(WAND) -- Twin centers Tomislav Ivisic and Zvonimir Ivisic and forward Jake Davis announced at Head Coach Brad Underwood's annual Kickin' Cancer fundraiser Wednesday night that they are all returning for the 2026-27 season. 

The program first announced Tomislav Ivisic was returning in a post on X saying "The Original Balkan is back."

Tomi averaged 10.4 ppg, and 5.6 rebounds last season. He ranked ninth in the country in 2-point field goal shooting at 73%, while draining 50- three pointers and shooting nearly 78% from the free throw line. He performed his best during the NCAA Tournament, scoring in double figures in four of the five games during Illinois' run to the Final Four. 

And just a minute later his twin brother Zvonimir the program announced was also running it back with a post on X saying "Bigger things are coming for Big Z in Champaign."

Big Z averaged 6.4 ppg and 4.5 rebounds. He was automatic near the basket, shooting 83.1% on 2-pointers. Defensively, he ranked fourth in the nation in block rate at 12.9%, and his total of 72 blocked shots ranked third on the Illini all-time single-season list. 

And in the programs final X post on Wedesnday night they announced Jake Davis was also running it back for his senior year. 

Davis started in 22 games during his junior year, averaging 5.4 ppg and 2.2 rebounds. He connected on 54 three-pointers while shooting 40.6% from behind the arc. 

They now join David Mirkovic who made his return announcement Wednesday afternoon in a live stream on Twitch. 

The Ivisic twins, Davis and Mirkovic were key players in the teams final four run.

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