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Cearah Parchment scored 14 points for Illinois (20-10) and Lety
Vasconcelos — the tallest player in program history, listed at
6-foot-7 — scored a career-high 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting
Wisconsin (13-17) has lost 10 in a row, including a 92-60 loss
at Illinois on Feb. 11.
Gift Uchenna tied her season high with 24 points on 10-of-16
shooting, Kyrah Daniels scored 17 and Laci Steele 12 for the
Badgers. Destiny Howell, who went into the game averaging a
team-leading 14.1 points per game, finished with six points on
2-of-12 shooting.
Uchenna scored seven points in a 12-3 run that cut Wisconsin's
deficit to a point a little more than four minutes into the
third quarter, but the Illini scored 16 — eight by Vasconcelos —
of the next 19 to take a 62-48 lead with 41 seconds left until
the fourth.
Illinois shot 83% from the free-throw line, where the Illini
outscored Wisconsin 24-10.
The Illini have won seven of eight against Wisconsin and lead
the series 44-43
Jackson had five assists moved past Jill Estey (154 in 1990-91)
into second on the program's single-season assist list with 156.
Alexis Smith set the record of 168 in 2012-13.
Up next
Wisconsin: Season complete.
Illinois: Plays seventh-seeded and No. 18 Michigan State in the
second round Thursday.
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