Detroit Mercy Titans @ Illinois Fighting Illini

Detroit Mercy plays No. 23 Illinois after Utomi's 21-point game

Updated: Nov 3, 2026, 03:14 pm

Detroit Mercy Titans at Illinois Fighting Illini

Champaign, Illinois; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Detroit Mercy takes on No. 23 Illinois after Stephanie Utomi scored 21 points in Detroit Mercy's 94-30 victory against the Michigan-Dearborn Wolverines.

Illinois went 13-4 at home last season while going 22-12 overall. The Fighting Illini averaged 76.5 points per game while allowing opponents to score 66.1 last season.

Detroit Mercy finished 2-12 on the road and 7-24 overall a season ago. The Titans gave up 73.1 points per game while committing 18.5 fouls last season.

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Game Information

Champaign, IL

NCAA Division I

Horizon League	CONF	GB	OVR
Cleveland State	0-0	-	1-0
Detroit Mercy	0-0	-	1-0
Northern Illinois	0-0	-	1-0
Northern Kentucky	0-0	-	1-0
Oakland	0-0	-	1-0
Youngstown State	0-0	-	1-0
Green Bay	0-0	-	0-0
Milwaukee	0-0	-	0-0
Robert Morris	0-0	-	0-0
Wright State	0-0	-	0-0
IU Indianapolis	0-0	-	0-1
Purdue Fort Wayne	0-0	-	0-1

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Iowa	0-0	-	1-0
Minnesota	0-0	-	1-0
Nebraska	0-0	-	1-0
Ohio State	0-0	-	1-0
Oregon	0-0	-	1-0
Purdue	0-0	-	1-0
Rutgers	0-0	-	1-0
UCLA	0-0	-	1-0
USC	0-0	-	1-0
Washington	0-0	-	1-0
Illinois	0-0	-	0-0
Indiana	0-0	-	0-0
Michigan	0-0	-	0-0
Michigan State	0-0	-	0-0
Northwestern	0-0	-	0-0
Wisconsin	0-0	-	0-0
Maryland	0-0	-	0-1
Penn State	0-0	-	0-1

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