2025–26 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

2025–26 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
2025–26 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	18–8 (8–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Shauna Green (4th season);
Associate head coach	Calamity McEntire
Assistant coaches	Jackie Alexander; Britney Anderson; DeAntoine Beasley; Emily Durr;
Home arena	State Farm Center

2025–26 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UCLA	16	–	0	1.000	26	–	1	.963
No. 6 Michigan	13	–	2	.867	22	–	4	.846
No. 13 Iowa	11	–	3	.786	20	–	5	.800
No. 23 Minnesota	12	–	4	.750	21	–	6	.778
No. 10 Ohio State	11	–	4	.733	22	–	5	.815
No. 18 Michigan State	10	–	6	.625	21	–	6	.778
No. 14 Maryland	9	–	6	.600	21	–	6	.778
USC	8	–	6	.571	16	–	9	.640
Washington	9	–	7	.563	19	–	8	.704
Illinois	8	–	7	.533	18	–	8	.692
Oregon	6	–	8	.429	18	–	9	.667
Nebraska	5	–	10	.333	16	–	10	.615
Wisconsin	5	–	10	.333	13	–	13	.500
Purdue	4	–	10	.286	12	–	13	.480
Indiana	3	–	12	.200	14	–	13	.519
Penn State	2	–	13	.133	9	–	17	.346
Northwestern	2	–	13	.133	8	–	18	.308
Rutgers	1	–	14	.067	9	–	17	.346

† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner As of February 18, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team represents the University of Illinois during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini are led by fourth-year head coach Shauna Green, and they play their home games at State Farm Center. This season marks the program's 44th season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Illini finished the 2024–25 season with a 22–10 record, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place. As the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost in the second round to Nebraska. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the Birmingham 3 region. They defeated Creighton, which was their first NCAA tournament win since 2000, before losing in the second round to Texas.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Genesis Bryant	1	G	5'6"	Graduate Student	Jonesboro, GA	Graduated
Cori Allen	2	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Nashville, TN	Transferred to Memphis
Makira Cook	3	G	5'6"	Graduate Student	Cincinnati, OH	Graduated
Shay Bollin	22	F	6'3"	Junior	Raynah, MA	Transferred to Wisconsin
Brynn Shoup-Hill	23	F	6'3"	Senior	Goshen, IN	Graduated
Adalia McKenzie	24	G	5'10"	Senior	Brooklyn Park, MN	Graduated
Kendall Bostic	44	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Kokomo, IN	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Aaliyah Guyton	1	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Peoria, IL	Iowa
Gisela Segura	24	F	5'11"	Graduate Student	Cervera, Spain	LIU
Maddie Webber	34	G	5'11"	Junior	Sparta, NJ	Villanova

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Destiny Jackson PG	Chicago, IL	Whitney Young High School	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	N/A
Destiny Jackson PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (96)
Cearah Parchment F	Fort Erie, ON	Fort Erie International Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Cearah Parchment F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (94)
Manuella Alves-Fernandez F	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	IMG Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Manuella Alves-Fernandez F	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (94)
Naomi Benson W	Streetsboro, OH	Streetsboro High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
Naomi Benson W	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (91)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on August 26, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Aaliyah Guyton	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Iowa	Peoria, IL
G	2	Destiny Jackson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Whitney Young	Chicago, IL
G	3	Erica Finney	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Cammeraygal	Sydney, Australia
G	4	Gretchen Dolan	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS So	Williamsville South	Buffalo, NY
F	6	Irene Noya Catoira	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Institut Joaquim Blume	Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
G	8	Jasmine Brown-Hagger	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Mississippi State	Shorewood, IL
F	11	Manuella Alves	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	IMG Academy	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
G	12	Mia Zenere (W)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Example Academy	Mokena, IL
F	21	Naomi Benson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Streetsboro	Streetsboro, OH
F	23	Berry Wallace	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Pickerington Central	Pickerington, OH
F	24	Gisela Segura	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	GS	LIU	Cervera, Spain
C	25	Hayven Smith	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	So	Lincoln Way East	Frankfort, IL
F	30	Cearah Parchment	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Fort Erie International Academy	Whitby, ON, Canada
G	34	Maddie Webber	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Villanova	Sparta, NJ
C	35	Lety Vasconcelos	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	RS So	Baylor	Miguel Calmon, Bahia, Brazil

Head coach

Shauna Green (Canisius)

Assistant coach(es)

