(From Illinois Sports Information Office)

ILLINOIS VS. INDIANA

Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025

Location: State Farm Center, Champaign, Ill.

Time: 11am CT

TV: FoxSports App

Radio: Busey Bank Illini Sports Network

Head Coach Shauna Green

Career Record: 226-111 (.671), 12th season
Division I Record: 197-86 (.696), 10th season
At Illinois: 70-36 (.660), Fourth season
Big Ten Record: 30-24 (.556), Fourth season

ABOUT THE OPPONENT

Indiana is off to an 8-1 start on the 2025-26 season and is receiving votes in the AP poll. The Hoosiers' lone loss came to #10/12 Iowa State in Fort Myers, Fla. A common opponent between Illinois and Indiana is Florida State with both Big Ten programs picking up a win in Tallahassee. IU posted a 76-72 win over the Seminoles on Nov. 16 before the Illini brought a 86-63 win home a week later on Nov. 23.

HISTORY VS. INDIANA

Saturday's game will mark the 82nd all-time meeting between Illinois and Indiana. IU leads the series 49-32 overall. The Illini are 18-19 against the Hoosiers when playing in Champaign. Illinois has claimed the last two meetings against Indiana and is 2-3 vs. Teri Moren's squad since Shauna Green took over the helm.

BIG TEN OPENERS

The Illini open conference play at home for the first time since the 2023-24 season and just the second time in the last six seasons. The Illini will have faced the Hoosiers for the Big Ten opener twice in four seasons under Shauna Green and five times in program history (2025, 2022, 2018, 2022, and 1990).

Illinois' 2025-26 Big Ten opener will mark the first time that Shauna Green's Illini have not faced a ranked conference foe as the Hoosiers are receiving just one vote between the two recognized polls. The program's last win in its Big Ten opener came during the 2016-17 campaign at home over Iowa.

Big Ten Openers Since 2022-23

BIG TEN HOME OPENERS UNDER SHAUNA GREEN

Under Green, Illinois is 2-1 in Big Ten home openers. The 2025-26 contest with Indiana will be the earliest Illinois has played a Big Ten team in State Farm Center under Shauna Green. Over the last three seasons, Illinois owns 17 home conference wins.

Last Three Big Ten Home Openers

THREE GAMES IN SEVEN DAYS

From Nov. 26 - Dec. 2, Illinois women's basketball went 3-0 from State Farm Center. The Fighting Illini earned victories over Western Kentucky (70-41), Le Moyne (100-28), and Bellarmine (90-41) during that span, outscoring the opposition 260-110, which averages out to 86.7-36.7. Illinois hit the boards hard, outrebounding opponents 133-78 as all 13 available players grabbed at least one board over the three-game stretch.

The Fighting Illini defense put on a clinic, forcing 76 turnovers for 96 points off turnovers alone. Illinois turned defense into offense on the transition as well, tallying 62 fastbreak points. Green's squad got 105 points off the bench that week with Maddie Webber (40) and Aaliyah Guyton (28) leading the way individually.

COMPLETE TEAM WIN

For the second straight game, all 13 available Fighting Illini saw action as Illinois climbed to 7-1 on the season following a 90-41 win over Bellarmine. Four Illini scored in double figures led by Cearah Parchment's 16 points and 12 rebounds. As a team, the Orange and Blue racked up 64 rebounds, the most during the NCAA Era of the program (1981-present). Additionally, Illinois tallied 27 offensive rebounds, tied for the seventh-most in program history and most since the 1997-98 campaign. Illinois won the second chance points battle, 28-0 and outscored the Knights 21-0 in fastbreak points.

Illinois racked up 25 assists, just the third time during the Shauna Green Era the team has hit that mark. Eleven different Illini scored in the win while no one played more than 25 minutes.

FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS

Illinois climbed to 6-1 on the season with a 100-28 onslaught over Le Moyne to close November action. Six Fighting Illini scored in double figures including Cearah Parchment (17), Berry Wallace (17), Maddie Webber (15), Gretchen Dolan (11), Aaliyah Guyton (10), and Destiny Jackson (10). The 72-point margin of victory is the largest under Shauna Green and the third-widest margin in program history. Mia Zenere's first bucket of the season put the Illini into triple digits for the third time under Green.

YOUNG AND HUNGRY

Cearah Parchment added a few more milestones to her young career in Illinois' Nov. 30 win over Le Moyne. The Whitby, Ontario, Canada native matched the program's single-game record of 10 steals set during the 1999-2000 campaign. Parchment added 17 points to secure the second points-steals double-double in Illinois women's basketball history. The forward was the fifth player in the NCAA this season to record a points-steals double-double and is the lone representative from the Big Ten and only freshman on that list.

Parchment needed just 24 minutes of playing time to achieve the feat, four minutes less than any of the previous occurrences. The freshman added seven rebounds and a block as well.

NCAA POINTS-STEALS DOUBLE-DOUBLES (chronological)

BERRY WALLACE'S SOPHOMORE SURGE

Through eight games of the 2025-26 campaign, Fighting Illini sophomore Berry Wallace ranks eighth in the Big Ten in scoring at 18.3 points per game. That mark ranks top-50 in the NCAA through Dec. 3 games.

Along with her 18.3 points, Wallace is averaging 6.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 0.4 steals, and 0.1 blocks across 31.5 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 52.6% FG, 37.5% 3FG, and 89.7 FT% through seven games.

Wallace's four straight 20-point games to open the season made her the only player in a P5 conference to do so. Additionally, she is the only player in the country with 4+ 20-point games against all D1 teams to start the season.

FANTASTIC FRESHMEN

Fighting Illini rookies Destiny Jackson and Cearah Parchment have started all eight games for Illinois and are averaging a combined 19.5 points, 11.4 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 3.8 steals, and 0.4 blocks per game. Parchment was one of two Big Ten freshman to record a double-double in the first three weeks of the season (Layla Hays, Iowa) while Jackson's six assists in her collegiate debut (SEMO) is a program record for a freshman in a season opener.

Parchment added a points-steals double-double with 17 points and 10 steals vs. Bellarmine on Nov. 30. Parchment's showing was just the second of the sort in Illinois program history while also tying the single-game record with 10 steals. Parchment was just the fifth player - and first freshman - in the NCAA to record a points-steals double-double this season.

FRESHMAN STANDOUTS

Destiny Jackson is one of 3 freshmen averaging at least 8.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game in the NCAA and leads that group with the fewest turnovers per game (2.0). Jackson is averaging 27.8 minutes per game, the fewest minutes among the group.

ALL NCAA DI FRESHMEN

DEFENSIVE STAND VS. WKU

On Thanksgiving Eve, Illinois held Western Kentucky to just 12.5% from deep in a 2-for-16 shooting performance, and recorded a season-high 13 steals on the way to a 70-41 win against the Lady Toppers at State Farm Center on Wednesday evening. Illinois' 17-0 scoring run between the 7:06 mark and the 0:53 mark of the fourth quarter was the team's longest of the season.

The Illini turned their 25 takeaways into a 25-11 edge in points off turnovers. The Orange and Blue also posted big advantages in the paint (28-22), in fast-break scoring (11-2) and outscored WKU 28-12 off the bench to climb to 5-1 on the season.