[10] Illini Open Up Big Ten Tournament Against [15] Wisconsin

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Illinois Starters Last Game (vs Minnesota)

Pos.
No.
Name
Ht.
Yr.
PPG
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
Season Note

G
1
Aaliyah Guyton
5-7
So.
6.6
1.9
2.3
0.6
0.0
Career-high 22 points on 6-6 3-point shooting against Wisconsin

G
2
Destiny Jackson
5-6
Fr.
9.3
3.9
5.3
1.6
0.1
Scored a career-high 19 points with 7 assists, 7 rebounds at Northwestern

G
8
Jasmine Brown-Hagger
5-9
Jr.
6.6
2.1
1.6
1.0
0.1
Season-high 18 points at Northwestern

F
23
Berry Wallace
6-1
So.
18.9
6.4
1.8
0.5
0.4
19 straight 10+ point games

F
30
Cearah Parchment
6-3
Fr.
13.8
8.7
1.3
1.8
0.5
12 double-doubles in the regular season, the most all time by an Illini freshman

Head Coach Shauna Green

Career Record: 238-120 (.668), 12th seasonDivision I Record: 209-95 (.689), 10th seasonAt Illinois: 82-45 (.651), Fourth seasonBig Ten Record: 39-33 (.549), Fourth season

THE NEXT WIN WOULD…

Give Illinois three 20-win seasons under Green
Be 8 postseason (BTT, WBIT, NCAA) wins under Green
Move the Illini to 44-43 all-time vs. Wisconsin
Improve Green’s Illini to 4-1 overall vs. Wisconsin
Move Illinois to 8-4 vs. Wisconsin at neutral sites
Move UI to 21-32 in Big Ten Tournaments
Improve Green to 2-3 in Big Ten Tournaments
Move Green’s career record to 239-120 in 12 seasons
Move Green’s DI record to 210-95 in 10 seasons
Move Green’s Illinois record to 83-45
Give Illinois WBB an all-time record of 729-785
Move UI to 17-3 vs. unranked teams this season

OPENING TIP

The 52nd campaign of Illinois women’s basketball continues on Wednesday, March 4, when Illinois opens up Big Ten Tournament action against [15] Wisconsin at Gainbridge Fieldhouse at approximately 5 p.m. CT on Peacock and NBCSN. Mike Koon (PxP) and Kendall Bostic (analyst) will call the action for the Illini on the Busey Bank Illini Sports Network (1400 AM/93.9 FM). Streaming, audio, and stats links are also available at FightingIllini.com/WBB.

Illinois has a ranked win all 4 seasons under Green
Back-to-back seasons with multiple ranked wins for first time since 1999-01.
Achieved the third sell out of State Farm Center in program history and first under Shauna Green on Feb. 8, 2026 with all 15,544 seats sold for the game vs. USC.
Illinois has been ranked during all 4 seasons under Green
The Illini’s 11-game win streak was the longest single-season streak and tied the longest win streak that spanned the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons
10 noncon wins tied program record
Illinois went a perfect 6-0 in December
The Illini faced a 3-game 7-day span vs. ranked opponents (#7/6 Maryland, at #24/19 Michigan State, #19/19 Ohio State)
Destiny Jackson broke the UI freshman season assist record on 2/22/26 with her 141st assist of the season.
Cearah Parchment’s 12 double-doubles are a new freshman season record.
Cearah Parchment tied the UI freshman season rebounding record on 3/1/26 with her 251st board.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT

The Wisconsin Badgers (13-16, 5-13) head to Indianapolis on a cold snap, dropping their last nine games with their most recent win coming on Jan. 21. 

Robin Pingeton is in her first season as head coach of the Badgers after spending 15 seasons leading Missouri, leaving a record of 250-218 with the program. Wisconsin comes off a 14-17 campaign in 2024-25, finishing 14th in the Big Ten.

ALL-TIME SERIES INFO

Illinois and Wisconsin have a deep history, facing off 86 times since the founding of the Illini program in 1974. The two programs faced earlier this year in Champaign with Illinois dominating the contest 92-60. The Illini win tied up the all time series at 43 wins apiece. 

The Illini have been on a strong run against the Badgers, taking six of the last seven contests with a 3-1 record in the Shauna Green era.

SHARPSHOOTING DOWN THE STRETCH

Illinois Women’s Basketball has been on fire from 3-point range, shooting 33-56 (58.9%) in the last three games (Northwestern, Iowa and Minnesota). Berry Wallace led the sharpshooting efforts with 10-for-19 (52.6%) 3-point shooting while Cearah Parchment shot 6-for-10 (60%), and Jasmine Brown-Hagger went 4-for-6 (66.7%). Aaliyah Guyton shot 5-for-9 (55.6%) from deep in the last two games.

Shooting 10-19 (52.6%) from deep against Minnesota, the Illini have now sank at least 10 threes in four of their last five games, and seven times in total in the 2025-26 campaign. Illinois’ 12-for-18 (66.7%) 3-point shooting at Northwestern was Illinois’ best performance from behind the arc of the 2025-26 campaign. The Orange and Blue followed that up with an 11-for-19 (57.9%) effort on the road at #9/9 Iowa. The Illini made their last nine 3-point attempts against the Hawkeyes and sank their first two treys on Sunday vs. Minnesota to extend the streak to 11.

UI’s accuracy as of late has rocketed the squad to a 37.5% rate from 3-point range, which ranks as third-best in the Big Ten and eighth across the NCAA.

REGULAR SEASON VS. WISCONSIN

Illinois used highly-efficient shooting to cruise past Wisconsin 90-62 in Wednesday’s matchup in State Farm Center. The Illini shot a remarkable 64.7% from three, led by Aaliyah Guyton, whose 6-for-6 shooting from deep led to a career-high 22 points. Guyton’s 100% 3-point percentage is the best (min. 6 makes) in program history. The triumph was Shauna Green’s 50th home victory at Illinois.

Six Illini scored in double-digits, all making at least one three. Freshman Cearah Parchment recorded her ninth double-double of the year, turning in 12 points and a career high 15 rebounds. Parchment reached double-double status in the second quarter with 7:29 remaining on the clock. Meanwhile, Maddie Webber scored 15 points on an efficient 7-9 night from the field.

ALL-CONFERENCE ILLINI

Following the fourth regular season under the leadership of head coach Shauna Green, three Fighting Illini student-athletes secured All-Big Ten accolades from the conference’s coaches and media. Berry Wallace earned unanimous first team All-Big Ten honors from the league coaches while Cearah Parchment landed honorable mention All-Conference recognition. Parchment and fellow rookie Destiny Jackson both earned spots on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Graduate student Gisela Segura was recognized as Illinois’ Sportsmanship Award honoree.

ILLINI AWARDS BREAKDOWN

Berry Wallace – First Team (Coaches, Unanimous), Second Team (Media)Cearah Parchment – Honorable Mention (Coaches), Honorable Mention (Media), All-Freshman Team (Coaches, Unanimous), All-Freshman Team (Media)Destiny Jackson – All-Freshman Team (Coaches, Unanimous), All-Freshman Team (Media)Gisela Segura – Sportsmanship Award

Wallace earned the first Big Ten postseason accolade of her career while becoming the 19th student-athlete in Illinois program history to garner All-Big Ten First Team status. The Pickerington, Ohio, native is in the midst of a major sophomore surge, averaging more than double the scoring from her rookie campaign. Wallace closed the regular season with 544 points, which ranks 16th on Illinois’ single-season scoring list and is 30 points away from breaking into the top 10.

Parchment landed honorable mention All-Big Ten nods and All-Freshman team honors by both the coaches and media voters. The last time an Illini freshman landed on both the coaches (unanimously) and media All-Conference lists in any capacity was the 2014-15 campaign. The Whitby, Ontario, Canada, native collected four Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors throughout her rookie season and leads all Big Ten players with 12 double-doubles. 

Fighting Illini point guard Jackson also landed All-Freshman team accolades by both the coaches (unanimously) and media voters. The Chicago native has racked up 12 double-digit scoring outings, two double-figure rebounding efforts, and a new freshman season record of 151 assists. Overall, Jackson sits in sixth on Illinois’ all-time single season assists list, 23 helpers away from owning the mark. Jackson’s 2.32 assist to turnover ratio ranks fifth in the Big Ten and 17th across the country — the top mark of all qualified freshmen.

