Illinois held on to win Sunday afternoon in its State Farm Center debut with a 76-67 victory against Lehigh. Leading the way was redshirt senior point guard Kyley Simmons, who made seven three-pointers for all of her 21 points. Chatrice White (17 points) and CeCe Rice (12) joined Simmons in double figures in the win.
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