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Stojakovic scores 20 points as No. 8 Illinois routs Long Island 98-58

AP
Nov 22, 2025

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Andrej Stojakovic scored 20 points, Keaton Wagler had 19 and No. 8 Illinois Fighting Illini beat Long Island 98-58 on Saturday.

David Mirkovic had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Illini (5-1), who bounced back nicely after losing to No. 11 Alabama in Chicago on Wednesday night. Kylan Boswell added 11 points.

Illinois outrebounded Long Island 40-22. The Big Ten's best rebounding team had 11 offensive rebounds that led to 17 second-chance points.

The Illini shot 63% from the field and outscored the Sharks 68-24 in the paint while scoring three more points than their season average of 95.4. They are second in the Big Ten in scoring.

A.J. Neal Jr. scored 15 points for Long Island (3-3), which has lost three straight after opening the season with three wins. Malachi Davis finished with 12.

Illinois shot 69% from the floor in the first half and led 54-19 at halftime. The Illini went on 12-point and 16-point runs in the half.

Long Island, coached by former DePaul All-American and 17-year NBA veteran Rod Stickland, was picked by Northeast Conference coaches to finish first in the conference.

This was the second meeting between Illinois and Long Island. The Illini beat the Sharks 126-78 in a first-round NIT game in 1982.

The Illini have won 34 straight home games vs. unranked nonconference opponents.

Long Island: At Missouri State on Monday.

Illinois: Home vs. Texas Rio Grande Valley on Monday.

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1st Half
LIU
Sharks
19
ILL
Fighting Illini
54

