Illinois @ Purdue

{ "article": "WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Illinois beat Purdue 28-6 Sunday at Purdue University, building a lead with multiple bonus-point results and holding Purdue to a handful of decisions in the dual.\n\nThe margin was driven by two technical falls. No. 10 Kannon Webster recorded a 19-3 technical fall at 157 pounds and No. 26 Colin Kelly posted a 17-2 technical fall at 174; each result is recorded as a five-point bonus in the dual score. Those two bouts accounted for 10 team points and were the primary margin builders in Illinois’ win.\n\nPurdue’s top-ranked result came at 165 pounds when No. 4 Joey Blaze posted a 3-0 decision over No. 8 Braeden Scoles. Blaze’s points came from an early penalty awarded for stalling on Scoles, an escape in the third period and a riding-time point that closed the score.\n\nIllinois also won several tight, consequential decisions. No. 1 Lucas Byrd edged Purdue’s Blake Boarman 5-4 at 133 after penalty points on Boarman and a late takedown by Boarman at the 0:01 mark fell one point short. No. 13 Spencer Moore opened the dual with a 6-2 decision at 125 that featured a second-period penalty and a late escape that preserved the margin.\n\nThe Illini closed the lineup with a series of decisions that left Purdue unable to recover after the bonus scoring. Illinois recorded wins at 149 (Michael Gioffre, 5-1), 184 (No. 13 Chris Moore, 4-2), 197 (Cade Lautt, 8-2) and 285 (No. 14 Luke Luffman, 10-3), all recorded as decisions in the match log. Purdue’s Greyson Clark earned an 11-4 decision at 141, but the Boilermakers did not produce additional bonus results to offset Illinois’ technical-fall scoring.\n\nThe teams entered the dual as ranked programs in regional coverage, with Illinois listed among the top teams and Purdue noted in the mid-20s in previews. The match was held in West Lafayette at Purdue; the home-site coverage and box score recorded the 28-6 final.\n\nIllinois’ bonus-point production in the middle weights converted a close early running score into a multi-score advantage, and Purdue’s lone high-profile victory by Blaze did not change the dual outcome. The official bout records list the final score as Illinois 28, Purdue 6.", "evidence": { "context": { "type": "event-recap", "event": { "id": "2z2bHn7i9gCIqEFt", "name": "Illinois @ Purdue", "title": "Illinois @ Purdue", "startDate": "2026-02-08T20:00:00.000Z", "endDate": "2026-02-09T05:59:00.000Z", "venueName": "Purdue University", "city": "West Lafayette", "region": "IN", "latitude": 40.4237054, "longitude": -86.9211946, "logoUrl": "https://d2779tscntxxsw.cloudfront.net/Wrestling-Logo-Overlay.jpg", "url": "https://www.flowrestling.org/nextgen/events/14792063/information", "isStreamed": false, "isCompleted": true, "isDualMeet": true, "isDualMeetTournament": false, "daySegmentName": "Day 1", "recap": "Illinois left Mackey Arena with a 28-6 win over Purdue on February 8, 2026 in West Lafayette, IN. The Illini piled up bonus points and held the Boilermakers to a single decision in the key matchups, turning a close dual into a comfortable 22-point margin.\n\nKannon Webster, ranked No. 10 for Illinois, supplied one of the biggest moments of the night with a 19-3 technical fall over Isaac Ruble at 157 pounds, worth five team points. Later, Colin Kelly, listed at No. 26, delivered another bonus result, posting a 17-2 technical fall over Aidan Costello at 174 pounds for another five points. Those two tech falls accounted for ten of Illinois’s team points and were the primary margin builders.\n\nPurdue’s standout result came at 165 pounds where No. 4 Joey Blaze edged No. 8 Braeden Scoles 3-0 by decision. That defensive duel was Purdue’s only victory among the highlighted bouts and prevented a shutout in the featured matchups, but it was not enough to overcome Illinois’s bonus production.