Ep. 1143 - Illini impose their will in 105-70 first-round NCAAT win over Penn
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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4.9 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's dominant 105-70 first-round NCAA Tournament win over Penn. The guys react to David Mirkovic's historic performance, Keaton Wagler's impressive first NCAAT game, a red-hot shooting display in the second half, Kylan Boswell's strong defense and more. Then the guys look ahead to Saturday's Round of 32 game against No. 11 seed VCU.
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| 0:16.6 | New customers only, maximum saving 20 pounds terms at akado.com good evening i guess it's good morning welcome into into the Illinois Enquirer podcast. I'm Jeremy |
| 0:37.5 | Warner live at Bonsacor's Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, Calatosk, joins us back |
| 0:43.0 | in Champaign. It's just officially hit morning back here right as we clicked live. Perfect time. |
| 0:48.9 | There you go. Now, 1 a.m. here, 12 a.m. But we are potting away because it's the NCAA |
| 0:53.9 | tournament. And Illinois just took care of business the way you want a.m. here, 12 a.m. But we are potting away because it's the NCAA tournament. |
| 0:55.2 | And Illinois just took care of business the way you want a number three seed to take care of business against an Ivy League team. |
| 1:01.6 | 105-70, Illinois gets the win with an epic performance from David Mirkovich. |
| 1:07.3 | 29 points. |
| 1:08.5 | That's the fourth most for Illinois in NCAA tournament history. |
| 1:12.1 | 18 or I guess they gave him 17 at the end. |
| 1:14.2 | 17 rebounds. |
| 1:15.1 | It's still an NCAA record for Illinois in an individual game. |
| 1:20.0 | Yeah, he's built for March. |
| 1:21.2 | And then Keaton-Wigler, fantastic as well, 18.7 rebounds, seven assists in this one. |
| 1:26.7 | Also in double figures, Ben Helmerkhouse at four threes. Colin Boswell, 18.7 rebounds, seven assists in this one. Also in double figures, Ben Helmerkhouse |
| 1:28.7 | at four threes. Kyle and Boswell, fantastic defense on T.J. Power, who is a non-factor in this |
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