{"id":601069,"date":"2026-02-13T15:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/601069\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:28:16","slug":"kylan-boswell-gets-big-injury-update-ahead-of-indiana-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/601069\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylan Boswell gets big injury update ahead of Indiana clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. 8 Illinois men&#8217;s basketball <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/ncaa-basketball\/illinois-basketball-news-brad-underwood-storms-out-press-conference-after-calling-out-officiating-blunders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is coming off a tough 92-90 OT loss<\/a> to Wisconsin. On Sunday, they have a critical matchup against Indiana, but will Kylan Boswell be available?<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, head coach Brad Underwood said Boswell&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteThamel\/status\/2022315668025078078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">potential return<\/a> will be a game-day decision, per Pete Thamel of ESPN. Also, he will be unrestricted in practice.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Boswell <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/ncaa-basketball\/illinois-basketball-news-kylan-boswell-injury-update-conference-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fractured his hand<\/a> during a team practice. Boswell is averaging 14.3 points per game and is shooting 47.8% from the field. Meanwhile, Illinois is 20-5 and has a Big Ten record of 11-3.<\/p>\n<p>The last time he played was on Jan. 17 against Minnesota, in which the Illini won 77-67. In that game, he played 30 minutes and scored 9 points.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois has suffered back-to-back overtime losses, including to No. 10 Michigan State on Feb. 7, 85-82.<\/p>\n<p>After Sunday, the Illini will have five games left on their regular-season schedule. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, they will hit the road to play USC. Afterwards, they will remain in California to play UCLA on Feb. 21.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Feb. 27, they will be back home to take on No. 2 Michigan. Then, the Illini will play against Oregon on Mar. 3. Finally, the Illini will close out the regular season against Maryland on Mar. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Boswell is in his senior season. At the beginning of the year, he was a catalyst for the Illini getting off to a hot start, not just in the realm of scoring, but also for being a lockdown defender.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, he has seen increases in his field goal and 3-point shooting percentages from the year prior. Last season, Boswell shot 42.7% from the field. Also, he shot 24.5% from the 3-point line and is currently 30.8%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 8 Illinois men&#8217;s basketball is coming off a tough 92-90 OT loss to Wisconsin. On Sunday, they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,16526,231,772,1544],"class_list":{"0":"post-601069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-illinois-basketball","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-basketball","13":"tag-ncaab"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116064033782146859","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}