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Shadrak Lasu vs. Tomislav Ivisic (Malachi Davis gains possession)
19:43		Greg Gordon misses two point layup
19:41		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
19:28		Andrej Stojakovic turnover (Jomo Goings steals)
19:21	+2	Malachi Davis makes two point layup	2-0
18:59		Tomislav Ivisic turnover (Shadrak Lasu steals)
18:53		Jomo Goings misses three point jump shot
18:51		Sharks offensive rebound
18:44		Malachi Davis misses two point layup
18:42		Shadrak Lasu offensive rebound
18:36	+2	Shadrak Lasu makes two point layup	4-0
18:34		Jamal Fuller personal foul (David Mirkovic draws the foul)
18:26	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point jump shot (Ben Humrichous assists)	4-2
18:03		Malachi Davis turnover (traveling)
17:48	+2	Keaton Wagler makes two point layup	4-4
17:37	+2	Greg Gordon makes two point jump shot	6-4
17:28		Jomo Goings personal foul (Andrej Stojakovic draws the foul)
17:24	+3	Ben Humrichous makes three point jump shot (Keaton Wagler assists)	6-7
16:59		Shadrak Lasu misses two point layup
16:57		Ben Humrichous defensive rebound
16:50		Malachi Davis personal foul (Keaton Wagler draws the foul)
16:33		Jake Davis misses three point jump shot
16:31		Keaton Wagler offensive rebound
16:22		Keaton Wagler misses three point jump shot
16:20		Jomo Goings defensive rebound
16:13	+2	Malachi Davis makes two point jump shot	8-7
15:59		Jomo Goings personal foul (Tomislav Ivisic draws the foul)
15:51		Mason Porter-Brown shooting foul (Kylan Boswell draws the foul)
15:51		TV timeout
15:51	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-8
15:51	+1	Kylan Boswell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-9
15:35		Greg Gordon turnover (Ben Humrichous steals)
15:20		Greg Gordon blocks Mihailo Petrovic's two point jump shot
15:18		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
15:14	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point layup	8-11
14:47		Malachi Davis misses three point jump shot
14:45		Mihailo Petrovic defensive rebound
14:39		Tomislav Ivisic misses three point jump shot
14:37		Tomislav Ivisic offensive rebound
14:32	+3	Kylan Boswell makes three point jump shot (Tomislav Ivisic assists)	8-14
14:16		Kylan Boswell shooting foul (Malachi Davis draws the foul)
14:16	+1	Malachi Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-14
14:16	+1	Malachi Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-14
14:06	+2	Zvonimir Ivisic makes two point dunk (Keaton Wagler assists)	10-16
13:36		Faheim Meran turnover (Brandon Lee steals)
13:36		A.J. Neal Jr. personal foul (Brandon Lee draws the foul)
13:32	+2	Zvonimir Ivisic makes two point dunk (Keaton Wagler assists)	10-18
13:10		A.J. Neal Jr. misses three point jump shot
13:08		David Mirkovic defensive rebound
13:05		Brandon Lee offensive foul
13:05		Brandon Lee turnover (offensive foul)
12:43		Shadrak Lasu turnover (Zvonimir Ivisic steals)
12:29		Brandon Lee turnover (Malachi Davis steals)
12:24		Malachi Davis misses three point jump shot
12:22		Zvonimir Ivisic personal foul
12:15		Malachi Davis misses two point layup
12:13		David Mirkovic defensive rebound
12:04	+2	Mihailo Petrovic makes two point layup	10-20
11:43		Malachi Davis misses two point layup
11:41		David Mirkovic defensive rebound
11:31	+2	David Mirkovic makes two point jump shot	10-22
11:21		TV timeout
11:06		Jamal Fuller turnover (Kylan Boswell steals)
11:06		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
10:45	+2	David Mirkovic makes two point jump shot	10-24
10:38		Malachi Davis turnover (Zvonimir Ivisic steals)
10:20	+2	Mihailo Petrovic makes two point layup (David Mirkovic assists)	10-26
10:01		Jamal Fuller misses three point jump shot
9:59		Zvonimir Ivisic defensive rebound
9:48		Keaton Wagler misses three point jump shot
9:46		Jamal Fuller defensive rebound
9:33		Jamal Fuller turnover
9:28		Mason Porter-Brown personal foul (Mihailo Petrovic draws the foul)
