Cearah Parchment<\/a><\/dfn> posted 11 points and seven rebounds before fouling out late in the contest.<\/p>\nIllinois shot 50% from 3-point range, going 11-for-22 as a team with Webber leading the way with\u00a0five triples. The Illini also took advantage of their strong effort on the offensive glass, turning in 20 second-chance points on 10 offensive rebounds.<\/p>\n
How It Happened<\/strong><\/p>\nAfter falling behind 15-10 at the media timeout in the first quarter, Illinois went on a 6-0 run, culminating in a bucket from Jackson, to take a 16-15 edge, their first lead of the day. The Fighting Illini then maintained that advantage\u00a0and entered the quarter break with a 21-20 lead. Wallace scored the Orange and Blue’s first 12 points of the game, making her first five shots en route to Illinois’ one-point lead through the opening 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
Penn State rallied to take a 29-25 lead before Illinois went on a 10-0 run starting at the 5:37 mark in the second period to take a 35-29 lead. The Fighting Illini proceeded to tack on five points to that lead and enjoyed a 43-32 advantage heading into halftime. Illinois scored 10 of its 22 total points in the period on second-chance opportunities created by pulling down four offensive rebounds.<\/p>\n
Wallace led all scorers\u00a0at the break with 17 first-half points at an efficient 7-for-9 clip.<\/p>\n
Illinois continued to preserve its halftime lead before going on a 7-0 run, punctuated by a basket from Jackson, to expand its lead further to 64-53 with 52 seconds to go in the third. The Fighting Illini held onto that lead for the rest of the frame and entered the fourth quarter with a 66-55 edge.<\/p>\n
The Orange and Blue\u00a0kept widening that lead, expanding it to 85-70 before going on a 5-0 run, finished off by Gretchen Dolan’s<\/a><\/dfn> layup, to grow the lead to 90-70 with 2:27 to go in the contest. The Lady Lions narrowed the margin somewhat before the game was over, but the\u00a0Illini still cruised the rest of the way for the 92-76 win.<\/p>\nThe Fighting Illini remain on the road for a ranked test away from home on Thursday night. Illinois will travel north to take on No. 9 Michigan at 6 p.m. CT on Peacock.<\/p>\n
GAME HIGHLIGHTS<\/h3>\n