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Hot Shooting Leads Illinois to 93-54 Win Over Evansville for 4-0 Start

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois women’s basketball continued its hot start to the Shauna Green era with a 93-54 win over Evansville on Saturday from State Farm Center. The Illini have scored at least 90 points in three-straight games for the first time in program history. Five players in the orange and blue would finish in double figure scoring in the 39-point win.

Fighting Illini women’s basketball improved to 4-0 on the young season with Saturday’s victory, marking Illinois’ first undefeated start through four games since 2018-19. Evansville moves to 2-2 on the campaign with its second loss to a Big Ten school.

Illinois struck first for the fourth-straight game, opening up an 8-0 lead before Evansville would get on the board with a layup. The Illini used a 10-0 run late in the frame to push their lead to 20-4 before Evansville ended a scoring drought that lasted more than three minutes. Jayla Oden registered seven points to lead the Illini in the frame as the Orange and Blue owned a 24-6 advantage.

Jada Peebles went 3-for-3 from deep in the second quarter, tallying 11 points in the period as Illinois pushed its lead to 39 at halftime. The Fighting Illini recorded their third-straight 50-point first half – the first time Illinois has done so since at least 1999-2000. The Orange and Blue led 50-21 at the midway point.

Third quarter action saw the Illini put up 26 more points, spread between seven players. A Makira Cook bucket with 53 seconds remaining…

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