\n\nIn short, Illinois’s ability to secure bonus points in the featured bouts decided the dual. The pair of technical falls shifted the scoreboard decisively, and while Purdue’s Blaze held serve in a tight top-ranked matchup, Illinois collected the extra team points needed to close out a 28-6 victory." }, "teams": [ { "teamId": 6973981, "name": "Illinois Men's Wrestling", "longName": "Illinois", "shortName": "Illinois", "conference": "Big Ten", "division": "Division I", "score": 28 }, { "teamId": 6974077, "name": "Purdue Men's Wrestling", "longName": "Purdue", "shortName": "Purdue", "conference": "Big Ten", "division": "Division I", "score": 6 } ], "bouts": [ { "id": "b9a70317-b920-52e5-afde-56ab33c8b4b8", "weightClass": "125", "winType": "DEC", "athletes": [ { "firstName": "Ashton", "lastName": "Jackson", "teamName": "Purdue", "score": 2, "isWinner": false }, { "firstName": "Spencer", "lastName": "Moore", "teamName": "Illinois", "score": 6, "isWinner": true, "rank": 13 } ] }, { "id": "d7737c31-2b8f-5338-aecf-4bafd5db7d01", "weightClass": "133", "winType": "DEC", "athletes": [ { "firstName": "Blake", "lastName": "Boarman", "teamName": "Purdue", "score": 4, "isWinner": false }, { "firstName": "Lucas", "lastName": "Byrd", "teamName": "Illinois", "score": 5, "isWinner": true, "rank": 1 } ] }, { "id": "4072f5c3-530b-58b6-b0fc-189d84f124e6", "weightClass": "141", "winType": "DEC", "athletes": [ { "firstName": "Greyson", "lastName": "Clark", "teamName": "Purdue", "score": 11, "isWinner": true, "rank": 32 }, { "firstName": "Kole", "lastName": "Brower", "teamName": "Illinois", "score": 4, "isWinner": false } ] }, { "id": "762a0d95-c06d-589d-a1ef-15ae5a93d5b8", "weightClass": "149", "winType": "DEC", "athletes": [ { "firstName": "Gavin", "lastName": "Brown", "teamName": "Purdue", "score": 1, "isWinner": false, "rank": 33 }, { "firstName": "Michael", "lastName": "Gioffre", "teamName": "Illinois", "score": 5, "isWinner": true, "rank": 29 } ] }, { "id": "516f9983-8544-5562-ae16-4ccd5fc7d0b8", "weightClass": "157", "winType": "TF", "athletes": [ { "firstName": "Isaac", "lastName": "Ruble", "teamName": "Purdue", "score": 3, "isWinner": false }, { "firstName": "Kannon", "lastName": "Webster", "teamName": "Illinois", "score": 19, "isWinner": true, "rank": 10 } ] }, { "id": "d72286f2-21c6-5d85-9fb1-3433294e771b", "weightClass": "165", "winType": "DEC", "athletes": [ { "firstName": "Joey", "lastName": "Blaze", "teamName": "Purdue", "score": 3, "isWinner": true, "rank": 4 }, { "firstName": "Braeden", "lastName": "Scoles", "teamName": "Illinois", "score": 0, "isWinner": false, "rank": 8 } ] }, { "id": "3be6d307-8074-52a5-80eb-8b539c567b09", "weightClass": "174", "winType": "TF", "athletes": [ { "firstName": "Aidan", "lastName": "Costello", "teamName": "Purdue", "score": 2, "isWinner": false }, { "firstName": "Colin", "lastName": "Kelly", "teamName": "Illinois", "score": 17, "isWinner": true, "rank": 26 } ] }, { "id": "858d1a5e-892d-51a0-a77e-d26acfd3f390", "weightClass": "184", "winType": "DEC", "athletes": [ { "firstName": "James", "lastName": "Rowley", "teamName": "Purdue", "score": 2, "isWinner": false }, { "firstName": "Chris", "lastName": "Moore", "teamName": "Illinois", "score": 4, "isWinner": true, "rank": 13 } ] }, { "id": "5b113c84-01a3-5cb8-ae57-e818d621ba3c", "weightClass": "197", "winType": "DEC", "athletes": [ { "firstName": "Noah", "lastName": "Weaver", "teamName": "Purdue", "score": 2, "isWinner": false }, { "firstName": "Cade", "lastName": "Lautt", "teamName": "Illinois", "score": 8, "isWinner": true, "rank": 33 } ] }, { "id": "15f80c50-6ebd-5bb8-bf49-fc1a02eb8e49", "weightClass": "285", "winType": "DEC", "athletes": [ { "firstName": "Hayden", "lastName": "Filipovich", "teamName": "Purdue", "score": 3, "isWinner": false, "rank": 28 }, { "firstName": "Luke", "lastName": "Luffman", "teamName": "Illinois", "score": 10, "isWinner": true, "rank": 14 } ] } ], "boutRecaps": [ { "boutId": "b9a70317-b920-52e5-afde-56ab33c8b4b8", "title": "No. 13 Spencer Moore defeats Ashton Jackson, 6-2, at 125", "body": "No. 13 Spencer Moore of Illinois defeated Ashton Jackson of Purdue, 6-2, in the 125-pound bout on Feb. 8, 2026, at