A career-high scoring night from Aailyah Guyton and a dominating double-double from Cearah Parchment sends Illinois to a blowout win over Wisconsin.

By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Staff Writer

February 11, 2026

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — So, remember when really slow starts were a big concern for the Illinois women’s basketball program? Not on Wednesday night.

Illinois ran out to a 16-point halftime lead thanks to a first-half double-double effort from freshman forward Cearah Parchment and Aailyah Guyton seemingly making every open perimeter shot she looked at in the opening quarter.

Parchment got her ninth double-double of the 2025-26 season jut 14 minutes into what turned into a 92-60 home victory over Wisconsin as the 6-foot-3 big showed an early ability to own the painted area near the rim. Parchment dominated the low post matchup with Gift Uchenna, the 6-foot-3 forward from Southern Illinois, who came to Champaign-Urbana averaging seven rebounds per game and 1.5 blocks on the season. Uchenna had the momentum of a season-high 24 point night in Sunday's loss to Washington andleft State Farm Center with only 13 points and just seven rebounds and three turnovers.

Guyton, who had just 17 combined points over the last five games, had nine quick points in an opening quarter that saw Illinois (17-8, 7-7 in Big Ten Conference) jump out to a 19-11 lead and never look back the rest of the evening.

The blowout victory comes after an injury-riddled Illinois sqaud had experienced losses in four of its last five games and all of those losses included large first-half deficits. The fifth straight conference loss for Wisconsin (13-12, 5-9) immediately stalls all of its non-conference momentum of suffering just two losses before Christmas in head coach Robin Pingeton’s first season with the Badgers.

In her fourth straight start to compensate for the ongoing knee injury of star guard Gretchen Dolan, Guyton would finish with a career-high 21 points and six assists as she took over some point guard roles away from freshman Destiny Jackson. Guyton was a perfect 5 of 5 from three-point range Wednesday night after coming into State Farm Center shooting 11 of 34 from beyond the arc this season. Jackson was named in the Illini’s pre-game injury report as ‘questionable’ despite not missing a game yet this season.

By the end of the third quarter, which saw Illinois ahead 68-44, the home squad had five players (Guyton, Parchment, Maddie Webber, Berry Wallace and Jasmine Brown-Hagger) with at least nine points.

The 32-point victory is the Illini’s largest in a conference game this season and the biggest margin since defeating Purdue 74-38 on Jan. 27, 2025 in Champaign.

Illinois will next host a struggling Rutgers team (9-15, 1-12) on Tuesday night (6 p.m., Big Ten Network) before traveling for the road version of the in-state rivalry against Northwestern on Feb. 22 (2 p.m., BIG+).