The No. 16 Nebraska women’s basketball team returns to Big Ten Conference road action on Sunday afternoon to take on Illinois in Champaign.

Tip-off between the Huskers (11-3, 1-1 Big Ten) and the Fighting Illini (7-8, 0-2 Big Ten) is set for 1 p.m. (CT) with live national television coverage by the Big Ten Network with Lisa Byington and Patricia Babcock-McGraw on the call.

Nebraska had its five-game winning streak come to an end with a 70-57 loss to Michigan State on Thursday night in East Lansing. The Huskers, who suffered through their worst shooting night of the season (30.8 percent) opened the game hitting just 12-of-48 shots before heating up late in the game.

All-American Jordan Hooper led a talented and experienced starting five for the Big Red with 21 points and eight rebounds. The two-time first-team All-Big Ten forward from Alliance, Neb., ranks among the top three players in the Big Ten by averaging 20.2 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. She owns seven double-doubles this season and 33 in her career. Hooper heads to Illinois needing 32 points to become just the fourth player in Husker history with 2,000 career points. She needs just eight points to catch fellow Alliance, Neb., great Amy Stephens at No. 4 on the NU career scoring list with 1,978 points. Hooper is 32 points and 41 rebounds away from becoming just the third Husker and fifth Big Ten player in history to reach career milestones of 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.

Hooper, who is expected to make her 113th consecutive start, has been joined in Nebraska’s starting five by junior forwards Emily Cady (13.4 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 2.2 apg) and Hailie Sample (6.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.8 apg) for each of the past 81 games. Cady notched her fifth double-double of the year with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the loss at Michigan State.