Illinois Cruises Past Oregon In Men’s Basketball, 80-54 

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. –No. 11 Illinois (23-7, 14-5) used a dominant first half to cruise by Oregon (11-19, 4-15), 80-54, in front of a Senior Night sellout crowd at the State Farm Center. The win finishes off Illinois’ season at home with a record of 14-3.

Andrej Stojakovic (21 points) and David Mirkovic (19) teamed up to put 40 points on the board. Stojakovic turned in his second double-double of the season with a game-high 12 rebounds.

Oregon won the tip and built a 6-0 lead before Mirkovic knocked down a three to get Illinois on the board three minutes into the game. After missing their first five shot attempts of the night, the Illini heated up to take their first lead, 11-9, at 13:43 when Zvonimir Ivisic converted a three-point play after being fouled on a layup.

Illinois exploded with a monstrous 24-2 run over a seven-minute span. The Illini locked up the Ducks on defense, holding them to 1-for-16 shooting over that stretch while the Orange and Blue shot 11-for-17, to build a 27-11 lead at the 8:30 mark before pushing the lead to 20 poins, 41-21, at halftime.

While Oregon opened the second half with a 16-7 stretch to narrow their deficit to 50-37, Illinois was quick to put its foot on the gas. The Illini went on their second huge run of the day, going 15-0 over three-and-a-half minutes, including seven straight points from Stojakovic, to take a 65-37 lead.

Illinois held Oregon without a field goal for 7:38 late in the second half, going on a 23-6 run over that span. The Illini closed out the night with a flurry of five points from senior AJ Redd, a career-high mark.

Next up, closes the regular season on Sunday at Maryland. Tipoff between the Fighting Illini and Terrapins is set for 2 p.m. CT (3 p.m. ET) on FOX.

POSTGAME NOTES

Players

• Andrej Stojakovic paced the Illini in scoring with 21 points on an efficient 7-for-12 shooting, made all seven of his free throws, grabbed a career- and team-high 12 rebounds, dished out two assists and had a steal.
  • Recorded his second double-double of the season.
    • Seventh 20+ point game of the season, the first since his 22-point performance at USC.
      • Scored in double figures for his 15^th time at Illinois.
    • Grabbed 5+ boards for the 11^th time this year.
      • Second game of 10+ rebounds.
• David Mirkovic scored 19 points with seven rebounds and an assist.
  • 23^rd game of the season with 10+ points, second consecutive.
  • Eighth time sinking 3+ threes, 14^th time sinking multiple.
• Keaton Wagler tallied 11 points, secured six boards and passed a team-high five assists.
  • Team-leading 27th double-digit scoring effort of the season.
    • 10+ points in 22 consecutive outings, averaging 19.7 ppg during that span.
  • Dished out 5+ assists for the 12^th time of the season.
• Tomislav Ivisic secured eight rebounds, recorded a season-high two steals, dished out two assists and scored two points.
  • Grabbed five or more rebounds for the 17^th time this season.
    • Averaging 5.7 boards per game this year.
• Zvonimir Ivisic scored eight points, brought in five rebounds and blocked a pair of shots.
  • Recorded multiple blocks for the 20^th time this season and third time in the last four games.
    • His 66 blocks on the season leads the team and is the third most in a season in program history.
      • Seven behind Nnanna Egwu’s 73 blocks in 2014.
    • Averaging 2.2 blocks per game this season
• Ben Humrichous added six points on 50 percent shooting from deep (2-for-4), snared three rebounds, matched a season-high two steals and blocked a shot.
  • Knocked down multiple threes for the 13^th time of the season and sixth time in the last eight games.
• AJ Redd posted a career-high five points which included his first career-made three.
  • Scored his first basket since LIU on Nov. 22.
    • Scored his first points since facing Southern U on Dec. 29.

Team

• Illinois improves to 6-2 all-time vs. Oregon, including a 2-0 mark as Big Ten foes.
• Illinois is 14-5 in Big Ten play, the team’s best league record since finishing 15-5 in 2021-22 to earn a share of the regular-season championship.
  • The Illini have won 14+ Big Ten games eight times in program history, four under Brad Underwood.
• Tuesday’s crowd was the 11^th home sellout (15,544) of the season at State Farm Center. The Illini are averaging 14,920 fans per game, 96% capacity.
• Illinois is 14-3 at home, averaging 86.1 points in home games with an average scoring margin of +20.3 ppg.
• The #11 Illini are 675-274 (.711) all-time when ranked inside the AP Top 25.
  • Under Brad Underwood, the Illini are now 112-50 (.691) when ranked.
• The Illini have the most wins in Big Ten play since 2019-20 with 95 victories.
  • When including the conference tournament, the Illini have a league-leading 102 wins over Big Ten teams the last seven seasons, and are tied for the lead with three B1G championships during that span.
• Illinois has outrebounded its opponent in 26 of 30 games this season and ranks second in the Big Ten (seventh nationally) in rebound margin at +10.2 rpg.
  • Illinois is 22-4 when it wins the battle on the glass.
  • They outrebounded the Ducks tonight 48-36, including a 14-9 edge on the offensive glass.
• The Illini bench put up 40 points compared to Oregon’s 14.
  • Third-highest bench point total of the season (43 twice: at USC on 2/18/26 and vs. Southern on 12/29/25).
• Illinois knocked down 10+ 3-pointers for the 22^nd time this season.
  • 13^th time sinking 10+ threes in the last 16 games.
• Illinois went on a 21-0 run over 6:05 in the first half.
  • Shot 8-11 over that stretch.
  • Held Oregon to 11 straight misses from the field.
• The Orange and Blue used a 15-0 run over 2:53 in the second half.
  • Seven straight points came from Andrej Stojakovic.
• All 12 players saw the floor in Tuesday night’s home finale.