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Parchment and Illinois host No. 2 UCLA
By The Associated Press
UCLA Bruins (19-1, 9-0 Big Ten) at Illinois Fighting Illini (15-5, 5-4 Big Ten)
Champaign, Illinois; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Illinois hosts No. 2 UCLA after Cearah Parchment scored 25 points
in Illinois' 81-75 loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
The Fighting Illini are 11-1 on their home court. Illinois averages 79.0 points
and has outscored opponents by 15.0 points per game.
The Bruins are 9-0 against conference opponents. UCLA leads the Big Ten with
22.6 assists. Charlisse Leger-Walker leads the Bruins with 6.0.
Illinois' average of 5.9 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.2 more
made shots on average than the 5.7 per game UCLA allows. UCLA averages 23.1
more points per game (87.1) than Illinois allows (64.0).
The Fighting Illini and Bruins face off Wednesday for the first time in Big Ten
play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Berry Wallace is shooting 52.8% and averaging 19.8 points for
the Fighting Illini. Maddie Webber is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers over the
last 10 games.
Lauren Betts is scoring 16.1 points per game and averaging 8.3 rebounds for the
Bruins. Kiki Rice is averaging 15.9 points and 6.2 rebounds over the last 10
games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Fighting Illini: 6-4, averaging 77.7 points, 32.1 rebounds, 15.7
assists, 4.8 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 72.7 points per game.
Bruins: 10-0, averaging 91.2 points, 39.5 rebounds, 24.3 assists, 10.9 steals
and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 53.1% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 53.4 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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