Career Record:Â 219-110Â (.668), 12th season
Division I Record: 190-85 (.693), 10th season
At Illinois:Â 63-35Â (.649), Fourth season
Big Ten Record:Â 30-24Â (.556), Fourth season
Live Stream
Fans unable to attend Thursday night's exhibition game can watch Illinois vs. Maryville online by purchasing a subscription to B1G+, a streaming service of non-televised events produced by the Big Ten Network in partnership with the Big Ten Conference schools.
Fans who sign up can choose either the monthly rate of $12.99Â or the annual rate of $89.99. The B1G+ subscription includes access to live streaming of non-televised games, next day on-demand archives, and access to Big Ten Network's library of Illinois' previous season classics and originals.
17 remaining women's basketball games are slated to be streamed via B1G+:
» Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. vs. SEMO
» Nov. 9 at 12 p.m. vs. Illinois State
» Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. vs. Murray State
» Nov. 26 at 6 p.m. vs. Western Kentucky
» Nov. 30 at 2 p.m. vs. Le Moyne
» Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. vs. Bellarmine
» Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. vs. North Texas
» Dec. 29 at 6 p.m. vs. Jackson State
» Jan. 7 at 6 p.m. vs. Ohio State
» Jan. 18 at 2 p.m. vs. Northwestern
» Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. vs. UCLA
» Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. at Oregon
» Feb. 8 at 12 p.m. vs. USC
» Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. vs. Wisconsin
» Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. vs. Rutgers
» Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. at Northwestern
» Mar. 1 at 2 p.m. vs. Minnesota (Wild Card)
LAST EXHIBITION
Illinois eased into the third year of the Shauna Green era in Champaign with a dominant 80-53 victory over Lewis in the team's lone exhibition game of the 2024-25 campaign. Green used the preseason game to give playing time to 12 different student-athletes, nine of them contributing in the scoring column led by Kendall Bostic's 22. The Illini converted 26 of their 55 field goal attempts, and they knocked down six 3-pointers. The Orange and Blue locked up the Flyers on defense, forcing 22 Lewis Turnovers while picking up seven blocks and six steals.
Green is 3-0 in exhibition games at Illinois.
THE SHAUNA GREEN EFFECT
Illinois' 63 wins through Green's first three seasons match the program record in that span while also marking the most by a head coach in their first three years with the Orange and Blue. Across that period, Illinois is 38-11 at home under Green, and the program has secured double-digit wins in three straight seasons for the first time in program history. The Illini won 11 consecutive games from March 21-Nov. 26, 2024, a new program record and the longest active win streak in the country at the time. Additionally, Illinois strung together a program-record eight-game Big Ten winning streak en route to an 11-7 record in league play.
HOME ATTENDANCE NUMBERS
Across 15 home games during the 2022-23 season, Illinois Women's Basketball saw 52,295 fans fill the State Farm Center en route to a 12-3 record. That total attendance ranked 5th in program history and made Shauna Green the only head coach to bring in 50,000 or more fans in her first season with the Illini.
In Illinois' 2023-24 season - and home - opener, the attendance of 2,680 marked the largest ticketed season-opening crowd at State Farm Center since 2000 (3,954). In the Illini's 17 home games last season, Illinois finished with a combined attendance of 63,242 for an average of 3,720 a game. 63,242 is now the fifth-best all-time attendance.
Illinois' 2024-25 season-opener against Florida State drew a crowd of 3,741 to surpass last year's season-opening mark by over 1,000 fans. With 13,486 fans in attendance for Field Trip Day; 4,914 fans in the stands of State Farm Center for Pack the House; 5,896 fans on hand against Michigan State on Jan. 19; 5,881 fans at State Farm Center against Nebraska on Feb. 16; and 6,889 fans in attendance for Senior Day, Illinois' season average finished at 4,967 per game across 17 home regular-season contests. The Illini went 14-3 at State Farm Center this season.
