CHAMPAIGN — The first opportunity for Illinois women’s basketball to snap the 18-game losing streak that marred the second half of the 2017-18 season comes in the Illini’s Nov. 7 season opener against Alabama A&M at State Farm Center. Illinois ended Nancy Fahey’s first season with a 9-22 record while going winless in the Big Ten.
The Alabama A&M game is one of three straight home games to start the 2018-19 season before the Illini play in the Cal Poly Shareslo Holiday Beach Classic.