The All-Freshman team nods for both Jackson and Parchment marks the second time in Illinois program history that two rookies have earned the honor in the same season, with the first occurrence coming in 1997 (Tauja Catchings and Katie Coleman). The Fighting Illini are the only team with multiple players on either of the All-Freshman Team polls.

Taking home the Sportsmanship Award honors for the Fighting Illini was graduate student Gisela Segura. The Cervera, Spain, native is in her first year in the orange and blue and sixth season of college basketball. She has taken the young Illini squad under her wing, helping guide her teammates and always giving 100%. Segura has appeared in 8 games at Illinois and 90 across her collegiate career. She’s scored over 500 career points while surpassing 300 rebounds, 100 assists, and 100 steals.

THIRD SELLOUT IN PROGRAM HISTORY

The Sunday, Feb. 8 game vs. USC marked the third sellout in the history of Illinois Women’s Basketball and the first instance under Shauna Green. The sellout was the first since the 1998-99 campaign.

The attendance of 15,544 became the first Big Ten game of the 2025-26 season to surpass 15,000 fans. It also made Illinois the fourth team in NCAA women’s basketball to have multiple games with 14,000+ in attendance this season.

The previous two sellouts of State Farm Center for Illinois women’s basketball games occurred under Hall of Fame coach Theresa Grentz. Most recently, on Feb. 21, 1999, an attendance of 16,450 saw the Illini take down the Iowa Hawkeyes. Two seasons prior, on Feb. 23, 1997, 16,050 fans attended an Illinois vs. Purdue showdown.

Green has now drawn the three largest crowds in State Farm Center at its current 15,544 capacity (2/8/26: 15,544; 11/18/25: 14,361; and 11/18/24: 13,486) and owns three of the top-five single-season attendances in program history.

Illinois women’s basketball has now achieved back-to-back seasons surpassing total attendances of 80,000 for the second time in program history and first time since the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons. The 2025-26 squad achieved the feat with three home games remaining.

TAKING CARE OF THE BALL

Since the arrival of Shauna Green, Illinois has taken care of the basketball at an elite clip, turning in three straight seasons ranked with the second fewest turnovers in the Big Ten. The staff’s goal is 13 turnovers or less per game and the Orange and Blue have averaged below that all three seasons completed seasons.

TURNOVERS/GAME UNDER GREEN

Season
Avg.
B1G Rank
D-1 Rank

2022-23
12.9
2nd
27th

2023-24
12.4
2nd
16th

2024-25
12.6
2nd
24th

2025-26
12.2
2nd
12th

EFFICIENCY FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE

Green’s Illini have been incredibly efficient from the free throw line. Illinois has led the Big Ten in free throw shooting the last two completed seasons and is doing so once again in 2025-26. The Illini’s numbers from 2023-24 and 2024-25 are the two best completed single-season free throw percentages in program history. Following the holiday break, Illinois leads Division I with an 81.6% mark from the stripe.

The Illini are also making an average of 14.66 free throws per game, the second-most makes in the Big Ten and 34th most in the NCAA.

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE UNDER GREEN

Season
Pct.
B1G Rank
D-1 Rank

2022-23
75.6
8th
53rd

2023-24
79.5
1st
6th

2024-25
79.3
1st
7th

2025-26
81.6
1st
1st

BERRY WALLACE’S SOPHOMORE SURGE

Through 29 games of the 2025-26 campaign, Fighting Illini sophomore Berry Wallace is averaging 18.8 points per game up from 9.0 ppg last season, despite being at the top of every opponents’ scout.

Along with her 18.8 points, Wallace is averaging 6.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.3 blocks across 35.1 minutes per game. The Pickerington, Ohio, native opened the season with four consecutive 20-point outings, including the first double-double of her career in the Orange and Blue’s season opener. Wallace is shooting a scorching 48.5% FG, 37.5% 3FG, and 85.4 FT% through 29 games.

