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Kylan Boswell scores 31, No. 17 Illinois beats Florida Gulf Coast 113-70 in another blowout win
![](/<div class="RichTextArticleBody RichTextBody"><p>CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — 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.</p><p>Zvonomir Ivisic had 16 points, nine rebounds and seven blocked shots for the Illini (2-0), who <span class="LinkEnhancement"><a class="Link" href="https://apnews.com/article/illinois-jackson-state-score-363b31127b78fd0d4117ee10e822eecd" target="_blank">beat Jackson State by 63 points in their opener</a></span>, also scoring 113 points.</p><p>Keaton Wagler had 22 points and seven rebounds and David Mirkovic had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Illinois.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Florida Gulf Coast social media star Brandon Dwyer didn’t get into the game, even though Illinois students were calling for him.</p><p>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.</p><h2>Up next</h2><p>Florida Gulf Coast: Home on Tuesday vs. Georgia Southern.</p><p>Illinois: Home on Tuesday vs. No. 10 Texas Tech.</p></div>)
Copeland, McNeil each score 18 as NC State gets by UAB, 94-70
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Quadir Copeland and Paul McNeil Jr. each scored 18 points as NC State defeated UAB 94-70 on Friday night.
Tre Holloman and Darrion Williams tacked on 14 points each for the Wolfpack, who shot 54% from the field and 33% from 3-point range for an efficient night as four of their five starters reached double figures.
Musa Sagnia hauled in 10 rebounds, and Copeland had five assists.
Jacob Meyer led the Blazers with 15 points. Chance Westry added 14 points and Daniel Rivera scored 12.
Defensively, NC State held UAB to 41% shooting and 16% shooting from 3-point range. The Wolfpack also narrowly won the rebound battle 38-35.
The Blazers last lead was just over one minute into the contest, when they led 6-5 after four lead changes. NC State regained the edge with a 13-4 run and never relinquished it.
The two programs' only previous meeting was on March 20, 2010 in the second round of the NIT, a 72-52 UAB victory. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball