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IU women’s basketball fails to show in Champaign, losing to Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Indiana women’s basketball snapped its longest active win streak over a Big Ten opponent, as the Hoosiers fell to Illinois 86-66.
Breaking its 16-game win streak over the Illini, the Hoosiers struggled to compete in Monday’s Presidents’ Day matinee. Illinois is ninth in the Big Ten but was playing at a much higher level than the AP Poll No. 14-ranked Hoosiers.
Monday’s loss is not good for confidence and momentum heading into Thursday’s game against No. 4 Iowa and star Caitlin Clark.
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Senior forward Mackenzie Holmes led the team in scoring with 24 points, followed by sophomore Yarden Garzon with 17 and senior Sara Scalia with 10.
Makira Cook led Illinois with 22 points.
Energy and effort
Last time these two teams met up in Bloomington, Illinois put up a fight for the entire game only to lose 77-71. The Illini were ready for revenge.
Despite playing in the early afternoon on a Monday in front of a minimal crowd, the Illini played with the purpose of a prime time game. Indiana could not quite match that.
Indiana head coach Teri Moren tried different rotations of players, looking for anyone to make a difference, but it just led to a dysfunctional group of Hoosiers. Illinois was much more cohesive across the court and were able to get a much higher volume of efficient shots up while disrupting the Indiana offense. Illinois had six players in double figures, while only one Indiana player had over five points at half.
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Defensive woes
The Indiana defense left much to be desired. Down low, where the Hoosiers usually thrive, was a point of weakness. The Illini put on a layup clinic, with 32 of its 44 points in the first half coming from inside of the paint.
IU’s main post-defender, 6-foot-3 Holmes, was quick to tack on two fouls early and played less aggressively than some may have expected out of the big.
All attempts to come back in the end were also stunted by Holmes’ foul trouble. Illinois’ defense played with much more physicality than Indiana. Indiana only forced 5 turnovers, while giving up 14 themselves.
Return of Sydney Parrish
Senior guard Sydney Parrish returned to the active lineup after missing the last seven games to injury. Though Parrish did not start and only had six minutes of playing time with no points, having her as an option will be crucial to the Hoosiers. Sophomore Lexus Bargesser has been filling in for Parrish and has improved immensely in the last few weeks, but the added depth will be a huge benefit to Indiana with Thursday’s game against Iowa looming.
What’s next
Indiana will host No. 4 Iowa on Thursday in Bloomington.
CENTRALIA, Ill. – An investigation is underway after multiple people were shot Sunday in Centralia, Illinois, according to a report from WFCN News in southern Illinois.
FOX 2 has confirmed the Illinois State Police is investigating a shooting and taking over the investigation, but ISP could not confirm many further details as of 9 p.m. Sunday.
“The investigation is in its infancy and to protect the integrity of the investigation, no additional details will be released at this time,” ISP said in a statement to FOX 2.
According to WFCN News, the shooting happened around 5 p.m. near the 900 block of East Kell Street in Centralia. Multiple law enforcement agencies have since responded to scene and multiple victims are hospitalized, according to the report.
It’s unclear how many people may have been injured and what led up to the shooting.
Centralia, Illinois is about 70 miles, or just over an hour, east of St. Louis.
This is a developing story. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.
The National Weather Service has teams of storm surveryors in the field April 18 investigating several reports of severe storms and tornado touch downs across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and northeast Missouri.
According to the weather service’s website, windgusts of up to 60 to 70 mph along with teacup-sized hail and several tornadoes were reported April 17.
Many homes and outbuildings were damaged, trees were uprooted and power lines were downed in Lena, Illinois, where the most significant damage occurred, the site pointed out.
Very strong winds also were reported near Washington, Iowa, and Colmar, Illinois, where several outbuildings and grain bins were destroyed.
The weather service received reports of confirmed and possible tornadoes in the areas of Lena, Pecatonica, Shirland, Rockton, Roscoe and Capron.
The teams will be assessing damage this weekend into next week along with county emergency management teams to determine what types of storms occurred and their paths.
Dozens of power outages were reported, as well.
As of the afternoon of April 18, ComEd was reporting 85 active power outages across northern Illinois, down from 241 on April 17, and 6,751 customers affected, down from more than 18,000.
The bulk of those outages and the most customers impacted are concentrated in Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties.
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