9:28		Mihailo Petrovic misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:28		Jamal Fuller defensive rebound
9:19		Ben Humrichous personal foul (Jamal Fuller draws the foul)
9:15	+2	A.J. Neal Jr. makes two point jump shot (Faheim Meran assists)	12-26
8:56		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
8:54		Kylan Boswell offensive rebound
8:50		Ben Humrichous misses three point jump shot
8:48		Jamal Fuller defensive rebound
8:43		A.J. Neal Jr. turnover (bad pass)
8:28	+3	Keaton Wagler makes three point jump shot	12-29
8:04		A.J. Neal Jr. misses two point jump shot
8:02		Keaton Wagler defensive rebound
7:57		Kylan Boswell turnover (Greg Gordon steals)
7:46	+3	Faheim Meran makes three point jump shot (A.J. Neal Jr. assists)	15-29
7:20		Andrej Stojakovic misses two point dunk
7:20		Ben Humrichous offensive rebound
7:20	+2	Ben Humrichous makes two point layup	15-31
6:59		Ben Humrichous blocks Jamal Fuller's three point jump shot
6:57		Jamal Fuller flagrant 1
6:57		TV timeout
6:57	+1	Ben Humrichous makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2	15-32
6:57		Ben Humrichous misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
6:40		Kylan Boswell turnover (Faheim Meran steals)
6:34	+2	Malachi Davis makes two point layup	17-32
6:26	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point layup	17-34
6:02		Shadrak Lasu offensive foul (Brandon Lee draws the foul)
6:02		Shadrak Lasu turnover (offensive foul)
5:51	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point layup	17-36
5:35		Malachi Davis misses three point jump shot
5:33		Shadrak Lasu offensive rebound
5:27		Greg Gordon misses two point jump shot
5:25		Shadrak Lasu offensive rebound
5:18		Tomislav Ivisic blocks Shadrak Lasu's two point layup
5:16		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
5:07	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point dunk (Andrej Stojakovic assists)	17-38
4:39		Shadrak Lasu misses two point jump shot
4:37		Shadrak Lasu offensive rebound
4:30		Shadrak Lasu misses two point layup
4:28		Shadrak Lasu offensive rebound
4:26	+2	Shadrak Lasu makes two point layup	19-38
4:21		Andrej Stojakovic misses two point layup
4:19		Shadrak Lasu defensive rebound
4:03		A.J. Neal Jr. misses two point jump shot
4:01		A.J. Neal Jr. offensive rebound
4:01		Jump ball. A.J. Neal Jr. vs. Brandon Lee (Sharks gains possession)
4:01		TV timeout
3:55		A.J. Neal Jr. turnover (Keaton Wagler steals)
3:44	+2	David Mirkovic makes two point layup (Zvonimir Ivisic assists)	19-40
3:44		Isaiah Miranda shooting foul (David Mirkovic draws the foul)
3:44	+1	David Mirkovic makes regular free throw 1 of 1	19-41
3:23		Zvonimir Ivisic blocks Isaiah Miranda's two point jump shot
3:21		David Mirkovic defensive rebound
3:13		David Mirkovic misses two point layup
3:11		Kylan Boswell offensive rebound
3:08	+2	Kylan Boswell makes two point dunk	19-43
2:54		Isaiah Miranda misses three point jump shot
2:52		Jake Davis defensive rebound
2:41	+2	Zvonimir Ivisic makes two point dunk (Kylan Boswell assists)	19-45
2:40		Sharks 30 second timeout
2:22		Tre'shawn Sheppard misses three point jump shot
2:20		Zvonimir Ivisic defensive rebound
2:10		Faheim Meran personal foul (David Mirkovic draws the foul)
2:10	+1	David Mirkovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-46
2:10	+1	David Mirkovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-47
1:52		Malachi Davis misses two point jump shot
1:50		Zvonimir Ivisic defensive rebound
1:37	+2	Keaton Wagler makes two point layup	19-49
1:06		Tre'shawn Sheppard misses three point jump shot
1:04		David Mirkovic defensive rebound
0:54	+3	Jake Davis makes three point jump shot (Kylan Boswell assists)	19-52
0:26		Zvonimir Ivisic blocks Greg Gordon's two point layup
0:24		David Mirkovic defensive rebound
0:02	+2	Keaton Wagler makes two point jump shot	19-54
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
LIU
Sharks
39
ILL
Fighting Illini
44

