[10] Illinois Advances to Face [7] #18/17 Michigan State at Big Ten Tournament

Game 31: [10] Illinois (20-10, 9-9) vs. [7] #18/17 Michigan State (22-7, 11-7)
Date | Time	Thursday, March 5, 2026 | 5:30 p.m. CT
Location	Indianapolis, Ind. | Gainbridge Fieldhouse
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Head Coach Shauna Green

Career Record: 239-120 (.6657), 12th season
Division I Record: 210-95 (.689), 10th season
At Illinois: 83-45 (.648), Fourth season
Big Ten Record: 39-33 (.542), Fourth season

THE NEXT WIN WOULD...

• Give Illinois three 21-win seasons under Green
• Be 8 postseason (BTT, WBIT, NCAA) wins under Green
• Move the Illini to 29-48 all-time vs. Michigan State
• Improve Green's Illini to 2-3 overall vs. Michigan State
• Move Illinois to 4-3 vs. Michigan State at neutral sites
• Move UI to 22-32 in Big Ten Tournaments
• Improve Green to 3-3 in Big Ten Tournaments
• Move Green's career record to 240-120 in 12 seasons
• Move Green's DI record to 211-95 in 10 seasons
• Move Green's Illinois record to 84-45
• Give Illinois WBB an all-time record of 730-785
• Move UI to 3-7 vs. ranked teams this season

OPENING TIP

The 52nd campaign of Illinois women's basketball continues on Thursday, March 5, when Illinois continues play in the Big Ten Tournament against [7] #18/17 Michigan State at Gainbridge Fieldhouse at 5:30 p.m. CT on Big Ten Network. Mike Koon (PxP) and Kendall Bostic (analyst) will call the action for the Illini on the Busey Bank Illini Sports Network (1400 AM/93.9 FM). Streaming, audio, and stats links are also available at FightingIllini.com/WBB.

1. Illinois has a ranked win all 4 seasons under Green
2. Back-to-back seasons with multiple ranked wins for first time since 1999-01.
3. Achieved the third sell out of State Farm Center in program history and first under Shauna Green on Feb. 8, 2026 with all 15,544 seats sold for the game vs. USC.
4. Illinois has been ranked during all 4 seasons under Green
5. The Illini's 11-game win streak was the longest single-season streak and tied the longest win streak that spanned the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons
6. 10 regular season noncon wins tied program record
7. Illinois went a perfect 6-0 in December
8. Illinois won 20+ games for the 3rd time in four seasons
9. Destiny Jackson broke the UI freshman season assist record on 2/22/26 with her 141st assist of the season
10. Cearah Parchment's 12 double-doubles are a new freshman season record
11. Cearah Parchment broke the UI freshman season rebounding record on 3/4/26 with her 252nd board of the season.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT

Michigan State (22-7, 11-7) heads to Indianapolis after dropping its regular season finale to No. 13/12 Ohio State in East Lansing. The Spartans hold the No. 7 seed for the Big Ten Tournament and will begin postseason action in the Second Round. MSU won the regular season meeting with the Fighting Illini, 81-75, back on Jan. 4 in East Lansing.

Robyn Fralick is in her third season in East Lansing and has led MSU to a 66-26 record entering the Big Ten Tournament. Under Fralick, Michigan State has lost its first game of the Big Ten Tournament each of the last two seasons.

ALL-TIME SERIES INFO

Illinois trails in the all-time series against Michigan State, 28-48. The sides are even at 3-3 in neutral site games with the most recent one taking place March 8, 2008 in the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. Illinois won that meeting, 55-41.

FIRST ROUND WIN VS. WISCONSIN

A pair of 20-point games from Berry Wallace and Destiny Jackson fueled the Illinois women's basketball team past [15] Wisconsin, 82-70, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the First Round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday.

The Fighting Illini (20-10) had four players score in double figures, led by Wallace, who had 22 points and three steals. Jackson added a career-high 21 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals. Cearah Parchment posted 14 points and broke the program's freshman season rebounding record. Lety Vasconcelos registered a career-high 12 points while adding six boards.

20-WIN SEASONS

Wednesday's win secured the third 20-win season in four years at Illinois by Shauna Green. With three 20-win seasons, Green is now tied with Theresa Grentz for the most 20-win campaigns by an Illinois head coach. Across her Division I career, Shauna Green has now collected seven 20-win campaigns across nine "traditional" seasons.

ALL-CONFERENCE ILLINI

Following the fourth regular season under the leadership of head coach Shauna Green, three Fighting Illini student-athletes secured All-Big Ten accolades from the conference's coaches and media. Berry Wallace earned unanimous first team All-Big Ten honors from the league coaches while Cearah Parchment landed honorable mention All-Conference recognition. Parchment and fellow rookie Destiny Jackson both earned spots on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Graduate student Gisela Segura was recognized as Illinois' Sportsmanship Award honoree.

ILLINI AWARDS BREAKDOWN

Berry Wallace - First Team (Coaches, Unanimous), Second Team (Media)
Cearah Parchment - Honorable Mention (Coaches), Honorable Mention (Media), All-Freshman Team (Coaches, Unanimous), All-Freshman Team (Media)
Destiny Jackson - All-Freshman Team (Coaches, Unanimous), All-Freshman Team (Media)
Gisela Segura - Sportsmanship Award

Wallace earned the first Big Ten postseason accolade of her career while becoming the 19th student-athlete in Illinois program history to garner All-Big Ten First Team status. The Pickerington, Ohio, native is in the midst of a major sophomore surge, averaging more than double the scoring from her rookie campaign. Wallace closed the regular season with 544 points, which ranks 16th on Illinois' single-season scoring list and is 30 points away from breaking into the top 10.

Parchment landed honorable mention All-Big Ten nods and All-Freshman team honors by both the coaches and media voters. The last time an Illini freshman landed on both the coaches (unanimously) and media All-Conference lists in any capacity was the 2014-15 campaign. The Whitby, Ontario, Canada, native collected four Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors throughout her rookie season and leads all Big Ten players with 12 double-doubles. 

Fighting Illini point guard Jackson also landed All-Freshman team accolades by both the coaches (unanimously) and media voters. The Chicago native has racked up 12 double-digit scoring outings, two double-figure rebounding efforts, and a new freshman season record of 151 assists. Overall, Jackson sits in sixth on Illinois' all-time single season assists list, 23 helpers away from owning the mark. Jackson's 2.32 assist to turnover ratio ranks fifth in the Big Ten and 17th across the country -- the top mark of all qualified freshmen.

The All-Freshman team nods for both Jackson and Parchment marks the second time in Illinois program history that two rookies have earned the honor in the same season, with the first occurrence coming in 1997 (Tauja Catchings and Katie Coleman). The Fighting Illini are the only team with multiple players on either of the All-Freshman Team polls.

Taking home the Sportsmanship Award honors for the Fighting Illini was graduate student Gisela Segura. The Cervera, Spain, native is in her first year in the orange and blue and sixth season of college basketball. She has taken the young Illini squad under her wing, helping guide her teammates and always giving 100%. Segura has appeared in 8 games at Illinois and 90 across her collegiate career. She's scored over 500 career points while surpassing 300 rebounds, 100 assists, and 100 steals.

GREEN CLIMBS PROGRAM'S ALL-TIME WIN LIST

Fourth-year head coach Shauna Green continued to move up the program's all-time wins list. Illinois' latest win saw Green post her 83rd win at the helm of the program, tying her for the second-most victories by an Illinois women's basketball head coach.