When you look back on the date 1/24/26, you are going to remember it as the "Keaton Wagler day." In their second game without senior guard Kylan Boswell, the Illini faced their toughest test of the season in a road tilt with #4 Purdue. With the Boilermakers coming off a loss and having a Saturday Mackey Arena crowd to rally behind, it felt like Illinois was going to need a miracle to hand Purdue its second straight loss. That's when Keaton Wagler finally put the entire nation

On Tuesday, January 20th, Illini Nation received the news that senior leader Kylan Boswell fractured a bone in his hand and would miss at least a month. This was devastating news on all accounts. Obviously for Kylan, who will miss a good chunk of his senior season, and for the team, who will miss their glue as they head into the most difficult stretch of the season with an abundance of quad 1 opportunities. Yesterday, Illinois took on Maryland, and no one really knew what to