Illinois, Nebraska familar foes in women’s Big Ten tournament
March 3, 2015
Now that the regular season is over, it’s tournament time for the Illinois women’s basketball team. While a 15-15 (6-12 Big Ten) record doesn’t put the Illini in NCAA tournament striking distance, they’ll have a chance to make some noise in the Big Ten tournament. Coming off Saturday’s home ...
Spartans visit for rematch
By Joey Figueroa
February 25, 2015
With just two games remaining before the Big Ten tournament, the Illinois women’s basketball team (14-14, 5-11 Big Ten) will host Michigan State (13-14, 5-11) on Wednesday night. The Big Ten battle will be the first of Illinois’ final two games at State Farm Center this season. The Illini lost their f...
Illinois women’s basketball falls short at Northwestern
February 9, 2015
In a battle between the state’s two Big Ten teams, Illinois women’s basketball came up short for the second time in just over two weeks against Northwestern. The Illini fell to the Wildcats 64-58 in Evanston, Ill., on Sunday. The Illini (12-12, 3-9 Big Ten) made the first half a competitive affa...
Illinois women’s basketball tops Minnesota
By Joey Figueroa
February 6, 2015
Maybe all the Illinois women’s basketball team needed was a later start. Even though tip-off at the State Farm Center on Thursday was an hour later than usual, Illinois (12-11, 3-8 Big Ten) found its groove early on its way to a 95-69 win over Minnesota (17-6, 6-5). The Illini ended their seven-game losin...
Illinois women’s basketball hosts Minnesota
By Joey Figueroa
February 5, 2015
Practice makes perfect. At least that’s the hope for the Illinois women’s basketball team. As Illinois (11-11, 2-8 Big Ten) is trying to break out of a seven-game skid, head coach Matt Bollant wants his team to take advantage of good practices to gain some momentum heading into Thursday night’s bo...
Illinois women’s basketball finding its bench rotation
By Joey Figueroa
February 4, 2015
There isn’t much going right for the Illinois women’s basketball team right now. Currently on a seven-game losing streak, the Illini are just one loss away from being in the cellar of the Big Ten. You wouldn’t be able to tell that from their energetic practices, though, and emerging from these hig...
Illinois women’s basketball could be rejuvenated by Crawford’s return
February 3, 2015
It doesn’t take high-level statistics or extensive sessions of watching game film to comprehend the impact Ivory Crawford has had on the Illinois women’s basketball team this season. Crawford came into the season with 1,000 career points already under her belt and was expected to continue to be t...
Illinois women’s basketball loses seventh straight
February 2, 2015
When Ivory Crawford’s name was announced in the starting five for Illinois on Sunday, the Illini faithful got loud. The excitement lasted well into the first half, but not much longer. Wisconsin busted out of its four-game losing skid with a 73-62 win over Illinois at State Farm Center. With the defic...
Illini women’s basketball can’t finish off upset against No. 15 Nebraska
By Joey Figueroa
January 30, 2015
The Illinois women’s basketball team came in on a five-game losing streak Thursday, missing senior leader Ivory Crawford and on the road in one of the rowdiest crowds in the Big Ten. So calling Illinois’ near-upset over No. 15 Nebraska a heartbreaking loss might be an understatement. Especially w...
Illinois women’s basketball looks to end five game skid at Nebraska
January 29, 2015
Riding a five-game losing streak and still without its leading scorer, Ivory Crawford, the last thing Illinois women’s basketball needs is a road game against a top-15 team in the nation. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what the Illini will battle through at Nebraska on Thursday night. This is the...
Slow starts hurt Illinois women’s basketball
By Joey Figueroa
January 28, 2015
It hasn’t been a matter of finishing for the Illinois women’s basketball team, it has been a matter of starting. It’s easy to point at senior guard Ivory Crawford’s absence as the reason for the Illini’s current five-game skid, but Illinois’ tendency to fall behind early in games continues ...
Illinois women’s basketball drops fifth straight
January 27, 2015
Since losing senior leader Ivory Crawford to a knee injury almost two weeks ago, the Illinois women’s basketball team has been in a scoring slump. Illinois has only cleared 60 points once during its current five-game losing streak, and continued that trend in a 70-57 loss at Michigan on Monday nig...
