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Kasparas Jakucionis scores 24 points and Tre White has 23 as Illinois beats No. 20 Wisconsin 86-80

AP
Dec 10, 2024

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Kasparas Jakucionis scored a career-high 24 points, Tre White had 23 points and eight rebounds and Kylan Boswell added 19 points and six assists to lead Illinois to an 86-80 win over No. 20 Wisconsin on Tuesday night.

It was the fourth straight game in which Jakucionis scored 20 or more points for the Illini (7-2, 1-1 Big Ten), who beat Wisconsin for the ninth consecutive time.

Nolan Winter led the Badgers (8-3, 0-2) with 15 points and seven rebounds, John Tonje had 14 points, Max Klesmit scored 13 and John Blackwell had 10. Wisconsin lost its third straight game after opening the season with eight consecutive victories.

Illinois led 39-35 at halftime. The Illini fell behind 47-46 with 16:32 left in the second half before regaining the lead on a 3-pointer by Boswell. They never trailed again.

It was the 150th win in Brad Underwood’s eighth year as the Illinois coach. He’s now 150-90.

Illinois: The Illini aren’t afraid to shoot 3’s, but that didn’t affect Wisconsin. Illinois went 10 for 33 from long range.

Wisconsin: The Badgers have two of the top free throw shooters in the Big Ten in Klesmit and Tonje. But, neither got to the line in the first half and Klesmit (3 of 6) and Tonje (2 of 2) didn’t shoot many free throws in the second half.

Jakucionis’ four-point play with 6:08 left put Illinois up 70-60. The Badgers never got closer than four points after that.

Underwood challenged his team following its overtime loss to Northwestern last week to do a better job on the offensive boards. The Illini responded, grabbing 15 offensive rebounds while outrebounding the Badgers 40-29. Tomislav Ivisic had a game-high 11 rebounds for Illinois.

Illinois will host No. 1 Tennessee on Saturday. Butler is at Wisconsin on Saturday.

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1st Half
WISC
Badgers
35
ILL
Fighting Illini
39

