Tomislav Ivisic scores 18 points, Illinois hits 15 3s to roll past SIU Edwardsville 90-58
AP
Nov 08, 2024
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Tomislav Ivisic scored 18 points and led five players into double-figure scoring as Illinois Fighting Illini raced to a 90-58 victory over in-state rival SIU Edwardsville on Friday night to win its second straight.
Ivisic dunked just seconds into the game and Tre White hit back-to-back 3-pointers to get Illinois out of the gate and the Fighting Illini used eight treys to build a 46-28 lead at the break and finished 15 of 38 from distance.
Kasparas Jakucionis dished 13 assists for Illinois to go with 12 points. Ben Humrichous hit 5 of 8 from beyond the arc to finish with 16 while Will Riley added 14 points off the bench and White hit 3 of 5 from deep to added 13 points. Eleven Illini figured in the scoring with six hitting at least one 3-pointer.
Reysean Taylor scored 14 points to lead the Cougars (1-2). Brian Taylor II added 10. SIU Edwardsville hit 20 of 73 from the floor (30.1%) and 6 of 24 from deep.
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1st Half
SIUE
Cougars
28
ILL
Fighting Illini
46
Time
Team
Play
Score
20:00
Arnas Sakenis vs. Tomislav Ivisic (Fighting Illini gains possession)
19:44
+2
Tomislav Ivisic makes two point dunk (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)
0-2
19:15
+2
Arnas Sakenis makes two point layup (Brian Taylor II assists)
2-2
19:00
+3
Tre White makes three point jump shot (Tomislav Ivisic assists)
2-5
18:41
+2
Ring Malith makes two point jump shot
4-5
18:41
Tomislav Ivisic shooting foul (Ring Malith draws the foul)
18:41
Ring Malith misses regular free throw 1 of 1
18:41
Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
18:21
+3
Tre White makes three point jump shot
4-8
17:59
Arnas Sakenis misses two point jump shot
17:57
Tre White defensive rebound
17:50
Ray'Sean Taylor shooting foul (Tomislav Ivisic draws the foul)
17:50
Tomislav Ivisic misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:50
+1
Tomislav Ivisic makes regular free throw 2 of 2
4-9
17:20
Desmond Polk misses two point jump shot
17:18
Cougars offensive rebound
17:18
Cougars turnover (shot clock violation)
17:07
+2
Tomislav Ivisic makes two point layup (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)
4-11
17:07
Ring Malith shooting foul (Tomislav Ivisic draws the foul)
17:07
+1
Tomislav Ivisic makes regular free throw 1 of 1
4-12
16:49
Ray'Sean Taylor misses two point jump shot
16:47
Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
16:40
Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
16:38
Fighting Illini offensive rebound
16:28
Myles Thompson personal foul (Morez Johnson Jr. draws the foul)
16:22
Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
16:20
Cougars defensive rebound
15:57
Darrion Baker misses three point jump shot
15:57
Fighting Illini defensive rebound
15:57
TV timeout
15:35
Darrion Baker blocks Will Riley's two point jump shot
15:33
Will Riley offensive rebound
15:26
Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
15:24
Desmond Polk defensive rebound
15:21
Kylan Boswell blocks Desmond Polk's two point layup
15:19
Will Riley defensive rebound
15:11
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses three point jump shot
15:09
Desmond Polk defensive rebound
15:08
Brian Taylor II turnover
15:00
+2
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn makes two point jump shot
4-14
14:27
Darrion Baker misses three point jump shot
14:25
Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
14:18
+3
Ben Humrichous makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)
4-17
14:18
Morez Johnson Jr. personal foul
14:02
Myles Thompson misses two point hook shot
14:00
Jo Valrie offensive rebound
13:52
+2
Jo Valrie makes two point layup
6-17
13:43
Will Riley misses two point jump shot
13:41
Ray'Sean Taylor defensive rebound
13:35
Ray'Sean Taylor misses three point jump shot
13:33
Jo Valrie offensive rebound
13:29
+2
Jo Valrie makes two point layup
8-17
13:18
Darrion Baker shooting foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
13:18
Kasparas Jakucionis misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:18
+1
Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 2 of 2
8-18
13:04
Ring Malith misses three point jump shot
13:02
Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
12:57
Kasparas Jakucionis misses three point jump shot
12:55
Arnas Sakenis defensive rebound
12:36
Jordan Pickett misses two point jump shot
12:34
Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
12:28
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses three point jump shot
12:26
Jo Valrie defensive rebound
