Parchment Scores 18 as No. 23 Illinois Beats Southern 99-28

Kicker: NCAA (women's college)

Photo: The Dyme

Cearah Parchment scored 18 points as No. 23 Illinois beat Southern 99-28 on Saturday afternoon at State Farm Center in Champaign. Parchment shot 7-of-9 from the field and 4-of-6 from three in 21 minutes, with four rebounds, one steal and one turnover, per the ESPN box score. Attendance was 4,768. The game aired on B1G+. Illinois moved to 2-0 (2-0 at home). Southern fell to 0-2 (0-2 on the road).

Berry Wallace scored 13 on 3-of-3 shooting and 6-of-8 at the line in 23 minutes, with five rebounds. Gretchen Dolan scored 12 on 4-of-6 shooting and 2-of-4 from three, with six rebounds and two assists in 24 minutes. Aaliyah Guyton added 12 on 5-of-9 from the field and 2-of-4 from three, with three assists in 24 minutes. Jasmine Brown-Hagger scored 11 on 5-of-9 with two steals in 16 minutes. Maddie Webber scored eight on 4-of-4 at the line, with three rebounds and three assists. Manuella Alves had seven points and 10 rebounds, including seven offensive rebounds, per the ESPN player box. Lety Vasconcelos scored six with two steals. Destiny Jackson finished with five points, five rebounds, seven assists and three steals. Divine Bourrage had four points and seven rebounds. Five Illini reached double figures, by our count from the ESPN player box.

Zaria Hurston led Southern with eight points on 2-of-6 shooting and 3-of-6 at the line, with five rebounds and four turnovers in 26 minutes. Deniya Thornton scored five on 2-of-10 from the field and 1-of-6 from three, with five turnovers. Diamond Hunter added five on 1-of-5 from the field, 1-of-4 from three and 2-of-2 at the line. Anaja Hall scored four on 2-of-8 with four rebounds in 29 minutes. Alisha Nunley scored three. Taelar Felton scored three with two assists. No Jaguar reached double figures, by our count.

Illinois held the No. 23 spot in the Associated Press Top 25, per the NCAA.com AP poll and ESPN's game ranking. Southern was unranked.

Led 30-3 after one and 46-9 at the half

Parchment opened the scoring with a 24-foot three, assisted by Destiny Jackson, at 9:35 of the first quarter for a 3-0 Illinois lead, per the ESPN play-by-play. Illinois scored the first 12 points, by our count, capped by Jasmine Brown-Hagger's 24-foot three, assisted by Wallace, at 7:14 that made it 12-0, the first 10-plus-point lead. Alisha Nunley's 25-foot three at 6:50 of the first put Southern on the board at 12-3, the Jaguars' only points of the quarter, by our count. ESPN listed zero lead changes, a Southern largest lead of zero and a 0% Southern lead share.

Illinois answered with an 18-0 run from 12-3 to 30-3, by our count from the play-by-play, starting with Wallace's 25-foot three, assisted by Webber, at 5:08. Guyton's 24-foot three, assisted by Jackson, at 2:36 made it 25-3, the first 20-plus-point lead, by our count. Parchment's 26-foot three, assisted by Jackson, at 1:40 made it 28-3. Guyton's 14-foot jumper at 0:58 closed the first-quarter scoring at 30-3, per ESPN linescores.

Parchment scored eight points in the first quarter on 3-of-5 shooting, including two threes, by our count from the ESPN play-by-play. Her 25-foot three, assisted by Guyton, at 0:46 of the second quarter gave her 11 points at the half, by our count. Divine Bourrage's layup at 4:08 of the second made it 39-9, the first 30-point lead, by our count. Illinois led 46-9 at the break, per ESPN linescores (Illinois 30-16, Southern 3-6).

Illinois then went on a 25-0 run from 35-9 to 60-9, by our count from the play-by-play, starting with Guyton's layup at 4:35 of the second. Brown-Hagger's layup at 9:03 of the third made it 50-9, the first 40-plus-point lead. Wallace's tip-in at 6:06 of the third made it 60-9, the first 50-plus-point lead and the end of that 25-0 stretch. Parchment added seven third-quarter points on 3-of-3 shooting, including a 24-foot three at 7:35, by our count, and finished with 18. She did not score in the fourth. Alves' tip-in at 0:12 of the third made it 75-14, the first 60-plus-point lead. Illinois led 75-14 after three.