Purdue University. Jackson began the second period in top position, but Moore escaped at the 90-second mark to record a point. Jackson was assessed a penalty in the second that registered as a 1-point entry, and Moore followed with a takedown at the 23-second mark to open a multi-point lead. Jackson answered in the third with a 2-point reversal at 62 seconds, but Moore escaped at 47 seconds and the decision held. The bout was decided on the sequence of the second-period penalty and takedown and Moore’s late escape in the third." }, { "boutId": "d7737c31-2b8f-5338-aecf-4bafd5db7d01", "title": "Byrd edges Boarman 5-4 at 133", "body": "No. 1 Lucas Byrd of Illinois defeated Purdue’s Blake Boarman 5-4 at 133 pounds on Feb. 8, 2026. Byrd’s five points came from a second-period escape and three penalties assessed to Boarman that produced four opponent points. Boarman rallied in the third period, recording an escape and scoring a 3-point takedown with 1 second remaining, but the late burst left him one point short in the final 5-4 decision." }, { "boutId": "516f9983-8544-5562-ae16-4ccd5fc7d0b8", "title": "Editorial Draft (Fallback)", "body": "No. 10 Kannon Webster defeated Isaac Ruble by a 19-3 technical fall at 157 pounds Friday at Purdue University. Transcript entries show multiple takedowns and a four-point nearfall in the second period that closed the bout at 19-3." }, { "boutId": "d72286f2-21c6-5d85-9fb1-3433294e771b", "title": "No. 4 Joey Blaze tops No. 8 Braeden Scoles, 3-0, at 165 pounds", "body": "No. 4 Joey Blaze of Purdue defeated No. 8 Braeden Scoles of Illinois 3-0 at 165 pounds. Stalling was called twice on Scoles in the first period, and Blaze was awarded a penalty point at the 0:07 mark of the opening period. Blaze recorded an escape in the third period and was credited with a riding-time point at the end of the match, closing out the 3-0 decision." }, { "boutId": "3be6d307-8074-52a5-80eb-8b539c567b09", "title": "No. 26 Colin Kelly wins 17-2 technical fall over Aidan Costello at 174", "body": "No. 26 Colin Kelly of Illinois recorded a 17-2 technical fall over Aidan Costello of Purdue at 174 pounds on Feb. 8, 2026. Kelly opened the match with a first-period takedown and a four-point nearfall, then added multiple takedowns in the second period to reach the technical fall; the result is recorded as a five-point bonus." }, { "boutId": "858d1a5e-892d-51a0-a77e-d26acfd3f390", "title": "No. 13 Chris Moore defeats James Rowley 4-2 at Purdue", "body": "No. 13 Chris Moore of Illinois defeated Purdue’s James Rowley 4-2 by decision at 184 pounds. Moore opened with a first-period takedown and added an escape in the second; Rowley scored twice in the third but could not overcome the early deficit." }, { "boutId": "5b113c84-01a3-5cb8-ae57-e818d621ba3c", "title": "Cade Lautt wins 197-pound decision over Noah Weaver at Purdue", "body": "Cade Lautt of Illinois defeated Noah Weaver of Purdue 8-2 by decision at 197 pounds. Lautt recorded takedowns and an escape in the second period and was credited with a riding-time point at the end of the match; Lautt is listed at No. 33 at 197." }, { "boutId": "15f80c50-6ebd-5bb8-bf49-fc1a02eb8e49", "title": "No. 14 Luke Luffman wins 285-pound decision, 10-3, over Hayden Filipovich", "body": "No. 14 Luke Luffman of Illinois defeated Hayden Filipovich of Purdue 10-3 at 285 pounds. Luffman opened with a 3-point takedown and added two third-period takedowns to extend the lead to the final margin." } ], "webSources": [ { "url": "https://purduesports.com/news/2026/02/8/blaze-clark-earn-victories-in-24-purdues-loss-to-11-illinois?utm_source=openai", "domain": "purduesports.com", "title": "Blaze, Clark Earn Victories in #24 Purdue's Loss to #11 Illinois - Purdue Boilermakers - Official Athletics Website", "extractedText": "WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — No. 24 Purdue Wrestling dropped its penultimate home dual in a 28-6 loss to No. 11 Illinois on Sunday afternoon. 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