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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – For the third time in program history and first time under head coach Shauna Green, an Illinois women’s basketball game in State Farm Center has sold out. Sunday’s Fighting Illini game vs. USC drew sellout status with the announced attendance of 15,544.
Additionally, today’s (2/8/26) attendance of 15,544 is the first Big Ten game during the 2025-26 season to surpass 15,000 fans. Across the NCAA, Illinois is now one of just four teams to have multiple games with crowds of 14,000+ this season (South Carolina, UConn, Iowa, Illinois).
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.
State Farm Center capacity has been adjusted as renovations and upgrades have taken place in the building.
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 still has three home games remaining.