Webber's layup, assisted by Guyton, at 5:29 of the fourth made it 90-19, the first 70-plus-point lead, by our count. Webber's second free throw at 3:49 made it 96-19, matching ESPN's listed largest lead of 77, by our count. Ona Riopedre's tip-in at 1:08 set Illinois' final total at 99. Deniya Thornton's 25-foot three, assisted by Felton, at 0:19 set the 99-28 final.

Illinois outscored Southern 30-3 in the first quarter, 16-6 in the second, 29-5 in the third and 24-14 in the fourth, per the ESPN linescores. The final margin was 71 points, by our count (99-28). ESPN listed Illinois leading for 99% of the game.

57% shooting, 11 threes and 40 points off turnovers

Illinois shot 35-of-61 from the field (57%), 11-of-24 from three (46%) and 18-of-26 at the line (69%), per ESPN. Southern shot 9-of-52 (17%), 4-of-23 from three (17%) and 6-of-10 at the line (60%). The Illini outrebounded the Jaguars 49-22, including a 17-9 edge on the offensive glass and a 32-13 edge on the defensive glass. Assists went 19-4. Turnovers went 10-21. Steals went 11-3. Blocks went 2-0.

Illinois scored 46 points in the paint to Southern's 8, per ESPN. Points off turnovers went 40-5. Fast-break points went 19-0. Personal fouls went 16-20. ESPN charged Illinois with one technical foul, on Alves at 1:20 of the fourth, per the play-by-play. Jackson's seven assists led the game. Alves' 10 rebounds led Illinois. Jackson's three steals led Illinois.

Illinois made 24 two-pointers for 48 points; Southern made five for 10, by our count from the ESPN team box. The Illini scored 33 points on threes to Southern's 12, and 18 at the line to 6. That splits the 71-point margin into 38 on two-pointers, 21 on threes and 12 at the line, by our count.

The box score, side by side

Full-game team numbers, per the ESPN box and checked against the CBS Sports gametracker box for Southern at Illinois:

Category	Illinois	Southern
Field goals	35-61 (57%)	9-52 (17%)
3-pointers	11-24 (46%)	4-23 (17%)
Free throws	18-26 (69%)	6-10 (60%)
Rebounds	49	22
Offensive rebounds	17	9
Defensive rebounds	32	13
Assists	19	4
Turnovers	10	21
Steals	11	3
Blocks	2	0
Points in the paint	46	8
Points off turnovers	40	5
Fast-break points	19	0
Largest lead	77	0
Percent of game led	99%	0%
Lead changes	0	0
Personal fouls	16	20

Quarter scoring, per the ESPN linescores:

Quarter	Illinois	Southern
1	30	3
2	16	6
3	29	5
4	24	14
Final	99	28

Five Illinois scorers reached double figures (18, 13, 12, 12, 11). No Southern scorer reached double figures. Parchment, Wallace, Dolan, Guyton and Brown-Hagger combined for 66 of Illinois' 99 on 24-of-36 shooting, by our count.

What the box leaves next

Jackson assisted five of Parchment's seven made baskets, by our count from the ESPN play-by-play. That connection accounted for most of the leading scorer's field goals; Jackson's seven assists included two other Illinois baskets. The Illini host Southeast Missouri State on Sunday, Nov. 15, per the ESPN schedule, with the tip listed at 3:00 p.m. ET on B1G+. Illinois beat Detroit Mercy 84-50 in its previous game. Southern is 0-2.

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Sources:

• ESPN: Southern vs. Illinois box score
• ESPN: Southern vs. Illinois play-by-play
• ESPN: Southern vs. Illinois game page
• CBS Sports: Southern at Illinois gametracker box score
• NCAA.com: AP Top 25 women's basketball poll
• Illinois Athletics: Cearah Parchment roster page
• ESPN: Southeast Missouri State at Illinois schedule listing (event 401927062)