{
  "id": 17240722,
  "title": "Women's basketball exhibition preview: Illinois-Springfield at No. 23 Illinois",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/womens-basketball-exhibition-preview-illinois-springfield-at-no-23",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T14:49:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/womens-basketball-exhibition-preview-illinois-144900931.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Illinois-Springfield women's basketball exhibition game against No. 23 Illinois is set to take place on October 30th, in the State Farm Center in Champaign. The top scorers for Illinois, Molly Knight and Kayla Rice, are both returning from last year's 14-14 team, making the preseason coaches poll predictions of ninth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference accurate. Coach Shauna Green hopes to emphasize discipline and consistency as her team prepares for the first game-like setting with the new-look Illinois bench featuring players like Maddie Webber, Aaliyah Guyton, Lety Vasconcelos, Manuella Alves, and Divine Bourrage.",
  "summary": "Oct. 30—Lineups No. 23 Illinois Starters P NAME YR. HT. PPG HOMETOWN G Destiny Jackson So. 5-6 9.9 Chicago G Jasmine Brown-Hagger Sr. 5-9 6.7 Shorewood G Gretchen Dolan Sr. 5-11 12.9 Buffalo, N.Y. F Berry Wallace Jr. 6-1 18.4 Pickerington, Ohio F Cearah Parchment So. 6-3 13.6 Whitby, Ontario ➜ FYI: Jackson has worked a lot this offseason on developing a more consistent three-point shot. That ...",
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}