Illini Set to Face Charlotte, Delaware at Daytona Beach Invite – University of Illinois Athletics

Head Coach Shauna Inexperienced

Profession File: 161-75 (.682), ninth 12 months
Division I File: 132-50 (.725), seventh 12 months
At Illinois: 5-0, first 12 months
Huge Ten: 0-0

Sequence Notes vs. Charlotte

All-Time File: First assembly
File in Impartial Websites: First assembly
Streak: First assembly
Final Assembly: First assembly
Inexperienced vs. Opponent: First assembly

Sequence Notes vs. Delaware

All-Time File: First assembly
File in Impartial Websites: First assembly
Streak: First assembly
Final Assembly: First assembly
Inexperienced vs. Opponent: First assembly

Opening Ideas

• Illinois has opened its forty ninth season of ladies’s basketball with a 5-0 file for simply the sixth time in program historical past.
• Shauna Inexperienced is the primary coach in program historical past to open her Illinois profession with a 3-0 begin and has pushed the brand new mark to wins in her first 5 video games.
• Illinois has 5 returners on the 2022-23 squad, together with: Jada Peebles, Jayla Oden, Geovana Lopes, Adalia McKenzie and Kendall Bostic
• Shauna Inexperienced introduced in eight newcomers since being employed on March 21, 2022 – 4 freshmen and 4 transfers. 
• Illinois’ transfers embrace: Genesis Bryant (NC State), Makira Prepare dinner (Dayton), Aicha Ndour (NW Florida State Faculty) and Brynn Shoup-Hill. These three applications went a mixed 85-13 final season.
• Shauna Inexperienced‘s trio of assistant coaches are not any strangers to her or one another. Inexperienced, Calamity McEntire, DeAntoine Beasley and Ryan Gensler had been on the Dayton Ladies’s Basketball workers collectively for 4 seasons from 2017-21. With these 4 coaches main from the sidelines, the Flyers posted a 79-34 general file throughout 4 seasons.

CHARLOTTE STORY LINES

• Charlotte is off to a 3-1 begin, proudly owning wins over App. State (2OT), Coppin State and VCU whereas shedding to No. 10 NC State (96-48).
• Charlotte went 22-10 general final season (15-3 C-USA)
• The 49ers gained the 2021-22 C-USA common season and event championships.

DELAWARE STORY LINES

• Delaware owns a 3-1 file, incomes wins over Longwood, VCU and Vermont whereas falling to Columbia (64-56).
• Delaware went 24-8 general final season (15-3 CAA)
• The Fightin’ Blue Hens gained the 2021-22 Colonial event championship to earn an NCAA bid.

BEST STARTS TO A SEASON

Within the first season beneath Shauna Inexperienced, Illinois ladies’s basketball is off to its finest begin for the reason that 2014-15 marketing campaign – a 5-0 mark – which ranks tied because the fourth-best begin in program historical past.

NAME OF THE GAME IS DEFENSE

Illinois ladies’s basketball has instilled the purpose of holding opponents to 10 factors or much less per quarter. By means of 5 video games, Illinois has restricted opposition to 10 or much less factors in 8 of 20 possibilities. Opponents have been held under 15 factors in 16 of these 20 durations.

A PERFECT OPENING HOMESTAND

• The Illini closed their season-opening homestand with an ideal 5-0 file for the very best begin since 2014-15.
• The Illini downed Oakland, 84-55.
• Illinois’ final five-game win streak got here in 2014-15.
• 4 Illini completed in double-figure scoring.
• The win marked the three hundredth Illini WBB win in State Farm Middle.
• Eleven completely different Illini scored and all 13 noticed motion.
• Illinois’ final five-game residence win streak got here throughout the 2019-20 marketing campaign.

4-0 START

• Win 4 of the 2022-23 marketing campaign got here within the type of a 93-54 victory over Evansville.
• Illinois scored 90 or extra factors for the third-straight recreation – the primary time in program the feat has been achieved.
• The Illini led 50-21 on the half, marking three-straight video games with a 50-point half for the primary time in program historical past.
• 5 Preventing Illini completed with double-digit factors for the third recreation of the season.
• Illinois recorded 10 mixed blocks for the primary time since Jan. 23, 2018.
• The Illini secured a 4-0 begin to the season for the primary time for the reason that 2018-19 marketing campaign.

GOTTA GIVE THE KIDS WHAT THEY WANT

• Illinois hosted its annual Area Journey Day on Nov. 16, when the Illini took on McNeese State.
• Attendance was known as at 8,141 – the eleventh largest crowd in program historical past and prime mark within the final 20 seasons.
• Early within the fourth quarter, the college youngsters started a “we wish 100” chant. With 31 seconds left within the recreation, Camille Jackson sank a free throw to push the Illini into triple digits for the 100-38 victory.
• The 62-point margin of victory is the second-largest in program historical past.
• The Illini at the moment are 5-1 in Area Journey Day video games.

ANOTHER 30-POINT WIN

• Illinois ladies’s basketball earned its second win of the season on Nov. 13, taking down Alcorn State, 90-59.
• The Illini linked for 12-of-23 from past the arc – tying the third-most 3-pointers made in a recreation in program historical past. 
• Illinois scored 90 factors within the recreation, the primary time reaching the mark since Nov. 5, 2019 vs. Chicago State.
• Jada Peebles delivered 14 factors for the thirtieth double-digit scoring effort of her profession.
• Makira Prepare dinner dropped 21 factors, marking the eighth 20+ level of her profession and first as an Illini.
• Illinois shot higher from 3-point territory 52.2% (12-of-23) than the sector 45.2% (28-of-62).
• Freshman Kam’Ren Rhodes made her Illinois debut within the win.

SHAUNA GREEN ERA BEGINS WITH A WIN

• Illinois dominated in its regular-season opener, defeating Lengthy Island, 75-40, within the crew’s first recreation beneath head coach Shauna Inexperienced.
• Kendall Bostic recorded the seventh double-double of her profession, recording a game-high and career-best 16 factors and 11 rebounds
• Twelve completely different gamers registered minutes within the 35-point win, whereas 5 Illini recorded not less than 10 factors.
• The Illinois protection didn’t permit an LIU participant into double-digit scoring – the primary time no opposing participant scored in double figures since Nov. 25, 2011, vs. Arizona State (Arizona State 51, Illinois 50).
• Seven Illini made their debut within the Orange and Blue within the win, together with: Camille Jackson, Genesis Bryant, Makira Prepare dinner, Liisa Taponen, Aicha Ndour, Brynn Shoup-Hill and Samantha Dewey.

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