Wallace’s four straight 20-point games to open the season made her the only player in a P4 + Big East conference to do so. The sophomore is up to 15 20-point games on the season.

20-POINT GAMES

Berry Wallace’s team-leading 15 20-point games across the 2025-26 season rank as the fifth-most in the Big Ten and tie for 21st-most across NCAA DI this season. Wallace along with Ohio State’s Jaloni Cambridge, Penn State’s Kiyomi McMiller, and Michigan’s Olivia Olson are leading the Big Ten lead of freshmen and sophomores with 20-point games this season and rank tied for third, seventh, and 10th across the NCAA.

20-POINT GAMES IN THE BIG TEN

RANK
Player
Team
#
Class

1
Shay Czieki
Indiana
20
Sr.

2
Jaloni Cambridge
Ohio State
19
So.

3
Grace Sullivan
Northwestern
18
Sr.

4
Kiyomi McMiller
Penn State
16
So.

Olivia Olson
Michigan
16
So.

6
Berry Wallace
Illinois
15
So.

MADDIE WEBBER OFF THE BENCH

After starting 47 games across her two seasons at Villanova, Maddie Webber has embraced a new role at Illinois and is owning it. Webber become an instant spark for the Fighting Illini off the bench and put up a strong argument to be considered the sixth player of the year. Webber came off the bench for the first 17 games of the season and earned her first start as an Illini at Michigan due to a starter being out with injury. Beginning with the first game vs. Northwestern, Webber asked to come off the bench for Illinois. Webber is one of just four P4 players across NCAA DI averaging 11.2+ points per game that has started 1 or fewer games this season.

Webber has scored in double figures 18 games in 2025-26 including a pair of 20-point outings. The junior is averaging 11.2 ppg across 24.7 mpg and is shooting marks of 48.5% FG, 43.7% 3FG, and 77.1% FT. Webber exploded for 17 points in the fourth quarter at Michigan State on Jan. 4, the most points in a frame under Green.

P4 11.1+ PPG W/1 OR LESS STARTS

PLAYER
SCHOOL
PPG
FG%
3FG%
MPG

M. Webber
Illinois
11.2
48.5
43.7
24.7

J. Wooten
Oklahoma St.
12.4
48.2
24.3
27.3

M. Fulwiley
LSU
14.1
47.4
32.7
22.3

S. Collins
Texas Tech
14.8
44.4
39.3
23.5

FRESHMAN STANDOUT

Destiny Jackson is one of 19 players across D1 averaging at least 9.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.5 steals per game in the NCAA and averages the second-fewest turnovers per game (2.2). Jackson is averaging 31.0 minutes per game, the fifth-fewest minutes among the group.

Jackson is the only major conference freshman across NCAA D1 averaging at least 9.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 5.0 assists.

NCAA FRESHMAN DOUBLE-DOUBLES

Fighting Illini rookie Cearah Parchment has recorded 12 double-doubles across her freshman campaign. That mark ranks as tied for the fourth-most among all NCAA freshmen and solely leads all Big Ten players. Additionally, 12 double-doubles is the most ever by a Fighting Illini freshman. Kennedi Myles (2019-20) most recently recorded eight double-doubles as a rookie.

FRESHMAN DOUBLE-DOUBLES

RANK
PLAYER
TEAM
#

1
Lauren Whittaker
Gonzaga
17

2
Charlotte Tuhy
American
13

Uche Izoje
Syracuse
13

4
Cearah Parchment
Illinois
12

Blair Baugus
MTSU
12

6
Alyssa Koerkenmeier
Saint Louis
11

REGULAR SEASON BIG TEN WINS 

In her fourth season at Illinois, head coach Shauna Green has led the Fighting Illini to a 39-33 regular season record against the Big Ten. Those 39 victories are already third all-time among Illinois head coaches.