Time		Play	Score
0:00		—
19:49		Tomislav Ivisic turnover (bad pass) (Shadrak Lasu steals)
19:27		Jamal Fuller misses three point jump shot
19:25		Andrej Stojakovic defensive rebound
19:18	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point layup	19-56
18:57		Keaton Wagler blocks Jomo Goings's two point jump shot
18:55		Keaton Wagler defensive rebound
18:42	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point jump shot	19-58
18:24		Malachi Davis turnover (bad pass)
18:08	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point dunk (David Mirkovic assists)	19-60
17:56		Malachi Davis turnover (lost ball) (Keaton Wagler steals)
17:50		Shadrak Lasu personal foul
17:38		Andrej Stojakovic misses three point jump shot
17:36		Andrej Stojakovic offensive rebound
17:25	+2	Tomislav Ivisic makes two point jump shot	19-62
17:09	+3	A.J. Neal Jr. makes three point jump shot	22-62
16:41	+2	Keaton Wagler makes two point layup	22-64
16:39		Faheim Meran shooting foul (Keaton Wagler draws the foul)
16:39	+1	Keaton Wagler makes regular free throw 1 of 1	22-65
16:26		Mason Porter-Brown turnover (lost ball) (Mihailo Petrovic steals)
16:17		Mason Porter-Brown blocks Andrej Stojakovic's two point layup
16:15		Shadrak Lasu defensive rebound
16:09		Keaton Wagler blocks Mason Porter-Brown's two point layup
16:09		Fighting Illini defensive rebound
15:48		Faheim Meran shooting foul (Tomislav Ivisic draws the foul)
15:48		TV timeout
15:48		Tomislav Ivisic misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:48	+1	Tomislav Ivisic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-66
15:24	+2	A.J. Neal Jr. makes two point jump shot	24-66
15:07		Mihailo Petrovic misses three point jump shot
15:05		Jake Davis offensive rebound
14:47	+2	Keaton Wagler makes two point layup (Tomislav Ivisic assists)	24-68
14:34		Shadrak Lasu misses two point layup
14:32		Ben Humrichous defensive rebound
14:23		Tomislav Ivisic misses two point jump shot
14:21		Keaton Wagler offensive rebound
14:19		Jamal Fuller shooting foul (Keaton Wagler draws the foul)
14:19	+1	Keaton Wagler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-69
14:19	+1	Keaton Wagler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-70
13:50	+2	Jamal Fuller makes two point jump shot	26-70
13:32		Jamal Fuller blocks Mihailo Petrovic's two point layup
13:30		Jamal Fuller defensive rebound
13:22	+3	Greg Gordon makes three point jump shot (Jamal Fuller assists)	29-70
13:06		A.J. Neal Jr. blocks Jake Davis's two point layup
13:04		Jake Davis offensive rebound
12:57		Jake Davis misses two point layup
12:55		Jake Davis offensive rebound
12:47		Mihailo Petrovic turnover (bad pass) (A.J. Neal Jr. steals)
12:43		Jamal Fuller turnover (lost ball)
12:24	+2	Brandon Lee makes two point jump shot	29-72
12:01	+3	Jamal Fuller makes three point jump shot (Faheim Meran assists)	32-72
11:51		Zvonimir Ivisic turnover (lost ball) (Tre'shawn Sheppard steals)
11:47		TV timeout
11:22	+3	Faheim Meran makes three point jump shot (A.J. Neal Jr. assists)	35-72
11:12	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point layup	35-74
10:55	+2	A.J. Neal Jr. makes two point jump shot	37-74
10:49		Zvonimir Ivisic turnover (lost ball) (Faheim Meran steals)
10:40		Tre'shawn Sheppard turnover (lost ball) (Zvonimir Ivisic steals)
10:31	+2	David Mirkovic makes two point layup (Zvonimir Ivisic assists)	37-76
10:01		Faheim Meran misses three point jump shot
9:59		Zvonimir Ivisic defensive rebound
9:52	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point layup	37-78
9:32		Zvonimir Ivisic blocks A.J. Neal Jr.'s two point layup
9:30		Sharks offensive rebound
9:23		Sharks turnover (shot clock violation)
9:12		Keaton Wagler turnover (lost ball) (Tre'shawn Sheppard steals)
9:08		David Mirkovic shooting foul (Greg Gordon draws the foul)
9:08		Greg Gordon misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:08	+1	Greg Gordon makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-78
8:51	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point layup	38-80
8:29	+2	Mason Porter-Brown makes two point layup	40-80
8:19		Mason Porter-Brown personal foul (Keaton Wagler draws the foul)
8:06	+2	Zvonimir Ivisic makes two point dunk (Kylan Boswell assists)	40-82
7:40	+3	Faheim Meran makes three point jump shot (Greg Gordon assists)	43-82
7:18		Zvonimir Ivisic misses three point jump shot
7:16		Tre'shawn Sheppard defensive rebound
7:09		Zvonimir Ivisic blocks Malachi Davis's two point layup
7:07		Mason Porter-Brown personal foul
7:07		TV timeout
6:50		Andrej Stojakovic misses two point layup
6:48		Andrej Stojakovic offensive rebound
6:44	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point layup	43-84
6:26	+2	A.J. Neal Jr. makes two point jump shot	45-84
6:14	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point layup	45-86
5:59	+2	Mason Porter-Brown makes two point dunk (Tre'shawn Sheppard assists)	47-86
5:44	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point jump shot	47-88
5:36	+2	Malachi Davis makes two point layup	49-88
5:36		Ben Humrichous shooting foul (Malachi Davis draws the foul)
5:36		TV timeout
5:36		Fighting Illini 30 second timeout
5:36		Malachi Davis misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:36		Andrej Stojakovic defensive rebound
5:27	+2	Andrej Stojakovic makes two point layup	49-90
5:15	+2	Malachi Davis makes two point layup	51-90
5:04		Keaton Wagler misses two point layup
5:02		Tre'shawn Sheppard defensive rebound
4:57	+3	A.J. Neal Jr. makes three point jump shot	54-90
4:43		Kylan Boswell misses three point jump shot
4:41		Mason Porter-Brown defensive rebound
4:29		Kylan Boswell personal foul
4:17		Andrej Stojakovic blocks A.J. Neal Jr.'s two point jump shot
4:15		David Mirkovic defensive rebound
4:07		Xinyi Li shooting foul (David Mirkovic draws the foul)
4:07	+1	David Mirkovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-91
4:07		David Mirkovic misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:07		Tre'shawn Sheppard defensive rebound
3:51		Tre'shawn Sheppard misses two point layup
3:49		Tomislav Ivisic defensive rebound
3:44		Brandon Lee misses two point layup
3:42		David Mirkovic offensive rebound
3:36		David Mirkovic turnover (lost ball) (A.J. Neal Jr. steals)
3:29		Andrej Stojakovic blocks Mason Porter-Brown's three point jump shot
3:27		Tre'shawn Sheppard offensive rebound
3:27		David Mirkovic personal foul
3:27		TV timeout
3:19		Brandon Lee shooting foul (A.J. Neal Jr. draws the foul)
3:19	+1	A.J. Neal Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-91
3:19		A.J. Neal Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:19		Blake Fagbemi defensive rebound
3:06		Tre'shawn Sheppard blocks Brandon Lee's two point layup
3:04		A.J. Neal Jr. defensive rebound
2:57	+3	Mason Porter-Brown makes three point jump shot (Faheim Meran assists)	58-91
2:41	+3	Keaton Wagler makes three point jump shot	58-94
2:29		Mason Porter-Brown misses two point jump shot
2:27		Blake Fagbemi defensive rebound
2:07		AJ Redd misses three point jump shot
2:05		A.J. Neal Jr. defensive rebound
1:52		Xinyi Li misses three point jump shot
1:50		Brandon Lee defensive rebound
1:44	+2	AJ Redd makes two point layup (Brandon Lee assists)	58-96
1:20		A.J. Neal Jr. turnover (bad pass)
0:58	+2	Brandon Lee makes two point jump shot	58-98
0:29		Jason Jakstys blocks Xinyi Li's two point layup
0:27		AJ Redd defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

AJ Redd defensive rebound