{"id":205606,"date":"2026-03-27T15:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=205606"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:44:49","slug":"serb-montenegrin-and-croats-lead-illinois-to-the-title-andrej-stojakovic-shines-in-win-for-ncaa-quarterfinal-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serb-montenegrin-and-croats-lead-illinois-to-the-title-andrej-stojakovic-shines-in-win-for-ncaa-quarterfinal-video\/","title":{"rendered":"SERB, MONTENEGRIN AND CROATS LEAD ILLINOIS TO THE TITLE: Andrej Stojakovi\u0107 Shines in Win for NCAA Quarterfinal! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Andrej Stojakovi\u0107 continued his phenomenal form, leading Illinois into the NCAA Championship quarterfinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Illinois Fighting Illini secured a place in the quarterfinals, and in \u201cMarch Madness,\u201d Andrej Stojakovi\u0107 once again stood out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The son of legendary Predrag Stojakovi\u0107 scored 13 points in Illinois\u2019 65\u201355 victory over the Houston Cougars and, along with David Mirkovi\u0107\u2014who added one more point\u2014was the most responsible for his team\u2019s success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional contributions came from the remaining ex-Yugoslav players on Illinois, Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivi\u0161i\u0107. Tomislav scored nine points, while Zvonimir added two. Mihailo Petrovi\u0107 was on the roster but did not get playing time from head coach Brad Underwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Illinois vs Houston - FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS \ud83d\udd25 Sweet 16 | NCAA March Madness 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M9k46YbDtYU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game was watched from the stands by Peja Stojakovi\u0107, who enjoyed his son\u2019s performance, with cameras capturing him applauding several times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the detailed statistics, Andrej Stojakovi\u0107 scored 13 points in 28 minutes on the court, shooting 5\/8 from the field (1\/3 from three-point range and 4\/5 from two), along with 2\/2 from the free-throw line. David Mirkovi\u0107 recorded 14 points in 33 minutes, shooting 6\/13 (2\/6 from three, 4\/7 from two), and 0\/2 from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Illinois will face the Iowa Hawkeyes in the quarterfinals, after Iowa defeated Nebraska 77\u201371 in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/leaked-details-of-peace-plan-pakistanis-reveal-what-donald-trump-offered-to-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">LEAKED DETAILS OF PEACE PLAN: Pakistanis reveal what Donald Trump offered to Iran!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/provocations-on-the-anniversary-of-the-nato-aggression-albanians-ran-wild-on-the-highway-through-serbia-and-showed-symbols-of-greater-albania-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">PROVOCATIONS ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATO AGGRESSION: Albanians ran wild on the highway through Serbia and showed symbols of \u201cGreater Albania\u201d! 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(PHOTO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurir.rs\/sport\/kosarka\/9951968\/andrej-stojakovic-odveo-ilinois-u-cetvrtfinale-ncaa-sampionata\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kurir<\/a>; <strong>Foto<\/strong>: Rey Del Rio \/ Getty Images \/ Ideal Image<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrej Stojakovi\u0107 continued his phenomenal form, leading Illinois into the NCAA Championship quarterfinals. The Illinois Fighting Illini secured a place in the quarterfinals, and in \u201cMarch Madness,\u201d Andrej Stojakovi\u0107 once again stood out. The son of legendary Predrag Stojakovi\u0107 scored 13 points in Illinois\u2019 65\u201355 victory over the Houston Cougars and, along with David Mirkovi\u0107\u2014who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":205607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[71,3796,11931,2190,11932,249,6411,6019,23,91,113,11933,11934],"class_list":["post-205606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-amerika","tag-andrej-stojakovic","tag-david-mirkovic","tag-ilinois","tag-ilinois-fajting","tag-kosarka-2","tag-mihailo-petrovic-2","tag-ncaa","tag-sad","tag-sport","tag-srbija","tag-tomislav-ivisic","tag-zvonimir-ivisic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205606"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205659,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205606\/revisions\/205659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}