{"id":324,"date":"2022-11-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/12\/alcorn-state-up-next-for-illinois-womens-basketball-university-of-illinois-athletics\/"},"modified":"2022-11-12T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T09:00:00","slug":"alcorn-state-up-next-for-illinois-womens-basketball-university-of-illinois-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/12\/alcorn-state-up-next-for-illinois-womens-basketball-university-of-illinois-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcorn State Up Next for Illinois Women&#8217;s Basketball &#8211; University of Illinois Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-links hide-on-large\" aria-label=\"Story Links\">&#13;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"hide\">Story Links<\/h3>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse;line-height:20.8px;\" width=\"100%\">&#13;<\/p>\n<tbody>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FF5F05\" colspan=\"9\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span><strong>Illinois Starters Last Game (75-40 win vs. LIU)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr style=\"background: rgb(204, 204, 204);\">&#13;<\/p>\n<td width=\"40\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Pos.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td width=\"32\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>No.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td width=\"150\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td width=\"37\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Ht.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td width=\"37\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Yr.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td width=\"41\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>PPG<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td width=\"41\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>RPG<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td width=\"41\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>APG<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td width=\"174\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Note (vs. LIU)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">G<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/makira-cook\/13010\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13010\" target=\"_blank\">Makira Cook<\/a><\/dfn><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">5-6<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">Jr.<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">14.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">4.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">1.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">6-of-9 FG, 2-of-3 3-pointers<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">G<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/jayla-oden\/13004\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13004\" target=\"_blank\">Jayla Oden<\/a><\/dfn><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">5-9<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">So.<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">2.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">1.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">5.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">2 steals, 21 minutes<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">G<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">24<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/adalia-mckenzie\/13002\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13002\" target=\"_blank\">Adalia McKenzie<\/a><\/dfn><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">5-10<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">So.<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">12.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">7.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">3.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">4 OReb, 6-of-10 FG<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">F<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">23<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/brynn-shoup-hill\/13012\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13012\" target=\"_blank\">Brynn Shoup-Hill<\/a><\/dfn><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">6-3<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">So.<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">0.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">8.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">0.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">6 OReb, 1 steal, 21 minutes<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">F<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">44<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kendall-bostic\/12999\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"12999\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall Bostic<\/a><\/dfn><\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">6-2<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">Jr.<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">16.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">11.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">0.0<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">Career-high 16 points, double double<\/span><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<\/tbody>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/table>\n<h3><b>Head Coach <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/shauna-green\/1694\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1694\" target=\"_blank\">Shauna Green<\/a><\/dfn><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Career Record: <\/b>157-75\u00a0(.677), ninth year<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<strong>Division I Record:<\/strong> 128-50 (.718), seventh year<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<strong>In Season Openers:<\/strong>\u00a06-3 overall, 6-1 Division I<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<b>At Illinois: <\/b>2-0, first\u00a0year<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<b>Big Ten: <\/b>0-0<\/p>\n<h3><b>Series Notes vs. Alcorn State<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>All-Time Record: <\/b>Illinois leads 2-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<b>Record in Champaign: <\/b>Illinois leads 1-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<b>Streak: <\/b>Won 2<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<strong>Last Meeting:<\/strong> W, 112-28 in Champaign, Ill., on 11-17-2013<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<b>Green vs. Alcorn State:\u00a0<\/b>First meeting<\/p>\n<h3><b>Opening Tips<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Illinois opened\u00a0its 49th season of women&#8217;s basketball on November 9, with a 75-40 win over LIU\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Illini have posted an all-time record of 31-18\u00a0(.633) in season openers and have won six straight openers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Illini are 22-6 all-time (.786) when starting the season at State Farm Center (does not include 2016 opener played at Parkland during SFC renovations).