Since losing two key players for the season Illinois women's hoops had two resume building wins against Iowa and Indiana.

A few days after IU's big win over Iowa on the road, the Hoosiers came home and were handed a humbling loss by Illinois.

Illinois' Adalia McKenzie (24) gets past Indiana's Chloe Moore-McNeil (22) and Lilly Meister to score during the Indiana versus Illinois women's basketball game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. / Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Indiana’s inconsistency continued. They won a thrilling road game against Ohio State after being dominated at home by Illinois earlier in the week. Meanwhile, the women won a massive game in Iowa City before falling to the Illini at Assembly Hall.

Indiana women's basketball had multiple starters not play a single minute of the fourth quarter while attempting a comeback against Illinois, and Hoosiers coach Teri Moren defended her lineup choices after the game.

The Hoosiers (13-4; 4-2 Big Ten) are coming off a 25-point loss to Iowa that was most lopsided Big Ten regular season loss of Woodson's tenure. It was the program's fifth loss of 20 points of more and 12th loss by 15 or more points in 31 conference games under Woodson.

Led by third-year head coach Shauna Green, Illinois sits at 12-4 and 2-3 in conference play. The Fighting Illini are coming off a 5-point victory over then-No. 23 Iowa on Jan. 9 inside the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois.

Coming off an encouraging road win at Iowa, Indiana women’s basketball turned in a disappointing performance. The Hoosiers had some old issues resurface on Thursday in a 68-54

But Saturday night inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Indiana’s defeat was its worst ... Tuesday is the next challenge, with No. 13 Illinois traveling to Bloomington. Then comes away trips to Ohio State and Northwestern followed by a home contest ...

After a rough stretch of Indiana men's basketball games against Iowa and Illinois, Hoosiers On SI writers Jack Ankony, Todd Golden discuss what went wrong.

The Hoosiers face an Illinois team that plays fast, shoots lots of 3-pointers and rebounds the ball as well as any team in the country.

Indiana's 25-point home loss to Illinois got chippy at times as the Hoosiers were blown out for the second time this week