Wallace and Jackson help the Illinois women beat Wisconsin 82-70 in the Big Ten Tournament

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Berry Wallace scored 22 points, Destiny Jackson added 21 and No. No. 10 Illinois beat 15th-seeded Wisconsin 82-70 on Wednesday in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.

Cearah Parchment scored 14 points for Illinois (20-10) and Lety Vasconcelos — the tallest player in program history, at 6-foot-7 — scored a career-high 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting.

Announcement

Wisconsin (13-17) has lost 10 straight, 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 entered 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 just over four minutes into the third quarter, but the Illini scored 16 points – eight by Vasconcelos – of the next 19 to take a 62-48 lead with 41 seconds left in the quarter.

Illinois shot 83% from the free throw line, where the Illini outscored Wisconsin 24-10.

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The Illini have won seven of eight against Wisconsin and lead the series 44-43

Jackson had five assists which surpassed Jill Estey (154 in 1990-91) for second on the program’s single-season assists list with 156. Alexis Smith set the record of 168 in 2012-13.

Next

Wisconsin: season completed.

Illinois: Plays seventh-seeded and No. 18 Michigan State in the second round on Thursday.

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