Illinois' total attendance of 84,437 during the 2024-25 campaign ranks second-best in a season in program history.
FACING ALMA MATER
Maya Solomon — Director of Basketball Operations for Shauna Green's Illini — is very familiar with the Maryville basketball program, playing four seasons with the Saints from 2014-2018. Solomon played under Head Coach Chris Ellis, who enters his 15th season with Maryville this year.Â
She was a four-year varsity letterwinner with the Saints, and received the program's Senior Award in 2018 while also serving as captain.
LAND OF LINCOLN
Entering the 2025-26 season, five Illini proudly representing the Orange and Blue hail from their home state of Illinois.Â
Native to Shorewood, Ill, junior Jasmine Brown-Hagger started her high school career with two years at Joliet Catholic Academy, followed by two seasons of prep ball at Example Academy, in Frankfort, Ill.Â
Aaliyah Guyton represented the Peoria Lions throughout her high school career and earned two Big-12 Player of the Year awards in the process. She was ranked as the top player in the state in 2024.
Chicago's Destiny Jackson comes to Illinois directly after being named Illinois Ms. Basketball and Gatorade Player of the Year in her senior year at Whitney Young Magnet High School. Averaging 21.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.8 steals, in her senior season, Jackson was nationally-ranked No. 28 in her class by 247Sports.
6'6" Hayven Smith hails from Frankfort, Ill, where she represented Lincoln-Way East for four years. In her senior season, Smith led the school to its first regional championship in seven years.
Mokena, Ill. native Mia Zenere notched one year at Lincoln-Way Central before heading to Example Academy for her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons.Â
INTERNATIONAL TIES
Going into Green's fourth year at Illinois, the Illini have six international athletes listed on their roster.
6'3" forward Manuella Alves is home to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She played her freshman and sophomore high school seasons in Brazil before playing the other two at Florida's IMG Academy.
Irene Noya Catoira hails from Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra, Spain. She Played for Segle XXI in the Spain-LF2 league from 2022-24 helping the team win the Group B regular season championship both seasons.
Freshman Erica Finney journeys to Champaign from Sydney, Australia, where she played high school ball at Cammeraygal High School. Finney represented Australia in the FIBA U17 2024 World Cup.
Cearah Parchment is from Whitby, Ontario, Canada. She attended Fort Erie International Academy and represented her country twice in FIBA World Cups.
Graduate student Gisela Segura hails from Cervera, Spain, where she graduated from Institut Joaquim Blume. She comes to Illinois after three years at Division II Franklin Pierce and one season at LIU.
Despite playing four high school seasons in the United States, Lety Vasconcelos is native to Miguel Calmon, Bahia, Brazil. She was a three-time member of the Brazilian national team, winning the South American Championship in 2020.
YOUNGEST TEAM
Green's fourth Illini squad is by far her youngest, with an average age of 19.91 years as of the start of the 2025-26 campaign. This places Illinois in the top-five for youngest rosters in Power 5 Women's Basketball.
Only two players — Gretchan Dolan and Gisela Segura — are above the age of 21. Segura is the team's oldest, with her 23rd birthday approaching in December.Â
Meanwhile Cearah Parchment is the youngest player on the team, at 18 years and four months. She was born on July 4, 2007, just five days after the launch of the iPhone.
A NEW ERA
Illinois enters the season with eight newcomers and seven returners on its 15-player roster. However, returning players accounted for 24.4% of last year's scoring. In total, 75.6% of the offensive production from 2024-25 departed with Kendall Bostic, Genesis Bryant, Adalia McKenzie, Makira Cook, and Brynn Shoup-Hill — all of whom concluded decorated collegiate careers.
Despite the turnover in scoring, the Illini bring in eight high-impact additions through recruiting and the portal. With elite size, athleticism, and skill across every position group, Shauna Green's squad steps into a new era of Illinois Women's Basketball, one defined by upside and opportunity.
