovic toughing out a flu game, another hook-and-hold call on Wagler and more.


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0:00.0

Welcome in to the O'Anne Enquirer podcast.

0:15.2

It is Jeremy Warner, Kyle Tosk, live with you on this Thursday morning in central Illinois.

0:22.6

Here to recap, Illinois with another road victory.

0:26.4

Improved a 4-0 on the road for the first time in 21 years.

0:29.7

That was the 0-4-05 year.

0:31.2

That's a good stat.

0:32.2

Also, six straight wins for Illinois, number 13 in the country.

0:36.2

Stacking these wins, 7968 at Northwestern, a three

0:41.1

alphas type performance. Keaton Wogler remains sensational, 22 points, 20 of it coming in the second

0:47.9

half. Calvin Boswell, great overall performance, 13.6 assists and four rebounds, and

0:53.7

Thomasov-Evisich, 21 points.

0:56.1

His best game of the year matches a season high, which was against Jackson State,

1:00.1

but against high major opponents.

1:01.8

By far, his best game, 11 of 13 points during a critical, critical stretch for Illinois.

1:08.2

And Kyle, this team is Road Warriors.

1:10.2

I know the schedule, This has not been,

1:12.4

you know, the toughest road schedule, but we know road wins are hard to get in the Big Ten. You got

1:18.4

to stack a lot of them to be a Big Ten title contender. And this is the stat that we found last night.

1:24.7

Illinois in the four Big Ten Road games has trailed for just seven minutes and 15

1:29.5

seconds. They set the tone early. They did again, six nothing lead. Northwestern responded,

1:34.0

but this team finds a way to respond to every piece of adversity on the road so far. It's a good

1:38.4

sign. It's a great sign. Yeah, it's really tough to do. We've seen Illinois teams in the past slip up in these types of spots.

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