Ep. 1110 - Keaton Wagler's historic game leads No. 11 Illini to 88-82 win at No. 4 Purdue
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 88-82 win at No. 4 Purdue, including Keaton Wagler's record-breaking 46-point performance against the Boilermakers and clutch late 3-pointers from his teammates and what this win means for the Illini.
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| 0:52.9 | Learn more and try it out on adobe.com. Epic, legendary, spectacular, stupendous, whatever lofty edged if you want to throw on Keith Wogler's game is fair, Kyle, because that was simply one of the best performances. |
| 1:11.4 | We will ever see from an Illinois player, let alone a freshman, in our lifetimes. Welcome into the Alina Inquirer podcast. This is actually take two, which is a funny thing for me and Kyle. But it's Jeremy Warner. Back in Illinois, I'm fighting a cold, a bit of a sore throat, and an ear infection. But not feeling bad enough to not want to talk about that epic performance by Keaton Wogler. |
| 1:12.1 | Kyle Toss joins us live from West Lafayette, where he just witnessed Keaton Wogler pour in |
| 1:15.6 | 46 points. |
| 1:17.7 | A program record nine made threes made 13 of 17 shots to lead Illinois, to carry |
| 1:23.2 | Illinois, to an 8882 win at number four. |
| 1:26.1 | Purdue, one of the best wins of the Brad Underwood |
| 1:28.7 | Air. Got some reinforcements late. We'll talk about that. But the story of the day is Keaton |
| 1:32.8 | Wager, 46 points, smashed Georgie Boshanishvili's freshman scoring record with the Aligni, tied for |
| 1:38.1 | the second most points in a single game in Aligni history. It was the most points by any player |
| 1:43.2 | in NCAA history in a road win at a top |
| 1:46.3 | 10 team. Kyle Tosk, that was your first trip to Mackey Arena. Boy, it was a memorable one, |
| 1:52.3 | huh? Yeah, I mean, if I'm fortunate enough to go on a lot more road trips in college basketball, |
| 1:58.5 | it's going to be tough to top this one for a long time |
| 2:01.3 | with the game that just took place watching a guy, a freshman, go into Mackey Arena and score |
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