SWITCHING TEAMS
Illinois acquired Aaliyah Guyton and Maddie Webber from the transfer portal this summer, two players who had faced off with Illinois at their previous schools.
Guyton, the sophomore guard, played her freshman season at Iowa, where she averaged 4.7 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 1.1 assists. She made 29 appearances throughout the season, and coincidentally, made her first career start at Illinois.
In two seasons at Villanova, Webber averaged 10.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.7 assists. While Villanova faced off with Illinois in the 2023-24 WBIT Final, Webber didn't make an appearance in the contest. She was named to second-team All-BIG EAST Second Team in her sophomore season.
The Illini also added Gisela Segura in the summer of 2025. A graduate student, she comes to Champaign after one season at LIU. Previously, she played the 2020-24 seasons at Division II Franklin Pierce.
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ADDING JACKIE ALEXANDER
Illinois hired Jackie Alexander as an assistant coach in the 2025 offseason. Alexander joins the program after one season as an assistant coach at Toledo.Â
Prior to Toledo, Alexander held positions at East Tennessee State (2021-24), Eastern Kentucky (2019-21), Albany (2018-19), and Air Force (2017-18).
A native of Broadhead, Kentucky, Alexander served as an Army officer for three years following her undergraduate career at Army West Point and the University of the Cumberlands. Reaching the rank of captain, she served at Fort Campbell in Kentucky and was deployed to Iraq while in the Army.
A FAMILIAR FACE
Zachary Choo joined the Illinois program this summer as assistant director of scouting and video. Choo joins the Illini after three seasons at Wisconsin and will reunite with Green after their time together at Dayton.
During the previous three seasons, Choo worked in Madison, responsible for the coding and breakdown of practice and game film, advance opponent scouting, collaboration with the staff for opponent and self-scouting, analyzing clips for projects and distribution, and managing the video and drawn playbook.
The Honolulu, Hawai'i, native spent the 2021-22 campaign as the graduate assistant at Dayton. Choo also spent three years as a student manager with the Flyers. During his time at UD, he crossed paths with several members of the current Illinois staff, including Shauna Green, Calamity McEntire, DeAntoine Beasley, Emily Durr, Maya Solomon, and Dr. Becky Cook.
TOP ILLINOIS TALENT
With the addition of Destiny Jackson and Aaliyah Guyton for the 2025-26 campaign, Illinois basketball now has the top-ranked Illinois recruits from the classes of 2023, 2024, and 2025.Â
Jasmine Brown-Hagger was the state's No. 1 player in the class of 2023, and the no. 54 prospect in the nation, according to espnW HoopGurlz. In her senior season at Example Academy, she averaged 19.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 3.2 steals. While she played her freshman season at Mississippi State, she came home to Illinois the following year.
Illinois' No. 1 in the class of 2024, Aaliyah Guyton is originally from Peoria, Illinois. She enters her first season at Illinois after transferring from Iowa over the offseason.
After earning the titles of Illinois Ms. Basketball and Illinois Gatorade Player of the year in 2025, Destiny Jackson comes from Chicago as a five-star recruit, ranked sixth nationally at her position. The top-ranked player in Illinois, Jackson played at Whitney Young Magnet H.S. while playing club for Example Sports GUAA.
EMILY DURR IN THE NY STATE HOF
Shortly after the end of her third season at Illinois, Director of Recruiting Operations Emily Durr was inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame. Durr earned her nomination from a record-breaking high school at Notre Dame High School in Utica, N.Y.Â
With 2,445 points, she holds the second-highest career point total in New York's Section III division, which came out to an average of 22.9 points per game complemented by 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.8 steals. Durr led Utica-Notre Dame to the state championship in her senior season in 2014, and was nominated for the McDonald's All American game and Gatorade Player of the Year. She was a finalist for Miss New York State Basketball.
After her career at Utica-Notre Dame, Durr played four seasons at Iowa State where she averaged 7.9 points per game.
