Kylan Boswell scores 31, No. 17 Illinois beats Florida Gulf Coast 113-70
in another blowout win
[November 08, 2025]
By STEVE STEIN
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kylan Boswell scored a career-high 31
points and had 10 rebounds as No. 17 Illinois beat Florida Gulf
Coast 113-70 on Friday night for its second blowout win to start
the season.
Zvonomir Ivisic had 16 points, nine rebounds and seven blocked
shots for the Illini (2-0), who beat Jackson State by 63 points
in their opener, also scoring 113 points. |
Florida Gulf Coast's George Washington III defends as Illinois' Keaton
Wagler drives to the basket during an NCAA college basketball game
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Craig Pessman) |
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Keaton Wagler had 22 points and seven rebounds and David
Mirkovic had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Illinois.
J.R. Konieczny led Florida Gulf Coast with 26 points. The Eagles
(1-1) shot 33% from the floor — they missed their first 12 shots
— and were outrebounded 51-30.
Illinois made 20 of 21 free throws in the first half and led
59-27 at halftime. The Illini finished 30 of 34 at the line.
Illinois big man Tomislav Ivisic, who averaged 13 points and
nearly eight rebounds a game last season, joined the Illini’s
lengthy injured list. Brandon Lee, Ty Rodgers and Mihailo
Petrovic remain out.
While this was the first meeting between Illinois and Florida
Gulf Coast, the Illini were familiar with fourth-year Eagles
coach Pat Chambers. He went 7-5 against them during the nine
seasons (2011-20) when he was the coach at Big Ten rival Penn
State.
Florida Gulf Coast social media star Brandon Dwyer didn't get
into the game, even though Illinois students were calling for
him.
Dwyer, a graduate student whose “Road to One Point” personal and
basketball posts have earned him nearly two million followers on
TikTok and Instagram, finally scored his first collegiate points
in five years in the Eagles’ opening game win over New College
of Florida.
Up next
Florida Gulf Coast: Home on Tuesday vs. Georgia Southern.
Illinois: Home on Tuesday vs. No. 10 Texas Tech.
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