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Illinois has five returners on the 2022-23 squad, including: <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/jada-peebles\/13005\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13005\" target=\"_blank\">Jada Peebles<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/jayla-oden\/13004\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13004\" target=\"_blank\">Jayla Oden<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/geovana-lopes\/13001\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13001\" target=\"_blank\">Geovana Lopes<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/adalia-mckenzie\/13002\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13002\" target=\"_blank\">Adalia McKenzie<\/a><\/dfn> and <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kendall-bostic\/12999\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"12999\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall Bostic<\/a><\/dfn><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/shauna-green\/1694\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1694\" target=\"_blank\">Shauna Green<\/a><\/dfn> brought in eight newcomers since being hired on March 21, 2022 &#8211; four freshmen and four transfers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Illinois&#8217; transfers include: <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/genesis-bryant\/13011\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13011\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis Bryant<\/a><\/dfn> (NC State), <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/makira-cook\/13010\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13010\" target=\"_blank\">Makira Cook<\/a><\/dfn> (Dayton), <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/aicha-ndour\/13017\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13017\" target=\"_blank\">Aicha Ndour<\/a><\/dfn> (NW Florida State College) and <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/brynn-shoup-hill\/13012\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13012\" target=\"_blank\">Brynn Shoup-Hill<\/a><\/dfn>. Those three programs went a combined 85-13 last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/shauna-green\/1694\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1694\" target=\"_blank\">Shauna Green<\/a><\/dfn>&#8216;s trio of assistant coaches are no strangers to her or each other. Green, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/calamity-mcentire\/1698\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1698\" target=\"_blank\">Calamity McEntire<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/deantoine-beasley\/1699\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1699\" target=\"_blank\">DeAntoine Beasley<\/a><\/dfn> and <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/ryan-gensler\/1696\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1696\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Gensler<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0were on the Dayton Women&#8217;s Basketball staff together for four seasons from 2017-21. With those four coaches leading from the sidelines, the Flyers posted a 79-34 overall record across four seasons.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Alcorn State Story Lines<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Alcorn State enters Sunday&#8217;s matchup with an 0-2 record, suffering road losses to Tulsa and Wichita State.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0In 2021-22, Alcorn State went 3-22\u00a0overall with a 2-16 mark in conference play.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Alcorn Braves&#8217; roster for the new season welcomed seven new players to Lorman, including five junior college transfers, one graduate transfer from a Division I program and an international high school recruit.<\/p>\n<h3><b>SHAUNA GREEN ERA BEGINS WITH A WIN<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Illinois dominated in its regular-season opener, defeating Long Island, 75-40, in the team&#8217;s first game under head coach\u00a0<dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/shauna-green\/1694\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"1694\" target=\"_blank\">Shauna Green<\/a><\/dfn>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kendall-bostic\/12999\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"12999\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall Bostic<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0recorded the seventh double-double of her career, recording a game-high and career-best\u00a016 points and 11 rebounds<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Twelve different players registered minutes in the 35-point win, while five Illini recorded at least 10 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bostic (16), <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/makira-cook\/13010\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13010\" target=\"_blank\">Makira Cook<\/a><\/dfn> (14), <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/genesis-bryant\/13011\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13011\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis Bryant<\/a><\/dfn> (13), <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/adalia-mckenzie\/13002\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13002\" target=\"_blank\">Adalia McKenzie<\/a><\/dfn> (12) and <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/aicha-ndour\/13017\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13017\" target=\"_blank\">Aicha Ndour<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0(10)\u00a0all contributed double-digit points for Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0The Illinois defense did not allow an LIU player into double-digit scoring &#8211; the first time no opposing player scored in double figures since\u00a0Nov. 25, 2011, vs. Arizona State (Arizona State 51, Illinois 50).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Seven Illini made their debut in the Orange and Blue in the win, including: <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/camille-jackson\/13013\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13013\" target=\"_blank\">Camille Jackson<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/genesis-bryant\/13011\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13011\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis Bryant<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/makira-cook\/13010\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13010\" target=\"_blank\">Makira Cook<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/liisa-taponen\/13014\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13014\" target=\"_blank\">Liisa Taponen<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/aicha-ndour\/13017\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13017\" target=\"_blank\">Aicha Ndour<\/a><\/dfn>, <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/brynn-shoup-hill\/13012\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13012\" target=\"_blank\">Brynn Shoup-Hill<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0and <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/samantha-dewey\/13016\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13016\" target=\"_blank\">Samantha Dewey<\/a><\/dfn>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/documents\/2022\/11\/12\/2_-_Alcorn_State.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>COMPLETE GAME NOTES (PDF)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '101980176909011');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fightingillini.com\/news\/2022\/11\/12\/alcorn-state-up-next-for-illinois-womens-basketball.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; 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