REGULAR SEASON BIG TEN WINS BY ILLINOIS HEAD COACHES

RANK
HC
#
SEASONS
TENURE

1
Theresa Grentz
101
12
1995-2007

2
Laura Golden
44
6
1984-1990

3
Shauna Green
39
4
2022-Present

4
Jolette Law
27
5
2007-2012

Kathy Lindsey
27
5
1990-1995

YOUNGEST TEAM

Green’s fourth Illini squad is by far her youngest, with an average age of 19.83 years as of the start of the 2025-26 campaign. This places Illinois as the third-youngest roster in the Power 4 + Big East behind Kansas State (19.78) and Creighton (19.79). Providence (19.91), Louisville (19.91), and Pittsburgh (19.91) are all tied as the fourth-youngest team while Wake Forest (19.95), NC State (19.97), and North Carolina (19.98) rounded out the teams with average starting ages under 20 for the 2025-26 season.

Only two players — redshirt-sophomore Gretchen Dolan and graduate student Gisela Segura — started the season above the age of 21 for the Fighting Illini. Segura is the team’s oldest, celebrating her 23rd birthday in December. 

Meanwhile Cearah Parchment is the youngest player on the team, starting the season at 18 years, four months. She was born on July 4, 2007, just five days after the launch of the iPhone.

RANKED WINS UNDER COACH GREEN

Illinois’ first ranked win of 2025-26 came over No. 7/6 Maryland, the first top-10 win for Illinois since 2012-13. The victory also marked the highest-ranked Big Ten win in program history. The Illini added another ranked road win at #25/24 Washington on Feb. 1.

In 2024-25, when Illinois went on the road and upset No. 14 Maryland in College Park, Green’s unit became the first team since 1999-2000 to win three games vs. AP Top-25 ranked teams. Green led the team to a 4th ranked win in the NCAA Tournament First Round as Illinois downed No. 23 Creighton, securing a ranked win at home, away, and in a neutral setting. Four ranked wins in a single season tied the program record (1999-00).

The latest win marked the eighth such triumph under fourth-year head coach Shauna Green, who guided the Illini to ranked wins six times in Big Ten play.

Green’s eight wins over ranked teams are the second-most in Illinois program history behind Theresa Grentz’ 26. Overall, Green is 8-23 against top-25 foes.

RANKED WINS UNDER SHAUNA GREEN

DATE
OPPONENT
SCORE
LOCATION

1/1/23
#12 Iowa
90-86
State Farm Center

2/19/24
#14 Indiana
86-66
State Farm Center

11/7/24
#19 Florida State
83-74
State Farm Center

1/9/25
#23 Iowa
62-57
State Farm Center

2/2/25
#14 Maryland
66-65
College Park, Md.

3/22/25
#23 Creighton
66-57
Austin, Texas

1/1/26
 #7 Maryland
73-70
State Farm Center

2/1/26
#25 Washington
75-66
Seattle, Wash.

FOUR-TIME FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK

Cearah Parchment turned in a stellar week versus Rutgers and Northwestern as the Fighting Illini won their second and third-straight games. For her efforts on the court, the Illinois rookie was tabbed Big Ten Freshman of the Week the league office announced Feb. 23.

The Illini rookie achieved the elusive 50/40/90 shooting numbers across the week while averaging 19.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3.5 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game against zero turnovers committed. Parchment shot 16-for-25 (64.0%) from the field, 6-for-8 (75.0%) from 3-point range, and 1-1 (100%) from the free throw line. She turned in double-doubles in four-straight games now and owns a Big Ten-leading 11 double doubles on the season.

The Feb. 23 accolade marks the fourth Big Ten Freshman of the Week recognition of the season for Parchment and fifth overall for the Fighting Illini. Four weekly accolades matches Illinois’ program record for Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards, held by Karisma Penn during the 2009-10 campaign.

GREEN CLIMBS PROGRAM’S ALL-TIME WIN LIST

Fourth-year head coach Shauna Green continued to move up the program’s all-time wins list. Illinois’ latest win saw Green post her 82nd win at the helm of the program, the third-most victories by an Illinois women’s basketball head coach.

ALL-TIME WINS AS ILLINOIS WBB HEAD COACH

#
HEAD COACH
WINS
SEASONS/TENURE

1
Theresa Grentz
210
12/1995-2007

2
Laura Golden
83
6/1984-1990

3
Shauna Green
82
4/2022-Present

4
Jane Schroeder
73
5/1979-1984

5
Jolette Law
69
5/2007/2012