(From Illinois Sports Information Office)

Illinois at RV/-- Indiana
Date | Time	Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 | 6 p.m. CT
Location	Bloomington, Ind. | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
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Head Coach Shauna Green

Career Record: 209-104 (.668), 11th season
Division I Record: 180-79 (.695), Ninth season
At Illinois: 52-29 (.646), Third season
Big Ten Record: 21-20 (.512), Third season

OPENING TIP

The 51st campaign of Fighting Illini women's basketball resumes with Illinois taking on Indiana away from home on Thursday at 6 p.m. CT on Peacock. Mike Koon 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 won 10 games before Christmas (Dec. 25) for the first time since 2022-23 and for the second time since 2006-07.
• Illinois has earned a win over a ranked opponent for the third consecutive season under Green.
• Head coach Shauna Green earned her 200th win as a head coach on Nov. 14, 2024 vs. Eastern Illinois.
• The Fighting Illini have now been ranked in the Top 25 in all three seasons under Green.
• Illinois faced a ranked team in its Big Ten opener for the third straight season (#12/7 Ohio State, --/25 Michigan, #5/4 Indiana).
• Illinois returned four 1,000-career point scorers, tied for the most in the NCAA with Baylor, Notre Dame, and Kansas State.
• Illinois has won two Top-25 games in the same season for the first time since 2014-15.
• Illinois' seniors (Cook, Bryant, McKenzie, Shoup-Hill, Bostic) have a combined 421 career starts (395 at Illinois) and played a combined 563 games (435 at Illinois).
• Kendall Bostic's 1,238 career rebounds rank second of all active NCAA D1 players.
• Illinois' free throws made per game mark of 16.3 ranks 14th in the NCAA.
• Illinois' 12.8 turnovers per game rank 21st in the NCAA.
• Illinois' free throw percentage of 79.3% ranks 6th in the NCAA and leads the Big Ten.
• Eight different Illini scorers have posted double-digit points in a game this season: Bostic, Bryant, Brown-Hagger, Cook, Dolan, McKenzie, Shoup-Hill, Wallace.
• The Fighting Illini return eight players from last year's WBIT Championship team while adding six newcomers – four freshmen and two transfers – into the mix.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT

Indiana, winners of eight of its last nine games, enters Thursday's contest with a 12-4 record and a 4-1 mark in conference play. The Hoosiers are 7-2 on their home court this season, which includes a victory over No. 24 Stanford.

With six players averaging at least nine points per game, Indiana is led by head coach Teri Moren, who is in her 11th season at the helm of the Hoosier program.

ALL-TIME SERIES INFORMATION

Thursday's game marks the 81st meeting between the sides, with Indiana holding a 49-31 edge in the all-time series. Though Illinois won last year's game in Champaign, the Hoosiers have won the last nine contests against the Illini in Bloomington. Indiana is 28-10 when hosting Illinois, with the Illini looking for their first road win against the Hoosiers since Feb. 12, 2012.

Since head coach Shauna Green took over at Illinois, both games played between the Illini and the Hoosiers at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall have been decided by six points or fewer.

LAST TIME OUT

Illinois earned its second ranked win of the season with a 62-57 victory over No. 23 Iowa at State Farm Center on Jan. 9.

Four Fighting Illini scorers finished in double figures as the Orange and Blue took down the ranked Hawkeyes and improved to 10-1 at home during the 2024-25 campaign.

Kendall Bostic secured her 10th double-double of the season, registering 17 points and 14 rebounds in the win. Going 8-for-12 from the field, Bostic also dished out three assists, made two steals, and bagged two blocks.

Scoring in double figures for the seventh-straight game, Adalia McKenzie ended the evening with 12 points, four rebounds, three assists, and a steal while playing lockdown defense from start to finish.

Genesis Bryant logged nine of her 12 points in the second half, including seven points in the fourth quarter alone. Bryant also amassed a season-high four steals, three rebounds, and two assists.

Jasmine Brown-Hagger tallied 10 points, three assists, and a steal, while Berry Wallace collected seven points off the bench.

ILLINI CONTINUE TO BATTLE DESPITE INJURY BUG

Through the team's first 16 games of the season, Illinois has yet to have its full 14-player roster available. Holding an 12-4 record despite those setbacks, the Illini have remained resilient while battling injury issues throughout the first half of the campaign.

Seven different players have missed at least one game due to injury this season, including sophomore transfer center Lety Vasconcelos, who was expected to be a key piece in the rotation before suffering a season-ending ACL tear over the summer. On Jan. 8, the program announced that fifth-year Makira Cook (ongoing health condition) and sophomore Gretchen Dolan (knee) would both miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

Five-star freshman guard Berry Wallace (hand) missed seven of the first eight games, while junior forward Shay Bollin, who played in 29 games for the Illini last season, has yet to make an appearance during the 2024-25 campaign. Freshman Irene Noya Catoira sat out the first seven games of the year while recovering from injury, while guard Jasmine Brown-Hagger, who has since moved into the starting lineup, missed three games while working her way back from a concussion.