Indiana has struggled to contain other dominant post players this season. UCLA junior forward Lauren Betts scored 25 points and corralled 12 rebounds against Indiana on Jan. 4, while Illinois ...
The 6-foot-7 Betts, who says she is playing less timid this season, is the most prominent player on the nation’s No. 1 team and she’s on a particular roll.
As a big three of serious contenders emerges ahead of the pack in a deep conference, Illinois women’s basketball beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Joe Vozzelli ranks all 18 Big Ten teams: South Carolina ...
One of coach Cori Close’s mantras has prevailed throughout the season: toughness. “You cannot give toughness,” Close said Wednesday. “You cannot hope it into place. You have to earn toughness.