Rosemont, Ill. - Fighting Illini women's basketball will host Wake Forest in the 2016 ACC/Big Ten Challenge, as announced today by the Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conferences. The two teams will meet for the third time in program history. The Illini are 4-5 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, most recently traveling to Miami to face the Hurricanes during the 2015-16 season.
Illinois owns a 2-0 record against the Demon Deacons in program history, with the last meeting, a 95-82 victory, coming in Champaign in 2012. The two programs first met in 2009 in Winston-Salem, N.C., a contest that saw Illinois top Wake Forest, 65-50. Head coach Matt Bollant is 1-0 against Wake Forest in his career.
The Illini are coming off of another record-setting year as the Orange and Blue reset the school record for season three-pointers, netting 224 treys in 30 games. The Illini closed the 2015-16 campaign with an overall record of 9-20, going 2-16 in Big Ten play. Illinois started the season off with a 4-0 record for the second year under Bollant's coaching, scoring 90-points in consecutive games during that span.
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ACC/Big Ten Women's Basketball Challenge Schedule
Wednesday, Nov. 30
Penn State at Boston College
Wake Forest at Illinois
Notre Dame at Iowa
Florida State at Minnesota
Purdue at Pittsburgh
Michigan State at Syracuse
Thursday, Dec. 1
Michigan at Georgia Tech
Maryland at Louisville
Indiana at NC State
Virginia at Northwestern
Miami at Ohio State
Duke at Rutgers
Nebraska at Virginia Tech
North Carolina at Wisconsin
