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Kylan Boswell scores 31, No. 17 Illinois beats Florida Gulf Coast 113-70 in another blowout win

Byline: Steve Stein

Kylan Boswell scores 31, No. 17 Illinois beats Florida Gulf Coast 113-70 in another blowout win | iNFOnews.ca
Illinois guard Kylan Boswell drives to the basket during an NCAA college basketball game against Florida Gulf Coast Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Craig Pessman)

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kylan Boswell scored a career-high 31 points and had 10 rebounds as No. 17 Illinois beat Florida Gulf Coast 113-70 on Friday night for its second blowout win to start the season.

Zvonomir Ivisic had 16 points, nine rebounds and seven blocked shots for the Illini (2-0), who beat Jackson State by 63 points in their opener, also scoring 113 points.

Keaton Wagler had 22 points and seven rebounds and David Mirkovic had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Illinois.

J.R. Konieczny led Florida Gulf Coast with 26 points. The Eagles (1-1) shot 33% from the floor — they missed their first 12 shots — and were outrebounded 51-30.

Illinois made 20 of 21 free throws in the first half and led 59-27 at halftime. The Illini finished 30 of 34 at the line.

Illinois big man Tomislav Ivisic, who averaged 13 points and nearly eight rebounds a game last season, joined the Illini’s lengthy injured list. Brandon Lee, Ty Rodgers and Mihailo Petrovic remain out.

While this was the first meeting between Illinois and Florida Gulf Coast, the Illini were familiar with fourth-year Eagles coach Pat Chambers. He went 7-5 against them during the nine seasons (2011-20) when he was the coach at Big Ten rival Penn State.

Florida Gulf Coast social media star Brandon Dwyer didn’t get into the game, even though Illinois students were calling for him.

Dwyer, a graduate student whose “Road to One Point” personal and basketball posts have earned him nearly two million followers on TikTok and Instagram, finally scored his first collegiate points in five years in the Eagles’ opening game win over New College of Florida.

Up next

Florida Gulf Coast: Home on Tuesday vs. Georgia Southern.

Illinois: Home on Tuesday vs. No. 10 Texas Tech.

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Kylan Boswell scores 31, No. 17 Illinois beats Florida Gulf Coast 113-70 in another blowout win | iNFOnews.ca
Illinois’ Andrej Stojakovic fights for position against Florida Gulf Coast’s Chase Konieczny during an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Craig Pessman)
Kylan Boswell scores 31, No. 17 Illinois beats Florida Gulf Coast 113-70 in another blowout win | iNFOnews.ca
Illinois’ Jake Davis blocks Florida Gulf Coast’s Jordan Ellerbee during an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Craig Pessman)
Kylan Boswell scores 31, No. 17 Illinois beats Florida Gulf Coast 113-70 in another blowout win | iNFOnews.ca
Florida Gulf Coast’s George Washington III defends as Illinois’ Keaton Wagler drives to the basket during an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Craig Pessman)
Kylan Boswell scores 31, No. 17 Illinois beats Florida Gulf Coast 113-70 in another blowout win | iNFOnews.ca
Illinois’ David Mirkovic drives to the basketball past Florida Gulf Coast’s Isaiah Malone during an NCAA college basketball game Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Craig Pessman)

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