Ep. 1125 - Illini krush Hoosiers 71-51 in bounce-back win
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 71-51 win over Indiana on Sunday. The guys discuss Kylan Boswell's impact in his return, big games from David Mirkovic and Keaton Wagler and a physically dominant performance from the frontcourt. The guys look ahead to next week's trip to Los Angeles to play USC and UCLA.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in to the online choir podcast. |
| 0:14.6 | This is Jeremy Warner Kyle Tossk live at State Farm Center, where Illinois |
| 0:18.8 | bounces back, ends a two-game skid with a 71-51 win |
| 0:23.5 | over the Indiana Hoosiers. |
| 0:25.3 | We're kind of rolling coming to this one, winning five of their last six. |
| 0:28.6 | But Illinois really puts the defensive clamps down on this one, and Kyle and Boswell's return |
| 0:32.8 | is a big part of that. |
| 0:34.8 | Missed seven games with Boswell comes back, missed some layups with that hand all bandage |
| 0:39.8 | up, but 9.7 rebounds and just gave Illinois somebody who could compete with Lamar Wilkerson, |
| 0:45.5 | who is a fantastic player, 21 points tonight, made some tough shots, but only had 14 field goal |
| 0:51.2 | attempts in this one. |
| 0:52.8 | Otherwise, Tucker DeVries 13, Sam Alexis 11, Indiana shot just |
| 0:57.2 | 40% in this game, 33% in the second half with nine turnovers in that second half, or seven |
| 1:03.7 | turnovers out of their nine in the second half. But Illinois, led again by the freshman Kyle, |
| 1:08.1 | as David Mirkovich looked phenomenal, 25.7 rebounds and Keaton |
| 1:13.6 | Wogler with 18 points in this one. And Thomas Lovievich, a great second half for Tommy, |
| 1:19.0 | 12 to his 14 points. A lot of more physical, more dominant in this one on the front court than they |
| 1:24.2 | were against Wisconsin, more locked in defensively. And a big reason for that, Kyle, was the return of number four. |
| 1:30.5 | No doubt. |
| 1:31.3 | What a great boost to get Kyle and Boswell back for this game, and to do it kind of ahead of schedule. |
| 1:37.2 | It sounded like it seemed like Kylean came on set it. |
| 1:40.5 | The target date was always going to be USC coming up on Wednesday, but I just kept |
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