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LIVE! Nebraska at Illinois women's basketball

Nebraska at Illinois (BTN Plus, WDWS 1400-AM), 7 p.m.

It's T-minus 30 minutes before tipoff between the Illini women's basketball team and the Cornhuskers.

Both squads have been mired in a funk lately, with Illinois dropping two straight games since it's stunning 66-62 victory at Minnesota on Jan. 6.

"We started out (against) Penn State really doing a good job," coach Nancy Fahey said of last Saturday's 62-48 defeat to the Nittany Lions in State College, Pa., during which the Illini led by nine late in the first half. "Then, they punched us back and now (it's) that ability to say, 'Okay, your shot is not falling, don't let that affect your defense.