UNC Women's Basketball To Host Illinois in ACC-Big Ten Challenge

Posted Jun 18, 2019
North Carolina welcomes Illinois to Chapel Hill for the first time in program history for the annual Big Ten/ACC Women's Basketball Challenge on Thursday, Dec. 5. Carolina is 8-4 in the Challenge and 5-1 at home since 2007. Carolina and Illinois have never met in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. UNC has won every game of the series against Illinois, 5-0. (GoHeels.com)

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