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Photos: No. 2 UCLA 80, Illinois 67

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Photos from the game as the No. 2 UCLA Bruins defeated the Illinois Fighting Illini 80-67 in Champaign, Ill.

Illinois Fighting Illini forward Cearah Parchment (30) shoots a 3-pointer in the second half against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Cearah Parchment (30) shoots a 3-pointer in the second half against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Berry Wallace (23) shoots in the second half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Berry Wallace (23) shoots in the second half during a game against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Maddie Webber (34) and UCLA Bruins forward Gabriela Jaquez (11) battle for a loose ball in the second half of a game at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Maddie Webber (34) and UCLA Bruins forward Gabriela Jaquez (11) battle for a loose ball in the second half of a game at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Maddie Webber (34) drives past UCLA Bruins forward Angela Dugalić (32) as she goes up for a shot in the first half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Maddie Webber (34) drives past UCLA Bruins forward Angela Dugalić (32) as she goes up for a shot in the first half during at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Cearah Parchment (30) gets a steal and goes in for a lay-up in the second half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Cearah Parchment (30) gets a steal and goes in for a layup in the second half during a game against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Cearah Parchment (30) gets a steal and goes in for a lay-up in the second half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Cearah Parchment (30) gets a steal and goes in for a layup in the second half against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Cearah Parchment (30) goes in for a layup in the first half against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Cearah Parchment (30) goes in for a layup in the first half against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Cearah Parchment (30) shoots a 3-pointer in the second half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Cearah Parchment (30) shoots a 3-pointer in the second half against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
UCLA Bruins center Lauren Betts (51) towers over Illinois Fighting Illini forward Berry Wallace (23) as she drives to the basket in the second half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
UCLA Bruins center Lauren Betts (51) towers over Illinois Fighting Illini forward Berry Wallace (23) as she drives to the basket in the second half at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Destiny Jackson (2) drives to the basket past UCLA Bruins forward Sienna Betts (16) in the first half at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Destiny Jackson (2) drives to the basket past UCLA Bruins forward Sienna Betts (16) in the first half at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Destiny Jackson (2) goes up for a layup in the first half of a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Destiny Jackson (2) goes up for a layup in the first half of a game against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
UCLA Bruins guard Gianna Kneepkens (8), left, and UCLA Bruins center Lauren Betts (51), right, challenge Illinois Fighting Illini guard Jasmine Brown-Hagger (8) as she shoots in the second half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
UCLA Bruins guard Gianna Kneepkens (8), left, and UCLA Bruins center Lauren Betts (51), right, challenge Illinois Fighting Illini guard Jasmine Brown-Hagger (8) as she shoots in the second half at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Naomi Benson (21) pulls down a rebound in the first half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Naomi Benson (21) pulls down a rebound in the first half against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Destiny Jackson (2) gets an off-balance shot off in the first half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Destiny Jackson (2) gets an off-balance shot off in the first half during a game against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
UCLA Bruins forward Sienna Betts (16) and Illinois Fighting Illini center Lety Vasconcelos (35) battle for a rebound in the first half of a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
UCLA Bruins forward Sienna Betts (16) and Illinois Fighting Illini center Lety Vasconcelos (35) battle for a rebound in the first half at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Destiny Jackson (2) drives past UCLA Bruins guard Charlisse Leger-Walker (5) in the second half of a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Destiny Jackson (2) drives past UCLA Bruins guard Charlisse Leger-Walker (5) in the second half of a game at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
UCLA Bruins guard Kiki Rice (1) goes up for a shot over Illinois Fighting Illini center Lety Vasconcelos (35) in the first half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
UCLA Bruins guard Kiki Rice (1) goes up for a shot over Illinois Fighting Illini center Lety Vasconcelos (35) in the first half at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
From the left: Illinois Fighting Illini players Lety Vasconcelos (35) and Cearah Parchment (30) battle UCLA Bruins center Lauren Betts (51) for a rebound in the first quarter of the game at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
From the left: Illinois Fighting Illini players Lety Vasconcelos (35) and Cearah Parchment (30) battle UCLA Bruins center Lauren Betts (51) for a rebound in the first quarter of the game at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Naomi Benson (21) pulls down a rebound in the first half during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini forward Naomi Benson (21) pulls down a rebound in the first half during a game against the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Maddie Webber (34) shoots over the top of UCLA Bruins guard Kiki Rice (1) in the first half of a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the UCLA Bruins at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign, IL. The Bruins beat the Fighting Illini 80-67. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Illinois Fighting Illini guard Maddie Webber (34) shoots over the top of UCLA Bruins guard Kiki Rice (1) in the first half at State Farm Center on Jan. 28, 2026, in Champaign. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)