Pennsylvania Quakers vs Illinois Fighting Illini, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship South Region 1st Round

College Basketball

18-12

70-105

Final

25-8

Bon Secours Wellness Arena

TV: TNT

Team	1H	2H	T
PENN	30	40	70
ILL	40	65	105

Who won: Illinois 105-70

The Illinois Fighting Illini beat the Pennsylvania Quakers 105-70 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship South Region 1st Round on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. The Illinois outscored the Penn 65-40 in the 2nd half. David Mirkovic led the Illinois in points (29). Michael Zanoni led the Penn in points (20).

Leaders

PENNILL

Points

Michael Zanoni

20

David Mirkovic

29

Assists

AJ Levine

4

Keaton Wagler

7

Rebounds

Cam Thrower

4

David Mirkovic

17

Scoring

2nd Half

13:59

LayUpShot

Keaton Wagler makes driving layup

40-59

13:32

LayUpShot

Kylan Boswell makes driving layup

40-61

13:13

LayUpShot

Niklas Polonowski makes layup

42-61

12:41

JumpShot

AJ Levine makes 28-foot three point jumper (Michael Zanoni assists)

45-61

12:11

JumpShot

Keaton Wagler makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot

45-64

11:40

JumpShot

AJ Levine makes 12-foot pullup jump shot

47-64

11:12

MadeFreeThrow

Kylan Boswell makes free throw 2 of 2

47-65

10:33

JumpShot

Andrej Stojakovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kylan Boswell assists)

47-68

10:16

DunkShot

Zvonimir Ivisic makes 1-foot dunk (David Mirkovic assists)

47-70

10:05

LayUpShot

Cam Thrower makes driving layup

49-70

9:52

JumpShot

David Mirkovic makes 25-foot three point jumper

49-73

9:28

LayUpShot

Kylan Boswell makes layup

49-75

9:28

MadeFreeThrow

Kylan Boswell makes free throw 1 of 1

49-76

9:14

JumpShot

Michael Zanoni makes 16-foot jumper (AJ Levine assists)

51-76

8:19

JumpShot

David Mirkovic makes 26-foot three point jumper

51-79

7:45

MadeFreeThrow

David Mirkovic makes free throw 1 of 2

51-80

7:45

MadeFreeThrow

David Mirkovic makes free throw 2 of 2

51-81

7:01

JumpShot

Tomislav Ivisic makes 4-foot hook shot (Ben Humrichous assists)

51-83

6:53

DunkShot

Lucas Lueth makes 1-foot dunk

53-83

6:21

MadeFreeThrow

Zvonimir Ivisic makes free throw 1 of 2

53-84

6:21

MadeFreeThrow

Zvonimir Ivisic makes free throw 2 of 2

53-85

5:57

TipShot

Augustus Gerhart makes 0-foot tip in layup

55-85

5:35

TipShot

David Mirkovic makes 0-foot tip in layup

55-87

5:09

JumpShot

Tomislav Ivisic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists)

55-90

4:47

JumpShot

Ben Humrichous makes 23-foot three point jumper (Andrej Stojakovic assists)

55-93

4:25

JumpShot

Michael Zanoni makes 13-foot pullup jump shot

57-93

3:50

MadeFreeThrow

Andrej Stojakovic makes free throw 1 of 2

57-94

3:50

MadeFreeThrow

Andrej Stojakovic makes free throw 2 of 2

57-95

3:33

JumpShot

Johnnie Walter makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alex Massung assists)

60-95

3:05

JumpShot

Ben Humrichous makes 30-foot three point jumper (Mihailo Petrovic assists)

60-98

2:49

MadeFreeThrow

Brandon Lee makes free throw 1 of 2

60-99

2:49

MadeFreeThrow

Brandon Lee makes free throw 2 of 2

60-100

2:39

JumpShot

Alex Massung makes 13-foot step back jumpshot

62-100

2:10

LayUpShot

Brandon Lee makes driving layup

62-102

1:51

JumpShot

Cam Thrower makes 30-foot three point jumper (Alex Massung assists)

65-102

1:28

MadeFreeThrow

Zvonimir Ivisic makes free throw 1 of 2

65-103

1:21

LayUpShot

Cam Thrower makes driving layup

67-103

0:51

LayUpShot

AJ Redd makes layup

67-105

0:08

LayUpShot

Cam Thrower makes driving layup

69-105

0:08

MadeFreeThrow

Cam Thrower makes free throw 1 of 1

70-105

Scores shown as PENN-ILL.

More NCAAB games on March 19