Ep. 1113 - Freshmen lead Illini to 75-66 win over Washington

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 75-66 win over Washington and break down the hits and misses from the game, including big games from freshmen Keaton Wagler and David Mirkovic, a huge lift off the bench from Ben Humrichous and more. The guys then discuss the Big Ten race ahead and Sunday's game at No. 5 Nebraska.

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0:27.3	Thank you. Welcome in to the Ohioanquire podcast.
0:43.5	It's our live post game podcast here, Jeremy Warner.
0:46.7	Kyle Tosk with you tonight is Illinois wins a 10 straight game.
0:52.3	Ten straight wins for this Illinois team, putting it firmly in the Big 10 title race,
0:58.2	entering the second half of the Big 10 season. Tonight, 7566 over Washington. Illinois gets down
1:05.3	early in this one, Kyle, 7 to nothing, but really responded, controlled most of the game, never able to really
1:12.6	run away from the Huskies, but find a way to just win another game and stack win upon
1:19.2	win upon win.
1:20.3	And again, set themselves up for a fun Big Ten title race.
1:24.2	Tonight, again, it was the freshman.
1:26.5	Keaton Wogler after his 46 point performance,
1:29.3	22 points, eight assists, five rebounds. David Mirkovich with 15 or 19 points in this one,
1:36.8	shot 7 to 15 from the field, made three three pointers in this one, and Ben Humrickhouse,
1:41.3	huge off the bench with 14 points.
1:48.8	We had three, I think the three best freshmen in the Big Ten right now, the three Big Ten freshman of year candidates.
1:50.2	I think Keith Wigler is clearly the frontrunner here, but all of them shine.
1:54.4	Han Steinbach, 15 points, 12 rebounds for Washington, but Steinbach, not enough help.
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