12:09
Ring Malith misses three point jump shot
12:07
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn defensive rebound
12:00
+3
Tomislav Ivisic makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)
8-21
11:48
Cougars 60 second timeout
11:48
TV timeout
11:37
+2
Ray'Sean Taylor makes two point jump shot
10-21
11:16
+2
Tomislav Ivisic makes two point layup
10-23
10:44
Carey Booth blocks Ray'Sean Taylor's two point layup
10:42
Cougars offensive rebound
10:42
Cougars turnover (shot clock violation)
10:26
Kasparas Jakucionis turnover (bad pass)
10:19
Ring Malith misses three point jump shot
10:17
Cougars offensive rebound
10:12
Ring Malith misses two point jump shot
10:10
Arnas Sakenis offensive rebound
9:51
+3
Desmond Polk makes three point jump shot (Arnas Sakenis assists)
13-23
9:51
Ring Malith personal foul
9:39
Tre White misses three point jump shot
9:37
Tre White offensive rebound
9:34
Tomislav Ivisic misses two point jump shot
9:32
Jo Valrie defensive rebound
9:06
Jo Valrie misses two point jump shot
9:04
Kasparas Jakucionis defensive rebound
8:53
+3
Ben Humrichous makes three point jump shot (Kylan Boswell assists)
13-26
8:21
+2
Darrion Baker makes two point jump shot
15-26
8:07
+2
Will Riley makes two point layup (Kylan Boswell assists)
15-28
7:52
+3
Ray'Sean Taylor makes three point jump shot
18-28
7:36
Darrion Baker shooting foul (Kylan Boswell draws the foul)
7:36
TV timeout
7:36
Kylan Boswell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:36
Kylan Boswell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:36
Jo Valrie defensive rebound
7:19
Ray'Sean Taylor misses three point jump shot
7:17
Kylan Boswell defensive rebound
7:08
Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
7:06
Will Riley offensive rebound
6:50
Carey Booth misses three point jump shot
6:48
Ben Humrichous offensive rebound
6:48
Ray'Sean Taylor personal foul (Ben Humrichous draws the foul)
6:48
Ben Humrichous misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:48
Jo Valrie defensive rebound
6:29
Brian Taylor II misses two point jump shot
6:27
Brian Taylor II offensive rebound
6:22
Brian Taylor II misses two point jump shot
6:20
Cougars offensive rebound
6:16
+3
Myles Thompson makes three point jump shot (Declan Dillon assists)
21-28
5:45
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn misses three point jump shot
5:43
Myles Thompson defensive rebound
5:27
+2
Myles Thompson makes two point layup (Declan Dillon assists)
23-28
5:18
+3
Ben Humrichous makes three point jump shot
23-31
4:58
Myles Thompson misses two point layup
4:56
Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
4:50
Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
4:48
Cougars defensive rebound
4:35
Brian Taylor II misses two point layup
4:33
Brian Taylor II offensive rebound
4:23
Desmond Polk misses three point jump shot
4:23
Will Riley defensive rebound
4:23
Jo Valrie personal foul (Will Riley draws the foul)
4:23
Will Riley misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:23
Ben Humrichous offensive rebound
4:16
+3
Will Riley makes three point jump shot (Ben Humrichous assists)
23-34
3:53
Desmond Polk misses two point jump shot
3:51
Cougars offensive rebound
3:46
Tomislav Ivisic personal foul
3:51
TV timeout
3:46
+1
Arnas Sakenis makes regular free throw 1 of 2
24-34
3:46
Arnas Sakenis misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:46
Tre White defensive rebound
3:34
Morez Johnson Jr. personal foul
3:34
Jo Valrie personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
3:34
+1
Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 1 of 2
24-35
3:34
+1
Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 2 of 2
24-36
3:19
Brian Taylor II turnover (traveling)
3:06
Brian Taylor II personal foul (Kasparas Jakucionis draws the foul)
3:06
+1
Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 1 of 2
24-37
3:06
+1
Kasparas Jakucionis makes regular free throw 2 of 2
24-38
2:45
+2
Brian Taylor II makes two point jump shot
26-38
2:26
Tre White misses two point layup
2:24
Myles Thompson defensive rebound
2:18
Desmond Polk misses three point jump shot
2:16
Declan Dillon offensive rebound
2:12
+2
Myles Thompson makes two point layup (Declan Dillon assists)
28-38
2:02
Carey Booth misses three point jump shot
2:00
Will Riley offensive rebound
1:52
Will Riley misses three point jump shot
1:50
Kasparas Jakucionis offensive rebound
1:42
+3
Ben Humrichous makes three point jump shot (Kasparas Jakucionis assists)
28-41
1:31
Brian Taylor II misses two point jump shot
1:29
Tre White defensive rebound
1:19
Tre White misses two point layup
1:17
Fighting Illini offensive rebound
1:12
Brian Taylor II blocks Tre White's two point layup
