Illinois freshman guard Keaton Wagler had a recreation for the ages in Saturday’s 88-82 win at No. 4 Purdue Boilermakers (17-3, 7-2 in Massive Ten).
The 6-foot-6 guard scored essentially the most factors ever by a customer at Mackey Area, ending with 46 factors on 13-of-17 taking pictures, together with 9-of-11 from past the arc. Per ESPN, it is essentially the most factors in a highway win over an Related Press top-10 opponent within the ballot’s historical past.
Wagler was sizzling all through, hitting threes on 4 consecutive journeys down the courtroom early within the first half, and making all three of his three-point makes an attempt over the ultimate 20 minutes, when he scored 22 factors.
No. 11 Illinois (17-3, 8-1 in Massive Ten) wanted each ounce of Wagler’s historic efficiency. The remainder of the group shot 14-of-39 (35.9 %) whereas making simply 33.3 % of their makes an attempt from deep.