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Badgers gains possession)
19:51		Steven Crowl misses three point jump shot
19:49		Tre White defensive rebound
19:31		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
19:29		John Blackwell defensive rebound
19:26	+2	John Blackwell makes two point layup	2-0
19:11		Kylan Boswell turnover
18:59	+2	John Tonje makes two point jump shot	4-0
18:48		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (Steven Crowl steals)
18:19		Steven Crowl misses two point jump shot
18:17		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
18:09	+3	Tre White makes three point jump shot (Kylan Boswell assists)	4-3
17:49		John Blackwell turnover
17:37	+3	Kylan Boswell makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	4-6
17:15		Max Klesmit turnover
17:08		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
17:06		Max Klesmit defensive rebound
16:55		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
16:53		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
16:47		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
16:45		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
16:33	+2	Tre White makes two point layup (Kylan Boswell assists)	4-8
16:33		Steven Crowl shooting foul (Tre White draws the foul)
16:33	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 1 of 1	4-9
16:13	+2	Carter Gilmore makes two point layup (John Tonje assists)	6-9
15:55		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
15:53		Tre White offensive rebound
15:43		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point jump shot
15:41		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
15:32	+3	Carter Gilmore makes three point jump shot (Max Klesmit assists)	9-9
15:13	+3	Tomislav Ivisic makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	9-12
14:49	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point layup (John Tonje assists)	11-12
14:22		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (Max Klesmit steals)
14:17		Max Klesmit turnover (Kylan Boswell steals)
14:09	+2	Kasparas Jakucionis makes two point layup (Kylan Boswell assists)	11-14
13:57		John Tonje misses three point jump shot
13:55		Kylan Boswell defensive rebound
13:45		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
13:43		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
13:36		TV timeout
13:25		Morez Johnson Jr. shooting foul (Xavier Amos draws the foul)
13:25	+1	Xavier Amos makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-14
13:25	+1	Xavier Amos makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-14
13:12		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses three point jump shot
13:11		Jake Davis personal foul
12:59	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point layup (Jack Janicki assists)	15-14
12:36		John Blackwell personal foul
12:19		Jack Janicki blocks Morez Johnson Jr.'s two point layup
12:17		Jack Janicki defensive rebound
12:05		John Blackwell turnover
11:54		Jake Davis misses three point jump shot
11:51		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn personal foul
11:51		TV timeout
11:40		Xavier Amos misses three point jump shot
11:38		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
11:21		Will Riley misses three point jump shot
11:19		Jack Janicki defensive rebound
11:11	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot (Jack Janicki assists)	18-14
10:45		Max Klesmit personal foul
10:35		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses two point jump shot
10:33		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
10:32		Morez Johnson Jr. misses two point layup
10:30		Will Riley offensive rebound
10:22	+2	Will Riley makes two point layup	18-16
10:17	+3	Xavier Amos makes three point jump shot (Steven Crowl assists)	21-16
9:59	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point layup	21-18
9:59		Jack Janicki shooting foul (Kylan Boswell draws the foul)
9:59	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	21-19
9:47		John Tonje turnover
9:41	+2	Tre White makes two point dunk	21-21
9:29	+2	Max Klesmit makes two point jump shot	23-21
9:07		Will Riley offensive foul
9:07		Will Riley turnover (offensive foul)
8:57	+2	Carter Gilmore makes two point layup (Max Klesmit assists)	25-21
8:44		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
8:42		Carter Gilmore personal foul
8:26		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
8:24		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
8:24		John Blackwell personal foul
8:22		Tre White misses three point jump shot
8:20		Kasparas Jakucionis offensive rebound
8:09		Tre White turnover
7:54		Carter Gilmore turnover (Kasparas Jakucionis steals)
7:54		TV timeout
7:42		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
7:40		Kylan Boswell offensive rebound
7:35		Max Klesmit shooting foul
7:35	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-22
7:35	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-23
7:22		John Tonje turnover
6:53		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (Nolan Winter steals)
6:27		Tomislav Ivisic blocks John Tonje's two point jump shot
6:25		John Tonje offensive rebound
6:14		Carter Gilmore misses three point jump shot
6:12		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
6:09		Tre White turnover (Kamari McGee steals)
6:09		Tre White personal foul
6:06		Steven Crowl misses three point jump shot
6:04		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
5:40	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point jump shot	25-26
5:29		Tomislav Ivisic personal foul
5:22		Steven Crowl misses two point jump shot
5:20		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
5:10		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
5:08		Tre White offensive rebound
5:05	+2	Will Riley makes two point layup (Tre White assists)	25-28
5:04		Badgers 30 second timeout
4:46		John Tonje misses three point jump shot
4:44		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
4:29		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
4:27		John Tonje defensive rebound
4:00		John Tonje misses three point jump shot
3:58		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
3:46		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point jump shot
3:44		Xavier Amos defensive rebound
3:31	+3	Steven Crowl makes three point jump shot (Kamari McGee assists)	28-28
3:12	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point jump shot	28-31
2:41	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point jump shot (Jack Janicki assists)	30-31
2:22	+2	Tre White makes two point layup (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	30-33
2:22		Steven Crowl shooting foul (Tre White draws the foul)
2:22		TV timeout
2:22	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 1 of 1	30-34
2:07	+2	John Tonje makes two point layup	32-34
1:54	+2	Kasparas Jakucionis makes two point jump shot	32-36
1:26		John Tonje misses two point jump shot
1:24		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
1:17	+3	Tre White makes three point jump shot (Kylan Boswell assists)	32-39
1:01		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
0:59		Will Riley defensive rebound
0:50		Xavier Amos blocks Kasparas Jakucionis's two point layup
0:48		John Tonje defensive rebound
0:43	+3	Jack Janicki makes three point jump shot (Nolan Winter assists)	35-39
0:30		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
0:15		Kasparas Jakucionis misses two point layup
0:13		Tre White offensive rebound
0:12		Tre White turnover
0:01		Carter Gilmore misses two point layup
0:00		Tre White defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
WISC
Badgers
45
ILL
Fighting Illini
47

