ILLINOIS (7-1) at #5/4 Indiana (8-0)
Date | Time	Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022 | 1 p.m. CT
Location	Bloomington, Ind. | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
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Head Coach Shauna Green

Career Record: 163-76 (.682), ninth year
Division I Record: 134-51 (.724), seventh year
At Illinois: 7-1, first year
Big Ten: 0-0

Series Notes vs. Indiana

All-Time Record: Illinois trails 30-46
Record on the road: Illinois trails 10-25
Streak:  Lost 13
Last Meeting:  L, 61-93 in Champaign, Ill., on Feb. 9, 2022
Green vs. Opponent: First Meeting

Opening Tips

• Illinois opened its 49th season of women's basketball with a 6-0 record for just the fourth time in program history before suffering its first loss.
• Shauna Green is the first coach in program history to open her Illinois career with a 3-0 start and pushed the new mark a 6-0 start.
• The Fighting Illini secured a win in the ACC/B1G Challenge over Pitt (11/30/22) for the first time since the 2014-15 season.
• It took the 2022-23 squad just eight games to match the previous season's win total (7).
• Illinois has five returners on the 2022-23 squad, including: Jada Peebles, Jayla Oden, Geovana Lopes, Adalia McKenzie and Kendall Bostic
• Shauna Green brought in eight newcomers since being hired on March 21, 2022 - four freshmen and four transfers. 
• Illinois' transfers include: Genesis Bryant (NC State), Makira Cook (Dayton), Aicha Ndour (NW Florida State College) and Brynn Shoup-Hill. Those three programs went a combined 85-13 last season.
• Shauna Green's trio of assistant coaches are no strangers to her or each other. Green, Calamity McEntire, DeAntoine Beasley and Ryan Gensler were on the Dayton Women's Basketball staff together for four seasons from 2017-21. With those four coaches leading from the sidelines, the Flyers posted a 79-34 overall record across four seasons.

Indiana Story Lines

• The Hoosiers are off to an 8-0 start, owning ranked wins over #11/4 Tennessee and #6/6 North Carolina.
• IU went 24-9 last season, advancing to the Big Ten Tournament Championship along with the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
• Indiana is 19-21 all-time in Big Ten openers, but has won four straight.

BIG TEN OPENERS

• Illinois opens its 41st season of Big Ten women's basketball on Sunday. The Illini are 14-26 all-time in conference openers, and are looking to snap a five-game skid in league openers.
• Illinois last began Big Ten Play 1-0 after a 70-65 home win over Iowa to open the 2016-17 Big Ten schedule.
• The Illini will begin conference play on the road for the third-straight season, opening the last two seasons at Michigan State and Nebraska, respectively, and are in search of their first conference-opening road win since 2007-08 at Northwestern (W, 58-44).

THREE-POINT BARRAGE 

• Illinois women's basketball leads the nation in 3-point shooting percentage with a mark of 44.1%. The Illini rose to the top after a 14-for-24 effort at Pitt on Wednesday. That outing matched the second-most 3-pointers made by the Illini in a game all-time.
• Jada Peebles went 6-for-7 from deep against the Panthers, becoming just the 20th Illini to ever make 6 or more 3s in a game. She tied for the 7th most makes in a game all-time.
• As a team, the Illini have already made 64 treys to just 32 by their opponents. Last season, the Illini made 157 total 3-pointers, working at a 31.8% rate.

NAME OF THE GAME IS DEFENSE

Illinois women's basketball has instilled the goal of holding opponents to 10 points or less per quarter. Through eight games, Illinois has limited opposition to 10 or less points in 10 of 32 chances. Opponents have been held below 15 points in 22 of those 32 periods.

BEST STARTS TO A SEASON

In the first season under Shauna Green, Illinois women's basketball tied the second-best start in program with a 6-0 mark before suffering a loss. The Illini's start was the best for the program in 35 years.

FIRST SEASONS AT A NEW SCHOOL

Shauna Green has quickly taken Illinois women's basketball out to a refreshing start. Green is one of 38 head coaches in their first season at a new school this season. Additionally, Green's 6-0 start put her in elite company. The following are teams that have secured a better start (or still could) than Illinois.

DOUBLE DOUBLE-DOUBLE

In Illinois' first loss of the season, the Illini had two players record double-doubles for the first time in the same game since Dec. 2, 2020 vs. Valparaiso.

Adalia McKenzie registered the first double-double of her career with 22 points, 10 rebounds along with 5 steals.

Makira Cook added the second double-double of her career - first as an Illini - and put her own twist on it. Cook tallied 16 points and 10 assists. She's the first Illini with double-digit assists since Jeanae Terry did so at Minnesota on Feb. 10, 2021. Cook's points/assists double-double was just the 20th of its kind through three weeks of play when Cook achieved it. Only seven of those occurrences saw a player score more than 16 points.

A PERFECT OPENING HOMESTAND

• The Illini closed their season-opening homestand with a perfect 5-0 record for the best start since 2014-15.
• The Illini downed Oakland, 84-55.
• Illinois' last five-game win streak came in 2014-15.
• Four Illini finished in double-figure scoring.
• The win marked the 300th Illini WBB win in State Farm Center.
• Eleven different Illini scored and all 13 saw action.
• Illinois' last five-game home win streak came during the 2019-20 campaign.

COMPLETE GAME NOTES (PDF)