LINCOLN, Neb. – Despite a career-high 25 points from Cearah Parchment and a 22-point outing from Berry Wallace, the Illinois women's basketball team fell to No. 24 Nebraska, 81-75, on the road Saturday.
The Fighting Illini (15-5, 5-4) had four players score in double figures, led by Parchment, who posted her sixth double-double of the season after finishing with 25 points and 11 rebounds.
Wallace tacked on 22 points, six rebounds, and two steals, while Destiny Jackson chipped in as well with 13 points and two steals. Maddie Webber scored nine of 11 points in the fourth quarter.
Illinois returns to State Farm Center on Wednesday night to host No. 3 UCLA for its Hail to the Orange Out game. Tipoff between the Fighting Illini and the Bruins is set for 6 p.m. CT on B1G+.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
POSTGAME RADIO INTERVIEW
POSTGAME NOTES
Player Notes:
- Berry Wallace turned in 22 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block.
- Secured her 12th 20-point effort of the season/of her career.
- Has notched 20+ points in seven of the eight games and in eight of the last 10 contests.
- Posted her 18th outing with double-digit points this season and the 29th such game of her career.
- Has scored in double figures in each of the last 10 games.
- Scored 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting in the first half.
- Played all 40 minutes for the fifth time this season.
- Has played the full 40 minutes in five of the last six games.
- Cearah Parchment posted a double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds, also adding a steal.
- Scored a career-high 25 points.
- Registered the second 20-point game of the season/of her career.
- Tallied 10+ points for the 12th time this season/in her career.
- Recorded the sixth double-double of the season/of her career.
- Grabbed double-digit rebounds for the fifth time this season.
- Extended her streak to 19 straight games with 5+ total rebounds.
- Has at least three offensive rebounds in each of the last eight games.
- Connected on double-digit field goals for the first time of her career, shooting 10-for-17 from the field.
- Grabbed at least five o boards for the third time.
- Has now tallied five offensive rebounds in back-to-back games.
- Maddie Webber ended the afternoon with 11 points, three assists, two rebounds, two blocks, and a steal.
- Posted 10+ points for the 12th time this season and for the 52nd time in her career.
- Scored nine of her 11 points in the fourth quarter.
- Tied her season-high with two blocks.
- Made multiple blocks for the second time this season.
- Dished out at least three assists for the seventh time.
- Destiny Jackson logged 13 points, three rebounds, two assists, two steals, and a block.
- Totaled double-digit points for the fifth time.
- Had multiple steals for the eighth time in her career/this season.
- Recorded her second block of the campaign and her first since the season opener against SEMO on Nov. 4.
Team Notes:
- Nebraska won the opening tip, but the Illini got a stop and Berry Wallace put the Illini on the board first with a pair of free throws on their first possession.
- Maddie Webber was the first Illini off the bench, checking in at 5:55 in the first quarter.
- Illinois kept Nebraska off the scoreboard until its fifth possession of the game.Â
- Four Illini scored in double digits (Cearah Parchment [25], Berry Wallace [22], Destiny Jackson [13], and Maddie Webber [11]).
- Two Illini scored 20+ points for the third time this season.
- All three instances have come in Big Ten road games (at Michigan State, at Penn State, at Nebraska).
- Illinois scored 17 points off 14 forced turnovers.
- The Illini outrebounded the Huskers at a 34-27 clip and a 12-7 margin on the offensive glass.
- Illinois turned 12 offensive boards into 11 second-chance points.
Misc. Notes:
- Starters: Destiny Jackson, Aaliyah Guyton, Jasmine Brown-Hagger, Berry Wallace, Cearah Parchment
- This lineup is now 1-1 this season.
- Shauna Green is now:
- 22-20 in away games
- 35-28 in Big Ten play
- 78-40 at Illinois
- 205-90 as a Division I head coach
- 234-115 across her career
- Illinois vs. Nebraska: 8-22
- Shauna Green's coaching record vs. Nebraska: 3-4
- Illinois is 2-10 when playing Nebraska in Lincoln.
- Illinois is now 1-2 when wearing blue uniforms this season and are now 18-15 when doing so under Green.
- The Illini are 10-2 in day games (before 5 p.m.) this season and 40-24 under Green.
- Illinois is 1-1 in games played on Saturdays this season and 4-5 under Green.
- Illinois is 3-4 in the month of January this season and 17-13 under Green when playing in January.
- Illinois is now 4-4 in road games this season and 22-20 under Shauna Green.
- Illinois is 3-4 during the 2026 calendar year.
- Illinois is now 1-4 against AP-ranked teams this season and 7-20 under Shauna Green.