Time		Play	Score
19:29		Steven Crowl misses two point turnaround hook shot
19:27		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
19:16	+3	Ben Humrichous makes three point jump shot (Kylan Boswell assists)	35-42
18:57	+3	Nolan Winter makes three point jump shot (Max Klesmit assists)	38-42
18:38		Tre White turnover (bad pass)
18:26	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point driving layup	40-42
18:12	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point layup (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	40-44
17:46	+2	John Blackwell makes two point driving reverse layup	42-44
17:34		Kylan Boswell misses two point stepback jump shot
17:32		John Blackwell defensive rebound
17:32		Tre White personal foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
17:18		John Tonje misses two point jump shot
17:16		Ben Humrichous personal foul
17:11	+2	Max Klesmit makes two point cutting layup (John Tonje assists)	44-44
16:51	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point layup (Kylan Boswell assists)	44-46
16:39		Kasparas Jakucionis personal foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
16:37		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
16:35		Nolan Winter offensive rebound
16:33	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point layup	46-46
16:33		Tre White shooting foul (Nolan Winter draws the foul)
16:33	+1	Nolan Winter makes regular free throw 1 of 1	47-46
16:24	+3	Kylan Boswell makes three point jump shot (Ben Humrichous assists)	47-49
16:11		Nolan Winter turnover (traveling)
15:56	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point driving layup	47-51
15:48		Tomislav Ivisic personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
15:48		TV timeout
15:37		John Tonje turnover (lost ball) (Kylan Boswell steals)
15:23		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point stepback jump shot
15:21		John Tonje personal foul
15:07		John Blackwell shooting foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
15:07		Will Riley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:07	+1	Will Riley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-52
14:47		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
14:45		Ben Humrichous personal foul (Carter Gilmore draws the foul)
14:42		Kylan Boswell personal foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
14:42		Max Klesmit misses regular free throw 1 of 1
14:42		Nolan Winter offensive rebound
14:41		Ben Humrichous personal foul (Nolan Winter draws the foul)
14:41	+1	Nolan Winter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-52
14:41	+1	Nolan Winter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-52
14:29		Kylan Boswell misses two point driving layup
14:27		Kylan Boswell offensive rebound
14:27	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point tip layup	49-54
14:06		Max Klesmit turnover
14:05		Kylan Boswell turnover (out of bounds)
13:58		Max Klesmit misses two point driving layup
13:56		Kylan Boswell defensive rebound
13:37		Will Riley misses three point jump shot
13:35		Kasparas Jakucionis offensive rebound
13:32	+2	Kasparas Jakucionis makes two point putback layup	49-56
13:16		Kamari McGee misses two point driving floating jump shot
13:14		Kamari McGee offensive rebound
13:13		Jake Davis shooting foul (Kamari McGee draws the foul)
13:13		Kamari McGee misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:13		Kamari McGee misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:13		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
12:51	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point jump shot (Jake Davis assists)	49-59
12:43		Badgers 60 second timeout
12:43		TV timeout
12:36		Max Klesmit misses three point running jump shot
12:34		Steven Crowl personal foul
12:22		Will Riley turnover (traveling)
12:14		Morez Johnson Jr. personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
12:14	+1	Steven Crowl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-59
12:14	+1	Steven Crowl makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-59
12:01		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses three point jump shot
11:59		Jake Davis offensive rebound
11:54		Jake Davis misses three point jump shot
11:52		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
11:47		Morez Johnson Jr. misses two point tip layup
11:45		Xavier Amos defensive rebound
11:38		Steven Crowl misses three point jump shot
11:36		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
11:36		TV timeout
11:25	+2	Kasparas Jakucionis makes two point layup	51-61
11:10	+2	John Tonje makes two point driving layup	53-61
10:50	+2	Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn makes two point driving layup	53-63
10:36		John Tonje misses three point jump shot
10:34		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
10:28		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
10:26		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
10:17		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
10:15		John Blackwell offensive rebound
10:10	+2	John Blackwell makes two point putback layup	55-63
9:53		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point turnaround hook shot
9:51		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
9:29	+2	John Blackwell makes two point driving layup	57-63
9:16		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
9:14		Carter Gilmore defensive rebound
9:03		John Tonje offensive foul (Kylan Boswell draws the foul)
9:03		John Tonje turnover (offensive foul)
8:53		Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (lost ball)
8:45		Tomislav Ivisic shooting foul (John Tonje draws the foul)
8:45	+1	John Tonje makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-63