Calamity McEntire (Eastern Oklahoma State)
Jackie Alexander (Cumberlands)
Britney Anderson (Virginia Tech)
DeAntoine Beasley (Tennessee Tech)
Emily Durr (Iowa State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Maryville	W 79–60	0–0	22 – Parchment	13 – Parchment	4 – Tied	State Farm Center (4,149) Champaign, IL
Regular season
November 4, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Southeast Missouri State	W 91–67	1–0	27 – Wallace	11 – Wallace	7 – Dolan	State Farm Center (4,227) Champaign, IL
November 9, 2025* 12:00 p.m., B1G+		Illinois State	W 75–65	2–0	22 – Wallace	9 – Parchment	5 – Dolan	State Farm Center (4,849) Champaign, IL
November 14, 2025* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Oregon State	L 59–64	2–1	24 – Wallace	6 – Tied	2 – Tied	Gill Coliseum (3,353) Corvallis, OR
November 18, 2025* 11:00 a.m., B1G+		Murray State	W 84–64	3–1	22 – Wallace	11 – Parchment	5 – Jackson	State Farm Center (14,361) Champaign, IL
November 23, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+		at Florida State	W 86–63	4–1	25 – Dolan	9 – Vasconselos	5 – Jackson	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (1,502) Tallahassee, FL
November 26, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Western Kentucky	W 70–41	5–1	16 – Tied	8 – Parchment	4 – Guyton	State Farm Center (4,216) Champaign, IL
November 30, 2025* 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Le Moyne	W 100–28	6–1	17 – Tied	7 – Parchment	8 – Jackson	State Farm Center (3,994) Champaign, IL
December 2, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Bellarmine	W 90–41	7–1	16 – Parchment	12 – Parchment	7 – Jackson	State Farm Center (3,979) Champaign, IL
December 6, 2025 11:00 a.m., BTN		Indiana	W 78–57	8–1 (1–0)	16 – Tied	13 – Parchment	6 – Jackson	State Farm Center (4,712) Champaign, IL
December 10, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN		at Missouri Braggin' Rights	W 70–62	9–1	21 – Dolan	9 – Wallace	9 – Jackson	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
December 14, 2025* 2:00 p.m., B1G+		North Texas	W 81–69	10–1	28 – Wallace	9 – Wallace	4 – Dolan	State Farm Center (4,136) Champaign, IL
December 19, 2025* 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Jackson State	W 86–43	11–1	13 – Guyton	7 – Tied	7 – Jackson	State Farm Center (4,112) Champaign, IL
December 28, 2025 11:00 a.m., BTN		at Purdue	W 83–73	12–1 (2–0)	21 – Wallace	8 – Parchment	4 – Jackson	Mackey Arena (6,031) West Lafayette, IN
January 1, 2026 3:00 p.m., BTN		No. 7 Maryland	W 73–70	13–1 (3–0)	22 – Wallace	8 – Parchment	3 – Tied	State Farm Center (5,207) Champaign, IL
January 4, 2026 11:00 a.m., BTN		at No. 24 Michigan State	L 75–81	13–2 (3–1)	22 – Tied	10 – Jackson	6 – Jackson	Breslin Center (5,114) East Lansing, MI
January 7, 2026 6:00 p.m., B1G+		No. 19 Ohio State	L 69–78	13–3 (3–2)	20 – Parchment	8 – Parchment	3 – Tied	State Farm Center (4,237) Champaign, IL
January 11, 2026 2:00 p.m., BTN		at Penn State	W 92–76	14–3 (4–2)	28 – Wallace	8 – Wallace	9 – Jackson	Bryce Jordan Center (1,945) State College, PA
January 15, 2026 6:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 25	at No. 8 Michigan	L 69–85	14–4 (4–3)	26 – Wallace	8 – Parchment	5 – Guyton	Crisler Center (3,108) Ann Arbor, MI
January 18, 2026 2:00 p.m., B1G+	No. 25	Northwestern	W 74–71	15–4 (5–3)	29 – Wallace	11 – Parchment	4 – Brown-Hagger	State Farm Center (5,068) Champaign, IL
January 24, 2026 1:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 24 Nebraska	L 75–81	15–5 (5–4)	25 – Parchment	11 – Parchment	3 – Tied	Pinnacle Bank Arena (7,683) Lincoln, NE
January 28, 2026 6:00 p.m., B1G+		No. 2 UCLA	L 67–80	15–6 (5–5)	26 – Parchment	7 – Parchment	6 – Jackson	State Farm Center (4,756) Champaign, IL
February 1, 2026 5:00 p.m., FS1		at No. 25 Washington	W 75–66	16–6 (6–5)	23 – Parchment	10 – Parchment	4 – Jackson	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,691) Seattle, WA
February 4, 2026 8:00 p.m., B1G+		at Oregon	L 73–76	16–7 (6–6)	19 – Wallace	6 – Tied	7 – Jackson	Matthew Knight Arena (4,397) Eugene, OR
February 8, 2026 12:00 p.m., B1G+		USC	L 62–70	16–8 (6–7)	17 – Jackson	12 – Parchment	8 – Jackson	State Farm Center (15,544) Champaign, IL
February 11, 2026 6:00 p.m., B1G+		Wisconsin	W 92–60	17–8 (7–7)	22 – Guyton	15 – Parchment	6 – Tied	State Farm Center (4,458) Champaign, IL
February 17, 2026 6:00 p.m., BTN		Rutgers	W 76–56	18–8 (8–7)	21 – Wallace	10 – Parchment	8 – Jackson	State Farm Center (4,373) Champaign, IL
February 22, 2026 2:00 p.m., B1G+		at Northwestern						Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 26, 2026 8:00 p.m., BTN		at Iowa						Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
March 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., B1G+		Minnesota						State Farm Center Champaign, IL
Big Ten tournament
March 4–8, 2026 TBA		vs.						Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source:^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved October 30, 2025.

External links

[1] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved October 30, 2025.

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Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References

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