8:45	+1	John Tonje makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-63
8:31		Kylan Boswell turnover (bad pass) (Nolan Winter steals)
8:15		Max Klesmit misses three point jump shot
8:13		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
7:56		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
7:54		John Blackwell defensive rebound
7:30		Max Klesmit misses two point driving layup
7:28		Tre White defensive rebound
7:24		Carter Gilmore shooting foul (Tre White draws the foul)
7:24		TV timeout
7:24		Tre White misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:24	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-64
7:01		John Blackwell misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot
6:59		Ben Humrichous defensive rebound
6:42		John Blackwell shooting foul (Tre White draws the foul)
6:42	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-65
6:42	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-66
6:20		Kylan Boswell shooting foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
6:20		Max Klesmit misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:20	+1	Max Klesmit makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-66
6:08	+3	Kasparas Jakucionis makes three point jump shot (Morez Johnson Jr. assists)	60-69
6:08		Max Klesmit shooting foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
6:08	+1	Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 1 of 1	60-70
6:00		Kylan Boswell shooting foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
6:00	+1	Max Klesmit makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-70
6:00	+1	Max Klesmit makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-70
5:40		Tre White misses two point turnaround jump shot
5:38		Carter Gilmore defensive rebound
5:31		Max Klesmit misses two point floating jump shot
5:29		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
5:09		Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point stepback jump shot
5:07		John Tonje defensive rebound
4:59		Tre White blocks John Tonje's two point driving layup
4:58		Badgers offensive rebound
4:58		Badgers 30 second timeout
4:44	+2	Kamari McGee makes two point driving layup	64-70
4:27		Carter Gilmore shooting foul (Tre White draws the foul)
4:27	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-71
4:27	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-72
4:16	+3	John Tonje makes three point stepback jump shot	67-72
4:01		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
3:59		Carter Gilmore defensive rebound
3:34		Nolan Winter misses two point jump shot
3:32		Carter Gilmore offensive rebound
3:09		John Tonje misses two point layup
3:08		Badgers offensive rebound
3:08		Badgers turnover (shot clock violation)
3:08		TV timeout
2:58	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point dunk (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)	67-74
2:44	+3	Nolan Winter makes three point jump shot (Max Klesmit assists)	70-74
2:27		Kasparas Jakucionis misses two point turnaround jump shot
2:25		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
2:25		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point putback layup
2:23		Tre White offensive rebound
2:23	+2	Tre White makes two point putback dunk	70-76
2:21		Official timeout
1:57		Max Klesmit misses three point jump shot
1:55		Nolan Winter offensive rebound
1:49		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
1:47		Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
1:23		Carter Gilmore shooting foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
1:23	+1	Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 1 of 3	70-77
1:23	+1	Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 2 of 3	70-78
1:23	+1	Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 3 of 3	70-79
1:16		Tomislav Ivisic shooting foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
1:16	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-79
1:16		John Blackwell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:16		Tre White defensive rebound
0:55		Kamari McGee personal foul (Kylan Boswell draws the foul)
0:55	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-80
0:55	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-81
0:47	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot (Kamari McGee assists)	74-81
0:47		Kasparas Jakucionis shooting foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
0:47		Max Klesmit misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:47		John Blackwell offensive rebound
0:45		Ben Humrichous shooting foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
0:45		John Blackwell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:45	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-81
0:37		John Blackwell personal foul (Ben Humrichous draws the foul)
0:37		Ben Humrichous misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:37	+1	Ben Humrichous makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-82
0:30	+3	John Tonje makes three point running jump shot (Kamari McGee assists)	78-82
0:28		Badgers 60 second timeout
0:28		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
0:25		Carter Gilmore personal foul (Tre White draws the foul)
0:25	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-83
0:25	+1	Tre White makes regular free throw 2 of 2	78-84
0:19	+2	Kamari McGee makes two point driving layup	80-84
0:17		Kamari McGee personal foul (Kylan Boswell draws the foul)
0:17	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	80-85
0:17	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	80-86
0:13		Kamari McGee misses two point driving layup
0:11		Kamari McGee offensive rebound
0:05		John Tonje misses three point pullup jump shot
0:03		Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn defensive rebound